The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-14
PERSONAL,

PERSONAL
Mr.. Herbert Spencer was 10 III rs to be
confined to his house for some days after
arriving In London.
Chester A. Arthur Is one Of the mana.
gers Of the charity ball to be given in the
New York Academy Of Music. 81
Anna Dickinson says she IS not going to
retire from the stage. It Twill be remelh.
t,ered that the stage cannot retire. "a
Lieutenant Wissman, a German explorer,
has Just finished walk across Africa. The
nature Of his trouble with Mrs. Wissman
before starting Is not known.
lloratio G. King, whom Governor.elect
Cleveland has appointed judge advocate
general, is sou and namesake Of President
.Iohnson's Postmaster General. .ts,@ ag
Queen Olga, OF Greece, carries with her
on her travels lap dog Of that rare breed
so often represented by Sir Peter Lely In
his pictures Of the ladies Of the Court Of
Charles IL.
Governor Thompson, Of South Carolina,
iavon Federal appropriations for popular
education in tho States. The old States
rights idea Of South Carolina appears to
have been lost or mislaid. W o NJ -.e'.y
Two Of lsma,l Pacha's daughters have
been placed in a fashionable school in
Paris, and arc described us being bright
aud winsome girls. The harem of their
ex.royal papa isin the Rue Hayard.
The Rochester Post. Express says that the
condition Of Mr.. Tilden is slowly improv-
Ing, but Mr. Tilden himself is said to be
dying. BY the time his condition is all
right again the statesman will probably be
dead" d"ft
Colonel Willoughby Williams, Of Nash.
vile, owed about s3OO, 900 at the end Of the
war. Though then nearly 70 years old, he
went to work aud before his death, which
occurred lust Friday, he had paid every
cent OF his debts. g ~.
Ex-Governor Israel Washburne, Of
Maine, is suffering from paralysis, which
affects his entire body below the waist.
Despite his nearly seventy years, however,
he is full ofeourage, and declares himself
determined to recover. uss; H., .srr4l5.. Is
Ulysses Grant, .Ir., has sold the residence
in New York presented him by his father
in-law, ex-senator Chatiee, for S5o, 900 cash
and $1,000 acres OF land in Baker county.
Florida. There is no place like home when
you can sell it for $4,000. M n.
Colonel George L. Godfrey, OF Des
Moines, Iowa, amember Of the Utah Com
mission, has just returned to his home
from Utah. He expresses the opinion that
the Edmund's law will eventually suppress
polygamy in the Territory. M
The will Of General Dorriss, who died in
81. Louis few days ago, disinherits his
grandson, Russell Brown, who is now in
jail on charge Of numbering his grand.
mother, Mrs. Dorriss. This deprives him
OF fortune Of some So50,00o. 2. ''...7
Queen Victoria seems to DO treated with
deplorable disrespect by the merchant
princes Of London. Her majesly's statue
in the central area OF the Royal Exchange
is reported by the London Times to be in a
disgracefully dirty condition, with the right
arm broken ifat the elbow-certainly not
an agreeable object Tor her royal subjects to
contemplate. 5. e,..t.,s ii
Miss, Mary McCabe, who was unani.
mously elected, postmaster ct the lower
house ofthe Illinois Legislature, two years
ago, is again candidate for the position.
A regiment OF men otlice.seekers show
great annoyance at Miss SIcCabc's action,
and some OF them have been industriously
spreadingt the report among the Republican
members Of the Legislature that she il
Democrat. &'.
Senator Hoar, it would seem, will not
obtain his reelection as United Suites Sen
ator from Massachusetts withouta struggle
with several competitors for the Office.
Governor.elect Butler'is also said to be in
triguing against hiinlH Ex-senator Bout.
well, while not avowedly candidate, it is
said, viii have some votes il 10 should
desire them. Governor Long and Con-
gresham Grape will also have some votee.