Morris tribune., 1883-01-25
Popular Personals.

Mr.. Alexandra Salvini arrived In
Boston last Wednesday on a brief visit
to his father, the tragedian, having been
granted a few days leave of absence from
the Margaret Mather Company, of
which he is the leading juvenile &C
tor.
Duringthe past three years there were
but 1851 deaths in New York city.
Among the number were thirteen cen-
tenarians: John Davis, aged 104; Mar
garet Martin, aged 1903; Dennis S. Kelly,
aged los; Ann Spencer, aged los; Ann
:Donnelly, aged 100; Catherine Steven
son, aged 100; Mary Smith, aged 1O7;
Bridget Haley. aged 10Y; Sarah A. Saun-
ders, aged 100; Mary Gillen, aged 102,
and James Gilman, Elizabeth Rice, and
Margaret Landrigan, aged 100; respec-
tively.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale tells
with much enjoyment story ofhis early
clerical experience. He went, he says,
TO Northampton to preach one Sunday.
In the vestibule he was met by a veneer
fully taea{, sir, and I don't always hear
what is said; but l wish yon would speak
the text loud, for when [ hear a young
mans text [ know what he's going to
say, and I can sort of follow along"
There are several historians in the
Washington family tree attempting to
put the d~isarranged boughs in order, It
is strange that there should be SO much
dispute about Martha Washington. 1t
remains unsettled whether she was born
on May 8 or May s, in1732 the same year
as George Washington, and whether her
first husband, whom she married in
1749, was named John Parke. Custis or
Daniel Parke Curtis. Her daughter
died when 17years of age, and her son
Col. John Parker Gusts (who served on
Gen. Washington's staff, in 1881.
Every year Queen Victoria sells by
auction the surplus of fat stock grown
upon her farms, and she is a thrifty agri-
culturists. The sale begins with lunch
con-, at which a couple of hundred of
buyers sit down and drink toast. Last
week the sale consisted of fifty Short
horns AMI Herefords, and nearly 900
Devon and Cheviot sheep, for which
there was a brisk competition.
General Thomas G.. Osborn, United
States Minister to the Argentine Repub-
lie, has been visiting this country and
will soon return to his post of duty. Six
years ago he left Chicago, which had
been his residence for twenty years
He has n}spending afew days in Chi
cage recently, and declares that it ap-
peares like a strange city to him, so
marvellous has been its growth and so
many have been it's changes. -'ss4EatH
A goodIooking young lady has been
confined in a New York State Asylum
for a long time, because she labored un.
der the delusion that several men de-
sired to marry her. If all the good
looking young ladies who were afflicted
with that particular delusion were in
c~arcerated a very large increase of asy-
lum accommodations would be required
at once. .'- p. W. ..f.t.
The withdrawal of Mr.. Russell Stur-
CESS, its senior member, from the great
London banking firm of Barring Brothe- s
will be interesting to many Americans.
For fifty years or more be has been well
known to thousands of his ceuntrymen
who have visited the British capitol, and
besides his position in the financial |
world, he has been a prominent figure
in London social circles. Thackeray
one of his earliest and most init
mate friends. ..tfn. ars.sG. Efs
Maj. Gen. E. W. Kinks of the retired
list complained to General Sherman that
army affairs in Arizona were not in good
shape. General Sherman found that
the complaint was unfounded, and Gen.
eral Kinks received the following reply
from the acting adjutant general: II
I'm directed by the general of the army
to inform you that be is constrained to
you to mind your own business
and not to NEEDLE in the affairs of the
awful military authorities of Arizona.