Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-28

Tho question of what is to be done
with the site Of the Tuileries is being
actively canvassed. It is generally
agreed that it will never do to leave the
ground vacaLt. To say nothing of tho
value of 90 large an area in tho midst Of
Paris, some edifioe, a. q complement to
the Louvre and a. base to the immense
perspective Of the Tuileries gardens and
the Champs Elysees, ID held to b absO-
lutely necessary. The Pair, the organ
of the Elysee, insists that the obvious
solution is to erect upon tho ground
"the palace Of the modern sovereign"
that is, pile of buildings to acoonlmo-
date both the Senate and the Chamber
Of Deputies.
The last Glasgow Herald says that
the paternal. relatives of Mr.. A. r. Stew
art, resident in Scotland, had met at an
that there are n second cousins, but
there stands in the way a certain Jane
Stewart. full cousin to Mr.. Stewart, who
married Mr.. Hardness, and who, if she
survived Mr.. Stewart, would be his sole
heir. These people are either acting
under the delusiOn that Mr.. Stewart
died intestate, or that they can set aside
his will on the SCORE of undue indu-
ence.
The commune of Chatel Guyon, in the
Puy de-D0me, Paris, has been converted
On masse to Professionalism. The init
alive was taken by the Municipal Coun-
Gil, which voted several resolutions ex-
planatory to the decision. The vote
was, with the exception of three mem
bers who were unavoidably absent,
unanimous. On the following Sunday
the whole commune turned out, and,
headed by the Mayor, went to attend
divine service in an improvised Protest
ant church.
Maurice Bergen, of Monroe, Louisi-
ana, felt plemoniti0n that his death
was near, He said so to friend, de-
Claring that he would be dead before
December 9th. He was laughed at, but
his response was an offer to bet q seven
ty-five dollar suit of clothes-as he was
tailor-aRainst coffin of equal value.
The wager was made, and Bergen won.
The loser provided q handsome burial
casket, according to agreement.
Abd-el-K ader's second son has arrived
in Paris from Damas to undergo an
operation for cataract. Out Of fam
lily Of twenty children, this famous
Emir has only eleven surviving, who live
with their father at Damas, with the eX-
cepti0n Of the oldest son, who was car
ried away some years ago by an African
tribe. Abd-el-Kader is In his 10th
year.
Il may be noted, remarks q London
journal, as another of the innovations
that now happen at every wedding GER
em0ny, that tho five bridesmaids at a
recent wedding wore not only the Jew
elled gifts Of the bridegroom, but nat
ural floral ornaments, the gifts of the
best man. The best man as q Riyer is a
novelty.
The State Teachers Association of
Kentucky, after listening to q strong
presentation Of the deficiencies of the
common schools in that State By Judge
Becker, voted that the national govern
ment ought to make an appropria ton
70 cover the cost of the required i'm
prOvement.
The Federal government has recog-
nized the Confederacy ct last. A letter
sent from Wiregrass, Ga, to Savannah
ran the gauntlet of two United States
postmasters with ten cent Confedsrato
postage stamp upon it, bearing JEFF
Davis's face.
DR.. Terry Barnes, a leading doctor Of
Toledo, Ohio, after twenty years Of APP
parently harmonious married life, left
wife and children, went west, got q d.
vorce. and, returning to Toledo, mar
ried a woman with whom he is infatu-
ated.