The Worthington advance., 1883-05-10
Pcrsonal Gossip.

Personal Gossip.
Mn. Susan Boylston Treadway, tnD
grand daughter Of Presto ent John Adams
and the niece Of President John Quincy
Adams, is living In Baltimore, ct the aee
Charles r. Miller is the new chief edi.
tor Of tho New York Times. He has
been connected With that journal sever
al years. Formerly he was member
Of the staff Of the Springfield Republican
which paper says of him: "He IL man
Of tact and scholarly attainments, and
IN excellent writer"
Mrs. Langtry asked IN editor in Wash.
ington II President Arthur Vas really 20
handsome % he 10 said to be. The wise
knight Of the quill responded that peo-
about equally divided upon the subject;
mems opinion in such matters, after
all, are of little value," remarked tho
Lily.
Charles Lord, who, it will be remem-
bered, 90 bitterly opposed tho marriage
of his father. the late Thomas 8. Lord,
to Mrs. Hicks, died recently ut his house
in New York, from lung disease. Mr..
Lord had recently returned from .
southern trip.
DR.. r. w. Harrison Of Lowell, who
has been appointed lecturer on anatomy,
assistant professor of veterinary surgery
and medicine, and assistant surgeon, in
the department of veterinary surgery
and medicine just created by the trus-
tees of Harvard university, is . young
man Of rapid advancement in his pro-
fession. He studied at the college of
Veterinary Medicine and surgery in
New York, from which he was gradua-
ted with the highest honors, carrying off
. majority of the prizes offered on that
occe0on.
The Detroit Free Press relates that
colored man was hanging around one of
the Detroit opera houses when . gem
tleman said to him: 'Why don't you go
IN? Under the civil rights bill you can
take seat in the paroquet circle" Eyes,
s0h; knowi all 'bOus that, sah," was
the reply. "Under de civil rights bill I
ken take any seat in de house, but un-
der the present strain on my finances
l couldn't buy two shingles if hull opera
houses were sellin' for ten cents apiece,
sah?"
Mrs. Julia Wickhnam Leigh, who
died in Richmond few days ago, was
the widow of the United States Senator
Leigh, of Virginia. Her father was for
long time at the head of the Virginia
bar, and in 1904 'he defended Aaron
Burr for high treason. Mrs. Leigh was
noted hall century ago as one OF the
bellies of the National Capital.
Mrs. Frances R. Phillips, the wife of
the solicitor general of the United States
fell dead of apoplexy at Washington on
Saturday afternoon, while making her
toilet preparatory to going out. Her
death was unexpected, she having been
apparently in ner usual health up to
that time, and having been out in the
morning for several hours.
Postmaster General Gresham's fret
speech in court was made when he was
little more than boy, in the presence
of many eminent lawyers. After the
first twinge of embarrassment he spoke
with q freedom, eloquence and logical
force that won the attention and admir-
alton of every one present. As soon as he
had finished his mastery argument. how
ever, a reaction took place in his mind
and, all unconscious of his triumph and
the sensation he had created. he fled
from the courtroom, ran home to the
sitting room where bis mother was sew
ing, and throwing himself upona lounge
exclaimed: "Ive gone and made a
darned fool of MYSELF" And he really
believed that he had, although at that
very moment the courtroom was ring
ing with his praises.
Ex-Gov. Horatio Seymour will be 73
years old the thirty-first of May. His
home is farm house in Deerfield, two
and hale miles north of Utica, whence
is derived the term 1.-The Deerfield Sage"
Last fall he had his household effects
transferred to town, and for the winter
only took quarters in the painted brick
house on Whitesboro' street, once in
habited by himself, but now owned by
his brother, John. Its old fashioned
brass doorplate still bears the governors
name. His four sisters are still living,
three of them being widows. One re-
sides at Yonkers. another at Cazenovia,
and the other two in Utica. Julia, the
youngest, is the wife of Sc nator Conk-
ling.