Daily Republican., 1883-03-29
JOHN BROWN DEAD.
The Personal and Faithful Attend.
ant Of Queen Victoria.

amt O1 queen Victoria.
LONDON, March 28.-Mr. John Brown
the well-knOwn personal attendant @
Queen Victory, is dead. His death OK
Cured at Windsor Castle.
1t Is thirty-fve years ago that .Johl
Brown was taken from his father house
into the palace, a raw country lad, t.
fill n humble situation in the royal house
hold Young Brown soon became tn
favOrite attendant of the Prince Consort
when the latter went ont grouse hunting
or Devastating. The Queen frequentl,
accompanied her husband on his sport
ing expeditions, and was much STRUCK
at Browns evident attachment and de
votion to his master
After the Princes death he becam,
the chief personal attendant on tn,
Queen, and ever after retained his su
premacy in the household. He accom-
panied her Majesty on all occasions
le'l her pony or rode in the rundle be
hind her carriage. On more than one
occasion John Brown brought his roya
mistress out Of annoyance or peril. III
stood in about the same relationship Il
his royal mistress sls the lion to Una
he was to see that no harm befel. Tn.
extreme simplicity of the Queens lifi
made some domestic of the sort neces
sary. In the Highlands the Queer
loves to roam about in perfect freedom
from etiquette and ceremonial, and ye1
it would not do to have her roam quit.
alone.
She is no longer young; there are
dangers by flood and field in such re-
gioD; and besides there are more fools
in the world than Passanante, the
would-be assassin of King Humbert, OF
Italy. Brown exactly supplied the
want; he would lay down his life for
her, not without requiring two or three
in turn, and, where necessary, he
thought nothing of carrying her in his
arms, and perhapsa a princess or two
to follow her, across fordable stream
Brown has even served the Queen in
greater strait. When young mad
O'Conner darted out on her from the
shruhbery at Buckingham Palace,
pistol in hand, he positively plucked
the puny wretch up from the ground as
if he had been an offending kitten, and
held him ont 80, clawing the air with
his paws, till the Queen had passed out
of harm way. So, too, Brown was
protection against all intruders on the
Queens privacy. In return for his
faithful and discriminating service the
Queen was generous in substantial
acknowledgements. She recently had
built for his use within the grounds at
Bamoral, a plain but spacious square
occupying pleasant situation
in the centre of a lawn-like expanse
of the royal demesne, with carriage
drive leading to it from one of the
avennes. This abode was doubtless
intended for his nse in declining years,
after his royal mistress had passed
away, but it was destined never to be
occupied.
Labor Notes.
The Western Nail Association met
n Pittsbnrg yesterday, and re-atiirmed
he threr-forty card rate. Owing to
he improved demand, it was decided to
"ntnue the factories in operation for
i've weeks, instead of closing down for
wo weeks on April 7th, az was pre-
'ionsly agreed upon.
Nearly forty engineers on the Nickel
Plate Railroad at Chicago, ,struckyester-
lay against an order requiring them to
Hork twelve hours instead of ten hours
| day. Large contracts for the ship
Irnt of freight having been made by
he company, serious embarrassment
vas feared. A later despatch says "it
GEMS clerical error in the pay rolled
he men to suppose that the Company
lad increased their hours of labor. As
oon az the matter was explained they
eturned to work"
The tobacco operatives in Lynchburg,
'irginia, have appointed committee
o confer with the manufacturers, but
he latter are said tobe determined to
esist the demand for higher wages.
NE strikers have coerced other opera
ives into joining them.
Troops were quartered near the Lin
an coal mines, in Nova Scotia, yester-
ay. and men were put at work in
lace of the strikers. Two of the riot
rs were arrested
Campbell, Taylor & Co., manufacture
RS of knitted goods in Montreal, made
n assignment yesterday.