The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-01-25
Popular Personals.

Mr.. Alexandra Salvini arrived in
Boston last Wednesday on brief visit
to his father, the tragedian, having been
granted few days leave ofabsence from
the Margaret Mather Company, of
which he is the leading juvenile &C
tor.
During the past three years there were
but 81 ,59l 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 10Y;
Bridget Haley, aged 10Y; Sarah A. Saun-
ders, aged 100; Mary Gillen, aged lO2,
and James Gilman, Elizabeth Rice, and
Margaret Landrigan, aged 100; respec-
tively.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale tells
with much enjoyment story of his early
clericA experience. He went, he says,
to NORTHAMPTON to preach one Sunday.
In the vestibule he was met by veneer
able man, who said to him: "I'm dread.
fully deaf, sir, and don't always hear
what is said; but wish yon would speak
the text loud, for when I hear a young
mans text / know what he's going to
say, and can sort of follow along"
There are several historians in the
Washington family tree attempting to
put the disarranged boughs in order, 1t
is strange that there should be so much
dispute about Martha Washington. 1t
remains unsettled whether she was born
ON May or May 8, in 1882 (the same year
as George Washington), and whether her
first husband, whom she married in
l749, was named John Parke Gusts or
Daniel Parke Curtis. Her daughter
died when l7yeers of age, and her son
Col. John Parker Gusts (who served on
Gen. Washinston's staff. in 1881.
Every year Queen Victoria sells by
auction the surplus of fat stock grown
upon her farms, and she is 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 AM Herefords, and nearly 600
Devon and Cheviot sheep, for which,
there was 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 been spending few days in Chi
cago recently, and declares that it ap-
peares like strange city to him, 80
marvellous has been its growth and so
many have been its changes.
A good-looking young lady has been
confined in New York State Asylum
for 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
carcerated very large increase of asy.
lum accommodations would be required
at once.
The withdrawal of Mr.. Russell Stur.
CESS, its senior member, from the great
London banking firm of Barring Brothe 8
will be interesting to many Americans.
For fifty years or more he has been well
known to thousands of his ceuntrymell
who have visited the British capitol, and
besides bis position in the financial
world, he has been q prominent figure
in London social circles. Thackeray
was one of his earliest and most init
mate friends.
Mai. 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
am directed by the general Of the army
to inform you that he is constrained to
advise you to mind your own business
lawful military anfhorifioa IF rizona