Morris tribune., 1883-03-10
Personal Gossip.

Mr. kallach, the preacher, who was
once mayor Of San Francisco, and who
then cast ayerydark shadow, isEn farth-
er tronble. His congregation has de-
cIded TO give him Years vacation with
out pay, because he let the church for
Sunday evening sparring match that was
attended by crowd of hoodlums, for
whom the Organist played sacred music
before the sparring match.
Mrs. Harriet Beeceer Stove and
daughter were guests at recent bail ut
jacksonville, Fla She asked newspa-
per correspondent if an account OF the
ball would be sent 10 northern papers
The reply was: Yes; and | shall say
Mrs. Stowe was at the ball." She put
up her hands in mock pleasantly and
remarked: what will the deacons say
Cox, Of Rutland, Vt, spent twenty
five years in growing beard down to
his waist, and then waited minute Or
two over the twenty-four hours allowed
him by the court to make up his min3
to pay q fine OF take months lmprls-
onment for whisky selling. The warden
insisted upon shaving of the beard,
Cox caught cold, nearly died, and is 60
IllS lDIOuSu 11lS I'LL u GllL W 4CIOfS4 A<@AA4
ages, two favorable verdicts having been
thrown ont for informally.
One Of Mrs. Bishops neighbors, at
Dayton, O., said to her: Look out for
yourself. Your illness is just like your
husbands first wife's, and you'll die as
she did" Then Mrs Bishop made IN
quiries and learned of general suspi-
Al l, \ l,aI cir
ly poisoned to death. Bishop is blind,
and it was easy for the wife to avoid eat
ing ANYTHING that he did not eat, with
out knowing that she was taking any
precautions. But when she had fegained
her health he knew that she had detec.
ted him, and he fed to escape execu-
ton.
Most Of the leading hotels in New York
are owned by millionaires, who secure ex
cellent interest on their property. Mr..
Emo owns the fifth Avenue; Mrs. Paran
Stevens the Victoria; Miss Catharine
Wolf the Revere; John Jacob and VIII
liam Astor the AstOr House; Mrs. A. I.
Stewart the Metropolitan and Park Ave
nue.; Elias s. Higgins the Grand Central;
George Kemp the buckingham; the
Lordilards and Lonbats the st. Nicholas:
Mr. Beldum the Windsor; the SpOtfords
the St. James; the Cuttings the Glen
ham, and SO On-all these names repre-
senting the richest residents OF the En-
plre CITY
There is in Illinois a family named
Risky, whose aggregate weight is 2,5S1
pounds The father weighs 490 pounds,
the mother $50, the olde st daughter 307,
the next 275, the third $50, the Oldest
son 220, the second POP, the third 26O and
the fourth III. The pater familias has
two sisters who tip the scales at SO and
20 pounds respectively. Such family
carry greet weight in any community.
An eccentric but good-hearted old mis-
es recently died in the village of North
Lima, Ohio When young man he had
loved a pretty German maiden, but
through the effect Of her father they
were prevented from marrying, The
young man, losing all interest in life,
came to America and became recluse,
and the maiden became insane, and has
been IN that condition for the last fifty
eight wears. The will Of the old man
was discovered after his death; and it
was found that he gave the savings of
lifetime to his early love, whose mind is
the significance of the act.
Miss Catherine L. Wolfe, of New York
often called the Burdett-Coutts, of Amer
lea, is the richest maiden lady in this
country, her real and personal property
being valued at $l0,000.000 She lives
alone with her servants in great house
on Madison square, where, in winter,
she entertains two or three times. She
is very religious, and gives very gen.
erously to the church and to the poor,
she being an Episcopalan and member
of Grace Church, whose rector, the
Rev. Dr. Potter, advises her how to dis
tribute her charities.
In his memorial Grafton at the celeb
ration of Georgia's sesqui-centennial an
niversary, Governor Stephens recon-
mended that that States two inches III
Statuary Hail. in the Capitol at Washing
ton be filled with statues of James Oglith-
orpe. founder ofthe colony of Georgia,
and of DIR. Crawford Long of Anthems, Ga,
who was, said Mr.. Stephens, 1.-TWO years
ahead of Wells and Morton in his applica
ton of sulphuric either for the relief of
pain in surgical operations, and to whom,
therefore, belong the honor and glory of
tbjs 0raa test discovery of modern timeS ,,