The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-28

II IL said that Mr.. Parnell has recently
paid OF mortgagesamountiug to t57,boo.

paid OF mortgagesamountiu to ~, 300.
Mr.. AruoId's audience IN Boston num-
bcred only one hundred and iiity PERSONS
Beethoven became deaf in 1901, blind IN
1893. and died in 1927. after composing l37
different works.
Mr.. Thomas l.. BIssell's bust o! Jeffer-
son Davis, lust finished, Is said to be AN
excellent likeness.
Edison IL still an indefstigable worker,
and, IL il said, hopes TO again astound the
world with some new inventions.
Lord Harrington Is described as an
aristocrat Of the most exclusive class. with
a naughty languor which tinges all he says
or does.
Louis J. Jennings, formerly OF the New
York Times, IL the author OF novel en-
titled "Thc millionaire" just published In
London.
Lord Cavendish, enc Of the victims OF
the PhGnix Park murder, Is to have a
tower ninety-four feet high erected TO his
memory by the electors OF Yorkshire.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale, OF Bos-
ton. exhibited to his congregation yester'
day black-vetyet sermon case. emOr0i-
dcred with golden cross. that he received
as a Christmas gift from Zuni Indians.
Mrs. Bonaparte, the vile OF Colonel
jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, has assumed
the "Mmc.," so long used In connection
with the name OF Colonel Bonaparte's
grandmother, who died in Baltimore not
many months ago.
The winnings OF Hanlan. the 0nrsman,
during the last five years amount to $40. 900.
| OF this sum be has managed to save about
s40, 900, OF which $4,000 Is Invested in q
hotel on Toronto island. He has wife
and two children.
Lord Tcnnyson D'Ey1court and Sir STAT
ford Northcote are fourteenth cousins as
descendants OF "Old John OF Gaunt, time
hoLored Lancaster" Mr.. Gladstone is in
the eighteenth generation Of descent from
Edward L.; Lord Wolseley In the seven
tenth from Edward IlI.-all despite that
famous winding. sheet OF Edwards race"
Eugene J. O'Connor, OF Boston, who
was chairman Of the Executive Committee
of the Brotherhood Of TeIegraphers, ap-
pears 10 have one friend only left. The
friend writes that Mr.. O'Connor. q sober
and industrious man, Is very destitute.
He has been out OF work since the strike,
and as he possesses but one arm he is I'M
able to make living.
At LISA. in 1866, the Austrian ship Fer
dinand Max, commanded by Baron de
Sterneck, destroyed the Italian ship Re
d'Italia, Of which the commander and, in
deed. only survivor was Captain Del Santo.
On November 10Th last the official gazettes
lat Vienna and Rome announced the re-
spective appointments OF Vice Admiral
Baron de Sterneck as Minister Of the Aus
TRAN Marine, and Of Vice-Admiral Del
Santo as Minister of the Italian Marine.
Word comes OF the wedding, at Toxic,
Japan, on November 9Th, OF Miss Stematz
Yamagawa to Mr.. Oyano Iwao. The bride,
a native of Japan, was educated at Nassar
College, and returned to her childhoods
home about year ago, leaving behind her
in this country many warm friends. Her
husband is the japanese Minister OF War
and one OF the Sangi. He was born in
Satsuma, and was one OF the earliest and
strongest supporters Of the Mikado. He
was educated in France, ard has taken his
bride TO a palatial home, containing every
convenience and luxury known to Eu-
ropean civilization.
Leo XIII. is almost constantly embel-
fishing the Vatican in some way, and SUI
perintends all work in person. Recently
he had some frescoing done, and he clam
bered up to the top OF the tall scaffold to
inspect the work at close quarters. Find
ing it not up to the standard, he ordered
work stopped, and all that had been done
etiaced. "Send me Seitz at once" he
cned; "this rubbish won't do" The
painter called for was Ludovico Seitz, who
has restored some OF Raffaele's works In
the Vatican, and undertaken other i'm
portant commissions. He is yet a young
man, but has won high rank as a fresco-
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