The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-06-01
Personal and 1mpersonal.

tioner.-London Globe.
Personal and Impersonal.
The resignation Of Lieutenant Colonel
Guido Ilges, to take immediate eff ct,
has been received at General Terry's
headquarters. Colonel Ilges recently
rendered his resignation to take effect
January /, 1884, but was notified by the
secretary of war that, unless he amend
ed his resignation as he has now done,
he would be court-martialed for dupli-
eating his accounts.
DR.. A. G. Perking, who has been for
ten years principal of Phillips Exeter
Academy, has been elected principal OF
the Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y,
at a salary of $500. He has accepted
the position, and will enter upon his
new work in September. The Adelphi
is school of about 700 pupils, includ-
ing both sexes.
A magnificent dessert service, in Der
by crown porcelain, subscribed for by
the Liberal workingmen of Derby, will
shortly be presented to Mr.. Gladstone
in recognition of his services to the
country. It is now in process of manu-
facture. The pieces will be decorated
with views of scenes in Derbyshlre, in
Guiding FIardwlck Hall, Leaiurst miss
Nightingale's home) Chatsworth, Had
don Hail, &
London paper reports that nobody en-
cept an intimate friend knows where
Mr.. Parnell lives in that city. On leav-
ing the House Of Commons he drives in
a cab to Charing Cross and then walks
toward the Strand. He is believed to
live in one of the side streets off the
Strand in company with Mr.. O'Kelly.
Gen. Chamberlain, who is still in this
city taking needed rest after the late
surgical operation in which DR.. j. Ii.
Warren relieved him of dangerous
malady, is now almost entirely recover
ed. He is able to enjoy the society Of
his family and to do fair amount of
reading and other mental work. The
General states that he feels entirely
cured and in better physical condition
than for years. In few weeks he will
be able to leave Boston.
The Providence Journal tells the fol-
lowing crow story: ga few days since q
man living in town just over tho Con-
necticut line went hunting for crows.
He discovered Il nest in tall tree. and
climbing up found therein eggs, which
he secured, putting some in his pockets.
but one he placed in his mouth, descend
ing the tree very carefully lest he break
his fragile store. He slipped, his Jaws
came together, and crushed the egg in
his mouth, and, oh, horrible, it contained
very young crow. Report doth not say
whether the man can eat crow or not.
but it is safe to bet he does not banker
after it."
Perhaps the most striking incident in
the generally s,nooti, ,nd quiet career of
the late Jules Sandea1 was his intimacy
with George Sand, when he was twenty
and she twenty-five. 1t was n.eant to
to be eternal; but it lasted less than two
years, Thirty years later they met again,
i'll the foyer of the Odeon Their eyes
met for q moment. He hesitated, half
| raised his hat, and then asked a friend
| who was by his side: "Who is that lady?
It strikes me have met her somewhere
! before"
Angelo Cornetti an Italian murderer
who was hanged at White Plains, New
York, last Friday, did not belong to the
ordinary class of men condemned to
death on the gallows, and at his execu-
ton provided an unusua! sensation.
Men in his position commonly go to the
gallows with every appearance Of will
ingness, protesting the belief that the
rope is a short and agreeable cut to
glory. Cornetti made no such profess
sions. He didn't want to ego to Jesus"
and he was not only frank enough to
say so, but he struggled most violently
against being started on any such celes.
tlal journey. lie made desperate et-
tort to break through the line of attend
ants, tried to fasten his teeth into the
arms OF the men who seized him, and
died with howls of rage upon his lips.
While great elevator was being built
in Kingston, N. Y, u day or two ago, q
remarkable exhibition of GOODNESS and
presence of mind was given by one
the workmen. He was standing on a
scaffold about sixty feet high, when one
of his companions thoughtlessly remoy-
ed a stone at the foot Of the structure.
The, whole thing gave away, and the
workman was only saved from being
dashed to the ground by seizing pro-,
jecting, plank: While hanging suspend
ed in the sir he did not grow frantic and
let so; he simply remarked to a friend
below, Jim, you'll find ladder on
the end of the wharf," aud waited till
ne would take it as q personal favor if
his fellow workman and companion
would refrain from, removing the foun-
dations of the scafolding again while he
was up aloft.