Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-20
PERsONAL AND TMPERsONAL.

The Philadelphia Press estimates the
property of Governor Butler at twelve
million dollars.
William Lynch, the melter at the
Bath (Me.) Iron Works, will run his
hand right through the red hot metal
and part it as it is being poured off.
They call him Cast Iron Bill.-BOStO'1
Post.
Henry Dennis, of Grayson County,
Tex, boasts that he never took dose of
medicine in his life, never bought a
bushel of corn or pound of meat; never
was in court; never owned a watch;
never owned or carried a pistol, and
never called his wife by name.
William Marshall, of Schenectady,
N. Y, claims that he was the first of all
American passenger conductors. be
ran the first trains on the Mohawk q
Hudson River Railroads which were
hauled from Albany to Schenectady by
stationary engines. albany Journal.
Judge w. R. Rankin, one of the
ablest of Ohio lawyers and an esteemed
citizen of Columbus, has four sons
''Fletch, Will Rit and Carl" He marked
out great careers in law and litera-
ture for the bOys-they are now on the
road as minstrels, every one of them.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Episcopal clergymen of Boston
and vicinity have formed Monday As
sOciation, which meets weekly, and at
which papers are read on important
subjects. The object is to discuss the
current topics of the time. From thirty
to forty meet and enjoy the hour, keep
ing thier doings from the ears of the
ubiquitous reporters.-N Y. Examiner.
Mrs Barnum, Hampstead, L. l., is
one of the leading women of that cOun-
ty. She manages a large farm and has
done much for the amelioration of the
poor for many years past. AS a slight
recognition of her services in this re-
gard the Board of Supervisors named
after her the island which is now Oc-
cupied as the home for the poor of the
county, Y Times.
"A remarkable couple recently
passed through Macon, Ga. The gentle
man was Mr.. Thomas G. Smith and the
lady was his sister. They were born in
Sandersville, but at the age of eight
years Mr.. Smith went to Texas, where
he lived and prospered up to few
weeks ago, when he returned to Georgia,
and met his sister after seventy years of
separation. They were on their way
down the Southwestern Railroad to
visit relatives. CaicagO Times.
Little Henry" a negro who has
followed boot-blacking on the Delaware
steamers since he was freed from slavery,
died in Wilmington, Del, recently.
''Little Hen" was one of the most famil-
lar characters along the wharves; the
sport of the children and the river men,
ard the most popular negro on the Will
mington boats. His figure was curios-
ity. Scarcely three feet high, he
weighed over two hundred pounds, and
was over seventy years of age.-F1tilG-
deLphiG Press.
Jesse McTeer, colored, died in
BlOunt Comfy, Tenn, the other day,
aged between one hundred and eight
and one hundred and ten years. A
Marysville letter to the Knoxville Tri-
baG1ae says: ''He was born in Rock
bridge County, Virginia, and came into
this county previous to lis organization,
and could relate many incidents con-
nected with the Revolutionary war. He
remembered having seen many of the
wounded soldiers who returned from
the battle of Kings Mountain