Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-01
PERSONAL.

Frederick Douglass was in this city
Tuesday.
The President has recognized ]. R.
Plsnten a. Consul General OF the Neither
lands at New York.
Mrs. Margaret Mallory, native of Ire
land, died In Brooklyn, on Wednesday
week, at the alleged age of l02 years.
James McClatchey, editor and one Of
the proprietnrs of the 5 Sacramento Bee,
died yesterday at Prairie Springs, Cali
tornia. He was one of the pioneers OF
that state.
Chief Justice Bsrtol of Maryland re-
signed saturday. He had been chief
justice for Is years. Under the law his
successor must come from Baltimore and
be elected on the 9th proximo.
Nathaniel Barker, well know vocalist
and author of "Ben Bolt" is seriously
i'll at his home in Lynn, Mass. He is
about 70 years of age, and sustained a
few days ago a fracture OF his hip.
The Rev. Isaac Wiley Pembroke, the
oldest Congregationalist minister in New
Hampshire, died Il Concord, on Wednes
| day, aged 80 years. He was state agent
Of the American Bible Society for Is
years.
Edwin Goodwin, for ten years pre-
| vious to 1886, editor of the Hartford
| Co,rant, then a paper manufacturer, and
lately deputy collector of internal reve-
nue., died yesterday in Hartford aged 81
years.
Thomas Whittredge, one of the oldest
shipping merchants of Baltimore, died on
Saturday, at the age Of 50 years. He was
born in Rhode Island, and was descen-
dant on the maternal side from John
Gushing OF Massachusetts, a colonel in
the Revolutionary army.
William Ration, compositor in the
office in the Danville, Conn, Star, is in
his Saith year, and is probably the Oldest
type-setter in that state, Until the other
day, when he was confined to his house by
illness, he had worked for nearly 76
years at the case without hardly losing a
days work.
The Rev. W. v. Louderbough, formerly
pastor of Drawer Presbyterian Church
Odessa, this county, but now of the
Salem, New Jersey Presby terisn Church
was given a reception by his oongrega.
ton last week, several former pastors
being in attendance and the affair taking
somewhat the character of a reunion.
Mary Anderson achieved an over
whelming triumph in the Lyoeum
Theatre, London, on Saturday night, al
Pauline" in the "Lady of Lyons
The general admission on all sides wal
that no more charming Lady of Lyons
was ever seen in England. The Prince
and Princess of Wales and Prince Loui,
Battenburg we're in the audience,
The tsllest man in the country is SAID
to be Henry Thurston, who first beheld
the light of day near Jefferson City, Mo-
but who now owns a cattle ranch IL
Texas. Mr.. Thurston is 7 feet II inchet
tall and as he is thin and gaunt, and in
variably wears stove pipe hat, he rarely
fails to produce positively stsrtlin,
effect upon his beholders.
The Commissioner of Pensions has dis
covered Irregularities in the practice o
Belva A. Lockwood, the female lawyer
who has a large number OF cases pending
before the pension bureau, and it il
understood that the question of suspend
ing her from practising before the bureau
is now being considered by the Commis
sioner and the Secretary of the Interior
A lady who was fellow passenger OF
the Oregon with Mrs. Langtry on her re
cent trip says the Jersey Lily, in tn,
course Of casual conversation remarked
that she had left her husband for good
and was only a wife in name. Neverthe
less she should continue to support him
at least for the present, and she inciden
tally added that she had received tele
gram from him just before she sailed say
ing he was BROKE" ard asking her t.
send him money. Fred. Gebbard joiue,
Mrs. Langtrv at Burlington, VT, and i
, now travelling with her.
News comes from Sheffield, Eng, tina
the celebrated character known as 18Th
Bearded Lady," has met with
mysterious death there. The deoease
was not a woman, but a man name
Radcliffe, and for years dressed as
woman and appeared at fairs under th
above title. He danced. recited an
sang, but recently turned fortune teller
Although he could tell fortunes of others
he could not make his own, and died O.
Sunday week in the deepest poverty
From the medical examination 1t ha
been ascertained that the man wa
senppoA thioush Tie Eye WIN peuRnlle
There is no clue to his assailsnt.
A case of extraordinary longevity is re
1orted by Russian papers from Bessar
, abian province, where Savtchuk, NAL
of above 1876 years of age, enjoys periec
health and strength, but his white hal
has greenish tinge. He ia Little Rus
sian BY birth, and settled in Bessarabi
when it was yet under Turkish dominion
His eldest son, who is more decrepit thai
his father, is 81 years old The village o
100 houses where SavtchuE now live
has risen from one cottage, which h
built long time ago with the help of
friend, and is exclusively inhabited b,
direct descendants OF the two first In
habitsnts. The tribe of the Ssvtchuks i
composed of so families, which live il
peace and quiet without ever going Il
law.