The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-02-01
Personal Paragraphs.

Callao, Peru, about three years ago left
a fortune of sl,5Oo,0OO to his cousin.
John Spring. INQUIRIES were set On foot
till three weeks before his death, which
happened ut Virginia City. Nevada,
few days ago.
A young lady in Salem, Mass, who is
very clever amateur artist, has dec.
Grated set of tiles about one of the fire
places in the ancestral mansion which
her family has occupied for generations,
with sprays of apple blossoms, painted
from boughs taken from tree
which George Washington planted on
the grounds, and which is still flourish.
ing.
In the Connecticut house of represen.
tatives is Jeffrey o. Phelps, of Lewis
burg, serving his first term. Mr.. Phelps
father, Jeffr.y o. Phelps served one
term in the house and one in the sen.
ate. His Crane father, Jeffrey O. Phelps,
Sr., served five terms in the house. His
great-grandfather, Noah A. Phelps,
served five terms. His sreat great
grandfather, Noah Phelps, served nine.
teen terms. His great, great, great
grandfather, David Phelps seven terms.
HIS great, great, great, great-grandfathe
eighteen terms.
The duchess of edinburgh, the Crown
Prince and Princess of Denmark, Prln-
cess Victoria, the wife of Prince Viii.
liam of Prussia, and other royal person.
ages, will attend the marriage of the
Russian Grand Duke Constantine to
Princess Elizabeth, of Saxe-Altenberg,
which will be solemnized soon at
the Winter Palace in st. Petersburg.
1t is reported that the Duchess of
Montrose, who offended her family by
marrying M. Crawford. leadi ng sport
ing man in England, intends to proclaim
her love for her second husband, who
lately died, by erecting in his memory a
tomb of unprecedented grandeur. She
has bought fine site in London at an
immense cost, and says she will erect
upon it q monument that will beat the
world in this particular line. Her ambi-
ton is. 80 she says. to excel the tribute
Of Artemesia, whose magnificent sepul-
cher to her deceased, Mausolus, gave
the name to ambitious monumental arch.
itecture.
George P. A. Healy, duringa chat in
New York, said: "When was paint
ing Prince Bismarck found him very
grumpy. But before the work was COM
pleted he became very affable and asked
me to paint portrait of his wife and
daughter. Dore? Yes, 1 know him well.
l recall that the last time I saw him he
was in ecstacies about the American
women, whose graces he thought unex.
celled.
Gen. Sherman talked like the blunt
warrior that he is when some Missouri
stockmen called on him the other day.
Missouri" he assured them, sic the
laughing stock of the Union" adding
that Georgia even was heading her in
progress, that she was comparatively as
undeveloped as the interior of Africa,
when, as the centre ofthe United States,
she should be in the van'of civilization.
Miss Mackey, daughter Of the Califor-
MIA Bonanza king, disappointed her
mothers society friends Sunday in Paris
by falling to make her much heralded
debut as soprano in the choir of the
Passionist Church, in Avenue Hoche.
The church was o3ded in anticipation
of the event by an ultra-fasliOnable
gathering, which had been educated to
expect great performance from the
American heiress, and who were Devil.
dered at Miss Mackey's failure to ap-
pear. After mass it was explained that
the young lady was quite ill from attack
of bronchitis.
Mrs. J. Mackey's jewel chest, which
she keeps in the vaults ofa Paris bank.
ing house, contains the finest collection
Of precious stones outside Of a roya,
treasury, that exists in Europe. It is
valued at something like $i,0OO,OO).
Foremost in the collection shows re-
dependent the famous set of slpphires
which attracted go much attention when
exhibited by the jeweier Boucheroh at
the Partisan universal exhibition of
1878. It is valued at $500, COO, and COM
prises the diadem, bracelets, ring, ear.
rings and necklace. with large pend
ant. The necklace is double, the upper
row being a band Of large square dia-
monds, and eapphires fitting the throat
closely, while the lower row, a wide
arabesque of the same stones, supports
the pendant. This last is composed of
one enormous sapphire, peerless in col.
or and in water, and set in large dia.
monds. This stone is of the size of a
4 pigeons egg. cut transeversely, perfect
oval In shape, and is alone valued at
$4,000.