Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-04-12
PERSONAL.

IbuDvNhns I
Luigi Bistolf, who executed the Carl
baldi statue at Caprera, is at work on !
bust Of General di Cesnola. iarLirf1"'- |
The Rev. DIR. A. B. Earle, the Baptist
evangelist, has preached 1000 times
during his service of more than nifty
years in the pulpit. - . ss-- ~ +.
MIR. Tabor, the millionaire ex-senator
is in luck again. He has struck another
rich vein in one of his mines. 1t is said
that he wants to be Governor of Colora-
do. , r-ra r Z &. e.. |
Mr.. Charles Bradlaugh pleads not
guiltyiin the action which the Attorney
General James is bringing against him
for having voted in the House of Com
mons.
Edward King writesthat "Mr. Wilson
Barrett is becoming a great man in Lon
don, assuming social prominence which
few actors in France or America attain"
Celia, the youngest daughter of Carl
baldi, was married in Rome recently to
Professor Grazialdi. Among the we'd
ding presents was a diamond bracelet
from King Humbert.
Mrs. Eames, the widow of the Rev.
DR.. Eames, of Concord, n. H., has sent
s. 900 to be added to fund for the re-
building of the Trinity P. Z. Church, re.
Gently burned at Bermuda.
Judge Dunno, who was recently made
a Count by the Pope, owns 164 900 acres
of land in fernando county, Fla, and
has formed large Catholic colony. lie
speaks several languages well. 800.
Colonel Smith, better known as "Bill
Arp has published his humorous
sketches in a large volume, from every
page of which the honest cricket chirps,"
according to Henry Grady. D..
Charles NJ. Osgood, of Amherst, Mass,
has constructed a cdtamaran in sections,
that can be taken apart and packed tor
overland travel. In this he will sail to
the head waters OF the Connecticut.
Mrs. A. r. Allen heads the list of. mil
honaires in st. Louis, paying tax on
81 ,197, 300. Henry Shaw is put down as
worth S4,176, 100, the heirs of Jesse G..
Linden 81, Ia, 400 and Miss Bernice Nor
rison 1904 800. .tr .. -..
I NJ. Leutowski, st. Petersburg direc-
tor, has been sentenced to imprisonment
for one hundred days for having played
French pieces in the Russian capital
without first obtaining the authors per-
mission. To-. .... ...'-'. --.'...
John Boyle O'Reilly, Robert Grant
Il ofna1a Toh. WI ,,I
Geo. Parsons Lathrop, as it is reported
in the Harvard Herald, are going to
write novel together and they Lave al.
ready sold what they shall produce fol
S., 700. .. .s,- .. -. ....
General Sherman has not lost interest
in Atlanta, at the doors of which town
he hammered twenty years ago. He has
Just written letter indorsing Atlanta's
scheme to draw water for city purposes
from the upper Ohattahoochee river by
means of canal. ... s..
Peter Francisco Pescud, who died in
Raleigh, N. c., few days ago, was 9
grandson of Peter Francisco, the famous
giant of the Revolution, about WHOM
American lads like to read. The father
of the deceased was Colonel Edward
Pescud, noted years ago as a Virgins
editor. 3 ..,. g. ,
William Walter Phelps has bought
eight acres of the Kalorama estate al
Washington, once the property of Joe
Barlow, Minister to Russia and the au
thor of the funny old epic, "The Colum
bad" This estate is nobly wooded and
being on rising ground above the vale
of Rock Creek, supplies pure air and syl
van romance. ,f- g ~
Postmaster Vansickle, of yansickle
Blunt county, Texas, is aveteran of three
wars and has lived under five different
governments, Spanish, Mexican, Repub
lie OF Texas, United States, the Southern
Confederacy and the United States
again. He was born in Monterey, Mexi
co, of Polish parents, and ernigrated east
ward to Texas at an early age. s,i
Kenneth Ray ner was a man of many
misfortunes. DR.. Calling, of Hartford
speaking of him to reporter said: 81
knew the deceased when he lived in
North Carolina. Before the Gar he had
q fortune of 5000, 900, brought to hin
chiefly by his wife, who was sister Of
Bishop Polk. She owned $50 slaves
Rayner was firm Union man, and all
his property went during the war. Then
some of his sons turned out badly. He
deserves tn be kindly remembered"