The Dickinson press., 1884-02-02
Personal Paragraphs.

Captain Arthur Spring, a merchant OF
Callao, Peru, about three years ago left
a fortune of 81, 100000 to his cousin,
John Spring. Inquiries were set on foot
Tor the latter, but he was not discovered
TIL three weeks before his death, which
happened at Virginia City, Nevada, a
few days ago.
A young lady in Salem, Mass, who is
a very clever amateur artist, has dec.
GRATED q set of tiles about one of the fire
places in the ancestral mansion which
her family has occupied Tor generations,
with sprays of apple blossoms, painted
from boughs taken from a 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, Jetfr, y o. Phelps served one
term in the house ard one in the sen.
ate' His grandfather, Jeffrey O. Phelps,
Or, served hv terms in the house. His
great-yiandfather, Noah A. Phelps,
served five terms. His sreat great.
grandiather, Noah Phelps, served niue.
teen terms. His great, great, great,
grandfather, David Phelps seven terms.
HIS great, great, great, great-grandfather
eighteen terms.
The duchess of Edinburgh, the Crown
Prince and Princess of Denmark, Prln-
cess Victoria, the wife of Prince Will.
liam of Prussia, and other royal person.
ages, will attend the marriage of the
Russian Eronl n,1bo No,tn,4.a -
Princess Elizabeth, of Saxe-Altenberg.
which will be solemn1zed soon at
the Winter Palace in st. Petersburg.
1t is reported that the Duchess of
Montrose, who offended ier family by
marrying Mr.. Crawford. leading sport.
ing man in England, intends to proclaim
her love for her second husband, who
lately died, by erecting i'll his a
tomb Of unprecedented gran ieur. She
has bought q fine site in London at an
immense cost, and says she will erect
upon it a monument that will beat the
world in this particular line. Her ambi-
ton is, SO she Says, to excel the tribute
of Artemesia, whose mayriti .eat sepul-
cher to her deceased, Mausolus, ave
the name to ambitious monumental arch.
itecture.
George P. A. Healy, during chat in
New York, said: when L was paint.
ing Prince Bismarck 1 found him very
grumpy. But before the work was com.
pleted he became very affable and asked
me to paint a portrait OF his wife and
daughter. Dore? Yes, | know HIM we'll,
l recall that the last time l saw him he
was in ecstacies about the American
women, whose graces he thought unex-
celied.
Gen. Sherman talked like the blunt
warrior that he is when some Missouri
stockmen called on him the other day.
missouri" he assured them, 'is the
laughing stock OF the Union" adding
that Georgia even was heading her in
progress, that She was comparatively as
unaeve!oped as the interior of Africa,
when, as the centre oftiie United States,
she should be in the van OF civilization.
Miss Mackey, daughter of the Calufor-
mia Bonanza king, disappointed her
mothers society friends Sunday in Paris
by falling to make her much. neralded
debut as soprano in the choir OF the
Passiouist Church, in Avenue Hoche.
The church WAS crowded in anticioation
OF the event by an ultra-fashionable
gathering, which had been educated to
expect q gteat performance from the
American heiress, and who were bewil-
dered at Miss Mackey's failure to APP
pear. After mass it was explained that
the young lady was quite i'll from attack
of bronchitis.
Mrs. ]. Ma ckey's jewel chest, which
she keeps in the vaults ola Paris bank
ing house, contains the finest collection
OF precious stones cu'sihe of IL roval
treasury, that exists in Europe. 1t il
valued at something like 81, O1D,G0J.
Foremost i'll the collection Shows re-
~splehdent the famous set of s,pphires
which attracted so much attention when
exhibited by the jew"ler boucheroh at
the Partisan universal exhibition OF
1878. 1t is valued u $500, 600, and COM
prises the d!adem, 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 sapphires 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 Off
pigeons egg. cut ~transeverselv, a perfect
oval in shape, and is alone valued at
$1,000.
ABABY GIANT.