The Mineral argus., 1884-02-28
Personal Mention.

Spurgeon has only two children
twins, and both ofthem are Baptist cler
gymen.
Jules Lefebvre is to paint a larg3 worl
"for an American millionaire" the sub.
iect to be Lady Godiva. The moment
chosen is that in which the countess,
surrounded by her maidens, is mount
ing her horse to set forth on her cell
ebrated ride. One of her attendants is
withdrawing from her shoulders a vel
vet-hned mantle, against whose rich
texture the nude and lovely form stands
out in full relief. The face of Godiva,
''full of chaste heroism and noble re-
~solve," is said to be exquisite, though
the picture is as yet a sketch.
Mrs. Mary Beach, of Bridgeport, Conn.
who was n~inety-one years of age on the
oath Of the present month, and whose
father was a Revolutionary soldier, has
presented the local grand army post
with a bedquilt made by herself for tx
hibition at the coming fair.
The late Henry L. King, of Albany,
left $40, 900 for a memorial fountain to be
erected in that city. The executors of
the estate have delayed action in the
matter, and the fund now amounts to
nearly SIC, 1000. 1t is probable that the
fountain will soon be erected, from de-
signsand models prepared by Mr.. Charles
F. Heaton, of Philadelphia, who con-
structed the Drexel fountain in Chicago.
Among a list of New York millionaires
printed in the New York World appears
the name of Ulysses S. Grant.
Napoleon Butcher Ainsworth, is the
name of a Choctaw Indian who recently
married a South Carolina girl.
General w. S. Hancock is Frustrated
by kidney disease, in addition to the
trouble with his knee, and his condition
is said to be serious.
Ward McAlister junior has been en-
gagged by the negro population of San
Francisco to present in court the case
of a colored man who was recently re-
iected from a restaurant there on ac-
count of his color. Mr.. McAllister's
grandfather was n of the largest slave
holders in Georgia.
The Prince of Wales now weighs 224
pounds, and is still growing.
The eager activity with which Mr..
Gladstone leaped from the paddle box
Of the tug to the gangway of the Penn
broke Castle elicted great:cheering from
the sailors and the crowd on shore.
Tennyson, the poet laureate on the 9TH
eT hand, looked very feeble, and had to
be assisted. He wore bis usual costume,
an Inverness cloak, open collar, unbut-
toned waistcoat, and broad brimmed
billycot hat. During the voyage he new
er parted with a green-colored volume
which lay open on his knees.
The will of the late Junius Brutus
Booth has been presented for probate
in Salem, Mass, and bequeaths all his
property to his widow, Mrs. Agnes
Marian Booth.
A reunion of old time friends and bus
mess associates of Mr.. A. l.. Dennison,
the originator of the method of making
watches by machinery, took place in
Boston recently. Mr.. Dennison has
spent most of his time during the past
twenty years in England, and is now in
America for the first time in thirteen
years.
Rev. DR.. Andrew P. Peabody, late
Plummer Professor in Harvard college,
is to preach in the Unitarian church in
Portsmouth, n. H., the first Sunday in
November, that being the fiftieth ami
versary of his settlement owe that par
ish. He continued its pastor over a
quarter of a century.