The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-24
BRIEF MENTION.

Blaine.
Lord Derby is to have the garter worn
by the late Duke of Buccleuch. The
duke, who was the 695th knight elected,
received it on the death of Philip Yorke
One hundred and forty-seven thou
sand persons visited the reading-room, in
1882, of the British Museum, and only
20, 600 that of the Paris Public Library.
The last interviewer who went to see
Jesse Grant was told that there was
nothing for the public to know. We've
lost all our money" he said, ''and that's
the end of it."
Mrs. Powers, beautiful widow of
West Las Animas, is said to be the veal
thiest cattle raiser in the West. She is
worth $4,000, 600, and is called the ma
tive cattle queen.
Mr.. Hammond, the owner of st. Gatien
began his life as a stable boy at New
market. During the last few years he is
said to have won $500, 900 on the race
course. By st. Gatien this year he wins
$15O,OOO
Queen Victoria is sixty-five years old,
the oldest European monarch, with three
exceptions-the Emperor of Germany,
who is eighty-seven; the King of the
Netherlands, sixty-seven, and the King
of Denmark, sixty-six.
Resent statistics give a startling view
of the decay of farming in England and
Wales. There were %, 964, or 10 per
cent fewer farmers in 1881, than in 1871,
and 10 per cent more farmer bailiffs.
There were also 10 per cent fewer farm
labOrers.
A crowd of boys playing with broken
telephone wire dangling from pole at
Bridgeport, Conn, threw the wire over
an electric light wire and induced lad
named Charles SchulthuSs, eight years
Old to take hold of the suspended end.
He did so, and was instantly killed by
the electric current.
Miss Florence Kelly, daughter of Con
gresham Kelly, who tried in vain to get
admission to the University of Pennsyl-
vania, is studying in Zurich, Switzerland,
where there are ten other young Ameri-
can girls in search of a higher education.
The Misses Sargent, daughters of the
late Minister to Prussia, are at the same
university.
Chevalier de Bruides is mentioned as
the Cuban Ole Bull Not long ago he
PLAYED before Kaiser William at Berlin.
The violinist is coal black, and at the
soiree his coat front glittered with more
decorations than were exhibited by any
of his audience. His appearance caused
a sensation. The Kaiser turned to
gentleman and exclaimed, with a smile:
1.-The fellow has even more orders than
l."
Queen Victoria's rigorous prohibition
of social festivities among England's no
bility since the death of the Duke of AL
bany has excited considerable comment.
Labouchere, in London Truth, says:
The royal family is numerous enough
to form a small regiment, and it srapid-
ly increasing If, then, this sort of pub
lie penance is to be ordered whenever a
death takes place, the time will come
when the country will be in a state of
permanent mourning.
The Aldrich family, whose progenitOrs
emigrated from England in the latter
part of the seventeenth century, are to
hold a reunion in Saratoga this summer.
Among those expected to be present are
Senator AldriCh, of Rhode Island; Con-
gresham Aldrich, of Illinois: Judge
Aldrich, of the Massachusetts, Supreme
Court Judge Aldrich, of the Supreme
Court of California, and Judge Aldrich,
of Georgia. Thomas Baily Aldrich ex
poets to be in Russia at the time.
DIR. Carlos Zaremba, of New York, has
addressed a circular to the representa-
tives of foreign powers at Washington,
proposing that their governments COM
bine to celebrate the four hundredth ami
versary of the landing of Columbus at
Guanahaui. He asks that a conference
Dt Ilelu anu steps DS ItihSn W CcISbi6tIt
the discovery by a universal exposition
at the City of MeXiCo-in a country
which has not yet had the benefit of
such an exhibition, and a country in
which the discoverer made his first steps
on the new continent" He suggests the
erection of a colossal statue of Columbus
upon a spot selected by an international
committee, and upon base of stones
contributed by all the nations of the
world that have taken part in the coloni-
cation of the new hemisphere. The ra-
pid progress Mexico is making gives as
surance that by 1892 she would be able
to celebrate the event in a fitting man
ner.
Heroic Devotion.
Philadelphia Times
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