The Washington critic., 1885-09-22
PEOPLE ~ GENERAL.

Twill be- Puritan this and Puritan that
And Puritan all the way through,
The ruritpn suit and the Puritan hat
And the Puritan uecNic, too
The Puritan bonnet. the Puritan cloak,
And also the Puritan car;
Tie Puritan brand uf tobacco We'll smoke
And the Puritan native cigar
The Puritan stove the Puritan toy,
The Puritan horse, and last,
MyN give the name 90 the college boy
NhonC'tr hos inclined to hc fast
- Boston Courier.
Tur Grant Monument Fund in New York
has reached Si9,9iS
MIR SAMUEL j. TupES has had ls7 books
read to him during the past eighteen
months.
Tnr private fortune Of Queen Victoria Is
estimated at not less than s3O,OOJ0J1, aud
% is compounding at a rapid rate.
SENATOR ITAwiuy will deliver the Grafton
at tie dedication, September -, Of the
soldiers Monument at springfield, Mass.
In is said that Lord Colcrdge would have
teen single man to-day II his present
wifc's mother had not been an eminent bust
ness woman.
SPECIAL SERVICES in honor OF the late Sir
Moses Montciiorc nrcs to be held in New
York and throughout the country on the
4th Of October.
CANoN FARRAR lcctured on "Dnte"
while at Ottawa, Ont, yesterday, Sir John
Macdonald presiding, and leftlatc last even
ing for Toronto.
"sAY, c'nductt, you ,hic) turn this seat
oycrY "What do you want the seat turned
forH "Got carried 10y my station. Want
& 1t back Chicago News.
PRorEssoR JomN Dickinson, a brother of
Anna Dickinson, has accepted the chair in
the Lawrence, Kansas, University, recently
vacated by Professor Wheeler.
ANDREW d. WHITE is in New York sit
ting for his portrait, in accordance with the
wishes of the trustees Of Cornell Univer-
sity. lie will sail for Italy Octobcr3
ONE Of Rev. Sam Jones' most notable
converts In Georgia is Sam Small, better
known as "Old Si,n who preached in At
lanta the other day to a very large audience.
al WAS n poor man once" remarked
General Fremont to the late Sheriff Mer-
rift, who served writ on him at Nahant.
"hut now | owe millions. j. Boston
Traveller
THE colored mon who led the horses at
tachcd to the catafalque bearing the re-
mains Of General Grant at his obsequies in
New York city have formed themselves
into an organization which they have chris
tened "The Grant Guards of the State OF
| New York;
TwENTY-THIEE Italian associations in
al Il Il, ,t.1 4
versary of the entry of the Italian troops
into Rome Among the honorary guests OF
| the occasion were Count de Foresta, Charge
| d'AfTaires of Italy in Washington, and
| Signor Baroli, an attaChe of the legation.
Ex-Governor JAMES E. ENGLISH of Con
necticut, who is now 70 years of age and O
widower with a son and two daughters, Is
said to be matrlmoniolly inclined again
| The lady in question is a Miss Morris OF
| Brooklyn. She Is described MS of charming
appearance, much refinement and about 81
years.
Moses ]. WARD of Pelham, Mass
bought dog for SO three years ago, ant
has Just sold the animal for 50, but as, II
the interim, Mr.. Ward has had to pay 81
for licenses and damages Of $50 and S65 tC
persons bitten by the cur, there is not a.
much profit in the transaction as ont
might think.
NINE. ALICE SEYMOUR of Paris has opened
a house in that city for the special benea
Of American girl students. Nine. Sey
mour says: "My plan is to have simple
cheerful home, where, surrounded by so
cial and intellectual society, they vii
gain higher and nobler ideas Of an artist
life, and what art really means"