The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-29

mothers alarming Illness in Paris. In
London he'learned OF her death.
IL
Mrs. HENRY JONES, of Bridgeport,
Conn, lady 80 years OF age, Is the
only surviving child of Noah Webster.
She is said to be bright and interest.
ing woman. with her mind still perfect.
ly clear.
ANTHONY j. DRExEL, Jr., son OF A.
j. Drexel, the Philadelphia millionaire,
was married Tuesday to Miss Margarita
Armstrong. formerly one of the faircsi
bellies OF Baltimore, but now of Phila'
delphia.
CANON LID oN's health appears to
be quite restored. He has lately
preached at st. Paul's on nine success.
sive Sundays without feeling any i'll ef-
fects. His biography of DIR. Pusey is
still in most fragmcntary state.
Mr.. BROWNING has been compelled
to go 10 law to make the Austrian who
sold him Venetian palace stick to his
bargain. His son, Robert Barrett
Browning. is painting for the ceiling a
scene out of Shelley's "Revolt Of
Islam"
LIEUT.. HEM, Of the Galatea, is the
defendant of an old Irish family. Two
centuries ago the name was spelled
Hone. Lieut. HEM is the grandson OF
the famous Irish barrister who defend
ed O'Connell in 1S4S and prosecuted
John M.tcell in 184S.
HENRY BERGH, whose tenderness for
the brute creation is widely known, is
quoted in The NcW York Herald as say
ing a day or two ago: II do wish
somebody would build hotel at which
children were not taken. l hate
children. If could only escape their
internal CHATTER I'd be happy"
JULIAN HAWTHORNE assails "Ouida"
with all the vim of a man who means
what he utters. Referring to her re.
cent article in The North american Re.
view upon female suffrage, he says:
why not draw the line at "Ouida?"
There is nothing in her, mentally, NOR
ally, OF physically, which any man or
woman can respect. The dignity OF
human nature (such as it is) is lowered
by the fact that of her existence, and
every overt act Of the unfortunate
creature has been mischievous and
unclean act"
MARIA HENRIETTA, queen OF the Bel
CLANS, received letter from the unfor-
tunate cx-Empress Carlotta, q few days
ago. asking her to come and see her rs
soon as possible. The queen had her
ponies hitched to the caleche which she
always drives herself, and set out at a
gallop. Ovcrtaken by storm her ma
jesty took refuge in barrack. Being
mess hour the officers set about impro-
vsing the best dinner they could for
their august visitor, but the queen re-
fused, saying: "a newly arrived re-
cruit should be content with ordinary
fare" And she sat down at the COM
mon table and ate plate of cabbage
soup and picked pigs foot.
PROF. WyMAN, the distinguished
anatomst, used to tell story that IL
Illustrates the fallibility of human evil
dcnce. One day a clergyman brought
to him live young blacksnake which
he said parishioner of his, gentle.
man of unmpeachable veracity, had
elected from his stomach. The clergy
man grew very indignant when Prof.
Wyman doubted the possibility of this,
saying that his parishioner was abso
lutely sure that the reptile had been
living in his stomach for years. To
settle the matter, therefore, Prof. Wy
man cut open the stomach of the snake
and turned out of IL number of grass
hoppers, beetles, and grubs. at