The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

When John Adams was President
he bought billiard-table in France.
had il sci up In the White House and
sent the bill Ia Congress, SAYS the
Washington Post.
MIR. Bcccher recently declared. in
a lecture at tiateshcad. Eng. that he
never yet had spoken in a hall where
one thousand persons could breathe
comfortably for an hour and q half to-
gether.
The heirs of Jonas Waters. of Mis-
souri,. won't do any fighting over his
last will and testament. He sold his
farm. built himself monument, paid
the funeral expenses in advance and
burned up all his money before he
died.-St. LOUiS Posi-.
Henry Dumblr, of Kingston, Can,
is sixty-cight years old, and for years
has been perfectly bald. hut last spring
hair began to grow on his head, and
now he has fine crop of elegant black
hair. and his whiSSers, which have
been gray for twenty years. arc turn
ing black. Toronto Mali.
-Rey. H. F. Hill was at Plainlield
ut 30 one afternoon, when he received
word that the train was some four
hours late. and he at once started for
the capital Ion foot" That the rector
i a pedestrian he cOncluSivcly proved
by making the ten miles in one hour
and fifteen minutes. Montpelier ~
Argns.
The New York Nal ami Express
mentions pair of ladies shoes on cN-
hibition i'll a Broadway window that
are worth one hundred dollars. They
were made for Murray Hill belle.
who has n pretty foot and all equally
attractive pocketbOOk. They are made,
save the soles. of plain black satin.
RhincStoncS set in solid silver form the
buttons.
-Gray-haircd Prof. Whitney. the fa-
nous lingui>i, who has given up teach
ing 1T Yale because of I'll health. has
been these MANY years one of the most
attractive figures ut the New Haven
college. SOciable, mildmannercd. a
great lover of pleasant anecdOte and
always exhibiting the polish of his
great scholarship, he has been popular
not only in college circles but i'm town
life Us well.-NcU HdreH Register.
"A child at Bristol, Queens County.
Nova Scotia, has large and varied AS
sortment of grsndmOthers. Its ma
ternal grandmother is Mrs. William
Dexter, of Bristol. aged forty-six years.
Its great-grandmOiher i Mrs. Abigail
Mcleod. of the same county, aged
sixty-ninc. Its great-great-grandmOth-
er is Mrs. Sarah Godfrey, also OF
Queens. aged ninety-eight years. And
there are still the grandmOthers on the
patcrnal side TO take into account.
On her way from the Yellowstone
To Oregon Nine. Minnie Hank stopped
nj Boseman and gave Il concert. The
auditors were greatly pleased and ~
tokens of their admiration presented tO
her with many other thingS-twO
gold nuggets from q neighbOring mine.
u pair of line eagle CLAWS and a gcnu-
inc Indian scalp. taken at the famous
Custer battlefield. Pinned ln the scalp
WAS earl saving. In the absence of
flowers an Indian trophy. presented to
Mime. Hank by T. Mounts.
odd Harvey and his harp are
probably known i'm every town in the
eastern part oT the country. More
than forty wears ago Harvey Morgan
WAS popular harp PLAYER in Wales
and England. His playing abilities
not only won him the applause of
thousands. but Melted him large sums
of money in the way of prizes and en-
gagcmcnt fees. He has several medals
won there He played before royalty.
A. performer on the harp he became
national man. and was soon pos
>c,>cd of considerable wealth. Last
Tuesday me applied for admission to
The Pittsburgh (Pa.) city home, and
WAS admitted. lie i seventy years
old. IhiiodsipLiG Press.