San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-20
BRIEF MENTION,

wears six months and fourteen Gays
old when he is inaugurated president
of the United States.
The Jesuits at present laboring in
the missions of that order NUMBER
2377, of which number 1923 are priests,
800 teachers and 665 coadjutors.
Before the end of this week Iowa
will show the first yard of cotton
cloth ever manufactured within the
state. The machinery Of the new
cotton mill at DesMoines is nearly all
in place and operations will be begun.
The emperor of Russia exhibits at
Copenhagen an immense dinner SER
vice of Dresden china, which was
manufactured for him q few years ago
at O cost of 10000. There is differ
ent scene of Russian life on every
piece, and every variety of Russian
uniform and costume is represented.
One grower of Sacramento County,
Cal, about ten days ago shipped
twenty carloads of hops to New Or
leans en- route to London and Liver
pool. The shipment weighed 275,0O0
pounds, and the local papers think 1T
the largest ever made by single
grower at one time.
The Australian government is
building fence of wire netting, 5000
miles long to divide New South Wales
and Queensland, in order to keep the
jack rabbits out of the latter country.
Australia expends about Sl25, 900 per
year to keep the pests down in what
are known as Crown lands.
A letter received i'm Boston from the
father of Josef Hoffman says the lad
has so far recovered as to be allowed
by his physician to practice daily at
the pianoforte. Further time is needed
to strengthen his nervous system, and
not until his complete recovery will
his friends entertain any proposition
for any engagement to appear before
the public.
EERichard Francis, colored barkeep-
er in Washington for forty years, died
last week. During that time he had
met nearly every prominent man in
public life. At one time he counted
among his closest friends and best
customers Clay, Calhoun, Webster
and Benton, and there has been a
warm friendship of many years
standing between him and Senator
Edmunds.
The European Jews claim a Flor
ence Nightingale. The Jewish Stand
ard SAYS that COralie Cohen, who was
an angel of mercy during the late
FrancO-German war, and who passed
unframed among the wounded in the
two hostile camps, belongs to the He
brew race. She is a Knight of the Le-
gion of Honor, and has just been elect
ed president of that patriotic body,
the Association DIES DANES Fran
caises.
The Princess Tewfida Hanem, the
eldest sister of the khediva TeWtik
Pash and wife of Mansur Pasha, died
recently at the age of thirty-eight.
She emancipated herself almost en-
'tirely from oriental manners, dress
and ways of life, and was a great
favorite among the European resid-
ents of Egypt. Her funeral was at
tended by the British troops and by
the diplomatic and consular corps.
The Bismarck of today is thin apd
bony, and the doctor has, 1t Is we'll
known, disencumbered him of the
unhealthy fat merely by preventing
him d hiking with his meals. He is
looking remarkably well; his gait Is
swift and denotes real vigOr, his COM
DleXion is clear and almost pink. The
features are softened down; you scan
them in vain to discover that harsh
ness. not to say ferocity, which is so
apparent in his photographs.
4 few friends of Mrs. Sheridan
have undertaken to raise fund of
SlOO, 1000 for her benefit. They are
quietly passing a paper around tor
signatures, with great success. Sew
eral gentlemen, among them G. w.
Childs. Anthony DreXel, OF PhiIadci-
phia: Vice PreSiden 5-elcCt NOTon,
Joseph Pulitzer, Marshal Field. J. VI,
Pullman, p. A. Armour and General
Anger, of Michigan, have subscribed
-. 900 each, and number OF others
have contributed 81 900. General
Sheridan's estate amounts to about
$50. coo, but most OF the property is
unDrOductive.
The Shah Of Persia, vino, by the
way, contemplateo - Nlsl, 10 jhis
country, has peculiar IDEAS regarding
certain public questions. Not long
ago a riot occurred at the ieAerah
railroad station. The ShAa is nerF-
Gus and objects to riots, and AC mas or
dered that all traffic on the ro"l ne
suspended. At the same time he
conipels his minister OF WA 10 roe mp
and down the line of the ro2G. solemn
Nv informing the people tAW me >han
does not want them TO make any
further disturbance. I'M, IS az M
provement on the aLg4 .hF ietsiah
method of beheadiDg all disturbers OF