The morning news., 1888-07-09
PERSONAL.

| SENATOR WADE HAMPTON fShed for five DAYS
| in ReStigouche river last week and caught
| fifteen salmon, aggregating 236y5 pounds in
| weight.
Mr.. BoSD, who has lately resigned the libra
| rianShp of the British museum married a
daughter of Mr.. Barham author of The In.
| goldsby Legends
| THE queen regent Of Spain, while at BARGE
| Iona, three times visited tho American depart
ment of the international exposition and ex-
| pressed great interest therein.
BERNARD REILLY native OF ireland. died in
| Baltimore Friday aged l09 years One of the
last acts of his long and otherwise respectable
career was to walk to the polls and vote the
straight democratic ticket.
JOHN A. LOGAN, JR., has had made two heauti-
full gold medals studded with diamonds One is
To he awarded in drill contest of the Logan
Rifles of Youngstown, and the other will 90 TO
member Of Logan camp sons OF veterans of
Washington.
PROF. NEHRING, in a discussion on the evolu-
ton OF the dog, attempts proof of the proposi
tlOn that Tray and Blanche had for their ancas-
tors species OF wolves and iackals still surviving
and he instances the tnct that Herr Rouge hns
so com letely tanned a young wolf that it fol
lows HIM about like any dog would.
WILLIAM j. FLoRRENcE, the actor. has sent
salmon weighing TWENTY-FIVE pounds 10 bie
friends in New York, which served as n frae
lunch to Tom Ochiltree, Lawrence Jerome
Elliott +. Shepard aud other friends the other
Gay MI Florence caught the fish in the Rest-
gouche, and il took 80 minutes to land it,
The declination of a leading British scientific
society 10 participate in the projected Vcnapnk
congress is not encouraging TO those who are
interesting themselves in the spread Of the uni
versal language Charles f. SpragIe author
of handbook on the subject, is quoted as ey-
pressing the opinion that Nolapuk is too artia
cial To become universal.
MRs. GREENsLADE, the lady barber who was
boycotted by the Brooklyn BARRIERS, has re
sumed business, and says in a circular: In
spite OF the barbar0nS boycOttiny the lady ton
soral artist Is again on her No. rs prepared 10
shave any man, white, black, green, or gray
deXterously removing hirsute appendages The
poor shaved Tree on application every Thurs
day. Special razor used for sh wing the dead"
REV IIUGH o. PENTEcosT can see NOTHING,
good in cithor political party and deplores the
ambition which leads men to look upon the
attainment Of Office As a boon to be desired
What is the worst of this strife he saws "is
That the whole of 1t occurs without the sli ightest
shock tc the public conscience They even
open such a dlsgraceiul contest with a PRAYER
by minister OF the Gospel This alone ndi-
Gates an absolute lack Of public morality"
SARcEy, the French critic, relates a charac-
terlstc thing OF Meyerbeer Veron director OF
the grand opera, had provided a sumptuo,is
setting for "l;obcrt lc Dabr" but desiring 10
Keep II as surprise for the composer had the
final rehcarsalS with rather poor accessories
which elected from Meyerbeer the remark: Il
see you are afraid to expend money: Won hova
no filth IN my music. kerOn made no rpnlv
expecting to have his turn at the first pro3uc
tion, but when the curtain rose on the gorgcons
spectacle Neron turned to Meye"bcer, who ex-
clai ed: The decoration Is too line; see Won
have no faith in my music"
lr ~ SAID that after the death Of his first wife
the Duke Of Aostl was SO much affected that he
talked ~ entering a monastery His sister
Princess Clotilde, was anxious 10 dispel all these
gloomy IDEAS; and as her daughter the prin-
cess Letitia was a brlget, hlgh-sprited p1rl
she told her 10 try and cneer up hor uncle some
time after this, Princess Clotllde who had NO
idea that her daughter had formed any attoch-
nent Tor the Duke % Aosta spoke 10 her about
marriage, and two or three persons were, men
TONED 10 the Young pNncess. who would NOT
hear OF anything Of the sort AT last her
mother said TO her that She must make IN her
mind. wnereupon she admitted that she was
attached 20 her uncle, ana that II she could NOT
marry him she would not marry anyone else
Princess ClOtilde said nothing but s6niehov or
or other the story got to the ears of the Duke ~
Aosia. who said that be had formed great A..
tachncnt for his neicc, but that disparity OF
age had made him keep silent as he did not
dream Of her caring Tor h.m The lee bavine,
been broken, the Duke ~ Aosta went 10 his NJ.
Ter and asked her 10 agree 10 the marriage
which, subject 20 the neessssnry dlspsDRatIon
from the Pope She readily did Thus n viii bs
h''h mat lhe marriage a purely one OF mutual
A4tc.igu.