Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-06-28
PERSONAL AND iMPERSONAi.


The "violin-King.' Joachim, has
temporarily lost the use of one of his
fingers. and has gone to Amsterdam to
see if the famous massage operator, DR..
Merger. can restore it to its functions.
There is drug merchant, young
man. in Davenport, Iowa, who has nine
grandparents living two great-great-
grandfathers, three great-great-grand-
mothers. two grandmothers and two
grandfathers.
ID. D. Bidwcll. Hartford news
paper man, is the latest searcher after
Captain Kidd's buried treasure. He
hopes, by the aid of an ancient chart,
to locate it on Elbow Key, one of the
Bahama Islands.
"A young man living in St Adams.
VT, awoke the other morning to find
his mouth wide open and his jaw set in
snch position that he could not close
it. 1t required the assistance of a
physician to put the refractory jaw into
place again.
Madam Vincent is French woman
who has saved twelve people from
drowning. A short time ago she
jumped into the waves entirely dressed
and rescued the twelfth. six-year-old
boy. She has seven children of her
own, the youngest being still an infant.
jay Gould paid two hundred thou
sand dollars for his country home up
the Hudson, and it is said to cost him
four hundred dollars day, or nearly
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
year. 1t embraces almost square
mile of land, ninety-five acres of which
is lawn.
Mrs. Paran Stevens, who owns the
Victoria Hotel, in New York, was in
her girlhood waiter in a Lowell res
taurant, while her husband began life
as stable boy. She is now worth
$6,OOO,OO0. and her hotel is head
quarters for the English aristocracy in
this country.
Mrs. Eliza Garfield was the only
woman who ever saw her son inaug-
urated President of the United States.
Washington's mother was living in
Fredericksburg, Va, when the Father
of his Country was inaugurated, but
she did not witness the ceremony,
which took place in New York.
Lady Tennyson's dairy manage
ment, which is principally in the hands
of Mrs. Hallam Tennyson, is known for
the excellence of the butter, cream and
milk which it sends to market. Through
the length and breadth of the Isle OF
Wight there is an increasing demand
for the produce of the Poet Laureate's
dairy.
Mrs. Joshua Snow, an old lady who
was present at the birth of Daniel
Webster, exclaimed in strong, emphatic
language: This is an uncommon
child! Look at his great size His
large head! His eyes! tell you, here
is wonderful child! l never saw his
equal before! He will be worth rails
ing" And he was worth raising" as
the event proved.
Queen Kapiolani is very fond of
the small items of female costume, such
as laces, shoes, fine hosiery, etc. Her
order for gloves recently given to
Partisan g0ntier was so large that the
employees of the establishment were
kept at work night and day to complete
it in time. The Hawaiian Queen wears
a "a glove, preferred to those of six
teen-button length.
An English historian while writ
ing, it is said, smokes not only one
cigar, but several. To manage this he
had to invent new cigar holder. This
has the ordinary mouth piece, but
branches of, SO to speak, at right
angles at the other end. There are
holes in these branches into which the
cigars are placed, as many as four at a
time being a possibility.
Senator Bate, of Tennessee, was a
Confederate officer, and one of his
peculiarities is the carrying of an I'M
lighted cigar in his mouth. 1t is re-
lated Of him that he was standing on a
field of battle in conversation with his
brother, and as he was in the act of
lighting cigar his brother fell dead at
his feet, picked off by Federal sharp
shooter. Since that time it is said that
General Bate has never lighted a cigar