Milford chronicle., 1888-08-24

OF his daughter, Lady Blossom, after asking
her consent, to her husband. This Is a re-
versal of Chinese custom The marquis kept
other customs, as, for example, heading the
procession carrying 120 tables of presents
about the streets Of Pelin.
The late E. P. Roe used to do his writing
in little workshop at the top Of his home
1t is long, narrow, uncarpeted room under
the slanting roof. 1t is well ventilated and
filed with lazy lounges and chairs, while
common book shelves, a large writing desk
and cabinet OF Hudson river birds are the
only other furniture in the room Mr.. Roe's
hobby was collecting birds and studying
their songs
Beitullah, Turkish bandit, has married
Aishe, beautiful girl whom he had long
vooed, 8od whom he finally won by force,
carrying her off in a raid upon Guebzeh.
where she lived. The ceremony was duly
performed in the presence Of his followers.
and on its conclusion the bridegroom wrote
to the officials of Guebzeh informing them OF
the wedding and requesting them to properly
register it. He threatened them with terri
bic vengeance if they thus failed to legalize
his wedding.
Gen. Black, Of the pension Office, Washing
ton, received the following letter not long
ago: ~ am the father Of seven sons by one
wife. haze been informed by different
parties that where man is the father of
seven sons and no daughters he was entitled
to pension. Therefore write you to know
the truth about it, and if it be true l wish to
know the truth of the matter. II so. how
shall proceedT'
Count Andor Szeeheni, at Buda Pesth,
taunted Herr Wahrmann with being a Jew,
and in a duel that followed was severely
wounded. After he had been expected to die
for six months he got well, and they were
both put on trial The ecount's lawyer alleged
that it was an honor for any one to come in
contact with one Of the Szeeheni family, and
the public prosecutor promptly rebuked him,
declaring that nowadays nobody was noble
by birth, but only by work and knowledge
The count was sentenced to one months inn
prisonment and Herr Wahrmann was let 60.
Among the prominent people now assem-
bled at Melbourne to witness the Centennial
exhibition Of Australian industries, New
Workers may see by the eye Of faith a small,
bald headed and red whiskered man, whose
eye gathers in the salient features of the
western worlds big show, while his pencil
transfers them to cardboard and his ear all
the while drinks in the music Of the cannon
and the rattle Of the drums, and shifts from
afar new battles to depict and new wars to
describe. And no one who has seen HIM or
heard him lecture at Chiekering hall can fail
to recognize Melton Prior, the war special Of
The Illustrated London News.
Says a newspaper correspondent at Sara
toga in a recent letter; while sitting in the
new Patterson spring pavilion this morning
| was surprised to see Jay Gould and his
physician, Dr. Mum, enter and tallo seats at
one of the little tables. They were served
with water, and [ had a good look at the
great millionaire, who goes about the world
with railroads and telegraph lines in his
pocket. Save a careworn expression, could
not see that he looked perceptbly different
from what had seen him in seasons past on
the United States piazza. He was very
plainly dressed in blue suit and leaden
colored plug hat, and wore a calico necktie,
considerably soiled at that"
Mr.. John Ropes, of Boston, is said to have
the finest collection of prints relating to the
life Of Napoleon Bonaparte in America,
among them unique collection Of burlesque
cartoons. 1t is at Mr. Ropes Boston home
that the famous Quartette club meets every
Saturday evening. This is not a musical
organization, as one might judge from its
name It is composed of grave and reverend
historians, who amuse themselves with a
game which they call ga Nations History"
The walls of Mr.. Ropes study are hung
with maps depicting the scenes of great
American battles, and tiny movable pegs are
used by the historian players in replanning
campaigns and refghting famous battles.
In the summer time Mr.. Ropes lives at York
Beach, and although he is a bachelor of so,
he manages to have his house constantly
filed with young people.