Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19

she heard that Congress had post
poned her claim fer money due as roy
atty on the Sibley tent
COLONEL ELLIOTT r. SHEPARD, Of
New York, has just paid 1862, 900 for
some Broadway and Fulton street prop
erty, wherein he will erect q great
building for the Mail and Express.
JOIN JACOB AsroR is called the rich
est man in New York to-day, his for
tune, which is mainly in real estate,
being estimated at 800, 100000. He
is about 70 years Of age and a widower.
A REPUTABLE author says that the
skull of John Theach, known as
Blackboard, the Virginia pirate of
1913, is in the possession OF a Virginia
family, in the form of silver-rimmed
drinking cup.
PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR of Wales,
better known as collars and Cuffs, :" is
the sprig Of royalty likely to be sent to
Canada in the hope of weaving our
northern neighbors from their growing
adeotion for the United States.
IT is asserted that nearly all the
idols now worshiped in India are of
English manufacture. John Bulls
principle would seem to be, "Let
me but make the idols of a coun-
try and [ care not who makes its re-
igion."
The Irish sculptress, Miss Mary
Redmond, who has been studying for
three years in Italy, has returned to
Dublin. Although little over twenty,
her work is much admired, and she is
overwhelmed with orders, among them
one for bust of Gladstone.
CAPT. BEN RICHARDSON, of Harlem,
NY, owner of coach once belonging
to George Washington, is dead He
was a '49er. Every Fourth of July
and on Washington's Birthday Capt.
Richardson would drive about the
streets of Harlem in that ancient We
hicle.
Mrs. WINDOW was an extremely pop
7uIar woman in Washington society, and
has many friends in that city. Mrs.
'Wirdom is woman with grown chill
dren, who is still young, whose face is
full of gentleness, and whose manner
is so kind and cordial as to have saved
her from all criticism.
Mas. JOHN CROSBY BROWN, of Now
York, has presented her collection of
musical instruments to the New York
Metropolitan Museum. The collection
contains 266 specimens, and is esti-
mated as worth $4,000 1t contains
all sorts of instruments known both in
ancient and modern times.
A FLORIDA correspondent says that
Mrs. Jeanette Halford, daughter Of
the Presidents Private Secretary, is a
thoroughly live American girl. She is
at present sojourning with her mother
at Orlando, Fla, and can frequently
be seen seated upon load of hay and
handling the reins over a team Of
frisky mules.
A PERFECTLY intact tomb was dis
covered at a we'll in Rome lately, and
Signor Lanciani, the well-known Ro-
man archDologist, at once proceeded
to inspect it. It contains nineteen
vases. They are of rather common
pattern, with the exception of three,
which have red and white decorations
on q black background.
THE Prince of Wales viii go to Der
lin in the spring to pay formal visit
to the German Emperor in his mill
tary capacity as Colonel of the Butcher
Hussars. The meeting between Col.
Guelph and his superior officer viii
doubtless be an affectionate one,
though the usual OSCILLATION viii prob
ably be omitted.
ED1ToR RICHARD SMITH in his Toledo
Commercial virtually serves notice
upon Gov. Foraker that Ohio has had
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