San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-07
WHAT TOLD OF THEM.

WHAT is TOLD OF THEM.
Gen. Boulanger is still issuing man
ifestos.
DIR. Nansen, the Norwegian explor-
er, is about to set out for the North
Pole.
Henry George is going to California
in January, and thence will proceed
to Australia and New Zealand lee
turing.
Buffalo Bill aud Rosa Bonheur have
become great friends. The former is
taking lessons in oils from the great
artist.
The Evangelical Alliance for tn 9
United States will hold a national
meeting in fremont Temple, Boston,
the 4th, 9Th and 9th of December
next.
Mr.. Frederick Douglass has son,
Charles r. Douglass, who lived some
time in Hayti and learned the COLO
quail French that is the language of
the natives.
Col. A. Loudon Snowden, the
American minister to Greece, will
sail for Athens tomorrow, in order to
De present. ~ bll6 NI66h ClOW
princes wedding on October 26.
Mrs. Fin P. Blxby, widow of one of
New Hampshire's distinguished sol
diers, died recently and in her will
there is found a legacy of $4,000 for the
support of the family horse.
Capt. Murrell, of the Missouri, res
cuer of the Inflated Danmark's pas
sengers, has just received another
distinction in the form OF a magniti-
cent gold medal, awarded to him by
the Norwegian Government.
The fiftieth birthday of Miss Fran
ces E. Willard, president of the
National Woman's Christian Tenn
peranc e union, was celebrated Mon
day night by large gathering in the
First Methodist church, Evanston,
Ill.
Amanda NJ. Douglas, the novelist,
has for the past sixteen years been
the chief support of her father and
mother also. During all these years
she has writ en-, on an average, two
novels year.
Henry Russell, father of w. Clark
Russell, the novelist, was once resi-
dent of America. He has written
many popular ballads. Among them
are "Cheer, Boys, Cheer" "The Brit
ish Grenadiers" and "a Life on the
Ocean Wave"
Bernard Quaritch, the London book
dealer, offers for sale 1.-THE Book of
Golden Gospels a manuscript on
purple vellum, formerly in the library
of Henry VIII. The volume is be-
lieved to have been compiled about
A. u. $50, and is valued at 81, 500.
Robert H. Terrell, the negro APP
pointed chief Of division in the fourth
auditors office OF the treasury de-
partment, is a graduate of Harvard
university. He maintained a fair
standing in his class, being the first
black man to gain white mans
rank at the college.
Miss Mary Alexander, of West
Philadelphia, has the best record
ever made by man or woman in eX-
animation before the civil service
commission at Washington for GER
tificate to the executive department
for appointment. Her percentage
was "a out of possible 100 which is
just two or three marks higher than
any one else has attained.
Queen Victoria's knee joint is still
badly swollen and she cannot walk
without stick. The Prince of Wales
still suffers from a varicose vein an d
limps perceptibIy. An affection of tn Q
instep causes the Princess of Wales to
limp a trihe. Prince Albert Victor,
who may rule over England some day,
recently met with an accident while
sta inc deer i'm Scotland Tn laapinn
from one bowlder to another he fell
and sprained his ankle.
Lost nY StnIap