San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-01
SAM AND JOE AND HANK.

"Sand Lots" Kearney is in New
York.
The Czarina of Russia is not raving
| crazy, as reported.
Warner Miller has become a martyr
to rheumatism.
Mrs. Ole Bull is having a new house
built for her at Cambridge, Mass.
Bishop Newman, Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, is lectnring on
christianity and WomanhOod."
Lord Palmerston had fifty-eight
years of public life. Gladstone must
have another year in order to tie the
! score.
Little Marshall p. Wilder was, be-
fore he adopted humor as business,
a clerk in the Bradstreet Commercial
agency.
Holman Hunt, the English artist,
has been in Oxford some time engaged
in painting a picture connected with
Magdalen college.
Joachim's musical jubilee will be
celebrated this year with much fes-
tivity. 4 marble bust of him will be
erected at Berlin.
Mrs. Helen 5. COnant, editor of
Harper's Bazaar, is the wife of Still
man 5. Conant, of Harper'S Weekly,
who disappeared some years ago.
Bishop Whitaker, Philadelphia,
who has just returned from visit to
Cuba, declares that the Cubans would
be very glad to enter the union.
Geronimo, the renegade Apache
who has been a prisoner of the Gov
eminent for some years, has become
very clever gardener since he was
taken to Florida.
Only two of Gen. Harrison's rivals
in the late presidential race are eX-
pected to attend the inaugural ball
President Cleveland and Mrs. BelVa
Ann Lockwood.
Buffalo Bill's ranch is located on
the North Platte, in Nebraska, and
land. Mr.. Cody has 200 head of
head of cattle.
In Stockholm they have not yet
finished hOnoring Jenny Lind. A
new street has just been called after
her, and sculptor has recently fin
ished a statute representing her in
the costume of Norma"
George B. Roberts, who is at the
head of the great Pennsylvania rail
road, is a small man with a wonder
full head for facts and figures. He is
of Scotch descent and about fifty
years old, although he looks some,
what younger.
A rare find has just been made in
Paris in the shape of fine bust of
Nine. de Stsel by Canova. 1t was
found in second hand shop, where it
had lain for years, buried under rub
bish, with its value all unguessed.
A rare collection of diamonds is
owned by Mrs. ArnOt, wife of the ex-
congressman from Elmira. One beau
tiful stone IN the collection cost SILL
900. She has pin containing a hun
dred stones and a star containing
fifty.
A marvellous and glittering corusca-
ton of dazzling jewels, in resplendent
and seemingly limitless profusiOn," is
said to have adorned the person OF
Mrs. J. G.. Aver, the widow of the
noted patent medicine man, at re-
cent New York reception.
James G. Blaine was approached by
a boOtblack in Washington few days
ago. "Are you Republican or Dem
Ocrat?" asked Mr.. Blaine, facetiously.
Neither" said the boy. Ppm a
Blaine man." 1t was rather doubt
full compliment, but Mr.. Blaine took a
"shine.n
Vivian Burnett, the younger son of
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, is the
real Little Lord Fauntleroy. 1t is
generally known that his character
and many of his odd sayings are put
in the story, but it is not generally
known that the pictures were taken
direct from his photographs.
An able-bOdied tramp stopped in
front Of a well known citizen of Austin,
and said i'll whining tone please
give me some assistance. / have no
friends or family. l am homeless and
friendless." "YOu are! Well. then.
if you have no friends to borrow