Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-23
TIE GAZETTE: FORT WORTH. TEXAS TUESDAY July %.


never went away empty handed, and she
never stopped to inquire whether the OBJ
jeet of her generosity was worthy Of it
or not.
Ms. Sangster, the new editor of Har-
per's Bazaar, known so long by her re-
hgious poems in the weekly papers, is
fair, matronIY lady, well and rather
richly dressed, with a suave manner, re-
miDding one of Helen Hunt Jackson.
Miss Susan b. Anthony, the veteran
advocate of woman S rights, is a lady of
seventy, and it is forty-two years since
she delivered her first lecture on public
platform. 1t Is not often that she now
appears as public speaker, bat she IS
yet full of the old mettle.
One report is TO the effect that En-
mons Blaine is to wed Grace, daughter
of ex-senator Henry g. Davis; another
rumOr was that he had reaped the affec-
tons and won the hand of Miss Anita
Mccormick, the 81 ,001 900 daughter of
the late Chicagoan of whom every one
has heard.
The eccentric George Law of New
York, who gave valuable diamonds last
year to all the sporting characters at
Saratoga, has lately distinguished him
Long Branch gambling house. He tried
to g break the bank, but with dlsas-
trous financial results
At Troy, n. Y, which is great place
for laundering, the ClipperlY and Saxton
families are washing their dirty linen
under the public nose. Mr.. c. has sued
for divorce from Mrs. c., who is ''Yiva-
cious' aud musical, and has put in
10 mo # TlIr
SaxtOn, who is ''musical'' and rich.
With characteristic frankness Don Piatt
writes to Il New York paper concerning
the ''Arthur Richmond letters: 81
have no objection to telling you that the
name of arthur Richmond covered
syndicate of bIackguards organized by the
late Thorndlke Rice l was, as near as
l cOuln make out, one-siXth of Arthur
Richmond. ; -
Mrs Harriet Prescott Spofford is
strong advocate of daily exercise for
girls. She does not care so much about
its nature, so long as it is taken regu-
larry. She believes that it is as much
the duty of parents to insist upon GER
tain amount of exercises for their girls as
to insist upon proper diet and clothing.
A wealthy Tennessee bachelor named
one-armed one-Iegged Confederate vet
Grams. Mr.. Tate's generosity differs
from Commissioner Tanner s somewhat
The former distributed his own money,
and he took the precaution to find out
that the objects of his charity had really
participated in the war.
There has been contest between stem
ographers to determine how many words
y ErrI4f ton oil nd xvi
vanus Jones of Richmond Va has taken
the prize which was offered for the largest
number of words by writing upon card
3G ,7G4 words. Mr.. Jones is u shorthand
writer employed by the BFighthope rail-
way company of Richmond.
Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, the
senior admiral of the English fleet, has
just attained his ninety eighth year
He entered the navy as far back as 1901,
and is tine sole survivor OF the action
between the Shannon and the Chesa-
pealle, in which he played a distin-
guished part, taking command of the |
Shannon when his seniors were wounded |
and conducting both vessels in triumph !
into Halifax.
The Oldest man in the world, in all |
is Macy Ference OF Barcs, |
Hungary. He was born in Hedrahelz |
l2I years ago. Twenty years of his life |
he spent as a soldier, and he fought |
against the first Napoleon in several |
famous battles. Early in life he was |
crossed in love and has been mis-
Dgynlst ever since. He has used tobacco |
for 104 years, and has INDUCED more or /
less in beer and wine. He is III perfect
health, has all his faculties and can
recall events of his childhood readily
He likes to gossip, and his conversation
5 very entertaining.