The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-22

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- John 3. Claskson. His name h "James,"
but he says no newer knew the time whom
people would believe IT, They win have
q 'John," though he cannot explain
why.
The feat of playing twenty games OF
checker simultaneously and winning
them all hut one, which was . draw, was
accomplished by Clarence A. Freeman I'm
Providence, r. l., . few days ago HE
contestants were experts from all over
Rhode Island. The play lasted one hour
and forty minutes.
Joel Barlow, the author and patriot.
who died in 1912, while on his way To meet
Napoleon La France To get the latter's sig
nature for q treaty Of commerce with this
In buried i'm Poland. The His
torical society of Connecticut, his native
state, has decided tn memOrialixe con-
Rress to remove the remains to Putnam,
Conn.,, and give them q resting place In
the state park that il now being laid out.
A Berlin correspondent reports that
during Emperor Williams recent visit to
Silesia his majesty proved his skill with
the rife ny shooting i'm two days 7b5 head
OF game. This In great nonsense. The
emperor never used such a weapon In his
life, for having practically only one hand
he always shoots with n short gum which
has been made expressly for him, with
which he takes pot shots, holding the gun
and aiming IL like a pistol.
One of the most gorgeous of the recent
weddings at the Madeleine WAS that of
Mile. Jeanne Bidel, q really beautiful
daughter OF the Psrisian lion tanner and
NJ. Rancy, q very weli-favored son and
assistant OF a rich circus owner. They
had loved from infancy aud Mile. Bidel
had often applauds d her future sba
while he was turning somersaults i'm the
ring. All the circus attaches were mt the
wedding breakfast, given at u restaurant
on the boulevard.
George Hardy, n poor hostler, who
picked up u lot on the edge of Bar Har-
bor u few years ago for $50 and sold IL for
$500, built n livery stable on II half acre
of ground bordering ON the site Of the
Malvern hotel. A. his stable became
more objectionable to the Malvern's
guests the price of Harly's property climb
I'd up. He absolutely refused offers Of
from 5000 up to as high as $4,000, and
finally thought he was doing the
when he sold out for $4,000.
Oscar Wilde il described as having set
tied down into n sedat literary MANA
strong, broad-shouldered athletic fellow,
with no nonsense about him. and an evil
dent determination ON his part to make
fame and money. He goes about London
with an armful of papers and a huge
blackthorn i'm his hand. He lectures now
and then, writes steadily for the maya
zines. and edits the WOm0n's World. II
in stated that he shows positive genius i'm
managing a large staff of feminine con-
tributers. As a reviewer of current litera-
ture he IL thought to he extremely clever,
The compte d'Eu il 40 unpopular that
i'm a recent tour through north Brazil he
was Missed i'm the seaports. What most
rendered him unpopular was his having
gone into n speculation which made him
q slum landlord. He had some ground
near Rio which was likely to sell, IL held
over, for a great price. Meanwhile hs
arranged to build on IL quite n town oi
novels for the negro wharfinGers anS
other colored working folks who wers
pushed out into the suburbs by town inn
p~rovements. Rack-rents were asked ant
the counts agent was a hard man, whs
took the law of non-payinR tenants.
A gentleman n has recently returncs
from Lisbon relates the following stranR'
condolences i'm with the dealt
of the late king of Portugal. II appear
thai when the cathedral bell at BraRanza
the ancient residence OF the Portuguese
royal family, was tollinR for the death q
Queen Marie H.. mother of the late Kin,
Luiz l., i'm 1854, IL racked. In 1851, wheI
the castle ensign was hoisted half-mas
high mt B~ra9anza, on the occasion of tin
death of King Pedro w., brother of tn
late king, il was torn to pieces immedi
ately by the storm. Al the death of kim
Louiz l., last month, the cathedral bel
again cracked, and the ensign was agai
torn To shreds by the wind.
A few hours before his death DIR. Ricor
suddenly sat up i'm bed and moved hi
hands as though he were playin
"a piano. Drs. Hortcloup and Pigno
who were watching beside him, i'm
. aginel that ha was suffering fro1
tlelirium, hut the mystery has been q,
planned. His little granddaughter.
charming child OF 10 summers, arrived ]
I Paris from Algicrs with her mother. q
hearing of his death she exclaimed
What n pity! Poor grandpa! l am III
able tn keep my promised" She tho
stated that at her Rrandfather's requc'
she had learned To play OH the ~piano-for'
Niesicrmeyer's "Adieu de Marie Stuart,
aud that DIR. Ricord had made her promi,
: that she would play the romance whic
/, he loved SO well with NJ. Batta, the wei
/, known violinist, IL they were present
. the hour of his death.
He Delivered the Pins.
On one OF the fast trains on the p. &
road u few days ago, says the Oh u
m Biissaysi. was AN old man from the cou
. try. who made anxious inquiries wheth
= the train stopped ut n certain small st
. ton near Sheffield, and his plaintive !