The Springdale news., 1889-08-23
PERSONAL AND iMPERSONAL

Count von Moltke has at his home one of the finest flower gardens in the world. His favorite flower is the rose
 Mrs. Sarah Barnett, of Lafayette, Va. took to her bed forty years ago ard haa not left 1t since. Her appe- lite is good. as well as her general health. but she suffers from an injury of the spine.
 The mother of Clara Louisa Kel- Ioor Strakosh, who always appears in a box when her daughter warbles on tho stace. is nearly as youthiul in her face and ways as she was at the time oftbe birth of the cantatrlce, lorty-slX years ago.
 If is said that M Gounod, the con- poser. who is a man oi intense re- lioious convictions, once spent an hour upon his knees praying for the conVer- sion of Sarah Bernhardt, in that lady presence. Sarah's response Wi@ snort but not very sweet, and at last she had to turn him out of her house.
 Louis McMurray, the first man to successfully can oysters and the owner of the largest corn canning factory m the world. died recently at tPeGerlck City. Md. He began business ln 1891 in a modest way and before hlS de@lH emulcyed moro than 2,0O0 hands in single establishment. He left behind a large fortune
 Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spoi1ord IS an enthusiastic advocate of daily eXer- else for girls. She does not care SO much about it's nature, So long as Y E taken. She believes that 1t Is as much the duty of parents to insist upon certain amount of exercise Tor thelr girls as it is for them to insist upon proper diet and clothing.
 -Ex-Justice Strong is often referred 10 as the most sensible man in Wash ington. He served ten years on the Supreme Bench and then retired on full pay. In 1880 he resigned, and has since lived quietly in Washington, featuring occasionally, and performing faithfully the one duty that the law requires of him. Whenever the Su- preme Court is required to take part in any public ceremony Judge Strong puts on his robe and walks with them in the procession. In consideration of this and his past services he receives $l0,0OO annually from Uncle Sam's treasury.
 Miss Kate H. Picrson, of Rich mond, Mass, who died recently aged ninety-two, was one of the best known residents of Berkshire County. Her father, Captain Nathan Pierson, left her a handsome fortune, which she increased by investment. Samuel J. Tilden was her legal adviser She was generous, and used her money wisely. One of her proteges Was Frederick Brldgman, the artist, and she had on her walls many of his first paintings It is said that she was en- gagged to be married when a young woman. but the match was broken off and she remained single the rest of her long life.
 It is said of the late Leonard H. Swett, of Chicago, that he strongly resembled Abraham Lincoln, his old and intimate friend, in feature and manner He nominated Mir. Lincoln for the Presidency in 1860 and per formed a like service for Judge Gresham at the last Republican Na- tional convention in Chicago. He was born and educated in Maine. but drift- cd to Indiana in 1916. Then he went to the Mexican war. and when he was discharged. on account of illness, set tied in Bloomington, H., and began the law practice, which afterward brought him into intimate association with MT Lincoln. Mir. Swett was married twice, the last time, about two years ago, to his private 5ecro. tapV