The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-23
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Miss Corrine Blackburn, daughter of
Senator Blackburn, is a brunette, while
her sister, Miss Lucille, is a blonde OF the
pure English type.
p. ID. wiggington, who was the "Ameri-
can" candidate for vice president in 1883,
| died recently in California. Mr.. Weighing
ton was not elected vice president.
General Boulanger is said TO be writing
a drama, with Robert Emmett, the young
Irish hero, as the central figure. 1t is to
be brought out at the Free theater i'm
Paris.
Governor Nichols veto of the lottery
bill has already won him the nomination
of vice president from q Boston newspa-
per. So shines n good deed in a naughty
world.
Miss Susie Bate, daughter of he Ten
nessee senator, is N of the bellies of
Washington. She is a vivacious blonde,
| rides we'll, dances well and performs clev-
erly OF the banjo.
The last time Stanley lectured in Bir.
mingham he received 10 g~uineas for his
fee. This time the Birmingham lecture
manage offers 800 guipeas, m is afraid
he can't get him at that.
Justice Stephen j. Field is the poorest
man-in dollars and cents-on the SUI
preme bench, and yet he is several re-
moves from being hard up. His residence
is one of the finest I'm Washington.
Bishop Mackenzie. of Zululand. who
died last month, directed that his corpse
| should be Inferred i'm Zulu fashion. Ac-
cordingly no coffin was used, but the body
was tied up i'm n blanket in a kneeling pc
sition, and thus deposited in the ground.
Buffalo Bill has purchased n house in
Naples. He has become an enthusiast re-
garding life on the European continent,
and was offered an old house i'm Naples at
a ridiculously small price. II is a place
of Historical interest, as King Bomba ono
owned IL.
Mrs. Catharine Sharp of Philadelphia
says that when she was II years old she
sold milk TO General Washington and his
staff from her fathers farm. She is nov
112 years old, and her mental faculties are
u~nclouded, though her veracity Is proba-
bly, a trifie palsied.
Dir. Luys says that seeing through n
closed door Is possible to q h~ynoptized
person that the optic nerve acquires such
power that IA man has been known 10 read
a paper with his eyes bandaged, n To
distinguish the color of glass balls through
a wooden screen. The doctors name is
suggestive in connection with the state
ment.
Prince Bismarck continues to supply
good interviews for the German papers.
He complained to n correspondent re-
Gently that "a few months of laziness had
| added ten years to his life !" that he had
| aged considerable since he had left Office,
| etc. This is the season when a good
many persons, unlike the ex-chancellor,
would take several months of dolce far
| nieate without growing, and then feel ten
years younger.
James +. Joy that Gen.
eral Alger is really and truly n president
| ial candidate. ~ know the general is a
| candidate" says Mr.. Joy, "and so do all
| his friends. He is IN open and avowed
candidate. and there is no secret about Il.
In saying he is n candidate ] cannot put
il too strongly. l live next door TO him,
and would not misrepresent him. His
candidacy in 1855 may have been prema'
ture. But il served TO let the people know
| his sterling qualities. and in lss2 he will
! rise 10 the full stature of a formidabie
candidate"