The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-19


she had not twcnty-fOur hours to live.
Her uncle, the Rev. Father Kelly OF
TOwauda, was summoned ut her request
and oflciated Ut the solemn service.
Colonel Charles Fuller died Tuesday at
Appleton. Wis, ut the age of scycnty-six.
For fifteen years he had been IN charge as
engineer of the United States Government
Improvement of the Upper aud Lower
Fox lie was educated at West Point and
at the time of his death was the oldest
graduate of the institute.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Salisbury are prob
ably the oldest married couple in tho
United States. ON Tuesday they celebrated
the l03d birthday of Mr.. salisbury. Mrs.
Salisbury will be l0l years old on Christ
mas Day, and on January 10 they viii
hatc been married eighty years.
Little Lionel Burnett, who died of CON
sumption the other day, was not the origi-
nal Of Little Lord tauntlcruy' though
hp has generally bccn supposed tO he.
That honor fell tothc younger son, Wv
ian WHO'S In Washington with hi father,
DR. ;. II. Burnett
ll~mark's inscparublc companions arc
two lmgc Danish hunds, ~ dnncrthcy
cat htsidc their MISTER and he OCCASION
ally feeds them with his own bands. Al
ter dilhcr the Prince smokes three pipe
fuls cf tobacco, that being the ainount
allowed him by the doctors.
Chief Gall, who succeeds Sitting Bull ~
head of the Sioux Nation. led the Indians
in the battle that brought defeat and death
to Custer. He Is not only fond of lighting,
hut is capable OF handling a body of In
diaus successfully when IN the field. and
has frequently exhibited the qualities of
gcneralship.
The death of Louis Eugene Charpcntier,
the wcll-known French painter, is an
nounced from Paris, NJ Charpcnticr, the
grandson and son of artists. was born In
Paris In ISL. lie received his early i'm
prcssions aud instructions from his father,
who aftcrward gave him the benefit of
studying under Gerard aud Leon Cognicl.
At the Versailles Lyceum Charpcnticrwas
professor of drawing for twcnty-siX
years. A. an artist hc is known n Il
painter of military aud genre subjects.
Joseph Jefferson, Just before he started
West, says the Philadelphia Times, Was
talking about actors ana actresses getting
tired and feeling the strain of frcqllcnt
performances. "lcs.n he said, sit would
be hard were it not for apprecativc au-
dienccs, but there isa magnetism, Il some
thing we get back rs well aS give. The
applause and appreciation of an audience
good performance Is to- the listener. One
rehearsal is more wearing than weeks S
acting. Think Of going through an entire
play seriously with nobody in 'front.'
Mrs. Van Bacrlc, the widow of an Eng
lish officer of ancient Dutch lineage, the
daughter of Sir Thomas llislop, Bart, a
distinguished Indian veteran, and tho
half sister Of the late Countess of Mimic,
died ut Brussels recently, in her 0lst year.
| As u girl just verging ON l6, Miss Hislop
was present at the world-fumcd ball given
! by tile Duchess of Richmond ON the eve
| of the battle of Waterloo, where she
came OUT dancing her first dance with
| Sir Hudson Lowe Lady dc Ros, another
| nOnagenarian, is now the, sole female sur
| vivor Of that historic fcte, and it Is doubt
| ful whether the sterner sex can still boast
| of representative in the flesh, If one
| exists, it is Lord Albemarlc. The grave
| of Mrs. Van l,acrlc will not he far from
| the monument which covers the remains
of James Lord Hay, who went straight
| from the same ballroom to his death at
| Quatre-Bras. This venerable lady In,
| survived the yongguardsman soventy-siS
| years.
Captain and Brcyot-Major Thomas w
| Walkcr T. :. A., retired, who died IN
| Norwalk, Conn. on Dec, o. from diseas,
| dependent on disability resulting from
| long and faithful service in the limo %
| duty was u native of Indiana, anc
entered the army from West Point, being
| graduate Of the class of 1856. Bcfor,
| the opening of the war as II member of thu
| Third Infantry he saw much and ar
duols service in the extreme West hav
ing participated ina number of Indian
campaigns, and battles in New Mevico
and acquired an enviable reputation as !
brave and skillful officer. At the begin
ing of the civil war his experience and ev
ccutivc ability found scopein the organic
ing, mastering and disbursing department
of the central Western army. He Tough
through the Peninsular campaign viii
the Army Of the Potomac aud also !,
Gaines Mill and Malvern Hill, having
been brevetted 'Gorgallant and meritorioIl
services" ut the former battle. He par
ticipated with credit and distinction il
many of the late conspicuous battles
Manassas, Frcdericksburg, Antietam, etc.
until his retirement in the fall of 1863 fo
disability uniting him for active military
\ service