The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-07
MEN AND

Nearly $1,000 is already in hand for the
monument tn John r. Hartranft.
General sherman will he 80 years old
February &. The Union League club of
New York will give him "a reception on
the ocassion. to which the president, the
member of the cabinet. and the chief Of
ficers of the army and navy are invited.
The news comes that the heir to the
throne of Roumania has fallen i'm love
with Queen Natalie of Servia. He * de
termined to marry her, much to the an
n%oyaIce of his family. He may loose his
chance of the crown III he gives way tn
his present infatuation.
Emile lola is a bon vivant. He il an
expert in wines and knows how to order n
perfect dinner. He has the highest con-
ception of epicureanism. He never eats
ar drinks too much of anything. He is
especially fond of Burgundy. He smokes
nothing but Turks cigarettes.
1t il said that the of NJ. Hyr-
voix, the HE of the private police of
Napoleon ILL.,, will soon be published, UNI
less his executors are prevailed upon by
members of the Bonaparte family not tn
reveal the inner life of the Tulleries dur.
ing the life time of several of the people
referred to i'm the memoirs.
The statue of Henry Ward Beecher,des-
tined to he placed I'm Prospect park.
Brooklyn, is now being cast i'm bronze. 1t
will he of heroic proportions. nine feet
high, and will represent the great preacher
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cost will be Ss5,OOO and the statute will he
completed i'm TX months
Hopkinsville. KY, has a prodigy that is
attracting general attention. Ii is "a col
orrd infant named Louella Graves.
daughter of the Rev. j. G.. Graves, that is
only 3 months of age, but can talk dis
tinctly. The child could pronounce many
words before il was 3 weeks old, and now.
at the age of 3 months, il can talk plainly.
Great crowds have visited the minister's
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The New York Tribune says: Louis
Dyer, the chosen bridegroom of Miss Mac
milan, the ri Of the well-kuown
publisher, used to he in some respects the
glass of fashion and the model of form
at Harvard university. Born at Chicago,
he was educated at Oxfor ri. where he was
u portege of Professor Jowett. When Mr..
Dyer went to Harvard he was regarded as
thcv very embodiment of culture. He is
strong in Greek literature, and is regarded
as quite a superior kind of young man."
The death has been announced at Phil
a,lclphia of Mrs. Priscilla Decatur Twiggs
at the age of 80 years. She was the niece
and the adopted of Commodore
Stephen Decatur, who burned the frigate
Philadelphia i'm the harbor of Tripoli. and
who was killed by Commodore Barron.
Her father. Capt. James Mcknight of the
United States navy. was killed while i'm
the service. Her uncle, Lieut.. James De
catur. was shot by IA Turk after he had
surrendered his vessel. Commodore De-
catur sought out the assassin and shot
him through the head. Priscilla Decatur
married Maj. Levi TwigRs. who was shot
while leading his marines in the attack
on Chapultepcc. Her only son. Lieut.
George Decatur TwigRs. was killed a
short time before i'm AN attack on the hat
teries mt Pucnto Nacional, Mexico.
There were three Commodore Stephen
Dccaturs. The first served during the
revolution. the second was killed in .
duel by Commodore Barron. and the
third became blind from African fever
while i'm the service and recently died.