Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-24
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Joshua Hood, one of the committee
appointed to welcome General LaFay-
ette during his visit to this country in
1924, died recently in Baltimore at the
age of eighty-seven-
a 1.-The thickest octave volume in the
| world known is the latest edition of
| Whitaker's Reference Catalogue of
English Literature" This book weighs
! twelve pounds, and is eleven inches in
thickness
The late Prince Sehwarzenberg,
7 whose landed estatesswere' enormous
as to be called the Schwsrzenberg En-
pire, left a fortune o. $50. Oea 900, from
! - hieh sum of S400 was -bequeathed to
! the poor of Vienna That was. his sole
/. searitable bequest.
james Carlyle, brother of Thomas
ssaElyle, died recently in Scotland, at
tAe age of eighty-five- He was ten
sears younger that Thomas. and is said
( e have resembled him greatly in APP
ssearance and manner.
The Car of Russia is now the
largest landlord in the world. Three
weeks ago he purchased one single tract
targer than the State of Texas. He has
/ also bought in the lands of the Hohen-
I 1Otcfo I4tl dFi0 4A1CAAsS4s
but were not allowed to occupy in Rus
Sia-s
The best reporter at the Versailles
I Assembly was said to be the late Nine,
Reuvier, who condensed the speeches as
she heard them and wrote them in long
hand for one of the great Brussels jour
slals and posted them, without copying,
immediately TO the home office There
-x-a nn naaa of &la ra-onfS for
her hastily-done copy" was perfect
and accurate
7 i'm order to give Jules Simon a
pleasant recollection of his visit to Ber
! lin while attending the recent Labor
Congress, Ka;zor William presented him
/ with - collcctioa of the musical works
/ of my ancestor, Frederick the Great"
and these appear TO consist of twenty
five sRnatas and four minor pieces for
| the flute.
"A historian who is compiling the
/ letters, messages, ispeeches, etc, Of
/ President Lincoln for publication has
finished search of the records of the
! executive office of Ohio. But one auto
graph letter was found 1t is dated
April 3D. 1864, and accepts the offer of
/ the Governors of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
fog one hundred days service
/ Stanley, who is Welshman by
birth, United States citizen by affilia-
1toas and African by exploration, has
/ as temptations to become sn English
1 Eaan a handsome. clever, and wealthy
uasscee, a public subscription, a knight
hoe1, and much honor from all men,
] Les than this would surely have
1 changed even the famous ruler of the
4 9ReFns navee-'-Montreal Gazette
--S-Uncle Tom Hardin, a school Innate
/ Sf Thomas a Hendricks, once a friend
/ Ct Benjamin Harrison. and at one time
| oSss q the most brilliant lawyers in In
{ dtanapolis, died some time. ago in Kan
Eaz CITY. Dissipation had reduced him
/ fFDaGAn estate of $50 600 to the neces-
sity - dying in the haunts of his rowdy
eSmPaRions- One of them asked him.
- the end drew near, if he felt like
1 tskisss, something. Yes" he said,
| f9theF family; "a little whisky" His
1 eyelts drooned-there was rattle in
! hts <aroat as he continued "A little
strip u the glass, boys, if you please
! 1tat ED Tom neveS took the drink, for
Wkea 1t was brought from the salooG
below lis life had ended.