Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-07-01
orR NEW YORK LETTER.
tr Interesting Collection of Newsy
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 Cosby Items.
 NEW YoRK, June % Special tele- vraph and mail service. l-Advices from Lima, Peru, under date of May 18th, contain the following: "Nrs. Frances l.. Crosby, the wife of nrominent American citizen resid-
 n this city, died on the 18th in
 | in childbirth. at the age of
 weight years. The remarkable
 ure of this sad occurrence is
 Mrs. Crosby had given birth to
 ity eight children, fifteen of
 ,h, the youngest, babe of one
 :. are left to mourn her loss.
 was Peruvian by birth. and u.- married to Mir. Crosby at the as. of fourteen years. The almost incredible record of having given birth to twenty-eight children in ,wenty-four years Is explained by ihe fact that twins delighted the father oa several occasions, and that once triplets made their appearance. Mr. Crosby has for many yeas rep sesented the house of Stevens. Cor win X Co. New York, in the man. xsge enent of a wholesale manu- facturing agency handling Ameri- can goods. He is still in the prime of tfe. prominent in social circles, and has for many years been the eaptain of the Victoria Fire Co.
 1 dispatch from the London Sporting Life says that John B. Nc pherson, of Wisconsin. the all round champion athlete of the Uni tod States and Canada. is receiving gneat reception in Scotland. Last . night he reached Glasgow and to- day Is doing the town m company with couple of score of local ath- lesos. McPherson, who holds the AmeScan ail-round championship trophy. has challenged Owen Duffie, George Davidson and McRae. one or all of them, to put the light and heavy weight shot for three thou sand dollars side for the Worlds championship. None of the men named, however, seem to be particu- lsgly anxious to meet the American.
 | dispatch from London says: The aristocratic church of St. George, in Hanover Square, which has been the scene of some of the most brilliant marriages in English high life, was crowded this morning hy distinguished assemblagc upon the occasion of the marriage of Miss Ethel Forbes-Lei,h, of New York, 10 Captain Roger Ernest Burns, principal aide-de-camp to the Prince ot Wales. In the audience there were number of dukes and duch- eSsas and lesser lights of the nobili- ;Y. The Prince of Wales graced the proceedings by his presence. The bridal costume was of heliotrope corded silk profusely adorned with valeneiennes lace. After the cere- mony reception was held at the London home of the brides parents.
 A strong effort to thoroughly arouse the Republican League Clubs of this state for vigorous cam pagn for the state ticket this fall was inaugurated to-day at Pough- keepsie, where a conference of ac- iiya Republican workers represent ing several counties, is being held. The State League Is represented by Timothy l.. Byrnes, James Blan- vhard, Job B. Hedges, John $. Smith and A. B. Humphreys. These gen flernen will spend the next four weeks in making q complete tour of 10 state, holding daily conferences with ward and county workers.
 Refreshed by day of rest, the delegates to the fourth .quinquen- nal meeting of the International Homeopathic Convention buck iei down to their second weeks work. in the grand pavilion of the united States Hotel at Atlantic city, New Jersey, at 10 o'clock this morning, with Dr. A. Lorbacher, of Leipsic, Germany. presiding. The morning session was devoted to inc reading of reports on the progress and condition of ho- meapathy in different countries. On the whole the reports showed :. at the new school was making wonderful strides, and that it stands to-day in the position exceeding the ;ondest anticipations of the founder The growth of homeopathy in the l nited States was treated by pr. G. ? Franklin Smith of New York: Dr. r H. Kafks, of Carlsbad. Bohemia. had paper on Austria. Hungary, aud Germany; pr. Oscar Hansen, of Copenhagen. spoke for Denmark; Dr. ]. Murray Moore, of Liverpool, dsalt with New Zealand; Dr. (. W. Clarke, of Winnipeg, sketched the progress in Manitoba; Dr. Joaquin OTonzaies, of the City of Mexico, rep resented that Republic; Dr. P. (. Hajumdar, of Calcutta, presented an interesting paper relating to India; Dr. X. Lorbacher, of Leipsic. sub nitted lengthy paper relating to Germany; Dr. H. Brueckner, of !iasle, spoke for Switzerland, and pr. E. H. NJ. Stancourt. of South hampton, was thouroughly at home in speaking of what has heen accom- piished in Great Britain. At the conclusion of this programme the delegates adjourned, in order to at- tend grand banquet to be rendered them tonight at the United States Hotel.
 Friends of Bishop John H. Vim cent, tine noted orator and evangel- ist of the Methodist Episcopal ,,hurch. give an emphatic denial to .he current stories that bis health is zuch that ne may be compelled to 7etire altogether from the ministry. The truth Is, they say, that he has t,een confined Jv llis house by an at aek of bronchitis since the meeting the bishops, in May, and has been compelled to cancel ali his engage ments for two months. Absolute rest. however, is expected to result in speedy and permanent cure.
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