Idaho semi-weekly world., 1891-11-06
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone viii Pass the
Winter in ltaIy-Death of Mrs.
Henrietta Lamar.

Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone have deter
mined to pass the winter in Florence.
Tepnyson, who is in excellent health,
has Just been giving sittings for a por-
trait.
Mrs. Harrison has been chosen an
honorary member by the Association OF
the Kings Daughters.
Lord Lytton is in such precarious
health that he has thunder consideration
to resign his post of British Minister to
France.
Secretary Fosters portrait has just
been painted for the Treasury Depart
ment by Miss Blanche +. King, young
Washington artist.
Warner Miller has been studying the
canal system OF Holland and the water
way that the German government 10
constructing at Kiel. He is to take part
in the New York State campaign.
The death Of Bishop William j. Boone
fEpiscopall OF China il announced. The
Bishop. who was the son OF Bishop
Boone OF China, did much to forward
| the cause OF Christian missions in that
country, and was entirely devoted TO his
work.
| Mr., Spurgeon was only 10 when he
| preached his first sermon. Even then
| his eloanence was remarkable, and
within few years he had gathered
about him large congregation. Az that
time he was pale and slender stripping,
with noticeably large head. His ro-
tundity OF body came many years later
After publishing great variety oi
contradictory and alarming stories about
the health OF the Queen OF Ronmania
the London newspapers appear to have
reached the conclusion that there Is
nothing very terrible the matter with
her after all.
MANY OF the valuable gems in the col
lection OF the Hohenzolerns are to bs
utilized in the construction OF the new
crowns recently designed by Empero
William for himself and the Empress
| Roth crowns are to be OF gold, that O
the Empress little the smaller OF TIN
two. =,
Mr.. Wiseman, an English railroad en-
gineer, has proposed building railroa'
| across and through the heart of Africa
, This railroad would be about 5000 mile
long, and its cost about $77 800 900. |
would be about as long as the Canadia
Pacific and only 1900 miles shorter tina
/. the great Russian Siberian line.
Mrs. Henrietta Lamar, relict OF Ger
e eral Mirabeau B. Lamar, who command
ed the cavalry at the battle OF San Jt
:, cinto and was the second President
the Republic of Texas, died October
!. She was the daughter Of Rev. John New
land MatIjtt. a Methodist preacher
national reputation about hall a acentur
ago. :,
< General Brugere, controller of Pres
e dent Carnot's household, holds his pre-
n ent place through curious piece Of bs
Is and vet good fortune. He was men
Der Of Marshal MacMahon's and Pres
n dent Grevy's households, but woul
"a have been removed by President Carn
% had not the latter accidentally woundt
IA him while out hunting.
l. Kate Field relates in way that a
mits OF supicion that she was q
ig young lady in question who gave rise
N the bon mot OF Walter Savage Lando
Ia He having dropped his spectacles o.
,e day. an American girl picked them ,
"a for him, whereupon he exclaimed wi
much grace. "Oh, this is not the fiji
4. time you have caught my eyes!'
1e William Cotter, Jr., of Hartfoi
d. Conn, must have remarkable memoi
d. He is registrar OF voters, and the Tn
10 SAYS that OF IL, 900 names on the list
claims to be able to tell from memo
[s- the residence and politics OF each oil
he and also in cases where a person f
la been absent in Europe, or staying
he some other part OF the country, to
he where he went and when.
lO0 scurvy and typhus fever are raging
the wake OF the famine in Russia.
he Norosii says that famine prevails in ii
res teen different governments Oh the GOV
il try and IA, ,00J, 900 persons are in urgt
ct need of succor The government is p
m chasing corn for the use of the fami
me ing peasants. The government is u
negotiating for the purchase OF la
quantities Of breadstuffs in the Uni
tad States.