The record-union., 1891-03-01

nounceu George Brancroft for some ac-
ton which Hugo objected to-
Miss Harriet w. Terry has written to
X. G. Tyler Post, q. A. r., of Hartford,
to say that General Terry's family would
be pleased with the memorial which that
post proposes to place in the State Capitol
Mrs. Frances Hodgson-B Burnett is said
to have tried the mind cure in Boston
with happy results, although Miss Alcott,
who also experimental with that treat
ment, derived no appreciable benefit
from it.
Judge Grinnell of Chicago, who prose-
cuted the Anarchists before his elevation
to the bench, is about TO retire to private
life, and has accepted employment as
counsel from the Chicago City Railway
Company.
Judge Virgin, of the Maine Supreme
bench, is one OF the "0xford bears" hay
ing been brought up in that rugged and
square-toed county. For years he stood
at the head of its bar. He is good law
yer and fine athlete.
l.. K. Gurley, of Troy, n. Y, who has
just given S45, 600 to the Troy Female
Seminary to be used in erecting new
building, was born in Troy in 1923, and
Tor many years has been prominent in
the moral and religious activities Of that
| city. He is a man of great wealth.
Ex-Assistant Postmaster General Clark
son, according to y. II. Perkins, of Des
Moines, has been negotiating for a valu-
able place of residence i'll that city;
which fact may be taken as an indication
that Mr.. ClarkSon means to make Iowa
his home again.
w. B. Richardson, the Boston natural
lst, Who is exploring the forests of Central
America for the British Museum, was, at
latest advices, at Lake Atitlan. Guate-
mala. His work in Guatemala has been
v nj 1,n
four new species of birds. He is now
about TO start for Honduras, Salvador and
Nicaragua.
Queen Vlctoria's son-in-law, the Mar
quls OF Lorne, is writing novel called
From Shadow to Sunlight" with an
American girl whom he once met for a
heroine. The principal scenes OF the
work are laid i'll Scotland, and one OF the
characters is Il monk who falls in love
with the aforesaid American beauty
A sister of the late Emma Abbott, Mrs.
Clark, says that it is a mistake to suppose
that the singers maid burned up all of
MISS AbbottS costumes, in accordance
with deathbed instructions. 1t was only
small portion of her wardrobe, used in
sickness, that was destroyed. The stage
costumes were bequeathed to Mrs. Clark.
Professor Theodore W. Dwight of the
Columbia Law School has presented his
resignation to the trustees and asked to
be put on the list of emeritus Professors,
according to lately adopted regulation.
Ills request has been granted and he will
after July 1st retire from active work on
hall pay. He has served for thirty-two
years.
1t is said of Senator German that he is
SO cool, nervy and Self-posseSsed that it is
impossible to surprise or discomfort him.
Were he, in the midst of speech, to put
his hand into his coat-tail pocket and find
IN 1t California earthquake matching out
Idaho cyclones, he would go on with his
remarks as unconscious as if he had only
found cough drop.
The Countess Wanda Henkel Won DON
nersmark is said in Germany to own the
finest hunting grounds in the empire.
These are the spoils of three days.
chase: First day, twenty-one hunters,
lO0 mares, l0l pheaSalits, 5 eagles; second
Gay, twenty-five Sportsmen, I,2l5 hares,
20 pheasants, l falcon; third day, eight
hunters, lSS hares, 747 pheasants.
Joseph Jefferson, the actor, has lately
still further increased the extent of his al
ready great domain at Buzzard's Bay,
Mass, by the purchase from III. S. Crow
ell OF Boston of the land comprising
SlbDs Neck, bold promontory on BuZ-
zarq's Bay, opposite the Monument Club
lands. Mr.. Jetferson's magnificent resi-
dence, superbly situated, is directly on
VIC "dlciS VI 1Ie DAY, ana 1lOJ lar U1Sldnt
trom the recent purchase of ex-President
Cleveland.
Captain Christof1ers, of the steamer
Aller, who is known to many New
Workers, recently completed his one
hundredth trip from Bremen to New
York and back. In honor of the event.
the Emperor decorated him with the
Order of the Crown of the fourth class.
The owners of the steamship also pre-
sented him with diploma and 5000
marks in money. The Council of Bremen
haven sent an official c6ngratulation to
the brave Captain. 2le
The Independence Belize, of Brussels. a
few days before the death of Prince Bau-
douin, published the following lines:
Several contemporaries have announced
that his highness Prince Baudouin was
about to make trip to the Congo Our
information permits us to state authori-
tatively the incorectness Of that piece of
news. The question of long journey to
be undertaken by the Prince during the
next summer is being considered ut the
palace; but no decision has been reached
yet in regard to the part of the world
which his highness will yisitn