The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-06-11
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An aristocr43ic woman 81 Denver
Cox, was among the spectators e. the
Fitzsimmons-D Dempsey prlxe light she
was disguised Ia mans attire.
"A box alleged to contain books and
addressed to minister Of the gospel ~
Montana, wns examined BY the customs
inspectors and found to contain nincty-
six pounds IL opium, valued a over
ST, 400. The reverend smugglcr has not
c.aiEed his goods
There Is one gentleman Ia Newmnrs
Ga, who evidently does not consider
marriage failure. He wns married
about ten years ago. and on each Christ
mas morning since he has presented
the minister who ofiiciated 1t the ccrc~
mony with q ten dollar gold piece.
Baron Haussmann was the weaver
Of all the orders in Europe, and one q
the few civilians honored with tho
great ribbon Of the Legion Of Honor
NJ de Lesseps, ..the great Frcnchman,
and NJ rastcrr alone shared this highest
distinction with him who was called
the great baron.
The Baroness Althea Salvador,
whose letters from Paris to American
newspapers have made her quite well
known, Is an accomplished musicians
and her salon Is one Of the most charm
ing in Paris. She Is tall and slender
blonde, quite pretty, and always ele-
gantly dressed The baroness Is an
American girl, being a descendant Of an
old New Hampshire family.
Emperor William has added In the
last year an unusual number OF cele-
brated names to the membership list Of
the Black Eagle order. Among them
are Secretary Of State Won Boettichers
Chancellor Won Caprivi, Count Won HAITI
feldt ambassador in London), Prince
Rupprccht Of Bavaria, Prince Christian
Of Denmark, Prince Frederick William
of Prussia, Gen. Won Alvenslebcu, Prince
William Of Nassau and Prince Adolf OF
Schaumburg-Lippe.
There Is Clergyman up in central
New York who takes himself pretty Sc
riously. : He has just felt II his duty W
withdraw from the ministry; and this
Is the grandiloqucnt way in which he
announces the fact: For while my
tongue shall be silenced and my pen
palsied. j shall drop into the great sea
Of humanity and be lost to hearing and
to sight But | have no complaint.
With grim eye and solemn lip | am de-
tefmined to meet the ghoulish future,
whether fated an Ishmael or an "A bra
ham, plaintlcss and ! trust without q
moan. "
This story about Edwin Booth Is
narrated by someone who supplies
dramatic gossip to the Detroit Free
Press: "An actress who played the part
of old woman in his company three or
four years ago was not over too well
blessed with this worlds goods. On the
final night of the season, somewhere
up in New England, Mr.. Booth present.
ed her with a book OF course she APP
preciated the courtesy and resolved to
treasure the volume as q precious
souvenir Of her association with the
great actor. But what words could de-
scribe her emotions when, q few days
later, on turning over the leaves Of the
book, she found between them new
crisp ne-thousana-dolla billr'
Amos Matthews, colored, who was
said to be one hundred and thirteen
years OF age, died at his home near
Gainesville, Baltimore county, Mary
land, from an attack of the grippe. He
was born in Howard county, and be-
longed to, Thomas Worthington- Prior
to his,last illness he was able to walk
ten miles without fatigue. He was
bachelor and owned small farm on
the old Catonsville road, above Nun
merry Lane. His relatives say they have
the record of his birth in an old Bible
and also in papers that were made ont
at the time when he was given his free
dom by his master. He had never been
outside the boundaries Of Howard, Bal
timore and Montgomery counties.