Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-18
PEOPLE WE READ ABOUT.

BULow gives up his plan to conduct a
spring season of concerts at Lisbon ''on ac-
count of i'll health"
Mrs. MARY CoURsEN, of Wilkesbarre, is
widow for the sixth time, having married
that many crippled soldiers.
PRINCESS LOUISE of Denmark, who is
expected to marry Prince Eugene of Sweden,
gets her name and some Of her blood from
the Queen Louise of Prussia, the most beauti-
full woman who has belonged to the Berlin
court.
MARIE WILT, the famous retired prima
donna, has been dismissed as completely
cured from the private asylum at Feldof,
near Prague and the free disposition over
her fortune OF 100000 florins has been re-
stored to her.
THE Oldest woman preacher in this coun-
try is the Rev. Lydia Sexton, who was born
in New Jersey in 1899, and who still breaches
I'm various parts of the West. She predicts
that she will live until 1900, thus extending
her life into three centuries.
SENATOR GoRMAN is to be the recipient,
at the hands of his Baltimore admirers, of q
silver dinner set of 30 pieces, which is mar
vel of beauty in finish and design. All the
pieces are fashioned in designs representing
the varied Maryland products of both land
and water.
AT the recent entertainment given by
''Bill Nye" and A. p. Burbank, in Detroit, Mr.
Nye assured the audience that there had
been a change in the programme since last
year, as last year they were using blue
programme, this year they are using pink
ones. Pink is better.
OUIDA is growing old and her works of late
lack much of the eloquence that used to
make them so attractive. She never was a
beauty, though in her prime she possessed
her striking points-her amber hair" OF
precisely the shade which she used to de-
scribe in her earliest novels, and pair OF
exquisite little feet.
EMPEROR WILLIAM will not go to his
castle near Metz, Metz is said to be too
dangerous q place for him now in conse-
quence of the extreme irritation caused by
the maintenance of the rigorous passport
measure. 1t is also reported that his majes-
ty has received several threatening letters
from different parts of fAlsace-Lorraine.
ONE by one the charming patriotic stories
of our childhood are proven to be myths. 1t
is now asserted that Frederick the Great did
not send Washington a sword inscribed
"From the Oldest general in the world to the
greatest" or, In fact, any sword; and,
further, that there isn't the slightest evil
dence for believing that Frederick was at
all impressed with Washingtons greatness.
KANTI-BEY, powerful Massowah chief,
having been convicted of high treason and
finally sent to Italy, was obliged to leave his
harem behind. General Baldissera, Governor
of the colony, according TO the Roman pa
pers, converted the hare1n, consisting OF
seven young women, into seven lottery
prizes, which were won by his officers. But
this lottery was unfortunate, and all the
ladies ran away from their new sultans.
GENERAL RUSSELL A. ALGER, Michi-
gan's favorite son and the Wolverine States
Republican candidate for President of the
United States, is one of the wealthiest and
most philanthropic men of the present time.
Beginning life as an attorney, weak con-
stitution soon forced him to abandon what
promised to be a brilliant professional
career for speculating in timber. A few
years later he was millionaire, and now he
counts his money by the millions.
BISHOP WILLIAMS recently wrote in a
reply to q young Hartford man about to be
married: "I regret sir, that it is without
my province to order the word obey
omitted from the marriage service. There
is no way that this can be done except by
vote of the House of Bishops. The house
next convenes in 1892, and if you will post
pone your marriage until then will take
pleasure in presenting your petition to the
house for its action" The young man con-
cluded not to wait.