The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-18
PERSONAL MENTION.
A Chinese comprador Appointed United
States Deputy Marshal for Annoy.

Miss Mary Anderson will shortly pub
lish her memoirs.
Ex-senator Ingalls, is said to receive
1900 for each Of his lectures.
zola writes novel every ninsmonths.
Miss Braddon has published fifty since
1862. &
The Edison OF France is named Ader.
Ike thinks that he has solved the prob.
lem Of aerial navigation. s8 E "
Senator Harris Of Tennessee is sid to
|lbe the oldest living OongressmaIE He
Fwas first elected ih is4aE u theageIol sSi.
jules Verne has d som Niche, who is
developing a talent for writing stories
very much in his fathers highly imagi-
native style.
Senator Vest has been wearing this
summer plain suit OF homespun hemp
linen, gift TO him from Senator Black
burn oi Kentucky. -,
Colonel Inman's history OF the old
Santa fe trsilisto be published ia 1892,
and is to'b a'graphir tale II the pioneer
times in the great desert.
Maurice Bernhardt, the athletic son Of
the divine " Sarah. and his bride are
in New York. They will spend their
honeymoon in this country.
A portrait Of Queen Victoria presented
by her Majesty to Mrs. Phelps is the
chief feature in the drawing room Of ex-
Minister Phelps house in Burlington.
Chiei-Jnstice Lucas of the Virginia
Supreme Court is but four feet high, but
he is SO dignitied that no facetious law
yer has ever dared to dub him brief.
1t has been settled that Grand Duke
George Alexsndrovitch Of Russia, whose
health is still very precarious, shall re-
turn to Algeria at the end Of autumn.
The chair occupied by Garibaldi in the
Italian Legislative chamber is hung with
a laurel wreath, Since the patriots
death no one has been allowed TO use it.
The wife Of Lieutenant H. D. Borup or
the United States Legation in Paris is
one Of the very few ladies who can claim
to have made the ascent OF Mount Blancs
Terence V. Powderly, General Master
Workman OF the Knights OF Labor, has
accepted the Republican nomination as
delegate. to the Pennsylvania Constitu-
tional Convention. v a.s.sy
Sir Charles Dixie is broad -shouk
dered, square-built man, with clear gray
eyes and full grizzled beard. His man
ner is serious and dignifed and direct
almost to abruptness.
Miss Frances Willard announces that
she has already received 5000 for the
worlds union fund. The money Is to be
used in various departments of women's
work at the Columbian Exposition.
General Joe Shelby is thoroughly re-
constructed ex-C Confederate. No soldier
fought more bravely than he. He knows
he was wrong, and does, not believe in
keeping up the memories Of the war,
General Miles has put himself to un.
necessary trouble in denying that he was
cruel to Jefferson Davis when be had
that gentleman shut up in Fortress Mon
roe. The General is not built on the
petty tyraRt plan.
The choice Of Charles Eliot Norton az
the literary executor of Mr.. Lowell Is
siEgnlarly happy one. The duties win
be performed by one who has oil the re-
quisites Of an accomplished critic. and
conscientious editor.
.
A recent visitor to the former home Of
John Howard Payne says that il is low,
with big roof, and 10 all Of gray shingles,
with garden in which grow hollyhocks,
There is an old we'll, too, and the house
stands with the end toward the road.
s. A. Douglas, Prosecuting Attorhey
for the city Of Chicago and son Of the
famous Democrat Of that name, never
visits Springfield, Ill.,, without going to
the tomb Of his fathers old political op.
ponent and friend, Abraham Lincoln. :.
A Chinese comprador NAMED Chin
Gong has been appointed United States
Deputy Marshal for Annoy. The Marshal
lie DR.. Edward Bedloe, said to be a de-
scendant Of the family after whom Bed
lpeis Island was named in New York
harbor. sst4g~