Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-09-07
PERSONAL.

CYRUS W. FIELD gave bis collection
Of medals and paintings relating to
The laying of the Atlantic cable to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, several months before hiJ death.
No announcement however of the gift
was made at the time Among the
historically valuable and interesting
articles in the collection are the
various medals and tokens received
from governments, states and societies,
including the great gold medal pre-
ented to Mr.. Field by Congress in
1857, the cross of the order of st.
Iauritius, conferred by the King of
Italy. etc. the gold box given by the
people of New York, the silver and oak
tankard given by the men working In
rentrnl Park, fragments of the Atlsu tic
cable, six large oil paintings and forty
Y wutrr- -colors illustrating the laying OF
the ca'!e, and Mr. Fieli's own portrait
painted by Daniel Huntington. The
collection will be kept together IN
special alcove OF the museum.
MRs. Rose TERRY Cooke. whose
Ieath occurred last week at Pittsfeld,
Mass, began her literary career as a
contributor for PutnGHt's Magazine
before she had reached the age of
twenty. She contributed to nearly all
the Leading periodicals in the country,
besides publishing several volumes of
zoe rs, ske ches, and short stories,
% of them humorous, mainly de
scrihing New England life, and a
novel called ''Steadfast," which is 3
story of colonial times.
Mrs. ANNA b. PRATT has given the
"Old Concord" public library bust
of her sister, Louisa NJ Alcott, by Mr..
Rick etson. 1t is fine likeness, por-
raying Miss Alcott at her best. Con
cord is fortunate IN possessing this
ust, which graces the 'AuthOrs'
Alcove," and is memorial to a woman
whose memory will long be cherished
by young and old.
In CISCINNATI, OHIO, there fiourishes
Il Presbyterian Hospital, Woman's
Medical College, and Free Dispensary,
all combined, managed and controlled
exclusively by women. At its recent
econd annual Commencement 1t con-
ferred the degree of NJ. ID. upon Mrs.
Louise j. Lyle, the founder of the in
Stltution, and upon one other woman.
Mas. A. L. w ROBERTSON of Musco.
gee, 1. Il has completed the transla-
ton of the New Testament from the
original Greek into the Creek Ian
guage. The University of Ohio has
conferred upon her the degree oil
Doctor of Philosophy i'll recognition of
her scholarly attainments.
Miss GABRIEJLA CLEMENTS, of Phila-
| delphIa, is distinguished among women
mural decorators for her ability in
designing and executing figures and
fine allegorical groups for filling large
| wall spaces. Her work done three
wears ago for the New Century Club OF
Philadelphia has been transferred TO
the walls of the New Century Drawing
| Room, and other rooms in the club
building show handsome decorations
| by her.
AMONG the unknown heroines of the
worlds dark places are the brave
women nurses of North Brother Island,
where the city plupers afflicted with
Contagious diseases are sent for care.
| ] h, ir matron, Miss Kate Holden, has
for ten years led life of solitude and
sacrifice, frequently spending months
at time without crossing to the main
land. When the fifty Russian typhus
patients we're sent in single day to
this island hospital, Miss Holden spent
forty consecutive hours among them
| without sleep or food.
Mrs. MARGARET f. SANGsTER, the
editor of Harper's Bazdr, has Just
received a complimentary degree from
the University of Nebraska.