Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-08
PERSONAL AND imrERsoNAL.

"A young lady of Atlantic City took
a clergyman to the Jail at Mays Land
ing and insisted upon being married to
Albert Davis, awaiting trial for high
way robbery. The sheriff refused to
allow the ceremony to be performed
The youthful emperor of AMMAN is
only twelve years old, and an inveteratc
cigarette smoker. He is studious and
serious little boy, with a lingering fond
ness for the childish toys that the French
government sends him for amusement.
Two men in the town of Cooper,
Me-, disputed as to the ownership OF
piece of land worth SIS. and had fight
with clubs and pitchforks. Then they
went to law about it, and up to date
have spent about S4oo in lawyers fees.
The case is still ON.
Frederick d. Happen, the genial
president of the Gallatin National
Bank of New York, began his career in
Wall street as boy in the bank he
now directs, and through perseverance
and foresight attained the position he
has for some time filed.
The death is announced at Madrid
of the notorious Carlos Marfori, Mar
auis de Lola, one of the last in the long
list OF favorites of Isabella H., and one
of the causes of her expulsion from
Spain. He was the son of an Italian
cook and owed his prefernent to his
good looks
The man of modern times is Hans
Won Bulow, who is endowed with an
extraordinary musical salemory. He di-
reefs many orchestral works without
notes, and the piano scores of Bach,
Beethoven, List, Schumann, Chopin
and Brahms are as clear in his mind as
they are to pianist on paper.
Mime. Very, the widow of the Paris
restaurant keeper who was killed by
friends of Ravachol in retaliation for
his part in RavachoIs arrest, has been
appointed to one of the best of the
boulevard newspaper Mosques. She
fears to tend the kiosque in person. but
will get 81. 40 day for it, after paying
another for doing the work.
The ex-Empress Eugene of France
will spend a part of the present summer
at the castle of Arenberg, in the canton
of Thurgan, near Constance. The cas-
tie has belonged to the Bonaparte family
since about 1926. Napoleon I'LL spent
part of his youth at the castle, and the
people of the neighborhood tell many
stories of his pranks as boy.
When the shah of Persia was tour
ing through Europe three years ago he
was accompanied everywhere and at all
times by a little boy, who was gor-
geously attired and was allowed to do
just as he pleased. The boy was not
member of the imperial family, but
just a fortunate youngster for whom
the shah had taken an unaccountable
liking. A report has come from Te-
heran that the boy was playing with a
revolver in the royal camp near Burn
jord recently and, as usual very close to
the shah, when the weapon accidentally
went off and the shah had the very mar
rowest kind of escape from sudden
death. The boy has been sent away
now.
The late eX-Gov. Hardin, of Mis-
souri,. did many things for his state
during his long and busy life, and he
was especially proud of the college
which he founded and which bears his
name But he felt that his work was
not appreciated and he showed his
constituencies on this point in a touch
ing way when, one commencement day,
lady stepped up TO him and said:
Gov. Hardin, l wish to thank you for
this splendid institution and to say
that my daughters owe you debt they
can never repay" The white-haired
old governor held the matrons hand in
silence for moment while tears ran
down his cheeks as he answered: Mad
am, you are the first person to express
such sentiment to me-"