Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-04-02
PERSONAL AND ,MPgRsonAL

While travelling man was In Lima,
O.. recently. he received within hftesn
minutes three telegram each IN.
nouncing the unexpected death OF
different member of his family At
home.
William H., the new king of Wur-
temburg, 10 . man of simple domestic
tastes, with no liking for the display
and gayety that characterized the court
while the late king was alive. But
Charlotte, the new queen. Is only
twenty-seven, and she may influence
tho king to furnish the people with en-
tcrtainments.
"A singular trial is imminent in
Franfort. A professional nurse allowed
= piece of flesh to be severed from her
arm by surgeon and transplanted
into IN open wound on the body Of a
wealthy patient She now claims that
the surgeon cut too much away, and
she is suing him for damages on the
ground Of unnecessary injury to her
self.
Arab Pacha, the exiled- Egyp-
tian mischief-maker, lives on tho
island of Ceylon, amid cocoanut groves
haunted by squirrels and magpie rob
ms. He complains OF the moist heat
unfavorably with the dry warmth OF
Egypt The climate or some other
cause has somewhat impaired his
health of late.
The wife of a wealthy United States
senator gave q luncheon q few days
ago. Many ladies attended in full
dress. As they retired ut its close
what was their horror to discover that
each gown had been decorated with
brond stripes Of whits paint The ex-
PLANTATION was that the chairs had been
freshly painted and gilded tor the oc-
casion and had not been properly dried.
Jacob Primer Lees, tho founder OF
the city of San Francisco and ''the pio-
neer of pioneers OF California" died in
hospital in San Francisco few days
ago. He was 50 years old. lie built
the first house in San Francisco in
1896. and killed deer and bear where
some OF that city's busiest streets are
now. lie made great deal of money
during his life, but lost it in his later
years.
Tho barber would not ordinarily
be thought of as following q particu-
larly perilous occupation. but barbe
in Wissahiclkon is lying at the point Of
death from injuries sustained in the
ordinary pursuit of his calling. He ac-
cidentally cut his finger very slightly
while shaving q customer. The next
customer wanted his mustache dyed.
The barber got some of the dye in the
wound and blood poisoning ensned.
Robert Louis Stevenson is still a
''mother's boy" his mother living with
him down in the South Sea islands and
wearing her prim widows cap and
black silk dress to the great astonish-
ment of the natives For long time
Mrs Stevenson thought her boy bob"
was ''ne'erdo we'll" and was heart
broken over his abandonment of the
law to which he was trained. His
father was Presbyterian, and the
idea Of his son making fame and for
tune by snch blood-shedding books as
Treasure Island" seemed utterly alb
horreut to him at first
John Bright had an interesting ex-
periencc in catching his first salmon
on the Beauty. He was told to cast
over a spot not more than three yards
from him, and, thinking to steady the
line, he turned it around his forefiager.
The result was that when Mr.. Bright
hooked his fish he gave an agonized
yell and forthwith tumbled into the
river. The line had cut his finger
nearly to the bono, and he threw the
rod away to free himself. Lord Lovat
quietly slipped a gaf into Mr.. Brights
neither garments and held him until he
could be pulled out by some friends
that were near.