The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-05-19
PERSONAL AND ,MPsRsoNAl.

II
While travelling man was ID Lima
O., recently he received within ffteen
minutes three kilograms each an
nouncing the unexpected death Of
different member Of his family ~
home.
William H., the new king Of wuS-
temburg, Is man Of simple domestic
tastes, with no liking for the display
and gayety that characterized the court
while the late king was aliye. But
Charlotte. the new queen, Il only
twenty-seven. and she may influence
the king to furnish the people with en-
tertainments.
"A singular, trial ID imminent In
FRANKFORT A professional nurse allowed
piece OF flesh TO DO severed from her
arm by q surgeon md transplanted
into an open wound dafhe body Of
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 hcr-
self.
Arab Pacha, the exilcd 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
of his present home and compares Il
unfavorably with the dry warmth Of
Egypt. The climate or some other
cause has somewhat impaired his
health of late,
The wife Of q wealthy United States
senator gave luncheon q few days
ago. Many ladies' attended in full
dress As they retired at its close
what was their horror to discover that
each gown had been decorated with
broad stripes Of whits paint The cx-
PLANTATION was that the chairs had been
freshly painted and giIded for the oc-
casion and had not been properly dried.
Jacob Primer Lees the founder Of
the city Of San Francisco and ''the pio-
neer Of pioneers OF California" died in
a hospital in San Francisco few days
ago. He was 81 years old He built
the first house Sin San Francisco In
1896, and killed deer and boar where
some of that city's busiest streets are
now. He made a great deal Of money
during his life, but lost IL in his later
years
The barber would not ordinarily
be thought Of as following q particu-
larry perilous occupation, but barber
in Wissahickon is lying at the point Of
death from injuries sustained In the
ordinary pursuit of his calling He &C
cidentally out his finger very slightly
while shaving "a customer. The next
customer wanted his mustache dyed
The barber got some Of the dye In the
wound and bloodfpoisoui ig ehsued.
Is Robert LOUIS Stevenson Ia still
mothers bey.n 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 q long time
Mrs. Stevenson thought her boy .'Bobr
was a ''ne'erdo selr' and was heart
broken over his abandonment Of the
law to which he was trained. His
father was Presby terrain, and the
idea Of his son making fame and for
tune by such blood-shedding books as
Treasure Island" seemed utterly abb
horrent to him at first
John Bright had an interesting ex-
perience 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 10 steady tho
line, he turned II around his forefinger. 3
The re suit was that when Mr.. Bright
hooked his fish he gave an agoiized
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 gaf into Mr.. Brights
neither garments and held him until he
could be pulled out by some friends
that were near.