The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-05


Probably the oldest postmaster IN
the land is Roswell Bcardsley ~ North
Lansing. -. Y. lie a appointed IN
is.s. during the administration Of John
Quincy Adams and was then only :
youth o. 10 years
-Zola has quite a taste for collecting
curious furniture. rare books, and funny
specimens bric-a-brac. One would i'm
arine that ne has sufficient funny bric-
a.brac in his novels without having II
in his home surroundings
Judge strive. ofSeattle. ten months
aro lost his voice. and has been travel
ing over the country seeking relief
After spending five thousand dollars
and receiving no benefit he rave up
in despair. One morning recently he
woke up with his voice aS good as ever.
Rev. 1runis q. Campbell. the col
orcd Methodist minister who died at
Aston. Mass. a few days ago. was
made military governor Of the Sea is
lands OF Georgia by President Lincoln
just after the fall Of Charleston. and
there organized schools and a govern
ment. He was a native Of New Jer-
scy-
Rev. Robert Collyer. Of the Church
Of the Messiah. in New York. had fin
ished his sermon the other sunday. lie
announced the hymn and said in his
characteristic manner: Sing better
than you did the last hymn. II you can- =
Then he noticed a startled Y, preston
among the members Of the choir. and
added: II mean the cong regation."
Caleb Fcote. who Is within two
months 81 eighty years OF age. is prob
ably the oldest newspaper man in the
country in active service. For forty
nine years he has been editor Of the
salem Mass Gazette. and for a long
time he Was proprietor Of that paper
His entire professional life. except
seven months passed in Europe, has
been devoted to the Gazette.
The whole family Of the brilliant
writer, Tolstoi. are working hard 10
relieve the fami~hing population The
count himself. with his two daughters.
are at work among the peasants in the
government in Rasan: Nine. Tolstoi is
in Moscow making collections. and two
Of his sons have enlisted themselves in
The services OF the society Of the Red
Cross. VIII oh was officially appointed
by the government at to work al the dis
tributicn % charity among the hungry.
N Y. sun.
The princess ofWales father. King
Christian Of Denmark. j. now seventy
three years old. At one time. before
he came 10 the throne. he was obliged
I o give dra wing lessons in order 70 sup.
port his family. and the princess 81
Wales used to make her old dresses
over aud over again. with excellent
taste. il is said The kings title is
Christian w.. and his wife. Queen
Louise. is a charming and accomplished
woman. who excels as a musician.
Thousands of his acquaintance
enxied Herr Sornmerield. the Berlin
banker. Anything hat money could
procure he had. and the best 81 every.
thing was ~ lis command. a Partisan
tailor made his clothes. frequently Wis
ting the Prusslan capital to take his
measure. with hundreds Of cloth sam
pies: his mutton came from Wales. and
his beef from Scotland; he had two dis
tincf kitchens in his residence. one con
troIed by = French cook. the other by
an EngliShman. In every respect his
personal outlay was princcly; yet Ia
was an unhappy man, and a short timt
ago he closed his career by suicide.