Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-10
PEOPLE

Mrs. Cleveland has now three young
dachshunds, which were sent 1000
miles over land and sea by Mr.. Merritt.
the United STATES Consul at Bremen,
Germany.
Misses M. Keinston and Carrie L.
Hodson, who arrived in Boston a few
days ago, are newspaper women who
spent the summer riding through the
British Isles on bicycles.
William Perron attempted to kiss
Mrs. CoggsWell at Boston, Ind, and
was dousad with soup by the enraged
lady. She did right in putting the
spoon In the co nsomme.
Prof. Ruge says that Columbus didn't
receive as much salary per month as
Admiral as Is paid to each OF the Column
bian Guards at the Fair. And he prob
ably did not feel nearly so important as
many OF them.
One Of the first white women to emf
CRATE to Illinois recently died In Oak
land, at the age Of los years, Mrs. Eli
Hallowell. She was married at Is to
William johnson, a soldier OF the war
Of 1912, and was a resident Of Washing
ton when the British captured IL and
burned the capitol.
The richest man in the island OF st.
Christopher is Joaquin Larara, who
went there a bareiooted Portuguese
boy Of I6 years and begun working for
a shilling a day. Now he is 81 years
old and owns 81, 900, 600 worth OF real
estate in the island. 1t is said that ne
can neither read nor write.
Emperor William, after three years
trial, has discharged his German cooks
and reinstated Frenchmen as chefs OF
his cuisine at Potsdam, where until his
advent they had held sway since Fred
erick the Great. But William insists
that the menu shall be printed in Ger
man, as it has been since mis- father
died.
Daniel Defoe was a much less provi-
dent man than was his Robinson Cru
soc, and was frequently put In prison
for debt. 1t Is u fact of peculiar inter-
est to students Of h~eredity that a lineal
descendant of the writer, a helpless
man OF seventy, is so poor that he is
supported by the parish OF England in
which he lives.
Cardinal Gibbons will hold the ser
vices Of his silver jubilee on October II.
This date was decided on in order not
to interfere with the regular Sunday
services OF the Baltimore churches.
The exercises will be held in the cathe-
dral in that city, and it is expected that
Archbishop Corrigan will preach the
sermon.
Representative John II. Fow, OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Legislature, the author
of the Saturday half-holiday law Of that
State, presented a check to be cashed
at a Philadelphia bank a few minutes
after noon last Saturday and was con-
fronted with a copy of his own law by
the paying teller, who refused TO give
him any money.
The Duke of Westminster, the richest
nobleman ia England, is known among
his intimates as Jack Sheppard" be-
cause OF his resemblance, when a school
boy at Eton, to CruikshaDk's cartoon OF
the celebrated burglar and highway
man. The dukes charities, like those
OF many unduly rich men, are notorious
for their scantiness.
Mrs. Charles Stewart Parnell still
lives in the house where her husband
died. She has no amusemehtS, no
diversions, enters into none OF the
social incidents Of the n%eighbors, seems
to be. and authentic report says is,
heartbroken aud inconSOlable over the
loss of the man she really loved, and
with whom she hoped to consecrate her
life.
Mr.. Ferris, of Worlds Fair wheel
celebrity, is now engaged in construct
ing a cantilever bridge at Cincinnati,
which will have a sheer span Of 1900
feet and be 60 feet wide. II will be the
second longest cantilever in the world,
and, considering it's width and it's
enormous size, it will be the greatest
bridge Of that construction that has
ever been built.
Lord Shannon, who has been called
1.-THE cowboy lord, is a unique type of
Irishman. His wild life in America
gave him a taste for rough men and
hard labor, and he spends much OF his
time at his beautiful country seat at
County Cork with his men in the fields.
He is particularly fond Of woodchop-
ping, and the results Of his labors in
this respect are always distributed as
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