The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-16
eERsoNAL AND lAApERsoNAs-

eERsostAL AND laaPERsoNAi. /
-Thom.. snd Phebe shaddock, Of
Son Francisco, are the champions In =;
peculiar lire. The parties were hrst
married I'm the east in 1851, and during
tho 1orty-0ne years which have ensued
since that time they have been alter
nately attracted to and repulsed by
each other i've times
M de Giers. tho prime minister Of
Russia, spent some time In Berlin re-
Gently. Although not as robust ~
formerly, which is to be expected Mt
his advanced age, he has recovered his
health to great extent. He was the
object Of much attention ON the part of
officials and society in the German cap
ital
Brazil tells of . curious nomenclature
of the streets Of Para They are biblical
or commemorative of some event In the
Brazilian history. 1t seemed to her
quite irreverent to be told that q desir-
able locality was 'tnt the corner of ST.
John the Baptist and, st. John the
Evangelist streets"
York Sun: II see q great deal in the
newspapers about little Esther Cleve-
land being the first baby ever born in
the White house. How about James
Appleton Pierce, son of Franklin and
Jane Means Appleton Pierce, born i'm
the White house, Washington, April
IL, 1858, died March 4, 1892
1t is alleged of a gauger, not long
ago dismissed from the revenue service.
that he lost his place because of tin
breastplate. The chest protector fol-
lowed in shape the contour of his form,
fitted on beneath the vest 1t was hol-
low and held about fluid gallon. Its
- %14 ~
wholesale liquor dealers led to his
downfall.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, is the old
est senator-S3. Next comes Mr..
Palmer, of Illinois, who is IS. Mr..
Harris, of Tennessee, is IS; Mr.. Pugh.
of Alabama, is 80, and Mr.. Sherman, of
Ohio, and Mr.. Hunton, of Virginia, are
each II years old. There are now sew
eral frisl<y youngsters in the senate,
and the average age of the members is
about IS years and months.
Capt w. j. Sweasey, a veteran Cal
ifornia pioneer. died at San Francisco
recently at the ripe old age of eighty
seven. He was an Englishman by
birth and seafaring man in his early
life. While still young man he came
to this country and with Robert Dale
Owen assisted in founding Utopian
colony at New Harmony, Ind, which
ultimately proved a failure. In 1913
he crossed the plains to California and
became one of its most influential and
prosperous citizens
"A woman footpad, with her con-
federates, recently piled a profitable
trade in Kokomo, Ind, for some littlo
time. She is an attractive young
woman, about twenty years old. Her
plan was to stand on a street corner in
the fashionable suburbs, and, on plea
of being alone and frightened, induce
men to accompany her home. She
would lead her dupe down dark
street, where four or five young toughs
were in waiting, when he would be set
upon and robbed. She was identified
by victims as being the chief actor in
four attempts at this sort of robbery
within one hour. She is now in Jail.
IA pair of nippers and half a dozen
eighteen-inch gas-burner tips" was
the order given by a jaunty young
woman who visited a hardware store
the other day. ''That lady, said the
proprietor after her departure. ''is an
actress, and is just going on the road
All theatrical people while travelling
carry nippers and tips with them. The
managers of hotels in small towns try
to save gas by putting bits of cotton in
the bedroom burners, thus impeding
the flow. The minute an actor strikes
a light and detects this he pulls out his
nippers and tips. Off comes the faxed:
burner and on goes one that let's the
full head of gas come through. Before
leaving he arranges things as he found
them and goes merrily along to get the
better of the next economical landlord
on his route