The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-04-26
PEOPLE OF NOTE.

The English admirers OF Gilbert
White of Selborne, have erected a
queer monument to him in that village.
1t is a hydraulic ram that forces wa
ter into reservoir which supplies the
village with water.
A beautiful granite monument has
recently been placed over the grave OF
Doctor B. +. Stephenson, the founder
OF the Grand Army of the Republic, In
Rosehill Cemetery, near Petersburg.
Ill. The monument will be unveiled
sometime this fall.
Sir Cecil Rhodes has developed the
original idea of taking possession Of
Zimbaye, in South Africa, and cOnse-
Grating them as last resting place for
the bones OF Major Wilson and his fell
low victims of the ill-fated Matabele
expedition.
G. 8. Bushnell, OF Connecticut, who
furnished the money necessary for the
building of the Monitor and carried
out in full the ideas Of Its inventor,
John Ericsson, Is still living and en-
Joying good health.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich has been
writing poetry since 1856, when he
produced small volume of ballads.
He was then clerk In New Yrk
merchants counting room. Mr.. Bailey
Is now nfty-eight years old.
Philo Norton MeGlfln, the Annap.
oils graduate who Is commander Of the
Chinese warsh!p, Chen Yuen, is q ma
tive OF Washington, Pa, and Is only
thirty-two years Of age.
Prof. Todd, the Amherst college as
tronomer, will go to Japan in 1896 to
observe an important eclipse of the
sun. Elaborate preparations are being
made, and the journey by the Am
herst astronomer, 1t is hoped, will yield
valuable results.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett will
return to Europe October 10. Her son
Vivian, who was so Ill, will accom-
pany her, his health being too uncer.
tain for him to resume his studies at
Harvard.
Haycock Is the appropriate name of
one Of the leaders OF the farmers
party in Canada. He appears to be in
the field to stay.
The head draughtsman at the Edgar
Thompson steel works, at Braddock.
Pa, is said to be Count Camille Mer-
cadere, Of Austria.
Capt. w. A. Glassford, U. s. A.,
takes premier honors as the most sue
cessfu, heliograph!st OF the day. He
has recently signaled distance of 1873
miles.
Prof. Henry l.. Clarke, who has the
chair Of botany in the University of
Chicago, though not yet twenty-one
years old, has made a wonderful re-
cord In his branch Of science.
! The Emperor william may not be q
model monarch, but he can talk faster
work harder, act quicker, travel fur
ther and decide matters more prompt.
ly than any man in Germany.
Z. ID. Sullivan, formerly lord mayor
OF Dublin, but now representing West
Donegal in the House Of Commons,
will visit this country during the com.
ing season. He will make long tour
lecturing on the Irish question in the
principal cities.
Lord Breadalbane is credited with
owning the most magnificent residence
In Scotland. His lordshp can ride 1OC
niles west from Taymouth Park tt
Ardmaddy castle, on the Argyleshire
coast, without setting foot off his pos
sessions.
Bishop John Ambrose Watterson, Of
Columbus, o., whose condemnation OF
liquor dealers has aroused much atten
ton, was born in Blairsville, Pa.
nearly fifty years ago. He is number
ed among the most intellectual bishop.
Of the Roman Catholic church.
The Rev. Samuel F. Smith, of New
ton Centre. Mass, author of IN,
Country, IT'S Of Thee" is now eighty
five years old and in excellent health
He Is n graduate Of Harvard class o
1929, and reads fifteen different Ian
guages. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith recent.
celebrated the sixtleth anniversary o
their marriage.
Prof. w. NJ. Ramsay, Of the UniveI
s.ty of Aberdeen, Scotland, will lectur
at Harvard university, the Uniol
Theological, seminary, and at the Au
} burn seminary this fall. 1t Is DI
Ramsay's book on THE Church in tn
Roman Empire Before ITO A. D.,
which won for him the rare distinction