The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-26

mining market was at its height few
months ago.
Zelle de Lussan, who will be remem-
bered in America as a member Of the
famous Bostonian opera company, has
been winning fresh laurels by her i'm
PRESERVATION of Mignon with the Carl
Rosa company in London.
To celebrate the tercentenary of the
visit of Sir Walter Raleigh to British
Guiana, Sir Monde Thompson and DR..
Garnet are arranging an exhibition at
the British museum, which shall con-
sist of relics, pictures, documents, ETC.,
bearing upon Sir Walters expedition.
Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales
and other members of the royal fami-
ly were present Saturday at the memo
rial services at Lrogmore, that being
Albert day, the anniversary Of the
death of her husband. All the ar
rangements were carried out with mel
ancholy splendor. The queen deposit
ed the usual wreath on the cenotaph
and anthems and hymns were sung by
the boys of ST Georges choir.
William H. Hayne, the Georgia poet,
was in New York recently, and, dis
covering that he would need 500 to de-
fray the expenses of the trip up the
Hudson, he summoned his valet and
dispatched him with ten short poems
| to as many magazine offices. The po-
ems were Immediately purchased and
in less than two hours time Mr.. Hayne
and his valet were speeding the way
| of the romantic Hudson in a specially
chartered tug boat.
George N. Curzon, under secretary
to the British foreign office, has taken
a three years lease of No. Charleton
House Terrace, London, the town resi-
dence of A j. Balfour, first lord of the
treasury, who is moving to his official
! IL ~ 1.,,-- r.%,-
nounced that L. q. Letter, of Wash
ington city, the father Of Mrs. Cur
zon, had presented to his daughter
London mansion, but it seems that the
Curzons only rented their former house
by the season.
Carlos F. Montealegre, of the firm of
Montealegre & Co., winemakers, San
Francisco, has challenged JACOB j. ia
cobb, of the firm of Lachman q jacob,
wine dealers, to fight a duel The Of
tense consists in Jacobs alleged refus-
al to handle the Montealegre wines on
the score of their deficient quality. AS
jacob has choice of weapons, he sug-
gests that the contest be decided by
each combattant drinking the wines of
the other. Montealegre is Central
American and hot-blooded.
There are good prospects of a duel
between Congressman Charles A. Boat
ner, of the Fifth Louisiana district, and
Major H. ]. Hearsey, editor of the New
Orleans Daily States. Congressman
Boatner is opposed to the renomina-
ton of Governor Foster. The States
supports it. Mr.. Boatner own and runs
a newspaper in Monroe called the
Evening News, in which he has been
attacking Governor Foster very
strongly. The States called the con-
gresham a liar and several other hard
Names and the latter rejoined in kind
and also wrote a letter to the editor
saving that in course of time he would
take occasion to demand proper re-
traction Friday night the States
came out with a leading editorial
headed &c. J. Boatner Liar. Scoun-
drel.''
AS a rule dignitaries holding high
officers select for their alde-de-camp
and for their staff men conspicuous
for their agreeable manners and social
popularity. But Lord Wolseley, the
new commander-in-chief of the British
army, is an exception to the rule. He
has chosen as his chief aide-de-camp
peer who is renowned as possessing the
most violent temper, the foulest tongue
and most explosive character OF any
officer holding the queens commission:
He is the Earl of Enrol, for several
years commander of the royal lie
guards, which splendid regiment ne
converted into perfect hades during
his term of office. Lord Enrol is
connection of the royal family, his
grandmother having been one of the
DAUGHTERS of King William ~. Lofd
Enrol possesses the highest hereditary
distinction in the United Kingdom,
after the royal family, being by birth
right lord high constable and knight
mareschal of Scotland.