Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-10-12
PERSONAL AND LITERARY,

Joseph H., the son OF the famous
p Maria Theresa. was known among his
subjects as the "Ilatted King" He
/, never consented to the formal cere-
!, mony OF coronation.
1T is painful to read Mrs. LYNN
Lynton's statement that George Eliot
was essentially underbred and pro.
vincial,' and that she was "unwashed,
unkempt, unbrushed, dressed badly,
and held her arms and hands kangaroo
fashion,"
AN Albert medal has been awarded
to MIR, Hereward Hewison, OF New.
castle, New South Wales, for saving
MS brother from a shark last wear.
The brother was seized bv the arm
"hile swimming, when Mr.. Hewison
swan to him and fought the shark till
IL bit OFT the arm at tho elbow, releas.
ing It's prisoner; he then swan ashore.
pushing his brother before him.
by the will Of the late Joseph r.
Perkins, OF Brooklyn, the following
requests for charitable purposes are
nlade! Twenty-Five thousand dollars to
the Church Charity foundation. of Long
Island; s25,0 900 to the BROOKLYN home
Tor aged men; SEQ, 900 to the BROOKLYN
industrial School association and homo
Tor destitute children. He also piyes
$40, 600 to the Brooklyn institute Of arts
and sciences.
The will of the late Mrs. Hone Pot.
Ter walker, OF Boston, gives the great
er part OF her estate, which amounts
TO about $50, 900 to the Bristol Ola
Ladies Home, Bristol, r. J., under the
conditions that the managers of the
home build or buy a suitable building
Tor the use OF the inmates instead OF
the n now in use. 1t is the only be.
quest OF any great consequence that
the institution has received hereto.
fore.
French royalists are thinking OF
throwing the Ducd'Orleans, on account
OF his behavior at the wedding Of his
sister; le was exclusive. dining in one
room with a few friends, while
most OF his adherents had to sit Mt n
second table In another room. Nine
'een courses were served at his dinner
ana only fifteen at theirs, but the hard.
est thing to bear seems to be that rose
sherbet was provided for him and nor
for his followers.
Emperor Francis Joseph OF Austria
mas announced that on the occasion of
.he nitieth anniversary of his accession
10 the throne In 1893 he will present to
the city OF Vienna the Prater. the IN.
park Of Vienna, and the Anoar.
ten, IA royal park ina densely-populated
part OF the city, to which the public
was first admitted by the Emperor Jo-
scph H. Both Prater and Angarten
are TO be preserved forever as public
recreation grounds for the people of
Upset prices for the Comte de Paris,
landed property have been fixed BY the
seine civil court In order TO settle IN
ms estate. The chateau d. Eu IL to be-
SOFA Tor $1,000, 600, the chateau,d' Am
boise Tor Sl2, 0 the estate at Bories
Tor $50, 600, that ut Cannes for 800. 600.
and the other lands In France for $40.
The Spanish palace at villa
Manrique Is assessed at $50, 900. All
VIII d bought In by the family, as tho
prices DO not represent tho value of tho
property, and the sale is only a formal. !
ny required by the French probnt. ]
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-Nelson's and Hoods names .r.
ooth humiliated by v%iscount Bridporh, !
granddaughter Of the two great nd. I
nirals and the bearer OF Nelson's 81. c
s'i'an title OF duke Of Bronte, Offering a
'or sale at public auction the medals I
md other relics Of E~ngland's naval !
zero They include tho ten medals '
IND orders he wore when shot down !
IN the deck Of the Victory. the uold
word hit presented TO him by nj, II
'aptnins after the battle OF the Mia 9
ne diamond nlgrette given TO him nv !
ne sultan, the jewels from the sworl
honor given by the king Of Naples
'is inkstand, and tho gold caslst nrs. Al
entsd with the freedom Of tho CITY of /,
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