The herald., 1897-02-09
MUNICIPALITIES

Governor Bushnell of Ohio has just
amounted commission to raise funds
with which to erect monument to
General Phil H. Sheridan at Somerset,
Ohio. q
King Humbert of Italy Is the most
heavily insured man in Europe. Inc
amount of life insurance he carries 70
over 81. 500 900. The late Czar Alexander
III was insured for $4,000, 600.
Mr.. Fred F. Hassam, the Boston an.
tiduarian, has in his possession bottle
of the tea which was on the night OF
December 6, 1773 emptied from the
British vessel by the Boston tea party.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe has Joined Mr..
William Lloyd Garrison in his assault
on the anti-immigrat ton bill. she is
of the opinion that illiteracy Is not the
worst crime Of which man may Do
guilty.
the religious world, exist regarding the
work of the evangelists in Boston. I'll
on's Herald (MethodisD thinks they are
dong general and permanent harm,
but Bishop Lawrence of the Episcopal
church says they are doing great good.
The people of Oshkosh are to build
monument to the Indian CHER from
which their town derived its cacopoho-
nous name. Wisconsin pride is easily
a patronymic would feel more inclined
to burn an effigy than to build monu-
ment.
President James B. Angel of the
University of Michigan Is SO years old.
He is Brown graduate, and was the
executive head of the University OF Ver-
mont when he was called to Ann Arbor.
In addition to his high rank as college
president, he has wide reputation AZ
an authority in international law
The order of the cardinal archbishop
of Paris that hereafter priests must NOT
appear in public without cassock. ana
that the clerical attire must never be
seen in a theater Is designed to keep
priests from going to the theater; but
it has been suggested that priest might
continue to go to the theater without
violating the order by concealing mis-
short cassock under his overcoat.
While investigating the vatican rec
ords Pope Leo said to Dom Gasquet.
the librarian: Publish everything ot
interest-everything, whether 1T tendo
to the credit or discredit of the ecclesi-
astical authorities. for you may be sure
that if the Gospels had been written in
our day the treachery of Judas ana the
denial of st. Peter would have been sup
pressed for fear of scandalizing weak
consciences."
A senli-official notification has been
issued by the Prince of Wales. recon-
mending that the schemes on the part OK
the people destined to celebrate in Mt
ting manner the sixtieth anniversary
of the queens accession to the throne
should take the form of works of mercy
among the sick and suffering, and OF en-
terprises that may tend to brighten and
ameliorate the condition of the poorer
subjects of her majesty"
An old man named Whitaker, in c.
neva county. Ala. has lived in the same
place for fifty years, and yet he has
been a citizen of two states and four
different counties. At first he voted
and paid taxes in Jackson county, Fla;
then a readjustment' of county lines
showed that ne was in Holmes county,
to which his duties as citizen were
transferred. Later a survey OF the
boundary line between Alabama and
Florida showed that he was an Alabam-
ian and q resident of Dale county, IN
which he continued until Geneva coun:
ty was created, when he found himSe8
a citizen of that county.
A person who recently visited Havana
has given his impressions of Captain
General Weyler, whom he CHANGED to
meet unexpectedly when called upon to
make affidavit to some commercial pa
pers. lie says the captain general was
courteous but extremely cold, and i'm
pressed him as being passionate and
brave and utterly without sentiment.
I'm appearance" he added, "Weyler Ii
insignificant until his eyes rest upon
you; then there seems to be q strange
magnetism about him." He did not
know he was speaking to the SpaiNsh
commander until afterwArA 4