Middletown transcript., 1897-03-27
CURRENT EVENTS.

Mayor Strong, of New York, ce iebrates
his 10th birthday on Monday.
Neal Dow was ninety-three years of age
on Saturday and "hale and hearty" As q
temperance letcure the Father of Prohibi-
ton" has no equal.
The High School Building at Arlington,
Ga, was struck by a tornado on Monday
and utterly demolished, and nearly one
hundred children were killed or injured.
The announcement that the Rev. DR..
Watson 1an Maclaren is to be tried for
heresy will not surprise those who know
how rigidly the Presbyterian Church, of
which he is minister, holds to the old
views of theology.
Fabulous prices are already being asked
for windows in st. Paul's churhyard on the
day of the Queens visit to the cathedral
in June. Twelve hundred dollars is the
price of one room Is feet square, with two
windows, each less than feet wide.
The Arkansas Legislature wasted its
sixty-day term in an unsuccessful attempt
10 pass railroad commission bill, and ad-
journed without passing the usual appro-
priation bills. This necessitates an extra
session at additional cost to the State.
One of the jolliest old men present at the
old folks dance given at Barre. Mass, was
DR.. William L. Russell, who is now the
Oldest living graduate of Harvard College.
DR.. Russell its ninety.seven.
Large families are the rule rather than
the exception among the Dutch, buta GER
tain Susanna Joubert, Of Klipfontein; In the
Free State, has broken all records in that
line. She has had four husbands, and her
living descendants number 527.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martin have sailed
for Europe and expect to spend several
years abroad. Mrs. Martin is much dis
pleased and disguised with the notcrity
her recent ball gave her and was particu-
larly annoyed at the unauthorized publica
ton of her picture in the New York papers.
Some years ago Mr.. Evarts, then an ex
Senator, was about to enter room with
Senator Hoar, when he remarked: II be-
lieve that no rules in regard to precedence
have been established to cover cases like
ours" "Oh, yes" replied Senator Hoar
"the KS always precede the VS."
Ex-Governor Morrell, of Kansas, has an
American flag that will be used as wind
ing sheet at his burial. It was given to
him by fifteen old soldiers from the Leav-
enworth Home. He said recently that he
priced the flag more highly than all the
official hon ors which had been bestowed
upon him.
The doors of the law in Canada have
lately been thrown open to women on the
same terms as to men. This is the direct
result of the persistence of one woman,
Miss Clara B. Martin. She has been fight
ing since 1850 for admission to the legal
profession, and, having at last succeeded
in battering down the walls. was called to
the bar on February 8, 1897.
Miss Laura B. Parsons, of Denver, for
mer art student in Munich, says that on
going into Munich gallery one day she
saw beautiful new st. Cecilia. It was the
ideal face of saint, calm. serene and rapt
with the heavenly melody, and Miss Par
sons recognized in it the face Of model
who had few days before stolen her
purse.
Mrs. Mary A. Costa is cashier in a bank
in San Jose, Cal. Her husband is the prin-
cipal moneyed man in the bank, but his
wife is an expert cashier and manages the
business of her department in a perfectly
correct and capable way. She is o born
business woman, and loves the work of the
cashier. A brace of fine pistols close at
hand show that she is prepared for any en-
ergency.
The Princess of Wales has recently lost
two of her pet dogs, and one of them
Bully. q fat, apoplectic pug-had reached
the age of nineteen years. The other dog
was tiny, delicate little Japanese spaniel
which died of acute pneumonia. His name
was Facey, and he was often seen in the
Princess's arms. japanese spaniels are ex-
tremely delicate, and do not live long out
Of their native country. {