The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-02-19
THE VIRGINIA ENTERPRISE
VIRGINIA. MINI.
". {. HANNAF0RD. - Publisher.
BRIEF NOTES OF NOTABLES.

Sig. Crispi has taken time by the
forelock in having his marble monument
erected in the Naples cemetery. The
only inscription on it is "Crispi.'
Barney Rarnato is at present r'sid-
ing in London. He is about AZ years of
age. is happily married and has several
children, one of whom is son.
C. F. Villiers. Father of the House
"f Commons,E who has just celebrated
his ninety-hfth} birthday, has represented
Wolverhamotoa uninterruptedly for SIX
ty-two years.
During the halloting for United
States senator in the Utah Legislature
Mrs. Martha Cannon has received as
high as four votes, She is Il member of
the state Senate. 1850.
-Some English painters have left
l1andseer. Turner left 100000, While
the value of Sir Edwin Landseers per-
soualty was $S0OOOO.
The estate Of the late Abigail Dodge
better known as Gail Hamilton. has been
inv,ntoricd as valued at S31o29. of
which amount $3.50 is real estate liz
Beverly and Hamilton. Mass.
When a man has Il very active mind
he is obliged to DO something with it.
and Mr.. Gladstone is now as hard at
work on his "Olympian Religions as if
the destiny of empires depended upon it..
John D. Rockefeller was reelected
the other day to the position of super
inlehdent Of the Euclid Avenue Baptist.
Chuxch Sunday school of Cleveland. Il po-
sition held by him for many years.
John Wanamaker was recently re-
elected superintendent of Bethany Sun
day school Of Philadelphia by the unani-
NOUS votes of the teachers and scholars
among whom he has labored for many
years.
The Empress of Russia intends to
keep as Il souvenir of her visit to France
al! the bouquets and crowns OF flowers
offered to her by the French people. and
has given orders to have them prepared
for preservation.
Maria Tia. the Portuguese queen
lowager. wears the gold medal Of IL Lis
hon Humane society. 1t was granted
her for jumping into the Tagus after Al
feuSo when he was 4 little fellow. The
Queen is a plain but very interesting
woman.
Jean Dhennin. who served out SEN
trnre of fifteen years hard labor for
trying to blow up Napoleon III. with an
Internal machine Oh a railroad train near
Donai in 1855, recently blew out his
brains at Lille. He was II years of age
and we'll to do.
In suit recently brought by Henri
Rochefort against the manager If LIN
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lutionary writer receives $4,000 a year
as editor of the paper and has drawn
Si4O.UOO in dividends on his shares in
the last seven years.
Mrs s. Guerney Lapham of Syra~
ruSe is making Il new departure in the
field of women's enterprise. She has
interested herself so largely in the matter
of life insurance for women that she is
being called upon for lectures and infor>
NAL talks on this subject.
j. NJ. ,Studebaker. the big carriage
maker. says that when he went overland
to California in search of Il fortune he
reached San Francisco in 1852 with but
80 cents in his pocket. He then made
the first Studebaker wagon. and his
brother, Clement. ironed it.
The Chicago Historical society has
lately acquired portraits of Elihu B.
WaShburnc, J. Young Scammon. and Ed
win D. Sheldon. each of whom at one
time served as its presidents. The pic
lures were presented by surviving MEM
berS of the family of each.
Charles Aver Whipple's fine portrait
Of Gen. Miles has been purchased by Col
Albert \. Pope of Boston, to be present
cd by him to the Military academy at
West Point. The portrait now hangs in
the Madison square garden as a feature
in the decorations for the military tour
Hamrnt.
Rev. Ella NJ: Bartlett. the only wom-
an preacher in st. Louis. has heen asked
to resign from the pastoratc of the
Tnivtrsalist mission She refuses. The
congregation desires a male pastor. Miss
Bartlett is descendant of Josiah Bart
lett. ore of the signcrs of the Decla alton
Of Independence.
-EN-Gov. Morrill, of Kansas has an
American flag that will be used as a
winding sheet at his burial 1t was
given to him by fifteen old soldiers from
the Leavepworth home. He said the
other day that he priced the flag more
highly than all the official honOrs which
had been bestowed upon him. Il g
Gen. Casper Crowninshield who died
last week. came of noted Massachu-
sets family. two of his ancestors having
been secretaries Of the navy. He served
bravely during the war Of the Rebellion
as an officer of the Second Massachusetts
Cavalry regiment, being with Sheridan
in some of his most noted conflicts.
The late Joseph Mylechreest, who
represented Peel in the House of Keys
of the Isle Of Man Legislature was the
original of Pete in Hall Gaines "HanX~
man.. At his death Mr.. Mylechreest
was still the owner of the Mylechreest
diamonds, two gems which are practically
unstable on account of their high value.
An old rail fence that Lincoln is said
to have built is pointed out to strangers
ON the premises of Marion county
(ky.) distillery. Lincoln's father and
the father of Jefferson Davis were neigh
boris i'll that region. and are said to have
fought side by side i'll little brush with
Indians near where the town of Spring
field, n.y., now stands.
-Signora Cousino of South America,
said to be the richest woman in the
world. has copper and silver mines that
yield her an income of 100000 per
month. and coal mines that net 5000
month, while her stock farms produce
more revenue than all her mines put to-
gether. She also owns fleet of steam
ships and immense tracts of land.
-Bjornsterne Bjornson. whose son
married lsbens daughter, speaks thus of
the dramatist's pessimism: ''Ibsen is no
Norwegian. His ancestors were Scotch,
as might be seen from his Calvnistic be-
licfs and his gloomy views of men and
life. 1t is a lamentable fact for the
Norwegians, but pessimism has been
brought into Norway by foreigner"
Mrs. Hicks-Lord has been outdone
in post-mortem generosity to servants by
the late Nine. Rrasseux of Paris. This
dance once week to the five pretty
maids who attended her, and by her will
she left about 100000 to be divided
among them and among some of the
guests who frequented the parties.
The German Emperor and Empress
have completed their plans for long
lern through the Mediterranean. They
will travel overland to Italy and embark
at one of the Italian ports. Spain and
Italy will be the only countries visited
In Italy the Emperor and Empress will
pay a visit to the King and Queen.
-Almer. the Swiss mountain guide,
has just celebrated his SEVENTEEN birth
day at Grindelwald. He has made more
than 200 ascents, including the Wetter-
born. the Schreckhorn, the Elger and
the Moench. He is the only man who
ever came down alive after ascending
the last named peak. He retired ten
years ago, after losing all his toes dur
ing midwinter ascent of the Jung frau
There is grief among the women az
lists of England, who are very nu,ner-
Gus. at the refusal of the Royal ucade.
micians to elect a representative Of ileii
sex to membership in the academy
-Four ladies were candidates for The as.
sociateship at the recent election, yet not
one received single vote! When TIu.