The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-05
Prominent or Peculiar.


Henry Russell. the English composer,
is 81 years old, but AS hale and hearty as
Il man of 50.
George II. White, a North Carolina con
gresham, has white, Indian and negro
blood in his veins.
The new public administrators of Sut-
folk county. Massachusetts. is johnson
Ramsay. a negro He is a graduate of
Fisk university and of the law school of
the Boston university
William Tyler. who has just died at
Conkling. Tenn. at the age of 81 years
was a nephew of President Tyler. lie WAS
born and spent his whole life in a house
once owned by John Sewer.
l.. w. Hoch, a well-known editor of
Kansas and twice member of the legs
lature, has refused the appointment of
postmaster of his town because he would
have to work an hour on Sunday.
Or. Carl johnson of Denver. who has
been appointed vice consul AT Annoy, Chi
ma, is known To the, medical profession
through his researches and discoveries in
connection with morphine poisoning.
Captain Daniel NJ. Marshall. the oldest
of the retired shpmasters of Salem.
MiSS.s ttifhiultd lil' S5lil dIililNt VI
his birth the other day lie followed the
sea for more than half "A century He is
still hale and hearty.
49,
Butler Malone just nominated by Pres
ident Mckinley as consul to Neuve La
redo. is the son of General William Ma
hone of Virginia. who, up to his death
a few years ago was the leader of the
republican party in the old dominion
state.
Queen Victoria has created PSI new
peerages during her reign. OF these Lord
Melbourne was responsible FOR %, Sir
Robert Peel for !, Earl Russell for Il
Lord Palmerston for - Lord Derby for
L.. Disraeli for 81 Gladstone for q. Lord
Rosebery for and Lord Salisbury for 81.
Tom Terriss and Arthur j. Smythe are
compiling a work on the life of the late
William Terriss, who was murdered n
few weeks ago. Ii is To contain elaborate
pictures of Terriss in his more success
full representations, in addition TO many
anecdotes and contributions by personal
friends.
Rev nr. J. Houston Eccleston Of Bal
timore has been elected dean of the Epis-
copal Theological seminary of Virginia.
Br. EcelestoH is one of the most widely
known ClergHmen Of the Episcopal
Gl0fEh. JAltf ne mas uFflluttl II blSIhpIlt-
The first time was i'm 1875 ny the diocese
of Iowa. There arose some question of
the validity of his election and he refused
Ia accept.
Rev. Thomas Harrison of ShelhNVille
Ind. who has just celebrated his S5th
birthday is an EnGlishman by birth and
when he was about 10 come 10 this coun-
try many years ago h. found two YES
sells ready to sail for New York. one was
trjctlv a temperance vessel. the other
Dermitted the use of intoxlcants. Ii,
chose the temperance ship ana reached
New York in safety. while the other shin
suffered a mishap and was lost at sea
over loo persons perishing.
The movement in Il. 4. L. circles Il
erect a monument over the grave OF Hen
~ Clay Work al Hartford. Conn. raNivei
tho fact that his father was once con
fined i'm the Missouri penitentiary on th'
/ charge of aiding slaves Ia escape from
I the state Of Missouri 10 Illinois, WheI
the elder Work was released one of tbs
J conditions Of the pardon was that h'
/ should return to the stat. Of Connecticut
I whence he came originally, ana remain
| there for the rest of his natural life. Thu
/ obligation he faithfully kept.
Hugh Black who was spoken u as
r,assihls successor 10 pr. John Hall. tn
/ famous Presbyterian preacher Of New
| York 10 a. name that lIs not known Z