The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-24
BRIEF NOTES OF NOTABLES.

SiStant Acknowledgement in Jamaica,
where he has been stationed for five
years. a.. ~ .. -
The fortune left by Adolphe a,En-
merry, the dramatist who wrote The
Two Orphans, amounts to more than
12.GOO,ON francs, or $2,4OO.OOO, and
some Of his relatives are going to law to
obtain it.
-Holyoke, Mass. is to have a new
public library building to cost $4,000.
The water company will give the land,
and two philosophical citizens, William
Whiting and William Skinner, have sub
scrihed $4,000 apiece.
y. W. Naille, the United States post
al agent ut Manila, has been assistant
superintendent of the railway mail serv
ice at Portland. Or, for nine years. He
is native OF Massachusetts. As postal
agent he has made a strong record 81
Mrs. Burton Harrison, the writer, is
granddaughter OF the Lord Fairfax
whose family were the originals Of
Thackeray's "Virgimians."'E Her husband
Is New York lawyer, who. during the
Civil war. WAS secretary to jefferson
Davis.
-Dr.. Murray expects to have more
than half of the new English dictionary
published by the end of the century up
to the middle of the letter l.. The letter
that has given the English compilers the
greatest difficulty is, curiously enough,
the letter II.
Following the example Of her moth
or, Queen Victoria, Princess Beatrice
has discarded the use Of the corset. but
So we'll and beconlingly does she dress
that very few people would guess that
she has no recourse to that article Of
f.minine lttirc. 10
Capt John II. Surratt, whose mother
was hanged for the murder of President
Lincoln, is Il trusted employee Of a Balti->
more steamship line, though still out on
$4,000 bail as result Of jury's dis
agreement in his own trial, which lasted
1O4 days in 1867.
The Queen Of Sweden possesses an
immense fortune. which she owes to the
gaming tables of Wiesbaden. Her mai
est! did not win the money by gambling
at the tables: her brothers were the pro-
rrietorS, and She inherited the wealth ac
cuuulated by them.
.-t;ov. Rollins Of New Hampshire re-
vived an old custom Of that common
wealth by attending church just before
being sworn into office the other day.
The retiring Gov. Ramsdell sat beside
him and Bishop Miles of the Protestant
Episcopal church read the service.
l.icut.-Gov. Crane of Massachusetts
has become interested in the work of
the Boston Slum MISSIONS and the 9th
er night. accompanied BY eX-Mayor Cur
It's ana a superintendent of police, he
made complete tour Of the poorest
quarters Of the Hub.
Lord Halsbury, the British lord chan
cellor, has held his high Office for long
or period. under the several administra-
tionS of Lord Salisbury, than any chan
rtllrr since the Restoration, with the ex-
ctptionS of Lord Hardwicke, Lord Thur
low and Lord Eldon.
lady Randolph Churchill, who was
Miss Jerome Of New York. is about to
start Il quarterly magazine in London,
which will b. something like the yellow
book. enlarged and ampl;6ed with par
,icu.,rly fine illustrations and binding.
Each number is to cost a guinea.
%. \. Thorp, native of Norway, but
for the last twenty years resident of
Chicago. has been decorated with the
Order Of st. Olaf by the King of Sweden
and Norway. i'll recognition of his efforts
t" promote commercial Intercourse be-
tween Norway and the United States.
-franciS NJ: Cockrell. who has been
elected to hi; fifth term in the Senate. is
only the second Missourian to be so hon
uretl. The first was Thomas Benton. On
~ two men now in the chamber have
served longer continuously than Mr..
Cockrell-John P. Jones of Nevada and
William D. Allison. e.-. -
Princess Pauline Metternich, the IA
nous wife Of the Austrian ambassador
to Paris under the Second empire, is
about to publish her memoirs. What she
could tell would make the liveliest book
of the century, but the princess has tax
en- to charitable works, and her memoirs
will probably be colorless.
hubbard Kipling and his family will
reach this country early i'll February for
Il visit of two months. Most of this time
will be spent in Washington and the City
OF Mexico. John Hays Hammond, the
American engineer. who had so many ex-
citing experiences in the Transvaal, will
perhaps come with the Kiplings.
North Kerr West, who has just died
at Franklin, y. Y, at the age of 81
years, was one of John Browns lieuten-
ants i'll the fight at Ossawatomie. He
came into prominence by obtaining some
Ut the type stolen from the office of the
Lawrence tkas.) Journal and melting it
into bullets for Browns forces.
Tom Watson, the Georgia PoDulist.
eH-consressman and candidate for the
vlce-presidency in the last presidential
campaign. mas written twO-yOlume his
tory Of France, which so cOmpetent an
authority as George Cary Eggleston pro-
n"nncts serious and scholarly, though
full Of fault as we'll as attractions.
-EX-Gov. Job Adams Cooper Of Colo
RADIO, who has just died, was a native of
Illinois. he was graduated from Knox
college in 1865, having previously served
i'll the Civil war He was admitted to
the bar in 1867, and removed to Denver
in 1872. In 1883 he was elected govern
or of Colorado on the Republican ticket.
Mile. Lucie Faure, the only daugh-
ter of President Fanre, whose engage
ment to NJ: Georges Chris is announced.
understands Latin. Greek and English,
and has written a book of travels. The
family OF ii. t;..orges Chris comes from
the neiGhborhool of Grasse, and has been
for sous. generations engaged in the per-
tumery business there
G"n. Ricciotti Garibaldi, son Of the
famous Italian, is married to an Eng
lISh woman and speaks English tiuently.
re IS still full of the enthusiasm for
freedom that led him to take part in the
war between Turkey and Greece. He
lives III wind-swept castle at the ton
of one of the lApennines He takes pride
IN the fact that he is the son of a man
VINO became Il citizen of London
ic"p" are going in crowds to the
'hurch Of the Sacre Occur, in Paris. to
see sta tue Of Saint Genevieve. by Ro-
S'no, ON the pedestal of which. in bas-
rriirf' IS demon tempting the saint.
Mh"sr features arc those OF Henri
Nv ~ 'iN- J''ul WHO IS of
the most pronounced opponents Of ali
!'erlcHllsm: 1t seems the likeness, which
IS TOO perfect not to be Intentional has
just been discovered. ''''''
The death of ex-Attorney-Ge Genera,
Garland recalls the fact that but two
MONTHS ago he said to ex-Judge Henry
W. Scott in the United States SuDreme
court: 1T has been over forty Years
SINCE l argued my first case. Nothing
would please me better when my time
comes. to die than to be stricken right
here, ill this courtroom, in the midst of
an argument. That would be q fitting
climax to my career"
Gen. Frederick W. Partridge, who
died at Sycamore, ILL.,, the other day, was
veteran of the Mexican ~ and Civil
wars He was sent on a secret mission
by President Polk to Mexico, where he
was captured as a spy and imprisoned at
San Juan dUlloa. In the Civil wa he
began service asea captain, and at the
close of the war was brevet brigadier-
general, He was consul-general to Bang,
kok eight years, and at one time saved
tho life n tho CON of tho ,.n t~:..5..