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

~i>tant ahjutnnt general in Jamaica,
where he has been stationed for live
Years.
Tho fortune left by Adolphe DEN
merry, the lramatiSt who wrote The
Tw" OrphanS. amounts to more than
l2,Mo,Wu frames, or $oo.4OO,uuN, and
some Of his relatives are going to law to
obtain it,
-~-Holynke. Mass. is to have a new
public library building to cost 100000.
The water company will give tn. land,
and two ruhli,->piritsd citizens, William
Whiting and William Skinnrr have sub
Strhrd $4,000 apiece.
l.. w. Naille. the United States post
al agent 1T Manila, has been assistant
superintendent Of the railway mail serv-
ice ut frrtiand, Or. for nine years. He
is il native ot Massachusetts. AS postal
agent he has made Il strong record.
Mrs. burton Harrison, the writer, is
It granddaughter of the Lord Fairfax
whose family were the originals of
IhArkrraN $ 'NirSini ms Her husband
i i New York lawyer, who, during the
civil war. W;> secretary to Jefferson
Davis
l'r. Murray expects to have more
than half of the new English dictionary
published 10y the end Of the century up
t" the middle OF the letter l.. The letter
that has given the English compilers the
greatest difficulty is, ruriously enough
the letter IL.
Following the example Of her moth
,r. putvu Victoria. Princess Beatrice
has ,ll>ra rut'u the use uf the corset. but
W"ll and httnninyly does she dress
THAT very few people would guess that
III: has no recourse to that article Of
l,'.iiniur lttirr.
Capt. John III. Surratt. whose mother
WAS hanged for the murder Of President
Lincoln, is i trusted employee Of Il Balti-
more steamship line. though still out on
S2Ht"h bail as Il result of Il jury's dis
agreement i'll his own trial, which lasted
lnt days in 1861.
The Queen ii Sweden possesses an
;'!"ir,l>e tnrtuur. which she owes to the
-.tlninS tables OF Wie>baltn. Her maj
81, did not win TIE money 10y gambling
At tn. tables: her brothers We're the pro-
t'rirt'r>, and >h" Inherited the wealth ac
ruuulate,l by them.
Gov. Rollins of New Hampshire re-
>ir,'! Nh old custom Of that common
Wealth by attending church just before
being sworn into "tti,. the other day.
The retiring Gov. RamSuell sat beside
him and Bishop Miles of the Protestant
Episcopal church read the service.
l.irut.-,'"v. Crane OF Massachusetts
has hrr"nr Interested in the work of
he E'>ton ''>lum missions" and the 9TH
is and Superintendent of police. he
In:t't,' Il complete tour of the poorest
!:si t,'r> Of thr Hub.
l."rd llal>hury, the British lord chan
t!l'r. has held his high office for I long
,r period. under the several administra
tl"n> Of Lord Salisbury. than any chan
's.li"r since the Restoration, with the ex-
,rllirnS of Lord Harlwicke. Lord Thur
low AMI Lord Eldon.
I vi Il,,nl,,l,,l, (rI,,r,L,; =, ~, ,,.,,,
Miss .Irr"n, Of New York. is about to
>1nrt Il quarterly magazine in London
NEl''h will b., something like the yellow
|" *. 'n!alStu and ampEheu with par
'ir"(trly tine illustrations and binding.
l,'' h number is to cost Il guinea.
%. y. Thorl. Il native of Norway. but
for the last twenty years Il resident of
Chicago, has been decorated with the
Order OF st. Olaf by the King of Sweden
1:'l Norway. III recognition of his efforts
/" promote commercial intercourse, be-
tween Norway and the United States.
Francis NJ Cnckrell. who has been
elected to hi; fifth term in the Senate is
"u'y the second Nli>Sourian to be so hon
"r,'l. The first WAS Thomas Benton. On
~ two men now in the chamber have
served longer continuously than Mr.
t"ckrcll-.John L. Jones of Nevada and
William u. Allison.
Princess Pauline Metternich. the IA
nous wife Of the Austrian ambassador
t" Paris under the Second empire, is
:t"ut t" publish her memoirs. What she
could tel would make the livelieSt book
of the century. but the princess has tax
en- +" charitable works. and her memoirs
will probably be colorlcSS.
Hu.lvar,l Kipliny and his family will
r:''h this country early in February for
visit If 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 I<iplings.
North Kerr West who has lust died
at Franklin. y. y, at the age of 81
years. WAS one of John Browns licutcn-
ants in the fight ut OSSawatomie. He
came into prominence by obtaining some
"1 the type stolen from the Office of the
l.lWrrncr |ka>.' Journal and melting it
int" bullets for Browns forces.
Tom Watson. the Georgia Populist,
tN-r"nGrtsslnan and candidate for the
Nlct-prt>l,lency in the last presidential
campaign: has written Il two-volnme his
tory of France, which competent an
authority as George Cary EgsleSton pro-
n""1"t> serious and scholarly, though
full Of fault as we'll as attractions
ENA'"v. job Adams Cooper of Colo
RADIO. who has just died. was Il native of
'"I!r=" in 1863. having previously served
i'll the Civil war. He WAS admitted to
III" bar in 1861. and removed to Denver
IN lS'2. In 1883 he was elected govern
or "f Colorado on the Republican ticket.
Nile. Lucic Faurc, the only daugh-
ter Of PRESIDENT Fanrr, whose engage
lnrnt ~ NJ. Georges Chris is announced.
Hn'l 'r>tnnlS Latin. Greek and English,
ami has written Il book Of travels The
talulII -, ii { 'i,iriS f.u,,n. fr,nn
1h'' n"i-hhorh"oL Of l,raSSe, and has been
tor Solo generations engaged in the per-
1r!n"r! business there.
t:'H. lii"ciotti Garibaldi, son of the
lAln"uS Italian. is married to an Eng
i>h woman and speaks English tiuently.
IL" Is still full Of the enthusiasm for
freedom Tat led him to take part in the
war between Turkey and Greece. He
lives III a wind-swept castle ut the top
81 ON" 1T tn" Apcnnine>. He takes pride
IN The f,"t that he is the son of a man
va l"'"nr a citizen of 1.ondrn
f'"pi" are going in crowds to the
Church of the Sacre Occur, in Paris, to
see 4 >tli'l" Of Saint Gtnrvicvc, by Ro-
::lI". on the pedestal Of which. in bas
relief. is Il demon tempting the saint,
Mh'r" features "rr those Of Henri
i;"' h'f''r'. the JOURNALIST. who is one. of
me most pronounced opponents of all
r!"rl'lIi>m 1t seems tn" likeness, which
Is ~" perfect not to he Intentional. has
just l""n discovered
-Ih" death of ex-Attorncy General
''hr'Ind REGAL the fact that but two
months ago he said to ex-Judyc Henry
W. Scott in the United States Supreme,
court: 1T has been over forty Years
since, | ar=n''i my first case. Nothing
would please me better when nv fins
comes. I" die than to be- rtricken right
here, III this courtroom. in the midst of
an argument. That would be a fitting
climax to my career
fen. Frederick w. Partridge, who
died at Sycamore, ILL.,. the other day, was
Il veteran Of the Mexican and Civil
wars. He was sent on a secret mission
by President Polk to Mexico, where he
was captured as spy and imprisoned at
San )nan d't'lloa. In the Civil war he
began service us a captain, and at the
close of tn" war was Il brcvet brigadier-
general. IL" was consul general to Bang
kok eight years, and ut one time saved