The sun., 1900-01-20

tone are lent to the Ottawa city govern
ment by Mayor Payment and Alderman
Champagne.
An association has been organized at
Chillicothe, Mo-, to erect a monument
over the grave OF Nelson Kneass, who |
composed the music OF "Ben Bolt, and |
who died at Chillicothe in 1869.
Miss Elizabeth NJ. Taylor, member
Of the bar OF Suffolk county, Mass, in
which Boston is situated, has been ap-
pointed regular member OF the city's
legal staff, the first woman lawyer
to be employed by the city. Her work
viii be entirely in connection with land
titles.
When the Ottawa Battery Of the sec
ond Canadian contingent of volunteers
for the South African war LETT the city
the Mayor presented each man S25 III
behalf of the citizens,
A monument will be erected on the
} famous heights OF st. Malo TO jacques
Cartier, the first European to make an
| exploration Of Canada and the founder Of
bIC CAbl Va NAOhbiCals
George n. johnson, a young colored
: man OF Hannibal, Mo-, is said to have
: returned from the Klondike with for
' tune estimated at nearly million, and
a be now finds himself one OF the most
respected and influential citizens in the
: town.
i Charles Brigham, who died at his
It home in Boston on Saturday last, at the
= age of S4 years, was the Oldest postal
= cl .rk in the United States. lie was ap
le pointed to the service in 1887, and since
that time he had been employed contin.
uously in the Boston post office, under
:. twelve postmasters.
William Jennings Bryan great grand
10 mother, Mrs Mary Bryan Cobb, is livin.
in near Kokomo Ind, at the age of 9s
ic Her first husband, Louie II. Bryan, wa
- soldier in the war of 1872 and in th'
= Mexican war.
= Mrs. Emma Van Dusen, OF Dallas
We Tex, is said to be the only womai
u deputy sheriff in this country. He
IL father was Robert o. Daniel, OF Count
:, Cork, Ireland, and her mother was
s' cousin of "Stonewalr' Jackson. He
e. husband, Charles Palmer Van Duser
is Of Evansville, Ind, died nine year
y. ago, and soon after his decease sh
n removed to Dallas. Until ber receU
~ 'io promotion she had been connected wit
th the Office of the clerk OF the FEEDERS
d. Court.
,s- Last year, in Vienna, s. l.. ClemeI
~ MARK Twain set talking with
= Scotch barrister named Guthrie. Cd
x you ever smoker asked MIR. Clemens
ne Mr.. Guthrie. "Yes, Mr.. Clemens" n
id piled Mr.. Guthrie. "when am in ba
u. company" "You are lawyer, aren
" you, Mr.. Guthrie?'' "Yes. am. "Ahl
"a said Mr. Clemens, lyon must be heav
he smoker
Since the death Of the Duke OF Beai
cd fort the Duke of Norfolk has held h
oN title longer than any other Engis
* Duke. He succeeded to it in lS6
up. being the fifteenth holder Of the auk
TO dom, which was created in 1853 and
a. the only title granted by Richard ii
now in existence.
lsy Alonzo Alden, who died at Trov,
Se- -, recently, was lineal descendant
ew John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, wi
tic were among the first arrivals at ri
~ mouth colony and were made famous
'''e Longfellow's poem, ''The Counship
not Miles Standish," and the son Of Il
ep- first white child born on the site
,al Montpelier, Vt.
bat
,e's The social leaders Of Westfeld, n.
~ have supplanted progressive euchre wi
~ progressive dinners" The guests e
ear their soup at the first house at whit
tie, they gather and then go to another hou
in for the fish, and so on through a regul
- course dinner, each course being serv
y j, at a different house.