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of the five grands prix given to England at 

 the World's Fair held in Paris in 1867, and a 

 year later received the Cross of the Legion of 

 Honor from Napoleon III. In 1878 his firm 

 received three grands prix and a gold medal for 

 their exhibit at the World's Fair held in Paris 

 during that year. He also received the Albert 

 medal from the Society of Arts in London in 

 1838. The degree of D. C. L. was conferred 

 on him by Oxford, and that of LL. D. by the 

 universities of Dublin and Edinburgh. He was 

 elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London 

 in 1857, and in 1869 was created a baronet. 

 His writings include papers which have been 

 collected as " Miscellaneous Papers on Mechan- 

 ical Subjects" (1858); ''Papers on Practical 

 Subjects : Guns and Steel " (1 873) ; and " Essays 

 on Mechanical Subjects" (1882). 



Vntticn, Lndwig von, a Prussian soldier, born 

 in Munster, Oct. 15, 1818: died in Coburg, 

 Dec. 7,1887. He received his early education 

 at the Collegium Fredericianum, Konigsberg, 

 and then proceeded to the cadet school at 

 Berlin, after which he entered the army. He 

 rose rapidly, becoming a lieutenant-colonel in 

 1861. In the war of 1866, the brigade that 

 he commanded was prominently connected 

 with the series of victories at Nachod, Skalitz, 

 Schweinscbadel, Gradlitz, and Koniggratz. lie 

 was promoted major-general in 1868. In the 

 Franco-Prussian War, at the head of the For- 

 ty-ninth Brigade of Infantry, he was a con- 

 spicuous contributor to the successes of Mars- 

 le-Tour, Gravelotte, and Roisseville. On Sept. 

 27, 1870, he was promoted to the command 

 of the Twenty-second Infantry Division, with 

 which he took part in the siege of Paris, 

 marched on the Loire, fought on October 

 10, at Artenay, and on the following day 

 at Orleans, stormed Chateaudun on October 

 18, occupied Chartres on the 21st, assisted 

 the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 

 several engagements, and contributed substan- 

 tially to the reduction of Le Mans and Alencon. 

 On May 23, 1871, he was appointed a general 

 of division, and on August 18 a lieutenant- 

 general. He published a " Diary " relating his 

 experience in the French war (1872). 



Wolverton, George Grenfell Glyn, Baron, an Eng- 

 lish politician, born in London, England, in 

 1824; died in Brighton, England, Nov. 6, 

 1887. He was the sou of George Carr, the 

 first Lord Wolverton, and after receiving his 

 education at Rugby school was admitted as a 

 partner in the banking-house of Glyn, Mills, 

 Currie and Co. He was elected to Parliament 

 as member for Shaftesbury in 1857, and rep- 

 resented that borough till he succeeded to his 

 father's title in 1873. When Mr. Gladstone 

 first became Prime Minister Mr. Glyn was 

 chosen as whip of the Liberal party. He filled 

 that position with great zeal till he entered 

 the upper House, was a thorough-going party 

 man, and spent his money freely for party 

 purposes. In the Gladstone Cabinet of 1886 

 Lord Wolverton was Postmaster-General. 

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Wood, Mrs, Henry, an English authoress, born 

 in Worcestershire, England, about 1820; died 

 Feb. 8, 1887. Her maiden name was Ellen 

 Price. Her early life was passed in the city 

 of Worcester, where she obtained familiarity 

 with the phases of cathedral life which have 

 formed the subject of many of her stories. 

 Shortly after her marriage she went to live 

 abroad. Her first efforts at fiction were short 

 stories, which appeared in '' Bentley's Miscel- 

 lany " and " Colburn's Magazine." In 1861 

 " East Lynne " was published. This romance 

 proved so popular that up to the time of her 

 death 140,000 copies had been pold in England, 

 and it had been translated into most Conti- 

 nental languages, and into some Eastern 

 tongues, besides being dramatized. u The 

 Channings " and " Mrs. Halliburton's Trou- 

 bles" appeared in quick succession. In 1867 

 she became associate editor of the " Argosy," 

 in which many ot' her later stories were first 

 published. One of her stories, "A Life's Se- 

 cret," dealt with the evil tendencies of strikes 

 and trades unions, was published anonymous- 

 ly, and caused a riot in front of the premises 

 of the Religious Tract Society, which brought 

 it out. Another, "Danesbury House," gained 

 the prize of the Scottish Temperance Society. 

 She wrote much under the pen-name of 

 "Johnny Ludlow." After the death of her 

 husband she returned to England. Mrs. Wood's 

 other stories are: " Anne Hereford," "Bessy 

 Rane," " Court Netherleigh," " Dene Hollow," 

 'Edina," "Elster's Folly," " George Canter- 

 bury's Will," "Johnny Ludlow" (first and 

 second series), "Lady Adelaide," "Lord Oak- 

 burn's Daughters," " Master of Greylands," 

 "Mildred Arkell," " Orvill College." "Oswald 

 Cray" " Parkwater," " Pomeroy Abbey," 

 " Red Court Farm," " Roland Yorke," " Shad- 

 ow of Ashlvdyat," "St. Martin's Eve." 

 "Trevelyn Hold," " Verner's Pride." " W T ithin 

 the Maze," " Danesbury House," " Bessy 

 Wells," and " Lady Grace." 



OHIO. State Government. The State officers 

 during 1887 were : Governor, Joseph B. For- 

 aker, Republican ; Lieutenant-Governor, S. A. 

 Conrad ; Secretary of State, James S. Robin- 

 son ; Auditor, Emil Kiesewetter ; Treasurer 

 of State, John C. Brown; Attorney-General, 

 Jacob A. Kohler ; Board of Public Works : 

 William M. Hahn, C. A. Flickinger, Wells S. 

 Jones; Commissioner of Common Schools, Eli 

 T. Tappau ; Judges of Supreme Court : Selwyn 

 N. Owen, Marshall G. Williams, William T. 

 Spear, Thaddeus A. Minshall, Franklin J. Dick- 

 man ; Clerk of Supreme Court, Urban H. Hester. 



Finances. The balances in the treasury to 

 the credit of the several funds at the close of 

 the fiscal year 1886 were as follow : General 

 revenue, $272,794.73 ; sinking fund, $96,286.- 

 92; State common-school fund, $87,189.59; 

 total, $456,221.24. The receipts into the 

 treasury during the year from all sources 

 amounted to $6,055,868.53. The disburse- 

 ments during the same period were $6,289,- 



