DEC. 45 
THE 
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PERSONAL ITEMS. 
One of the Davenport brothers died lately In 
Australia. 
Offenbach, -who has had the gout, la better, 
but Is not yet quite well. 
The survivor of the Davenport Brothers, Spirit¬ 
ualists, Is living In Southern California. 
Tub Emperor Wltltam will not allow Patti to 
appear in Berlin; her prices are exorbitant. 
Senator Cameron of Wisconsin, has a bald 
head and a short nose, and looks like a gentle¬ 
man. 
Senator Lamar's health has suffered from the 
recent night sessions Of Congress. He has heart 
trouble. 
Mn. James Gordon Bennett has taken a hunt- 
lng-box at Melton, England, and keeps a stud of 
twenty-two splendid hunters. 
Piood and O’Brien of bonanza fame, live In 
very unpretentious style in San Francisco. 
O'Brien Is a bachelor and loves a good horse. 
Professor Peter Collier has been appointed 
Chief Chemist of the Department of Agriculture 
at Washington. He commenced his duties Decem¬ 
ber 1. 
Gen. m. c. Bctlek of South Carolina, the new 
Senator, Is a handsome man, of good figure, 
seeming a refined gentleman, with fine, gentle 
features, with a general aspect of extreme amia¬ 
bility. 
The would-be Senator, Basils of Louisiana, Is a 
man of brawn, and limb and ldght. In the full 
flower of life, with a florid face and full black 
hair, just touched with gray. He wears a gray 
suit, nud looks like that much-belauded pink of 
perfection, 41 a Southern gentleman.” 
Qlern Victoria desires to regulate her children, 
it Is said, as If they were still boys and girls. 
Prlnee Leopold Is twenty-four, but one or his suite 
Is expected to telegraph his slightest movements 
to Windsor or Balmoral; and sometimes he re¬ 
ceives, In return, positive orders to change his 
plans. 
The death of John Bell of Tennessee, reminds 
some one that of all the Presidential and Vlce- 
Presldentlal candidates before the people In lseo 
—but seventeen years ago—only two are alive. 
Hannibal Hamlin and IPrscliel v. Johnson. 
Lincoln, Douglas, Breekenrltfgc and Lane, and 
Bell and Everett are all dead. 
Gambktta goes to address his Belleville con- 
stliuems in a one norso cab, and dressed in a 
shabby old coat, alto ugh his constituents would 
prefer to see him In a blouse. At, Versailles he 
goes to the Parliament house in a handsome lan¬ 
dau drawn by a spruco team, anil attired In a 
neat city suit. He U well oft pecuniarily, through 
his own labor. 
General Milks says that Chief Joseph is the 
best specimen of an Indian he ever saw, and that 
he conducted against the whites a careful, Bklllful 
and humane campaign. The General shares In 
the opinion that the Nez Perce3 were defrauded 
and forced Into the war. Now they have lost 
everything but their clothing, arms and bluukets. 
One of them, an old man, had $3U,(K>0 when the 
war began, $6,ooo or It in cash. 
Roukut McClure, a well-known veterinary 
surgeon of Philadelphia, and the author of the 
work on veterinary science bearing his name, has 
been convicted of selllug bogus diplomas to vet¬ 
erinary surgeons, and waa fined $ 2 , 000 , and sen¬ 
tenced to rilno months’ lmprlionment. It la 
stated that, since libs sentence was pronounced, 
he has attempted to poison hirnself. He is the 
author of a popular work on diseases of the horse. 
Bbiuuam’s favorite wife, Amelia, has been de¬ 
throned since the prophet’s death, and report 
says that she has gone back to Peoria, Ill., with 
the Intention of remaining. It appears that 
Amelia was never a Mormon at all; that her 
connection wltli Brigham was merely a marriage 
de convenance, and based upon a contract which 
Included a handsomely furnished borne, carriage 
and horses and full liberty to provide such home 
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