PERSONAL ITEMS. 
Implements and Paehinenj 
TEEMS FOE 1879 
General Burnside advocates Canadian annexa¬ 
tion. 
William II. Vanderbilt gave about $28,000 In 
Christmas presents. 
Colonel Fred Grant, A. D. C., will go to Cuba 
and Mexico with his father. 
Bayard Taylor's executor is selling lands belong¬ 
ing to the Cedarerofc estate. 
iimina Young, one of the daughters of Prophet 
Brigham, Is an actress In the Bella Union at San 
Francisco. 
Jsb^Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, has a gold mine 
in Nfcrth Carolina which pays him a thousand 
dollars a week. 
col. Robert G. Ingersoll from his profession and 
lectures earns from *fu,ooo to $to,ooo a year, and 
spends most of It. 
Mr. Spurgeon, who la ’writing at Mentone, 
I* iance, id said to Ik? not only physically ill, but 
also greatly depressed In spirits. 
General Avezzana, 
mous companions in arms. Is dead, 
THE VICTORY 
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Renat New 
Kr«sli, Eure SKJCJYK for YOU 
Send for Garden Manual and Price List for 1880. 
•>. n Kilo r, Seed Grower, " ' * ■ - 
Rockford, Ill. 
V® The Victory Corn Mill 
will grind corn meal coarse 
or fine, aludJod or on the 
Self Sliitrpeiiing 
I lutes. Made entirely or 
Inon and Htekl. Very 
strong, durable, and war- 
-- ranted in every respect. 
A-- : Capacity, lo to 20 bushels 
it i'Cr bonr. Bead for cir- 
= culars. 
•BERTS, Springfield. O. 
one of Garibaldi’s most fa¬ 
ll e was Presi¬ 
dent of tne Italia Irredenta committee. 
Thomas A. Scott, in reference to reports now 
going tbe rounds to the effect that he is hopelessly 
HI, says he has never enjoyed better health than 
now. 
Bancroft, the historian, has given up his horse¬ 
back rides, but works as hard as ever on his his¬ 
tory. He talks very cheerfully of his old age and 
death. 
Alexander Stuart, the wealthy sugar refiner, of 
Mew York, who died last week, leaves Ills whole 
estate, valued at $7, 000 , 000 , to his brother, Robert 
L. Stuart. 
It Is to be Inferred, from the election of new 
directors, that the Keely Motor Company Is still 
alive but It doesn't take much to be comparatively 
alive la Philadelphia. 
To pass him “as they would a tree” were the 
instructions given to the laborers and tenants on 
the late Duke of Portland's estates If they should 
at any time meet the Duke. 
Within the past year Sir Arthur Guinness has 
sold his interest Jn the brewery business for $ 5,000 - 
000 , and hla celebrated stout Is no longer a peren- 
ulul fountain of gold to him. 
General Graut remarked to a newspaper man In 
Washington that he thought he would soon be fit 
to take a seat in Congress. He alluded to the prac¬ 
tice he was getting as a speech-maker. 
In tue list of Georgia lawyers who have received 
big fees, the Atlanta (Ga.) constitution puts Sena¬ 
tor Ben Uhl first. He received In one case a fee 
of $140,000, of which $ 110,000 were paid in cash. 
Major Wade Hampton, the Senator's eldest son 
who died a few days ago, was In alt the principal 
engagements around Richmond, and when Gen¬ 
eral Johnston was assigned to the West followed 
him there and remained with him until the sur¬ 
render. He was wounded at the battle of Burgess 
MU1, on the 26th of Comber, istH, while bending 
over the body of his younger brother, Preston, who 
was killed In that engagement. 
T *?.77 Confedcrale Gcxierai Joseph E, Johnston 
a gen- 
n o r l V npr ? ved saw ' n .? machine cuts 
3 RESENT u’ m “ _minutes. A $IOO 
fcNT be given to two men who 
•an saw as much m the old wav, as one man 
’ t 'i;,T;l ,:!! ' ne - Circulars sent free. 
•V. Giles, 7,U W. J ake Sr, Chicago, HI. 
0 prosecuting all Infringers. 
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State Fair of New York of 1879, 
State Fair of Michigan of 1879, 
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