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PERSONAL ITEMS, 
Webb’s NEW KINVER 
MANGEL. 
The marriage of the Duke of Connaught will he 
solemnized at Windsor castle about the 19th of 
March, the eonuony, originally fixed for February, 
buvlng been postponed a month in consequence of 
the death of the 0rand Duchess of Hesse. There 
is ample time therefore for any of our readers who 
may have been invited to the wedding, to pack up 
their carpet-bags and pick their steamers. 
Lida Smith chewed gum In Louisville until her 
jaws kept moving hi spite of heretlortstostop them. 
She took the gum outol her mouth, but her jaws 
continued to open and shut, with a violence that 
contorted the whole of her face. A physician applied 
bandages, but it was only by making her Insensi¬ 
ble with chloroform that she was quieted. It was 
a case of spasmodic action of the facial muscles 
from over exertion. 
Rugby School, England, which in these latter 
days has come to be regarded as a model, was 
quite the reverse In the last century The boys 
were hardly treated and half Imprisoned, and 
their only playground was the churchyard. A 
grim tower Is still pointed out as the torture cham¬ 
ber of a former master, Dr. Wool, whose diminu¬ 
tive stature but severe stripes probably suggested 
the saying : •* Much cry and little Wool.” 
Mr. Westwood, of Mount Auburn, Ohio, was 
worth $05,000 when his first wife died. Her Indus¬ 
try and management had been to a great extent 
the cause of his prosperity, and he gratefully 
spent $1,400 In putting a monument over her gi ave. 
lie soon inartled again, and Ills second wife rap¬ 
idly wasted his fortune until he had no property 
left except the monument. According to the new 
.Mrs. Westwood's advice, he had It removed to a 
marble yard, effaced the inscription, and offqpd 
it for sale at half its original cost. 
Dr. McBride, who called himself King of Pain, 
died In Chicago a few days ago of consumption. 
He was an educated physician, It Is said, but pre¬ 
ferred a rovlug life and the methods of a quack, 
lie traveled In a gaudily painted wagon, and was 
known from Maine to Mexico. He was tall and 
thiu, his hair was never cut, and a dress like 
that of a Western scout, gave him a picturesque 
aspect. Thousands believed Ills pretentions of 
almost miraculous curative powers and he did a 
profitable business; but be spent money freely, 
and died poor. 
W illiam Clair, of Boston, received a bequest of 
$26,000, lie had been poor, and the sudden ac¬ 
quisition of wealth rather turned his head. He 
began to spend the money In reckless dissipation, 
In spite of tbo efforts of his father to restrain him, 
and kept on until only *11,000 were left. The fa¬ 
ther begged that this remainder might be gi ven to 
him for safe-keep lug, and the sou, being then 111 
from long drunkenness, and very penitent, readily 
complied. The father put $10,950 Into u pocket hi 
his shirt, and started out to spend the other $5o in 
a frolic. That night he slept on a bench In a bar¬ 
room, and In tne morning every cent or the money 
was gone. 
Ex-Judge Scuey Is one of the foremost men In 
Tiffin, Ohio, ills wife and Anna Walker were 
for a long tune Intimate friends, going together to 
social gatherings and church meetings, and being 
very much alike in their love for Mr. Seuey, as 
the wife eventually found out. A divorce suit was 
the consequence, Mrs. Seuey. obtaining a decree 
in her favor and an award of $ 20 , 000 . subsequently 
Air. Seney married Allss Walker, which so exas¬ 
perated the divorced wife that, she struck the new 
wife In the street. The latest move In the con¬ 
troversy Is a suit by Mrs. Seney No. 1 against Mrs. 
Seney No *2 for damages lu wlunlug the love of the 
ex-Judge. 
Johnny Chamberlin committed suicide In Ala- 
galtu, cal., because the civilization of the place had 
left him dlscouragtngly far behind. Chamberlin 
went there la the early mining days, when Mogalla 
w as called Dogtown. lie was a scholarly man, and 
had qualities of recklessness and good-fellowship 
tuat made him very popular. Coot’s saloon was 
the popular resort. Chamberlin bet with Coot 
.$5,000 on Lincoln against the saloon on Douglass. 
Thus winning the establishment, as truthfully 
related In one OI Hret Haile'S Stories, he stuck to 
It unt.ll ills death, two weeks ago. In the mean¬ 
time Dogtown became Magalta, churches and 
sellouts were established, and public sentiment 
changed so completely that gambling and drunk¬ 
enness—Chamberlin's strong points—came to be 
regarded as disreputable, so he shot himself. 
George Meeks was sick abed at Boone s Landing, 
Ky„ when the recent ver.\ cold weather began. 
There was hardly any food lu the house, audit 
became necessary for Mrs. Alecks to go to a store 
several miles distant for provisions. She started 
out on loot. The snow was deep and the cold In- 
tens*?. The husband became alarmed when she 
did not return within a reasonable time, and went 
to search for her, notwithstanding his Illness, lie 
found her frozen 0 death not far from home, with 
a bag full of Hour beside her. Another sad death 
by tlie cold was that of a negro woman near Evans¬ 
ville, Ind. She was very old—over a hundred, 
according Lo her owu belief. She lived alone in a 
miserable cabin. In an effort to keep warm she 
piled a large quantity of light, dry wood In the fire¬ 
place, and the flames spread to the hut. She was 
slightly burned In escaping, and then she froze to 
death. 
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