THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
PERSONAL ITEMS. 
An aged woman at Windsor Loek3, Conn., died 
at a picnic which was given in her honor. 
The Kev. Thomas K. Beecher, of Elmira, is try¬ 
ing to organize a stock company to huild a furnace 
tor the cremation ot human remains. 
Chorles Gamhotta, who claimed to he the uncle 
o£ 51. Gnmhetta, has Just died In an alms-house at 
Milan, aged si. He had squandered a considerable 
patrimony. 
sitting Bull was named, according to Joaquin 
Miller, because, being shot through the legs in 
battle, he sat upright, and continued to fight with 
the fierceness or a wounded buffalo bull. 
John B. Gough 13 in his 62nd year, has traveled 
about 420,000 miles and delivered nearly 8,000 lec¬ 
tures within the last 37 years, aud yet he lias not 
been in bed a whole day from illness since 1846. 
George Tlcknor Curtis very satisfactorily dis¬ 
proves the story about a natural son of Daniel 
Webster said to be living in Chicago. He shows 
that not one of the statements made by the claim¬ 
ant can bo true. 
Three letters, front Napoleon III., Eugene and 
the Prince 1 inperlal, sold at a London auction the 
other day for $100. That from the Prince was an 
affectionate note, in English, in which he says: “ I 
love you with all my heart.” 
On htselevation to the purple Cardinal Haynald 
Bishop of Kolocza-Bacs, Hungary, gave 20,000 
francs as the nucleus of a fund for aged priests 
anciteachers. Mgr. Haynald is one of the most 
famous oi living botanists. 
it is reported that the ex-Khedive of Egypt has 
arrived at Naples, with his four wives, two sons 
and 225 other members of his household and suite. 
If ho can find a residence at Naples large enough 
to accommodate him, he will arrange to remain 
there for The present. 
It Is denied that Princess Beatrice was engaged 
to be married to the ex-Empress’s unfortunate 
son. “That the Illustrious young lady sincerely 
and unaffectedly mourns the poor Prince,” says a 
foreign Journal, “Is perfectly true; we all lament 
the loss ot a dear friend.” 
The Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon says of the fresh 
controversy between old and new school Presby- 
terlajl?m; “Has It broken out again—that old 
conflict between the Gospel of a free salvation 
offered to all men and the petrified foundation of 
Calvinism as It was shaped by Calvin’s succes¬ 
sors?” 
£dam Helmer of Port Huron, Mich., got out of 
bed, armed himself with a gun, and went down 
Blairs to hunt a burglar. Ills wife arose Immedi¬ 
ately afterward, and stole on tiptoe down another 
stairway. They came together tn a dim light, and 
Helmer, mistaking his wife tor a burglar, killed her 
on the spot, 
Victor Hugo talking about age not long ago con¬ 
fessed that the most disagreeable advance to him 
was that from thirty- nine to forty. "But," said 
a friend, “ 1 should think It a great deal better to 
be forty thaufltty.” “Not at all," replied Hugo; 
“forty years Is the old age of youth, while fifty 
years Is the youth of old age.” 
John Brown, Jr., sees many changes In Kansas. 
He called on the Topeka commonwealth a tew 
days ago. lie was in Topeka in I860, and now says 
that he can’t recognize a single landmark. In that 
year he was a prisoner, with Governor Robinson 
and other Free State men, and now, twenty-three 
years afterwards, \ islts the same state In the In¬ 
terest of the same race. 
Highwaymen stepped Bernard Southwlek on a 
a lonely Indiana road, aud demanded his money or 
MS life. He fought with exceeding vigor and valor, 
bruising his assailants seriously with a club, and 
was vanquished only after a quarter of an hour or 
desperate resistance. On searching his pockets, In 
the expectation of getting valuable booty, they 
round exactly eleven cents. 
Mr. Calvin, a Cincinnati German, wooed a Jewess 
in vain, and interred, from what, she said, that If 
uc was a Jew she would marry him. so he went 
through with all rites required or GAitiles who 
embrace the Jewish religion, and, after this or¬ 
deal, again presented himself as a suitor. But the 
maiden still declined his offer, and he Is convinced 
of her entire hearUessness. 
Mr. Kemp, a fashionable summer resident at 
Brighton, England, was sued by a milliner for pay 
for a large amount of ilnery that his wife had 
bought. Mrs. Kent testified In court that she did 
not know what she was doing when she purchased 
the goods, having drank a tumbler of gin a short 
time before, and the Jury gave a verdict for the 
defendant, stipulating that the things must be re- 
1, urned. 
John Baker was indicted for murder In Guada¬ 
lupe county, Texas, and released on ball. He 
employed bis liberty In attending religious ser¬ 
vices, and became a real or pretended convert, 
ue went 10 a. Methodist camp meeting, and was 
addressing the congregation, when a rifle ball 
penetrated bis brain, and he fell dead. Some 
friend of his victim had tired from a distance with 
unerring aim. 
The representative of the heir of the great 
Henry Clay was In Boston last week (o negotiate 
the sale of the famous Clay vase, bought by the 
generous contributions of me enthusiastic Whigs In 
1844. About everything else has gone for the bene¬ 
fit of the young spendthrift, and now this testi¬ 
monial to his grandrather Is put in the market. 
The vase Is of solid silver, two and a half feet high 
and elaborately rubricated. 
when Mile. Eugenie de Teba was first presented 
to the then President’s court, she was remarkable, 
chough a Spanard, lor an English rather than Span¬ 
ish stylo of beauty. Blight golden hair, blue eyes, 
sort pink complexion, and an expression of the 
gentlest dignity and sweetness were the charac¬ 
teristics of the future empress. The wedding was 
celebrated at the Hotel de vine and Notre Dame 
early In 1853 with extraordinary pomp, the cere¬ 
monial which had been observed at the wedding 
of the first Napoleon and Marie Louise being 
adopted from point to point. 
Dean Stanley relates that during the conduct of 
a cause by the late Lord Lawu'ence for a young 
Indian Rajah, the latter endeavored to place In 
his hands under the table a bag of rupees. He 
answered at once; “ Young man, you have offer¬ 
ed to an. Englishman the greatest Insult ho could 
possible receive. This time, in consideration of 
your youth, I excuse It. Let me warn you, how¬ 
ever, never again to commit so gross an offence 
against an English gentleman." 
Bishop Coleuso, who is now 65 years old, is de¬ 
scribed In the London World as a handsome, 
stately old man. lie has a massive head, crowned 
with abundant silvery locks; a mobile mouth, 
with strongly- marked lines ot Incessant study and 
much care about it; deep-set eyes, pathetic almost 
in their kindly and earnest expression; a stature 
far beyond the average, anil a presonce at once 
dignified and simple. His home at. Pietermaritz¬ 
burg Is a long, low, cosy house, planted amid the 
most beautiful scenery. 
“ Plon Plon” has long been the dread of all par¬ 
ties In France. When this reproach once met his 
ears from the lips of the late Emperor he smiled 
grimly and stretching forth his arms to every 
corner of the compass, declared that “ not France 
alone, but the whole universe would proclaim It¬ 
self of his party when the proper time came.” He 
believes In a great socialistic republic, with a 
more equitable distribution of worldly goods, a 
division of territory among the poor, and a limi¬ 
tation to the property of the rich. 
Aaron Smith led a mob that hanged George 
Moore, at Carlisle, Ind., and was complimented by 
his comrades for Ills boldness In that outrage. A 
few nights afterward, a party of fun-loving young 
men dragged him out of his bed, put a rope around 
his neck, and told him that his death hour had 
come. They would have been puzzled to answer 
If he had asked them what ho had done to dis¬ 
please them; but, to their astonishment, he con- 
fesssed numerous thefts, and abjectly begged for 
mercy. He is not the popular man that he was 
before this trial of his qualities. 
Frederick Match, a murderer, ventured from 
his hiding place In the woods to Ills home at Wil- 
berton, Ill. Ho feared the officers of the law less 
than hs did his neighbors, who, as he knew, would 
Uketo lynch him, Hungry and fatigued, how¬ 
ever, he had resolved to take the risk of tills visit. 
It was night, and, after eating a hearty meal, he 
lay down on a bed to sleep, first placing a loaded 
gun within reach, and stationing his wife at a 
window to keep a lookout for lynchers. He had 
not slept long before she awoke him to say ‘that 
mounted men were approaching. He unhesitat¬ 
ingly shot himself through th<5 heart. 
When General Getty, commander of the garrison 
at Fortress Monroe, received Captain Wise and 
the Richmond Blues with a band of music, at Old 
Folm, the other day, as soon as the music struck 
up It frightened the team of a countryman, con¬ 
sisting of a runt of a hull hitched to a stick cart, 
to such an extent that he ran Into and demolished 
the entire command. When order had been some¬ 
what restored, Captain Wise wittily remarked 
to General Getty: “ Another Bull Run, General.” 
•• Yes,” replied the General, " a regular rout; but 
1 promise you when you get inside the fort you 
shall fare better than at Getty’s-burg.” And they 
did. 
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