Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1883 — PERSONS AND THINGS. [ARTICLE]

PERSONS AND THINGS.

Ellen M. Gifford, of Boston, has given $20,000 for a summer home for dogs, cats and birds Ex-Empress Eugenie is building a $340,COO church at Flamborough, England, in memory of her son. The stately but uncomfortable fashion of powdering the hair has broken out In New York fashionable circles. Spurgeon, the famous London minister, has but two children—twin sons—and they are both Baptist clergymen. Bishop Qilmor of the Roman Catholic diocese of Ohio, has begun an agitation in favor of congregational singing. The mother of Bayard Taylor, still hale and hearty, is living in Philadelphia; on Spruce street, and loves to peruse her son’s books. Gen. Hickenlooper, of Cincinnati, has sued the Newx-Jownal ot that city for SIOO,OJO for falsely connecting his name with a social scandal The late William Wirt Sikes, United States Consul at Cardiff, was a native of Watertown, N. Y„ and at the age of 16 was a temperance lecturer and editor of a local newspaper. A phenomenal woman recently died at Pestb. aged 70 years. The doctors who made a post-mortem examination of the body found that she was nqt only without the spleen, but had never had any. It is given out that Freddie Gebhardt acknowledges that his expenses bn account of the Jersey Lilly were $ 175,01X1 This is probably an exaggeration, but it proves the adage that a certain kind of young man and his money are soon parted. 001. George R. Perkins, of Norwich, is the oldest business man in Connecticut., He is in his (■Sth year, and is Treasurer of the Norwich and Woiossier Railroad Company. His recent order to ticket agents concei ning trade dollars reads as follows: u The trade dollar, so-called, is generally refused tn payment, and you will please not receive them. They were intended for Ch na, and it is inexpedient to delay their departure for the place of destination.*