Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1887 — SECRETARY LAMAR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SECRETARY LAMAR.

His Marriag* to Mrs. Holt, of Macon, Ga. Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of tho Inferior, was married a few days ago at Macon, Ga., to Ms. Holt, of that city. The bride is a daughter of* J Ames Dean, who was a large planter and prominent politician of Georgia. He was a man of wealth and lived in princely style, just out of Macon, with elegant and hospitable surroundings.’ Miss Hennie Dean grew to young womanhood with wit, wealth, and beauty. There were many suitors for.her hand, but the most prominent were young Holt and Lamar, the for-

mer eager for business success and the management of great industrial enterprises, and the latter with a student’s taste and an ambition for glory and position, but eafih equally energetic in his efforts to secure the hand and heart of the lovely and accomplished Miss Dean. The sturdy efforts of Mr. Holt secured the favor of the parents and gained the love of the maid, and they were united in marriage. Their lives were happy and prosperous. Mr. Holt became very rich, and was a General in the Confederate army. A few years ago he died, and Mr. Lamar renewed his love assault, finally being victorious. The theory of Dr. Wilson of Meriden, that the burning of kerosene oil has something to do with diphtheria, is interesting.. There were seventy-one deaths from diphtheria in a town of Meriden in one year, and by personal investigation Dr. Wilson found that in every case the family used kerosene lamps. There were many other cases in Meriden that year, the spread of the disease being from contagion. But not in a single case where gas or candles were used was there a death from that disease.— New Haven Journal. A thick skull is not usually considered a desirable kind to have. Nevertheless such a skull proved of priceless value, a few days ago, to a young man who, by a mis-step, was plunged through a hatchway a distance of twelve feet, striking on his head, but receiving no permanent injury. His thick skull proved a blessing in disguise. If we take death and eternity into our reckoning,- our avarice, whether ambitious or more sordidly rapacious, receives at last much the same reward; for however great must be our conquests, and numerous our habitations, death levels them, and eternity retains us among their ruins. "Mt lovey-dovey,” he said, “I positively cannot give you a diamond for an engagement ring." “Why, my own popsy-wopsy ?” “Because,” he wickedly replied, “everybody will say I’m stony-hearted.*-.-.,—J r ' _ xs'-'--’.. -l——... ■ -