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Show PERSONAL, ETC. It is said that Mr. G. A. Towns-end Towns-end is now writing a play on "Jerusalem." "Jeru-salem." Out of 110.000 adult males in Mississippi, Mis-sissippi, 70,000 are delinquent on the poll tax lidt. The good little bootklnck's epitaph Gone to shine among the angels. Boston Aryus. Songs are distributed in Franco in behalt of the resurrection of tbe Bonaparte Bon-aparte dynasty. At Waboo, Neb., John F. Caru-bery Caru-bery baa been acquitted for killing James S. Thompson, the seducer of bis wife. It is denied that the 6rm of A. T. Stewart & Co., of New York, is about to establish a branch houae in Chicitgo. A lehgiouabody in Chicago actual ly advertises tiiat every pernon attending at-tending its services "will rccoive a cbronio." A company has been formed in tbe west of France to work up grasshoppers grass-hoppers into "red bait" for tho sar-jdiue sar-jdiue fisheries. Tho Rev. Mr. Revels, of Africa, formerly barber, and late United Slates senator, is now doing revival work in Mississippi. Tennyson's "Queen Mary" has been adapted by Stephen Fiske, and iB soon to be produced at the Arch street theatre, Philadelphia. Kate Field has written a letter advocating ad-vocating the establishment of a national na-tional theatre, liber.illy endowed and subsidized by the government. Miss Edmonia Lewis, the colored Bculplress, ie in St. Paul. She will soon have on exhibition and ofier for sale there six or eight pieces of her statu ry. Twenty cigars a head is tho number num-ber annually manufactured for every man, woman and child in the United States. Forty years ago two was the allowance. According (o the Chicago Tribune, President Grant intends to make that city his permanent home "immediately "imme-diately upon tho expiration of his term of office." The supremo court of Pennsylvania Pennsylva-nia has decided that the use of a horse known to be afraid of locomotives locomo-tives in the vicinity of a railroad is contributory negligence. There are over 3,000 Sunday-school Sunday-school children and adults in the three schools of Plymouth church. The number of persons looking to Plymouth church for religious care and help cannot be less than twelve thousand. During the life of Andrew Johnson he planted a branch Irom the willow which shades the tomb of Napoleon on St. Helena in his garden. It has now grown to bo a large tree, and from it a twig will be transferred to the grave of Mr. Johnson, in Johnson's John-son's Hill cemetery. |