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Show FtltSONAL PARAGRAPHS. ., Mrs. Manning, tho widow of the late secretary of tho treasury, will live henceforth ebietly in Washington. ." A movement is on foot iu West Virginia Vir-ginia to uominato Stephen B. Elkins for congress iiv opposition to W. L. Wilson. Tho frieuds of James Russell Lowell aro alarmed because he recuperates so slowly from his recent attack of illness. Senator Woleott, of Colorado, is to be married at an early date to Mrs. Bass, who was formerly a resident of Buffalo. Carditial Newman's birthday presents pres-ents included a translation of tho "Imitation "Imi-tation of Christ" into ancient Irish, and a valuable Irish manuscript . Mrs. John A. Logan enjoys tho reputation repu-tation of being a skillful carpenter, aud has fitted her homo with eouveuieiiees made with her own hands. . . I John C. Comfort, one of tho democratic demo-cratic candidates for congress iu the lath Pennsylvania district, pays taxes on thirty -live hunting clogs. The prize for the best design for a soldier's monument offered by the stato of Iowa has been awarded to a woman Mrs. Harriet A. Ketchum. James Whileomh Silm-'s poems bring him trom $2.) to $30 eacli. In the early days of his vcrsomaking he was glad to get one tenth of these sums for his poems. Sir Frederick Lcighton, the famous painter, is a man with curly hair and a ruddy face that is fringed with a thick beard. He is sixty years old and has painted about 130 pictures. |