Show PERSONAL MENTION Abraham Q Garrcttson of Jersey City who has been appointed to till the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Lippincott of tho Supremo bench has announced that ho will resign from the directories of all corporations with which ho is associated asso-ciated lie has boon personally identified with tho management of many banks railroads and trust companies V Tho Khcdlvo Intolids ns ho passes through Paris on hit return to Kgypt to make cortnln arrangements for his opcia houso at Cairo and Alexandria Abbash tastes Ho In tho direction of light opera and accordingly ho Intends to abandon his Italian operatic representations and to replace them by French opera w Col John AV Gcory the last Alcalde and the first Mayor of San Francisco has been invited to take part in tho semi centennial Admission day celebration San Pranclbcos first city charter was adopted on May 1 1850 and Alcalde Geary wns elected Mayor under its provisions lie refused rceloctlon nnd In 1852 left tho Pacific Pa-cific coast for Pennsylvania where ho is now living S at The next Congress will include two men of the same name from Mississippi Tho present member from the Sixth district Is Patrick Henry and another Patrick Henry will represent the Third for tho past fiflven years represented by Gen Thoman C Catchlngs w a Senator Plait of New York went to have a prescription filled In a Now York drug hop recently Tho young clerk taking longer to do it than time Senator thought proper Mr Platt said Here Ill do It 1 used to he a druggist myself And going back of thc counter ho made up the prescription in n very short tlmo o Worn out by overwork Gov William J Stone of Missouri has determined on a trip to Europe and will imko < the voynjro on a cattle steamer because such vessels tako longer limo to cross tho Atlantic than regular ocean liners |