PERSONAL MENTION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3608, 9 December 1905, Page 4

PERSONAL MENTION.

James N. Lann, of Middletown, N. Y., a preacher, doctor /ind author, is 90 years of age and has been married 13 times, Hi« first marriage occurred ii,t Milford, Pa., in 1830.

Anton Lang, who took the part of Christ in the Oberammcrgau play last summer, wu married at Christ mas to the girl who sang the “mystical song.” Her father is Jakoh But*, the village blacksmith and leader of the chorus.

den. Shattuc, of Ohio, chairman of the committee on immigration and labor of the house of representatives, has long been proud of his taste in fancy waistcoats, solitaire diamonds and Paring cravats, all of which adorn his ex mi naive front.

I; was particularly noticed at the recent New England dinner in Philadelphia that the speech of Chinese Minister Wu easily outshone all the others no far as good English was concerned. Among t he orators of the evening were Justice Brewer, Mr. Hamlin, Mr. Hill and Mr. Cockran.

, W. Scott Miller, of Louisville, Ky., lias been granted by the courts of that state the right to control and collect the money yielded through visitors to the Mammoth cave. The matter has been in litigation and the four daughters of the late. Dr. George Grogham, Who own the cave, are widely separated, one of them living in Switzerland and, the other in California.

Dr. George Eitel, of Clanhasoen, Carver county, Minnesota, who has just taken his medical degree at Berlin university, has already had diplomas from the universities of Minnesota, Oregon, California, Pennsylvania, Washington, Idaho and Montana—probably the record in the medical profession. The Berlin press goodnaturedly banters him, hoping that before long,he will be able to celebrate a silver jubilee commemorating his twenty-fifth passing of examination#. Eitel it 43 years old. He began hia medical studies 16 years ago.