Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-28
Personal and Literary.

"A Mrs Folkman has entered law
office at Lawrence, Kansas, as student
Mountain City, Nevada, is to have
new journal, to be called the Weekly SIC
Shooter.
1t is stated that Stewart and Clatlin
pay each $4,000 per year to detectives to
watch their clerks.
On the way from Los Angeles to San
Francisco, ex-Secretary Seward was
robbed of his trowsers.
The Otis Library, of Norwich, Conn,
has issued 32578 books and magazines to
500 ticket holders.
Senator Pomeroy has been elected
President of the Women's Suffrage Asso
citation of the District of Columbia
VIM B. Lusk claims to be the first
white man married in Iowa, the ceremony
having been performed at Burlington in
1884
Gen Mcclellan and family have, it is
said, engaged rooms in the Metropolitan
Hotel, Washington, d. c., and vii, pass
most of the winter there.
The late John Dempster, of California,
left 100000 for the purpose of founding a
Methodist Theological Seminary on that
coast.
Mrs. Grants father, Frederick Dent,
a few days ago celebrated his eighty fourth
birthday by dinner party at the White
House.
Mr.. George Peabody will spend the
coming winter in the south of France, at
the villa of Mr.. W. w. Corcoran, who will
sail for Europe in November.
Brigham Young says there are three
preachers in America he wants to hear
preach in his bernacle-Chapin, Collyer
and Beecher.
Mortimer Thompson, known farliliar-
ly as "Doestcks." has place in the
office of one of the Collectors Of Internal
Revenue of New York city.
j. Ross Browne, late American Minis
ter to China, has hung out his sign in
San Francisco, Cal, as a special examiner
of agricultural lands, ranches and mining
properties.
Miss Evelyn Farnum, of Providence,
r. l., was the first lady who crossed the
new railroad bridge over the Quinnebaug
River, at Putnam, Conn. The bridge is
300 feet long and fifty feet above the
stream. She crossed and returned on a
plank one foot wide. She was dared to
cross, and she went.
"A New York bookseller, speaking Of
the popularity of various poets, says that
twice as many Burnses as Byrons are sold
and that there are ten American editions
of the former now in the market TO six of
the latter. Forty copies of Burns are sold
to one of Scott
Anthony Trollope received from his
English publishers $4,000 for his "Hc
Knew He Was Right" 1t was published
in thirtysix parts, at sixpence each. The
sale was poor, and it is said in London
that if the publishers had given Mr..
Trolope $4,000, and then destroyed the
MSS, they would have been better off.
One day, poet read new play be-
fore the Reading Committee ofthe French
Comedy 1t was unanimously refused.
The poet went up to M. Samson, the we'll
known actor, and said to him 81 have a
right to complain OF you; you voted
against my piece, and yet you slept all the
time was reading it," NJ. Samson wittly
replied: "Sr, in literary matters, sleep is
an opinion"
General Rawlns' will has been admitted
to probate in Washington. President
Grant and Secretary Robson qualified as
executors. The Secretary leaves house
and lot IN Washington, and his lands in
Cheyenne and Golden City, Wyoming
Territory, to his wife and children, and his
homestead in Guiliord, ILL.,, to his lather
and mother.