The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-11-21
ITEms OF INTEREST.
pcrsouar and Literary.

Personal anu hit<b1rys
w Nj. Webb. Governor of Ohio IN 1916,
died recently at his residence In Rockford,
III. in the list year of his age.
james Parton has written biography
az his wife. Fanny Fern who. a Is well
known. Was a sister Of \. l.. Willis.
Its reported that Mr.. Disraeli Is en-
caped on "A new novel, dealing with the
9ncsiions of Socialism and Communism.
-Gerritt Smith said recently TO New
York reporter: $50 home, sir. l won't
be interviewed, sir. Keep away from my
house, sir"
Jefferson Davis has been nominated
for the CHARACTERISTIC Of the University OF
Georgia. which is about To become vacant.
Louise Alcott-s mother Is reported
as saving: :. am Seyenty-thrce, but mean
10 90 10 the polls before die. even If nay
three daughters have TO carry me-"
Gen. sherman Is about 10 build "A sum
mer residence on the property adjoining
Gen. McClellan's place at Orange Noun
tain. New jersey.
Laura Fair read a poem on Self-cul-
ttlre. in san Francisco, the other evening.
She ought Ia he well qualified to : teach
the young idea how 10 shoot
Mrs. Tano. wifi. ofthc japanese Charge
Failures al Washington. i the first Jap
anc-e lady who has ever left her native
country To join her husband in foreign
Lands.
Senator sprague. it j. said, is broken
down IN healtha- well a. fortune. and for
some time past the responsibility of pro-
yiding for rhe Indebtedness OF the firm has
dcvo,ed solely upon his brother.
-Leander n. Lippincott. Esq. of Phil
adelphia. who enjoys the double felicity OF
being poet and the husband of "'Gracc
Greenwood" has been appointed Recorder
OF the General l.and-0tlce NJ Washington.
Prof. Agassiz, in answer to recent
inquiry concerning his health. said II
am weak and unable 10 accomplish the
amount, of work which demands my at
teuiion. My powers often fail me when |
have most need Of them"
-Ex-Prcsident johnson. says a CORES
pondent. though fresh ami vigorous for a
man 81 lis age. has a look of sadness.
caused. doubtless, by the fact that the PEE
cuniary saving, of his lifetime are likely
To be- swallowed by the failure of the First
National Bank Of Washington. Public
men," said he. "arc like ~hips-when they
grow old they are Laid by 10 decay"
a most interesting discovery has re-
i-hcd manuscript by DE Foe. the author OF
Robinson Cs.sos. Ii i entitled Str Months
in he Air. aud DESERVES the supposed
wandcrinis and experience of soul after
H. separation from the body. The MARIA
tive i said 10 be- in the most graphic style
of the celebrated author. AMI has been pur-
CHASED by a wealthy American for S2,9n.
Rose Terry Cooke bewildcrs Us in a
late number Of the independent. with along
po-yum.M every verse OF which begins
and ends with the wish that she could
-rpal SchcmmhammfOra~ch." lis j. a
style Of hash with which We have not YET
been made acquainted. and we hope that
Rose Terry viii hr the Cooke to introduce
il Gus when she learns the ropes.-&.
Louis Democrat.
augustus Iturhile. Maximilian'S
adopted heir to the Mexican empire. ac-
companicd by Madame lturbide and Gen.
II. +. Nelson. American Minister 10 Next
60. have recently been az Louisville.
Young lturbidc will b. sent to school nj
Stonyhnrst. England. He i ten years Of
age and an accompliscd musician and lin
guist, with the air Of a prince.
Lewis GAYLORD Clark died at his resi-
dcnce. Iiermout on the Hudson. ON Nov.
3. AFTER a sickness of only few hours. re-
suling from paralytic stroke. Mr.. Clark
was the editor Of the Enickcrbocker Maya
cine from 1882 till il ceased 10 exist. and
subsequently, was engaged in the New
York Custom-housc. He frequently con
tribuicd. however. To literary periodicals.
MIR. Clark : home at Picrmont was the gin
Of hi- associates on the haickerbockcr.