The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-02-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

-Chicf.Iustice Waite's grandfather
reached 20. His father was over - az the
time of hi~ death. Both were judge. IL
runs in the family.
John Brakas. of Marquette. claims 10
have been the first licensed navigator ON
Lake superior. lie obtained his papers
direct from Washington over forty years
ago.
Miss Nellie Grant j. reported 10 be
aflianc..d Ia a son of sir George Boss Sar-
toriouS. X. 4. h.. an admiral in the Eng
liSh Navy. Mr.. ~artorious. whom Miss
Grant first met abroad, i now In Wash
ington.
Miss CozIcns. the IT. Louis lawyer. Is
"A Young and attractive woman. who
dresses with very unregenerate eye 10
fashion. but who l. recorded a "distorting
her pretty mouth with intcrminable Latin
names.
Charles Aston Bristed. who recently
died i'm Washington. was the richest liter
ary man in the country. having had an in
come Of $4,000 year. IL i hardly
necessary 10 say that he earned no portion
Of ii by his pen. but Inherited M fortune
through hi- grandfather. John Jacob
Astor.
Marx Twain and Dudley Warmers
E-NflliltNl y 80 l. uOA itl~ttA'ltI ~
success. In their combined efforts each
seems To have been weighed down by the
other. Twain's admirers say Warner
hampcred him. and Warmers friends de
clare ~ ruined Twain. Perhaps they are
both right.
The House of Dclegaies-''Grosse
Roth"-of the Canton of Neutchatel,
switzerland. resolved al one of it. last
meetings 10 have q large picture painted OF
the late Professor Ag;is>iZ. the great eth
zen of two hcnisphcrc-. and Ia have IL
suspended when finished. in the new
Council Chamber oftle city Of Ncufchat-l,
where Agslssz first made his name fam
OuS.
-Ari-iarchi Rev. the new Turkish min
lister. j. "a young nan-thirty-ii Ve-lnd UNI
married: lhick--st. dark skin. black hair.
lie has come Ia good place said a
Young lady. - for in Washington there are
80 mary girls unprOyided Tor. and "A Turk.
YOU know. can have a. many wives a he
plezlscs. II j. by no means unlikely that
some OF those Federal girls may become
Mrs. Ari~tarchi. They say hc dances bet
ter than any man in the diplomatic corps.
Nine years ago an American young
lady. Mis- Lee. married the old German
Prince Frederick OF Holstein-Nocr. who
once upon time aspired 10 the supreme
rule OF ~chleswig-IIOl>iein. Her husband
died about "A year after their marriage. and
the lady has celebrated her engagement
with the Count cf Waldersee. one of the
Adjuiants of the German Emperor.
The stories which have been in circu-
latiOn about the poverty of Louis kossuth
are contr.idicted. Louis Ruttkay.a cousin
of the Hungarian patriot. living AT Dies
Moincs. Iowa. writes 10 the Chicago TiAues.
saving that his relative l. in comfortable
circumstances He has two sons who ar.
successful engineers. and whose incomes
arr ample 10 support their father in COM
fort. did he need their assistance. Ills
health J. said "a b. remarkably good. and
DE- i continually receiving gratifying tok-
ems from Ia countrymen that his patriotic
effort. on their behalf are still fresh in
their memory.
Pedro Armiio. the = sheep king" com
miitcd suicide under romantic circumstan-
&C.. He was only about - years OF age.
and was descended from a high Spanish
family. He started life in a New York
clearinghouse. but returned 10 New MeNi-
co aud engaged in sheep culture. He
controlled no less than 2J0OOD sheep in his
own country. During a sojourn in Denver
he became engaged 10 Miss Otero and one
evening in November. being az scance
with Foster. the medium. the latter told
him h. would come Ia a violent death. IL
proved TO b. "a. sure enough. Miss OterO
Tilted him. and h. blew out his brains.