The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
per.onaI aud Literary.

- Secretary Belknap j. the owner OF the
finest beard in Washington.
Chairman on the Committee on EN-
pcnditures in the Treasury Department
Sypher. That's good
There j. rumor that Gen. Banks
eldest daughter j. engaged, AMI soon ~ DE
married. 10 eX-Gov. Warmoth Of Louisiana.
-Gcneral Fremont has cancer OF the
stomach. but has. until lately, kept the
matter secret Ills physician says he
cannot live year.
Miss Clarissa Petit, of Logansport, In
diana, wears $500 gold watch ON the
strength of being the most popular lady IN
the CITY. according TO ballot.
Mrs. BurnhaIn on. III. b., of the st.
Louis Republicans is describedas blonde.
thirty-two in years, and one hundred and
fifty in weight.
The remains Of President Harrison are
10 be removed from North Bend, o.. to
the baite-field of Tippecanoe, where
monument 10 him will lr erected.
Sergeant Bates is writing book. Per-
haps war with spain might postpone the
impending calamity il the Sergeant could
be induced to carry the American flag
through Cuba.
-Samucl Bowles, of the Springfield Re-
pnbiicaH. has been sued for libel by Willis
Phelps. well known railroad builder,
whom the Repubticaa spoke Of "a the Boss
Tweed of Springfield. Damages are laid
at S2OO,OOO.
Mrs. Goddard. daughter of Con-
gresham Nnton. Of old Wing times. has
written Manual Of Etiquette, which j. TO
De- recognized AT Washington. The first
code was written by John Quincy Adams.
whenhe was Secretary Of state, and, slight
~ amended. is still ia force.
Gerald Massey l. described a a thin.
nervous man. with light and rather high
voice. who possesses few OF the qualities
which make up brilliant orator. lie
reads. however i'm a pleasantand agreeable
manner. and tells an anecdote with point
and effect.
The Oberlin Times tells how Rev.
Newman Hall. while on visit 10 Presi-
dent Fairchild of Oberlin College. set his
boots out To be blacked. and how the Prcsl-
dent. not having boot-black about ms
house. pulled OF his coat and committed
the required polish 10 the boots himself.
Gen. w. 4. G. Ryan. who met his
death nj the massacre Of Santiago deCuba.
was engaged To be married Ia Miss Geb-
hard. daughter of a prominent citizen OF
Schoharie county. New \ ork, and very
The nuptials were 10 have been celebrated
on Thank sgiying day.
President Grant has accepted the inSi-
taiion of the Trustees of the American
Museum of Natural History. in Central
Park. 10 lay the cornerstone OF the great
fircproof edfcc now in process of erection
by the New York Department OF Parks for
the permanent occupationof the Museum.
The ceremony will take place early next
spring.
MIR. Paul Il. Du Chaillu has written to
n friend ia New York from the interior of
Norway. The intrepid traveller says he has
gone through. during the last two years.
the whole OF Scandinavia. from it, south
crn limits To the Polar Sea. and that he
had collected vast amout Of splendid ma
terial for hi- forthcoming book and lee
lures.
A massive monumental shaft ofNoya
Scotia trecstone has been erected at Mt.
Auburn in memory OF the Rev. John Pier
pont by his loving and grateful children.
One side contains the usual record OF his
birth. death. and services in the ministry
ard army. On the other side are these
words