Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-08-20
Personal and Literary.

Rosa Bonheur is fltty-two-unmar-
ried, and lives happily with sister and
several brothers.
1t took Mrs. Murphy, of Arkansas,
just thirty-five minutes to win fight
with an immense rattlesrake.
L. j. McIndoe, late editor of the Yer
mont Journal and Chronicle, published at
Windsor, left fortune of $1O0,24S, a
large part of which was made in publish
ing country weekly newspapers.
MIR. Howard Staunton fell literally
at his desk, an unfinished letter, with
cancellations from Shakespeare, being
upon it, He died in the forenoon, but
not as early as Thackeray, who, having
been used to write in his bedroom, with
his desk on his knees, as was his wont,
suddenly felt faint and lay down on his
bed, where he was found, his hands
raised above his head, as if suffering
from pain.
Not great while ago, writes New
York correspondent, an English lord
and his wife were invited to dinner by
Cyrus W. Field. A number of prominent
citizens were also invited, and the meal
began in silence. The lady had scarcely
tasted her soup (she sat near Field, and
her husband opposite the host when she
screamed out, the full length of the table !;
"Asterly, my dear boy, / say, now, you
won't like this soup. It's got tomato in
it." Indeed, my dear? All, why does
any one use tomatoes? Really, now,
they're horrid stuff, you know, Mr.
Field"
Prof. Whitney, of Yale College,
has examined a passage of l 900 sounds
from each of ten standard English
writers, in order to ascertain the relative
frequency of sounds in the language. He
finds that the sound of or" is the most
frequent, occurring 744 times in 10000
sounds; "n" follows with 676, and TT
with 592 The short sound of "i' is the
most common vowel sound, having 800
occurrences. The least common vowel
sound is shat of short "o," eight times in
10000; the least common consonant
sound, that of " zh," two times in 10, 600
In all, he found 6,271 consonant sounds
and 3, 729 vowel sounds.
Mr.. Henry Beecher, the Plymouth
pastors eldest son, is living with his
family in his fathers house on the
Heights. He is in the insurance business
in the firm of Beecher 81 Benedict, on
Court street, Brooklyn. He is past thirty,
and was Colonel in the late war. The
second son, William, is Yale graduate,
about twenty years old, and study
ing in Brooklyn law office. Herbert is
eighteen, and is the youngest of the
family, and is an undergraduate of Am
herst College. The only daughter is Mrs.
Harriet Scoville, the wife of minister
in Norwich, n Y Mr.. Henry Beech
er's wife is the sister of his partner, and
daughter of Mr.. Benedict, a resident of
the Heights Mr.. and Mrs Beecher have
buried two or three young children.
MIR. Tilton is frequently to be seen
on the ferry boats, or vending his way
between his home and his office in the
Times building, New York. He is a
striking. looking man, whom most persons
would turn to look at second time as
he passes by. He has magnificent
physique, and both his stalwart figure
and naughty bearing remind one good
deal of Charles Sumner. His hair is
now quite gray and his features care
worn, though the expression is rather
one of defiance than martyr-like patience.
He usually wears blue frock coat, and,
at this season, duck pantaloons and a
straw hat His manner is often absorbed,
and he will pass by people without no
ticing them. He usually keeps aloof
from the crowd, especially of late years,
and when crossing the ferry goes into
the mems cabin.-N. Y. Times.