The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-29
PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
"ZACH" CHANDELIERS So, 200, 900 will
go to his widow and his only child, Mrs.
Eugene Hale of Maine.
Thomas JACKSON, an Albany stone
cutter, has jus- recovered $780, 900 for
injuries received in the Ashtabula dis
aster.
GOVERNOR CoLQUITr, or Georgia, IL
said to be the handsomest governor in
the United States. He is also the most
pious.
MISS LILY BUNCE, the daughter of the
editor of AppIeton's Journal, painted her
own wedding dress in design represent
ing lilies of the valley and shaded grasses.
A LETTER of Josiah Franklin, father
of the philosopher, written in l744, and
giving a singularly clear genealogical
account of his family, is about to be sold
in Boston.
BANCROFT has grown SO deaf that be |
is scarcely able to hear word. He is in |
condition now to write impartial his |
tory, when he must go to documents for
facts and not depend on hearsay.
DARIUS PERRIN, of Rochester, trans
ferred 100000 worth of property to hp
nephew to protect it in business emer.
gency, and now wants to get it back
but the nephew announces his intention
of keeping'it.
The real estate of Charles Fechter, the
dead actor, situated near Quakertown,
SAFE last week to DR.. Joseph Thomas for
$3,025. 1t cost Fechter about $4,000,
but it has been greatly neglected.
PRoF. CHARLES, who died suddenly
at Stroudsburg, Pa, recently, com.
posed during his life 1899 pieces of
music, but could never be induced to
complete the one which would make the
number 1000, as he thought that with it
he would end his life.
ROBERT GooDPAsTER, of Owingsville,
KY, was a sensitive bankrupt. Being
accused of trickery, he said that he
would live just long enough to clear
himself of suspicion and then kill him.
self. A trial at law vindicated him, and
Immediately after he verdict ne swal-
lowed fatal dose of poison.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES once told
youth who wished to be his amanuensis
that he was able to do his own writing,
with little assistance from his family,
and added: "The truth is there is next
to none of the work you mention, most of
our authors being as poor as rats them
selves and no more able to keep an
amanuensis than they are able to set up
a coach and six"
MRS. GRANT expressed deep regret"
the other day, "at the ridiculOusly false
report alleged to have been circulated
by Olive Logan to the effect that, owing
to incompatibility and other causes, her
daughter Nellie and Mr.. Sartoris did
not live happily together" The report
that Mrs. Sartoris will set sail for Amer
lea soon is also untrue, as she well pass
the winter with her husband in Italy.
1t was not very good day for gov
ernors in New York recently, but yet
Governors Talbot of Massachusetts,
Brown of Tennessee, Robinson of New
York, Van Zandt of Rhode Island,
Curtin of Pennsylvania, and Lippitt of
Rhode Island, all met by accident in the
vestibule Of hotel. 1t recalls the &C
cident at the Parker house, Boston,
during the war. when fower-pot fell
out of a window to the sidewalk
striking two brigadier-generals and kill.
ing dog, and everybody wondered that
no more brigadier-generals were hurt.
GAMBETTA is exceedingly fond of the
game of nine-pins, and was recently st
tracted by game in miserable little
cafe, where a postman, boatman, and
two or three vine-dressers were playing
"Will you let me play with youW sud.
denly asked Gambetta. Certainly, VI
said the postman, who had recognized
him. So the master of the house was
brought out to make the game square
and battle royal was begun. After.
half an hours play Mr.. Gambetta's side.
was beaten, but not ANONYMOUSLY.
Beer was brought out, and the PRESIDENT
paid the score.
Mr.. JOHN ID. GIBSON, proprietor OF
the Gibson house, Cincinnati, is in
trouble, the lady in the case being Mrs.,
Charlotte Bruce, the chief dressmaker
of that city. Her story is that she was
engaged to be married to him for four.
teen years; that her income ranged from
81, 500 to $4,000 q year; that she gave
her savings to him to keep until they
amounted to $4,000, and that she took
his notes for that amount, and that hei
then refused to comply with the fourteen
year bond for deed. She now sues for
$40, 900 damages for breach of promise, |
also for the amount due on the notes.