The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-12-19
FACTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

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FACTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
GEORGE ELLIOT writes with quill
MARX TwAIE IL forty-four yeArs old
BEHyAkIE 6YLvksrEE, an old resident
of st. Peter, died on Saturday last, n
the age of eighty years.
ALFosEo and Marie Christine never
quarreled before marriage; 30 they have
all that fun In pEosDect.
JAY GoULD's friends think he Il Just
idling away his time on days when he
does not buy or sell O railroad.
A HAHDsOBgE bronze monument hes
been erected 70 the memory Of Roger
Williams at Providence, r. Z
GEE. GRAHT il of o very long-liyed
family. His father died at the age of
eighty, and his mother still lives.
CAPTAIN CAREY, not having been able
to find any one to exchange with him,
has to 90 back 10 Zululand on the 18th.
BARON NATHAN R0THsCHILD, of
Vienna, pays his cook q, 500 q year and
spends $50 day In wages TO his thirty
other servants.
PROFESSOR J. ID. COLEMAN of Bethel
college, Kentucky, shot q student who
rang the college bell unnecessarily, and
was fined $3.50 and costs.
PRRsIDEET GARRETT, of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad company, will fit out
an aquarium In Druid Hill park, Balti-
more, costing $4,000, at his own ex-
pense.
Mr.. WILLIAM BRADFORD, the artist,
for the two pictures which he IL 70 paint
for Earl Grosvenor IL to receive sI8, 600.
One viii be YOSEMITE picture, the other
an Arctic scene.
MADAME RIsToRI has Just narrowly
escaped death in Sweden; the train In
which she was travelling barely paused
on the hither side of an open turning
tablebridge across river.
Mr.. JOIN B. CLAY Il the only child
of Henry Clay who il now living. He
has q comfortable home at Lexington,
KY, owning 300 of the paternal acres
and many beautiful horses.
TIE Oldest railroad official In the
United States, both In term of service
and years, Is George I. Perkins, eyed
80, who has been treasurer of the Nor
witch and Worcester railroad since its
organization.
In Rochester, Saturday night, q
young man, Edward B. Fuller, was
walking with Miss King. "Hold on q
minute, Minnie" he said, s'I feel faint"
She laughed at the joke, but he fell
dead.
THE widow of General Thmoas de-
clined 70 go to Washington to witness
the unwilling of the monument 70 her
husbands memory. She thought she
could not bear the strain. She viii,
however, 90 quietly this winter some
time, to see 1t.
WE attended o quilting party Last
week ct Red Rose farm. The Quilt was
pieced in China pattern By the father of
the hostess, Mrs. o. w. Bill, who is 65
years old. The daughter, granddsnght-
or and great granddaughter were all quilt
ing at one time.-Kdnsas 7Eibssne.
GENERAL RoBkRT E. LEE, In talking
10 Chaplain Pepper soon after the war,
gave this odd description of Webster:
never saw q more striking object
than Webster In the senate. The effect
Of his fine figure and princely air when
speaking was like that of O liyid fash In
the midst of darkness"
LORD BEAOoNsFIELD by no means
shows himself high-minded when he
twits the Irish In parliament with living
In garrets and subsisting on POTATOES,
which he calls their native esculent In
baked condition" Thomas CARLYLE once
1t q grand dinner declined TO eat more
than potato, because it was what and a
mnch Is he wanted.
VIoE-PREsIDENT WHEELER relates
that not long ago he and Zach. Chandler
were talking of the death OF an aequaint-
ance, when Chandler said: 81 feel GER
tain that when / die shall step of sud
denly. There viii be no lingering along
On sick bed for days and Weeks" How
his prediction was verified
everybody knows.
STAEDIEG BEAR, the Ponea chief who
has been visiting Boston, IL described as
q man of immense frame and imposing
presence. He has peculiarly sad eyes,
and worn and despondent aspect; but
as he speaks he grows earnest, and his
face light up. Brighteyes. the Indian
girl, who interprets his speechss, Is No
Intelligent. She is twenty
four years old, and intends 10 study At
Wellesley College.
Nh. L0GGRRLLOW, being visited az
by Mr.. Charles Warren etod-
dard, was naturally asked by the latter
for an autograph. "What shall / write
for youf" asked the poet; and Mr..
begged him 10 write down some
line of his own which he might have Q
preference for. Er. Longfeiios thought
Tor q moment, and then aent 10 his dezk
and wrote the f0By h-ss k~sk@.sings
" Ldsss or great men al Eemind n, etc.
FIVE of New YOrks millionsiEes, Ell,
mated 10 have been worth three hnndEed
and eight million dollars, dropped OF
close together. Seymour" writing 70
the Hartford Times, asys: John Jacob
AstOr went fEst, and then In quick sue.
eessiOn C0mm0d0Ee Nandexbiit, A i.
Stewart and william q. RhinsiAnder,
and now the money s0E.hipper 0eeiet
Astor's wealth mas estimated - 80, o00,,
900, Yanderbilt's &C 500, 600 900 and
about the same. khlneland,
eF's property represented, IL Il sappoesd,
90, D00, 900 and 0oelet's b estimstsd a.
80, 000, 900.
WALFER I. CoLQUITT, the father Of
Governor COlqnitt, Of Georgia, and
James ROckm0Te WeEe famous EEeeGheEs
In that state In former days, and this
story Il told Of an eEeonntsr which they
once had: Mr. Coiquitt whiAe Oh The
way 70 church one Sunday stoppsd e .
peach orchard By pefmlszion 81 he
owner, and ale some II the fruit nE |
R0ckmoEe, riding By On his ssy % his
meeting, called out: "keseF mind, |
Colquitt; I'll baar witna~ In hsasen
AGAINST you for staaling thoss reaehea."
" Hold On" ssid Cclqnift, dEswing .
and peacB fran his aAs
pocket; " let me- taks yonr intexsegs- |
toFies; you gon't bs thsse."
it Only heeAs1 wiaAIng.
She aid her pretty hand npap hsr
husban1's shosildsr. "Hsnry, Iowa, /
thszs's aoInsshing tie matter siEh as
cioek; viii y0n soe 70 it, 10 he aook !
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