Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-16
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

1HE well K own steel manufacturer of
Pittsburg, Mr.. James Park, has 5000 OO0
insurance on his life.
SKINCHI YANADA is a Japanese re-.
porter, who came over the sea with
Ulysses, and is now taking notes of the
Pacific coast receptions.
Miss ANNIE LOUISE CARY makes
about $22, 900 a year by her singing
She takes vacation of two months each
year.
CAPT. EDWARD DoHERTy. who com.
manded the detachment which made
John Wilkes Booth prisoner, is street
contractor at New Orleans. He received
a reward Of $4,000 for his capture.
WHEN Bayard Taylor first came to
New York in 184S, Horace Greeley of.
fered him twelve dollars week, with
the promise of promotion, and the
young man thought he was in great luck.
JOHN NJ. LAIRD, editor of the Green.
vile Argus, is veteran among the edi.
tors of Pennsylvania. He has been con-
nected with newspapers, in one way or
another, for sc years.
JAMES GOOLD, one of the Oldest car.
riage-makers in the country, died at
Albany, aged ninety. Goold made the
first passenger coaches used in this coun.
try for the Mohawk and Hudson River
Railroad company.
BEFORE leaving Japan, Gen. Grant
and Mrs. Grant each planted tree near
the Toshgu Temple, in Toxic. The Japs
have placed monumental stones by the
side of the trees, respectively inscribed:
Grants Hinohi," and "Mrs. Grants
Glyckuran."
The German emperor treats his tooops
in the most psternal fashion. "Good
morning, my children" he says with a
kindly smile, as he rides past the brigsdes
drawn up to receive him; and all the
regiments answer Justify, "good morn.
ing, your majesty"
The princess of Wales, although she
left Denmark nearly twenty years ago,
is still as great favorite with the Danes
as in her girlhood; they always welcome
her visits with immense enthusiasm.
The Copenhageners used to call her by
the pet name "Olestenen -" the apple
of our eye"
CONCERNING Mrs. Elizabeth Aber-
crombie, an old lady in Laurens county,
South Carolina, who died a few days
ago, the Charleston Nea0s says: "She
was one of the very few who could say,
on given occasion, Rise, daughter, go
to thy daughter and tell her that her
daughter hath daughter
MAJOR THoRNBURG, who was killed
on the 9th, by the Ute Indians, was a
younger brother of the ex-congressman
from Tennessee. He graduated at West
Point in 1868. In 1875 he was made a
with the rank OF major, but
not liking the service, exchanged about
a year ago with Major Thomas, of the
Fourth infantry.
GEN. w. w. METCALFE, who served
CALAMITY in the Confederate service dur
ing the late war and lost all his property
during the conflict, has recently been
identified in the person of farm-laborer
near Montgomery, Ohio. After the war
he desired to live where no one would
know him, and he has succeeded in doing
80 until now.
DIR. J. w. Ross, of the United States
Navy, is a man who, for his brave dis
charge of dangerous duty, which ne
sought unsummoned, may well be called
a hero. Last year, although he never
had yellow fever, he volunteered Tor
service at Holly Springs, and
after working zealously for two months,
very nearly died of the disease himself.
This year he offered his services to the
National board of health and was sent
down to Memphis, where he has been
working in the most thorough ana
way.
PROFESSOR NORDENsKJoLD is a man
of few words. When he got to Yoke
hama the other day, he telegraphed his
to the patron OF his ex-
petition, the King of Sweden; then ne
sent this pithy little message to ms
proud wife: Gamma Nordensklold.
Ali we'll. Adolph." Gun.
ously enough, both kilograms arrived AZ
at exactly the same hour as
they were handed in at Yokohama, the
seven hours which the transmission oc-
cupied representing exactly the diner
ence of time st the respective places
Great preparations are already oeing
made in Sweden for the formal welcome
which is to be given to the explorer ano
his associates.
JOHN STUART MILL, standing at ms
desk in the India House in lS42 mas
been picturesquely described by Prof
Balm, who saw him there. Mills tall,
slender figure, his youthful face and
bald head, fair hair and rudy con-