The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-22
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up tie stage tor INNING speculation III
San Francisco
ES-UNfTED SrAfES SrNAroR CHkFFEE,
ct Colorado, is II martyr 10 rheumatism,
for which he IL now trying the waters of
the artesian well of south Pueblo.
GnAnsyoNE has apparently recovered
all the wgor OF when his severe Illness
robbed him. He takes long walks daily
in the neighborhood of Hawarlen Castle,
and liz said to look strong and well.
NATHANIEL WHITE, who died ut Con
cord, v. H., recently, worth about
$1,000 900, hnl Just shilling IN, his
pocket when ne leIt his native place,
Lancaster, n. H., to begin life for him
self.
CABANEI., the artist, works as indie
fatigablg M II he we're poor instead of
rich, and unknown instead of famous.
He has four portraits now in hand, and
has sketched two important pictures,
one Of which Is II scene from "The Mer-
chant of Venice.
Miss ELIZABETH WAITE, II sister of
Waite the Brattleboro, w., defaulter,
was sent to IN asylum for the insai.c last
Monday, 1t is supposed that her insan-
IVY Is due tn loss Of $4,000 which she
and IN other sister sustained by Waite
appropriation of life insurance fund
which had been left them by will.
HORATIo SEYMOUR drives from his
farm to Utica every day. He has an
office there. His property consists main-
ly OF cnstern farms and western lands,
ne says that IN American is always
seeking some new field Of venture, while
II German will take u farm and remain on
it until it is paid Tor. He thinks that
Massachusetts will become IN Irish state.
Sir 4. ROBERTS, the latest of Eng
lhnds successful military Ten-thc "Sav-
ior of Afghanistan" az he is called--is the
soIi of clergyman in Waterford, Ire
| land. He il II member Of the order of
Good Templnrs, frd staunch teetns
taller He has u Good Templnr lodge
attached to every regiment under his
command. Sir Garnet Wolseley is also
total abstainer.
Mis-. MARY OREM, aged l04, rode in
one of the professions during the Balti,
mote celebration. She was born on
April -, l776, being daughter of
Robert Peake, who crme with the
British army to America, but who de-
serted and served in the Continental
army M d drummer. She has twenty
five grand children and sixty great,
grandchildren living.
OFFENBAcH leaves very little money.
He lost almost the whole of bis fortune
at the time Of his brilliant but unre.
munerativs management of the Gaite
some years ago. The failure of Sardou's
drama "La Haine," which he had
mounted with magnificence never mp
preached on any stage. alone cost him
inaiiy hundred thousand francs. His
later works, too, have not been fnan.
cially successful.
tbs will of the late Miss Louise Pen.
hallow, of Portsmouth, \. H., bequeaths
the sum of SCI ZOO for the following oh.
jects; Five thousand dollars to the
American Unitarian Association. 5000
to the Unitarian parish in Portsmouth,
$1,000 to the Unitarian Sunday school OF
Portsmouth; ", 900 to the Portsmouth
Howard Benevolent society, and $1,000
to each of the six charitable institutions
i'll New Hampshire.
ApRoPOs of reports that DIR. Hans Won
Bulow is paralyzed, and has given up
piano-playing altogether, the London
IIOrid states that he was i'll for clever
weeks: that, although much better. ht
is far from well; that, however, he has
arranged to give seven Beethoven con-
,erts at Meiningen from November t,
December 10, when he will lead the hin,
symphonies, several oyertures, and per
I hInASalf nj in frin
One of the most characteristic Of the
many anecdotes of Oiienbach which art
recalled by bis death was told apropos o.
his interview with the Emperor William
Mt Ems. The emperor said: "We, too
have II right to be proud of you Herr
Offenbach, for you were born, | am III
formed, ut Bonn" "No, your majesty,
was Oflcnbach's answer, "the other man
was born ut Bonn. 81 am a native o
Cologne" The other man was Bee
thoven.
a RESIDENT of Germantown has III Lis
possession an interesting relic ofapubliC
benefactor. This is silver tankard
weighing twenty ounces, which was tn,
property of Gabriel Wilkinson, the frs
marble-mason of Philadelphia, who died
14S years ago. He hung the tankart
from the pump IN front of his marble
yard for the benefit of thirsty passers-by
1t would not he safe for the presen
owner to hang that silver tankard in sucl
n conspicuous place--even in Phila
dclplia.
\ CORRESPONDENT Of the CLEVELAND
(Ohio) Leadcr says: 1t was in Ken
lucky that Senator Blaine first met tn,
lady who il now his wife. She was
Yankee schoolmistrcss, and she laugh
near the school which was taught b,
Blaine. Blaine soon became acquainte,
with her and finally fell in love with her
He went with her for some time, AND
was anxious to know something of he
family. She refused to tell him, evadet
his questions, and gave him no satisfac
ton. He finally became engaged to he
and followed her to Maine, where the,
were finally married.
The London MO,,,ing Post announces
ex-Empress Eugenie has just bought th,
marlborough estate, in Hampshire, clos
to the borders Of the county Of Surrey
for eco, 900. The estate was the prop
erty Of the late Mr., Thomas Longman
the well-known publisher, and consist
of about 257 acres, will, very fine tree
and grounds. The empress will not e
into possession Of il until January, u
) Mrs. Longman, the widow, is very anx
ious 10 spend another Christmas there
Her majesty intends to build on tn
property memorial chapel to recciv
the bodies Of the emperor and the prime
imperial. The empress lease of Cam
den Place, Chiselhurst, expires in Mare
next.