Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-11-18
Personalities.
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as Begging 1l5 ducks in two days shoot
ing In Ontario.
Princes SrEPHANIE is firstrate
botanist, and is fsvorte with the flower
women of Brussels.
-Ex King AMADEUS is now on tour in
England buying up horses Tor the royal
stables of Italy.
JAMES w HALE, OF Springfield,
Mssssch usets, has left S32 443 for furnish.
ing stoves, -four aud fuel for the worthy
poor.
ANTHONY PRoLLopE, after much writ
Ing, rides for hours on gray nag, AID
plays afternoon whist at the Athe eum
| Club.
Mile. ALICE GREvY, daughter of the
French President, is engaged TO marry, il
is said, sn exceedingly wealthy French
land owner.
The head of the Irish De Veres, Sir
WERE DE WERE, has just died; his brother
AUBREY, the poet, now stands as heir pre-
sumptlve to the BaroDetcy.
Nj. HENRI RocHEFoRr is now one OF
the most picturesque men in Paris. His
shock OF curly har is white as snow, and
his black eyes have a burning brightness,
The daughters of the Duke OF Rich.
mond are persistent and successful fisher
women, and IS catchers Of salmon are said
to De rivaling their counlrymen.
Three American young ladies at an
inn in the village of Limpeler filed in
the column Of the register headed "Occu
patton" with the words Looking for
husband"
The ex Khedive has been visiting
Styria, and is SO delighted with its com.
forts and its scenery that he has resolved
to buy castle and settle there for the rest
of his life.
When Mss CLARA MORRIS began her
frst engagement with Manager ABBEY,
eleven years ago, she played eight times
week for $40 She now plays six times s
week, ii is said, for 50 900 week.
Mr. CYRUS W. FIELD, who has started
on his tour around the world, will leave
San Francisco GA the Ism inst. If the
voyage across the Pacific is favorable, he
will eat lis Christmas pudding in Shan
ghai and call on the Hon Kong aides on
New Years day.
Professor Il. w. NEWMAN, it is said,
has been seized with a desire to cooDJze
&c vyal1 &c Mr. pup,t nrrluEs. but Pro
fcssor NEwMAN's plan is that Of q colony
within whose sacred limits only vegetsr.
ian teetotaltrs and non.smokers are to be
admitted.
The Princess of Wales, it is reported,
means to set the London fashions during
the coming season, and the Duchess OF
Edlnburg and the Duchess of Connaught
have agreed tc obey her. For one thing
the Jersey is to be abolished and for an
other, the Tam O'Shanter cap.
Two ladies went TO see CLARA NOR
HIs. IL one of the most affecting pass,
ages of the play, when the whole house
| WAS hushed in stiffness, one lady who had
been using her opera glass attentively re,
marked to the other: "Pooh! The trim
ming on her dress is nothing but Ham
burg edging,"
1t is proposed to celebrate the eight.
| ieth birthday of the venerable French
scholar, LIrTRE, by the institution OF an
International Littre Fund, the interest of
which is 10 he paid over in riennlal
course to phiIologist, physician, and
philosopher bv EARNS, LITTRE having con
uibuted worthy service in each OF these
three branches Of science.
President ELIOT, OF Harvard College
has sent confidential letters to the parents
of sll The students, requesting II formation
ss TO whether or not the students have
been accustomed TO attend prayers at
nome, snd asking the parents opinion on
the sutjlct of compulsory attendance st
morning chapel. 1t ia expected that if
the answers to these interrogalorles are
favorable, attendance at prayers will here
sitter be voluntary.
Princes STEPHANIR bnd Prince RU-
DoIPu sre to have an unusually brilliant
wedding in Vienna 100 600 forms hsvir e
been voted for the expenses. The theatres
are to ba tnrown open free in the eyenir &,
aud street is to be named after the Pr'n.
cess. The young Prussisn heir, the