Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-13
Personal GOSSIP.

Hon. COLUMBUS DELANo has the finest
thoroughbred horses and cattle in Knox
county, Ohio. He is recognized as
model farmer.
MRS. WILLIAM JAMES, of Brompton.
Ontario, celebrated the close of a GEN.
fury of life by a grand reception and
died five days later.
LOUIS WAsTo, the Indian chief, who is
over 100 years old, and who lives at
Lake George, has just received a long-ex-
pected pension from the British Govern
ment for warlike services rendered as
chief of the Abenaquis in the contest of
1912.
SENATOR BLAINE, in the course of
recent speech in the senate mentioned
that although he had studied law for two
years in the Office of one of the most emf
nent practitioners in the United States,
he had never been in court as an attor-
ney, plaintiff, defendant, witness, or
juror.
COUNT WILLIAM BISMARCK, son of the
chancellor, has just made his maiden
speech in the German parliament. He
resembles his father in appearance and
also in his manner of speaking-his
rather hoarse voice, his pauses in the
midst of his sentences, and his energetic
but UNMARRIED gestures.
A GUIDE and hunter, known as
Colorado Bill, at Fort Steele, is astonish-
ing the far west by his wonderful pistol
shooting. A short time ago he broke 80
out of 100 glass balls with 45-calibre
Colts revolver. He challenges the world
to shoot with him at any distance, from
10 to 800 yards.
JOHN EAKIN, recent graduate of
Washington college, Pennsylvania, sailed
from San Francisco in the last steamer
for Hong Kong, en- route to Siam,
whittier he goes to assume the position
of professor of English language and
literature in the Royal college at Bangkok.
His engagement is for four years at a
salary of 81 800, with prospect of higher
pay and permanent salary if his en-
gagement proves satisfactory.
Miss HILL sued Mr.. Harrison, at Say
brook, Conn, for $4,000, because he
failed to keep his promise of marriage.
She testities that she was twenty-one
years old, and he sixty-three. She loved
him, she said, Notwithstanding the diff
ference in their ages, though she was
greatly shocked when she learned how
old he really was. She supposed him to
be about forty, until he took off black,
curly wig, and showed small remnant
of gray hair She tainted at the sight,
but Afterwards became reconcled to him.
Then he i'll turn grew cool.
A STRANGE story is told of King Louis,
of Bavaria, certainly the most eccentric
of monarcils. 1t is related that he was
engaged to marry Princess Sophia, now
Duchess d'Alencon, and sister of the
Empress of Austria, but being told that
the princess cared more for the crown
than him, he broke the engagement in
novel fashion. He ordered the court
jeweler to make magnificent regal
crown, and sent it to the princess, with
a note running thus: "Dear Sophia,
send you the crown which you coyet but
l am sorry l cannot give you the right to
wear it as queen of Bavaria"
MISS LOUISA ALCoTT is said to be
capital natural actress. The Herald, OF
Boston, says that she once came very
near going on the stage, having secretly
made arrangements for doing so, and IN
tending to surprise herfriends. Through
delay in her expected debut her family
found out her project, and it was nlppesd
in the bud. A good while ago she wrote
a farce for Mr.. William Warren, but as
the other characters had greater oppor-
tunities for amusing Cuisines than
his, he did not play in it, though 1t was
performed several times. She afterwafd
wrote romantic drama, which was SO
quarreled over by the two leading LADIES
of the Boston theater that Miss Alcott
took it back for revision, and finally threw
it impetuously into the fire, having no
manuscript ready for Mr.. Barry when he
sent forit.