Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-10-07
Personalities.


Miss ANGLIA BURDErT-CoUTTs in
herited 100000, which she has doubled
in value.
-Wau-kee is a common Chinese name.
Mil.sau kee is common American name
MIR w. w. CoRcoRAN, the Washing.
ton banker, is said to have given Away
over 100000.
Miss CELIA THAxTER will leave her
home among the Isles of Shoals on Octo-
Der 2, for six months tour abroad.
The Queen of Sweden, who is very
Ill, has gone to niSerp to place herself
in the hands of a celebrated physician.
The widow OF Commodore WANDER
BILT, still a comparatively young woman,
has an income Of one thousand dollars
week.
MIR. ROBERT r. LINCOLN, sou of the
President, Is about 38 years old, of lnedi.
um height and fine personal appear
ance.
Empress ELIZABETH of Austria, whom
Paris gosslper styles "the first Amazon
of the world" is about to receive, it is
said, the title of honorary Colonel OF a
regiment Of Russian Uhlans.
-" But for the execution of HALE"
said THURIow WEED, in 1879, "WAsH.
INeToN would not have executed ANDRE.
so said LAFAYETTE. That declaration /
heard from his own lips"
-Monsignor ELIGIo CosI, Bishop in
parttbus snfdelium at Chang Tong, in
China, has Invented new alphabet, COM
posed OF thirty.three letters, with which
all sounds CT the Chinese tongue can be
clearly expressed. Until now, 10000 were
requisite.
General GRANT stamps as absurd the
the story that a $4,000 set of diamonds
presented to him by japanese Prince,
was stolen from him by bis Private Sec
retaIy ana sold to Washington pawn
broker for $1,000. He never had such
present and never met such loss.
Mrs. HAYES has ordered a beautiful
extension table and sideboard for the
/ White House, which, with the new dinner
set, will brighten the life of her successor,
Both are of beautifully carved mahogany
/ The legs of the table are bodies Of eagles
convent!onalized.
Much OF Mr. LABoUCHERE's fame or
notoriety, writer tersely says, has been
acquired by his habit OF saving what he
thinks and being sued Tor his candor.
OUIDA is the last to be atfronted by the
/ London Truth, and instead OF making the
required apology, the editor compounds
/ the offense.
w. K. MUIR, one of the wealthiest
men of Michigan, arrived al New York
/ from Europe, the other day. He said that
( he had no dutiable articles In his luggage.
| On Wednesday the customs officers found
/ hundreds of dollars worth of gold and
! silver ornaments, lace and articles of less
value slowed away in the corners OF his
/ trunks
The Judas is undoubtedly the best
/ niece of acting at Oberammergau. The
part has been taken by an old wood car.
+ yer, now over 60 years OF age, since 1880
He, too, is a letter of lodgings to English
/ ladies' The Plate is carrier Of port
/ manteaus and packing cases; Peter carves
/ in wood; Caiap6as is the village burger
meister.
The Queen of the Oakland (Cal) gyp-
! sizes is dead In accordance with their
peculiar superstiticns, everything she
used or possessed wss broken and destroy.
ed by fire, with certain incantations, The
tent she lived in, her clothing and jewels,
her crockery and cooking utensils were
reduced to tragmentssnd burned.
Rev. DR.. TEN ERoEcK, one of the
Oldest clergymen of The Protestant Epis-
copsl Church in New Jersey, and rector
of 81. James Church, ST Eatontown, died
] at his residence there 3, a late hour on
Wednesday night, al the age OF 30. The
deceased took an active part in all the
affairs of the Church for fifty Ave. years.
Two wears ago he had a stroke OF psrsly-
SIS from which he ne,er entirely recov-
cred.
baroness BURDETT Courts is good
horseyoman and is still fond OF exercise,
and she walks with IN elasticity which
many younger wom,n might envy. Her
..o;,v FDr businps. has long been