The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-02
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LEVY will foot his horn OF Manhattan
beach next summer to the tune Of $500
week; '1eA's5i'' A4iis az on - i
THE gtandnicther Of Prof. Cyrus Nor.
thrup, OF Tale; college; Mrs, sFanchex,
died ut South Salem. Conn. last week at
the remarkable age of one hundred and
one years and four months
Mr.. W. s. GILBERT is said to have re-
ceiyel from Mr.. Sothern the sum of
$15, 900 as the price Of his new comedy;
and the actor is quoted as saying that he
would not take $50, 900 for it now.
Mn. II. W. WARNER, a Rochester mer-
chant, has given $500 to build and
equip the observatory In that city, of
which Mr.. Lewis Swift Ii to take charge.
It will be called Tile Warner Observe
tory"
MARY LOGAN, of Millerstown, Penn
sylvania, nursed Eugene O'Keefe, of
Texas, through adangerous illness. He
returned home, fell sick again, and died.
His viii leaves Mary, $25, 900 in remem-
brance of her kindness. s 80 A
SrB II. HAvELocK, who was left half a
million sterling by his fathers cousin on
condition Of changing his name to Allen,
has acceyted the. bequest, and IL about
to obtain foyal license be- assume the
name Of Havelock-A Allen. .-f'c s,-rf
The accident to Cardinal Newman was
q queer one. While walking across the
room he stepped upon portion Of his
gown, which caused him to stumble side
ways agaipst projecting piece Of furni-
ture, thereby breaking q rib.
THE Rev. 10 Cook; It is the natural
offspring Of pathegenie and perspica-
cious perpicacity, and during the proto-
plasmic stage its inventor should hare
been percolated insuperably through the
innate particles of barn door.-Boston
Post. .''- ''-'' - $50 '-'- $50 '
REBEccA Cook, a school-teacher Of
Holden, Missouri, believed in sensible
dresses forchildren.y She reproyed some
OF her girl pupils for wearing corsets,
and the school board discharged her be-
fore her term was out. She brought suit
aud recovered $825,o4 AZ Gssw E1s.l
Mrs. ZAoHAniAH ,CHANpLBR has sent
to Mr.. Jesse Spaulding, of Chicago, the
cane which her Late husband carried for
many years, m smemento of the inti-
mate friendship which existed between
them. Mr.. Spauldihg presided at the
Chicago meeting at.which Mr. Chandler
delivered his last public address. "a, :
BEFoRE Fanny Fern married James
Parton, she wrote a description of Broad
way: "Here comes James Parton, who
doesn't believe in the DEVIL George D.
Prentice, of the Louisville sJ0arndS,
copied it and added, "Ah! Fanny, that
was before he was married; are you sure
he don't believe in the devil nowf" IN
Mr.. CARnY1H has not been well of
late, having been unable to take even
carriage exercise. BE. sees no society
beyond his own family circle, and few
Literary friends, including Mr. Froude
and Mr.. Lecly.E An occasional failure
Of memory is said to be- the omlysign of
mental weakness shown by the Chelsea
sage. &&A'AEs A'is st.oa. y
TCHERNIscHEFFsKY,t the great Nlhilist
OF 1862, who has Just died in Siberia,
was for many years editor of the Con-
temporary, one of those magazines
which penetrated Russia to, the very
borders of China, and enabled the inhab-
itants of Simbirsk and Tobolsk to read
the novels of Dickens and George Sand
few weeks after their publication in
London and Paris. 81 He was arrested one
morning in May, 1862, thrown into
prison, and after being brought out in
the public square, dressed as a convict,
and sword broken over his head, was
dispatched to Siberia for life. o. sgG