The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-18
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II years old.
Emil Polleski, German author. ha
just died at Berlin.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague has mad,
overtures for an amicable divorce.
Mrs. Scott Siddons is giving readings
in the Canadian cities.
Thlrty-four women preached from
as many pulpits in Boston last Sun
day.
Jean Leon Gorome, the French paint
er, is one of the handsomest men ir
France.
Carlyle, the author, has again been
forced to cease work on his autobiog.
raphy.
! Hon. Charles Francis Adams has
taken quarters at Washington for the
winter.
! Sara Bernhardt says of Clara Morris
'She is charming! She is great
artist"
DR.. John Lords historical lectures
are drawing crowded audiences at San
Francisco.
The returned campaign orator is
troubled with a hoarseness, and wears
red flannel around his throat. -.-
William Archer Redwood liberal and
home-rule member of parliament for
Wexford, died recently at London.
Mrs. Lawrence Barrett, wife of the
actor, has just arrived in Europe with
her daughters. They will pass the
winter in Germany.
Prince Rudolph, Crown Prince of
Austria, Is an ambitious author and
student in the department Of natural
history.
Mrs Abraham Lincoln is en- route for
for Springfield, ILL.,, where she intends
to spend the winter with her sister Mrs
Ninon Edwards 71
William II. Vanderbilt is said to
have an uncle named Carr in the
Staten Island poor house Carr refuses
any help from any of the Vanderbilt
family. .....--.'..-.. ..... .-.--..-. -~..
The fact is cabled that Princess
Louise, the wife of the governor gener-
al of Canada, since her return to En-
gland, has not visited her mother,
Qu+ en- Victoria.
, Mark H. Dunnell, the congressman
elect in the first district of Minnesota,
is very sick, having taken to his bed
from neuralgia, contracted by expos
ure. o.. D., .n.
Professor Kate Sanborn, of Smith
College, Northampton, is the daughter
of Professor Sanborn, of Dartmouth
college, and the grandniece of Daniel
Webster. - ~
Mr.. Charles E. Walker, formerly
fifth auditor of the treasury, and now
connected with the Indianapolis Jour-
nal, is to be the private secretary of
Governor Porter, of Indiana.
The Freshmen at the various col
leges at Cambridge, in England, num-
Der 7Ol, as against sos last year, show
ing dimunition of 107
A school of cookery is soon to be
established in Montreal, under the di-
reeion of an experienced lady from the
Kensigton England school.
Mr.. J. O. Chapleau, Premier Of the
Province Of Quebec, has declined a
portfolio in the dominion government.
Mr.. Caron has accepted the position of
Minister of Militia.
Henry E. Abbey, American manager
for Sara Bernhardt, is an Ohio man.
He left his home in Akron, a little over
ten years ago to travel as advance
agent for dramatic people.
Col. Nicholas Smith, who married
Miss Ida Greeley, has son named
Horace Greeley, dropping the Smith
entirely. He also has a daughter
named Nicholsa Smith.
General w. S. Harney, of the United
States army, the old Indian-fighter, is
temporarily stopping in New York.
He is 80 years old, six feet three inch
es in height, and stands straight as an
arrow
The Princess Dolgerouski, whose in
huence over the Emperor of Russia is
said to be boundless, is reported to have
said that no further executions of Mill
lists shall take place in her lifetime.
+ At a recent Newport dinner-party a
lady guest was so unfortunate as to
break a plate belonging to a rare set of
French china. The lady insisted upon
either mending or replacing it, but find
ing both impossible she was obliged to
send abroad and duplicate the entire
dinner-set of over 200 pieces.