The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-07-14
Personalities.

Personalities.
General Hurlbut will be accompanied to
| Peru by his family and his sons family.
There is a model double millionaire in
Boston, according to the Herald, who last
| week divided 81 ,OOO, 900 between his two
children.
Miss Mary Anderson, who is spending
the summer at her Long Branch cottage,
every Sunday and On holy days ut the SER
vices of the little Catholic church at Long
| Branch.
| Mrs. Mark hopkins, the widow of the
California millionaire, will be present at
the Williams c:llege commencement in
July. SIZE is the wealthiest widow in
America.
Henry Ward Beecher says that in the
year in which, through MIR. Benner's gen.
crosby. he realized on his book Norwood"
larger sum than he ever expected to make,
he paid larger income tax than did any of
| eight or ten of his millionaire neighbors
He adds that he never inquired what had
become Of the property, but he thinks there
| will be some inquiry about it on the judg
ment day.
Emily Soldene, of the Seldene Opera
company, told St. Louis Post reporter
audiences more regardful of the proprieties
can't even do that in Leadville." she said,
lifting her dress about two inches to show
what that" meant.
Mrs. Mary Houston, who was the wife of
Mr.. Hunter, United States minister to Rus
STA during General Jackson's admnistra-
ton, recently reached Cincinnati in des-
titute condition. She is paralized and not
able to earn her own living, and is on her
way to Washington, aided by some Masons,
to seek aid from the government. She lost
large property in the south after the death
of her husband. being swindled out of it by
neighbor during the exciting times just
before the war.
An anecdote is told of Jay Gould's son
that is good, whether true or not, 1tseems
he has boy George. as I understand,
about 18 years old. Y len they were stop.
ping at the Langham hotel. London, the
boy slipped back, saying: Excuse me,
father, and returned with little package
which he put in his hand sack. Sometim
afterward Jay Gould said: George. would
like to know what you had wrapped up
there so carefully" why, father, said he,
it was the candles and soap they charged
us with at the hotel, and they will do the
same thing at the next hotel, so thought
would take them along" Gould's eyes are
said to have twinkled to find the boy had
not forgotten the day of small things.
Rev. George w. Gardner, D. d., pastor
of the Baptist church at Marblehead, Mass,
has accepted the presidency of Central
University, Pella, Iowa, and will assume
the duties of the position in September
Mrs Hicks Lord, from America" says
an English society:journal, was taken up
by the best people in London, and is said
to adorn herself with chains of diamonds
reaching from shoulder to shoulder"
Field Marshal Won Moltke of Germany,
occasionly talks of resigning his military
Office, pretending that he can no longer
perform his duties as he would wish to;
but the emperor coaxes and the count re-
considers.
Twenty years ago Henry Willard, who
has just reorganized and consolidated the
Northern Pacific and the Oregon railway
and navigation companies, with a capital of
$50, 00O, O00,0 900, and himself as president,
was war correspondent of the New York
Tribune. In communication to the Gin
cinnati Commercial from Louisville, KY,
he alluded to the plans Of General Sherman
for the western campaign as visionary, and
gave out the idea that he was insane. Sher-
man took the matter greatly to heart, and
in his irratability and excitement asked to
be relieved, and was ordered for a time to
some small post in Missouri. Mr.. Willard
is married to a daughter Of the late Will
lam Lloyd Garrison
lrishmen are more numerous among tn
actors of America than their assumed stage
names indicate. George Clarke's real name
is O'Neil. Frank Mayo's is Mcguire, James
A. Herne's is Abearn, Robert E. Gr.ham's
is Magee, John Thompson's is McGlory,
Henry J. Montagues was Mann, Dan Bry.
ants was O'Brien, Edward Icons is Glas-
sery. Horace Yinton's is Fargy, William J.
Florence's is Conlin, Barney Williams was
Flaherty, Frank Titles is Kerrigan, Tony
Harris is Cannon, John E. Ince's is Null
cahy, James Peters's is Fleming, John H.
Daly's is Mccarthy, Ernest Linden's is
Hannigan, and John T. Raymond's was
O'Brien until he lately had it legally
changed; but Lawrence Barrett once pub
lished denial that no was born Branni-
gan.