Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-07-14
Personalities.


General Hurlbut will be accompanied to
Peru by his family and his sons family.
Robert H. Pruyn, a graduate of Rutgers
College, at New Brunswick, N. j., has
offered to give $50 600 to the general en-
dowment Of the college if the trultees will
raise $500, O0U, or 100000 if they will
raise 100000.
There is model double millionaire in
Boston, according to the Herald, who last
week divided 81, 100000 between his two
children.
Miss Mary Anderson, who is spending
the summer at her Long Branch cottage,
is devoted Catholic, and may be seen
every Sunday and on holy days at the SER
vices of the little Catholic church ct Long
Branch.
Mrs. Mark hopkins, the widow of the
California millionaire, will be present at
the Williams college commencement in
July. SIZE is the wealthiest widow in
America.
Henry Ward Beecher says that in the
year in which, through Mr.. Benner's gen.
erosity, he realized on his book Norwood"
q 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 Soldene Opera
company, told a st. Louis Post reporter
that she had found Denver and Leadville
audiences more regardful of the prophecies
than those of the eastern cities. "You
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 administra-
ton, recently reached Cincinnati in q 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
a 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. Itseems
he has boy George, as I understand,
about 1S years old. When 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, 80 I 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
Northern Pacific and the Oregon railway
and navigation companies, with q capital of
$50, 0O0, 000, 900, and himself as president,
was war correspondent of the New York
Tribune. In communication to the Gin
cinnai 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 time to
some small post in Missouri. Mr.. Willard
is marriedNo daughter Of the late Will
lam Lloyd Carlson
Irishmen are more numerous among tn
actors Of America than their assumed stage
names indicate. George Clarke's real name
is O'Neil. Frank Mayors is Mcguire, James
A. Herne's is Ahearn, Robert E. Gnaham's
is Msgee, John Thompson's is McGlory,
Henry J. Montague's was Mann, Dan Bry-
ants was o 'Brien, Edward Icons is Glas-
sery, Horace vinton's is Fary, William ].
Florence's is Conlip, 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 II.
Days is MCCARTHY, Ernest Linden's is
Hannigan, and John I. 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.
The Argonaut says there are now resi-
ding in San Francisco eight ex-senators of
the United States-W William NJ. Gwin,
William M. Stewart, Cornelius Cole, Eu-
gene Casserly, John s. Hagar, Aaron A.
Sargent, William Sharon, and Newton
Booth. If Milton 8. Latham still counts
his residence in San Francisco, it will
make nine ex.senators. Besides these,
three senators still in commission reside
here, namely, John p. Jones, James G.
Fair, aud John F. Miller, making round
dozen altogether. James G.. Farley re-
sides in Amador county, but will probably
gravitate to San francisco like the rest.
Bits Of Fun.
London Punch. THROWN fPhilistine-