The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-04
Personalities

mated by the republicans of San Fran cisco
for mayor, is a native of Maine. He was
graduated from Bowdoin college in 1888.
He read law with Fessenden and Deblois
in Portland; was then a strong Webster
Wing; settled for short time in Belfast,
but has spent most of his time in San Fran
cisco.
Governor L. A. Shel don of New Mexico
was sitting in his Office at Santa Fe when
he received q dispatch saying that his
old friend and commander, the president,
was shot. In few moments the general
and Mrs. Sheldon were on a railway train,
and have travelled the 1900 miles to Wash
ington without stopping.
A government official with good record
is Major Frank X. Cicott, retiring coiner
from the San Francisco mint. During
nearly six years of his administration the
total coinage of this mint was 1926, 800, $50.
In the manipulation of the immense amount
of precious metal used in the coinage of
this vast sum of money, the legal allow
ance to which Major Cicott was entitled for
legitimate wastage was $300,558 ,02, while
his actual wastage on the entire amount
coined was only 1924, 939,G8.
A brave soldier of Gien's Falls N. Y,
worthily wears bronze medal on which is
engraved, THE Congress of the United
States to Private Franklin Johndro, Co. A,
118th N. Y. Vols" During the war pri-
vate Johndro was out alone beyond the
Union picket lines, when he discovered
company of rebels lounging around spring,
with their arms stacked at little distance.
Johndro crept up between the rebels and
their guns, drew his revolver and called
upon the commander to surrender and Or
der his men to fall into line. They obeyed,
and under cover of his revolver he march,
ed the whole squad into camp and surren-
dered them as prisoners.
VIM Inman, who died near Liverpool,
England, recently, was the founder of the
line of Ocean steamers that bears his name
He introduced reforms in the method of
transporting emigrants, and sent the first
PASSENGER steamer propelled by a screw
across the Atlantic. This was the "City of
tenn of having North Atlantic steamers
touch at Queenstown. The only disaster
which has happened to the line since Mr..
Inman became connected with it thirty
years ago was the loss of the "City of Bos-
ton,' with all hands, in 1870. The last In
man steamer, the ''City of Rome" is next
to the "Great Eastern" in size.
Pope Leo XIII. knows how to admins
ter a reproof in due season, as was seen the
other day at the Vatican, when q group of
great English and Polish ladies regarded
certain class of Russian danes. who, like
themselves, were waiting to kiss the hand
of his Holiness, with the utmost scorn.
When the pope entered he came first to the
Moscovites, and spoke to one and then to
another of her country, her family, &C., like
the perfect gentleman he is. Meanwhile
the Polish aristocrats and the English ladies
indulged in the true British impertinence
of making malicious remarks on the sub
ject in English, but felt somewhat ashamed
of themselves when his Holiness passed
them by with the slightest Of smiles, saying
in the language they had been speaking,
"Good Christians should never indulge in
hatred"
Lucy Hamilton Hooper writes from Lon
don: II saw Mrs. Langtry the other evening
performance of Rubinstein's opera I'll De-
monio.' She sat with her back to the stage
during the entire. evening, having evidently
come there to be seen, and not to see. The
Jersey Lilly looks worn and faded, and her
pale gray toilet lacked tie snowy splendor
that used to characterize her costumes in
former days. never admired her, even
when first saw her in the very height of
her renown. How any face could be con-
sidered handsome with that broad, heavy
jaw was to me mystery. And then she al
ways lacked the supreme charm of beauty,
namely, Inconsistencies, whether real or
feigned. She is always attitudinizng, and
always on the lookout for admirers"
Mr.. John w. Mackev, of Nevada, sailed
for Havrerecently in the steamship St.
Laurent. He intends to remain in Europe
until October, and upon his return to this
country he will make trip through Mexi-
CO. His wife has made her nome in Paris,
and the gorReousness of her entertainments
| is the talk of both continents. Her hard
working and genial husband 10 known as
one of the most liberal of men. 1t seems
that Mr.. CYRUS w. Field, who boosted 90
loudly that he would raise $3.50, 900 in the
twinkling Of an eye as q gift to the presi-
dents wife. thought it merely necessary to
write to Mr., Mackey for q contribution,