The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-02-09
PERSONAL AND IMPERsONAL.

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cent death of the father of Mrs. Glen in Aus
tralia.
Cattle on the ranges in Wyoming are doing
finely, the high winds having blown off near
~ all the snow and they cannow feed at their
leisure.
General James B. Steedman, with a heart
lessness that few would have been willing to
charge him with, has had his infant son
christened Samuel J. Tilden.
There is a abroad that Secretary
Schurz will write q novel. If it takes the
form Of an Indian tale, we may expect to see
the fame of Emerson Bennett eclipsed.
Evangelist Moody 's..seminary at Northamp-
ton, Mass, is full, containing now about 100
pupils, including the Indian girls. The latter
are making excellentprogress in their studies.
Gladstone continues cheerful. According
to the statement Of his wife, he does not
recognize the existence Of a crisis. She says
he may be heard singing every morning in
his bath.
Prince Bismarck is absorbed in perfecting
a plan for the establishment of a general in
surance scheme for workmen, which shall at
the same time serve the purposes of a super
annuation fund.
The sun never sets upon the I'd battalion Of
the Queens Scots Guards. One of its off,
GERS is 8 military secretary in India, another
is an aide to Lord Lorne in Canada, another
is an aide at Cape Town, and a fourth is a
military attache at Berlin.
A decidedly personal and somwhat bel
ligerent correspondence has beena going on
between Speaker Randall and Representative
Belford, Of Colorado. It is purely a paper
warfare, but seems likely to result in the she'd
ding of 9 good deal Of ink.
1t seems that the application of a tuning
fork to the web Of q garden spider will not
only entice the insect toward it, but even
cause the spider to act toward a fly drowned
in a repulsiye substance as though the fly
were alive and without so disagreeable a
sauce.
The enormous volume of business trans
acted in 1880 Is shown by the returns Of the
New York Clearing House. The exchanges
reached an aggregate Of $38, 614, 448, 223-an
amount fourteen times as great as the Nation
al debt has ever been. The business Of 1879,
which surpassed that Of any previous year in
the history Of the Clearing House, was ex-
ceeded by fully one-third.
At Rockcastle, Kentucky, recently, a hen
flew into q house and knocked down a rifle
that was hanging or the wall. The weapon
was discharged, and killed a clergyman who
was visiting the family. The superstition is
that the hen was the only one left out of the
flock Of forty-three which had been slaugh-
tered to satisfy the appetites of the preachers
convention, and she had sworn vengeance.
Holy Trinity church, Statford-on-Avon, is
about to be restored. During some excaya-
tons near the chancel a crypt was discovered
in which were packed several tons of human
bones. 1t is believed to have been q charnel
house, and to have furnished the cause Of the
curse contained ii the inscription On Shakes
peare.s tomb, which is close by the crypt.
The poet feared that his bones might be
placed in this crypt.
The great stock stable on the Elizabeth
farms, belonging to G.. Dawson Coleman, of
Lebanon, situated in the northwestern section
Of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, was de-
stroyed by an incendiary fire. The famous
registered herd Of Jersey cattle, many of
them imported, ffty-tWo in number, were
chained in their stalls, and when the fire
was first seen it had attained such Roadway
that not one Of them sould be saved. Thor
ough-bred dogs, goats and game-chickens
were also burned. Many of the cattle were
highly valued. Some Of the bulls cost $780,
900.
Marianne Brandt, the German prima
donna is the daughter Of a substantial Wen
nese family from Bischof, and reached her
present position against the bitter opposition
Of her parents, who, detesting the stage,
threw every obstacle in the way to prevent
money! pay for her tuition by sewing.
When ready to make her debut, she yielded
to the wishes Of her parents. who dreaded TO
see the family name associated with what
they felt sure would be a failure, and assum-
ed the name Of Brandt. She won 9 complete
triumph, but it is not related whether her
parents ever become r~econciled to her en-
trance upon the stage.
Tn conversation with Secretary Evarts, the
topic turned upon The Southern Cancellation