Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-03-10
Personal Gossip.

George Eliot left personal estate valued
at 5000, 600 exclusive of property in her
copy rights.
Mrs. J. J. Astor has sent from New York
to the West, through the Childrens Aid
Society, Sl3 homeless ones, at a cost of
$1,000.
Archbishop Laing. of Santa Fe, is for
tunate ecclesiastic. He owns gold mine
recently discovered, which is mentioned as
giving $1,000 in gold from two bucketfuls
of ore. A nugget was found in it worth
S2. 600.
James Melville, the famous bare back
rider, says he has twice broken one of his
arms, an ankle has been Knocked out of
joint he has sprained his legs, ankles and
arms many times, and be says he has more
dents on his head than skillet has holes.
Lord Campbell fell in love for the first
time at Al, and though rejected, wrote to a
friend: Il can only say. with Gibbon,
that l feel dearer to myself for having been
capable of this elegeat and refined pas
sion" How much more should the Bar
oness Burdett- Coutts be pleased with her
romantic self, asks The Toronto Globe.
The Sumter fla Adcdnce says
Mr.. John Robinson, living near Webster.
while riding aloIgth road with several 9TH
er gentleman, discovered large rattle
snake crawling beside the road, and dis
mounted with the remark. Il will kill
him. The snake ran into mis- hole, and
while being probed for with long pole his
mate came kissing up from another direc-
ton, and with furisus spring buried his
fangs into Mr.. Robinson, wko died eight
hours after.
Ralph Waldo Emerson is now seen in
public life but little, and he writes no let
ters. Every morning he spends in his
study, for reading is his chief pleasure and
every afternoon he walks, in spite of his
dislike for cold weather. Once in a while
the venerable man goes to hear some friend
give an evening lecture. He will be seven
ty-eight years old on May 25.
John W. Young, the second and favorite
son of Brigham, who was arrested for big
amy in Denver on the 18th instant, employs
six hundred teams and one thousand men
constructing a hundred mile section of the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad west from AL
buquerque. n. NJ.
Hon. w. W. Eaton, the outgoing demo-
cratic senator from Connecticut, welcomes
his successor with all the grace of cheva-
lier. When, General Joe Hawleys creden-
tials were read in the senate, the other day,
Mr. Eaton remarked to friend: Politics,
ike war, makes changes. In war IL mlu-
gates capture to fall into the hands of an
honorable, chivalrous commander. If in
politics you are defeated, there is some
thing of comfort in being defeated by a
gentleman. There is no better material in
the republican party out of which to make
a senator than General Hawley."
Mrs. Hayes will return from the White
House with a complete record of its social
events during her occupancy. This has
been kept in a fine blank book by o. L.
Prudent, the presidents assistant secretary,
and is an elaborate piece of penmanship. 1t
is so minute that it not only includes all the
guests, but also a diagram of the table at
dinner and where each one sat. Each page
is followed by fancy monogram, in which
is the date of the event commemoated.
General Garfield has received ZOO writ
ten applications for office. All the letters
are alphabetically arranged and packed away.
One patriot, who is probably unknown out
side his own state. modestly asked to be
Minister to England. Another asks for
ANY high office, State or Federal. Anoth-
er wishes 10 have permission to run an ap-
pie stand close by the White House.
poor maiden writes that she is engaged to
be married to model young man; that her
parents are opposed to the match and will
cut her # without a cent, and she begs for
position that will give her more to live on
than mere love. All sorts of positions are
asked for but mainly clerical and laborinS.