The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-07-27
PERSONAL POINTS.

The son Of John G. SAKE, the poet died
quite recently at Albany.
Captain Henry Brookings, one Of the best
known sea captains Of Maine, is dead at the
age Of eighty.
Ex-CoDgressman j. Allen Barber died in
Lancaster, Wis, recently. His estate is val
ued at 81, 900, 600.
Dispatches received at Galveston, Texas,
announce the death Of General Canales, Of
the Mexican army.
Sarah Barnhardt has presented the Theatre
ROYAL, Copenhagen, with her bust Of Ophe-
liza, exhibited this year in the Paris Salon.
Prof. Lewis Swift Of Rochester says that
eff u great comet like the one which has just
arrived should enter our hemisphere and pen
citrate to the earth we might al be consumed
by the great heat or sufficated by gas"
Mrs. Agnes jerks, of Louisiana political
fame, is il Boston for the purpose of at
tending a suit in admiralty, in which she and
her husband are interested, and in which she
has retained General Butler as counsel.
DR.. McMullen. Of Chicago, has been ap-
pointed by the pope bishop Of Davenport, q
new diocese formed of the southern half of
Iowa, and including the cities of Keokuk,
Des Moines, Davenport and Council Bluffs
The statue Of Robert Fulton, which is to
be placed by Pennsylvania in the House Of
Representatives at Washington, will be the
work Of Mr.. Howard Roberts of Philadel-
phia. It represents Fulton in the dress Of
and surroundings Of a Wo%rkingman, intent
in studying q small mechanical model held
in the right hand. DR.. Muhlenberg is The
second Pennsylvania selected as the SUBJ
Iaat Ear n ,,1*:nrog cen$t-a HNI,a 49, -
Miss Blanche Nevin Of Lancaster.
Rev. John Jasper, the negro preacher,
made famous by his sermon arguing that the
sun and not the earth moves, is dying at
Richmond. He has had the largest congre-
CATION Of any preacher in the South, and
one Of the largest ID the United States.
1t has numbered about four thousand. He
has repeated his sermon on the rotation Of
the sun one hundred times. He is modest
and quiet, and has great influence with his
congregation.
Governor Foster Of Ohio, who is in Wash
iDgton, says the stories about his accepting
the Berlin mission under any circumstances
are false. He has no expectation or desire
Of assuming a foreign appointment, but is q
candidate for the g~overnorship Of Ohio, and
intends to be elected. Mr.. Richards, the
Lieutenant Governor on the same ticket with
Foster, is also in Washington, but both deny
that their joint visit has any relation to the
Ohio Canvass.
The Baroness Burdett-C outts- Bartlett has
been giving several large entertainments at
her London house. She received her guests
the other evening at the door of her largest
drawing room, her husband at her side. She
wore a dress Of pale gray satin, trimmed
with fine old lace, the bodice cut square. She
wore also the ribbon and order sent to her by
the Sultan after the war, some magnificent
diamonds On her neck and in her hair, and
large lunches Of heartsease.
Our country has been happy Of late years
in the character Of the diplomats who have
represented her Britannia Majesty in our
Capital. It is not the most difficult and it is
far from the most eminent, Of the diplomatic
posts at the disposal Of an English Ministry,
but we have had no reason to complain OF
the character Of the choice made in filling it.
Sir Edward Thornton leaves us with the
great good will of all Americans-a good
will whose expression was Mr.. Garield's last
official act before he was shot. Sir Edward
and Lady Thornton have been pleasant ad-
ditions to Washington society, and the spirit
in which he has acted in all matters which
called for negotiation, leaves nothing to be
desired.
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