The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-11-24
Personal GOSSiD.

Gen. Marcus Wright, who has long been
charged with the custody and arrangement
of the confederate archives, pronounces
wholly baseless the belief that the1e is a
confederate deposit somewhere in England
which has produced the recent speculation
in confederate bonds.
The Marquise de Rochambeau was re-
ported in New York paper to have ex-
pressed herself as disappointed in regard
to America and Americans. She denounces
the report as utterly false and as being
"enough to ruffle the temper Of saint.
She is delighted with the country and the
people.
They who picture Queen Victoria in their
minds eye as clad in robe of crimson
with gold crown upon her head will be
shocked to learn that she takes her daily
drive at Balmolal with black straw bon
net upon her head, and with large shawl
OF small check shepherds plaid upon her
shoulders.
Colonel Arndt Won Steuben, the head of
the German family, now visiting the coun-
try with his sons, says he fears that his
boys will be spoilt by the magnificent treat
| ment they have had here, and becoming
possessed with taste for luxury, will be
untitled hereafter for life of hardships.
He says also that he knows nothing of any
unpleasantness between the representatives
! Of Flance and Germany at Yorktown.
Jubal Early, ex-confederate general, lives
at a Lynchburg hotel and practices law.
Although not yet seventy he is as bent and
bowed as man of ninety years. His
dropping shoulders, his long gray beard and
flowing white hair and the strong staff on
! which he leans make him look like the
ideal Rip Van Winkle. He wears the
southern gray yet, and his still vigorous
mind is full Of fire and vindictiveness. He
senms to live upon the memories of the
past.
A lady guest at several of Judge HiIton's
elegant dinner parties at his villa near Sa-
| ratoga last summer remembers Mrs. A. II.
Stewart at one of them as seated by Sen
| ator Burnside, and that she wore in her
hair diamond comb which cost $10,O
| Eleven suberb stones composed it's orna-
| mentation. She has laid aside mourning,
| and, though 20 years of aye or more, is
youthful in figure, lavish in dress, and can
walk two miles without exhaustion.
Secretary Blaine has sold his stock in the
| Richmond and Allegheny railroad, and
made about 100000. He is now in other
Virginia railroads and is worth in money
| near $750,0O0. He wants to 90 out of pol
itics for the next two or three years and
make money. His friends say that he is
first rate business genius and. though not
experienced in detail, has a mixture ofag-
gressiveness and conservatism which puts
him into the right thing and brings him out
| before he has gone too far.
1t always pays to be polite, as this Incl
| dent of the recent railway accident in
France shows: NJ. Loevensohn. gentle
man about to be married in October, had
made hurried journey to Chauxfonds to
take leave of his .fancee previous to serv-
| ing his twenty three days in the reserve
| army. Pressed for time to join his regi-
| ment, and being very tired, he took Sleep
! ing car at Dijou by the Marseilles express
to Paris: AS he was getting into it he
heard lady clamoring for sleeping car,
| but there was no other. With gallantry he
gave up his, and refused her offer to pay
for it. This lady was killed in the collision,
and NJ. Loevensohn escaped without so
| much as bruise.
Gulteau tells how he used to get free
rides: When the conductor would come
! around and ask me for my ticket, would
tell him was theologian lecturing for
the Lord. These conductors are very clev-
er fellows and are generally Christians. 1
| travelled free until once was on a train CO.
ing into Newark. Although told the con
ductor I was lectur1ng for the Lord, he
said weuld have to pay. AS had no
! money he told the brakeman to turn me
over to an officer at the next station. As
soon as the conductor left the car and the
brakeman went to fix the fire in the stove,
| went out on the platform. and, after get
! ting down on the lowest step, let go. did
not think it would hurt me, but it shook
| me up and tore my coat when struck the
ground"
Colonel Robert Ingersoll was invited,
few months ago. to give lecture at Leban-
on. Ind. He responded by asking If there
were monument over Tom Corwin's grave
yet" The secretary of the lecture associa-
ton telegraphed hack that there was not,
and the indignant lecturer replied, on the
spur of the mement, Il would not lecture
in your old town for half of it. "A relative
! of Corwin, hearing of this telegraphic con-
versation, Immediately ordered handsome
shaft, and it was lately placed over the
grave Of the Onioan.
H. Y. Rcdville, Washington correspondent
OF the Cincinnati Commercial, is very low. aud
his physicians say that they do not believe
be will ever rise from his bed again. He has
been in failing health for over year, but mas
grown rapidly worse within the last few weeks.
and has bad several severe hemorrhages of the
lungs. He is now 80 weak that he is unable to
speak, and it is doubtful il he will be able to
rally and survive more than = few weeks, and
Posaibly may aotlive many days.