The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-07
Personal G0ssin.

| General Miles may be a terror to Indians,
but he doesn't scare burglars to any great
| extent. While he was asleep at the house of
| friend at Workers, n Y, the other night,
| party Of enterprising burglars walked off
with 81, 900 worth Of jewelry and silver
! ware.
| OLD Bob Toombs said in his last speech,
They say that am an independent rebel.
glory in it. When my time comes as here
see the gate opening to me, and they call
upon me for my stewardship am ready to
say to my God, I will never, never, throw
salt upon that sacred altar.
John P. Howard Of Burlington, VT, who
gave $50, 900 to the university of Vermont,
has signlfed his intention of erecting in the
University Park a cIossal bronze statute Of
the Marquis de Lafayette John @. A. Ward
ofNew York city will be the artist. The cos
will be about $25,O0O, and the contracts
have been signed. Lafayette laid the cor
ner-stone of the uni versity building on the
occasion Of his visit to that city in June,
1925. A costly Episcopal chapel is now
building with funds furnished by Mr.. How
ard, and he has given the city three fine
public fountains and has fourth in process
Of completion.
Frederick Douglass has been visiting tie
! estate of Mr.. Edmund Lloyd in Maryland,
which he left as slave fifty six years ago.
the present owner of the estate, the great
grandson of the master of Douglass, receiv-
ed the ex-slave with great kindness and
entertained him at table, in the hall of the
house where as a slave boy he has often
played. It became noised about among the
negroes in the neighborhood that Douglass
was there, and number Of the descend
ants of the old slaves came to see him.
i &c II 1,ko De- e
| who left an estate valued at $3.50, 900, con-
tains the following requests: Unity Church
/ (of which Mr.. Bates was member), $25,-
] 600 for the building Of q spire and the i'm
provement of the edifce; to the industrial
school connected with the church, $780,
900; for the erection Of statue to Abra-
ham Lincoln in Lincoln Park, $40, 1000; for
i the erection Of fountain in the same park,
SIS, 900; Chicago Athenaum, $4,000, and
$4,000 to the North Star dispensary.
Il believe this mind reading business is
all nonsense, said Brown It's all hum
bug, tell you, he continued. ST should ike
to see anybody read my mind. There
isn't man living who can read it. The
4 question took its three several readings,
and the house passed resolution that
{. Brown was correct, with not dissenting
vote. The unbiased sentiment of all
Z who could read Browns mind, ana never
would be.
| NJ GODDARD. who acquired fame with his
balloon during the. seige of Paris, having
escaped in it in company with III. Gambet-
ia, and has been making some startling
balloon ascents in the neighborhood Of Ber-
lin. Shortly after dark, about fortnight
ago, he was filling the balloon preparatory
to going up with Bengalli lights attached to
it, when storm of rain arose and the spir-
its of the spectators present suddenly de-
serted them. NJ. GODDARD, however, feared
not, but in the midst of a heavy fall Of rain
and heavy thunder proceeded to ascend.
When about hundred feet above the spec
tators he turned on the Bengal lights, which
shone out brightly as he rose higher and
! higher into the clouds. After one day of
waiting no news had been heard from the
daring veyager, and his safety was the source
of anxious debate and inquiry at Berlin.