Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-27
Personal Pot POurri.

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income of S250,000.
Oscar Wilde, in Boston. will be just
too awfully, utterly utter.
Frank Utley, a life convict at " rpon,
recently escaped from that prison.
Prof. Rasmus B. Anderson of the State
University has been sued for criminal
libel.
Thomas O'Niel. an old settler in La
Fayette county, died recently at the age
of II years.
President Arthur is spoken of by a
French journalist as Nj. Arthur Chester.
Such is fame
Tom Hughes the brilliant author and
philanthropist is to publish book of
"reminiscences.
Princes Beatrice, according to Bret
Harte, resembles comfortable, corn
fed Kentucky girl
John Kelly the Tammany Chieftain
buries the Ratchet but keeps his war
paint handy for future use.
Mrs. Garfield has leased house on
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, where she
will reside during the winter
Mr.. Hurlburt's dignity has been ruff
fled. The Chilians have been "sassin
back" with Yankee like pertness.
0. Il. Smith of Dodgeville, promi
nent democrat of that section has come
in out of the wet and will vote for Rusk
Miss Kate Field says chat the Co-opera-
tive Dress Association in New York has.
thus far, proved very satisfactory sue
cess.
President White, of Cornell, is out of
politics. He has signed bonds not to
accept any political Office for four
years.
Patti, the great prima donna, will ar
rive in New York November |. and her
first concert will be given November 2,
at Steinway Hall.
John Battersby, formerly skeleton
by profession, has been obliged to go
out of business owing to an accumula-
ton of adipose tissue.
Col Edwin b. Morgan, one of the
originators of Wells, Fargo Il Co, express
company died at his home in Aurora,
New York, last week.
Mr.. Nj. Webster, a prominent mem
Der of the Crawford county bar, died
Oct. l6, at his residence in Prairie du
Chen, after a brief illness
Mary Ann Davis Kirkpatrick, who
attempted suicide at Platteville some
weeks ago, succeeded better than she
thought. She has since died.
Mr.. Richard Watson Glide will sue
coed the late DR.. Holland in the editor.
ial control of the Century Magazine, the
successor of Scribner Monthly.
The Chief Justice of the United States
is the only person privileged to wear
satin de Chine. The reason why so
many seek this Office is now understood.
The new Grown Princess of Sweden
had an hundred pair of gloves among
other wedding paraphernalia. Too bad,
and only one pair of hands to wear them
on.
Mile. Minnie Hauck was married lust
before coming to this country to Cheva-
lier Ernst de Hess-Wartcgg. Minnie
should not have allowed the fact to oct
out.
Prince Napoleon Victor has fallen
heir to the few relics of Bonapartism
still remaining in France, Politically
speaking the heritage is not a great
one.
Mr.. Harvey Clapp, prohibition candi-
date for Lieut.. Governor appears to have
wife of the amazonic order She is
stumping Pierce county in her husband 5
interest.
DR.. Rudolf Buddensieg, of Dresden,
is engaged in editing the polemcal
works of John Wlckliffe, in Latin. The
entire work is expected to be out by
Easter, 1882.
Miss Sarah Jewett, the leading lady
of the Union Square Company, was en-.
tertained while in Milwaukee last week
by Mr.. and Mrs. n. j. Emmons and
Nj rs. Edward Sanderson.
The Shah of Persia has invested the
lately welded Princess Stephanie with
the Order OF the sun IL is, rather
early for the Princess to become full
fledged member of that order.
Mr. TeLnyson is writing another play
for the stage. This is as far as Mr.
Tennyson ever gets. No manager has
yet been found wild enough to place
the written plays upon the stage.
DR.. Hollands works were led in pub
lie favor by katrina, of which 10000
were sold; Bitter Sweet came next
with sale of 10000 copies. OF the
"Titcomb Letters $1,000 copies were
sold.
Mr.. Briggs appears to have gotten in
to hard row of stumps. Mr. Briggs
| it may be mentioned is Democratic can
didate for Attorney Generalship and tn,
stumps being Democratic are extremely
tough.
I. p. O'Conner, M. p. for Galway, il
working up a boom tor Ireland through
out the United States. BY the way the
States is good place to be in just a
this time for one of Mr.. O'Conncr' 5 way
of thinking.
Thos Mast, whose inimitable cartoons
have made his name household word
all over the United States, has been
making a trip through the mining
region of the west.
! Araby Bey, who led the late revolt in
Egypt, Is fanatic who knows the Ko
ran by heart. Revolts unfortunately
are not question of books but of bal
cartridges. Consequently Mr. Bey tai
lies a failure instead of success.
Mile. Grevy, daughter of President
Grevy, of France, is to be married
shortly to Nj. Daniel Wilson. The pros.
pective bride is 30, Il Catholic, intellec.
tual, but minus beauty. The groom
elect is Is, rich and Protestant
Gov Roberts, of Texas has written 3
book. Another proof that time has its
revenges. Mr.. X. was the conscien-
tious gentleman who could not appoint
9 day of fasting and prayer for the re-
covery of President Garfield. Now will
he be smitten hip and thigh,
Edward A. Freeman, the English his.
torical writer, who is now on a lectur-
ing tour in this country, is short in stat