The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-19
PERSONAL AND IMPERs0NAL.

peared In COnstaDtllOple.
There are rumors Of a wonderful contralto
not yet heard on any stage who is under en-
gagement to Mr.. Mapleson for next season.
Bret Harte has been giving his lecture,
'sThe Argonauts of 40, !" at Edinburgh. The
Lord Provost presided and the Hall was
crowded.
General Ord is going to engage in business
in Mexico, where his son-in-laW, General
Trevino, is now Secretary Of War. The
Generals psy, as q retired officer, is about
$4,000.
Prof. Watson, the astronomer of the Mich
igan observatory, whose death took place re-
Gently, was the discoverer Of no less than
nineteen planets and asteroids and Of two
comets.
Mr.. William FL. English this year pays
taxes on property in Indianapolis alone val
ued at 1926, 1854, which does not include his
property in other parts of the State, nor his
bonds or stocks.
The English papers state that President
Hayes will sail for England next May, will
remain abroad all summer, and will attend a
great meeting of Wesleyan Methodists to be
held in London in September.
James G Flood is reported to have trans
acted business to the amount of $500, O00,-
0G0 during the past five years. Mr.. Flood is
described as an exemplary citizen and Q pune
tuaI and exact business man.
The London World says that Lord Bea-
consfeld's s'Endymoin" and Mr.. Tennyson's
new volume Of poetry are the ~clearest indi-
cation we have yet had of the literary exhaus-
ton and the intellectual dedadence of two of
the most distinguished men of the epoch.
The Sultan is about to marry off two Of
his daughters-young things not yet fifteen
years old. The b-:degrooms, who are Turk
ish cavalry officers, have been allowed to
choose their wives for themselves, and for
doWry each receives a palace, many slaves
and a money present.
Ayoung girlleft Dubuque for New Zealand
over ayear ago on the summons Of her sweet
heart who was to marry her on her arrival
there. She has returned alone and unmarried.
Finding the man evidently disappointed be-
cause she was not as handsome as WhenAhe
bad last seen her she promptly released him.
The Prince of Wales seems to really like
Gladstone, who, if he were not at times a
little rigid and cold, would, among some Of
the people of Great Britain, be considered
as Carlyle, Ruskin and Reade are frequently
spoken of-as zone Of the good old fellows
He always seems to be a walking treatise on
something or other.
A large meeting was held at Tough Rea,
Ireland, for the purpose Of d%enouncing the
government for suppressing the Collohill
speeches. They declared Irishrnen in Amer
lea are prepared to assist in Kidding Ireland
of landlords. A resolution was passed thank
ing the Congress Of the United States for its
expression Of sympathy with Irishmen.
vi. Gambetta is said to be q great admirer
Of the writings Of Nine. de Sevigne. He car
ries his admiration to the point of making
pilgrimages to the Burgundian chateau IN
which she grew up; and he has been heard
to say in speaking Of her, that he never
knew of a woman, superior to the rest of her
sex by her wit and literary skill, who had
not assiduously cultivated her intellect and
hard nuts Of philosoph
Baron Alphonse de Rothsch child is as thor
versed in art as any member OF his
which is saying 9 great deal, for the
house of each Of them is a museum which
but fewer of Arts friends than the
Louvre itself. One day, when he had just
to an intimate friend how profound
and accurate was his knowledge OF art, be
sighed sDear me what q pity I was not
born to keep an old curiosity shop. I am
sure | would have made a fortune in It.
The only survivor Of the Ft. Pillow massa-
ere has bought a farm near Alma and intends
70 settle his sons there. His name is John D.
Allen and he bears q sabre wound upon his
was left upon the field for dead, but revived
skull yet, unhealed. It was received from
rebel Col. Taylor, who was his master. lie
and craWled out Of the way and hid himself
where he was found by the Union troops who
came up next day . He says that prisoners
were draw up in line after the surrender
and murdered without ceremony, amid yells
and oaths from the Infatuated rebels, declar-
ino that they would sslearn njggers how to
fight against their masters. Wa6asssse
NeUs.