Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-02

M. Grevy. the president of the French
republic, is q Freethinker. Most
FrenchmeE are.
The daughter and only child OF Bro
lessor " illiam A. Packard, Of Prince
ton college, died on Monday at the age
Of II.
DR.. o. w. Holmes will begin literary
work anew this winter, and will con-
tribute series of articles to the atlantic
Monthly.
The ST subscriptions to the Garfield
monument fund of Cincinnati now ag-
gregate about &c. 00--enough for the
purpose. The statue is to be of bronze,
full length, of heroic size, and mounted
on granite pedestal.
The health Of B. 2. Shiilaber Mrs.
Partlpgton) has 80 much improved that
he is now able to travel.
g President Arthur's Shoemaker " is
the way in which New York son of
Crispin advertises himself.
A New York paper speaks of "honest
thieves" Next we expect to hear
about straight curves and square tri-
angles.
What is regarded as the smallest
pony in the world is owned by the Bar
oness- Burdett- Coutts- Bartlett. Itstands
thirteen inches high and is years of
age.
A. Bronson Alcott, the Concord phi
losophcr, had paralytic stroke Satur-
day. During the evening he was only
partially conscious,
Governor elect Alex. II. Stephens, of
Georgia, was given an enthusiastic re-
ception at Atlanta last Saturday. He will
be inaugurated November 3.
General w. II. Hazen, chief of the
Government signal office at Washing
ton, invites people to send him all sorts
of popular weather proverbs and prog
nostications.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes has
closed career of thirty.five years as
Professor Of Anatomy at Harvard Uni
versity, desiring to give more time to
literary pursuits.
The remains of the late Adelaide
Phillips, the gifted songstress, who
died in Europe recently, reached Bos-
ton, recently, and funeral services were
held there, after which her body was
taken to Marshie!d.
Bramwell Booth, son of the general
issimo of the Salvation Army, was a
few days ago married at Clapon, Eng,
his father officiating. The ceremony
was performed in the presence of sew
eral thousand persons, admitted at a
shilling head.
Salutes were fired from the batteries
at Fort Leavenworth on the arrival OF
Generals Sherman and Sheridan. They
made tour of the military prison.
General Pope gave reception in the
evening.
The silver wedding of the Crown
Prince and Crown Princess of Germany
is to be celebrated at Berlin next Jan
uary, with great festivities. The Prince
of Wales and the Duke and Duchess OF
Connought are expected to visit .iie
German court on this occasion.
Judge Williams, at Carthage, ILL.,, has
granted writ of habeas corpus in the
matter of Mark Gray Lyon, who for
over three years has been confined in
the insane asylum at Elgin for firing at
Edwin Booth in McVicker's theater, in
Chicago. Lyons friends claim that he
Is perfectly sane.
A letter from Paris announces the
engagement of Miss Lillian Norton, the
American vocalist, to Mr.. Allen Gouer,
an American gentleman of large for
tune. The future bridegroom is said
to be in every way worthy of his
charming betrothed, being young, fine
looking ard intelligent. Miss Norton
will not retire from the stage.
Miss Emma Worthington, for many
years teacher in the public schools at
Eel Paso, Ill.,, has been appointed q no.
tary public by Governor Colium. She
is an expert stenographer.
Nine. Julia Rive King is engaged to
play the piano in a concert tour of the
principal western cities, from Cincinna-
ii to San Francisco, with an orchestra
of sixty musicians, conducted by Theo-
dore Thomas.
1t is now fashicn in France for the
gardeners to paste the monograms or
crests of the family on the sunny side
of the peaches and pears, which brings
them to ripeness stamped with the de-
sign in quite an improvement on ma
ture.
The genealogy of the Herrick family
OF this country is in preparation by DR..
ID. @. Herrick, of Woodstock, Cam
paign county, Q. He will revise the
genealogy by Gen. Jedediah Herrick,
Hampton, Me-, published in 1916, and
bring it down to the present time.
Miss Gabrielle Greeley, the younger
daughter of the late Horace Greeley,
has begun Improvements on the Gree
ley swamp at Chappaqus, on the Hud-
son, and has given a plot of the ground
to the Episcopal society of that village,
on which to erect a chapel.
.,
Gen. Sherman recently wrote: II
have always been, am now, and pro-
pose to be, great friend of the drama,
q friend of those who play on the
stage, and a friend of the managers
who bear the burden of preparation