The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-04-06
Personal GOSSin:

General w. S. Rosecrans, who is now
the subject of much talk, was born in Ohio
in 1919, and graduated at West Point in
1912. becoming shortly after assistant pro-
lessor of engineering there. He is one of
few generals living who have resigned
from the army and afterwards re entered
it.
John D. Huntingto wealthy retired
undertaken of Brooklyn, aged 80; having
secretly married a young widow named
Mrs. Coleman, the housekeeper of DR..
Hammond Stoddard, the founder of the
State Hospital at San Francisco, the chill
arms and will seek the power of the courts
to restrain him from transferring to his wife
any of his property.
The late Charles F. Sedgwick of Sharon,
Conn.,, whose death has been announced,
used to be conspicuous figure at the COM
mencements of his college (Williams),
which he almost invariably attended. BE
was about six feet four inches tall, and
large in proportion. He used to wear
swallow-tailed coat on these festive
occasions, and brought to the cele-
bration the enthusiasm of q young
man.
In letter protesting against the sentence
pronounced upon the convicted Nihilists,
Victor Hugo uses this paragraph, which
any one would recognize as his: Who
John l. Davenport tells a story appro.
pos Of Jay Gould's late exposition of his
securities. As he was coming along to the
depot, satchel in hand, ward hummer"
met him and wanted to know where he
was going. sTo Washington" answered
Davenport, promptly. Gam sorry you can't
stay and see our spring opening" said the
bum. What spring opening?" why,
Charley Brooke, Pat Jones and Colonel
ties next Monday and the boys are all 60
ing to be on hand to see'em."
attended this trial? No one. What! NJ
the proceedings? No one. And the &C.
cused? The accused were not present.
But who pleaded, then? No one knows.
And the lawyers? There were no lawyers.
On wha: code did the charges rest-on
what law? On none"
The champion otfice.holder of Vermont
is George ". Grandey of Vergennes. He
has been justice of the peace, representa-
tive, senator, speaker of the house, post
master, mayor, bank examiner, quarter
master general, court auditor, school su-
perintendent and member of the board of
education. He is si4ty-nine years old,
and the total of his terms of office is 1914
years. He was also member Of the cleo
torial college in 1868. delegate to the Phil
adlphia convention i'll 1872, and has been
chairman of the Republican State commit
tee for dozen years.
The Prince and Princess OF Wales gave
a small juvenile party at Marlborough
House recently to celebrate the fifteenth
birthday of their eldest daughter, Princess
Louise. The little guests we're asked to
como at o'clock, and the party broke up
Duchess Of Edinburgh were among the
company. There were national and comic
songs by "a little boy, conjuring, perform
ance by minstrel troupe. and marvellous
tricycle. exhibition by lady. After tea,
the children played q variety of old fash
Toned games, in which the prince and the
other parents joined.
Ex- Governor Tilden is said to be as fond
of GteystoHe, on the Hudson, as Horace
was of his Sabine villa, and he grows as
warm over his country life as the poet did,
except that he doesn't express his feelings
in poetry and is his own Macaeaes." Mr..
Tllden gives more attention to horticulture,
Horticulture and to his fancy cattle than to
politics in these days.
Justice Gray, of the supreme court, was
graduate of Yale at sixteen, and the pro-
posed rev justice, Blltchford, vas gradual
ed from Columbia College at seventeen.
Judge Blatchford is very wealthy in real
estate. His wife was Miss Appleton, of
Boston, daughter of Eben Appleton. The
judge is especially strong in admiralty and
patent causes. and has given much atten-
ton to extradition cases also.
TIE post which Herr Strauss now holds
in what is acknowledged as the foremost
concert garden of the world. rendered his
acceptance of his recent offer from New
York doubtful. The maestro's well-known
severity in discipline. and dictatorial tenn
permanent in management, promise con-
ductorship in the United States which will
unquestionably attract attention. He is
axnacied to coma here in Iuna