Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
daughter, the we'll prims donna,
Julia Riye-Kinp, in New York.

julia hlVe-hlng, III new IOIk.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, our minister
to Spain, and his wife, are expected at
their old home in Bangor in few
days. They will probably spend the
greater part OF the winter there.
Prince Alexander. the present Prince
Of Orange, is the only surviving male
of the direct line of the royal house of
Netherlands. His health has been
long precarious, and he is At present
very ill. Should anything happen to
him Germany may seek to annex Hol-
land.
1t is said of Mrs. Langtry that she is
beautiful when her face is in repose,
eyes, hair, nose, and skin being all that
is to be wished, but the coarse mouth
being out of harmony with the rest.
1t is singular fact that all the lead
ing British generals are diminutive
men. Sir Garnet Wolseley is only five
feet six inches in height, while Sir F.
Roberts ia just about five feet---nothing.
At Keyport, N. j., the other day, girl
twins born to one family were matched
by pair of boys born to another fami.
ly living directly opposite.
Although so years old, Mr.. S. G. Hall
delivered lecture entirely from men,
DRY, two and half hours long, at
Plymouth, Eng, the other day. Meth
ing, however, is said in praise of the
listeners.
The Harvard faculty have forbidden
any student after this year TO row in
any crew unless he is able to swim.
This will come hard upon the students,
as it renders it obligatory upon them to
learn something OF practical useful
ness.
Mrs. Scoville, Gniteau's sister, who
was recently declared insane by 3
Chicago jury, and her daughter Bertha,
have been found in London, Ont,
whittier the poor woman has gone to
avoid being incarcerated in an insane
asylum.
Minnie Hauk has level head on her
shoulders. She scouts at the idea that
Patti, Nilsson and Langtry crossed the
ocean for the sake of art. They came
she says to make money. OF course
they did, ana they will make, too.
The report that Jay Gould had mar
row escape from being run over by the
cars at Rochester, N. Y, is denied by
all the members of the party. The
original story started through mistaken
identity.
The grave of Emerson is kept con-
stantly covered with flowers by the
young girls of Concord, Mass. Haw-
thorne's with a stone at head and foot
bearing simply his name, is thickly
overgrown with glossy myrtle. Tho
reau's is unadorned, save with thick
sod of green grass.
Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster, of law firm OF
Foster & Foster, Clinton, Iowa, her hus-
band being the junior partner, is now
doing temperance lecturing downSouth.
She is an impressive and convincing
speaker-doubtly SO because she is a
very comedy, if not an absolutely hand
some woman.
Henry George, the author, disclaims
any intention of urging a claim for
damages against the British Govern
ment on account of his recent arrest in
Ireland. He says "So far as I am
concerned, the expression of regret
which the British Government has
made is sufficient vindication OF
principle"
Colonel Mackenzie, who was recently
promoted to be Brigadier General in
the United States army, is nephew of
the wife of Admiral G. r. P. Rodgers,
and cousin of Mrs. August Belmont.
Although Is young man, General Mack
enzle has been Colonel more than
fifteen years, and most of that time has
served an outpost on the frontier
Mrs. Langtry comes from the Island
of Jersey, which has a Parliament Of
its own, and retains many of the old
Norman customs as well as the Norman
dialect. The Langtrys, however, are
an English family, their residence in
Jersey being only temporary. The
popular actress mas half dozen broth
ers and large number of poor rela-
tons who look to her for assistance.
The compositor who set some man
uscript abont donation party inadver-
tently made it read "damnation
party The minister next day bought
hundred copies, and mailed one to
each of his congregation who attended
the party, went around and thanked
the editor, and asked him out for a
drink, and then presented him with
six pairs of slippers he had scooped
the night of the party.
"9ou don't care very much about
music; why DO you wish SO very much
to have me compose an entirely new
air for you to whistler" asked must
clan of mis- friend. And the latter re-
piled: "By Jove, want something to
whistle which that COMPOUNDED jay in
tie next room to mine don't know,
and therefore can't join in on it and
spoil all my fun"
Sir Fletcher Norton, whose want of
courtesy was notorious, happened,
while pleading before Lord Mansfield
on some question of manorial right,
to say: my lord, can illustrate the
point in au instant in my own person.
/ myself hove two little manors." eve
ali know it, Mr.. Fletcher" the judge
interposed with one of his blandest
smiles.
"What shall l preach about?" asked
a minister Of the pastor Of a colored