Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-08-10
PERSONS AND THINGS

George Francis Train has passed be.
yond the stage of crankism. He is a
confrme ed lunatic.
Rubenstein will play the piano no
more in public. His only appearances
will be as director.
The will of Viscountess de Rio
Novo, of Brazil, who died recently in
London, gives freedom to 400 slaves.
Professor Swing is now on the "deen
blue sea" for tour of Europe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe has selected
Ferry Beach, Me-, as her Summer resi-.
dence.
George Goodwin, the theatrical man.
ager, of Philadelphia, died at Boston
August 2
The Rev. Robert Collyer is at the ORR.
entail Hotel, Coney Island, also ex-Sena-
tors Conkling and Plat.
The latest novelties in the market in
New York are Perry Belmont door.
mats and Arab Pasha spittoons.
Elk Senator Plat ("Me, Too') retains
his somewhat youthful appearance:
but he is now growing double chin.
Now that Miss Claxton has been up.
set from boat off Patchogue and
come very near drowning, she hopes
that the fire stories have at last been
extinguished.
A Dublin dispatch says that Miss
anna Parnell has almost entirely pass
ed the critical point of her illness, and
will be about in a fortnight. She will
have to abandon work for a month.
Mrs. Z. M. Bruce, editor of the
Myrtle, states that when visiting q
founding hospital, in Montreal, she
was informed that one.tenth Of the
children brought in died from pure
want of mother love.
-Wilhemji, the famons violinist, has
been travelling steadily for four years,
and has not visited his family in Wies-
baden in all that time. He will take
an opportunity to do so at the close of
his present engagements.
Judge Hoadley and his family, of
Cincinnati, are in London, and will
pass month or so roaming about the
British Islands. He has secured
beautiful collection of ancient armor
for the Cincinnati museum.
Major Henry Clay Mcdowell, who
married the granddaus hter of Henry
Clay, has purchased Ashland, the old
Kentucky homestead Of the great
statesman. Thus, after two genera
tions, it is back again in the family.
r. B. Garland, who recently killed
Joseph Addison, in duel in Virginia,
has been held for trial for murder.
Colonel Cash, who killed Shannon, in a
South Carolina duel, was held for trial
for murder and triumphantly acquit-
ted. He is now candidate for con-
gress.
An absurd story about the Methodist
Bishop Peck's neglect of an impover-
ished sister, which was started by the
Cincinnati Enquirer, and has gone the
round OF the press generally since, is
proved to be entirely without fouuda-
ton.
Mr.. George P. Rowell, the New York
advertising agent, has purchased North
Pond, at Saltwater, near Lancaster,
N. H., and the land adjacent to it, and
will form an association of gentlemen
for the purpose of building summer
cottages and fish. patching house.
Laten Kendall, living at Corinth, in
Saratoga county, N. Y. has eloped
with his former wife, from whom he
Was divorced sixteen years ago She
leave5 two children whom she has had
by a subsequent marriage, and takes
two with her. He leaves wife and
son OF Is.
The house passed a bill granting full
pay to Lieutenant Schwatka for the
time he was absent in the Arctic on
the Franklin search expedition. The
amount of back pay he will receive in
case the bill passes the Senate is about
$500
It is no longer good form to carry
about or read in public cheap paper
covered novels, and now the thing is to
have rich and handsom ely bound
volume of some standard work. 1t is
needless to say that book publishers
are delighted.
Senator Logan has become tired out
with the long session of Congress, and
will, as soon ss possible, upon adjourn.
ment, go to the Far West for rest and
recreation, returning to Illinois to take
the stump in the political campaign
about October /.
Mr.. Henry G. Vennor, the Cana
dian weather prophet, who is spending
the summer at Old Orchard Beach,
Me, is described as the possessor of a
striking countenance, pale. with dark,
brilliant, restless eyes. He is tall and
well proportional, and carries himself
With half-martial air.