The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1882-07-20
Well Known People.

" CA 1AAAONVAA Is 6OYle.
The latest bulletins concerning Mr..
Oscar Wilde reto the effect that Texas
has dubbed him colonel ]" that he has
appropriated for his new lecture the
title The House Beautiful and that
he will come to take passage for Japan
on July 81.
General o. E. Babcock's wife
s(daughter of Hon. BENJAMIN H. Camp
bell, of Chicago is seriously i'll in Wash
ington. Her recovery is despaired Of.
Mrs. Kate Chase sprague, who. is
spending portion of the summer at
her old home, Edgewood, with her
daughters, counts among her treasures
her fathers family bible. It contains
the entry of her birth, August Is, 1910,
with the remarks in Mr.. Chase's hand
writing: THE babe IS pronounced
pretty. think it quite otherwise. 1t is
however, well formed, and I am thank
full. May God give the child good UNI
derstanding, that she may keep his COM
mandments." p'laz..tfsE
No man need aspire to be lord MAYOR
Of London, His expenses for lord may
or's day alone, his first day in office.
might well alarm him did he not possess
considerably more than a. competency.
On last lord mayors day the dinner cost
/ IS, 26O; and the total expenses were SIS,
500. Of this total nearly one half, or
IS, Sl7, came out Of the lord mayors own
pocket.
%a A mural tablet has just been placed in
the new building Of the Yale Divinity
school, bearing this inscription: "Leon-
ard Bacon. Born February 10, 1902.
Died December "a, 1883. IN remem-
brance Of his valuable services to the
church Of Christ, and Of many years of
pleasant intercourse. Frederick Mar
quand, the friend by whom this building
was erected: has named it the Bacon
Memorial Hall" 2
I A well-known and wealthy gentleman
Of Boston, himselfa native of the Granite
State, has given an order to Milmore, the
sc6lptor, for a bronze statute of the great
statesman, to cost six thousand dollars.
This work Of art Will be given to the
state of New Hampshire to be placed in
the Capitol Park at Concord on condi-
ton that the state, or the people of the
city just named, will, provide q suitable
pedestal. AS regards the condition, there
Is no doubt OF its prompt acceptance.
" The grave Of Lydia Maria Child, in the
old moss-grown cemetery at Wayland
Center, Mass, IS marked only by plain
white marble slab, bearing her name in
full, age, date of death, and the words:
you call us dead We are hot dead,
but truly living now" '1aa
U. S. Grant, Jr., has obtained an at
tachment against all the property of
Henry HI. Honore in the state, of New
York, to force the settlement Of q claim
for 1859. Mr.. Honore's daughter is
young Grants sister-in-law being the
wife Of Fred Grant. ,,5,..,,ssss,
Senator Hill's condition is unchanged
He maintains his strength, but the
wound shows no sign Of healing A
hopeful sign is that it is making no pro-
gress toward any vital part. The main
artery into which it might have eaten,
and thus produced he morrhage, has been
cut and tried 80 that there is no danger
from thatsource. His daughter has gone
to Washington for months stay, having
been advised that there was no danger
in leaving him.
1t will cost S25, 900 to bring the bodies
Of belong and his comrades from Lena
river to Washington. The naval board
has decided that the bodies viii remain
untouched and much as they are now
until removed. The time ofremoval has
not been fixed. Is $s,,a b,