Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-08-03
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Personal Paragraphs.
Mr.. Enoch Pratt's check for $s33 $685. =
33, presented to the city of Baltimore,
has been photographed. It is drawn
subject to the order of the Mayor. and
City Council OF Baltimore. It has rQn its
face the Endorsement of William Fnck-,
Robb as Register. Mr.. Pratt:s name is
written in bold, legible characters:
1t is reported that Joaquin Miller
pronounced Wawkeen) has become q
socialist, and demands that the fences
be removed from around Stuyvesant
park. The World says: "He carries a
daily paper in his hip pocket, and two
Boston papers stuck in his wampum belt,
and goes about looking for gore like the
untamed correspondent of the plains.'.'
1t is gravely stated by the Telegraph
of Harrisburg, Penn, that those who see
Governor Pattison, taking his daily
equestrian exercise are in doubt wheth-
er his manner of occupying the saddle
is the result Of an attempt to initiate the
posture of G sack of meal to effect
junction between his chin and his knees,
or to copy the English huntsnan's atti-
tude.
Simon Cameron says that Daniel Web
s.er stands alone. tHis intellect was
gigantic. Greater than his cotemporar-
les, ne mas been unequalled in the di-
rections in which he was particularly
strong, and nature is not likely to re-
peat her work again. He was stately
column marred by little defects"
Among the items in the estimates of
expenses for the Duke of Edinburg's
special mission to Moscow was one of
Sc, 900 "for gratuities." The civilization
over there appears to have some points
of similarity to our own.
One related comical saying of Hunt
ley, the writer of the "spoopendyke"
articles. Huntley was formerly Chica-
60 man and was at one time sent to in.
terview Sitting Bull. After the inter-
view Huntiey telegraphedlthe Tribune
81 800 worth, although he has no COM.
petion and could just as well have writ
ten. After he returned, a fellow scribe
inquired whether he had eaten dog.
eyes" ]" said Huntley, "twice, once when
it went down and once when it came
up"
Mr.. d. o. Mills, the ex-Californi ten
millionaire, is the grandfather of trip
lets. The happy father is Darious Ogden
Mills, Jr:, and the happy mother was q
Miss Livingston, the daughter of one Of
the Oldest families in New York. The
family live at Newport at present. Two
of the little cherubs are girls, and the
third is boy, but none of them have
been named yet. =.
A young man in Houston county, Ga.,.
was recently converted under circum-
stances outwardly similar, to those which
resulted in the transformation of Saul Of
Tarsus. During revival service he
and went homo to work on his farm.
While in the field great light shone
about him and he fell to the ground,
He had been struck by lightning, and
*Ren he had recovered consciousness
he left no time in, buying. q Bible, and q
few days aiterward he was one Of the
most jealous conyicts in the community.
James Parton says when General But
Ter sent his son to Harvard he gave him
a check book and said to him: 'sTake
that, and whenever you want any money
draw as freely as you like. If you are
ever in doubt consult your mother, At
the end OF his college course the young
man had spent only 81 800 year, which
is considerably below tbe average sum
spent by the Sons of wealthy parents at
Cambridge.
Mrs. Frimont, of Ithaca, N. Y, gave
birth to- a female child on the 4th instant
whose weight, exclusive of clothing, was
- = .t:ly
and SO far seems to be as vigorous and
active as could be expected ofone Of her
size. She measures between three and
four inches around the body. and is
about eight inches IN length. The hands
and feet are about the size of birds
claws, and each finger and toe is provid-
ed with tiny but perfect nail. An or
dinary finger ring will easily slip over
the hand, and fits the little creatures
wrist like bracelet several sizes too
large.