The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-10
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Personal Gossip.

Personal Gossip.
Colonel KiEx, Of Texas, has sold his
ranch and cattle, near San Antonio, fol
"a ,000, 900, to an English syndicate.
This is said to be the largest ranch in
the world. KS;
Gov. Crittenden of Missouri disregar'
ded a strong petition for remission Of
fine in the first conviction under the
new liquor law, declaring that the statue
ought to have fair trial, and that he
should not break down the work of the
courts. t
'The faculty of recollecting faces and
facts is doubly valuable to the politician,
but, while many claim it, very few really
possess it." says Mr.. Beecher, in rela.
ting story of Blaine. "Justice Harlan
of the Supreme Court, has it in a won.
derful DEGREE; Governor Hamilton, Of
Maryland, has long been famous for it.,
and one of the great elements of the
hold which Representative Talbot, Of
Maryland, has upon his constituents is
said to be in the fact that he knows by
name almost every man, woman and
child in the county"
1t is said that as a further mark of
respect to John Brown, Queen vi Gloria
has decided to shutup Balanch ollie, the
house she built for him at Crathie, and
also to keed closed the rooms which he
occupied at Balmoral, Osborne and
Windsor Castle. Her Majesty has quite
a passion for this so: of thing, and
many suites of rooms in the various
royal residences have been shutup for a
long series of years rs a tribute of re-
spect to diseased personages.
Rev. Charles w. Calhoun, an enthusi.
astic and earnest young missionary.
died June %, at Mount Lebanon, Syria.
He was son ofthe veteran missionary,
Rev. DR.. Simeon H. Calhoun. He was
partial course member of '73 at Williams
College where he distinguished himself
as q natural history student, and later he
studied at Union Theological seminary
and Bellevue Hospital in New York. He
suffered many prosecutions from the
Turkish authorities in Syrial aud con-
tracted duringa missionary tour the
fever which Killed him.
"There are great many men," said
Representative Culbertson of Kentucky,
the other evening, "who can take de-
liberate aim and make fine shot with
q pistol; but to draw, fire ut once, and
hit the mark is M entirely different
matter, We practice that a great deal
down in Kentucky" "How:" some one
asked. "Why," said the statesman, eve
commence when we are boys. When I
was boy we used to 90 out, stand back
to the mark, and then turn and fire in.
stanty; and we became so expert that
we could hit every time" GLOW large
was the mark?" "On, it was a plank
cut out the size Of an ordinary man."
About eighteen months ago Daniel
Burns, ninety years of age and eccentric
in many ways, died suddenly at his
home in Harmony Township, Ohio,
leaving an estate in Ohio and Indiana
valued at about 100000. A brother, R.
Burns, and his brother-in-law, were inn
mediately appointed administrators,
and, acting under the impression that
their brother had never been married,
they proceeded to settle up his affairs,
aud had divided some S20,OO0. Surprise
was questioned Iecently by the appear
ance ola man and woman from Peru,
Ind, who claim to be children of the
dead man as result of his marriage in
Stark county, Ohio, in 1925 and who &C.
cordingly have petitioned for an investi.
cation of their rights. If they are able
to substantiate their claim they will
have SAC, 900 apiece.
The Rev. Charles S. Daniels, of st,
Chrysostom's church, Philadelphia, who
occupied the pulpit of St. Luke's church
at Lebanon, Pa, on Sunday, leisurely
walked from Philadelphia to Lebanon.
lightweight miles last week, his physi-
stefan having recommended exercise
and change of air and scene. During
most of the time he was on the way the
thermometer ranged in the neighbor-
hood of 80 deg.
Detective Julian, of Pinkerton's agen-
cy in Chicago, has ,nade ten-strike in
capturing and bringing back F. NJ. Kerr
the cashier of Preston, Keen, & Co., Of
that city, who ran off with $3.50, 900
sometime ago. A reward of &c. 900 was
offered for his arrest, and Julian hunt
ed the criminal down and got the re-
ward. The fugitive was traced to the
Grand hotel in Panama, and was finally
located in Lima Detective Julian, in
in the disguise of a wealthy tourist,
wormed himself into the regard of Kerr
who made him his confident. In the
meantime extradition papers had been
secured, and in April the detective ar
rested the fugitive.