The Mineral argus., 1883-08-30
Personalities.

Personalities.
Young George Vanderbilt. the fourth
son of the New York millionaire, is said
to have an honest ambition t. become a.
newspaper reporter. He will soon re-
cover.
Prince George, second son Of the
Prince of Wales, baB arrived at Halifax,
Scotia, in the British corvette Can
ada. Prince George is R"Middy" on the
Canada.
Edmund C. Stedman. the Wall street
poet, is building a cottage at Newcastle,
in Portsmouth Har6or, New Hampshire,
and last week Mrs. Stedman laid the
cornerstone, which ver a leaden
box containing copies Of her husbands
books.
The rumor that General Ord was a
grandson of George III. has been COM
pletely disproved by the publication Of
a letter to a friend in which he says:
my ancestors, as far as ! can learn by
studying the family tree, were good:
plain felix withouta faint OF royal blood"
Rev. William Cole, a Baptist clergy
man of Lowell, Mass, started from that
city fourteen months ago with his horse
and buggy, and has just returned from 8
point some distance beyond Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, having covered the whole
distance in his carriage. Both the horse
and carriage returned in good condition
after their journey of about three thou
sand miles, the driver having made the
trip by easy stages. Mr.. Cole is much
interested in the subject Of education,
and during the progress Of his journey
visited over four hundred schools, be-
ing cordially welcomed.
Mrs. Kate Chase's ine estate near
Washington, called Edgewood, is ten
autless, while its owner roams in Europe.
She left a little over a month ago, with
her children for 4 i've years tour
abroad. The grounds are kept in toler-
able good order by the servant in whose
charge they we're put by her, but the
great house with its rich furnishings
( stands precise ely as she left IT, and the
! acres around II lie uncultivated. The
! neighbo.s do not understand why no
one keeps them under cultivation.
Hon. Lewis Smith, who died at ST.
! joseph, Nc, recently pas well kno
in New England, having Teen q
time a prominent member ofthe
Hampshire bar. He was assistant c
of The lower house Of the legislature.
While in Minnesota he was elected to
both branches of the legislature, and
was auditor Of Dakota county. he re-
moved &c 81. Joseph IN 1872. he was q
widower, his wife having been Miss Sa-
rah Noyes Of Henniker. The deceased
was formerly q democrat, but became a
republican during the civil war. He
was sixty-eigbt years Of age.
The Count Of Paris, in the latest vol
ume Of his history of the Rebellion mod
ifes the censure of Fitz John Porter at
the second battle of Bull Run, printed
in an earlier volume. He thinks the ad-
ditionai light thrown on the engagement
bv the testimony given before the Court
of Inquiry iustihes the recommendation
ofthat body, and that excessive prudencs
is the worst charge that can be brought
against him. Had Porter attacked
Longstreet, he THINKS the result Of the
battle would have been the same.
A triangular episode involvinga younl
lady, & 'stern parent" and a lover
D which had a decided dash of romance il
il. happened in the Canadian village o
1 Lacolle the other day. The village hote
Z keeper has q winsome daughter, an op
! CralOf lOI tuc lCAOEl@pL SC"paHf' "ANi
whom a railway man fell in love, anC
they went 10 ride together. The dam
Z sells father was Indignant, warned he
: to do so no more, and m says horse
J whipped her to enforce obedience. II
J then starteddOwn TO 30 the anne thin
for the girls lover. But the railwa.
man turned upon his father-in-law nros
pective, thrashed him severely, and 60
ing to the hotel met the daughter, VIII.
ran away with him, leaving the enrage
father in bed from the effects Of ID
I beating intended for the unwelcom
. suitOr.