River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-07-26
Personals.

personals.
A check for 1888, 1885,, 50, signed by Mr..
Enoch Pratt, was last week delivered
to the city of Baltimore as the endow-
nent of the Eneeh Pratt free library.
This munifcent donation is to be in
vested SO as to yield a revenue for the
support of a library that is no doubt
destined to become one Of the most
popular and oenifcent institutions of
Baltimore. 1t is intended that there
shall be four auxiliary or branch libra
ries. located in different portions of the
city, so as to lie accessible to all the pop
ulation.
The state of Connecticut. and more
particularly the town of Newtown, in
Fairfield county, is deeply interested in
the case of a young man named Thomas
W Platt. who dropped asleep last
Christmas and has not walked up yet.
To be sure, he has recently shown
symptoms of having about slept 1t out,
has been dressed and undressed, and,
guided by some tender "reminiscences OF
the halcyon past, has found his way to
the pantry where the pies are kept.
But he has not spoken word, nor
evineed the least interest in or conscl-
BUSINESS of the things about him-eXcept-
ing the pies.
The house in which Daniel 0'Connell
was born is now neglected ruin. The
roof long ago fell in, and the stone walls
are overgrown, inside and out, with ivy
Across the road stands an abandoned
and dismantled mill. In the neighbor-
ing village of Cahirciveen--a sQuaid,
Struggling place-almost every person
one meets Ia named 0'Connelt. One of
the magistrates is Daniel O'Connell, q
grandson of the famous Liberator, and
many of the toWnspeople are closely re-
lated to him. The family represents all
shades of political opinion. The younger
members incline toward the Land
League party, but their elders are land
| lords or friends of the landlords.
The cynosure of all eyes at recent
ball at the Countess of Stanhope's,
in London, was the niece of Mr.. Lowell.
The most wonderful things about Miss
| Emerson were, it seems, the shoes she
wore upon her tiny feet. adorned with
insteps ''too artistically arched" for q
| fair republican. These shoes were made
of yellow Spanish velvet, with high
| French heels, and laced up the side
| The eyelets for the cords TO pass through
were trimmed with solid gold, and to the
| side of each was set precious stone
| tirsta ruby, then sapphire, then an en-
erald, then an opal and over again in
| the same order. The top of the shoe
| was finished In the same fashion, and in
| front were sixteen tiny gold chains,
caught by cluster diamond pin,
Mr.. w. w. Corcoran, the Washington
| hol
erecting monuments over the dead.
His memorial to his wife was the Louise
Home, for INDECENT widows; he brought
! John Howard Paine's remains from
| Tunis and placed them under a magul-
ficent marble shaft; he is now erecting
a monument for Francis Scott Key, the
author of the 'Star Spanged Banner, .
| and has Just asked permission of the
family of the late Bishop Pinckney to
| place a monument over his grave Mr.
| Corcoran is the owner of the beautiiu
| Oak Hill Cemetery at Washington.
| Colonel Shaw, the United States con-
sui at Manchester, England, has re
| ceived from President Arthur an auto.
| graph letter, acknowledging the receip
| of portrait of John Bright, with the
| latter's autograph, sent as a souvenir OF
| the recent Birmingham celebration. IL
accepting the gift the presi
dent stated that in his estimation its val
ne is greatly enhanced by "the knowl
edge that the autograph Of the donor
was placed upon the gift by Mr.. Brigh
himself specially for me, !" and adds: 8"
have had the portrait appropriated,
hung upon the walls of the Executive
Mansion"
1t is related By the New York Post
that Professor Agassiz was once invited
bv the noted Spiritualist Home to attent
| one of his seances. well" said Agas
| siz, what shall see at your seance?'
You will see, replied Home, ''lege ant
| arms moving about the room cad some
| of them will touch you" CIR. Home,
| answered Agassiz,, 81 viii attend YOU
meeting, and l will al you to clear VI
the mystery OF these floating limbs.
have sword; it so happens that it vas
recently sharpenod. That sword / wi
bring with me AMI will cut the legs anC
| arms" Home banked him and with
| drew. The NEXT day Agassiz drove W
to the hall whore the seance was to be-
| held The doors were shut, but OF
| them was a plac 1rd announcing in iarg {
| letters that no seance would take place
| as Mr.. Home had unexpectedly been
| recalled to New Lork.
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