Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-02
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Personal Paragraphs.
Vennor has a southern rival in Pro-
lessor G. &. Gather, of Alabama, who
says that the winter will be very cold
and early. and "phenomenai TOR it's
paroxysnlal spells OF heat, succeeded by
intense cold over the country"
Mrs Agnes Booth is to play the lead
ing parts this winter at the Park
Theatre in New York. Shs will also
conduct thu business from her late hu,,
bind's estate from which size will receive
about 100000.
Saws John L. Sullivan of his saloon
cit cost ME $4,000 to fit it up. I put H..
stock amounting to 5000. pened it
On August 7, and up to last Monday
had taken in SIS, 900. That is enough 20
pay for it. The Opening night took in
$4,000 and the first Saturday 5000.
Richard Francis, who has been ap-
pointed carterer to the Senate, is not the
only colored carterer who is worth a
large amount Of money. The headwait
or at the West End Hotel, Long Branch,
has bank account of over $lOo,0'W.
The champion drunkard of the world
is a woman named Jane johnson, OF
England, now eightv-four years Of age.
She has been convicted of drunkenness
in Leeds and other towns Of Yorkshire
over two hundred times Twelve uonths
ago she joined the ranks of the SALIVA
ton Army, and FUSED no small stir bv
the thrilling stories she told of her re-
markabIe career.
A pretty orphan girl with over 81, O0O-
600 has been advertising in the German
papers for husband. She describes her.
self as 81 years DID, orphan, Catholic,
with a fortune OF II, ONO francs. She
wants 10 marry man with very hon
orahle name. She may he addressed az
n 0. G. n, at the Post Office, Brussels.
NO agents need apply.
Mr.. John B. French, formerly SER
geant-at-arms of the United States sem
ate, in his l. cture, "Ten Years Among
the Senator'S" ranks William Pitt Fess-
enden as the greater member of that
body he ever knew, but says that he
went in and out of the senate chamber
with less pretenslon than the man VINO
opened and shut the doors.
General Putnam [of wolf-killing fame)
is buried in the pretty village cemetery
half a mile southwest Of Pomfret, Conn,
en- Enclosure Of several acres, with quiet
air, green turf, sombre frs and dry SAN
dy soil In secluded corner of the
yard. among MANY broken, messy tomb
stones, a heavy table of marble lies on
wall Of brick that lifts it but Ave or six
inches from the ground. The stone is
about six feet long by two and one-hal
wide. and marks the grave Of Putnam
Fully IL third of it has been Clipped off
by relic hunters.
Mr.. Shirl of Peru, Indiana, owns sew
enty three farms in In llama that are all
in high state of cultivation. He also
owns thous snds Of acres in
Iowa. nj e residences, business
blocks without number, some Of them
be ng situa,e ed in Chicago and Indianapo-
lis three banks, several stores. and as
many mills, which he conducts himself.
The remand r Of the earth is gradually
falling into Mr.. Shirk's hands, but he Is
good man, and Will allow the rest of us
to rent from him.
Il suppose the time will come," said
General Sherman in Cincinnati the 9TH
or day. "when we decrepit old men will
be hauled around in carriages and
shown as relics. It's the way of the
world After his retirementln Novem-
Der he will live near St. Louis, in house
that he says has beef very handsomely
fixed up by Mrs. Sherman He looks fer
ward to the time with pleasure.
On board the Pacific Mail steamer
Australia is a rathe: venerable China
man called John Tuck who is nearly
bHnd, and does only light work. Many
years ago one of the company's ships
was taking cargo OIL gold from Calltor-
nia to Hong Kong A FIRE broke out,
the Chinese sailors were demoral,z I'd,
and this man controlled them. 1t was
owing to him that the crew did not seize
everything for piratical expedition.
The company would not part with John
TucE after that.
When Mr.. Carnegie, late Of Plttsburg,
visited the great Baird iron works at
Gartslaerrie on the Clyde, his comment
was: "a nice little foundry" IT. in
dignat'ou it WIS asked MIN where he
could find 81 bigger. "Why," said Mr.
Carnegie, with inperturable serenity,
Il own q bigger one myself" A bet was
made; Gartshercio representative
went back with Carnegie to Pittsburg,
and the Outcome of the Inspection there
was that the American had won the bet.