Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-04-13
Personal Gossip.

Personal Gossip.
Professor Gabriel Campbell, of Bow
doin College, has decided to accept the
chair ofintellectual and moral philosophy
at Dartmouth College.
Maurice Kingsley, a son of the cele-
DRAFTED Charles Kingsley, and a young
man of decided literary talent, is at pres
ent an employee in the city engineers Of
! fee at Buffalo,
Mr.. Livingston of New York city is
just the American "lion" in Flor
ence and may be often met in the Cas-
cine, the fashionable park of that city,
driving sixteen and sometimes twenty
horses. He is a hale and hearty GENTLE
man of over sixty years and always drives
| himself.
William Taylor, of Rock Creek, Wy
oming, is a lucky man. He has discov-
cred a mountain of natural soap large
enough to keep the whole human race
clean for all time. Not only is this ex-
cellent product smooth, firm and en-
oilient, but it possesses some peculiar
quality which makes it the deadliest
Zoe to dirt and grease ever put upon the
market; and the owner confidently Tex
poets that it will o%utcleanse the famous
article warranted by Josh Billings ''to
take the spot off coach dog in three
days"
That indefatigabie young man, Evan
geiist Harrison, distinguishing himself
by new triumphs over the forces of
Satan in Illinois. At Decatur he has
been conducting n revival ofunusual size
and power. Mora than 500 sinners have
professed conversion. The churches Of
nearly all the denominations known as
Evangelical unite in brotherly fellow
ship over this revival, and are happy in
welcoming the Boy Preacher as their
helper. Most of the harvest comes to
the Methodist church.
They think they have discovered in
Portland, Oregon, the meanest man on
the Pacific coast. Some benevolent la
dies contributed money to buy a stove
for a poor widow and placed it in his
hands. He made the purchase, but
kept the new stove himselfand gave the
poor widow his old one. The ladies
threaten to roast him on it.
The crown princess of Germany is an
assiduous reader Of English and Ger
man books and newspapers, and keeps
herself we'll acquainted with all that is
going on in politics and society in both
countries. She pays especial attention
to all phases of radical and religious agi-
tation, and never rejects without study
ing it a new idea, no matter how vio-
lently expressed in print. Zone may
fish for pearls in any waters" she ex-
plains; adding, but / haven't found
any yeti
A revival of stories about Lincoln is
now in progress. The latest reminis-
cence relates to his feelings toward the
south at the close of the war, and his
lack of anxiety about the capture Of
jeff. Davis. When an officer called up
on the president to ascertain the dispo-
sition of the government toward the late
head of the deiunct c~onfederacy, Mr..
Lincoln told him the story of the tenn
perance lecturer who expressed an in
clinatlon for q stick in his lemonade, if
ii could be put in unbeknown to him.
Now said Mr.. Lincoln ''if JEFF. Davis
should contrive to quit the country I'M
beknown to him, | am not prepared to
say but that we should be able to get
along very comfortable without him.
The ome of Pittsburg are much ex-
cited over the size of Mrs. Langtry's feet.
1t was discovered the other day that the
actress had sent her shoes to the shoe
makers for repairs. Abevy of the fair
est of Pittsburg's daughters sent 81 COM
mittee around to the shop to borrow the
shoes. In triumph they bore the shoes
back to the crowd of girls who sat wait
ing in their stocking feet. One girl af,
ter another tried to put on Mrs. Lang
try's shoes. Not one succeeded. Tn e
shoes were too small for their feet. No
more funny remarks are made about
Mrs. Langtry's "No. 49,"
A suit brought by Mrs. Fanny Nor
daunt against Frank Mordaunt to com
pei an allowance for maintenance is nov
pending in New York. Mrs. Mord aunt's
counsel asked an order from the court
for temporary allowance, and said his
client was actually starving. Justice Pow.
crs looked at the lady's sealskin cloak,
trimmed with sea otter fur, and remark
ed: ''rhe most absurd thing, | think,
| ever saw was in the play called "Ro-
nance ola Poor Young Man." where
the poor young man was shown dying
Of starvation in a garrett with a very fine
pair of new boots on his feet, their clean
new soles turned up to the audience"