The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
PERSONAL MENTION.

PERSONAL MENTION.
Senator J. D. Cameron of Pennsylvania
has been under the treatment of Sir Henry
Thompson, q famous specialist surgeon of
London, who has been remarkably success
;fulwith his patient, who bids fair to return
home with his health auitessrestored. Sir
Henry has laid an interdictiOn on cham
payne, however, greatly to Mr.. CamerOn's
disgust. Mr.. Cameron is said to have been
very successful at Ascot races as under the
advice of Hon. Tom Ochiltree lie won 81, 500
on one race.
Los Angeles (Cal.) Evening Express of
recent date contains the announcement of
the election of Thomas j. Cuddy as chief of
police of that city. Mr.: Cuddy is st. Paul
boy who went to California few years ago.
For the past three years he has been cap.
tain of police of that city. and hie promo
ton is due to the fact that he is yonng
man OF intelligence and many sterling
qualities to use the language Of the Los
Angeles Express. e
E1-President Rutherford B. Hays of
Ohio, Howard Potter, Theodore w. Dwight
and Morris K. Jessup OF New York, Charles
F. Coffin of Richmond. Ind, and Fred.
Wines of Springfield, ILL.,, unite in call for
all corporate members of the National pris-
on association, and others interested in
prison reform, to meet in Saratoga on Sept.
7, to reorganize the association, and con-
discussion, as may then be brought forward.
Montgomery Blair ranked eighteenth in
his class at West Point. Among his class
were Gen. George w. Merrill. Gen. John IL.
Martindale, Gen, George G. Meade. Gen.
Henry M. Nagley, Gen. Herman Haupt
Gen. Marsena r. Patrick and Gen. Benja-
min S. Roberts.
The representatives OF the Western Press
Association numbering about eighty per-
sons, arrived in St. Paul Thursday evening,
en- route to the Northern Pacific, and were
| dined and wined. They came through
| from Chicago in about eleven hours and q
half.
Thomas Barbour ba lie adieu to Benedic-
ia Price at Liverpool twenty years ago
and came to America to seek his fortune.
He found it, and she arrived in Philadel-
phia tLis week on the steamer British
Crown, and found Thomas waiting to re-
ceive and marry her.
| Johnny Heating, the famous light weight
| pueulist, is now one of the foreman of Lor-
lizards tobacco factory in New Jersey City,
and is well liked by bis employers. He is
neat and as natty as ever, with shoulders
just as square, and with step just as sturdy.
| 1t is said that $40, 600 was the price paid
| Gen. Trevino of Mexico to postpone his
presidential aspirations, thus favoring Gen.
Diaz and that Trevino has already drawn
$4,000 from the Laredo custom house as
| part payment.
Senator Crane of Kansas offered the Ma
rine Ladies Aid society IS if they would
make a quilt without speaking q word.
| Twenty-three ladies met at the parsonage,
made the quilt, and earned the money in
two hours.
| Thurlow Weed says in his autobiography
that he smoked cigars during ffty-four
years of his life, and by careful computation
is sure he gave away $4,000 during that
| time.
N. K. Fairbank, the Chicago lard million
aire, denies he is trying to get up a corner
in his favo,ite produce. He has 10000 to
| 10000 derces on hand, however.
The late Daniel Hersey ofNashau N. H.,
left $50 900 for public library, on con-
| dition that the CITY purchase suitable
| site.
Nellie Arthur and her cousins have gone
| in the United States steamer Dispatch for
cruise along the New England coast.
The Apollo knights of Chicago have
turned homeward. A few continue on
longer tours to Switzerland and Italy.
Chief Justice Waite writes that be is rap
idly recovering from the injuries sustained
by his accident.
Maj. Maginnis thinks that Montana's
present prospects for admission are slen.
der.
| George Hinneline' of Minneapolis, died
| of cancer of the stomach on Aug. S.