Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-24
Personal Mention.

\ EClSVlAt1l NASAUlOI. ar - ~
DR.. Power, the pastor of the Garfield
Memorial church at Washington, says
there are more church members in po-
liticaI life than one is apt to think. He
says that Senators Saunders, Judge Jere
Black, Russell Errett, Representatives
Willis, Pettibone, Money. Mcmillan and
HIT and dozen other men prominent
/ in politics are on the regular roll as
members of his congregation.
Il The Dutch government have refused
to grant the $4,000 guilders which Baron
Nordenskjold claims as the discoverer
of the northeast passage. The states
general offered this award in 1896, but
its motive was to find passage Of COM
mercial value, while Nordenskjold has
merely found q scientific" one.
The beautiful Winans place at New
port, r. l., with its famous steam organ
in the octagonal tower, is for sale. This
is the same Winans who Indignantly
walled up his Baltimore grounds be-
cause some one made q fuss about his
nude statuary. The house will be sold
because the son and daughter don't
fancy Newport Society" "
Captain Webb's death has brought
outline statement that Boynton once con-
ceived the plan Of floating down the Nj
agra rapids in his rubber suit. But with
more caution than Webb exhibited he
marked and numbered several railroad
ties and sent them ahoat above the
bridge. When they were recovered be-
low the whirlpool and Boynton saw the
ugly dents and scars upon them he
wisely turned his back upon Niagara.
Captain John Ericsson, the inventor
of naval engines of war, was eig hty
years old Tuesday. He lives in a plain
dwelling house on Beach street, New.
York. Many kilograms of congratula-'
tons REACHED him, one from Sweden
where he was born. He works very
hard, in spite of his years. He is con-
structing IN engine for solar observa-
tons and is also trying to improve his
new torpedo boat, the Destroyer.
Thirty years ago Louis Weber, a native
Of Wurtemberg, emigrated to America
and settled as farmer in Kentucky.
Lately, having amassed a competency,
he start ID for his native place, intending
to visit his sister, who was the only sur
viving member of his family, and who
had not seen him since he left home in
his youth. He hoped to give her Joy
full surprise, and looked forward with
pleasant anticipation to the reunion.
On arriving at his native village he
learned that his sister had two days be-
fore been buried. The news unnamed
him. He was taken sick, and a week
after his sisters death was laid in grave
beside hers.
II knew the Blair family WE'LL" says
an old attache of the post office depart
ment to the Washington Star, "and
used to 60 fishing with Frank and Jim.
They were bad boys, as boys are. but
Montgomery was always good. The
neigh bors sometimes used to 20 to Mr..
Blair and complain about somethi NO
that Frank or Jim had done. The old
gentleman would say rather testify: SEQ
to Mrs. Blair. They are her children,
not NINE"
The New York Evening Post, COM
menting on the suicide of Minister Bar
ca, denies that Washington is fast and
expensive city, and says: ''In fact, the
social tone of Washington is very sim
pie, unpretending, and unexacting COM
pHteu Will LuAI VI NeW 1OTK. mere is
infinitely less style and display there
than here. Although q large income
will. Of course, give certain advantages,
there is probably no large city in the
United States in which money, for it's
own sake, counts for as little as it does
it Washington.
"Roscoe Conkling," says the Wash
ington Critic, "when in the senate was
8 regarded. as the worst speller in that
body. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, was
assigned to a seat directly behind Cenk-
S ling, and soon the senator from New
4 York, who had been busily engaged in
I writing, turned to him and said: 'Sena.
tor Mitchell, how would YOU spell "wag-
: on?"' Wa go-n,' said the Orgonian.
WELL said Mr.. Conkling, I wilt imme-
diately proceed to erase e." /
spelled the word with "two g's."' On
another occasion he asked Senator
Mitchell how to spell czar, and being
told, remarked: 4 have just spelled If
tZ-a-r," SO 1 will prefix the letter
."C."' Many other eccentricities in
spelling are told of Senator Conkling.