The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-09-22
Noted People.

Nj. Jay 1uulu udS Ue6H never 10 T6-en-
gage a man whom he has once dis
charged.
Oscar Wilde threatens to publish a
new volum of poems before Christmas.
Monsieur Victor Hugo has "a foul of
the majesty of the law. His name is
posted among the delinquent tax. pay
ers of jersey for non-payment of ia xes
on two dogs.
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson's ten-year-old
child calls him&"Joe."
Some important information may be
cleaned from the biography of Mr..
Buchanan where he wa minister to the
Court of st. James. The Prince Consort
wrote te him "My Dear Nr. Buchanan, =
her majesty addressed him as my
good friend, )" and signed herself" Always
your good friend, Victoria r."
Gladys Lady Lonsdale, the london
beauty, daughter Of Lord Herbert of
Lea, and widow of the late Earl Of LOIS
dale, is to be married to Luke White, q
young Irish officer of the Guards, eldest
son OF the Earl of Annaly.
Lord Charles Beresford is noted for
giving curious presents. Some time ago
ne gave the Princess of Wales a sandy
bull. dog, mathematical by every shep-
herd WHO has ever seen him, and he
once sent a young bride as a wedding
present four silver salt-cellars in the
shape of cradles, with pap-spoo1s to ac-
company them.
Miss Chamberlain, the American beau
ty who is supposed to have turned many
srown d heads of Europe, is rumored to
have cast her choice on a wealthy cattle
dealer of Wyoming, j IS. Cairns.
Ex-Governor Stanford of California
recently bought 1900 acres adjoining
his big vineyard at Vina, in that state.
This gives him one great ranch of over
$4,000 acres, about a quarter of which is
planted with vines. The governor in
tends TO plant it all with the beet wine
producing and raisin grapes.
Bronson Howard, the dramatist, who
is living on royalties from his plays, in
ENGLAND, is the possessor of a double
tricycle. on which he and his wife, and
whatever supplies they feel like CARRYING,
make twenty mile and thirty-mile trips
about the country.
Speaking Of the Irving dinner, the
London World says; "Mr. Lowell's was
the best speech that n%ight-racy, smart,
and short. The other replies to the
toasts were ridiculous. Professor Tyn-
dali muttered the secrets of science to
the grand piano, and MI. Tadema said a
few words in double Dutch to the top
button of his waistcoat. / thought Mr..
Toole's speech-the little allusion to his
own theater excepted-in good taste,
and c~leverly and pleasantly given"
Little Miss Shearer, of St~onersyille,
Pa, is thirteen years of age, only thirty
inches high, weighs but twelve pounds
and has a head only an inch and a half
in diameter. She can not walk, speak
nor see, but hears well and likes music.
The very gallant Senator Grady ard
the silver-tongued Eeclesine were get.
ting off a train at a New York Elevated
station. when the former noticed a
blooming and rosy-cheeked girl behind
him on the platform. tShalI | not help
you to alight?" he asked, extending his
plump hand and lifting the straw hat
that covered his ambrosial curls. Thank
you very mlefi,n replied the pretty
damsel, with a ravishing smile, '.but I
don't smoke"
Victor Hugo has not relaxed any of
bis tasks since his arrival at Villeneuve.
and, although he devotes the greater
part Of his day 10 enjoying the beauties
of his locality, he invariably works from
Ga. IA. until 10 a. IN. His mode of writ
ing Is singular, several small tables be-
ing distributed about his salon, and COW
cred with manuscripts of the various
subjects ON which he is engaged, and he
passes from one to the other as ideas on
any subject occur to him. On the news
Of the death of Comte de Chansbord
reaching him he seemed profoundly af-
fected, but made no remark beyond ex-
claiming, eliza bien souffert."
N, English fortunes have ever been
accumulated by individuals in England
equal to those of Stewart and Wander
bilt. The largest personality was that
of Mr.. Brassey, the great railroad con-
tractor, thirty millions of dollars. The
next largest was that Of Mr.. Morrison,
dry goods, twenty millions of dollars,
with real estate equal to some three mill
lions five hundred thousand dollars more.
Il The Duke of W~estminster's realty can
fall little snort OF one hundred millions
of dollars, but his father only left tour
millions personality, and this included a
famous collection of pictures.
MI. w. w. Taylor, English millionaire
on landing from the steamer that
brought him over to New YORK had his
pocketspicked of $4,000 in crafts. Ee
drives to Fifth Avenue hotel. informs
the clerk he has lost So, 600 and desires
an officer. Detective Prior arrives.
Mr.. Taylor can't recollect the name Of
bank in New York in which drafts arc
on. Detective Pryor begins to think him
q fraud. Mr.. Taylor sends to the Office