River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-16
Personalities.

A woman undertook to battle at Long
Branch short time ago in asuit of tights
identical with the style worn by circus
riders. When she left her bathing
house en- route for the surf sqe was met
by person ia authority, who pursuaded
her it were better TO return whence she
came.
Beyond his gray hairs" says the
London Lancet, "Mr. Bright showed
hardly any traces of timewrought
changes, at the mass meetingat Briming-
ham. He spoke with all his old ease
and grace, and had evidently lost none
of that sympathetic power by which be
has so repeatedly secured the Tapt atten-
ton OF vast audiences. For nearly an
hour his voice held out clear and strong,
and only after he had been successfully
calling upon it to carry his words to 90
600 persons for that time did he get
hoarse. To those who recall how Mr.
Bright has twice been laid aside from all
work for considerable periods by serious
illness, it will be particularly gratifying
that he is enjoying such hale old age.
Such lives as Mr.. Bright's have other
than political lessons to teach"
Private advices from Cascopedia river,
in Canada, state that Governor General
Lorne ard the Princess Louise are hav-
ing unusual luck at angling. A large
number of splendid salmon were for
warded to the government house at
Ottawa, and several splendid specimens
sent to the queen The party leaves
Thursday for months sojourn at the
citadel at Quebec. Chester A. Arthur,
son of President Arthur, and a party
are spending few days with the vice
regal party, and are enjoying the sport
immensely. The vice-regal party will
return to Ottawa the last week in Au-
gust, after having visited Toronto.
The Sumter (Ga) Republican tells of
bashful youth who fell in love with a
damsel, and after counting her by proxy
made preparations to marry. The day
was fixed and the guests assembled
The parson was on hand and the bride
ready, but the groom did not material
re. The friend who had done the
| counting went out, and after looking
around found him sitting or lying in a
| horse trough. On asking him why he
did not 60 to the house to be married
lie said: ooh, can't go thar and stand
before them folks" ooh, yes. you
can; everybody in there is married but
your girl. Come on" "Get her to
come out doors, and we'll marry under
| the shed, but let the old folks STAY in
| the house." The friend went back, got
| the girl and parson out without exciting
| suspicion, and they were married. The
company waited two or three hours, and
on being invited to supper were intro
| duced 10 the bride and groom. They
| became so indignant that they all left
without partaking OF the supper
The woman found dead beside the
body OF Horace S. Shepard, in room
on Twenty-second street, New York,
was recognized as Mrs. A. G. Kelley.
She was As years old, and the mother OF
five children Shepard was a shipping
| clerk with firm of safe manufacturers.
| His father is clergyman, the Rev. =. l.,
| Shepard, and is the head of large
school in Saybrook, Conn. A letter adj
| dressed him by his son, and written ten
days ago, declapd the purpose OF him
self and his wife. Kittie, to die together,
and asked that they be buried in one
grave. The letter states that they had
| been secretly married, and had been
very happy together, but that death
seemed pleasantto them. The police
infer that there was, some opposition in
Shepard's home to his marriage, and
| that this was at the bottom of the trag-
edy. To his best friends Shepard's
marriage was unknown.
A colored sister of the Methodist
faith who was looking on at the INNER
sion of a company of Baptist converts in
A III oth
so interested in the spectacle as to ven
| ture close to the waters edge. The of
| ficiating clergyman, whether through
| malice or ignorance will probably never
| be known, seized and soused her into
the water before she had time to object.
| She came up too much out of breath to
| speak, and under she went again. 6fter
| the second dip she emerged, clawing the
air wildly, aud shouting: "G'way from
| here! Don't you chuck me under ag'in,
| you niggerp But the clergyman was
| inexorable and sent her to the bottom
third time. When finally she had
| escaped from his clutches and stood
| dripping upon the shore, she shook her
| fist and screamed: sob, III fix you!
| I'll bust the head often you, you or'nary
| trashl sousin' me and nearly drownin'
me, when you Hnow'd well enough all
| de time dat Tse Methodist and been
christeDed by dem OATS your betters,
and knows mo- bout 'ligion den all de
Baptists dat ebber shouted, Won mis'ablC
black scuml and me got de rheumatic
enough to set me crazy! IN see what
de law kin do for you! I'll have you
rested dis very day, or my names not
Johanna johnson, you woolly-headed-
| herrin'! You hear me?" Then Johanna
went home to change her clothes and
the ceremony proceeded.