River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-01-25
POPULAR PERSONALS.

Gen. sherman's son Thomas T. Sherman,
who is preparing for ttp priesthood al Wood
stock tCathoiicl co lspe fn.s Maryland, lectured
in Bal illore recently 81 The Inauisitinn, his
mosLer and aistar lachel being among his
hearers.
The home of Robeftrgonnbs is close by the
spot of his birth. at Washington, Co.. and he
has never lived eleeMlpfs Fifty years ago"
he sad recently, Il bDnght my wife 70 this
kOnse a bride. and heis we have lived all tlese
years We have beenblessed more than the
most, and thank Got for it
Mrs. Langtry explained to reporter Of the
Chicago qfibuha the cher day that Mr. A. ].
LAngtIIy, who arrived IN New YORK recently
from Europe, Is ,efusin Of her husbanl'e.
He liyts in Brooklyn When asked: Then
there Is ne brosp sct of your husband coming
trst now!p she replied: 81 am sorry to say M.
Poor man, he can't spare the time to come over
just now. H can't afford to } ave ibis bus'-
ness for fonfl months lou know i Is expen-
siye travelling, AID Aeie IN trouble just now
ind has TO stay in England. wish that il were
differ emit
Charles Z. Upton, he Rochester bank de-
fauler, Is reported Il have said that the cause
Of his ruin was the eeeiris storm 81 Nov. 10.
dispatch ordering his hfakers 10 sell his oil
stock was delayed niae hours All thereby hrs
last chance to,unIaadRpe profit was l6st Be-
fore his dispatch eoud 10 delivered the bot
tom had dropped out 2f the oil market
Water Lang3on Of Paris, France, has prom
ised to give The state af New Hampshire an oil
picture OF Hon Woo bury Lansdou, a brother
of Gov John Iangdon.of tho revolution. The
donor is rela i've OF ne above distinguished
men, porfraita OF Hin. Edmund Burke of
Newport, and Hon Thomas WhIpple, Jr., of
Wentworth, both deceased Representatives TO
congress, will coon be placed in the capitol al
Concord,
A constant source If unharpness to Louis
Blanc, the French agitahr, who died the other
day was his dwarfsh .ize. The wife of an
English church dignitafy once almost drove
him into a tit of suicida. frenzy by asking him
when he was detained il hef country house by
. storm, whethef he wtild mind Sleeping in
chllds bed. Another aay, at Brighton, he was
rendered extremely Nletehed because no was
taken at the pavilion for Gen. Tom Thumb
An old lady said to him:' 'You darling, must
really kiss you" He took his short Stature
from the CefsiIsn side 81 he hon5e.
1he venerable Rev. Titus Com, D. n, a
widely known aid veteran IN ssinnary of the
American board It the Sandwich islands, died
at Hilo, Dec. 2, / the age of eightyrtwo. lie
had been i'll for some time For more tina
fifty years he lal been a minister.of the & spei
to the people of hesa isaa 81 among whom he
bore the character Ct genuine apostle and
father His labQfs have been Of inest mable
value, and the lOs OF his wise counsel. and
bsnetcent influence viii log be depfored by
the people 10 Whsse Weliaie nc gave MS me
Gen Lilley, prominent citizen of Mauch
Chunk, Pa las add essed letter TO Mr.. j. B
Bogert, ex-cbairn3n Of the Democratic State
Central committee of Penn yIvauia, and editor
of the Wllkesbarre Union Leader, in which he
charges that of 50, 300. 600 collected by Mr.,
Evans, VINO vas aTt ointed agent for Penusyl-
vania to settle with the United States govern
ment for advances mad during the war, not one
dollar was ever covered INTO the treasury of
Pennsylvania The general says he knows OF
six men who hid $500, 600 each of the sum
collected by Efans.