Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-08-10
Personal Mention.

Ex-Governor Hartman, of New
Hampshire, who has just been stricken
with paralysis, wasa Universalist preach
er before the war, and gave up his
church to command regiment in the
Army of the Potomac. He used to be
the ablest stump speaker in the state.
Nine. Jenny Lind Goldschmit has
written letter to the London Times, in
which she declares that the report of an
interview with her, printed in some
American papers aed copied into Eng
lish papers, was fabricated. No osuch in
terview ever took place.
General F. S. Spinner, ex-United
States treasurer, who spends his winters
In study and peaceful pursuits of science
in cosy home at jacksonville, Fla, has
returned north for the summer at Lam
caster, n. II.
Discussion having rearisen as to Mr..
Tilden's age, it is settled by reference to
the American Cyclopedia, which says
he was born in New Lebanon, Columbia
county, n. Y, on FEBRUARY 8, 1914. He
is, therefore, in his 10th year.
The Troy Times thinks Jay Gould
showed lack of sound sense in paying
100000 for his yacht and only $50 900
for his tomb, as his residence in the
tomb will be of longer duration than all
his yacht cruises. On the other hand
it strikes Us that our friend Jay did Just
right. a 100000 yacht will afford him
heaps of fun and be the envy of the
yachting world. An $4,000 tomb will
afford him no enjoyment at all, and is
q good enough tomb for any dead man.
Miss Ada Parker is girl of nineteen.
who lives on a cotton plantation two
miles from Monroe, La. For the last
four years she has had exclusive charge
of the place, upon which her widowed
mother, sister, and two younger brothers
reside, supporting them all by her in
dustry. She is her own overseer, SUPER
brawny son of Ceres knows better how
to raise a crop or handle labor.
Hurbe, father of the three great Mex
lean milllonaires who own the most val
liable estates in the city of Mexico, be-
gan life as mule driver. Senores. the
eldest son, lives quietly with his family.
The second, Don Manuel, is bachelor
and spends most Of his time in New
York and Paris. The third, Don Felipe,
married Senorita Elena Muruaga,
daughter Of the then Spanish minister
in Mexico.
The manner in which Barnum first in
troduced Tom Thumb was ingenious.
The Snowman had large pocket made
in his coat, and at a certain hour every
day Tom would get into it. Then Bar
mum would enter the museum halls and
mingle with the crowd. People would
press about him soon and ask where
Tom Thumb was. Barnum would pre-.
tend to be astonished and inquire: "Whv
isn't he here?" Then he would call out
General General! where are you?"
Tom would instantly pop his head out OF
the pocket aud shout: Here am, Mr.
BarnumW
The Hartford Times relates that as
long ago as lS41 daughter of John
Knickerbocker, of Waterford, N. Y,
was visiting Mrs. l.. H. sigourney in
Hartford, and one evening she said
"When l was in Bridgeport last week /
saw the finest, funniest little fellow
in the world. The friends whom was
visiting wanted me to go to children's
ScnOOl 10 see Lne smallest DOy tDat ever
attended any school. | went, and the
schoolmistress called up ''Charlie, y
when q little mite Of q fellow came and
stood on her held .out hands and recited
his letters" That lit lie fellow was
Charles Sherwood Stratton.
1t is not perhaps, generally known
that Pope Leo XIII is not only writer
but a poet With becoming modesty,
however he has confined his poetic effu.
sons entirely to the Latin tongue. The
St. James Gazette is not very enthusias.
tic over these productions. eve have
looked through the volume of verses
just published" it says "and we sar
say with absolute certa inty that ar
average Elton boy could give points tc
his holiness in the matter of Latin yer
ses. But Of course as the work of .
Pope it will have certain circulation
and it is at least as well worth perusint
as the little volumes which formed the
stock of the Milan and Florence book
sellers in the last century"
Facetial.
Notice in a Hoboken ferry boat: "The
seats in this cabin are reserved for ladies