The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-22
Mere Mention Of Persons Oh Not,

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ing to settle row.
A very artistic and pretty souvenir
in form of q bronze medallion Of himsel
has been presented to friends ssand pc
irons by Mr.. Il. w. Keene. IL is reall,
what it seems, mot pasteboard faced witt
Dutch metal, and as memento OF tht
actor. worthy of preservation.
The Princess Dolgorouki Ia still II
deep mourning for her royal lover, the
czar of Russia. They threw her out o
St. Petersburg, and her gripsack aftel
her, but they couldn't deprive her o
her loyalty to the memory Of the stern
old monarch she loved.
John Gould, the father of Jay, was th'
first white child born in Roxbury. jay
was known at school as "bawi baby
Monsignor Capel The requests that hi
name be pronounced Cay-ple, and no
| Capple) expresses TO a reporter wish
| to have been born Jew, and then tc
| have become Christian.
Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri, says he
has made Frank James no promises. II
Minnesota demands Frank James for
trial on the charge of completely with
the Northfleid robbery and murder,
Missouri will have to give him up or
Cri:tenden will be stutifed.
The Boston Globe denies with some
warmth the intimation that Sarah Bern
hardt wears pasted in the crown of her
Sunday bonnet this old quotation from
Marguerite de Valois: I'VE shall all be
perfectly virtuous when there is no
longer any flesh on our bones"
II is said that the return OF Sir Evelyn
Wood to England is not SO much due to
the anxiety of the ministers to confer
with him in regard to Egyptian matters
as to ascertain his willingness to proceed
to South Africa in the capacity of COVER
nor of Natal.
The young American ladies who assist
ed Lady Waterlow in the American stall
at the great fishery fete, among whom
were the daughters of Mr.. John Bicelow,
all wore the stars and stripes in shoul.
der knots.
The Boston Herald is inclined to sus-
pect that Mrs. Langtry's notion, that
married lady can be adequately chape-
roned by her .."maid" and club man
protected by his valet, while they are
travelling around together in q private
car, is too innocent to have been picked
up in America.
The eminent German author, Levin
Schucking. whose death was recently
announced. leaves two brothers in Wash
ington-Alfred Schucking, consular
agent of the German Empire, and DIR.
Prosper J.. Schucking, Of the depart
ment of state.
A Mr.. Ansorge, of Wisconsin, has
adopted novel way Of advertising his
wife. He warns people not to trust her on
his account, as she has left his bed and
board, and winds up with the following
wicked stab at her regulations: "She
having left number Of small children
uncared for, take this opportunity to
request their respective fathers to call
and identify their own and take them
away, as l feel that / have supported
them long enough"
Willie Russell, the four-year old son
of Mr.. Sol. Smith Russell, the commedi-
an, is dead.
Mr.. Joseph Hatton, while preparing
for the press Mr.. Irving's impressions
Of America" will also work upon biog-
raphy OF the actor, which he has in
hand.
Mr. Robert Goldman has been chosen
temporary president Of the Fit t;hburg
He is the Oldest member OF
the board OF directors, having been elect
ed in 1874.
Col. Alfred Aylward, commanfer 6f--
the English forces in the Transvaal In
1877, in the war with the Beers, has fur
open letter TO Jonn Dcyey, HurpOr orr
the Irish Nation, calling on him to ap-
point within ten days five or seven arbi-
traitors from the Irish National Benevo-
ent associations Of Illinois, to try and
decide as to the truth or falsity of the
made in the editorial columns OF the
Nation. In this connection he gives an
account of his service In the Transvaal.
The Live Oak F'la.) Bulletin states
that the other day Captain Powell. OF
the convict guards, was surprised by re-
ceiving message from William Tyner,
an escaped convict, to the effect that II
he would promise not to punish him for
escaping he would voluntarily return.
The captain made the promise, and next
in walked William, armed with
! huge pistol, which he unbuckled and
landed Captain Powell, saying: There,
,aptaln, take II and put me to work.
he has about eighteen months to serve
ret.
ut has been particularly noticed late
y" says London Truth, "that the
daughters of the prince and princess OF
Wales are always dressed with great
leatness and with charming simplicity.
L would be well IL the mothers Of many
II the other children, and what Lord
Beaconsfield termed unfiedged girls,
Who are constantly seen about, were to
initiate the princess in this respect,
Ind array their offspring in quiet style
which would be more In accordance
With their years than the gaudy cos
umes which their distempered lanoies
cad them to think becoming"
Tom Thumb died comparatively young
or dwarf. Richard Gibson, miniature
PAINTER ahd court dwarf to Charles /.
ived to be seventy.fse, and his dwarf
vile, Ann Shepard, to be eighty-fve.
'r Geoffrey Hudson, dwarf and diplo-
natist TO Charles H., expired at sixty
hiDVy 0hN viz httlS kChNfSiuou y AhAG -
hortened by his incarceration, on sus-
,icion Of his connivanee In the Popish
blot, in the gatehouse at Westminster,
where he died. The far-famed Polish
lwarf. Count Borulawski. for whom
ieorge ~. provided, died also at an ad-
ranced age. Dwarfs are letter consti-
uted, so Bsrnum says, than giants, both
and physically.
An English traveller in Ireland, gree
" for information, and always finger
ng the note book in his breast pocket,
.ot into the same railway carriage with
certain Roman Catholic archbishop.
ignorant of his rank. and only perceiv-
ng that he was divine, he questioned
lim pretty closely about the state Of the
whisky-drinking. etc. At last
le said: "You are q parish priest your
elf. of course?" His grace drew him
elf up. "I..was one, SIR" he answered
With icy gravity. Dear, dearl" was the
ymDathetic rejoinder; "that accursed
rink, supposed"