The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-11-23
Personal Gossip.

Personal Gossip.
The Rev. DR.. William Shelton. rector
fist. Paul's Episcopal Church. Buffalo
who died recently, be ,ueathed $1,000 to
that church, $2,o0D to De Veaux College
1t Suspension Bridge. SO, 900 to Hobart
College, 80, 900 o Trinity Church, South
port-t Conn, and 1910 to st. Johns
Church, Bridgeport, Conn.
MI. AlcHtt, the Concord philosopher,
who will be eighty-four years old next
month, is better this fall, but he is al.
licted with "heterophemy," or, more
J plainly, the wrong word will come to his
n,nd when the right idea is there. He
Sili say, for instance "The chair is
anxious" when he means "The day is
pleasant"
General Sherman has received houses
md other presents worth $4,000 since
ae BECAME General of the ARMY. exclu-
sive of the $40 1000 worth Of diamonds
given by the khedive to Mrs. Fitch, and
since divided among the Generals
daughters. For the past fifteen years
he has been paid Sl7 $40 q year. and he
will draw this salary until his death.
Mr.. Hotchkiss is said by the Army
and Navy Register to be making piles q
money at his gun works at St. Denis,
near Paris, France. There is a heavy
demand for his revolving cannon, and
he bids fair to be rhany tunes a mil
lionaire." Mr.. Hotchkiss' father is still.
living at Bridgeport, Conn, where the
family long have been connected with
various manufacturing enterprises
A so-callcd American duel has Just
been concluded between two ladies at
Grosswardein, in Hungary. A married
actress, Nine. Gethfalvi, who has at
tempted suicide in that city, wrote a let
ter saving that she had entered into an
American duel. concerning her husband
with Il lady in Vienna, and had drawn
the fatal lot. Mme. Gethialvi, however,
is still alive, though her condition is re-
ported to be hopeless.
A Washington correspondent writes
that in mt Of the departments at Wash
Ington Il needy female descendant of
George W%ashington's relatives was ap-
pointed not long ago, it vas understood
at the solicitation of General w. S. Han
cock and others who knew Of her merits
and necessities. In the War Depart
ment is a grand-ni' ce of kosciusko. l,
is understood that Ex-Governor Curtin.
who is deeply interested in her welfare,
secured her appointment. In the In
terror Department is employed a great
granddaughter of Thomas Jeff rson Her
ltlle salary supports her aged and inva-
lid mother, who is the last sur wing
qrandchild of Jefferson.
Two rich Polish landlords agreed to
Isolate two hens, two ducks and two
geese from the poultry yard, and al ow
them to multiply for fifteen years. SUI
perhuous male and manned female birds
could be sold, but the total sale was not
TO exceed ten per cent. OF the whole
flock at the close Of fifteen years. At
the end of that term the possessor of
the largest flock was to get the smaller
flock and 10000 rubles in cash, to be
distributed among charitable institl.
tons. Upon settling The bet a short
time ago the loser mad 1899 hens, go
ducks and 216 geese Il total of 2,69b
ilirds. the winner had l OS4 hens, 965
ducks and gese, a total Of 2,s44 birds.
Sarah Bernh,rdt's husband has at last
made a genuine hit on the Paris stage in
Feuillet's "Parislan Romance" He
will soon. however, run foul of a ro-
nance of another kind, in real life, for
NJ. Mayer is going to bring suit against
him and Sarah for S 5000 tor breach of
contract, with good prospect of win
ming. If Mayer does win, Damala won't
be able to pay the damages, and Sarah
says that rather than pay them she will
| 90 to prison with her husband, even at
the risk of there eifecting a reconcillia-
lion with him-almost the last thing in
the world, presumably. she cares to do.
A provincial tradcsman having eaten
an excellent dinner at u Paris restau-
rant the other day deliberately blew out
his brains and expired at thu table. In
front of him WAS a piece Of paper coi,-
tanning these significant observations:
oysters are good for the stomach;
old wine tends to prolong lite; but poll
tics are the baae of existence. There
fore | kill myself" Tire tradesman, t
seems, in selecting a restaurant as the
scene of his departure, was only follow
;n3 the latest Partisan fashion liz sui
cides.
An inmate Of the Tosus military asy-
lnm, near Augusta, Me-, who received
81 1880 back pension money last August,
babe his comrades goodbye, saying he
would never be seer at the home again,
II HE'D him off to Boston, where he
took rooms at a high-priceh hotel. and
| anioved himself and entertained new
found friends with great %lavishness.
Last week he went back to the home on
a railroad pass sen to him by the a
, ayers, and without a dollar in his pocket