Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-03
Personal Mention.


The story of the assassination OF Lord
Cavendish and Secretary Burke, as told
by the car driver Kavanaugh, at Dublin,
on Saturday, if it shall be confirmed by
other proof, will result in the convlctlon
and execution of the assassins; ten I'D
number.
At the recent dinner, in Boston, Of
the New England Graduate Association
of Alpha Delta Phi, the Rev. e. e. Hale
told, in the course Of his speech, OF
letter which was written by friend OF
James Russell Lowell's graduation. He
wrote that James Lowell had fallen III
his studies, and the faculty were rather
down on him, but the boys liked him
and had chosen him class poet; and that
his father, hearing this, had said: On
dear! James promised me that De womb
give up writing poetry and go 10 WORK.
The Rev. Dr. Marquis, of the Lafay-
cite Park Presbyterianchurch, st. Louis,
did not wear the Genevan robe In ms
pulpit last Sunday, two members Oh ms
church having gone to him and, as ne
publicly said. in the kindest, tenderest
manner, convinced him that their spif-
itual comfort had been disturbed by bis
wearing the gown. Regarding it, there
fore. as a mere matter of personal taste,
he. in Difference to what he believed to
be the conscientious scruples OF these
persons, cheerfulIy surrendered ms own
preferences.
Miss Montague, the $4,000 champion
beauty, while on the witness stand the
other day in her suit against Forepaugn,
confessed that she was the proprietor OF
a olooy Lopf in tha mama of man VINO
lives with her but is not her husband.
If handsome is as handsome does, Miss
Montague's charms are lneager.
A young lady in Washington society
succeeds in comprising within the Inn
its of single day luncheon, twenty
one calls, three afternoon teas, dinner
three parties anda German, Yet wo>-
man is called the weaker vessel.
In letter to Mrs. Lucy Stone, writ
ten lately, Miss Alcott makes complaint
against women for devoting "their ener.
gies to church and charities, or to the
narrow road of domestic duties"
Anthony Trollope's will has Just been
proved. The value of the personal e.
tate amounts to over $4,000. He
leaves half the profits of his literary
property to his wife, Mrs. Rose Trollope,
for life $40, 900 to his wife's sister, Flor
enca Nightingale Bland; his library to
his son, Henry Merivale Trollope, and
the residue Of the estate to be held in
trust for his wife during her life time.
Ata recent musical soiree in Vienna
young musician had been engaged to play
some dance music. He arrived, but en
hearing that Johann Strauss was among
the guests refused to play. Finally he
was persuaded to do So. but took the
first opportunity to approach the waltz
king and ask his pardon for presumlng
to play in his presence, as he EYss quite
ignorant of eounte-point. ooh, calm
Yourself nv young friend" said Strauss,
giving him his hand, II, too, have not
the faintest knowledge of the subject"
Judge Cowing, of the court of general
sessions, New York, has sentenced Law
renee Billiard, to years imprisonment
for trying to hang himself while drunk.
This is the second conviction Tor this
crime. since the new code went into eff
feet. the first of January. It's very dis
couraging to would-be suicides. certain
ly.
Mrs. Langtry's husband is "a queer
sort of man" and owns some property
in Ireland. 1t appears that his agent
wrote 10 him saying that the tenants de,
handed lower rents and had threatened
to resort to the shot gun policy to secure
them. Mr.. Iangtry seized pen and pa
per and wrote back as follows: Dear
Sir: You may say to my tenants that
any threats to shoot you will not intimi-
date me-