Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-12-20

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THE oldest veteran of 1872 is Major
Charles Oakley, of Norwood, N. j., whc
is in his 9th year.
MARIE VAN ZANDr, the great singer,
is granddaughter of the late Signor
Blitz, the ventriloquist. Her age is %.
KING Louis, of Bavaria, has com-
manded series Of private performances
OF " Parsifal for his own special graft
ication. ~ i7'sl0.
NINE. DE La RAMEE. who writes under
the pen-name of "Ouida, denies the
report that she has become Roman
Catholic.
PROFESSOR MAn1ET, president of the
faculty OF the University of Texas, has
accepted chair in the University Of
Virginia. g.
PROFESSOR CHARLES s. HASTINGS, Of
Johns University, has accepted pro.
fessorship in the Sheffield School Of
Science at Yale.
Mrs. JOHN Hill BURTON, widow of
the famous Scotch historian and anti.
quariap, has published book in Eng
land called "My Home Farm"
JOHN j. MoELHoNE, the chief of the
Official stenographers of the house at
Washington, has been in the service OF
TINT body as an official reporter nearly
thirty-Gve years.
IT is now asserted that William Y,
Buttes, the cowboy poet" was never
on the plains, that he is clerk in the
department of state at Washington, and
that his nnme ls Adee. "
MIR. ". S. GILBERT, the dramatist. is
said to receive $4,000 year from his
copyrights. He once, years ago, ap-
Piled for position as captain in cav
airy regiment, but, fortunately for him
self and tho world, was not able to pass
the required examination.
QUEEN V1croR1A is passionately fond
OF baked apples. The walnut is another
favorite of hers. She has a dish Of these
nuts constantly prepared, with the shells
removed and every bit of brown skin
taken off, leaving the nut white and
whole. i-ft i1.slg7':
KATE, Lonise, Emma and Josephine,
the four daughters Of Joseph W. Drexel,
OF New York, were honored in the nam.
ing OF the German colony in Worcester
County, Maryland. The new town is
called Klej Grange, the sKlej" being
the initial letters of the four daughters.
ADMIRAL SANTo the new Italian min.
lister OF marine, is tifty-three and son of
g general. Hei is reputed very able
officer. In the battle of Lissa, 1866, he
sank with his ship, the Italia, but, on
| rising caught spar. he was six hours
in the water. !.lE 4.s M f
KING CHARLES, of Roumania, shows
no signs of his German birth. He ia
slim and OF average height, of brown
complexion, his har and beard dark,
his eye calm and resolnte, his voice SO.
norous and even, and his speech both
quick and precise. He speaks solely in
| French.
MISS BLANCHE Howard, the author
of the brilliant novel "Guenn, is noted
for her beauty as well as for her liter
ary skill She is native of Maine,
about 40 years Of age, resides at Stutt-
| gart, in Germany, where she has had
charge of the education of numerous
young ladies'.
Ar last accounts Nasty, OF the Toledo
Blade, was still engaged in "pulverizing
the rum power" The process,
| supposed TO be as follows, Is SIMPLE
enough: First pulverize tho lump Of
sugar in little water at the bottom OF
the glass, then add the rum power, stir
| we'll and pulverize the whole dose in
three swallows. s
Mrs. MARION HARnAND writes to the
st. Louis Globe Democrat in regard to
her last story, Judith" In SO doing
she breaks rule adhered to for thirty
years-that she would not reply to
critics. She expresses regret that her
favorite character in the story, a spright-
ly girl, should have married rascal, to
die wretchedly, but adds that the cpl
sode was true history.
WILL CARnEroN's first poem, Betsy
and Are Out" got into the waste bas-
ket of the Toledo Blade, to which paper
it was originally sent, but it was after
wards fished out and published one day
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