River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-06-21
Talk About PeOple.

Gen. Grant was recently asked whether
he had ever thought of getting his pa
pers on the war together, and it was
suggested that such volume would
have intense interest. "But / have no
papers. y he responded. "All my docu-
ments relating to the war are In the war
department at Washington.
One Chinaman bet another that he
conld swim back and forth across the
Sacramento River quicker than he could.
1t was a cold bath, and when they
reached the other side one of them
went into shanty and warmed himself,
but the other started back. On his way
he was taken with a eramp and drown
ded. amid the cheers Of those betting
against him. A Californian knows when
to hurrah.
Hon. Joseph Grinnel, Of New Bed
ford, Mass, who was d member of Con.
eress from December 4, 1913, to march 3,
1851, is now 95 years of age and one of
the oldest ex-members now living He
is in excellent health and is still per-
forming the duties of President of a bank
at that place.
Mr.. George Catlin, United States Con-
sui at Stuttgart, was recently challenged
to fight duel by furniture dealer of
that city, whose goods had been crIti-
cised by Mrs. Catlin. The Consul! de-
clined the challenge, whereupon the
furniture man wrote him grossly in
suting letter, which Mr.. Catlin forward
ed to the foreign office of the Wurtem-
burg Government. The authorities at
once caused the offender to be prosceu-
bf n frIal
found guilty, and sentenced to fine of
80 marks and to pay all costs of the pro-
ceedings.
Fred Douglass, being at meeting of
white clergymen in Boston the other
dav. was called on for speech. "No,"
he SAID, 81 came here merely to give
color to the occ tslon."
1t is believed that Salvini, who is fifty
two, and intends retiring at fifty-five, is
worth $500, 600 He has been playing
since he was fourteen.
The Valley of the Amazon is larger
than that of the Mississippi, the former
river draining 1880, 900 square miles, the
latter ,144 600 square miles. The ANA
zon drains greater area than.any other
river on the globe.
The Prince of Wales, Lord Arlington,
and Sir Frederick Johnson share eighty
five thousand pounds on the winnings OF
the Derby by the st. Blaise, whom they
jointly own.
II is 10 be said in honor of the new
Gar of all the Russians, that scandal,
which has never had any excuse for
neglect of Russian prince, has found
M breach in Alexander's reputation.
His life has been bound up in the society
IF his wife and chill iren. His wife. the
handsome Princess Dagmar Of Denmark,
sister of the future queen of England,
came to him somewhat as his crown.
She was the bethrothed OF his elder
brother, who on his dying bed, besought
his successor to make good the young
girls ambitious dreams.
In1S40. when Gaizot went to England
as ambassador, Louis Philippe said:
evil you be created count? A title is
sometimes useful" And on Guizot de-
cl;nino. the King said: "You are right;
vour name alone is sufficient, and is a
HIGHER dignity" Theirs, too, took no
title When the Bey of Tunis was in
Paris in 1916, he received much ciyility
from Guizot, and presented his children,
on his departure, with oriental dresses
studded with jewels worth 100000.
They were Immediately returned, Gui-
got expressing his gratitude, but begging
that he might not be pressed to do what
he had never done, and accept a present.
He died poor.
The members of the Massachusetts
House of Representatives have voted
themselves an increase to pay from SoOO
to $3.50 for the session.
Fx Sneaker Randall is model of the
homely virtues when he is at home at
his cottage in summer. He gives his
visitors milk to drink, and he goes to
bed at and rises at q.
The London Times, discussing the
coming visit of Lord Chief Justice Cole
ridge to the United States, says it is
specially pleasant to observe that time
has not snapped the bonds knitting Eng
lsh and Amer can law
Massachusetts possesses more than
half of the 1857 shoe factories in the
United States, and produces over 500,
900 900 of the $40, 100000 worth OF boots
and shoes annually produced
During the early part of last month the
largest mule in the world was sold at
Kansas City. 1t was Is ga hands high.
weighed 1875 pounds, measured 10 feet
from nose to tail, and was six years old.
]. w. Wise, sawyer in the mill OF
Bay & Roney, near Spaldingvllle, KY,
is now just thirty-six years old and has
been a grandfather eighteen months.
This makes him grandfather at the age
of thirty-five years, which IS one yeai
Younger than the Clark county grand
father. His wife was only thirty-one
years old when her grandcmld was born.
She was married at the early age of four
teen years, and their daughter was mar
red at the same age. Mr.. B. f. Spauld-
ing, also living near there, was grand
father at thirty years of age. There
is rather strange freak in the last named
gentlemans family. He has light hair
and black eyes. They have eight child
rem, four boys and four girls, and four
Of them bave black hair and black eyes
and four of them have blr3 eyes and
light hair.
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