River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-04-12
looked it in consideration of the happiness
it had unintentionally secured them
Personalities.

On the recent confinement of the
| Duchess Of Albany, the Queen, who
| took a great interest in the event, was
constantly at the bedside of the Duchess
| from nine in the morning to six in the
| evening, to the intense disgust of the
| unlucky maids of honor in attendance.
An innocent young couple at Chagrin
Falls, Ohio, got marriage license, which
they supposed was all that was necessary
! and did not find out their mistake until
| they had been keeping house for sever
| al weeks.
Col. King Hartman, the new represen-
| tative of Dublin county, is said to be the
| strongest member of the British House
| of Commons, and there are many stories
| i'm circulation of his deeds OF prowess in
| the many electoral contests he has par
| tici oated in. On one occasion, for ex
ample, he armed himself with huge
/ 5iIillelah and literally cleaned OUT the
whole high street of an Irish town.
1t having been charged that Colonel
| Ingersoll stole all his ideas from Confu-
scious, the DetroitaFree Pree Tress calls
| it SANDER and libel upon the great
Chinese prophet, remarked that Confu-
scious never stood up in court day after
day Safeguarding the judge, throwing
| inkstands at the opposite counsel, and
| squirming and pettifogging to keep a
| client out of the penitentiary at so
many dollars per diem, which were, in
all probability, stolen from his fellow
citizens"
Visitors to Canonehet, William
Sprague's former residence, near Mar
ragansett Pier, became especially inter-
ested in the unfinished gorgeousness of
one large apartment. The floor is of
highly polished marble, and in the CEN
tire is a dismantled fountain. On the
walls is outlined unique and beautiful
design, only partly worked out, illustra-
ting the chase Of butterfly by
boys. Mrs. Sprague intended this for a
music room, or salon, which should at
tract men of political influence. who
could be made to help her design Of
making her father president.
The Charleston Is. CO. News aud Cou-
rier says: "The first step in the prose-
cution of the Barnwell county duelists
has been taken. Both of the 'princi-
| pals have been arrested, and are now in
the hands of the law. So far so good.
And now that the violators of the law
have been apprehended, it is hoped that
nothing will be left undone to show that
BarnWell county is in earnest in its eff
fort to stamp out the absurd and bloody
code South Carolina must choose be-
tween civilization and barbarism. The
law against dueling must be enforced or
it must be repeated. Let US have no
shams."
Prince Gortchakof, while an able man,
was singularly vain; his idea being that
no ONE could write better dispatch
and that he possessed the fascinating
power of the serpent over the female
sex. Whenever any lady with whom he
had been flirting left st. Petersburgit was
the custom to ask the Prince when she
would return, in order to receive the in
variable reply: 81 cannot say; she is no
longer under the fascinating glance OF
my eyes," The absurdity of the answer
was heightened by the fact that the
prince had saucer eyes, as dull as those
of Goldfish, and that these orbs were
covered by spectacles.
Mr.. John Bright, in response to an in
vitation to attend the meeting ofthe Bir-
mingham (England) Funeral and Mourn
ing Reform Association recently, wrote
from Rochdale: "Pray excuse me if |
cannot take part in your meeting.
have spoken many years ago In favor of
less costly mode of conducting funer-
ais, and the Society of Friends. of which
am a member, offer an example in re-
gard to funerals which think the pub
lie would do wen to follow | do hope
the efforts of your association may do
much to promote change which i'll my
opinion is on every ground most desir-
able