River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-24
Personal Topics.

Arthur orion, aIlaS CdstfOJ tne Cldliu-
mt of the Tiehborne estates, now serv-
ing 14-ye' Imprisonment is about to
be released, and many OF his faithful fol-
lowers, whose stupid faith in his cause
makes curious chapter in the history
of impositions, propose to buy pubic
inn and set him to earning living.
The denial of Miss Jennie Flood. the
daughter of the California millionaire,
that she is engaged to marry an English
peer, recalls the fact that she once re-
fused New Yorker because, as she con-
tempuously told him he had not energy
enough to spatter the mud OH his trous-
eIs in rainy weather.
List is now seventy-twe and vi
vacious as he was at forty. He seldom
touches the piano, but at unexpected
moments, in the presence OF some tlmld
young girl overpowered with the hon
or of an introduction, or alone with
friend when old days are spoken of, he
will sit down for a few minutes and
recall phrase of Chopin, or quaint
passage from Scaalatti. and then, for
getting himself, will 'wander on until
flash of the old fire comes back to his
eyes"
the royal family have been greatly an
noyed of late by the persistent efforts of
"cranks" to get an audience with them
in order to secure their approval ofther
new inventions. A mailman, who said
he had come from America, and had
wonderful invention for allaying storms,
tried TO get into Windsor Castle the 9th
er day and was only ousted after consid-
erabie talking between himself and the
guard.
Matthew Arnold" says reviewer in
the English illustrated m gazine," "as
poet, is rather singular; he takes his
place among the most fortunate writer's
OF our day who have expressed them
selves in verse, but his place is some.
what apart. He has an Imagination of
his own, but he is less complete, less in
evitable, as he says in lis essay on
Wordsworth that that poet said of Goe-
the, than the others. His form at mo-
ments is less rich than 1t might be, and
the Wordsworthian example may per
haps be accused here and there of hay
ing sterilized him."
A fortnight ago a man walked into
German jewellers shop in London
| whose wife only was at the counter, and
pocketed (as he thought unseen by herr
a couple of watches. Presently her hus-
band entered and while the thief stood
unconsciously at the counter, thinking
of what he should steal next. she gave in
German description of what had hap
pened to her spouse. Whereupon, with
out the least fuss, or go much as an I'M
pleasant word he beckoned a police
man, and gave the one-languaged indi-
Viduai into custody.
Albert Z. Kent, the San Francisco
millionaire, has added $25, 900 to his re-
cent gift of $4,000 to Yale College for
the purpose of erectinga chemical labor
atorv for the academical department.
Mr.. Kent was member OF the class OF
'53.
&c. Stedmau, the poet, who became
| financially embarrassed some months
ago, has again returned to Wall Street.
Gen. I. B. Bunting, who recently re-
signed from the Guatemalan army, is
now in Chicago. He denies that Presi-
dent Barrios rules the people with
| rod OF iron," as has been printed, but
saws that in that country man must
either ride or be ridden on, and Senior
| Barrioa prefers to ride. He has done
more for Guatemala in the last eight
wears than all his predecessors have
! done before him. When | first went
| there there were no schools to speak of;
| now there are more than 10000 Indian
| children being educated at government
| expense. There are also higher schools
| and colleges in the cities of Guatemala
and Quezaltenango."
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch is certain
" mistaken in its assertion that the czar
If Russia is richer man than our Van
derbilt. The cars bank account is
small compared with Williams. He can
help himself to whatever he sees, and
he can execute and exile his subjects at
will, but in other respects he is poor
man.