River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17
Personal Mention.

III. J.. Ramsdell relates in the Phil
adelphia Press some of the incidents Of
the late James w. Bosler. He saws:
Such universal mourning | never saw
Onthe day of the funeral the picturesque
park in which his magnificent house is
situated was thronged with people, rich
and poor, high and low, men, women,
children. In the house were the rel
atives of the deceased and the distin-
gaished persons who came to pay the
only tribute they could pay to the man
they loved. | have no wish to parade
their names. A choking sensation was
felt in every throat when Mr.. Blaine
burst into tears as he looked at the face
of his dead friend. 1t was the saddest
scene ] ever saw. A thousand per-
sons said when his name was men,
toned: 'He was the best friend ever
had"
Thefus Sawyer. one of the Wisconsin
senators, is called the lumber king, says
Washington writer. He has made IL
fortune in lumber, and is now adding
another to it. There he stands, with
his hands in his pocket, right in the
middle of the middle aisle. He is the
Brer Tarrypin of the senate. He's as
broad as he is long, although he is we'll
shaped. He has perfectly round
head it is perfectly smooth on top. HIS
fringed hair is perfectly white. So is
his fringe of beard. His face is as fresh
as an infants. But his parrot-like nose
and his keen twinkling eyes deprive it
of the innocent expression it ought to
have. He is a very well-balanced, we'll
polished looking man. He gives good
dinners, if he did come from Oshkosh.
Perhaps the wealthiest woman in the
world is the Russian Grand Duchess
Catherine, widow of the Duke George
of ecklenberg-Strelitz. She inherited,
through her mother, one-half Of the fab
ulous wealth amassed by the Empress
Catharine III. and her son Paul, the
other half having descended to the
reigning family. The Grand Duchess
makes good use of her riches. She is not
only patroness of science and art, but
maintains at her own expense several
hospitals in st. Petersburg, pro-
viding also for talented young physicians
with means for scientific journeys and
investigations. Near her palace she has
established an eating house for indul-
gent students.
The st. Louis Post Dispatches corre-
spondent at Washington says: Before
leaving Washington, Mrs. Sherman,
wife of the General. added another
name to her long list of Catholic con-
verts. This last convert, like many
others who have been Influenced by
Mrs. Sherman, is young lady with
rich papa. The Young lady is Miss Wes-
ton, of New York, daughter Of the own
er of the Portland Flats, The family,
for several years, have passed their
winters in Washington. They are Uni
tarians, though liberal even for that
sect. 1t is great grief to the family
that the daughter is converted to
Roman Catholicism, and like most con
verts, especially young lady converts
Miss Weston is more devout than tn
most rigid Roman Catholics, who hay
been brought up in that falth."
The full name of the late Greek pro-
fessor of Harvard college, who died re-
Gently at the age of 76 years, was Evan
glunus Apostolides Sophoctes. He was
native of Greece. He was graduate of
Amherst college, and one of the most
expert classical scholar s in this
country. Besides performing his regu-
iar duIies in Harvard, Professor Sophie
cles prepared and published several ed
ucational works on the Greek and allied
languages which have been widel' ac-
cepted as OF great merit by the teachers
of the country. OF late years his duties
have consisted in giving instruction to q
few students in modern Greek and de-
livering lectures on Pindar and ether
representatives of the earliest Greek lit