Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-11-05
PERSONALITIES.

QUEEN V1cToR1A's household num-
bers just under l, 900 people. whose ag-
gregate salaries foot up 9395,00O an
nually.
DIR. TANNER, the faster, has purchased
419 acres of land at Las Cruces in New
Mexico, and is to make that place his
home hereafter.
WILLIAM CULVER, o son of the late E.
A. Culver, who was at one time prom
inent citizen of Utica, N. Y, was re-
Gently married to mulatto opera
singer.
The poet, Will NJ. Carleton, was re-
Gently married and has settled in Brook
lyn. His wife's Christian name is
Betsey, but they are not reported as
"out," as yet
The Misses Bell, two daughters of
John Bell, the Presidential candidate of
Bell and Everett fame in 1860, are keep
ing young ladies' academy on Chest
nut Hill, Boston.
OSCAR WILDE has evolved new
style of hat, which he hopes will super
sede the prevailing stovepipe shape. It
bears strong resemblance to flower
pot set bottom upward.
Mrs. MARK HOPKINS building of a
$500,000 palace at Great Darlington,
Mass. and her permanent removal to
that place will go far toward paying the
taxes of the entire town.
ANGERED at the vandalism of visitors
that Mrs. E. b. Crocker, one OF the mill
ionaire widows of San Francisco, ad-
mitted to her beautiful art gallery, she
closed the doors to the public.
E. W. Cole, the Tennessee railroad
king, has purchased the fine bluegrass
farm known as Terrass Place, and pre-
sented it to the state of Tennessee to
build a house of refuge for boys and
girls.
JUDGE MILLER is said to be distin-
guished from his brethren of the su.
preme court of the United States by
being the only member who habitually
wears 'swallow-t tailed coat and a
good-natured SMILE"
LAWRENCE BARRETT, the actor, will
go to Australia next year. he has just
signed a contract with J. G. Will
hanson for a tour to begin at Mel
bourne June I, 1885. The engage
ment is for 100 nights.
Nix. MATTHEW ARNOLD is preparing
for the press popular edition of his
"God and the Bible" and, as in the
case of his "Literature and Dogma" "
published last year, the author will
preface the lew issue of his book
with an Introductory Essay"
Mrs. HALEY RODGERS, a Boston
widow lady, after bequeathing her
modest fortune to few surviving rela-
tives, adds to her will: "And hereby
give and bequeath to the Home for Aged
Colored Women in Boston my cloak
and red-fannel gown"
A NEAT little story is told of Marshal
Won Moltke, illustrating his love of
flowers. The other day he left Ragatz,
in Switzerland, with large bouquet.
At the Austrian boundary the officials
refused to pass the bouquet on account
of the. phylloxera quarantine, where
upon the general changed his route and
took another railway.
| BARON ALpHoNsE RoTHscH1LD, of
Paris. purchased Rubens' two great
p1CCur0S from tQo D1euno1n COuectAou'
The price paid was $3.50, 900. The his
tory of the Rothschilds is being written
by a member of the house, who is well
known in Paris for his literary tastes
and talent.
BRITISH POSTMASTER GENERAL FAw-
CETr considers his blindness an advan-
tage, since it has compelled him to cul-
tivate his faculties, especially his mem.
ory, to an extraordinary degree, and he
tells his friends that. while he may &C.
cept their sympathy, he does not need
their commiseration.
Mrs. ORD, widow of Gen. E. O. C.
Ord, now residing at Hinton, Md, is
the owner of the table upon which the
articles of surrender at Appomattox
courthouse we're written. Gen. Ord
commanded q corps of the Federal
army, and was present when Gems.
Grant and Lee agreed upon the terms
of surrender. Immediately after the
surrender he purchased the table that
had been used by the great captains in
drawing up the papers relating to the
conditions of the capitulation, and it
has been in the possession Of his family
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