Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-04-24
Personal Gossip.

George L. Perkins, q venerable citi-
zen of Norwich, Conn, has carried in
his pocket for seyenty-eight years the
same silver half dollar-a little feat not
often done in this world.
If John Adams had taken Benjamin
Franklin by the arm some fine after
noon about the year 17S4, and had said,
"Ben, within a hundred years they will
stretch q wire from New York TO George
town, and will talk over it. in all pro-
liability Benjamin would have said TO
John, $50 away: you are visionary; !
but this is what they have been doing
every day for the past week Boston
Journal.
General Sir X. Butler, second in
command to General Graham in Egypt,
won the Victoria Gross by rescuing a
| soldier, whom he laid ON his own horse
under heavy fire. He has been exposed
to innnmerable risks, in Ashantee, Zu-
luland and elsewhere, but hurt.
He succeeded some years ago, by the
death of his brother, to estates worth
SIS. 900 a year. but would not leave the
army. His mother was niece OF q Tor
mer Duke OF Norfolk, and he is mar
ried to a daughter OF the MARQUIS
Townshend.
Uxbridge, Massachusetts,, has a wo-
man who makes her own dresses, plays
| the piano, votes for school committee
men and sits on the board herself; miiks
the COW and makes and markets but
ter: she can also chop wood. hoe corn,
swing the sythe aud expects somsday to
vote for president. The husband
probably remains at homo and takes
care of the baby, or more probably
there is no baby ather house.
A Clinton Mass clergyman an
nounced that he wonld preach last Sum
day from the longest verse in the Bible,
and would not announce his text. but
would give asilver dollar to every mem.
! ber or me s,usrsss, SSiss1i e.:la
find out what verse il was. On Sunday
he received thirty eight correct answers,
ana distributed thirty eiaht silver dol
| lars to the fortunate children.
Dolores Rodriguez, wife OF q CHILEAN
| viyandiere, was present at one OF the
! battles with the Peruyians and saw her
husband shot down in q charge. She
| rushed 10 him as he fc and when she
| saw that he was dead buckled his car
| riaoe belt around her own walsF
snatched his rifle and rushed ~ re
| hottest Of the fight to ayenge hrs DEATH
| She fought throughout the bloody nc
| tom and was promoted 70 tine position
Of sasseAnt, the same held by her hus'
! band.
Thirty members Of the present con
. eress were born previous TO 1870, p az
conseauently 81 years Of age. Senatdi
| Morrill, win be "a April IL, aud Hcnr5
i PAYNE. of Ohio, Senator-elect, who
| 4 Ia lives will take his seat next March
viii be "a in November. The othe1
sa,tnaoenarians are Representative
shaw. "a Illinois, 70; Wait OF Conncctl
cut. "a; Eldredge. Of Michigan ~; Rel
lev, Of Pennsylvania, 20, and Senate
Lapham. 20.
DIR. McCosh, Of Princeton college, ]
a very handsome old gentleman VIII
was born 20 years ago. He wss . pc
| Of irWlliam Hamilton who wasa grea
onponant OF phrenology. ~ "a %
time metzpkysician DR.. MeCosh ha
hardly rn equal in this country. HeceEt
N, While the ds-s-yas being eofhpi'
menfed 10 4 Pennsylvania railway tran
fov h;s ability TO dbaect Kant, the goo
49, Nth ttak iIfff