The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-07-25
Personal Gossip.

Ao oA-queeA ahu KING OF naples,
who have been in wretched circumstan-
ces since they were driven from their
Kingdom, are now restored to opulence
by the death Of the dowager empress of
Austria, who has bequeathed to them a
fortune of $6, OOo, 900.
The record of young Irving Hale, OF
New York, who carried off the highest
honers at West Point this year, beats
any record that was aver made at that
famous institution. The boy com
menced at the head of his class. He
was first in every study in the first year
he entered the academy. In the SEQ
ond year he held his first position i n all
his studies but one, and in the third
year he found himself again al the head
in every branch of study. He now
stands first in the graduating class in all
but one study, Spanish, and in that
there is but one-tenth of q mark between
him and Cadet Sanford, who is first.
Hale is the son of a school teacher. He
will be assigned to duty in the engineer
corps United States army.
A Vassar College girl-graduats thus
treated the "dudes in her recent COM
mencement essay: "God made the dude,
therefore let him stand for. q man. Man
wants but little here below, nor wants
that little long. The dude is q curious
specimen Of the genus homo, made over
a year ago. The brain of a dude is not
the real brain-it is only something like
it. The object of the dude is to render
himself agreeable to society. Had OAR
win IfuaI he xyn,1l have ,,eaI %lo l,Jo
as an illustration of the development
of the species. His plumage, though
not brilliant, is abundant. All the
sensible of both sexes tire of him. In
the future he will exist only in q mu-
scum of anatomy"
United States Minister Lowell pre-
sented a gold medal to George Read,
formerly chief of the ife-boat brigade
at Deal, Eng, for an act of heroism
performed by him nearly twenty-five
years ago. In October, 1862, the
American ship Annie Hooper was
wrecked off the Kentish coast near
Deal, and Read and his men by the ex-
ercise Of great skill and daring, in
which Reed especially imperiled his
life, succeeded in rescuing the whole
crew of the doomed vessel. In reply
ing to Mr.. Lowell's eulogistic speech
and accepting the medal, Read said
that he had only done his duty, and
that in fact the circumstance had made
so little impression upon him that
when he was notified that he was to
receive a medal he had almost forgot
ten the occurrence of the wreck.
The marriage of MI. Hallam Tenny-
son to Miss Audrey Boyle was solemn
lied at Westminster Abbey, proved to
be the leading society event of the sea-
son. The bridegroom is the eldest son
of the poet laureate, and was named for
his fathers earliest and warmest friend,
Arthur Hallam, whose untimely death
inspired the poem, "In Memoriam."
In addition to the poet laureate and
scores of lords, both temporal and
spiritual there were present Premier
Gladstone, Minister Lowell, Mr.. Henry
Irving, and q host of other celebrities.
The bride was charmingly attired in a
robe of ~ivory-colored satin covered with
Brussels lace, and a rich bridal veil with
pearl and diamond ornaments. There
We're ten bridesmaids uniformly dressed
in silk of the palest blue, with India
muslin overskirts. The bride received
over three hundred presents, including
the inevitable India shawl.
Princess Elizabeth, of Hesss, and
Grand Duke Sergius, of Russia, were
married in the chapel of the Winter
Palace, st. Petersburg, recently, with
the customary pomp. Two services
were performed, the first in accordance
with the orthodox ritual and the second
according to the Lutheran rites. At
the conclusion of the services salute of
101 guns were fired in honor of the new
ly-wedded couple. A state banquet was
given in the afternoon, at which toasts.
were offered in honor of the Gear and
Czarina, the bride and bridegroom, and
the Grand Duke of Hesse. In the
evening there wa agrand ball. all the
festivities were on a scale of unusual
magnificence. The Grand Duke Ser
gius is brothersso of the Emperor, and was
born May IL, 1857. The Princess is
the daughter Of the late Princess Alice,
second daughter of Queen Victoria.
She is 20 years old.
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