The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-11-14
Personal Goss:,

A whilom European charge d'afaires
paid his addresses to a Brazilian lady
having a fortune of about $25O,OOO and
the lady smiled upon his suit. When
The question of settlement arose she
found that the diplomat expected n
have the disposal of all her money
willis her family insisted on settling Il
on herself and children. AS he made
this q sine qua non of the marriage. abe
broke off the engagement, thinking II
was the cash and not the lady that tia
diplomat coveted. He 0 0 aftarwerd
returned to Europe, but recently the
lady has been surprised by a demand.
through his legation, for q fulfllment
of the marriage promise or for compen-
sation to his injured diplomatic feel
tngs.
-Four years ago, John G. Calhoun, q
yrand nephew of the famous South Car.
DINA statesman, was married in ST.
Louis. After living with his wife a few
months they separated, he going to
Texas and she remaining in st. Louis.
Mrs. Calhoun offered her services to the
Sisters of the House of the Good Shep-
herd in st, Louis. They were accept.
ed, and she has been there ever since.
Meanwhile Calhoun repented and sought
for his wife, without success, until yes
terday, when he found her at the con-
vent. They were reunited, and, at her
desire, another marriage ceremony was
performed.
Probably the most extraordinary case
on record of a person living in a con-
scious state without eating is that Of
Miss Kate Smusley of Fort Plain, N. T.,
who is at the point of death because Of
self starv alton. She is at her fathers
residence, and it is asserted with a pos
i~tiveness undisputed by those who at
tend her that not a particle OF food has
passed her lips for 100 days up to to-
day. She takes a little water in her
mouth occasionally, but does not swal.
low it, as, when swallowed, it at once
throws her into commissions, which
seems to wrench her stomach most ter
ribly. She is emaciated to a skeleton.
She is conscious, recognizes her friends
and is able to with them
New York Sun.
lone of the conspicuous figures of the
halls and varandas during the week.
writes a Saratoga correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times, was the venerable
Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania. He is
more than midway past his eighty fifth
year, but his mental powers are unabat-
ed. He has been greatly bent IN form
during the last year by the acc dent re-
sulting Ill a fall in his house some
months ago, and the erect form that
has been so well known in State and
nation for half a century viii never DC
seer again. He walks with q long cane
holding and resting on it as did the pa
triarchs of old, and his step is feeble
and hating, but he rests well, enjoys
his dinners and chats In the most genial
way with the oldtime friends and foes.
He loves to talk of the days beyond the
memories of those about him, and his
store of knowledge of the men known
only to the present generation in history
makes him as instructive as entertaln-
ing in his conversations. He is not
now absorbed in politics, and avoids
discussing the present contest.
The late Duke of Wellington was not
wealthy for a British peer. The Strath-
ieldsaye property, the nucleus Of
which was purchased by the nation, ex-
tends over $4,000 acres, and produces
rental of about 50 an acre. Three OF
four thousand acres in Heats, Somer-
set and Berks make up the whole Of
the entailed property, which is worth
some $4,000, a year. The duke had
also an estate in Spain voted to his
father by the Cortes, and described IN
magniloquent language by Spanish
writer's. though not worth much.