River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-02
Personal Paragraphs.

?. J. Elmquist, jeweler of Morris Stearns
Co, highly respected citizen, died very sud
denly Saturday evening of heart disease while
dressing on the river bank after bathing
Hon L E Chittenden, Register of the Treas
ury under Persistent Lincoln, has presented to
the university of Vermont his large and yalu-
able cabinet of shells, containing from 600 to
3,0OOspecies and a rare collection OF the eggs
OF American birds.
The statement that daughter of A G. Ram
age of Bellaire, Ohio, who was bitten on the
right hand nine years ago this summer by
copperhead snake, has suffered intensely on
each anniversary of the day on which she was
bitten, the arm and hand becoming swollen
and the original symptoms OF paralysis APP
pearing, has aroused much interest in the med
ical profession
It is related that when Chief Justice Waite
and Judge Hall Of North Carolina, with other
dignitaries of the bench, were down Chesa-
peake Bay on Government steamer with
party of official excursionists, Judge Hall be-
came very seasick As he was retching over
the side Of the vessel and moaning aloud in his
agony the Chief Justice stepped gently TO his
side and, laying soothing hand on his shonld-
er, said: 'sMy dear Hall. can do anything
for your Just suggest what yon wish? Il
wish,p said the seasick Judge "Your Honor
would oyerrule this motion.
An English critic who has been describing
the genesis of the famous ballad, "Auld Robin
Gray" says that Lady Anne Lindsay, who wrote
it, told her little sister one day that she was
writing ballad, and was depressing her hero
inc with all manner of misfortuIes. 1 have
already sent Jamie to sea, broken her fathers
arm, made her mother fall sick, and given her
auld Robin Gray for lover; but poor thing,
! wish to add another misfortune to her in five
lines. sThen steal her coo (cowl," piped up
her little sister and accordingly the COW was
stolen and the ballad completed
Henry Wizards reception on his recent visit
to his old home in Rheinish Bavaria was very
enthusiastic. He was met at the depot by
depatation of prominent citizens, and was ac-
companied along the streets by procession of
carriages. In the evening he was serenaded
by singing societies, and the next day deputa-
tons from vsslous local organizations visited
him and presented him with an address. Mr..
Willard is now back in New York.
'Julia jackson, the only child of 'Stonewalr
jackson, is here" writes an Old Point CORES
pondent of the Louisville Courier ournal,
and adds: '.She is a slight blue-eyed girl,
with fair hair, dark eyebrows and long lashes,
which give strength and character to her mo-
bile changing face. She is quite an acorn
plished young lady, swlms like a fish, shoots
like rifieman and rides like a Kentucky belle,
in her gray, confederate uniform, trimmed
with big brass buttons. 1t is very pretty to
see the Difference paid the widow and only
child of their lost leader by all the southern
men and women who may chance to meet
them. Mrs. jackson IS a modest little lady,
with charming manners and sweet voice"
According to several correspondents there is
a remarkable beauty at Long Branch. Her
name is Gloria Cespedes, and she is the dang
ter of Gen, Cespedes, who was killed fourteen
years ago in the Cuban revolution. She is de-
scribed as a beautiful specimen of the pure
Spanish type. Her face, while characteristic
of her nationality, is more regular and delicate
in its features than is usual among her coun-
trywomen. Her hair is jet her eyes large and
lustrously soft, her complexion rich and clear
and her expression bright and amiable. Still
more remarkable than her perfection Of head
is her faultlessness of figure, combining state
illness and grace in both carriage and pose.
Whenever she appears among the dancers in
hotel parlor or the loungers on veranda
there is nothing else to be looked at She is
young, not being yet out of her girlhood, and
hardly conscious of the admiration she excites.