The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-29
Personal Gossip.

SIN advising you whom to marry.
says the Rev. DIR. Hutton, 81 must
war; you against the lazy man md the
drinking man. Two stubborn or high
tempered persons should not marry.
Women should study to be good house
keepers, and q girl without taste OF
liking for housekeeping should never
marry"
Ernest Frederic William Klinkerfues,
a we'll known astronomer, shot himself
in the observatory at Gottingen Mon
day. There is no explan alton of the
act. unless Young's line, '''The unde.
vout astronomer is mad" Klinkerfues
was Sc years old and has been director
of the Gottingen observatory for 25
years, succeeding Gauss. He has dis
covered several comets and calculated
their courses, and he has invented
many valuable instruments, among
them the bifilar, or two-tlreaded by
grometef, for measuring the moisture
of the atmosphere. He has written
several trcatises on special subjects OF
astronomy and meteorology.
A farmer from Pocahontas county,
West Virginia, appeared in Staunton
the other day searching for an auction
block and an auctioneer. He was dumb
founded when told that there were no
slave auctions in Virginia. He re-
turned to his mountain home unable to
sell the two slaves that lie De sired to
sell. He had cultivated his farm all
these years in ignorance Of the emanci-
patton proclamation.
While abroad last summer, Rev.
Hugh Elder, pastor. of the Crombie-
street Congregational Church in Salem,
Mass. preached at the University
Cllapelin Edinburgh. Scotland, AID to
such acceptance that he was asked if he
would entertain q call to become,,its pas
tor. He at that time emphatically re-
fused, but about ten days ago lie re-
ceiyed a unanimous call, and on Sunday
he detained his congregation and stated
the case, saying that he left it with the
people to decide the matter, Mr.Elder
is warmly beloved, and it is hoped that
he will remain in Salem.
NJ. Rnel is a sort of French Hollo-
way. He began life by selling matches,
and then became the largest manufac-
tnrer OF them in France, his wealth be-
ing estimated at 25, 900, 900 francs. One
of his charitable enterpris IS was to start
a restaurant for the poor in the Rue de
R~ochehowait, Paris, at which q hearty
dinner can be obtained for 10 cents,
and of which an average of 5000 pau
pers avail themselves daily. He has
now, from equally human motives, built
the Hotel Beau Revage Mt Cannes,
where invalids, compelled to go there
for their health, can have board and
lodging for 'FRONT.' to 10 francs q day.
Dutcan D. Grandpre is tho name OF
an eccentric old ~recluse WHO recently
died in Montreal. After having
amassed q snug fortune, some thirty
years ago, Grandpre retired from bust
ness. He bought a costly coffin made
OF walnut, elegantly lined on the inside,
and decorated on the outside with silver
handles, etc. This he made his sleeping
accommodation up tothe time proceed
ing his death. He once got nearly as
phyxiated by the lid of the coffin falling
down and excluding the air. His per-
ilous position, however, was discovered
in time, but not too soon to ave him.
This warning caused him to abandon
his strange bed, but the shock he re-
ceived then probably caused his death
years afterward.