The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-03
Personal Paragraphs.

The great-grandmother Of General GeorgeB B.
Mcclellan, Mrs. Samuel Mcclellan, planted
three elms in Woodstock, Ct, for 10y. when
she heard the news of the battle OF Lexington.
and they are now the largest and finest elms in
the town.
Hon L E. Chittenden, Register Of the Treas.
ury under Persistent Lincoln, has presented to
the university OF Vermont his large and valu-
able cabinet Of shells, containing from {, 900 to
of American birds.
The statement thats daughter Of A. G. Ram
age Of Bellaire, Ohio, who was bitten on the
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 an.
pearing, has aroused much interest in the med.
ical profession.
tits related that when Chief Justice Waite
and Judge Hall Of North Carolina, with other
dignitarles of the bench, were down Chesa-
party of official e1cursionists, Judge Hail be-
came very seasick. AS he was rstching over
the side Of the vessel and moaning aloudi in his
agony the Chief Justice stepped gently to his
side and, laying a soothing hand on his should
for you? Just suggest what yon wish9 81
wish" said the seasick Judge, "Your Honor
would override this motion. +"
An English critic who has been describing
the genesis of the famous ballad, "Anld Robin
Gray says that Lady Anne Lindsay, who wrote
j, told her little sister one day that she was
writing a ballad, and was expressing her hero
inc with all manner of misfortunes. 81 have
already sent Jamie to sea, broken her fathers
arm, made her mother fall sick, and given her
auld Robin Gray for a lover; but poor thing,
wish to add another misfortune to her in five
lines. ''Ihen steal her COO tcow),' piped up
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 a
degradation of prominent citizens, and was ac-
companied along the streets by a procession Of
carriages. In the evening he was serenaded
by singing societies, and the next day deputa-
lions from various local organizations visited
Willard is now back in New York.
"Julia jackson, the only child of 'Stonewalr
jackson, is here,' writes an Old Point CORES
pendent of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
aud adds: s.She ia 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
like a rifieman and rides like q Kentucky belle,
in her gray, confederate uniform, trimmed
with big brass buttons. It is very pretty to
see the Difference paid the widow and only
child Of their lost leader by ali the southern
men and women who may chance to meet
them. Mrs. Jackson ls a modest little lady,
with charming manners and sweet voice"
According to several correspondents there is
. remarkable beauty at Long Branch. Her
name is Gloria Cespedes, and She is the daug-
ter Of Gen. Cespedes, who was killed fourteen
years ago in the Cuban revolution. She is de-
0NPihn1 n n q fno rfifrl or,no,y,a, - . A. -r.o
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 largo and
lustrously soft, her complexion rich and clear
and her expression bright and amiable. Still
moro remarkable than her perfection of head
10 her faultlessless 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 3 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.