The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-25
Personal Matters.

The death of Madame Anna Bishop
was very sudden. On Sunday last, in
company with her husband, she attend
ed a church near her house. As she
was returning she met an English lady
friend whom she had not seen for many
years. She was o%verjoyed, and insisted
upon her friends coming to her house.
Both sat down upon a sofa, and for five
minutes talked over their friendship OF
years past, Suddenly Nine. Bishop
was sliced with a violent pain In the
head. She lifted her hands and fell
back unconscious, In which state she
remained till she died.
AT present writing Queen Victoria's
health is a source OF anxiety to the
English people; the empress OF Austria
is at Weisbaden trying to wash herself
well In the wholesome waters; Glad
| stone has gone off to lie down q minute
between battles. Bismarck is Just able
to be around, and Gar Alexander is in
q state Of nervous pro~stration superin-
duced by sundry and divers explosions
of dynamite. With Europe in this con-
dition it is not altogether improbable
that Tom Ochiltree could, after all, go
over there and yank the continent of
its feet.
Rev. Brooke HEREFORD, in visiting the
Massachusetts School for the Blind, the
other day, called on Laura Bfdgman,
who showed him a piece OF fine lace,
worked from No. so cotton, which she
intends to sell in aid Of the kinder
| garten. He had a very agreeable con-
versation with her through an interpre-
ter. Miss Bridgman's devotion to this
enterprise is something remarkable, as
every letter she writes is closed with
the words: God will oon provide Q
sunny home for the little poor blind
children"
Fanny Carter, formerly the bell Of
Boston, IS now Mrs Ronalds, OF Lon
don, where she is quite conspicuous in
society and created q sensation lately
at d charitable fair by appearing in a
headdress Of intertwined American and
British flags, while the skirt Of her cos
tune was fringed with a set Of tiny
cooking utensils.
General Grant now weighs 22s
pounds, writes d New York corresponds
emf to a Boston paper, and but for q
few more gray hairs in his short besrd
there is nothing to indicate that he has
grown older in the last five years.
Since his recent fall, however, his hab-
it's of life are more regular, and he has
also parted with all but two Of his
horses,
Isabella McEwan, an old lady who
died at Essex Center, Ont, the other
day, leaving her bed-ticks stuffed with
oold and her dress-sleeves lined with
bank bills, left d will bequeathing her
hoard OF wealth as follows: TO the
Methodist church, $40; to the Baptist
church $40; to the Presbyterian church,
$50; to Mrs. John McEwan, her
cousins wife, all property in the house
except bedding, amounting, besides
furniture, to over $4,000 in cash; to
John McAllister, all money in the saw
ings bank in Detroit, about $3, 900 to
Hugh McDiarmid, her two beds with
all that is in them Ca 100 weight of
silver dollars, and all the wheat in the
house: to John McEwan, her cousin,
the house and lot, comprising about
Ave acres, and the remainder of he,
personal property, about $1,000.
An assessment is being made among
the members Of Queen victoria's house
hold to buy a wedding present for her
granddaughter, the Princess Victoria 81
Hesse, who is going to be married to an
~impecunious German Prince. Says
London Truth on this subject: Any
body with sufficient temerity to refuse .
donation would have a black mark
againsf his or her name. A vigorous
whip is also going on in certain circles
OF English society, and there is a gooe
deal more zeal than dignity In the man.
ner in Which the Princess claims on the
liberality of her grandmother's wealth,
subjects are being urged"