The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-03-28
Personal Gossip.

According to tie Boston Saturday
Evening Gazette, Wendell Phillips did
not believe in modern improvements
appertaining to household comforts.
| and when he removed TO Common street
even had the furnace, water, 1nd ga
taken out of the house. He nevsExal-
lowed curtains at his windows to'aS.
elude air or sunshine.
A man named Sylvester Edwards
! was put in the Fulton county, N. T..
almshouse about seven years ago, and
though apparently healthy he has apent
! the entire time asleep in bed. Every
day the attendant raises him up and
feeds him and then lays him back on
the bed. He never speaks or pays any
| attention to what is going on. He ID
about fifty years old, &
A Mr.. Warren, who died recently at
Bernardstown, Va, left all his proper
! ty "to oppose that horrid old monster
Of kingcraft called religion" He was
strictly orthodox in early life, but one
of his daughters stole considerable
! quantity of his goods and ran away
with young man who boasted OF hia
1 piety This changed his feelings COM
/ pletely. He planted butternut tree,
| and expressed wish to be buried un-
der it, rs he was averse to so-called
Christian burial.
Commander Winfield Scott Scldey,
who is to be in charge Of the Greely re-
lief feet, was born in 1889, at Freder-
,ick, Md, and, leaving the Naval Acade-
my in 1859, went to Japanese va ters.
as master and lieutenant. Since 1854
he has been at the Naval Acadamy, in
the Asiatic fleet, the South American
station, and in the lighthouse service.
He has not been i'll since he came to
mans estate.
i The Rev. Thomas r. Austin had an
interesting career He took the high.
est honors at Oxford, Eng, half cen.
| tury ago Later, starting for America.
he was shipwrecked and lived for thir.
teen days without food OF water. Dur.
/ ing the war Of the rebellion he was q
brigade surgeon among Indian troops.
i At one time lie had the most complets
4 Masonic library in America but fire de-
stroyed all his books. AT the time o1
his death, few days ago, he was recto,
of st. James p e. Church, at Yincen.
mes, Ind.
\ Dave Walker was one of the best sol
diers that Lee had. Davewas in Rich,
mond sometime since, and sitting a,
night in the ST. James hotel he heard 8
fellow with cooked hat on talking
everybody nearly to death about thu
war. He said he had been colonel
Finally he drew seat up by Dave ant
asked him il he was in the war. Dav,
said yes, he WAS there. /" What position
did you hold ?" None, sir, !" said Dave
II reckon Tn the lonesomest man il
the world. @Ah, why so?" asked til,
colonel. Why, said Dave, II was /
private in the war. and Lam tie onl,
one have ever seen since.
4 A Montreal dispatch says Matthes
4 Arnold created sensation Wednesday
at a lunch given in his honor by Frencl
and English citizens in the Windso
Hotel. In replying at toast to hi
health, he denounced severely tho mar
row and illibera1 doctrine Of certain Re
igious denominations, and especiall,
q pointed at the Roman Catholic church
n Some French Canadians, including
Louis Frechette. poet laureate Of th
4 French Academy in Paris, and q distip
q glished litterateur, who welcomed th
philosopher at the outset in 4 poem, Re
sented tia attack on the church BY risin
md leaving the the table.