River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-31
Personal Isaragranhs.

Captain Arthur Spring, merchant OF
Calao, Peru. about three years ago left
fortune of $l,591,000 to his cousin,
John Spring. Inqnires were set on foot
! for the latter, but he was not discovered
till three weeks before his death, which
happened at Virginia City, Nevada, q
few days ago.
A young lady in Salem, Mass, who is
very clever amateur artist, has dec,
GRATED a set Of tiles about one of the fire
places in the ancestral mansion which
her family has occupied Tor generations,
with sprays OF apple blossoms, painted
from boughs taken from tree
which George Washington planted on
the grounds, and which is still flourish
ing.
In the Connecticut house of represen-
tatives is Jeffrey 0. Phelps, of Lewis
burg, serving his first term. Mr.. Phelps
father, JefIr o. Phelps served one
term in the house and one in the sem
ate. His grand father. Jeffrey 0. Phelps,
Sr., served five terms in the house. His
great-graadlather, Noah A. Phelps,
served five terms. His sreat great
grandfather, Noah Phelps, served nine
! teen terms. His great, great, great
| grandfather, David Phelps seven terms.
! His great, greal great. great-grandlather
eighteen terms.
The duchess of Edinburgh, the Crown
1 Prince and Princess of Denmark, Prln-
cess Victoria, the wife of Prince Will
| liam of Prussia, and other royal person
ages, will attend the marriage of the
/ Russian Grand Duke Constantine to
lF A f<,, have
which VIII be solemnized soon at
the Winter Palace in st. Petersburg.
1t is reported that the Duchess of
Montrose, who offended her family by
marrying Mr.. Crawford. leading sport
ing man in England, intends to proclaim
/ her love for her second husband, who
| lately died, by erecting IN his memory 81
| tomb of unprecedented grandeur. She
| has bought fine site in London at an
| immense cost, and says size will erect
upon it monument that will beat the
world in this particular line. Her ambl-
| ton is, so abe saws, to excel the tribute
| of Artemesia, whose magnificent sepul-
| cher to her deceased, Mausolus, gave
/ the name to ambitious monumental arch
| itecture.
George P. A. Healy. during chat in
New York, said "When l was paint
ing Prince Bismarck / found him very
grumpy. But before the work was COM
| pIeted he became very affable and asked
me to paint portrait of his wife and
! daughter. DOre? Yes. | know him we'll.
| l recall that the last time / saw him he
/ was in ecstacies about the American
women, whose graces he thought unex-
celled.
Gen. Sherman talked like the blunt
warrior that he is when some Missouri
| stockmen called on him the other day.
/ Missouri" he assured them, ''is the
I laughing stock of the Union" adding
! that Georgia even was heading her in
! progress, that she was comparatively as
| undeveloped as the interior of Africa,
when, as the centre ofthe United States,
she should be in the van OF civilization.
Miss Mackey, daughter of the Califor-
MIA Bonanza king, disappointed her
mothers society friends Sunday in Paris
by falling to make her. much heralded
/ debut as soprano in the choir OF the
/ PassiOuist Church. in Avenue Hoche.
The church was crowded IN authorization
! of the event by an ultra-fashionable
| gathering, which had been educated to
/ expect q great performance from the
| American heiress, and who were bewil-
dered at Miss Maekey's failure to APP
pear. After mass it was explained that
! the young lady was quite i'll from attack
of bronchitis.
Mrs. j. Mackey's jewel chest, which
she keeps in the vaults ola Paris bank
Ing house, contains the finest collection
of precious stones outside of q royal
| treasury, that exists in Europe. 1t is
/ valued at something like 81 900, 00).
| Foremost in the collection shows re-
| splendent the famous set of sIpphires
| which attracted so much attention when
exhibited by the ieweler Boucheroh at
/ the Partisan universal exhibition of
| 1873. 1t is valued az $500, coo, and COM
prises the diadem, bracelets, ring, ear
| rings and necklace, with large pend
ant. The necklace is double, the upper
/ row being a band of large square dia-
| monds, and sapphire5 fitting the throat
/ closely, while the lower row, wide
arabesque of the same stones, supports
| the pendant. This last is composed of
| one enormous sapphire, peerless in col.
or and in water, and set in large dia-
monds. This stone is of the size of a
pigeons egg. cut transeveFsely, a perfect
| oval in shape, and is alone valued at
s. 900.