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

Personalities
The marriage Of Commander Fred
erick Pearson, of the navy, to Miss
Aver, in New York is a social sensation
OF considerable magnitude. Some titled
Englishmen visiting this country with
in the past two or three years, learning
that Miss Aver was to ba worth at
least so, 900, 009, in her own right, set
to work to capture her. hut failed.
That q naval Commander should have
won the prize and carried off the mil
lions is o subject of congratnlation to
Pearson. Miss Aver is the daughter OF
the patent medicine man Of that name.
An old friend af Archbishop Whate-
~, who was with him at Oxford, went,
after many years absence, to visit him
at the palace, in Dublin. On entering
tue grounds he <spied an old man dig
ging, despite a pitiless storm OF sleet.
II, shall rebuke the Archbishop for
this said the visitor to himself; she
should show more consideration Tor his
servants" Presently, on going into the
house, he found the decrepit old digger
was the Archbishop himself.
A genuine romance has recently come
to light in Richie county, Va. Some
time ago Catherine r.: Wilson, Of
S%mithville, advertised for a husband,
and the advertisement having attracted
the attention of Mr.. Michael d. Early,
of Michigan, a CORES pondence ensued
and last week Mr.. Early went to that
county to visit his intended bride. Both
parties being we'll pleased, a ministery
was secured, and they were made one.
The young couple are aged respectively
ti%fty-three and fifty-two years. The
bridegroom has since departed for his
home and will o return and take
his bride thither.
Longfellow's class in college was one
Of the most remarkable that ever grad
uated at Bowdoin. There were among
them Nathaniel Hawthorne (who spelled
his name Hathorne in college,; Frank
lin Pierce, afterward president of the
United States; Jonathan Cilley, who
was shot, while a member of congress,
in u duel, bysMr. Graves Of Kentucky;
George b. Cheever, a distinguished
clergyman and author; Stephen. Long.
fellow, the eldest brother of the poet,
rapidly rising in distinction at the bar
when his earthly career was cut short
by death; John s.. G. Abbott, q some
what famous writer; and James w.
Bradbury, an able lawyer, who has been
in the United States senate.
While an '"unco guild" congregation
in Hebron, Conn, was in an indignant
frame Of mind against Mormonism, sew
eral weeks ago,the pastor had the au-
dacity to aim sermon at polygamy
near home. One influential member OF
the church, now married to his fourth
living wife, took umbrage at the re-
marks, withdrew from fellowship and
raised a fuss. After revolving the mat
ter long and .copscientiously, the con
gregation has voted to sfreprimand" the
clergyman and pay a tribute, to. the high
Christian character OF the offended
brother.
The stock men of Texas, who have
been holding'a convention 1T Austin,
We're to close their proceedings by a ban
quet. The Austin Statesmen says:
"The cattlemens' banquet has. been
abandoned for the reason that no place
in the city could be. obtained large
enough to entertain all. There would
be about 600 cattlemen, fifty newspaper
men, and $50 legislators, besides many
others to whom invitations would have
to be extended, and while ample funds
had been subscribed to provide for all,
the committee found it impossible to
get any place large enough to spread
the feast"
There is some reason and excuse for
Queen Victoria's grief over the death OF
the late Brown if the important infor-
nation in possession of a gentleman in
New York is correct. The World says:
"A literary gentleman in this city is en-
gagged upon d book which is tolerably
certain to create q stir when it appears.
The author claims to have proof that
queen Victoria was secretly married to
John Brown shortly after. the death Of
the royal consort. He claims that Dis.
raeli discovered the fact, and through
threatening to disclose it secured his
advancement. The collated evidence
in support of this remarkable theory is
all to appear in this book
Dowd & Sons Cooper shop at La
Crosse was burned recently. The store,
house, which contained 5000 barrels
md most of the stock. was saved. Loss,
including tools of workmen,. about 49,
900. Work will not be stopped more
than three or four days.
A Connecticut lawyer has sued one
of his clients for a bill of $40 for ser.
vices rendered. It appeared that the
clients suit had involved a sum Of
about $50, and had continued through
p terms, on each Of which the lawyer
! cha sed a $40 term fee.