River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-07-10
Personal Mention.

MI. DrOuSOu A1COtt dttIluuteo LIS AOhS
life to subsistence on dry Concord Phil
osophy and plain vegetables. But there
is Mrs. Baker of Taylorsville, Va, who
is more than dozen years Mr.. Alcott's
senior, and she has made practice of
eating meat and drinking dozen cups
of strong coffee every day The coffee
might have killed old Alcott, but certain
it is that Mrs. Baker would have starved
to death long ago on a diet of Concord
philosophy and baked potatoes.
Following is list of the prominent
millionaires of the United States: Will
liam H. Vanderbilt, 5000, 900;
Fair. of California. $50, 900, 900; Flood
of California, $50, 900 900; Mackay, of
California, $50, 900; August Bel
mont, $4,000 900; Senator Sharon,
$15. OOO, 900; Senator Jones, 800, 900 900;
Aston, of New York, SIS, 900, 900; James
G Benne tt, $50 ,00O, 900; Jay Gould $685.
900, 900; S. J. Tilden, $25, 900, 900; So
lon Humphreys. $15, 600, 900; Sidney
Dillon, $15,000,000; Edward Clark,
$25 900, 600; Cakes Ames. Jr., $15, O00,-
900; Perry FL. Smith of Chicago, $15,-
900, 600; Pierre Lorillard, $15, ZOO, 900.
Touching her recent marriage, Mrs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes to Chica
go friend as follows. ~ have been ex
ceedingly surprised and panied at the
bad taste which the press at large dis
played in reference to this occurrence in
my life. All the severe and often cruel
criticisms relative TO my book I looked
upon as so many dollars, and accepted
them with good grace. But in this
event which concerned my private life
and most sacred feelings, / have felt
that deserved greater courtesy from
the newspapers, especially as all that
has been written concerning me must
be seen and read by strangers who are
to be my future associates, and must
naturally influence their impressions of
me-.
Maria Jeanneret, one of the most
noted criminals of the age, died In prison
at Geneva, Switzerland, recently. She
was an extensive secret poisoner, hay
ing caused the death of no less than
nine prominent people, with probable
ity of scores of others. She belonged
to an honorable family, was exemplary
in her manners, and apparently kind
hearted, so much SO that she frequent
~ volunteered her assistance in cases of
sickness. She gave her patients the
greatest attention, yet they generally
died. Belladona was the drug upon
which she relied to do the work.
When convicted, capital punishment
had been abolished, and she was SEN
fenced for life
The following incident is told us of
the Duke of Buccleucb, who recently
died in England. Not very long ago,
while travelling with the Duke of North
cumberland, they found themselves in a
carriage with a commercial traveller.
The conversation between the three
soon became general. At Alnwick
station the Duke of Northumberland got
out and was driven away in showey
eauipage. "That must be swell, !"
said the commercial traveller. "Do you
know who he is ?n "He is the Duke of
of Northumberland, replied his grace
of Baccleuch "And yet they say that
our nobility is naughty! Why, he talked
to us two snobs as though we had been
his pals"
1t was in the mild September of 1888
that James Ham went into a saloon in
Brooklyn with some friends. In the
course of the evening he yielded to the
somnifc influences of beer and doZed
The gas was turned down, pair of
scissors was procured, and in a few
minutes Mr. Ham was shorn of his
beautiful beard 1t was not until he
had an interview with his wife on reach
ing home that Mr.. Ham fully realized
the force of the calamity that had be-
| fallen him. After nursing his wrath
for many months he at length resolved
| to seek redress in the courts. He has
| brought suit in the supreme court,
Brooklyn, against the saloon keeper to
recover 81 900 for the loss of his beard.
The following touching incident is re-
lated by correspondent as having oc-
CURED in a suburban train on the New
York and New England Railroad the
other day: A tall, elderly and we'll
known gentleman, whose temperance
principals no one had ever suspected as
otherwise than of the soundest, slowly
rises from his seat In the smoking car
and walks sedately into the baggage
| apartment of the car, which is separated
| from the main portion by a door, the
upper half of which is ground glass.
When he gets in he closes the door, and
then is seen (by his shadow, which is
sharply outlined against the glass;, slow
| " to raise his hand to his mouth and to
| indulge in a good, long drink from a
bottle which doubtless contained cough
mixture, after which, replacing the
flask in his pocket, he sauntered back
all the while wondering what the pas
sengers we're laughing at. He asked a
young man the cause, and was quickly
informed, then--tableaul And hasty
retreat to the rear OF the train.