The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
Personal Gossip.

George Danielsou, the late editor Of
me Providence Journal, who received q
.troke OF paralysis the other day was
warned two years ago that he would suf-
Ter in that way. It was his custom 70
go on duty at 10 in the morning and
see the evening edition to press, say at
, or 3 p. m. Then returning at 7 p. m.
he would work on the morning edition
antil 2 a.. m.
Moncure y. Conway intends to leave
England this spring, and return to his
native land. Mr.. Conway has been
abroad twenty years, as minister, lectur-
er, and newspaper correspondent. It
was in 1873 that lie left America, worn
with work, tired of the ministry. and
doubtful of the success of the anti-slaye-
ry cause, in which he had been an uu-
firing worker. On his return to this
country he will probably settle down in
Washington.
John n. Pattison, who or the night
of March 8 was announced IN a concert
programme at Chickering Hall, New
York, as "'the milkman pianist" instead
of "the eminent pianist probably
through a typographical error, is still
suffering from the effects of the shock
his nervous system received when he
read the announcement, and immedi-
ately therefor left the hall. He said
it was a deliberate and preconceiyed in
suit, and has brought suits against
Chickering & Sons, claiming SO, 900
damages.
H. b. Clafin. the famous New York
dry goods merchant, is said to be a very
small man, with fluffy hair and a small,
smooth, doll-like face, Every after
noon at half-past 3 o'clock, wet or dry,
he jumps into a light wagon behind a
fleet horse and goes spinning down to
wards Coney Island from his winter re
sidence in Brooklyn. There Is nothing
snowy or stylish about his turnout, and
few who see the little man mutfied In a
fur-lined coat with a cloth cap drawn
| over his flowing hair would take him
for an important millionaire.
A. H. Swan. of Cheyenne, w. L,
controls more live stock than any other
individual on the continent. His pres
emit possessions are valued at between
50, 900, 900 and SO, 1000, 900, while the
number of cattle of which he has the
exclusive control and management Is
over 300. 600 head and valued at over
So. 900. 900. He was the organizer and
is president and general manager Of no
less than five different stock organiza-
tions in Wyoming. He is n native OF
Green county, Pennsylvania, which
place he left for the west in 1858, when
% years ST age, with 81 900 in his peck
ct.
There was a touching incident at the
! bedside of the diving Augustus Schell in
New York. recently. At his request
four blind girls, inmates of the Blind
Asvlum-an institution in which he has
for many years taken a deep interest,
and to the maintenance of which he has
contributed liberallv-called at his resi-.
dence at noon and were admitted to
his chamber. He requested them to
sing a hymn, and as they stood before
him and sweetly rendered an air with
which the dying man was familiar he
was visiblv moved, and before they had
concluded his emotions were 50 deeply
stirred that he was unable to control
himself and sobbed aloud.
Bismark, in a letter TO his wife in 1851 3:
an the art of saying nothing in a great
many words l am making rapid progress.
[ write many pages of letters which read
like leading articles. and if Nanteufiel,
! after pursuing them, can tell what they
are about, he certainly knows more than
7. Every of US pretends that his
| colleagues are full Of IDEAS and plans,
and yet all the time the whole body Of
us know nothing and each is aware that
the others know nothing. No man, not
even the malicious skeptic of a democrat
can believe what charlatanism and big
pretense is all this diplomacy" The
candid statesman was the councillor Of
location of Frank fort