The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-04
Personal Paragraphs.

Personal Paragraphs.
Mrs. Mason (once Mrs. Charles Sum-
merO resides permanently at Rome.
Mr.: Thomas B. MacKellar, we'll
known type founder and printer Of
Philadelphia, has recently partially re.
tired from active business. He set hiA
initial stickful of type May 2, 1926.
President Buchanan's house at Lam
caster; Pa; has been kept in almost ex-
act1y, The same Condition III which il
| was left by him at the time Of his death.
A reside nt Of Rome: Ga.;,, LAS fnsti.
tuted suit for $4,000 d amages> against a
local grocer who displayed in + ront OF
his store card with the name Of the
prosecutor on it and the word dead
beat, Sc 49," -: -
It is said that the supply Of fine furs
is steadily decreasing, and that sab1ss
will before long be unobtainable. Some
of the fur mantles now worn are well
nigh historic. The cost1iest one known
is said to belong to the Duchess OF
Edinburgh, its value being $50, 900.
! Adelina Patti has suit of sables that
cost $4,000. Mrs: j.. w. Mackay owns
q mantle of the choicest bits Of 1000
black fox skins, for which $4,000 was
paid.
President Cleveland signs his letters
"Yodfs TRULY" Mr.: Hayes wrots "sin-
cerely ,'youzs'' Garfield; %,Very trul,
yours, and Ex-President Arthur usual:
ly appended BEAUTIFULLY yours" to his
correspondence. Mr.. Arthur made the
prettiest copy, but rarely wrote. Gar
field was writing master in his youth,
but grew careless in his chirography
and usually dictated to stenographer.
Mr.! Hayes, on the other hand, seemed
to delight in writing himself.
Mrs. jackson ("H. H."y;' being de-
tanned in San Francisco by illness,- on
her way from Los Angeles to New York,
received some wild flowers from an un-
known friend, and wrote poem in &C
acknowledgement of the compliment. Not
knowing how to reach the donor, she
sent the verses to the Chronicle, with a
pleasant explanatory note: This and
the lines were returned with an estimate
Of the cost of pubiication-so much on
| the inside and so much somewhere else
Lieut.. Charles H. Judd, aged SO
years, who has been navigating Office,
Of the United States steamer "Galena'
for eighteen months past, was recently
a prisoner under Prestan, the revolu-
zionist, at Aspinwall. On his release
he showed signs of insanity. He was
sent home on the "Colon," and when
the steamer reached the wharf he elud:
ed his attendant and escaped into the
city. Subsequently he was recovered
at the Victoria Hotel and removed to
the Naval Hospital. It is thought
he will recover. He has wife in
Buffalo.
Lady Lansdowne, wife of the Cover
nor General of Canada; and her two
sons-Lord Kerry and Lord Charles
Fitzmaurice-arrived at Montreal 9
short time ago: The two sons then left
for New York, en- route for England
where they go to study. Lord Kerry
goes to Elton and Lord Charles to pri
vate sch in the South of England.
Lady Lansdowne accompanied them nc
farther than Montreal, and then re.
turned to Ottawa.
Three gentlemen we'll known an6
highly respected in Boston-Lawrence
Barrett, James Freeman Clarke
and Charles Devens- celebrated
their birthdays April 18th. The
famous preacher is the Oldest Of the
trio, having been bora April 4, 1910
Judge pevens is just ten years younger
and so is IS: The popular actor, Bar.
tett, was born April 4, 1888, and so is
just 81 days younger than Henry Irv.
ing: They are both younger than
Edwin Booth; who was born in Novem'
Der, 1883.
All amusing incident occurred a,
the Chestnut Street Opera House
Philadelphia recently. In the f.
nal scene of Katharine and Pc
truchio, Petruchio must imprint 8
kiss upon the tanned Katharine's lips
In his effort to do this Mr.. Booth left
the counterfeit of his blackened nous
tache upon Miss Clark's cheek. HI
discovered it directly and endeavorec
to wipe it off with his finger, only tt
make the smddge broader and more
marked. The audience burst into {
guffaw and the scene ended amid the
greatest confusion.