The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-16
PERSONALITIES.

King Alfonso the cross of the Order OF
Beneticence founded by his mother.
Mrs. GRANT says that the happlest
time OF her life was when, a quarter OF
century ago, the General and she
were living in Galena on $40 a month.
Miss NEVADA kissed three hundred
| girls day or two before leaving San
| Francisco. She said it made her feel
very tired.
Mr.. GLADSTONE does not use tobacco
in any form, but he is a great lover OF
sherry wine and is a hearty eater of
rich food.
Mr.. GEORGE RIDDLE, of Carroll
County. Maryland, has living with
him at the present time twenty-five OF
his daughters.
MARK TWAIN asserts that he set
type, and OF course a good example,
in the Philadelphia Ledger Office more
than thirty years ago.
EX-Gov. MOVES, of Ohio (also ex-
minister to France). will present a
lifesized portrait of himself to Dart
mouth College, where he was graduated
in 1857.
IL October. when occurs the tiftieth
dtilillN VI lAlt ifpNtNtA IA A'-Nttl ttN
riots. the first two volumes OF the
Life OF William Lloyd Garrison" will
be published
AsHMEAD BARTLETT, whOmaUriod the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts. was former
ly student III st. Stephens College,
Annandale, y. y, and remembers it
annually by a gift OF books.
CAPT. GEORGE n. STONE. the retired
Cincinnati gambler, and one of the
early owners OF Maud ), was elected
president OF the Cincinnati board of
aldermen the other day.
THE Rev Mahlon Van Horne, elected
representative from Newport the other
day, is the first colored man to be a
member of the Rhode Island legisla-
ture.
THE Boston Traveller says: Mr.
Edward Isham, a Chicago lawyer, and
once partner rofeX-Secretary Lincoln,
will fit up the old homestead of his
grandfather at Manchester, Vt, as
summer residence.
''KND words never die" How bit
terry does a man realize that truth
when he sees all the kindest words he
ever used in his life glaring at him from
his published letters, in breach-of
promise suit
REV. DIR. CUYLER, of Brooklyn, la
been busy man. In the last twenty
five years he has written 3, 900 articles
for the newspapers, besides writing a
cord of sermons, published ten vol
umes, and doing a great deal of other
work.
ACCORDING to the London Truth
Miss Violet Morgan is acting as tempo
rary master of the Tredegar fox
hounds, in the absence from home of
her father, Col. Morgan, NJ. p. The
young lady is an excellent rider, and
nothing stops her.
IT is reported that Oscar Wilde now
favors the abolition of the coat
and waistcoat. If Oscar keeps on in
his artistic developments we may ex-
pect that he will ultimately get down
to first principles and pair of spurs.
-PittsbUrg Times.
JEFFERsON's diary of expenses, in
teresting items from which appeared
in the March Harper's, was purchased
by S. J. Tilden through Daniel Lamont
from Randall, Jefferson's biogTapher,
for S4O0. 1t is an old book, worn and
faded in color, but the ink is fresh, and
wonderfully well kept.
The society papers are not marry
ing Chester A. Arthur so much as they
were when he was President, Int it
goes without saying that when he
hangs out his shingle he VII be
brother-in-law TO VIM. Maxillary
Evarts.
GEN. BARRIOs, the dead president of
Guatemala, is said to have been the
only public man in Spanish America
who spoke and acted promptly on all
occasions" and who utterly disregard
ed the cOnventiOnalities of Spanish
etiquette.
Mr.. ELLIS LEVER of Bowdoin. En-
gland, has offered a prize OF 81, SOC
for the invention or discovery OF an
economical, efficient and safe substi-
tute for gunpowder and other ex-
plOsives employed in the getting OF
COAL
STEPNIAK, the Russian, is an inspira-
tional writer, and. wheh the fit takes
him, rises at = in the morning and
works till noon, then sleeps n feN
hours, working again at lightning speed
IN the evening, meanwhile drinking
enormous quantities OF very hot co
fee.
JAY GOULD has twenty-sev-n tele
graph instruments in his Office Sit
ting at his desk he can be put in com
munieation with any place that is
reached by wire of the Western
Union Telegraph Company. There
fore the managers OF his properties are
always accessible, no matter where
they may be.
GEN. BARILLOs, the new president OF
Guatemala, is of high birth and liberal
education, and has been more than
ordinarily successful in business, poll
tics and military ventures. He Is not
yet past 40, but is married and has n
very interesting family. In personal
appearance he is tall and finely
formed, with dark eyes and a flowing
black beard.
ANTONIO BARHos, a cadet at West
Point, second son OF the president OF
Is on his way to San
Francisco, to meet his mother and
her children, who are hereafter to re-
side in a mansion in Fifth Avenue,
New York, purchased three years ago.
The late president is reported to have
invested some $4,000, 900 in Amer
lean real and personal property.