The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-07-24

Lite heF. IeleF uleu dJ LOW
ell, Mass, recently, leaving an estate
valued at $780, 900. Hegave onedol-
lar to each OF his four brothers and sis
ters In Ireland, and the remainder OF
his propertyto onesister and her heirs.
Col. Mapleson has suedMlle. Nevada
for $4,000, which he alleges was over
paid her on q contract. On the other
hand, the diva claims that Maplesonis
in her debt.
Thelate Earl of Dudley, who died sud.
denly, had his life insured in various
British companies for 81, 900 for
the benefit af Lady Dudley, and this
amount, added TO the dover seeuredto
her by her marriage settlement, makes
iler one of the richest women in Eng
land.
General Middleton, who at last ac-
counts was pursuing the Indians nthc
Northwest, is an English officer ofcon-
siderable experience, having served in
New Zealand against the Maoris in
1916 and 1916, and also in the Indian
mutiny. In the latter he took an ac.
tive part in the siege of Lucknow and
was recomm nded for the Victoria
cross.
The maiden law fee ofayoung attor.
ney OF Sylvania, Ga, earned q few
days since, consisted of So in money,
O sack of fodder, a silver watch, an old
saw and q yearling steer. He drove
his live stock into town himself.
A hammer with which General An.
lrew Jackson's horse was shod, while
On ms way to fight the battle of New
Orleans, is in the possession of r.. II.
Sehmitton, of Dickson, Tenn. 1t is To
be sold for the benefit of the Bartholdi
statue.
1t now appears that the thrilling
story told by a very younglady mos.
wego of having her hair cut of by
burglars, who committed the outrage
as a revenge on her father, was due to
a lively imagination, assisted by her
own hands. The silverware she said
the masked men had carried off has
been found hidden in q cioset-and the
lime novels which melted the act
could probably be found in the young
lady's room If a careful search was in.
stituted.
Robert j .Burdette, the Hawkeye hui
morist, recently said to reporter Of
the Buffalo Express: "Ibegan talking
this season on the 18th of November,
and have kept atitpretty steadily ever
since, making five and sixtalks a week
with scarcely abreal. .Gotas far west
as Concordia, Kas., north into Mime
sofa and Wisconsin, south as far al
Lynchburg, Va, and downeastt to Hal
flax. Buffalo closes the season. Twill
now hang my chin up on q high and
lonely nail for all Sumner"
Madame Barrios says that the only
monument she. wants to see to her de
parted husband is q man to take his
place. This has a grand sound, but
the effect has been impaired by q wick.
ed newspaper nan who predicts thata
pretty $4,000, 900 young widow will
not have to wait for the man very
long.
There is quite a ferment inthe Kan
sas State University at Lawrence over
the forced resignation of Miss Kate
Stephens, Professor of the Greek Ian
guage and Literature. She says she il
asked to resign, not because OF incom
potency, but because OF her sex and bel
lack OF religious convictions. Tie stu
dents generally side with Miss Stephens
Boucicault claims that his famous
play, London Assurance, 7 was writ
ten when he was Is years of age. BY
placing the appearance OF this produc
tion at a period in his life some ten
years earlier than chronological accu
racy would warrant, theveteran actor
ALWAYS an ~actor), appears to be nov
but 60, instead of his fully 10 years 81
age. 1t is aharmless stageiinposition
An Austin dude has been owing Col
yerger $50 for q long time, so the 9th
81 day he dropped the ferse.fsl man 9
note, requesting him to settle. Next
day Col. Yerger received a note frcss
the careless debtor. There's no mon,
ey in it, said Col. Yerger as soon al
he looked at the address. "How do
you know asked q friend. Because
It is addressed to General Yerger; that
means that he takes it out in polite
ness On the letter being opened no
money was found in it.-Texas Sift
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