New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-02
Personal Gossfp.

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Brig. Gen. Augur graduated from
West Point and was appointed second
lieutenant on July /, 1e43.
Prince Edward OF Wales has been
elevatedto the degree OF Master Mason.
Pierre Lorillard's residence at New
port is worth 100000, and he occu-
pies 1t two months during the year.
Mrs. Stuart OF New York, widow OF
the sugar refiner Stuart, is in poor
health, and has a fortune of 81 .OOO.-
900 without a relative or heir in the
world.
Ex-Secretary Lincoln, who was thir-
ty-eight years old when he entered
President Garfield's cabinet, wore a
full, closely trimmed beard until a few
weeks since, when he had it removed,
and he is now said not to look a dav
over twenty-five He has re-entered
his former law partnership and old OF
flee in Chicago.
The expensive habits OF the officers
Of the British cavalry have reached a
point where none but the rich can live
comforta bly, in a regiment, and the
consequence is, the British cavalry is
getting short Of officers. Luxury has
been disintegrating all branches of
society and even limbering the claws
Of the British lion of late years.
DR.. Alice B. Stockton says that un-
less a woman has tried loose clothing
she cannot conceive how much she
gains in health and strength by dress
that gives perfect freedom to breathe.
Sixteen thicknesses OF CLOTH" she
says, sis no unusual number to be
found tightly fastened about a lady's
waist" Concerning this matter she
once heard a Chinese woman exclaim:
"Christian women sqeeze Gods life. )"
The Rev. DR.. Charles A. Briggs, pro-
lessor of Hebrew in the Union Theo-
logical Seminary, recently declared by
The Interior to be the most accom-
| plished Biblical scholar of this coun-
try, has come out strongly against the
Revised Version Of the Old Testament.
He holds that the revisors made a
great mistake in accepting as the basis
OF their work the same Massoretic He
brew text that was used by the au-
thors Of King James version, and he
concludes that in a short time theneW
version will need revising.
Horatio Seymoursits in a chair that
belonged to Daniel Webster. looks out
OF a window which was once in Faneul
Hall, and warns his feet at a fireplace
of tiles taken from the house OF John
Jay.
Professor Whitney ofYale College is
referred to by the Athenaum. ina re-
cent review Of his article on "Phil-
ology," in the Encyclopaedia Britain
lea" as certainly the highest living
authority onthe science OF language in
general
The attitude of the Roman Catholic
Bishop OF Louisville, as regards the
holding Of night picnics, is widely com.
mended AS the ecclesiastical head OF
the diocese he directs the attention OF
Catholics to the grave scandals that
accompany picnics held at night, and
uses every official means in his power
to prevent them. He does not 90 sc
far as to say that such gathering shall
not be held, as that would be an IN
warranted interference with individual
rights, nor does he threaten to excom
municate those who disobey his in
junction, but hegivesnotice that where
such picnics are held for charitable
or church purposes, allwho are active
ly engaged therein shall be cut off from
holding any office of trust in the con
grcgation, and pastors and trustee:
are prohibited from receiving the pro
ceeds Of such picnics for any purpos.
connected with the church.