Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-04
PERSONALS.

PERSONALS.
YAM PHoN LEE, a Yale student, earns
a livelihood by lecturing about 'Chi
Mrs. ORD, widow of the late Gen
E. 0. c. Ord, is spending the winter al
Oakland, Cal.
EDMUND GossE's lectures on English
history are about to be published by
Osgood in Boston.
Miss LULU HURST, the alleged Geor
gia wonder, has made $50, 900 within
a year out of her wonderful "magnet
! ISM"
GEORGE II. Kicker, of Rochester, n
H., has shipped an old-fashioned arm
chair, manufactured in ITS, to
President-elect Cleveland.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA is as anna,
bic as Mr.. Irving in the matter oil
American cookery, which he declares
equals that of the French.
A LONDON paper says that on his
return to England Lord Garmoyle and
Miss Fortescue will be married, not
withstanding the lawsuit.
JUST in time somebody rakes up an
old prediction of Gladstone's Tory
brother: civilian will ruin his coun-
try and his queen, and die a mad
man." But he still lives, though no
doubt very "mad" over news from
Egypt.
THE death is announced at Kensing-
ton, England, OF the naturalist, John
&. Jeffreys, LII. D., F. R. S., one of the
Oldest of English biologists. He was
born in 1909, and for the last twenty
years has devoted himself to his fav-
orite branch of science.
WHISTLER, the artist, is coming to
America next summer with Moncure
D. Conway, who will then return per-
manently to the United States, and
settle in Washington. Whistler has
not been in his native country for
thirty years. He will lecture.
OF Col. Burnaby London Truth
says: MANY years ago he passed as
the strongest man in England, and
used to twist poker round his neck
and carry ponies upstairs. Then he
had an illness, and subsequent to this
he never renewed these feats."
ALBERT SAGE, nephew of Russell
Sage, the New York millionaire, was
convicted in the Troy police court a
few days ago on charge of failing to
provide for his three motherless chill.
dren, and was sentenced to imprison.
ment at hard labor in the Albany
Penitentiary for six months.
AN English blue book shows that
Gen. Wolseley, commanding the En-
glish army in Egypt, has received
$465, 900 from the English govern.
ment, in reward for his military serv,
ices. The bounty given him for the
victory of Tel Ell Kebir was $50, 900;
for his Ashantee victories, $125, 900,
and for his Indian services, 100000.
SENATOR NJ. c. BUTLER, of South
Carolina, is the handsomest man in
Congress- His wife is beauty, too
She has Titian-red hair, lovely features,
O. perfect figure and exquisite hands
and feet, and is the daughter of a
house whose race has been distinguish.
ed for generations in politics, as in the
social worll-blue blooded, rich and
talented.
Mr.. PHINEAs T. BARNUA1 is believ-
er in the practicability of perpetual
motion, and many years ago invented
q machine which ran right along until
it was burned with his Iranistan resi-
dence, in 1865. He believes the clock
of the future will run perpetually, be-
ing so constructed that the changes OF
temperature between night and day
will wind it up.
Mrs. j. w. CLARK, of Mt. Vernon,
mother of Mrs. c. Everest, of Philadel-
phia, is able, at the advanced age OF
81 years, to sing the psalms in the
church service in clear voice, to knit,
embroider, and to keepup large CORE
spondence. According to the Press OF
that city, she is also devoted work er
among the poor, going out personally
on pleasant days to distribute tracts
as we'll as substantial aid to the un-
fortunate.
PALMER, Pike, of New Hampshire;
Henderson, of Nebraska, and Bowen,
of Colorado, sit in thefour seats which
form the outer row on the Republican
side of the United States Senate. This
row is elevated a trtle. Palmer, Man
derson, and Bowen have named it
Pixies Peak, in honor of the New
Hampshire senator. Like the men
who sat on the mountain in the
first French Assembly, the statesmen
of Pixies Peak are leagued and vote
alike on all questions.