Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-12
Personal Paragraphs.

d.. @, Marshall. to satisfy his own
,uriosity, went through Bates History
Of the Pennsylvania Soldier" for count
of the Smiths that were in the civil war
from that state Theiesult shows over
5, 900 (of' whom 1873 were field, staff and
commissioned officers, or enough for
Eve full regiments, officers and al.
The college graduate is apt to COM :
plain toasympathizing friends because
be finds it so hard to.,"ge into journal
ism. - But evory managing editor in :
The country will tell you that it isn't
The thousaqdth part so hard for the col
,ege graduate to get into journalism as
it often ITO get the first principles of !
journalism into the college graduate.
Rev. Dir: E. L.. Magoon, pastor of the g
North: Brosd street Baptist church, Of: :
Philadelphia has rendered his resigna~
tion. to take effect one year from date, !
with the understanding that he serve j,
during the interval without salary. He :.
is in his 10Th year, and has been pastor
of his present charge quarter of aeon:
tury.
The Tower of London contains az
specimen Of a hammerless gun made in
the seventeenth century, which, says a.
writer; was far more of an achievement
for that day than the most complex,
specimen can be'for us. In the matter
of firearms it is supposed there is not
one principle known to the present
generation that had not been applied at
least 100 times two centuries ago..
The first newspaper in Savannah Was
the Georgia Gazette. which was start
ed in 1853, and from that time, for 1872:
years, the city;ha never been without
a newspaper. More than score Of:
journals have appeared an3 disappear
ed since then. The News, which was
first published in 1850, is the only sur
vivor of ante-bellum days, though it
has always at least one rival, sometimes
three or FOUR:
Charles Lamb always held Byron
lightly, and in letter recently publish
ed for the firsttime he is particularly se--
we're. "a line of Wordsworth is lever
to Lift the immortal soul" he says" but
Byron's can only move the spleen. He
was at best a satirist in any other way
he was mean enough. I:dere say do
him injustice, but [ can not love him nor:
squeeze tear to his memory.
Mis-. Sallie Ward Lawrence Hunt
Armstrong;. who, has been known for:
forty years as the most beautiful woman
in the south, was married for the fourth
time recently at Gait House, Louisville,
KY. The groom was Mr.. G. T. Downs,
wealthy gentleman of high social
position, who. is seventy-fve years Of
age. Though the court-ship has lasted
six years, the wedding is a surprise, and
will cause a great social sensation. The
bride is fifty eight years, DID,. hut does
not look over forty five.
The King of the Belgians, WHO, has
spent nearly $500, 900 of his private for
tune III the exploration and: Develop
ment of Africa, is said to have remarked
lately, e. am very small man among
kings, but do, not see why should
not be a. great man among geographers
and cizilizers." He has fairly won
great name for himself, and the State
he is. planning will be monument to
his royal generosity. From the selfish
and greedy scramblers after territory it
is indeed refreshing to turn to monarch
who seeks nothing for himself or for
his country, but who has, done. more
than all the European governments
combined to open the gates. of Central
Africa. to curb the slave dealer and the
liquor seller and to lay in Righteousness
the foundations, Of a: mighty African
empire.