The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
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after cold tea, IS to drive behind
blooded horses.
WILLIAM III, King OF the Neither
lands, Is in seriously failing health.
He is in his 69th year.
BEETHovEN's favorite violin is now
in the possession OF an English gentle
man named Kirmoald.
MORRIS KINGSLEY, son OF Rev
Charles Kingsley the author, viii soon
make his home in New Haven.
Miss HATTIE \. PAUL is managing
editor, book-keeper and business man
ager OF the Memphis Daily Scimiter.
NICroKIEN SARpoU has been given
the Cross of a Commander OF the
Order OF st. Michael by the King of
Bavaria.
QUEEN NICToR.A's only surviving
aunt, the Duchess OF Cambridge, has
not been outside of st. James Palace
for twenty years.
SIDNEY LANIER, who in life had sell
have in death a magnificent monu-
ment in Macon, Ga.
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNsEND's sum-
mer residence near the South Mount
ain battle field, in Maryland, will be
completed this fall.
IL two lectures recently delivered at
New Orleans, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
netted S639, all of which she donated
to the Southern Art Union.
Mr.. BALL, the American sculptor, is
hard at work in Florence on the clay
model OF his colossal statue of Web
ster.
Mss ENDICoTT, the daughter OF the
secretary of war, Is said to bethe pret-
tiest girl that the new administration
has brought to Washington.
LIEUT.. FLIPPER, the first colored
graduate OF West Point. went to Mex
co after his disgrace in Texas, and is
now a colonel in the Mexican service.
SIR THOMAS GLADSTONE, the Pre-
mier's only brother, is a Tory in poll
ties, who has passed his ninetieth
year. His only son is with the army
now in Egypt.
PROF WAFFLE, of the Lewisburg
University, received the prize OF
81, 900 offered by the American Sun
day School Union for the best essay
on The Lords Day of Rest"
SIGNoR CARDINAII, the handsome
tenor OF the Mapleson Opera Compa-
ny, it is announced, will marry q
daughter of Judge Sanderson, of Cali
fOrnia in June.
GEN. AIzPURU, the rebel leader who
raised so much trouble in Panama, is
a mulatto who, a few years ago was a
waiter ina billiard saloon. Gen. Pres
ton was one of his subordinate of
iicers.
GEORGE W. CABLES study in New
Orleans is said to be the neatest of
literary workshops. 1t is a rather
sOmber room. with low bookcases, Il
map OF Louisiana opposite the open
CRATE, above which hangs a strong
head OF Homer, besides few etchings
and sketches to relieve the walls.
AN ingenious Partisan, NJ. Adrian
Gacon, has patente ed a blastingpowder
which provides a new explosive com
pound intended to have the force of
dynamite without its extra hazardous
properties. The compound consists
of mixture OF nitrate OF potash or
nitrate OF soda with sulphur ashes
and tannin.
THE artist Dore once made a picture
OF Niagara. Its style Is peculiar to
him; the gorge is bordered by ancient
evergreens, broken and dead at the
top, and a wierd light falls upon the
great cataract. He tried to recall the
wild magnihcence of the scene as it
might have appeared when it was first
viewed by the white man.
JUDIC. the French star who will visit
America next autumn, Is nearly 40
years old, with a vigorous form, al
most bordering on the heavy. She has
a purely oval face, and IA mouth that
etfectually displays two rows OF pure
white teeth. In manner she differs
from many other French stars, pro-
nouncing the riskiest words with child
like innocence.
THERE is quite ferment in the
Kansas State University at Lawrence
over the forced resignation OF Miss
Kate Stephens, professor OF the Greek
language and literature. She says she
is asked to resign, not because OF in
competency, but because OF her sex
and her lack OF religious convictions.
The students generally side with Miss
Stephens.
THE king OF the Be'gians, now in his
advanced middle age, Is OF right royal
presence, writes a correspondent. His
strongly developed profile, piercing
eyes, and flowing, long, grayish beard,
give him "A reallyimpOsing appearance,
while the great beauty for which the
queen was remarkable in her earlier
years has ripened into charming ma
tronly grace and dignity.
THE original autograph copy Of
Lord Byron's Fare thee well, and II
forever" at IA recent sale brought $S5;
the original OF Burns Tam OShan-
ter" and Lament of Mary, Queen OF
Scotts,' together brought $3.50; one
OF Lord ChestertieId's letters to his
son, S15; thirteen letters OF Dean
Swift, from $3S to $50 each, and one
OF Charles Lamb, from Paris S65.