The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-16
Personal Mention.

Some inquisitive person sent Sarah
Bernhardt a set Of printed questions
to fill out. Among them was What's
yourfavorite animal2'' Sheanswered,
Man.
What an admirable will is that
which was made by John KeIIyl' says
the New York Tribune. "It leaves all
his estate to his widow and makes her
his executor and the guardian of his
children. That is as it should be, and
it presents beautiful picture OF con
nubial confidence cntlasting lifeitself"
Oscar III. Cooper, who hes just been
chosen state superintendent Of public
instruction in Texas, is only twenty
eight years OF age. He is a graduate
of Yale College and young man Of
distinguished ability. The schoolfund
OF Texas is larger than that OF any
ten other states in the Union.
Attorney General Washington Of
Tennessee was last week arrested for
contempt Of Court, by the Chief Justi.
ce, because he was not present when
the Court met. The descendant 81
the Father of his country, when
brought to bar, said: "May it please
the Court, / can not tell a lie. am
guilty OF contempt of Court. did it
with my little absence. But | was
married day before yesterday" The
Court apologized
Lady Penelope darcy, the only
daughter Of the earl Of Rivers, when
but seventeen years old, was wooed by
three suitors at the same time, Sir
George Trenchard, Sir John Gaye and
Sir William Hervy. The knights, as
in chivalry bound, were disposed to
contest the prize with target and lance;
but the lady herselfforbadet the battle,
and menaced the disobedient knights
with her lasting displeasure, promising
jocularly that if they would have pa
tience, she would have them all in their
turns. And she actually fulfilled her
promise, for she espoused first Sir
John Trenchard ofWolverton, second
ly Sir John Gaye Of FoIie, and thirdly
Sir William Hervy OF Ickworth, and
buried the last of them before she was
forty years old.
Mr.. Henry Bergh, commonly sup:
posed to be an implacable fanatic, a
man of severe visage and unyieldinl
manners, as matter OF fact is one 81
the most approachable, most acccssi
BILE, most easily cousinced Of human
beings. A writer in the New York
World says: "He stands straighter,
brushes his hair more accurately and
watches plays and players more lugu,
biously than ever this season, but
nothing suits him better than to un.
coil himselfin his pleasant apartments
at the corner OF Fourth avenue and
East Twenty y-second street, and there
TO hear or tell choice stories, apt rep
artees and brilliant jokes.
Nearly half Of the 14o Yale Seniors
are church members. The Oldest man
in the class is SO years and theyoung
est 10. The tallest is 8 feet inches
and the shortest feet The fathers
OF 43 Of the students are college grad
uates, and Of these liz are Yale
Alumni 9The average expense Of the
college course per year was $3.50, one
man, however, squandering $500
and another managing to exist on
$3.50. Twenty three have earned
money for their own support during
the course. After graduating, 81 OF
the class will study law, III will study
medicine, 8 will study for the ministry,
5 will study engineering, 14will teach,
8 will become instructors, 27 will 20
into business and 2 will fitfor journal
ism.
A cable dispatch states that the en-.
gagenlent of marriage between Earl
Cairns and Miss Adela Grant, has
been dissolved by the lady. and the
reason is that the Earl insisted on
loan of money from the mother OF his
prospective bride, SO that he might
meet his creditors. Earl Cairns is bet
ter known as Lord Garmoyle, and Was
pornlar two years ago among q certain
class OF society. He achieved notori-
ty because of the successful breach 81
promise suit brought against him by
Miss Fortescue, the actress. Earl
Cairns has large estates in England
and Ireland, so entailed, however, as
to preclude him from sacrificing the
property. His income is about f1O.
600 a year and it is all be has in the
wide world to live upon. His expendi,
tures have been as high as f20, 900
yevr, and his creditors are importun-
ate. 1t cost Lord Garmoyle's father
$3.50, 600 to settle With Miss For.
tescue.
Ed Harrigan is full oil stories, and
the New York Star quotes one ne tells
about fourth ward club in that city.
1t was campaign club, and motion
was made TO provide torches and rega
lia for parades. The motion was
about to be put, when a hairy old
Connaughter got upand announced his
desire to discuss the propositions