Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-16
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: two hundred years old;
The Rev. DR.. Abel Stevens, now rs
years DID, is writing another volume
of his great History of Methodism.
Sir Morel Mackenzie, when he
comes to this country next fall, will
lecture on other than medical subjects
The Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott writes
n the Christian Union in favor of open
ing the libraries, museums, and art gal
leries Sunday.
Miss Abigail Dodge ("Gail Hamil-
tony teaches Sunday-school class
that meets every Sunday at Secretary
Blaine's residence.
George Reyman and wife of Massil-
lon o. aged respectively SO and 60 years,
smoke on an average 1874 pounds OF
tobacco per year.
Lord Dunraven's eldest daughter
Lady Enid Wyndman-Quin, is 10 years
of age, pretty. an excellent violinist
and ambitious to be an author.
Henry George is having great sue
cess in Australia. His addresses are
attended by great mutitudes, and the
papers give verbatim reports of them.
Adolph Busch, the ST. Louis beer
king, is at the head of an establish
ment which employs 5000 men, and
he receives salary of $50, 900 year.
In the town of Prescott. A. T.,
gold nugget is on exhibition. 1t is
worth, rs it stands, 500, and was
taken from the Big Bug mines recent
ly.
Gov. Pennoyer, Governor of Oregon,
is a Yorker by birth and comes
of old New England ancestry. He
has been resident of Oregon since
1852.
Henry M. Stanley has at last reached
the climax of earthly glory. A Lon
don firm has notified him that it has
named a brand of sausages in his
honor.
DR.. Charles Waldstein, the disting-
uished arch~ologist. is coming to
America to endeavor to raise the
necessary money for the Delphi exca-
vations.
Abram S. Hewitt has something like
S., 900, 900 invested in the South. He
is largely interested in various iron
furnaces and foundries, and is the
owner of much real estate.
A Wall-street broker who recently
met the novelist Daudet in Paris was
asked the other day how the great
writer impress led him. "Well he re-
piled, Il though his hair needed cut
ting"
Mrs. Ann HYDE is the oldest pen
sioner in the United States. She is the
widow of veteran of the War of 1912.
Recently she celebrated her 10lst birth
day. She makes no attempt to conceal
her age.
Miss Ida Z. Bowser is the first colored
female to graduate from the Depart
ment of Music of the University OF
Pennsylvania. She IS an accomplished
violinist and has arranged several
| creditable musical compositions.
Amos A. Parker. of Fitzwilliam, N.
H., is nearly SO years of age. and. hay-
| ing graduated at the University of
Vermont in 1915. is reckoned the old
est college graduate alive. Mr.. Ban
croft graduated from Harvard in 1917.
Louise Michel, who has returned to
Paris, follows the fashion of accepting
| liberty under protest She says: Il
was never insane. but indignant and
| furious. | have not deserved the in
fanny of a pardon from Constans.
Among the many gifts received by
Mr.. Stanley in the last few days is a
well-worn copy of Shakspeare's works.
from laboring man. Mr.. Stanley
| was much gratitied by the receipt of
it, and wrote the giver cordial letter
| of thanks
Queen Victoria, having completed
the lifty-third year of her rel IN, has
now reigneh longer than any English
monarch excepting Henry ILL.,. George
| Ills sixty years on the throne being
left unconsidered, as it was SO inter-
rupted with regencies.
Gen. Longstreet is engaged upon
| history of the Civil War and especially
| f the campaigns in which he took
part. If he lives to complete the
work it cannot fail to be valuable
contribution to the history of conflict
! all of which he saw and in part of which
| he was.
The Rev. John Prince. Methodist
minister 80 years of age and Mrs.
| Cynthia Wood 81 years of age. and
| mother of member of Parliament,
were married recently in Montreal.
| They were lovers when the century
was young. but their parents forbade
their match and they parted.
DR.. Heinrich Schliemann is a men,
Der of the Grocers' company of Lon
| don. Before he unearthed ancient
Troy and dug up Agamemnon's tomb
at Mycen@ the irrepressible excayator
sold behring's and butter, potatoes and
milk for over five years in a little shop
in FurStenberg, where he was grocer's
| clerk.
Prince Bismarck says of Gen. Won
! Caprivi: He has a clear head good
| heart, generous nature. and great
working powers; altogether tirst-class
| man. And then Gen. Won Caprivi
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