Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-09
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the climate.
In the residence of the late Simon ?.
Fitz in Auburn. Me-, is a chair over
two hundred years DID,
The Rev. Dr. Abel Stevens. now rs
years old, is writing another volume
of his great History of Methodismn
Sir MoreIl Mackenzie, when he
comes to this country next fall, will
lecture on other than medical subjects.
The Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott writes
in the Christian Union in favor of open
ing the libraries, museums and art gal
leries Sunday.
Miss Abigail Dodge ("Gail Hamil-
ton') teaches a Sunday-school class
that meets every Sunday al Secretary
Blaine's residence.
George Reyman and wife of Massil-
Ion o. aged respectively 90 and 60 years,
smoke on an average 154 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
attelded by great multitudes, 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, as it stands, 500, and was
taken from the Big Bug mines recent
ly.
Gov. Pennoyer, Governor of Oregon,
is Newly orker by birth and comes
of old New England ancestry. He
has been a resident of Oregon since
1852.
Henry NJ. Stanley has at last reached
the climax of earthly glory. A Lon
don firm has notified him that it has
named brand of sausages in his
honor.
DR.. Charles Waldstein, the disting-
uished archaologist is coming to
America to endeavor to raise the
necessary money for the Delphi exca-
vatiOns.
Abram S. Hewitt has something like
s., 000 600 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 ed him. "Well he re-
piled, Il though his hair needed cut
ting"
Mrs Ann Hyde is the oldest pen
sioaer in the United States. She is the
widow of a veteran of the War of 1872
Recently she celebrated her 101st birth
day. She makes no attempt to conceal
her age.
Miss Ida f. Bowser is the first colored
female to graduate from the Depart
ment of Music of the University of
Pennsylvania. She is an accomplished
vioiuist and has arranged several
creditable musical compositions.
Amos A. Parker, of Fitzwiliam, 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 Constants
Among the many gifts received by
Nh. Stanley in the last few days is a
well-worn copy of Shakespeare works,
from Il 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 ifty-third year of her reign, has
now reigned longer than any English
monarch excepting Henry Ill; George
Ill sixty years on the throne being
left unconsidered, as it was so inter-
rupted with regencies.
Gen. Longstreet is engaged upon a
history of the Civil War and especially
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 eXcavator
sold behring's and butter. potatoes and
milk for over five years in a little shop
in Furstenberg where he was a grocer's
clerk.
Prince Bismarck says of Gen. Won
Caprivi: He has a clear head, a good
heart, generous nature, and great
working powers: altogether first-class
man." And then Gen. Won Caprivi
says to the world: Don't mind what
Prince Bismarck says. He is out of
office now and his words have no
weight!''
Justice Lamar of the Supreme Court
not only mods but actually sleeps while
on the bench. A Washington letter.
writer says: Whenever [ have looked
in at the Supreme Court between
visits to the Senate and House there
he was, chin dropped among the folds
of his robe, eyes shut and arms folded,