The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-31
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Joshua Hood, one of the committee
appointed to welcome General LaFay.
cite during his visit to this country in
1924, died recently in Baltimore at the
age of eighty seven.
The thickest octave volume in the
world known is the latest edition OF
Whitaker's reference Catalogue of
English Literature" This book weighs
twelve pounds, and is eleven inches in
thickness. "'~''1@''s''''''
The late Prince Schwarzenberg,
whose landed estates were so enormous
as to be called the Schwarzenberg EN-
pire. left fortune of $4,000. Gao, from
which sum of $500 was bequeathed to
the poor of Vienna. That was his sole
charitable bequest
=. james Carlyle, brother OF Thomas
Carlyle, died recently in Scotland. at
the age of eighty.fve. He was ten
years younger that Thomas. and is said
to have resembled him greatly in APP
pearance and manner.
The Car of Russia is now the
largest landlord in the world. Three
weeks ago he purchased one single tract
larger than the State of Texas. He has
also bought in the lands of the Hohen-
lobe family, which they had inherited,
but were not allowed to occupy in Rus
STA.
The best reporter at the Versailles
Assembly was said to be the late Nine,
Rouvier, who condensed the speeches as
; ri than in lnnp
hand for one of the great Brussels jour
, nails and posted them, without copying,
Immediately to the home Office. There
was no need of revising the proofs, for
her hastily-done copy" was SO perfect
and accurate.
In order to give Jules Simon a
; pleasant recollection of his visit to Ber-
lin while attending the recent Labor
Congress, Kaiser William presented him
with "a collection of the musical works
of my ancestor, Frederick the Great"
and these appear to consist of twenty
five sonatas and four minor pieces for
the flute.
"A historian who is compiling the
letters, messages, speeches, etc., OF
President Lincoln for publication has
finished search of the records of the
executive office of Ohio. But one auto
graph letter was found. 1t is dated
:. April 30, 1864, and accepts the offer Of
the Governors of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
and Wisconsin to furnish IS, 600 troops
for ono hundred days service.
Stanley, who is Welshman by
birth, United States citizen by af1ilia-
! ton. and an African by exploration, has
as temptations to become an English
/ man handsome, clever, and wealthy
| fiancee, a public subscription, knight
hood, and much honor from all men.
Less than this would surely have
changed even the famous ruler of the
| Queens navee. Montreal Gazette.
OF the original edition of the SON.
nets of Shakespeare, published BY
| George Daniel, of London, in 1909, there
! are but two perfect copies known. One
i of these is in the British Museum, for
the. other 5000 was paid but short
time ago, sAs the book is%very sma all,
OILY sx4 inchesS and we ighiag less than
ten ounces. Itwas figured that at that
rate each ounce of the precious volume
brought $500, or many times its own
weight in gold.
| -"Uncle Tom Hardin, a schoolmate
of Thomas A. Hendricks, once a friend
of Benjamin Harrison, and at one time
one of the most brilliant lawyers in In
dianapolis, died some time ago in Kan
sas City. Dissipation had reduced him
from an estate of $3.50, 900 to the neces-
sity of dying in the haunts of his rowdy
companions. One of them ask him,
as the end drew near, if he felt like
/ taking something. "Yes," he said,
rather family; "a little whisky" His
eyelids drooped-there was a rattle in
his throat as he continued: "a little
sirup in the glass, boys, if you please
But old Tom never took the drink, for
when it was brought from the saloon
below his life had ended.