Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-28
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house.
Herbert Gladstone will visit the United
States and Canada during the coming
| summer.
According to the propaganda in
Rome, there are 21S,0O0,000 catholics
in the world.
King Oscar of Sweden, who has hith-
erto confined his pen chiefly to verse,
has written war paper.
Miss Emily Faithful has given up her
proposed trip to the United States on
account of her poor health.
Gen. Boulanger is said to be quite
skillful at sketching. As an agitator,
however, he does not draw we'll.
Emperor William conferred over
5000 decorations last year, not includ-
ing the order to skip that Bismarck got.
Prince Charles Trauttmansdorf, a
wealthy and popular Austrian, recently
lost 900, 900 forins at baccarat, and now
he has not money enough to even back
a rat-terrier in a pit.
Senator Blair stands alone in the
opinion that the defeat of his bill is a
greater calamity to the country than
would have been the defeat of Gen.
Meade's army at Gettysburg!
Betsey Cox, a colored woman who
died recently near Greenville, S. c.,
was 1870 years of age. She remember
ed many incidents of the Revolution,
but never saw George Washington.
Jesse PARROT, who lives on farm
near Carrollton, Ga, recently cele-
brated his Tooth birthday. An old
Georgia Cracker, PARROTS policy is to
stay as long as there is anything to
stay for.
Bonanza Mackay is disposing of his
various mining properties on the Pa
citic slope, that are said to be worth
about $4,000 900, and expects hence
forth to make his permanent residence
in New York.
Emperor William is reported to have
purchased the private diaries of the late
Emperor Frederick from Frau Krus,
widow of the former Major-Domo of
that sovereign, paying her large an
nuity for life.
Pho Pico, the last Mexican Governor
of California, now nearly 80 years of
age, is pauper and has been notified
to leave his old homestead. Nothing
remains of the great wealth this old
man once possessed.
Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria, who
has long given his skillful service as an
oculist free to the poor. has opened at
Meran hospital and free dispensary
for diseases of the eye. The ducal
doctor personally directs the establish
ment.
Carlyle may have had genius, but he
was not always gifted with good man
ners" When he was introduced to
Dr.. Joachim, the violinist, he said, Il
haven't great opinion of musicians
they seem such vain, windbaggy sort
of people"
Gen. Alger owns tract Of pine land
in Northern Michigan containing 200
square smiles, and his wealth is esti-
mated at 500, 900, 900. When he went
to Detroit at the close of the war he
was compelled to borrow money to pay
his board bill.
Chauncey M. Depew says he would
Three times in my life have | been
one of dinner party of thirteen. On
| each occasion one passed the joke to
another that he or she would be the
victim. In every instance one of the
guests died within the year. So, in my
| experience, the truth of the adage was
proven
Frank O'Brien, Of Atlanta, Ga, has
valuable relic. 1t is the 'canteen
which Gen. Mcpherson had on his per.
son when he was killed, and which
bears the imprint of the bullet, so it
is supposed, that killed him. The
identity of the canteen is abundantly
vouched for. Mr.. O'Bren will pre-
sent it to the Mcpherson Society of
New York.
Prof. James Leidy, the scientist, who
was reported as giving partial in
dorsement of Keely's wonderful claims
| for his motor writes to Il Philadelphia
| paper: Il never authorized any one to
declare to the world that Mr.. Keelv
| had discovered new and wonderful
force, for although l may have believed
he had done so | would not positively
assert that it was So"
Archbishop Corrigan has been having
a grand trip through the Holy Land
He celebrated mass on almost every
sacred spot of note in Palestine When
| the Archbishop and his friends went
out for sail on the Sea of Galilee the
water was as smooth as glass. Within
a few minutes the whole scene was
changed into an angry tumult of
waves. DR.. Talmage I'd similar ex-
| perience.
King Louis Philippe of France had
in his employ as porter in 1915 one
| Joseph Catonio-a man of immense
| proportions, a giant. He was taller
| than the tallest drum major, and his
manners were excellent. Catonio died
recently and left his body to the Ana
tomical Museum at Rome. and Prof.
| Iodaro in a few months will have the
skeleton of the porter of the Tuileries
on exhibition.
Ferdinand de Lesseps leans heavily
! forward as he walks and his hair is
white as Stacked line, yet he still re-
tains a buoyant flow of animal spirits,
and his handwriting is anything but
shaky. He still affects receptions with
vengeance and personally conducts a
voluminous correspondence. He is
! justly proud of his thirteen "children, y
who range in years from 4 to As, He
| is himself So.
Alphonse Daudet, whom Henry James
and other critics consider the greatest
! living author. is still a young man. He
has not yet reached his 5Oth year He
went to Paris in 1857 without money or