The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-17
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

Only four of the British officers who
took part in the battle of Waterloo
survive. Of the naval officers engag-
eel at Trafalgar, the sea counterpart
part OF Waterloo, not one is left, the
last OF Nelson's officers, Lieutenant
Colonel TynmOre, of the Royal Ma
rlneS, who fought in the battle as a
midshipman, having died in April,
1887.
"Old Hutch, said to a New York
reporter, when asked if he should set
tie in New York: II don't know, Pm
sure. If you can tell me what Pm
going to do I'd like to know it. may
go to Boston or to Albany or to Long
Branch. l can't say that am favor
ably impressed with this city. There
are too many loafers here"
The Gillian President, Balmaceda,
does not possess the black hair and
swarthy face that are characteristic
of most Chilians. He is, on the con
trary as fair of countenance as any
man Of AnglO-SaXOn descent, and his
hair is auburn. He is a fine looking
specimen of manhood, being fully six
feet in height and well proportioned.
| His appearance would command re-
spect anywhere. The cruelty in his
nature comes from the strain of Indi-
an blood in his veins.
Charles D. Robertson, the seaman
who saved many lives by throwing q
Kissing Confederate shell overheard
from the gun-deck of the Hartford in
April, 1852, now lives in Baltimore
For this act of bravery Admiral Far
ragut made special mention of him in
his report, and Congress voted him a
medal The medal is the size of a $40.
gold piece and Mr.. Robertson is proud
of it.
Massachusetts Democrats believe
their young executive, Gov. William
E. Russell, is being shaped for big
timber by and by, and he certainly
has come up most promisingly. Mon
day he visited the flag ship Of the.
white squadron" lying in Boston
harbor, and had the unusual honor
paid him of having the State flag UNI
4 furled at the NeWark's mainHast, to-
gether with the firing of the regular
salute.
Miss Helen Gladstone, ''The Grand
Old Mans daughter, is one of the
/ INV in,
In looks she resembles her father,
whose vitality she possesses to mark
ed degree. She is always laughing,
joking, telling stories, and invariably
keeps the dinner table in a roar. She
is quite an original perOnage, being
utterly regardless of dress, yet she is
frank, sympathetic and kindly and is
very attractive to most people.
The harbor of San Francisco is being
fortified with improved ordnance
not the new breech-lOading rifles Of
large caliber, for this class is not yet
ready for seaboard defense, but con-
verified 10-inch smooth bOreS that must
masquerade as terrors until every port
is supplied with the latest thing in
big guns. The first Pinch rife made
by the government is to be tried at
Sandy Hook the last of the month,
and, if all right, will be added to the
defenses of New York harbor.
Hannibal Hamlin wore to the very
last the full-dress suit of black broad
cloth with expansive shirt front that
formed in ante-bellum days the dis
tinctive attire of public men. 1t was
the style of suit that Webster and
Clay were always clad in when they adj
dressed the Senate, and it has surviv-
ed in few isolated instances, of
which Hamlin's was probably the
most conspicuous. 1t connected the
powdered wig and court costume of
Adams and Madison with the more
modern Prince Albert of Depew and
ingalls,.
4 Depew, speaking of Bowers Fourth
of July meeting at Woodstock, Conn.,,
tells this: '"There was a delightful
bit of Yankee characteristic in con-
versation I overheard just before the
speaking began. A pure-blooded New
Highlander who has never left his ma
tive hills always puts things in min
or key; never uses esuperlative, and
by no chance commits himself person
ally to any statement. WELL said a
farmer of this type to his neighbor, I
hear Wanamaker amt coming.
Chauncey Depew is going to speak in
his place. I reckon that is so, from
what they are saying about here, said
the other. "Shop said the first one,
guess I just's leave hear Depew as
Wanamaker. I'm told he is quite a
man. '"This genuine son of the Pur-
itan," said Mr.. Depew, would not
commit himself On hearsay evidence,
except to make the mild statement
that the orator was quite a man."
i children Cry for
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