St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-14
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. Leland Stanford has given prop
erty valued at 500, 600 for the benefit of
the Society for the Relief of Orphan and
Destitute Children, in Albany. n. Y.
Gen. Maury is the third distinguished
Confederate. officerito have desk in the
war records office in Washington. The
other two are Gen. Marcus Wright and
Gen. George Field.
Gen. Neal BOWS daughter is trans
lating her favorite authors into Vola-
puk. This is an easier snap than that
which the old man is working at-tranS-
lating Maine ProhibiIiOnists into tee
totalers.
= When President Harrison wentafish-
ing lately Oh Mount McGregor 1t was
recorded that his string of fish num-
bared thirteen. He went cunning for
acknowledged snipe in Cape Island
sound Wednesday, and the size of his
bag was thirteen. The Thirteen club
should make the president an honorary
member at once.
one of the richest young women in
Philadelphia is Miss Estelle Pardee,
who is engaged to be married to min
lister, and whose nuptialS will take place
early in the fall. She is one of the four
daughters of Calvin c. Pardee, a mill
about S14,000,000 with her sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. c. Bittenbender, of
Lincoln, Neb., have both been nomi-
mated by the Prohbitionists for Judi
cial positions, the husband for district
judge and the wife to the supreme
bench. 1t is suggested that it was nee
eSsary to fix the nominations in that Or
der because the woman was bound to
have the last word ANYHOW.
James Whitcomb Riley says: "My
first trip abroad taught me that the
United States is very nice country in
which to live. England, Ireland and
Scotland are very picturesque, but some
of the famous old historical spots are
married by the presence of modern i'm
provements, including the intensely
modern guide, who invariably use bad
English and lies to you about thing
whose history is we'll known to the av-
erage American"
Rev. Lincoln Wayland, of Philadel-
phla, has just been married to Miss
Mary Green, of Providence, after be-
trothal of nearly forty years. He knew
Miss Green when she was young girl,
and when she was eighteen sought her
in marriage. They were in love with
each other, but Miss Green's mother
would not consent. The consent has,
in fact. been withheld until within, the
last year. Rev. DR.. WayIand is now
over sixty and Miss Green sixty-one.
Mrs. Henrietta Morgan, mother of
Gen John Ii. Morgan, the rebel raider,
was buried last Thursday at Lexington.
KY. Besides the raider, she had five
sons and two sons-in-law who entered
the Confederate service. Her sons-in-
law were the noted Gen. A. p. Hill. of
Virginia, and the no less redoubtabie
Gen. Basil Duke, of Kentucky. Gen.
Morgan, Tom Morgan and Gen. Hill
were killed in battle, and all the others
were wounded at various times, while
all were prisoners during the course of
the war. Frank Morgan, the youngest
of the boys, was but fifteen when he
enlisted.
Ever since he went into business as a
boy John |. Blair, the millionaire rail-
road magnate, has made it practice to
Jot down in a note book carried for the
purpose brief resume of what he has
been doing every hour of the day. His
notes are concise, but by their aid he
can tell to minute what he was doing
at almost any period of his life. A few
years ago, when Mr.. Blair was defend
ing several suits brought against him
in Kansas City, the lawyers endeavored
~ weary illAl ny ASKING irrelevant cues
tons. Mr.. Blair" said lawyer one
day, what were you doing Jan. ID,
1892" ''At what hour, sir?" "At the
time this contract was eXecuted?'' Il
will tell you in moment. SIR" Look
ing over his book a moment he an
swered: 'At 2 o'clock in the afternoon
of that day l was in the room with and
looking over the gentIeman's shoulder
when he attached his signature to the
instrument"