Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-09-05
INTERESTING ITEMS.

Justices Brown and Brewer are the
only members Of the Supreme court
who do not own their own houses ia
but they will soon do so.
Little Willie Hawkins. while in
swimming in the mill-pond near his
home ut Burrowton. Iowa, caught four
minnows in his mouth and swan
ashore without swallowing or losing
them.
The wife of the well-known member
of parliament, Thomas Power O'Con-
ner, is an American. the granddaugh-
ter Of the late Gov. Duvall. of Florida.
Her father was Judge Pascal, OF
Texas.
The manager of the Il biological Gar
den at Frankfort and two of his assist
ants were arrested for manslaughter
in refusing to kill the polar bear which
was eating the woman who lately
into his cage in order to com
nit suicide.
Mrs. Logan has left the generals
library just as it was when he last oc-
cupied it, untouched, except by the
dust brush, and unchanged. Ills arm
chair still retains its customary posi-
ton, and hardly paper has been re-
moved from his desk.
Mrs. Julia Averill, an aged Kansas
City lady who writes poetry for amuse-
meut, sent few congratulatory verses
to Prince Bismarck on his 82I birth
day. The ex-chancellor responded in
a brief note expressing his sincere
thanks for the courtesy.
Baron de Gondoritz, the Brazilian
india rubber merchant who is trying
to corner the entire rubber output Of
the Amazon region, is an energetic
man of Portuguese birth, fl years old.
He is of short and very porlly figure,
with light complexion and red hair.
Since Cabanel the French portrait
painter has pronounced Miss Matte
Mitchell, the Ore gon senator's daugh-
ter, the most beautiful woman ever
seen in Paris. the claim of her admirers
that she is the prettiest girl in wash
ington will probably be no longer dis
puted.
An Arizona boy who has a tame,
harmless snake tied his little brothers 5
rattle on its tail the other day and
when two tramps tried to break into
the kitchen they were frightened near
ly to death, suppOsing that Henderson
which is the snakes Eamc-was a
rattiesnake.
John d. Rockefeller of the Stand
ard Oil Company is at his summer
home, near Cleveland. He has COM
pletely lost his nerve and is afraid he
will never get well again. The care
of his vast wealth has used him up
completely, and yet he is by no means
an old man.
Captain ID. NJ White. Of the Tenth
Texas Dismounted Cavalry, who CAPT
ured sword belonging to Gen. Sill,
who was killed on the first day of the
fight at MurfreesbOro, Tenn, in 1868,
still has it and would be glad TO return
it to any of Gen. Sill's relatives who
may care to claim it.
An old table in the reading-room oI
the Phiiadelpha. Wilmington and Bal
tlmore railroad depot at Wilmington.
possesses Il peculiar interest for the
people fond of relics. Ii is the table
on which the body of President Lin
coin rested while being conveyed TO
Springfield. ILL.,, for burial. 1t at
tracts but little attention. however, for
not one person in hundred of those
that use the depot is familiar with its
history.
Undertakcrs say that it is 4 common
thing with the families of the poor in
New York to send for them as soon rs
4 member of the household is pro-
nounced to he dying. On recent
occasion an assistant in west side
funeral establishment waited four
hours in the outer hall for the last
breath TO be drawn, and then ventured
mild suggestion to the family that
they should wait in turn and send for
him again in the morning.
Tho Mexican president, Porfrio
Diaz, is straight, dignilied man OF
medium height, who impresses the be-
holder with his strength of character.
There is nothing ostentatious about
him. He dresses as quietly as a plain
citizen of the republic. aud exhibits a
contempt for the gaudy regimentals in
which many Central American leaders
array themselves. He has striking
face and figure, and is undoubtedly the
greatest man of modern Mexico.
A woman Of Great Darlington puts a
higher value upon her life than most
women do. A year ago man rescued
her from under the wheels of a moving
train. and she has been anxious ever
since to do him some substantial favor.
About month ago he signiiied de.
sire to 60 into the grocery business.
whereupon the woman. Mrs. Hopkins.
Searle by name, bought him q house
and furnished 1t. fitted over the ground
floor into shop, literally supplied il
with stock, aud gave him a handsome
sum of money for capital.
Lafcadio Hearn writes to friend
that he has become professor in n col,
lege in the interior OF Japan. married
a fair japanese. and renounced tho
white mans world aud all that apper.
taius thereto. He is said to have Wis.
tied Japan in the interests OF firm oI
New York publishers, for whom hl
was to make study of the japanese
religion. America has lost brilliant
aud original writer in MIR. Hearn. il
these reports are true. Still there's
nothing like marrying into new civ.
iiizatiou TO get a thorough under.
standing of it!
A soldier of fortune who has had an
interesting career in the orient is Col.
Wasson. tho first American officer ever
admitted TO the Japanese army. The
colonel is tall, distinguc and well.
preserved man. He went into the wal
OF the rebellion a private and came
out major, going afterwards tt
Japan. where his services in reorgan
izing the mikado's army procured him
colouelcy. In one of the japanese
instructions he was sentenced to bt
beheaded. but he escaped. was restored
to favor and is now high in the
mikado's esteem.
Walter Savage Laudor and his wife
separated because they had no life ID
common and no common sympathie:
or tastes. Kenyon records an occur.
renee in the pairs honeymoon thai
tells the whole story On ona occa.