The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25


The late cx-Gov. Paul Dillingham;.
~ Vermont. always used the append.
age Of s'Jr." 20 his name, though almost
ninety-onc years Of age.
Among the manuscripts left by tho
late Count Won Moltle. Prof. Felix
Dahn. his biographer. has found :
confession Of Faith" The great
marshal afiirms his belief in God and
future life. The confession" will BE-
published among the other works.
George washington's nearest living
kin Il Mira Fanny Washington Finch.
Of Washington. d. c., : grcat-grand-
niece Of the Father Of his Country. She
Il : tall. majestic woman. and in fea-
lures resembles the portraits Of her dis
tinguished relative She Il the young
est and the only survivor Of twelve chill
dren.
One Of the most influential men IN
Copenhagen II Herr Councillor Fersler
who owns ave newspapers: National.
Tidende, Dagens Nyheder, Aftenposten,
Dags-Tele rafen and Dagbladet. With
the exception Of Berlingsks the Tiden-
de and Avisen. Herr Fersler controls
every conservative paper In the Danish
capital.
Robert j. Burdette il making his
mark - preacher. and can get on -
good sermon ~ he can write . joke.
And his pulpit uttcrances are free from
disagreeable draw backs. There Is no
editor to blue-pencil his happy thoughts,
and the foreman doesn't come around
TO announce that he has mo room for
that stuff"
Mrs James T. Field. Of Boston. the
| wife Of the publisher, Is said TO possess
one Of the most valuable literary COL
lections in the world In the library
are numbers OF valuable MSS. and au-
tograph letters. and IN the garden, 1t
the rear Of the house. grow trees which
were planted by many famous authors
aud public men.
Richard Mansfield, the actor, Is the
son Of Mime. Rudershoff, the once f.
nous opera-singer and musical in
structor. She was much opposed TO her
sons choice Of the stage Is profession.
Mr.. Mansfield was successfully engaged
in business in the dry-Rood house Of
Jordan, Marsh 4 Co. in Boston before
he began his career as an actor.
1t Is said that Amelie Rives viii ap-
ply the money received for her new
novel According to st. John" in the
interests Of friend. The book con-
iains the impressions Of Paris received
BY the writer during her stay there.
She is credited with saying: II have
worked very hard and hope I have
quieted down the extravagances of style
which offended people 90 much. con-
slider the things l do now As simply
studies, and am searching AL the
while"
The empress dowager Of China d Z
strong-miuded lady and rules her fam
ily with an iron hand. She Is woman
Of powerful physique, and 20 strikingly
handsome and Of 10 arm and strong Z
disposition that all willis must bend "a
hera When the empcror Inadvertently
does something 70 displease her he ID
made to regret Il, and - for his poor
little wife. she has nothing TO ny q
all. She isn't even allowed 70 have Z
good time, q she might have II she
were left alone.
Mr.. Whittier recently said in re
gard to skipper Ireson's Ride" tho
controversy concerning which hai
broken out again: II thought hid
made AL the amends possible for that
The story was told me by On old school
mate. and cast IL in verse form. Wher
the fact was made known to me thai
not Skipper Ireson but his crew wers
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