Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-24
FOREIGNERS AND OTuepe

TIE Queen of Belgium, accordno ;.
foreign papers, has considerable tae" W
for musical composition, and devo en.
the greater. part of her leisure time to
musical study. ''
Mr.. GLADSTONE is threatened WITH
lenticular cataract of the eve that WV" w"a
injured by a missile at Chester in l "H'
last, but the disease has thus far mads
only slight progress. 'O'
THE Crown Prince of Italy, Accom-
panied by four friends and guides aS
cended the Matterhorn from Zermar,
recently. The trip was made in sixteen
hours, the party descending to BreiI
BISHOP BRENNAN, of Texas, now Aroh
bishop of the Catholic province ns
Dallas, is the youngest man of his RAM
in the world, and his promotion is sad
to be Pope Leo's own personal act.
THE health of Ambrose Thomas tho
aged composer of "Mignon" and Ham.
let," whose life was despaired of as,
summer, is completely restored. He is
travelling about France like Il vonns
man.
THE Duke of Veroqua, with his
brother, the Marquis De Barbales, has
accepted the invitation extended "a
them rs the descendants of Chrstophe,
Columbus by Congress to become the
guests of this country at the opening Of
the Columbian Exposition in May next
TIE Queen of Spain, in response toa
letter of invitation from President Har
rison asking her to visit the Worlds
Fair as the guest of this country, OK.
pressed her qualification at the kindness
of Congress in a letter to the State De.
partment, and regretted that the con.
stitution of Spain prevented her from
accepting.
| }. Y. N. STANDIsH, the new president
of Lombard University, Galesburg, ILL.,,
| claims descent from TIE famous Puritan
captain of that name.
TIE Rev. r. Heher Newton, rector Of
All Souls Episcopal Church, will, be.
cause of ill-health, take years rest
LOUIS XAvIER, the Partisan sculptor,
has been telling st. Louis reporter that
the feet of American women are too
small.
Miss ANNA HAYDN WEBSTER, the ad
vocate of Greek art in modern dressan
manner, Will 90 abroad to spend year
in Greece.
Rev. DIR. MORGAN DIX has an income
from Trinity parish IN. " estimatedb
be fully as large as that paid to the Pres
ident OF the United States.
PROF. G. M. LANE, Harvard's learned
Latin teacher, used to keep a comic al.
manac in his desk to regale and refresh
his mind IN the intervals between reel.
tations.
MAvRoyENI BEY, Turkish minister at
Washington, particular social tavontc
at the capital, is very fond of gettlngW
theater parties. He is n Greek by BIRTH
and unmarried.
THE Earl Of Crawford and Balcarries
who is now visiting this country, ISIS
the biggest part of the coal mines d
Wlgan and has more grouse moors than
he can shoot over.
THE first edition of Longfellow's "lh
perion" is quoted in London at some
thing over $50, and the first edltond
his ''Kavanagh" at nearly as much
First editions Of Lowell, Holmes and
Hawthorne are rated at even higher
prices in the English capital.
GEN. SHERMAN's old home on Carr
son Avenue, in st. Louis, is to be sold
10y auction. 1t is handsome old man
sion, locally historic, and was presente
to the General by his friends and al
mlrers In 1860 in recognition of his brill
liant services throughout the rebellion
The purchase price was $4,000.
JUSTICE DENMAN, who has long been
one of the most famous British judges
and who is soon to retire from The
bench, has occupied his leisure during
recent years in translating Grays "be'
gy' into Greek elegiac verse and IN
turning the first book of Pope's HON.
er's "lllad" into Latin eleglaCs.
The old Peterson's Magazine is to be
transformed into an illustrated period
ical, to be called the New Petersen y
Magazine, and to be devoted to len' re
ture and art. Frank Lee Benedict, tDe e
author of some successful novels, VIII Fu
be the editor, and he is to be asslstediHn lr
his labors by Octave Thanet, M. 6. Nc
Clelland and Howard Seely,
GEORGE MEREDITH, the novelist 70
Gently attended the wedding of his sou
Maxse manned after his fathers o., on
friend, the AdmiraD and .attracsd
more attention than the BRIDE SD
groom. The old gentleman sat IDA ID
front pew, striking figure, with Ivy!
salmon-pirk tie and violet ana l"'
bOutonnlere.
A FAvoRITE amusement within Vutnt
Nictoria's home circle is Wha' !"
French call the "petits paplenr s.,dr (
few years ago the Princess be- Bea' rs
propounded this questian: III
were not to be yourself what EngsS
man or English woman would you i i' ~
or be ?" Among the little slips u ,sas
per containing the answers Oh s .in
present there were two that % pore os '~
ply the name "rennyson. Inc QI %
wrote one, and her faithful irenu'
Ely, since dead, the other
In Papal Precincts. sd,
Between three and four tnoumf,
litres of wine are made every yea" " t
grapes grown in the gardens O :"