Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-09-30
PERSONAL POINTS.

pERStJNAL ol-N Id.
According to foreign papers, the OK
Empress Eugenia Of France recently
sold at auction her summer home at
Biarritz known as the Villa Eugenla
Although bearing the name Of villa, It
IS stately building in the style Of
IouisXIV. and surrounded by large
park. A Paris bank purchased the villa
for $4,000.
The Emmett estate at Albany, which
Senator Hill has brought, cost Emmet
some $50, 900 and is said to have been
acquired by Hill for only about $2S, OeO.
1t is located on high ground and com
mands Il broad view Of the Hudson
riycr There is lake Of pure sprin.,
water covering over three acres on the
premises, stocked with fish, and the
house is a most prctcntious affair. Mr.
Hill refuses to say whether or not he IS
going to be married.
Mr. Stevenson himself says that H."
pronounccs his given name as if it were
spelled Ad lee Thus the word seems
to have four distinct forms Of pronun-
citation, for Biblical scholars, as men
toned here before, call it Ad-lye and
Ad-lay-cyc and native IllinoiSianS 40
as much Of an orthocpical uncertainty
as st. Cloud, st. Denis and depot. Per
haps il would be well to call Mr.. SteV-
enson "Ad" for short for he is obvious
ly 4 strong addition to the ticket.
Lord Fairfax, tn" present holder of
the title rendered famous by Thomas,
the second baron, who was the McClel-
land, rs Cromwell was the Grant Of the
great English revolution, is an Ameri-
can citizen, as his ancestors have been
for some generations He is an NJ. D.,
and practices his profession in Vir-
ginia, where he is known only as CDR.
Fairfax" In England his title is fully
acknowledged.
The charge Of hcresy against Profess
sor Smythc, Of Andovcr Theological
seminary, has at last been dismissed
FOR good The ease came before the
board Of visitors for final hearing
DR.. George Leon Walker, the chair
man. read the decision which over
ruled al the exceptions taken by the
original complaint to DR. Smyth's an
swers, rs being incapable of sufficient
support lie then went on to Justify
this course on the ground that DR..
Smyth had freshly subscribed to the
AndOvcr creed; that the issues brought
further discussion Of his orthodoxy
would simply be mcddling with the
10 Miss Lillian G.. Rogers, has been
offered the place of deputy clerk Of the
United States circuit court for New
England She has for seven years
been an attache of the clerks office
i'll the district court, first as 4 type
writer ana then With more responsible
duties. In fact she pcrsonatcd the
clerk himself on che occasion, when
neither nc nor his deputy could attend
The new post which has lately been
rendered 10 her is worth $1,000, but she
modcStly declines it, saying that she
does not want To change her surround
ings, and doubts her capacity for the
new place. This is the first time such
m honor has been offered Il womal
by the federal courts. it is said. Miss
Rogers, who is now % years of age,
bas two younger sisters who are also
employed i'll connection with the work
of the district court.
Miss Mccormick, of Chicago, who is
IN ! New York insane asylum, has an
estate of S3OO0,0OO.
Harry Jewett, the Young Detroit
Splinter. who beat the 220-yard worlds
record on Saturday last, intends to also
try for the 1oO-yaru record. Jewett is
an ideal for fl t sprin ing, standing over
= feet tail, with a pair of legs which
experts pronounce rs perfect for that
Kind of work.
CORBETT HAD A SNAP
Such mt Least l. the Opinion of Parson
Davies.
'Parson" Davies. we'll known to Mad
iSDn SnDTtS has