Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-03-23

MIR. GLADSTONE believes in the advan-
.ages OF good nights rest, and some
times lies in bed till noon.
ED. HOWE, author of ga Story of
country Town." and late of the Atchi-
son Globe, has purchased the Kansas
City Mail.
WILLIAM ORDwAY PARTRIDGE, the Bos-
Ton sculptor, gets $4,000 for his statue
OF Shakespeare, and will receive S27 200
ior his equestrian statue of Garfield. He
Is only 81 years of age.
THERE is no Pacific coast representa-
tive III the Cleveland cabinet. and MIR
Morton, secretary Of agriculture, is the
only representative Of the territory
west Of Chicago.
SENATOR HENRY /. DAWES, Of Massachu-
setts, who retired from political lie on
March 4, has been in continuous service
IN Congress for thirty-six years. He
has seen nine different Presidents dur
ing his official life, and large number
OF the most important measure of Con-
gress were the fruits of his fertile mind.
PEARY will have rival in Arctic ex-
ploratlon this coming summer in Frede-
rick Jackson, who takes British party
up to Franz Joseph Land, and who
thinks he will there have land up to the
eighty-fourth parallel of latitude, DOS
sibly further. Thence he proposes to
proceed in dog-sleds.
SARAH BERNHARDT, SO London papers
report, has ceased to be star attrac-
ton at Rome and Vienna. According
to the reports she has been doing bad
business in both capitals, and prices
have had to be lowered.
CHICAGO is not going to spoil the mu-
steal attractions of the exposition by
any penuriousness. Nine. Nikita will
sing twice at each of the 50 concerts
and have check for $4,000 handed to
her as token of appreciation.
MRS. ULYSSES S. GRANT, having sold
Der house in New York, desires to
make her future home in Washington.
She desires to locate on Lafyette Square,
and has made an offer for the Blaine
residence that is now under consider
alton.
LEE MANTLE, mayor Of Butte and
newly appointed senator from Mon
tana, was born in England about 43
years ago, and came to this country at
the age OF 8.
Ex-PRINCEss KAIULANI is said to have
much musical taste and to be fond of
playing the ukilili, and instrument that
is described as "a cross between the
guitar and mandolin"
A SISTER of the famous Russian auth
or, M. Dostoj ewski, met her death IN a
terrible manner few weeks ago in
Moscow. A lamp which she carried
exploded and set her clothes on fire.
She was literally burned alive. AL
though related to distinguished fam
lily, she died so poor that she had to be
buried III the Potter's Field.
HILARY A. HERBERT has been a mem
Der of Congress from Alabama for four
teen years. He is go years old, and was
born IN South Carolina. He was col
onel in the Confederate service, and
lost an arm during the war. Other eX
Confederates have served in the cabi-
net, but Mr. Herbert is the first to
serve at the head Of either of the mill
tary services.
4 REMARKABLE Scotchman has lust
died at Venice. Alexander Malcolm
arrived in that city sixty years ago III
extreme poverty, but, being saturated
with Scottish shrewdness and persever-
ance, he got start in business, Of
which he took advantage to such pur-
pose that in few years he was able to
enter upon the timber trade on his
own account, and he had long been
known as the richest and the leading
merchant in that line in that part of
Italy. He owned several large proper
ties in and around Venice, and pos
sessed very extensive forests in and
around Galore.