The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-08
Bits Of Gossip.

Three pretty 1rlSn DAIRY MAIDS
from the Munster Dairy School,
near the famous Blarney Castle, are
coming across the sea to make but
ter at the Worlds Fair.
If it is true that Squire Abingdon
Baird has left all his property to
the Jersey Lily, it is the culmina-
ton Of one of the worst scandals
that has ever disgraced a woman.
Mrs. James G. Corbett is recent
constellation added to the galaxy
of theatrical stars. She has ap-
peared with her husband in the play
of Gentleman Jack" as leading
lady.
President Cleveland has formally
accepted the invitation to open the
Worlds Fair the 1st Of May. He
will be accompanied by the cabinet
officers and their wives. Mrs. Cleve-
land will not be present.
The gift of the Emperor of Japan
to the city of Chicago, the Hooden
palace, is completed. It is dainty
in design and executed with all the
grace of oriental art, and stands
with the Exposition grounds on a
wooded island.
Mrs. Cleveland held her last recep-
ton for the Spring, Tuesday. The
last of the present month President
and Mrs. Cleveland will occupy
Middleton Place on the Woodley
Lane road, which they have leased
for a number of years.
Chicago will consider expense no
object in the musical attractions
that will he offered at the Worlds
Fair. Madam Nikita will sing twice
at each of the fifty-two concerts, and
receive a check for $4,000 as an
appreciation for her valuable notes.
The engagement of Princess Vic
toria to Prince George of Wales is
announced. She will be remem-
bered as the Princess Mary of Teck,
whose marriage to the Duke of
Clarence, Prince Georges brother,
was prevented by the death of the
duke.
President Cleveland has a name
sake "a years of age. The young
man who enjoys the honor of bear
ing such a distinguished name is
Grover Cleveland Bridges of Hall
fax county, North Carolina, and is
an applicant for a fourth-class post
office.
The appointment of Mr.. Bayard
as Ambassador to England is re-
garded as an ideal one. Mr.. Bay
ards distinguished service to his
country, his illustrious lineage and
his high personal character will
guarantee him a cordial welcome
in England.
Alice Mitchell, who cut Freda
Wards throat because she loved
her." will doubtless end her days in
the lunatic asylum, as she is hope
lessly insane. Lille Johnson, who
was considered an accomplice to
the murder of Miss Ward, has been
acquitted. She is dying with con-
sumption.
The minor son of the late Walter
S. Hobart, of San Francisco, is she'd
ding tears of disappointment over
the fact that the court will only
allow him the paltry sum of 81 900
month for his incidental expenses.
BY rigid economy the young man s
friends hope he may get along until
his allowance is increased.
"Stolen kisses are the sweetest"
under ordinary circumstances. A
San Francisco man has found it to
be a bitter experience stealing a kiss
from the ruby lips of a fair woman
while the was asleep. The jury
found him guilty, and the judge
sentenced him to seven years in the
penitentiary for the little indiscre-
ton.
One of the vice-presidents of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, at San
Francisco, is such believer in the
Darwinian theory Of mans origin
from the monkey that he refused
to allow the orang-outang, which
belonged to the Worlds Fair col
ony of Javanese to go as freight,
but had the gentleman from the
jungles of Java charged full pas
senger rates.