The Portland daily press., 1882-08-09

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William P. Copeland is another Philadel-
phian and of good Quaker stock, though you
would never believe it. He represents the
Brooklyn Eagle, the Commercial Bulletin and
don't know how many other papers. With the
exception of telling old stories over and over
again he is very c0mpanlonable fellow. lie
is about thirty-fye years old, short and fat and
has a cock in his eye He owns a nice house
here and has wife and two children He
will repeat his stories this year in Long
Branch.
Cracraft, of the Pittsburgh Telegraph, is now
here: but he served, believe, in Harrisburg,
and he unquestionably has nose for news.
| After the adjournment he will go among the
| politicians at Bedford Springs and other sum-
mer resorts in Pennsylvania.
TIC Crawford, of the Chicago Times, is
| about thirty years old, of medium height, long
| black moustache and scared eyes. He looks
| like French artist or journalist. He sketches
| well, paints well and etches we'll. He has
| beautiful wife-the daughter of Congressman
| Joyce of Vermont-and two handsome chill
dren. He is somewhat given to sensations,
| like his paper, but is kindly and obliging. He
will spend a portion of his vacation with his
| father-in-law in Vermont. He drives here
| fine bay horse to a village cart.
Dunnell, of the New York Times, is not the
| boy he looks to be. He is the most youthful in
| looks of all the correspondence but he is city
| boy, and cut his teeth in Albany. He will re-
| main here the most of the summer.
Eddy, of the New York World, will stay here
| this summer. He is very young man to be IN
| charge of big New York papers interests
| here. but seems to do his work well. He is
| big-headed, handsome fellow, with a grave
| face but very winning smile.
Edwards who represents the Now York Sun,
is about thfrty-fiye years old, small of stature,
| but big of brain. He is brilliant scholarly and
amiable. Essays, poems, lectures are all with
| in his scope Like most of the correspondents
| he is happily married.
Il /, x;ot ,aI
man, is the correspondent of the New York
| Evening Post and the Philadelphia Telegraph.
| He is also scholar and has been great trav-
| eler. he will be away from Washington for
month or more after adjournment.
Edwin Fleming represents the New York
| journal of Commerce and the Stl Louis Re-
| publican. He runs to finances, and is on the
| lucky side of forty. He remains here for the
| remainder of the summer.
f. A. G. Handy of the New Orleans Times
Democrat and other papers, is more of an edi-
| torial writer than news gatherer He is able
and industrious, and always does good work.
| He will spend his vacation in the Virginia
mountains.
| sents the Boston Herald. He is rather cynical
| and quizzical, but he is good correspondent
| and always knows what is going on. He owns
| and edits the Army and Navy Register, sue
oessful service weekly He is .i1s bachelor, n
| short vacation in New England.
De. Bonneville Randolph REIN has more
name than modesty. He represents the Pitts
burg Commercial, Gazette and the Philadel-
| phia Evening News. He is amiable and oblig-
| ing and splendid converrationalist. He does
not shave quite often enough and is quite spar
| ing of blacking for his boots. He has been
| around the world several times, is the author
| of several books, and is liked by everybody.
| He is under forty years of age and has an agree
| able family. He spends his summer in his
/ handsome stone mansion in Reading and
| raises his own cabbage.
| D. D. Lloyd is in charge of the New York
| Tribunes interests here. He is young, hand
| some, able and brilliant. He began life q
mere boy, as the private secretary of Chief
| Justice Chase, and subsequently was engaged
| by the Tribune. He is quite veteran on the
| Tribune while yet not more than thirty years
| old. He is one of the most valued workers on
| that great journal.
| William G. Mcbride, who is the Cincinnati
| Enquirer's chief man here, is fat, short and &C.
/ tive. No man in the business has sharper
nose for news, and SO he gets it he does not
! stop to ask whether the printing of it is good
| policy or not. He works hard and serves his
| paper well. He furnishes bright Capitol news
| in the Evening Star here. Later in the sum-
mer he will take an extended Western trip.
| Henri B. f. MacFarland is the son of the
| late Joseph MacFarland, distinguished cor
| respondent we'll known in Philadelphia Hen
ri is very young, but he is industrious and CON-
| scientious, and good correspondent. He is a
| trifie aesthetic and airy, but he is young and
| will outgrow those harmless weaknesses. He
| represents the Cincinnati Commercial and
| Philadelphia Record with credit and will re-
| main at his post all summer.
| Charles 2. Murray, of the Philadelphia
| Times, st. Louis Globe-Democrat and Pitts
burg Dispatch, is small, handsome gentle
man of about thirty years. with kindly eye, q
| deaf ear, and ferocious moustache. lie has
| written successful novel, and is one of the
| best writers in Washington. He is industrious
| and will one day make his mark in literature.
| He is not sef-depreciating. He will spend a
! short vac ,stion fishing in the mountain streams
| of Virginia.
| Henry L. Nelson, of the Boston Post, is a col
| legiate, lawyer and journalist. He is one of
| the ablest writers IN the city. He is under for
! ty, and has a lovely family. His wife is one eff
the most accomplished musicians in the city.
| He owns his residence here and spends his
| spare time in the Signal Bureau. He is living
for the Summer in Silver Springs, Nd, few
| miles from Washington, and within q stones
| throw of the country houses of the Blairs.
| Charles Nordhoff, the Chief of the Herald
| Bureau here is Short thick-set, urifie gray,
| stubby walk, chin whiskers and moustache,
| spectacles, and a sneer. Those who think he is
| an overrated man are mistaken, and ought to
| read some of his books-one particularly in
| which he explains the meaning of finance to
his boys. AS newspaper man he is not great.
| he fiatters Bennett and gets along splendidly.
| His wife is one of the most brilliant and popu-
| dren, hoys and girls are full of promise. He
goes to his handsome country house on the
Hudson River.
| G. M. Ogden, of my own Press, is probably
| the youngest Of the successful journalists in
| Washington He came here several years ago
| for the New York World and took his first les
| sons of the veteran George W. Adams. There
| is not better newsman in Washington He is
| about twenty-five years old, and has wife and
| child. He is the best dressed man in the bus
mess He will spend a short vacation at At
| lanticville, Long Island, where his family is
Not word is necessary in the case of Ben
| Percy Poore, of the Boston Journal, the oldest
| correspondent in continued service if not in
| years, at the Capital. He is now slow of step,
| fat of stomach, weak Of eye, gray and grizzly
of hair and whiskers, but hard worker yet.
He has been the familiar of more great men
| than any other man in Washington. He has
the Oldest and finest country house in Ameri-
ca, and the most wonderful collection of curl
osites connected with colonial history. He goes
| to his farm of Indian Hill near Newburyport,
Mass, taking his work with him.
H. A. Preston has charge of the Washington
news of the New York Herald. He will stay
here all Summer and do good work for his pa
per. The Herald is always stronger 10 its
Washington news when Preston is in charge.
+. A. Richard son, of the Baltimore Sun, has
been very successful journalist. He came
here about fifteen years ago. lie never deals in
sensations, and the Washington dispatches in
the Sun have general reputation for aecura-
cy. He rarely misses big piece of news, and
is respected by everybody who knows him. Ho
owns a beautiful house on Vermont avenue,
has rich and popular wife, country resi-
dence, a fast horse, and good big nose for
news.
Mr.. Root, the chief of the New York Times,
(known as the Star RooD has had pretty hard
time here. He has devoted himself to the Bra
dy post Office business, and the character of his
work has made him unpopular, for the ramif-
cations of the post office crowd are greater than
you suppose. Root has good reputation out
side of Washington and has never been accused
| of dishonesty.
William B. Shaw, of the Boston Transcript,
has been failing for several years. His eyes have
troubled him very much and he is now at Cape
May doctoring them Shaw is the butt of many
gibe, but there was never a man in Washing
ton knew so well what was going on. He is
getting little old now and has given up the
hard work of newspaper man.
e. B. Wight. of the Chicago Tribune and
Boston Journal, is the hardest working news
paper man in Washington, and he has earned
his vacation most nobly. In his'daiIy life he
is without fault, and while the rest OF US are
getting our punches after our work, he is in
bed resting for the next day He does more
work than any two men here, and he does it
Systematically. He married the accomplished
daughter of Major Clapp of the Boston Journ-