The Portland daily press., 1883-07-28
Mr.. Alma Tadema, during his recent brief


Mr.. Alma Tadema, during his recent brief
visit to Rome, was entertained by the Amer
lean sculptor, Mr.. Ezekiel, whose studio is
in one corner of the ruined baths of DiocIe-
tian.
The president-elect of Hobart college at
Geneva, N. Y, Rev. George Douglas, has
been for some time assistant rector of Trini-
ty church at New York. and is possessed of
a handsome fortune.
General Francis e. Spinner, ex-United
States treasurer, is an earnest conchologst,
and has recently added many fine specimens
OF New England shells to his large and val
liable collection.
Nine. Goldschmidt denny Lind) writes
TO the London newspapers to say that the
report OF an interview with her, with details
OF her life and career, recently published in
several American journals, is complete
fabrication.
A brother of the khedive, Prince Ibrahim
Hilmy, is about to publish biography Of
printed books, manuscripts, periodical liter
AZURE, etc., relating to the antiquities, histo-
ry, and political and social life of Egypt,
from the earliest times TO the present date
Sydney Rosenfeld, the young American
dramatist who has just finished the play
"Dundreary's Son." in which Lytton Soth-
ern will present himself to the American
public, is in London arranging for the pro-
duction of comic opera, entitled 1.-The
Mystic Isle; or, The Laws of Average"
Francois Coppee is engaged on long po-
EN- and drama in verse. He is on the
ran ks as candidate for the vacant seat at the
Academy. Unmarried, and not yet forty
years of age, he leads a very quiet life in an
old house in the Falbourg st. German,
where he resides with his sister.
OF the donor of the statue of John Hal-
ward to Harvard University, the San Fran
cisco Bulletin says, General Samuel j..
Bridge is we'll known in this city, where he
has b d the federal office of appraiser gen.
eral for some time, and was always recog-
nized as liberal and high-minded citizen.
He took great interest IN popular educa-
ton, as the Bridge medal attests. Some
time ago he took up his residence in the At
lantic States. But he is very much of a
Californian, and, whether living here or on
the other side of the country, knows how to
do handsome things.n
AT the ordaining council in West Spring
field Tuesday, when it came to vote upon
the fitness of the candidate, Rev. e. H.
knight,-tbe views presented having been
ltra-Calvinistic,-R Mr.. Van Norden,
pastor of the North church of this city,
stated his emphatic dissent. and inquired
whether an affirmative vote without protest
involved an Endorsement of the candidates
speeulatlons. The response of the council,
which was substantially the same rs that
which met recently at the North church,
was OF course a negative. Thus the whirli-
gig OF time brings about its revenges!-
Springfield Republican.
Perhaps it will! be comfort to the wife
of the Ely miner, whom the Vermont militia
found with three children and only four DO
tatoes in the house to eat, to know that 9th
er people suffer from the Ely misfortunes.
The Newport swells are mourning that Ely
Goddard is kept in Paris by the troubles.
His open house and tslly-ho coach have been
social attraction at that fashionable resort.
The swels console themselves, however,
that his private fortune is not impaired"
that he is engaged to beautiful widow, and
that he may return another season; all of
which will doubtless be hailed with JOY in
Ely.-Springfeld Republican.
Johnny" Stevens, the unfortunate young
millionaire of Hoboken, can now snap his
fingers at fate, for he has just been married
to the charming young Mary Marshall Nc
Guire OF Berryville, Va. The young couple
have been engaged for a number of years,
and are in some way related. Probably the
fear of gossip as much as anything else has
prevented them from marrying long ago.
Mr. Stevens, it is well known. has been af-
ticted from his birth with a dreadful mark
on his neck The medical science of the
world has been called in to remove it, but
even the operation that cost the patient
100000, and might have cost him his life,
was not altogether effectual. 1t did, how
ever, greatly improve his appearance, for in
stead OF brown lump covered with fur
there is now only white swelling on the
side of his neck. This is so large that it
forces him to carry his head very much on
the side. 1t took great deal of courage on
the part of Miss Mcclure to marry Mr. Ste
vens, not that he was unlovely in manner or
disposition, but for fear of wagging tongues.
These two young people have loved each
other from childhood, and the girl only pitied
ir1s he 60.