The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-10-31
Notes About Notable Peonle.

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1t is rumored that Emperor William of
Germany has shown symptoms of apoplexy.
A bust of General Sheridan is being made
for the Union Veteran Club, of Chicago.
General Schofield will go to Chicago next
week, to prepare to assume charge of the
military division of the Missouri.
The Prince of Wales will celebrate his
birthday by giving ball at Sandringham
palace
Chief Justice Bartol, for fifteen years
chief justice of the State of Maryland, has
resigned.
Mackay, the bonanza king, is said to be
working hard to make up the defects in his
early education, and burns the midnight oil
over his books
Bishop Renwick, who resigned his charges
in Africa on account of i'll health, has ac-
cepted the charge of ST. Andrews Church.
Louisville KY, to which he has been called
Professor George II. Twiss is the name of
the latest recruit TO the army of weather
prophets. He predicts that winter will set
in in earnest on December 1, and continue
steadily until the last of March.
Sims Reeves attributes much of his snc-
cess in music to his early love for Millions
Paradise Lost" the reading of which, he
desire to sing in great themes.
Senator Anthony's physicians are not
agreed as to the nature of his ailment. The
one in Washington thinks it is a trouble of
the heart, while the one in Providence at
tributes it to Bright's disease.
Canon Cromwell, while at Oxford, was
asked his full name bya class examiner.
John Gabriel Cromwell" he replied: to
which the examiner added in solemn tones:
saint. angel, regicide."
Mr.. L. M. Hill of Wilkes County, Ca,
who has just died, made $500 900 by farm
ing. In the same county General Toombs
and his brother Gabriel, are each worth
100000, nearly all of which has been made
by farming.
During Disraeli's early career men who
allowed the bottle to pass them untouched
at public dinners were hardly regarded as
gentlemen, and, as England's future premier
never was much of wine-drinker, he was
for time quite unpopular in social circles.
General Badeau, consul general at
Havana, is in Washington to see if anything
can be done to "counteract" the decision of
the second comptroller that he no longer is
on the retired list of the army and is not
entitled to pay, having accepted diplomat
ic position.
King Alfonso, it now seems, is not the
only ruler who has suffered at the hands of
the Partisan mob. The late Gear Alexan-
der II was publicly insulted during his visit
to the French capital in 1867, and events
have since proved that the mob's discourte-
sy cost France the friendship of Russia.
Ex-Secretary Blaine telegraphs bis regrets
at not being able to attend the Matthew
Arnold reception in New York last week.
"Pray say to him." he concluded, "that
gladly recognize the profit which l derived
in boyhood from the books of his eminent
father, and in maturer years from his own"
The two hundredth anniversary of the
settlement of Germans in America was cell
ebrated at Crefeld, Germany, by banquet
at which the American consul, Hon. j. S.
Potter was called upon to reply to one of the
toasts, and made speech, in which he
dwelt upon the amicabe relations existing
between Germany and the United States.
Marie Antoinette's harp has come to light
in an old cusiosity shop in Berlin. Fleury,
the queens valet, carried it off as Sou
venir, but, being reduced to great poverty,
he was forced to part with it and sold it to
lady of Brunswick, after which it passed
through various hands. The harp is richly
inlaid with ivory, and still bears the name
of the maker.
The Emperor of Austria was considerably
surprised few weeks ago at receiving from
one of his subjects, Galician peasant, the
following telegram; "To His Majesty, Fran
els l., Vienna My wife, mother of six
small children, sentenced to six days
imprisonment. Implore pardon. Answer
prepaid The Emperor forthwith instruct-
ed the judge who had imposed the sentence
to forward special report of the case.
General Sheridan" says writer in the
Washington Post, FUSED to be considered
one of The best-dressed men in Chicago. .
His tailor once informed me that Sheridan
possessed the most perfect figure of all the
customers he had. His fits were of the
glove pattern, and as he used to walk down
the street with cigar, switch cane, a
white hat, and his apparel without wrin-
kle, he was as graceful figure as ever pre-
scented itself on the promenades."
Queen Isabella, who has spent much of
her time and all her money in Paris, is fu-
rious with the reception gwen to her son,
with whom she is now on excellent terms.
She is about to dispose of her hotel in the
Pare Monceau, and shake the dust of Paris
off her feet, a proceeding which all would
regret except her husband, who would thus
be spared the formality of leaving his card,
once year, at her ex-majesty's residence.
Ismail Pacha is said to have offered good
round sum for the establishment.
SIT is pleasant to know" says the London
Times, "that Burns has still representatives
in the flesh who cherish his memory. His
third son, Lieutenant Colonel James Glen
cairn Burns, left a daughter by his first mar
riage, named Sarah, who married DR.. Berke-
ley Hutchinson of ChelJenham, AMI who has
son and three daughters. These are the
great-grandchildren Of the poet, and are his
only direct and lawful descendants James
Burns was twice married, and by his second
marriage he also left daughter, who is still
Miss Rnrns and who resides at Ghaltanham