The Portland daily press., 1884-11-20
Personal Paragraphs.

OAOOAe"A = eSA esf5A q R46s
Mrs. William III. Vanderbilt, it is said
knits real yarn stockings for her million
aire husband.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes is preparing a
series of papers to be published in the At
laniic next year. They will appear under
the general title of ''The New Portfolio"
The Washington Republican says that
Johu P. St. Johns son travelled all the way
| from Washington to Kansas TO vote against
| his father, whom he affec.ionately character
ICES as blankrd old fo,l.
| Martin Farquhar Tupper bears the burden
| of age, broken health and poverty with q
cheerful spirit. and occasionally contributes
| characteristic effusiOns in rhyme on current
political topics TO the daily press of Loudon.
The fact has now been made public that
Col. Fred Grant, son of Gen. Grant, was a
competitor for the position of assistant quar-
| pointment Fraak <. Nye, of Augusta, has
| just received
Mrs. johnson. who as Miss Harriet Lane,
presided over the White House during the
administration Of her uncl-, President Bu-
| chanaD. is now visiting in Washington. She
| is a widow aud childlsss, having lost her
| AN-SS~NA oAN wv PAOAiiSiAS SOuc Wlbuiu tuc
| past three years.
| Henry Wilder Allen, of New York city,
| appointed several months ago by Gov.
| Cleveland TO fill a vacancy oD The bencn Of
the CourL Of Common Pleas, was elected tor
| full term at the recent election in that
state. Judge Allen is a graduate of Dart
mouth college of the class of 1854, and son
OF the late Judge VIM. G. Allen of Alfred.
The new postmaster general of England,
the Right Hon. George John Leieyre, was
born in 1882, and is an Etoniau, a Cantab,
aud bencAer of the Inner Temple. He has
peeu the liberal member for Reading since
| 1853. He has filed the Offices of lord of the
admiralty, secretary TO the same, secretary
| to the board of trade, and first commission
| er of works and buildings.
Two cattle kings of the Pacific coast,
Messrs. Miller and lux, are rated at S.
100000. and were poor men twenty years
ago. They have about 10000 head of cattle
and 115,0O0 head of sheep, of which latter
| they kill 5000 per month. They own 40
irrigatng canal worth 81 ,O00,0 900, fences 600
miles in length Ia fortune IN itself, in Cali
fornia 10000 acres of land, in Nebraska 1O,-
600 acres and Is 900 acres of aliaia gra,s.
Lieut.. John U. Rhodes of New Haven who
distinguished himself by rescuing passengers
from the wreck of the steamer City of Co.
lumbus off Gay Head, has been i'll ever since
from exposure at that time. While in the
water a sharp spike driven through heavy
timber pierced his leg, making serious
wound, which has not yst healed. Btfere
the disaster he was quite stout and rugged.
Lieut.. Rhodes is still in the revenue service,
aud is stationed at Lake Superior. He has
been granted leave of absence from the first
of December.
Sergeant Brainerd, Of the Greeley party,
said that Ellison never complained, and
whenever any complaint was made by 9TH
ers, his simple remark was: "Boys, don't
see what you have to complain of; don't
complain" That remark was always suffi-
cient to stop the grumbling. Corporal Eli
son never knew that he had lost both feet.
month after bis feet we're gone some one
asked him how he felt. He answered he
was feeling all right, but the bottom of his
right foot itched. 1t was feared that if in
formed of the loss of his feet the shock
would have killed him. Every time the
stnmps of his legs were dressed screen was
SO placed that he could not see their condi-
ton.