The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The widow of Baldwin, the great
locomotive builder. has S2.0OO,OOO to
live upOn.-PhilGdelDhia Press.
-Pearlie Gleason, little girl only
nine years old. took the first prize for
oil painting at the Los Angeles fair.
Her subject was Christmas Roses"
Francis Murphy is so much liked
and wanted in Pittsburgh that there is
talk of raising an endowment fund, the
interest of which shall suffice 30 pay
him salary of so, Chicago Inter
Ocean.
On his first trip as street-ear con-
ductor Ernest Schillinc -HuelSkamp had
his wife, the once rich Miss MoroSini,
as a passenger, not discovering her I'M
til he went to collect her fare.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Oliver Wendell Holmes has a gray
goose-quill with gold pen fastened to
it which, he SAYS, has done every bit of
his literary work. He has used differ
ent holders, but the same pen, which
has only been mended once Chicago
Times
1t is stated that the late ex-senator
Sharon left directions to his trustees
which provide for donation of $50. coo
to be applied to the improvement of
Golden Gate Park. San Francisco, and
another 5000 TO be devoted to public
charities Francisco ChrOnic}e.
Dennis Hannapin, peculiar char
acter of Bismarck, u. T.. who is said to
be the original of Stanley Huntley's
MIR. SpOopendyke, proposes to erect
a monument to the memory of the hu-
morist in the cemetery of that frontier
village Chicago Mail.
Mrs. Jennie June Croly. the
founder of SOroSiS. is writing history
of that women'S club, and will show
that it has been a useful rs well as 3
pleasant institution. 1t started in the
action of Mrs. CrOly and Mrs. Parton
g. Fanny Fern in demanding the
right of buying tickets to the dinner to
Charles Dickens on his last visit to this
country. Chicago Tribune.
William Buell.. eighty years of age,
has been a pauper inmate of the Suffolk
County Uong Island) POOr-HOuse for
many years, it being supposed that he
was without relatives or friends. 1t
new turns out that he is next of kin to
Colonel Thomas :. Lester. an eccentric
and very wealthy resident of SouthOld.
who died q few weeks ago. leaving
property valued at over 100000 and
no will Buell's share is SEQ 900. He
has been removed from the poOr-house
to SOuthold.-N \. SIN.
A correspondent writes to the Pail
Mall Gazette about Josh Billings. He
says: He told me most of his writing
was done at odd times. Whenever q.
though struck him he would jot it
down; then from Il hundred such dis
jOinted sentences he would SifU, and
Gull, and correct until five or six re-
manned. 1t was this boiling down.
together with his wide knowledge Of
human nature, gained by hard knocks.
against the world, that gave his writ
ings that pithy wisdom which was
their real value and charm"
-"SalammbO," the masterpiece of
Flaubert, the founder of the natural
istic school of literature, has been
translated into English by NJ. French
Sheldon, and is now in press. This
fascinating story of love ard war, rich
in heroic Carthaginian lore, has long
been regarded as an untranslatable
work, but it is said the delicate task
has been accomplished in such a subtle
manner as to preserve all the vigor,
natural realism and idyllic style of the
original. The London Times says the
appearance of "SalammbO' in English
is looked forward to with great inter-
est in the literary and art circles of the
continent. The introduction has been
written by Edward King. the American
poet, and the volume is dedicated to
Henry NJ. Stanley, the famous explorer
The work viii be published by Saxon
& Co., London and New York