The Portland daily press., 1885-04-03
Personal and Peculiar.


Tennyson's salary as poet laureate If 1886
year.
Miss Bayard, daughter of the Secretary, is
an accomplished horsewoman, and is said to
be at her best in the society that goes in for
mild athletic sports.
The British Government during the past
nineteen years has spent SD, 576, 220 on war
ships, yet is now deploring the lack of an
efficient naval armament.
The new League rules require baseball
pitchers to keep both feet on the ground
when delivering the ball. 1t certainly looks
as though this rule would have tendency
to prevent kicking.
Since one branch of the Texas Legislature
voted by a large majority to submit pro-
hibitory liquor amendment to the Constitu
ton. the Savannah News is convinced that it
is useless any longer to try to ignore the
prohibition movement.
Mr.. Henry F. keenan,, author of "Trajan"
and "The Money Makers has been ap-
pointed to responsible and weil-paid
position in the Navy Department by Secre-
rotary Whitney. It would be just like
Keenan, to hunt up our lost navy and write a
novel about it.
BRADY, the photographer" is one of the
figures of the national capital. SIN my
time said he recently, ST have taken pictures
of Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe,
Jenny Lind. Lamartine, Fenimore Cooper,
Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Garibaldi and
Louis Napoleon.
On Saturday J. W. 6 V. Cooke of Port
land, Oregon, shipped in ice by express 8
genuine char salmon, weighing go pounds,
to President Cleveland. 1t is one of the
finest ever caught in Columbia River, and
is expected to reach the President in time
for next Sundays dinner.
Mrs. Silla Pavy, widow of DR.. Octave Payy
who died on the Greedy expedition, is re-
ported as making preparations for trip to
Godhaven, Greenland, where her husband
lived six months. She will then go to Cape
Sabine in search Of paper and other souvenirs
that may have been buried there. Mrs.
Pavy is now at her home in ST. Louis.
Atty. Gen. Garland declares that he never
did, and never will, wear dress coat
Neither has Silas Lapham, the interesting
character in Mr.. Howells' new story, ever
owned or worn this sometimes indispensable
article until the time came when the man
date of fashion was too strong for him and
he had to yield. Mr.. Garland might COM
promise by having the ''claw hammer made
of blue and bedecked with brass buttons, in
the good old southern fashion.
A friend of Carlos Aguero, the Cuban in
surgent leader who was recently killed in
skirmish with the Spanish troops, said: "The
last time saw Aguero was at Key West
last winter shortly before he made his de-
scent on the Cuban coast. On leaving him
he took my hand and said in Spanish, with
great earnestness, You may never see me
again but be sure of one thing-if you hear
of me alive or hear of me dead, ] live and
die for the independence of Cuba"
The traffic in foreign medical diplomas,
more especially in American diplomas, has
once more begun in Berlin. On inves-
tigation it has been found that the swindle is
being practced by German firm in London
to which orders have to be addressed, while
an agent of the same, styling himself "sole
representative of the Wisconsin Dental
College," delivers the "article" at APO marks
apiece "cash down." Purchasers are warned
by the authorities.
Walter S. Hutchins, popular young
Washington journalist, is said to be coming
United States minister to Paraguay. And
thereby hangs tale. He is interested with
Sig Don Roderipo yelasonez. the renresen-
81 s, &c 80, ywoa,:~s = ~.
'a'iVe VI aiasuay a. asning'oh' ~ mama
ranch in South America, and also interested
In the Sgnor,s beautiful daughter, Donna
a liAs M%li xg,auen, anu uouo'less DE-
lent profit could he ADMIRED from , dnlomat-