The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-11-05
FAMILIAR NAMES.

Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen wa
the most Intimate friend of General
Grant while he served as president.
Senator Sewell, of New Jersey, who
has been Ill with rheumatic fever at
Camden, is now in his usual good
health.
Jeremiah Findley, of Montreal, says
he was a pupil OF Thomas Carlyle. AS
schoolmaster the sage of Chelsea
ruled by fear.
GOV ernor Robbie, of Maine, is gran
ger, and chief Of the state grange. He
wants to be elected master of the ma,
tional grange.
Joseph Chamberlain, the English
radical, will, it is reported, purchase
Airthrle castle, fine place in Stir
lingshire, Scotland.
Mrs. Whyte, wife of ex-senator
Pinckney Whyte, Of Maryland, died in
Baltimore on the 28th ult. A lady of
rare culture and kindness, she was
greatly loved by her friends.
Frederick II. Winston, of Chicago,
just appointed United States minister
to Persia, is d man of fortune, OF fine
education, good presence, well read
and fond of travel. He is a lawyer by
profession.
Ex Representative Hopkins, OF
Pittsburg, Pa, owns a house in Wash
ington, which he bought expecting to
be reelected. He can get 5000
though, a years salary as congressman,
advance on the pric9he paid
Isss4is PAIL tszs az -
6Rnf of thu EronOf1
his 18th year, In the assembly %
deputy, he always voted with the ex-
treme left: He is now regarded as a
conservative republican.
Prince Frederick, heir apparent to
the Danish crown, is unde rstood to be
liberal in politics. He is now in his
43d year, married to daughter of the
king of Sweden. There is family of
six children. He has ,rather fine,
thoughtful face, with much kinder
expression than his father, the king,
possesses.
Major A C. Richards, formerly chief
of police at Washington, says that
Mr.. Stanton sent for him after he re-
turned to the war department., and in
formed him Mr.. johnson intended to
use the marines to drive him (Stanton)
out of the department. He desired
Richards to give him early informa-
| tion of any such movement.
Kiamil Pasha, the new Turkish
grand vizier, was born IN Cyprus.
When lad he was for several years
in Cairo. There he acquired a good
knowledge of English, which he speaks
| fiuently and writes correctly. He has
held office since 1860 in Cyprus and
Syria. He was removed to Con ,tanti-
nople, where his rise has been rapid.
Sir George Elliott, who has been
visiting Cyrus Field, is very rich
man. He is the wealthiest coal mine
owner and manufacturer of cables IN
Great Britain. Sir George is burly,
tough-looking, pink-faced round-head,
with just about as much complaisance
as the average Englishman. He is
the only Tory member from the coun-
| ty of Durham, which had thirteen
members in the last parliament, and
will in the next have twenty.
Charles E. Coon, who now retires
from the assistant secretaryship of the
treasury, will, it is reported, go into
business as a stock broker. rhe re-
port that he has ever been in the bank
ing business is incorrect. Mr.. Coon
was graduated as a physician, but
never practiced. When he left the
| Union army, at the end OF the war,
he was appointed to $1, 200 clerkship
in the loans division of the secretary's
Office, treasury department, where he
remained till promoted.
Edwin Arnold, poet, orientalist and
editor, a man of 56 years, is of medium
height and medium figure, with studi-
GUS, thoughtful, grayish eyes. His
face has an expression OF kindly geni-
ality, though 1t is easy to see that his
nature is as sensitive and enthusiastic
as it is gentle and self-denying. He
is man who makes you at home at
once. AT home and in his editorial
room he usually wears an ordinary
gray suit and cap, such as might be
donned for boating excursion or for
a holiday scamper in the country
His second wife is a niece Of the FAM
GUS DR.. Claiming.
Atme. Gabrielle Krauss, German,
has long been at the head of the
French opera. Born and educated at
Vienna, she Is a woman of superior
mind and musician of the first rank.
When only 6 years old she sang the
cantatas of Haydn in concerts, and at
the conservatory, where she studied,
obtained the first prize. She made
| her debut in 1860 at Vienna, singing
Mathilde in civilian Tell" She first
sang at Paris in 1868, and has remain
ed at the head of the Grand Opera till
now, when she retires. She is too old
and fat to play Marguerite, in the
opinion of the directors; hence she re-
tires.
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