The Portland daily press., 1886-07-03
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Cincinnati policemen who served in the
war will wear on their sleeve red tape to
distinguish the soldier element of the force.
Marshal Halstead, son of Murat Halstead,
and recent graduate of Princeton, has be-
come the New York representative of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
MI w. C. Prime, the literary executor of
Gen. Mcclellan, is arranging the generals
Memoirs of the Civil War, and will bring
them out early in the autumn.
Swinburne, the English poet, has COM
posed song for the Unionists, which is pub
lished in the London Times One line reads,
'sSee the man of words embrace the man of
blood"
Williams college is carrying on a cranberry
farm in New Jersey at a reported loss of
$1,000 annually The farm is a gift horse,
however, and the trustees do net dare to look
it in tine mouth.
Ex-President Arthur has gained steadily
since his arrival in New London. He spends
his time comfortably ON the piazza of his cot
tage in conversation or reading. Tuesday
for the first time since his illness he ate and
enjoyed solid food at dinner.
Senator Edmunds,' writes Washington
correspondent, ''created a real sensation
Tuesday by appearing in the galleries of the
Senate chamber, acting as the escort of bri-
dial couple from his State. He sat by them
for some time.
Miss Ella Russell, the young American
prima donna, who kas won an unqualified
triumph in Paris in italian opera, is said to
be very young and very beautiful. She is a
native of Cleveland, Ohio, and is said to be
as good as gifted.
President Cleveland has sent to the Col
lectors Office in Washington and paid for
his dog tag for the present year. Mr.. Clark,
clerk in charge, furnished tag No. 46 for the
black French poodle Hector This is the
first instance of President of the United
States buying dog tag in Washington.
In Washington horse car the other day
one of three ladies, who appeared to be office
or claim hunters, said to gentleman: "Can
you tell us if Secretary Lamar's office is in
that building?" and she pointed to the Ilnte
rior Department. 81 think it isI,| replied
Mr.. Lamar, who was the pserson addressed
but he remained in the; car as they got ou
and entered the building.
One hundred and seventy-five thousand
cattle are }5eing slowly driven from the dry
sections of northwest Texas into Jacl
country. Over two hundred farmers are
armed and say the cattle cannot come in
| Fifty-seven herders are already armed and
| on the field. They say they must have grass
| and water or blood. Fences are cut by the
| cattlemen and protected by the farmers. Sew
| eral conflicts have taken place and three men
| have been killed.
Another evidence of generosity on the par
of the Vanderbilts is the gift from Mr.. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt of a fine building for thu
benefit of the employees on the railway line
entering the Grand Central depot. The di
rectors of the New York Central have giver
| lot at Forty-ffth street and Madison ave
| nue. for this purpose, and Mr.. Vanderbilt
| will erect a building on it. Practically i
| will be club house of the best kind.
Mrs. Mackays social ambition has beer
gratifed by the Prince of Wales's acceptance
of her invitation to dinner. The Prince
but not the Princess, who dined with thu
Marchioness of Londonderry-wa presen
last Monday at Mrs. Mackay's house a
Buckingham Gate. The list of dinner guest
had been previously submitted to and ap
| proved by him. Mrs. Mackay's social posi-
| ton in London may now be considered Sc
| cure.
Mr.. Frederick Harrison is one of the mel
of intellect and culture in England who hal
| not taken Matthew Arnold's advice 10 keel
out of politics and devote himself to the re
| generation of the Philistine middle class. He
will contest the seat of the London Universe
| ty as supporter of Mr.. Gladstone agains
| Sir John Lubbock, who is in rebellion. Al
| Mr. Harrison is above all other things
| fighter, and fights with great persistency. ant
| adroitness, the contest promises to be live
| ly one.
Major Ben :Perley Poore, the oldest news
| paper correspondent in Washington, is de
scribed as a portly man of over 70 years O.
| age, with very large, intellectual head
| bright blue eyes, and a reddish beard mixec
with gray. He is striking figure in an.
crowd, and at the capitol is often taken for
Senator or Supreme Court justice He ha
| had more than 80 years of experience il
eaten good dinners, told good stories to, anC
| heard good stories in return from nearly ev
| cry prominent man in the last half centur,
| of our history.
| At the fair recently held at Senator Lo
gan's house in Washington for the benefit o.
the Garfield Hospital, it is related that Mr.
Logan devoted his attention for some time tt
very bright and pretty girl who kept thu
cigar and cigarette booth. AS he stood a
the side of the booth looking for all thu
| world like the wooden Indian of the old
| fashioned tobacco shop several other Sena
| tors came up, and one of them said: why
| does Logan linger here so long? 'Oh,
said the, presiding. genius. of the. booth
that's all right; he's my sign AT which
Logan laughed as heartily as the rest.