The Portland daily press., 1886-03-02
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

We ate 1.22s, 900 tons of sugar in America
last year.
Sawdust burned to windward saved many
Florida orange groves from the biting frost.
The population of Europe has grown in
the last century from 150,oO0,00O to 800, OOO,-
000
Mr.. Edisen's fortune is said to have grown
like the traditional SNOWFALL into so, 000,-
600 lump.
The five editors of the great New York da-
lies, Reid. Dana, Bennett, Jones and Pulitzer,
are worth together about $15,O0O,oOo.
While delivering his lectures on cheap liv-
ing Edward Atkinson, the political econo-
mist, wears an IS suit Of clothes.
Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, and anoth-
er Caesar in Cincinnati, partners in business,
have brought suit in court to recover bill
of 800.
William Walter Phelps has fine full
length portrait of Mr. Garfield, and he has
asked Mr.. Blaine to sit to an artist for COM
panion picture
Major Nat Burbank. the paragrapher of
the New Orleans Picayune, is Maine man,
who went to New Orleans on the staff of
General Sheridan.
The Sultan has engaged two German
apothecaries to devote themselves exclusive
ly to his service at $4,000 year each, with
board and lodgings in the palace gratis.
There are seven editorial members of the
present House of Representatives; Messrs.
Boutelle of Maine, Barksdale of Mississippi.
Haynes of New Hampshire, Pulitzer and
Merriam of New York, and Scranton and
Swope OF Pennsylvania.
Of a car horse which died In Sacramento,
Cal, last week it is told that he was so well
acquainted with some of the regular patrons
of the road that when they were aboard the
car he would stop In front OF their residences
to let them off.
Mrs. Elizabeth 3. Custer, the widow of
General Custer, was visited at her home in
New York the other day by two boys. Sad
to tell, when the lads had gone Mrs. Custer
missed gold watch; and afterward the
watch was found in a locker belonging to
one of the visitors. Mrs. Custer refused to
appear against the boys.
Patti had some odd experiences at Buchar-
est. The ladies of the audience saluted her
by throwing hundred white pigeons upon
the stage. And then .'supe'' who had
climbed up into the stage loft to have a look
at her, fell down and nearly killed himself,
most caused panic.
The returns show that in England the
clergy are the healthiest class of people, and
hotel servants are among the most unhealthy.
Plumbers and butchers are shown to be
short-lived, consumption being the fate of
most of the latter, which is almost incredi-
BILE. The death rate of the la st ten years is
lower than for any similar period since reg
istration began.
John Russell Young, in speaking of the
large amount of money received by Mrs.
Grant from the book of the General, says
there is little danger of Mrs. Grant ever be-
ing troubled for the want of funds. He
knows OF several Investments which have
been made for Mrs. Grant, and SO carefully
made that in the event of failure of any kind
she is secure.
The youngest performer in the London
theatres is the infant that takes part in the
baby song in the last act of "My Sweet
heart" tits eighteen months old, and is
the fourteenth child Of q working gunmaker
in Edinburgh. It is put to bed every after
noon at four, is brought to the theatre at
nine, and is in bed again half an hour later,
earning for this duty, 1t Is said more than
its father.
The success OF the incandescent cleo
electric lamp for private carriages in Paris
is pronounced complete. Not only the regu-
lar side-lights are included in this plan, but
Ul6 interior Oh the V6Illcle is lllllIuludItu Ny
a lamp sufficiently powerful to read by, and
in some instances similar lamp is placed for
novelty on the head of the horse. The lamps
are connected by wires with small accumu-
lators placed under the drivers seat.
Dealers in spurious pictures have just been
taughta salutary lesson in England. One of
this class recently sold to London stock
broker picture bearing the forged sigma
ture of well-known artist. The price for
which it was sold was 9100, and upon the
trial it was shown that its intrinsic worth
was only 96, the remainder representing the
value of the signature, had it been genuine.
The dealer was convicted of fraud and SEN
fenced to fifteen months Imprisonment.
Buffalo politician, in conversing upon
Cleveland's Buffalo history the other night,
said Cleveland was worth about $50, 900 when
he ran for Mayor of Buffalo. This money
was made principally out of his fees while
sheriff, for the sheriff of Erie county is a fat
office, and worth all the way from $4,000 a
year up. Cleveland has also made some
thing out of his law practice, and not being
man of extravagant tastes, he naturally
saved something for rainy day. His three
campaigns for mayor, governor 6dd and sheriff
worth at the time he was inaugurated Pres
ident about 100000 clear.
Lord Salisbury is a typical English lord of
the eighteenth century in his manner of life
and tastes, as well as in his political ideas.
Dinner at his mansion, the Hatfield House,
is something quite dreadful in Its. formality.
The gentlemen are in full dress, the ladies In
ball toiIettes, with flowers and diamonds;
the servants ara in grand livery-blue, breech,
es, silk flesh colored stockings, DuckIeo
shoes, blue waistcoat and black coat. Inc
yaLet de chan,5yc, major domo and sub-major
domo are also in full uniform. Lord and
LADY Salisbury, facing one another, sit at
inc centre of the table. The guests may take
What places they choose, except at the right
served for the persons of rank who may
chance to be present. Dinner over, which is
served L. q "a a brGncatse, the ladies rise and
leaye tne nan IN order OF precedence. The
when they drink and chat.