Milford chronicle., 1888-06-29
MEN WRITTEN ABouT.
What the Newspapers Say of Them-Per
sonai Gossip.

What the Newspapers Say of Ihem-Per-
sonal Gossip.
Lord Salisbury is an expert golf player
N. Jules Ferry, of France, enjoys being
caricatured
Before Parnell entered politics no was
pretty well known as u ericketer.
Rubinstein will receive SlOO, 600 for twenty
performances in the United States
Archduke Joseph, Of Hungary, is deeply
interested in the success Of a gypsy lore
society
NJ Perrotin, a French astronomer, says he
has seen giants building canals ON the planet
Mars
Charles G. Leland d1ans Breitmam is max
ing Dictionary Of American Words and
Phrases"
Senator Fair, despite the reverses he has
met with in recent years is estimated to have
a fortune of S9O,0oO,OO0 left
The late Eugene Rimmel, the famous Lon
don perfumer, left personal estate valued
at SlOO,O00, and made bequests to all persons
who have been in his employ for ten years.
The king of Portugal ordered in London
thirty tons Of fireworks and fifty tons Of
mortars and other pyrotechnie machinery,
for use at Lisbsn In the royal reception to
the zngo Sweden.
Adrian C. Anson, the famous baseball cap
tain, is S6 years old, and has been ball
player since he was 10. In the twelve
years that he has been with the Chicago club
it has won the championship six times.
Senator Quay, Of Pennsylvania, never eats
in n restaurant. It is not the vctuals but the
clatter that annoys him. Even the senate
restaurant Is not secluded enough for him,
and he eats his modest luncheon in a COM
mittee room.
Matthew W. SEDAN, an eccentric old man
VINO died at Terre Haute, Ind, last week.
was buried in a coffin which for twenty-five
years he had kept in his bedroom The mon
ument over his grave was erected according
to his orders fully thirty years ago
Admiral IIewett, Of the British navy, who
was drowned the other day, was very sue
cessful blockade runner during our war So
were Hobart Pasha and Capt. Burgoyue, who
commanded the ship Captain, which capsized
about ten years ago.
Matthew Arnold's will is one Of the short
est ever put on record. Here it is, verbatim
ct literatim: "l leave everything of which
die possessed to my wife, Frances Lucy Ar
mold" But, then, he only lett 5000 all told.
Heroic treatment saved the emperor of
Brazil from death Oxygen gus and hypo-
der1nic injections OF caffeine were used to
preserve the patient from syncope On one
occasion he took thirty one grains Of caffeine
in twenty-one hours.
NJ Daniel Wilson does not dare to enter
the chamber of deputies, but he holds on TO
his seat for Touraine and pockets the salary
attached thereto; and under the present law
there is no way Of getting rid OF him.
To a Chicago reporter who was interview
ing him not long ago, Robert Louis Steven
son said: Don't ask me anything about DIR.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Pm sick and tired Of
It, Ask me anything about my other books,
but I've heard Dir Jekyl and Mr. Hyde
until it makes me sick"
The son of Senator Butler of South Caro-
lina has just been graduated at West Point
at the foot Of his class. But ho may make a
successful officer for all that. Lieut. Clark
who was graduated some years ago with the
lowest average ever made at the academy,
was the only officer in Gen. Miles last cam
paign who was mentioned in general orders
Bishop Matthew Simpson, it is said, never
refused 70 see a caller, no matter how trivial
his business might be. He made the study of
men his speciality, and so profound was his
knowledge Of the subject that he was con
stantly consulted by people outside as well as
inside the church, and no one sought his I'D
vice more eagerly than Abraham Lincoln.
Potter Palmer, the millionaire hotel keeper
of Chicago, lives in an immense green
stone turreted and lowered castle on the lake
shore, near Lincoln park. His wife is called
the most beautiful woman in Chicago He is
about ~ years her elder He owns five mil
lion dollars worth of real estate, and his big
hotel is said to bring him in S5OO,OOO year.
Thomas Hardy, the English novelist, lives
at Max Hill, near Dorchester, his holsc being
perched high on a hill that overlooSs many
of the real scenes Of his Wessex stories. He
prefers the quiet Of the country for literary
work, but is by no means secluded from Lon
don life, for he can reach the metropolis by
rail within four hours.
One of the greatest men Georgia ever pro
duced, says The Baltimore American, was
Governor John Clark. His portrait adorns
the walls Of the state house, and yet perhaps
not a hundred of the present generation
know anything Of his history, while hogs
wallow and chickens scratch above his neg
locted grave. a century hence who will re
member anything of the local celebrities who
now strut vainly on the stage of lifel
Chief Superintendent William, of the Liv-
erpool detective police recently had his
house robbed. The rear Of his house is
guarded by a bloodhound and the thieves
probably aware Of this, entered in the front
kitchen window and completely stripped the
drawing room and sitting room Of all that
was valuable, such as jewelry, plate and
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Sleep Of the Liverpool head detective.