Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-16
NOTED IN NEWSPAPERS.

or Less Famous.
Pierre Lorillard is crack shot with q
pistol
The ametr of Afghanistan will visit Eng
land this summer.
The senior admiral of the British navy, Sir
Provo Wallis, is 100 years old.
Alfred Brennan, the artist, is the champion
pistol shot in New York.
Rear Admiral Heneage has forbidden his
officers to wear colored shirts under their
coats
years of age, and has made 200 voyages in
the air.
Herbert Spencer's health is improving, but
he never expects TO do much work Sleep
lessness and nervous exhaustion are his bane,
but his doctors are more hopeful
Ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes is said
10 have dramatized Scott's Lady of the
Lake" when boy of 10, and before he was l2
he had read through all the plays of Shakes
peare.
Ex-Governor Berry, of New Hampshire,
who is now in his 92d year, organized the
first temperance society in that state at Heb
ron. sixty-two years ago.
The Oldest pensioner on the rolls of the
United States pension office is John Batchel-
der, the dependent father of Samuel Batchel-
der, late of Company D, Fifty-third Illinois
infantry. He is i03 years of age.
Ex-senator Powell Clayton, Of Arkansas,
has made all his fortune since the war At
the close of the hostilities he had hardly
AL a. IL
Arkansas plantation, and in less than ten
years he made 81 100000.
Gen. Boulanger goes to the barber once
week, pays the artist ten francs and gives
five francs to the assistant. He never
speaks. and the barber, knowing his prefer
ence, does not presume to open conversa-
tion. The shop is near. the Louvre.
Marshall Field, the Chicago dry goods
merchant. has fortune of s3O.OO0, 600 He
IS the most successful dealer in dry goods in
this country since the days of A. T. Stewart.
in Washington, is worth sl0,O00,OO0.
The Mormon hierarchy is said to pay Mr..
A. NJ. Gibson salary of $4,000 a year to
look after the interests of Zion at Washington.
He is a square shouldered, serious faced gen.
tleman, dignified in manner and reticept in
speech, and used to be a newspaper man.
Some time ago the Zil-es-Sultan the
Shadow of the SULTAN, the eldest son of the
shah of Persia, was degraded from his post Of
ruler of almost half the empire and the COM
mani of a separate army. 1t is now discov-
cred that he had leanings toward England,
and the shah's course was in consequence Of
intrigues by Russia
Sarah K. Brlton describes VIII Carleton as
"a tall, vigoroLsI looking man, who believes
in outdoor exercise, especially walking, who
is fond of rowing, sailing and horseback rid
ing, who uses no stimulants, who is kindly in
manner yet decided in character, who honors
womanhood and all that is pure and elevating,
and who is fond of music, playing on several
instruments"
King Oscar of Sweden recently called on
the pope, and instead of kissing his hand. as
is his custom, kissed him soundly on both
cheeks, to the surprise of the courtiers 1t
was the greatest shock the traditions of the
Vatican had received since Gen. Grant shook
hands with Plus TX and said: "How do you
10, sirF'
The Duke of Sutherland is conceded to be
the best performer of the Highland fling in
the whole of Scotland His grace recently
lined with the duke of Edinburgh ON board
the flagship Alexander at Malta, and, as
usual, took his piper, Allister McAllister,
with him. After dinner the royal admiral
and the Scottish peer danced the ''Tulloch-
gorum" for an hour by the clock, to the in
tense edification and admiration of the Off
GERS and ships company.
The Rev. DR.. Calthrop, Unitarian minis
ter of Syracuse, n. Y, has won great local
fame as a weather prophet. Syracusans
place great faith IN his predictions. About
30 per cent. of his prophecies are fulfilled.
He does not attempt to forecast the changes
for large area of country, but by keeping
his eye on the sun manages TO let Syracuse
know what the weather will be in at local
ity some days before the weather begins TO
weather.
DIR. William A. Hammond is really going
to live in Washington He has cherished
that design for many years, and was only
waiting until he had accumulated the sum
for which he had fixed his heart, and which.
we believe, was 100000 That he has set
enough nerves straight to have entitled him.
self to this amount Lis friends hope and be
lieve, while all who have personally con-
suited him must feel that he cannot be
entirely at home, even in Washington, with
out the antique chair and the magnificent
paper cutter which are his throne and scep-
ter.
It is said that in the house of commons
Lord Randolph Churchill usually sits with
his legs crossed, and the point Of his toe ex-
tended outward, a thing, perhaps, not neces-
sarily very remarkable in itself, but which
has become so owing to circumstances, for
this extended toe of his is to those who know
quite a barometer of the noble lords parlia-
mentary humor. When he obligingly lowers
the toe to allow fellow members to pass to
and fro, the initiated note with glee that it is
fair weather in the Churchill camp, but
when the toe is extended stiffiy like the lance
of some warrior dressed for the tourney, de-
clining to lower or give way an inch, then
people in the immediate vicinity look out for
storms, and they are usually not disappointed