Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-01-07
PERSONAL. PARAGRAPHS.

NJ. Grevy slept soundly for eight hours the
night after his resignation, for the first time
In six weeks
Queen Victoria has given $4,000 for dist1i-
button among detectives who discovered an
alleged dynamite plot against her life In
jubilee week.
The other morning early little curly
headed girl of 6 or years went to the Maine
stnte house and asked an officer: "Is Gov
crnor Bodwell dead" s'Yes," was the reply.
'Oh, he used to give mo candy!' she ex-
claimed, and turned away crying bitterly.
Lady Burdette- Coutts denies that she has
any intention Of visiting America, and adds
that she is afraid that journey to this
country would probably be made unpleasant
by newspaper comments. At recent we'd
ding the venerable old lady wore cloak
entirely composed of ostrich feathers.
DR.. Thomas Salpy French, who will resign
the bishopric of Lahore at the end OF this
year, is one of the most scholarly members
OF the Anglican communion. In India he is
popularly called "the many tongucd man of
Lahore" on account of his ability to preach
in nine or ten different languages.
Potter Palmer, the Chicago millionaire,
like most millionaires, began his business
career at tho very bottom Of the ladder. He
earned his first salary as clerk in Penn
sylvania country store, and probably thought
himself well paid when he drew his $40 on the
first of each month Mr.. Palmer made his
fortune by judicious investments i'll Chicago
real estate. He managed to keep just ahead
of tho "boom."
Leland Stanford, Jr., had he lived, would
have reached his majority in May, 1889. 1t
was hoped by his parents that the university
bearing his name would be in running order
by that time, but it is now by no means GER
tain that the building will be ready for occti-
pnncy rs soon as was expected. Senator
Stanford receives many letters daily from all
parts of the world relating to the new uni
versity. Some of these letters contain od-
vice, encouragement or congratulations;
others are applications from students for adj
mission or from scholars seeking appoint
ments on the faculty.
A very remarkable story is told in board
ing school circles about Miss Nellie Arthur,
the daughter of the late ex-presldcnt. She
was at Mrs. Lociwoods school, and had been
there year when one day she was missed by
her little chums, who crowded around the
principal after the opening exercises to know
where she had gone "Where's NcllF" they
said. "Iyhy, don't you know" said the lady,
.Her father, Gen. Arthur, died last night. !"
"IEas her father Gen. Arthur all asked as
with ono voice. "Was she the presidents
daughterr' Miss Nellie had never limited at
what most girls would have told before any
thing else
James Whitcomb Riley's great success at
the authors readings in New York city few
weeks ago has called attention to his early
life. Riley as youth was journcyman
sign painter His signs were grotcsque from
an artistic standpoint, and often witty as far
as their literary features were concerned.
Riley has peculiar eyes and used to feign
blindness, pretending that he could paint a
sign by inspiration, as it were. The country
folk who were thus deluded looked upon
Riley as kind of miracle worker. Once
Riley joined vendcr of patent medicine and
Travelled about singing comic songs and play
ing on banjo. In this way he acquired his
wonderful knowledge of sHoosicr dialect
and learned to know ssthe people" in all their