West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-02-23
PERSONAL

BISMARCK Is said 20 Dc worth $40 O)0.NS3
SENATOR MoaRuLI, OF Vermont, once kcpt
country grocery store.
TnE Grand Duke Alexis. OF Russia. has
Voeh promoted TO the rank OF Admiral
luE salary OF Governor Iucn, OF Michigan.
SlfVh year. lie grooms his own hors.
ANSwoRTH H. SPoFFoRD, tho Librarian
~ Congrc >, is SAID TO carry the titles OF
NVVuJ volumes in his hcld.
Mrs AUGUSrA EVANS WILSON, tho noted
novelist, has collection of geruniums which
Is said TO bc the finest in the world.
MAD King otto OF Bavaria has become
suspicious OF his attendants, refuses To eat on
ur'nk' and Is reported 20 bc dying fast.
=, TUE German Crown Prince, next Ia tho
Emperor, has the largest number OF dccorJ,-
'"hS III germany, namely seventy-four.
OulDA,' who is sixty years Of age, wears
hcr yellow hair flying loose, and ligh5 coloreG
"re'ses She Is engaged on n now novel
JoSEri CHAMBERLAIN, the English States
tnhl, ~ social lion at Washington aud is
Ssd TO be indnStriously counting the daughter
OF Secretary Fudicott
1T is related of Judge Clcmentson, OF Ian
VaSter, WIS, now candidate for recollection,
that IN order u save time aud oblige the law.
SerS no once held court on n railroad train.
MRS, kE.D, widow OF Mayne Reid tho
novelist, ~ engaged in writing her husbands
iie' ana - searching for information of his
~ 'SS'' ~. e'uNuifN notn hciofe ana 0ttgF tno
Mexican War.
lT is stated that the grent-pranddnughtc
OH ROBERT Morris, OF Revolutionary fame, IL
seeking admission, nt the age OF seventy four,
TO an old ladies' homo in Washington, nnd
hecuS SloO to pay the eutrnnca fee.
Mrs Quincy A. SHAW. OF Boston. daueh-
yer OF Professor Agasslz, has for eignt years
supported free kinderpart ms in ths poorest
quart 'rs of Boston and Cambridge at "A per-
Sonai expense ot os much as $50, 600 yenr.
IHE monument for General Toombs on
Georgia, that has been shipped from Italy is
Lhe thlrd monument that has been built The
trat was lost NJ sea. A bed of crystals was
found IN the second after all hal been COM
plct0d except the base-rock
RoBEEr SMALLs, who was the last OF tho
colored race TO retire from membership OF
the House OF Representatives, is pushing his
clalm for pension on account OF his cnpturs
OF the steamboat Planter, in Charleston liar
Dor ana its delivery 10 Union officers.
COLONEL GEORGE l.. PERKINs, Treasurer
OF tho Norwich q Worcester Railroad, IL
tne Oldest railroad official in tho United
states, aud probably in the world He is
ninety 'nin' yoqrs old, is siy feet two inches i'm
heiGht, ana stands as straight as many men
OF thirty.
Tue Duke ot Westminster is rcportcd to
nave larger Income than any other subject
of Great Britain lie owns row upon row OF
tenement houses and possesses many square
miles OF farming land. He receives $50 n
minute the year round, or S. 900 an hour, or
$4,000 day.
Mns. SECRETARY Villas has nevor recov-
cred from the nervous shock resulting from
witnessing the sudden death Of Judge Elicit
az the Presidents reception at Memphis
There has been little or no improvoment sine,
thc first attack and her physician aud friends
arc becoming alarmed
COLONEL MARSHALL MCDoNALp recently
appointed United States Commissioner Of
Fish and Fisheries. was horn at Rounav Viz
ginia, I'm 1893 In iN5l he was student cf
natural history under Professor Baird at the
Smithsonian institution, and graduated at
the Virginia Military Institute in 1861.
MISS FLORENCE Il. KALLocK, pastor o! tho
Eagiewood illinois, UniversalsG Church has
just celebrated tho twelfth anniversary of
her entrance into ministerial work. Miss
kallock Is forty years old and is n graduate
OF the Madison tWisconSim Norman school
and of the Theological School in Rochester.