The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
BRET HARTE is now in his fiftieth year.
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TIE Princess of Wales is forty-four years
DID,
JAY GoULD'S beard once black and glossy,
is now almost white.
TIE Queen OF Greece hos never worn any
color save blue and white.
QUEEN VICTORIA contemplates writing, or
rather debating, her memoirs
Mas. CLEVELAND is dcvoting great deal
of time to the study of French.
Mps. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN took with her
to England q fortune N diamonds
THE widow of Stotaewall Jackson has made
Charlotte, N. G., her permanent residence.
The richest woman. in the world, Donna
York.
MISS ROSE sE. CLEVER tAND will. it is said,
make a farewell visit to tbe White House this
winter.
GENERAL HARRIsoS's horne at 1ndianapo-
lis has been nearly stripped OF shruobery by
the relic hunters. n
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CARL SEIZURE has accented the American
PreesorfhP o,d.nH of the Hamburg American
PROFESSOR DAVID SWING, the distin.
guished Chicago preacher, is SO hon1ey that
| he is positively attractive.
IT is rumored that Secretary BaySard in
| tends to practice law in Philadelphia after he
has abandoned his Cabinet portfolio.
SwEDEvs monarch, King Oscar H., is
every inch q man, which is saying aNgreat
| deal, for his height is six feet two inches.
THE German Emperor is in poor health
| and suffers from neuralgia. The young rpan
| in, tho hluya Nf ovnitpn,nntI
| GENERAL +. +. SPINNER, eX-Treasurer( of
the United States, who is at Pablo Beach,
| Fla, writes to O friend that he is nearly
blind. !.
n. RIDER HAGGARD, the author Of lurld
| African ronances, now wears his hair in
| flowing locks which reach almost to his
| shoulders
Mrs. HARRISON will bs the thirty third
| lady to preside over the Executive Mansions
although her husband is only the twenty4
| third President.
THE greatest bear hunter in the South is
| Congressman Robertson, Of Louisiana His
pack of hounds and bear dogs IS famous all
| through tho South.
"WHIsTL1NG LICE" is the nickname in
indianapolis of Elijah W. Halford, the pri-
yate secretary of President-elect Harrison.
| He is a native of England.
| SENATOR MORRILL,, Of Vermont, whose
health was so broken last spring that he had
| to leave WaShin rton, Is once more enjoying
his customary robust health.
GOVERNOR BEAVER, Of Pennsylvania, has
accented the position of grand marshal OF
| the Presidential inauguration procession, ten
dered by the Washington Committee OF Ar
| rangements
The Parisians are dazzled by the mag
nifcent equipages Of the Duchess Gecazes,
| hI Of nfC
father was the sewing machine inventor,
who left seven widows and SIS, ,000,0O0.
UPON the retirement Of the President and
| Mrs. Cleveland there will be two ex-Presi-
dents-Hayes and Cleveand-and five wives
o. ey- Presidents Tyler, Mrs Polk, Mrs.
Hayes Mrs. Garfield ard Mrs. Cleveland.
BI.uoe VALDiMER, of the Greek Church
in America, has the largest diocese in the
world. 1t includes all of North America to
Buenos Ayres in South America. The bishop
| lives in Sitlta, but spends q good deal OF his
time in San Francisco.
. SENATOR JOE BROWN, Of Georgia, is con-
| sidered ono of the waalthiest men in the
! South. He is now sixty-eight years old, and
| his DO itical life runs back for q generation
before the beginning OF the war. His pres
ent term in tile Senate expires in 1892.
A. H. CoLoUITT, who has been reelected
to the United States Senate from Georgia,
is now sixty four years old. He is large,
handsome man of impressive appearance,
| and is known in the Council of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church. He is q Princeton
graduate and has for tune of about $780, ,0o0.
The twelfth Earl Of Devon, who recently
succeeded to the title, is splendid debtor. In
ten years he managed to pile up his debts to
the magnificent sum Of SO 1000, anil when
finally forced into bankruptcy offered to
co,uprnrAise with hik creditors for S;NH.
His enlalcd estGt S comprise over j3, 3,UU acrei
in England and Irelarp pd.