Milford chronicle., 1888-03-30
NEWSPAPER NoroRlErY
what the Paragraph writers Have Jotted

What the Paragraph Writers Have Jotted
Down Concerning People Of Note.
Queen Margherita, of Italy, is a capital
Hebrew scholar and has a large library Of
Hebrew works.
Dr. Asa Gray left his copyrights and his
valuable collections of photographs to Har-
ward university.
While Banker Corcoran was on his death
bed he drew check for $500 for the widow
Of a young man who had committed suicide.
Michael Teller, of Philadelphia, has not
slept in a bed for twenty-seyen years. He is
victim Of chronic asthma, and cannot sleep
in a recumbent position.
At so years old the Hon Hugh MeCulloch
retains his brown hair and whiskers, only
slightly touched with gray, and does not use
eyeglasses more than half the time.
Mrs Allen, wife of Dr. Allen, of the Corean
legation, is a pretty little American woman,
who married her husband in China She has
two little sons with her, one Of whom was
| born in China and the other in Corea, and on
this account they have been nicknamed
Little China and "Little Corea.h
NJ Bouguereau has one Of the plainest
I studies in Paris; big room with a window
bronze statue, three or four easels, and lot
of unfinished pictures and blank canvases
! leaning against the wall
Albert Frazer, convict in the Michigan
penitentiary, escaped, and a reward was
| offered for his capture. He communicated
with his wife, who was havinga hard struggle
with poverty, and induced her to deliver him
up and get the reward So she did, and
| Frazier is happier than he has been for years.
Like all actors and actresses of foreign
| birth and education, Mime. Modjeska shows
her native unfamiliarity with the English
tongue much more strongly Off the stage than
on it. It is in the little ordinary converse
Of every day life that ones native tongue
asserts itself the most strongly in both idiom
and accent.
Ernst Won Wechmar, of Berlin, claims to
have invented flying machine that will
make il perfectly possible for humanity to
compete with the birds. The apparatus is
ugly, the wings being about thirty feet by
two, and the body supported by air cushions
as well as by the wings themselves
Frank Stockton is not satisfied with the
ordinary fame of clever story teller He
wants.to become a benefactor and philan-
thropist, and has invented an illuminated
KEY hole that will enable men to go home at
any hour of the night and be able to get in
without rousing the neighborhood
When the late D. R. Locke, ''Nasby," Of
The Toledo Blade was alive, he took par
ticular pride in the fact that none of his
buildings had ever been damaged by fire. 1t
is a singular fact that since his death three of
his best edifces erected by him in Toledo
have caught fire, and in each instance at the
top Of the building.
Three years ago a harsh voiced man, John
Steiner by name, stood on State street, Chi
cago, Offering "Twenty-four sheets of note
paper for a nickel" Today, it is stated, he is
the owner of the leading stationery store in
a town Of 1900 inhabitants in Iowa; and he
made his start selling quire of writing paper
for five cents on one of the busiest streets in
Chicago.
Samuel j. Tilden never spoke Of his wealth
but it was vGriously estimated all the way
from s4 100000 70 sl0,OOO,OO0 His executors
have lately stated in court that his assets
have footed up s., 225, 900 in real and personal
property. 1t was also admitted that after
the legacies provided for in the will are paid
over s. 100000 viii remain for the erection OF
three public libraries contemplated by Mr.
Tilden in New York, Yonkers and New
Lebanon, where he was born.
The postmistress of the Iowa assembly is
Mrs Hunter; her assistant is Miss Murray
The enrolling and engrossing clerks in thu
senate are Miss Stuttsman and Mrs. Stull
In the house the enrolling clerk is Nettie E
Lorimer; the engrossing clerk, Mrs. Hest
A woman has the position Of dOorkeeper il
the ladies' gallery of the house, and lrttl
Miss Wright is one Of the house pages.
number of women serve as committee clerks
In writing of Mrs Potter, ono is calle'
! upon TO treat Of a strange mixture Of prett.
/ womanhood and bad art Mrs. Potter has
most pleasing person, and she would seem T.
] have been endowed with what BalZac ha
termed the gift of charm. She had in album
. dance the golden brown hair which Apuleius
telling Of Fotis, has immortalized; her eye
are furtive, and furtive eyes have always
D strange fascination; her figure is slight al
most 90 girlishness. Without wishing {
l appear in the role of an interpreter Of tn
, designs Of divinity, we cannot forbear sug
d gesting that it must appear to all who hav
t seen Mrs. Potter and have sat under her act
T ing that Mrs. Potter was created to adon
p domestic circle.