Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-27
Personal PiCkING3.


King Luis. of Portugal, is in most criti-
cal state OF health.
Allan Arthur, scn IL The late ex-president,
ss preparing snnse memoirs Of his father.
President Garnet affects Derby hat on all
occasions not Of strict ceremony. He he
always feels uncomfortable in tall hat.
Congressman TIlman, of South Carolina,
saws that the overcoat is q northern luxury
unworthy Of man with blood in his veins
DR.. Schhemann has gone to Alexandria
with Professor Virchow, and will spend
several months IN Egypt making exp!oEa-
TONS
Lord Salisbury suffers martyrdom from
neuralgia. and some of his bitter speeches are
said to be largely influenced by his physical
suffering.
Dr. William Hammond Is stated to be
firm believer in Buddha, and many valuable
works on the Oriental religion are TO be
found in his library.
Prince William Of Prussia, says he fears
no man on earth A few rounds between
William and John L. Sullivan would be q
most interesting affair.
The now president Of the California State
university, Mr. Horace Davis, is 80 years old
a graduate of Harvard and nephew Of
Bancroft, the historian.
The most tragic outcome of the walking
match at the Madison Square garden is the
fact that the Rev Mr. lilly, one OF the con
testants, intends 10 lecture on pedestranisn
King ia ia, the African potentate who re-
Gently had TO stand trial on board her males
tvs ship Royalist, has been given the choice
,f rtai u1s ir,t ha flo a MA of
exile
II is estimated that in order to be able to
wear all his decorations and orders at one
time Prince Bismarck would require breast
thirty feet in breadth. Their weight
amounts to little over forty pounds.
King Leopold of Belgium, has sent the
sultan of Morocco a railroad locomotive as
New Years gift. The African potentate
will find his present Of white elephant ma
ture, as there is not railway in hrs domin-
ion.
Senator George Hearst, of California, is
described by Washington correspondent as
a type Of the old forty niner-shrewd, liberal,
dashing, warm hearted, open handed, and
one of the boys. He lives high, drives sty
lish carriages and entertains splendidly.
The King of Portugal, owing to ill health,
was unable to attend the recent Patti con-
certs in Lisbon. He sat in his palace, how
ever, with telephone at his ear heard the
great diva rs she sang in the San Carlos the
atre, and seemed to enjoy the entertainment
Congressman S. S. Cox has moved into his
new house in Dupont circle, Washington.
Mr.. Cox now has one of the the handsomest
homes in the nations capital. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cox are temporarily in social retirement,
owing to the death Of q near relative of the
latter
The Duke of Westminster is reputed to
have larger income than my other subject
of Great Britain. He owns row upon row of
tenement houses and possesses many square
miles of farming land He receives so
minute the year round, or 5000 an hour,
or So 600 day.
The Church of England is getting SO
pressed for money that Canon Gregory pro-
poses to cut down the salary of the Arch
bishop of Can't rbury from E15OO0 to e12.-
&C., and the salary Of the Archbishopof York
from fl0,0O0 to $500. The house of the
Bishop of Ely is said to be too costly, and
should be sold.
Senator Harrison H. Riddleberger is tall,
straight and not bad looking; he has long,
thin face a high, full forehead. and his
brown hair. which is thinning rapidly at the
crown, is combed we'll back He refused it
is said, invitations To state dinners at the
White House, and once declined to go to
dinner party at Senator Palmer's because he
had no dress coat and was too poor to buy
one.