West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-11
PROMINENT PEOPLE


BISMARCK has a mania for getting weighed
frequently.
EVANGELIST MOODY will spend tho winter
In California.
THOMAS A. EDISON is sstudying the problem
OF aerial navigation.
TuR Kings OF Cambodia and Assam viii
visit Paris next year.
THE Ameer OF Afghanistau Is said TO be
medi,atins a journey 70 England
IT is rumorcd that Bismarck will follow
Won Moltkes example aud resign.
TuE Prince Of Wales has accepted an invi-
tation to visit the Gar OF Russia
ANDREW CARNEoIE came to tho United
States In 1913, whom he was 10 years old.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, OF Germany, receives
almost daily letters threatening his life
Count ALnIN CsAKY has been appointed
10 succeed the late Herr Trefort In the Hun
garian Ministry.
CoLoNEG MARKHAM. an English huntor
has n good record in the tiger line Ho has
killed seventy two.
Tux oldest voter In the United States this
year IL Texas man, Richard Kidd, who was
born ll5 years ago
TnE Russian Grand Dukes Sergius and
Paul have boen received and entertained by
the Sultan at Stamboul
THE tRllost man i'm Congress Is Stewart, OF
Texas while Bowers, OF Georgia, is the lenn-
est Senator ingalls, is the thinnest
CnICAGo gave Chief Justice Melville G..
Fuller n notable banquet and reception ON
the eve OF his departure for Washington.
SENATOR SAWYER win bo seventy seven
years old when his present torn expires and
he says hc will thon retire from public life.
| JUnaE WALTER q. GRESHAM has returned
| 20 Chicago. lie snys that, as he Is on tho
Bench he viii not take any part In tho cam
paigu.
SECRETARY or THE TREASURY FAIR
CHrLp's grandfather was the printer AMI
publisher OF a newspaper. His father was
! lawyer
PRINCE GEoRGF. OF Greece hos been bo.
| trothed 10 Princess Marguerite, second daugh-
| ter OF tho Duo do Chatrcs aud n wealthy
/ heireas
| THE Empress OF Austria Is said TO own
! twenty pct horses and twice as many dogs,
after whose proper entertainment she per
sonally secs every day.
NIscoUNT CRANnRooK, ono OF tho oldest
members OF the present British cabinet,
/ prides himself on never having, through his
| long life, read a novel
FURrHER discussion upon Mr.. Gladstone
reveals tho fact that ho was logged only once
at Eton, for refusing TO give away a school
fellow who had got into trouble
lrLIoRENcE NIGHTINGALE, tho famous nurse,
IL n confirmed invalid. being patient In ~
| Thomass hospital, London. She has never
recovered from tho injury 10 her spine re-
ceived during the Crimea.
GENERAL RUSSELL A. ALGER OF Michi-
| gan, is worth Si0.0O0O00. His money " In
| vested In pine and mineral land, railroad
and hank. All OF his fortune has been
made within fifteen years.
BELvA LOCKWOOD has been married
| twice She Is also a graduate OF two coll
/ legos She has both experience aud accoBl-
| plishment, and yet her candidacy for tho
! Presidency can bo looked upon only as a
| joke.
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a great fondness for the higher mathematics.
| particularly for calculus He is at present
| preparing for tho press textbook ON cali
culus, while at tho samo time revising his
poems for publication
WILSON WApDINoHAM. OF Sayin Rock,
| Conn. is said TO be tho largest land holder in
tho United States. lie Is believed 10 own
! over 2, 100000 acres of grazing land in New
Mexico and elsewhere, and he has also made
largo Investments in real estate in Western
| cities