The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05
ptasoNAL GOSSIP.
The personal income Of the pope Is accu-
rateIy estimated at 81, 750,0 900 annually.

NJ WllSOn Oullot, u wi "a suo 6i~~S -
torian, is lecturing in Paris on Edmund
! Burke and Milton
The marquis Of Lorne has determined upon
a literary life, and has a serial ready for an
| English magazine.
Bishop II. w. Warren, Of the Methodist
| Episcopal church, has returned To this coun'
try from the Orient.
Lord Harrington, William Z. Gladstone
| and James G. Blaine will be within the Dor
ders Of Italy before long.
Herbert Spencer Is at Bournemouth in very
| poor health. Tho insomnia which recently
| afflicted him has returned, and he can find
no remedy for it.
1t appears that Bismarck has an elder
brother who has been under project Of Min.
| gard since lS4l, and Is about to retire,
aged a.
John L. Sullivan, it has been suggested,
| should obhge his countrymen by making out
| q list of English noblemen whom they could
safely introduce to their families.
Mahmoud Ajelaleddin, the author Of u
| new budget scheme for balancing the Turk
ish revenues and expenditures, has been APP
| pointed minister OF finance ut Turkey, in
place Of Zuhda Pasha-
DR.. Evans, the Parisian-A American dentist,
Is estimated TO be worth about sl5,OOO,OU.
| His magnificent residence is stored with val
! uables, and his library is one Of the finest
private Libraries in Paris.
Mr.. Pulitzer, Of The New York World, is
| suffering with acute Inflammation Of the
eyes, aud is confined TO a darkened room
| one OF his eyes Is almost useless, and now
tie other has given way.
Not long ago Senator Quay OF Pennsyl-
vania tossed a senate page a coin Tor some
service rendered. The boy examined the
| money and found that it was a $40 gold
piece. lie pocketed the coin, and now the
pages run after Quay persistently.
Marshall Mcmahon, ex.president Of France,
has aged rapidly. HIS old wounds, often in
clined to be troublesome, have lately been
much more 50, and his friends have been re
ceiving anything but rcassuring news as to
| his condition. His Intellectual powers are as
strong as ever.
Lieutenant Governor Riddle, OF Kansas,
| who is looked upon as the probable successor
of Governor Martin, is one OF the finest tenor
| singers in that state. Col Mapleson, after
| hearing Riddle sing at a private reception IN
| St. Louis several years ago, offered him a
position at a salary of 500 a week, but the
| offer was modestly declined.
J. B. Hagsin, better known rs Zen All
HAHN, once came near starving while keep
Ing down the idle end Of Il ST LOUIS law
Office. When he and his cousin, who Is the
| junior member Of the famous firm Of iilggii
& Tevis, went TO California they had 500 oi
| borrowed money as their sole capital ana tho
experience Of two unsuccessful law lodgings
to Guide them. Their wealth is now counted
| anywhere between $40, OOO, 600 and S20,UO0,OCJ.
George A. Stewart, yachting editor of The
Boston Globe, has become a partner Of Id
ward Burgess, the amous yacht designer.
| They will make n center board combination
as a yacht bailding partnership.
Speaking Of the Rev. c. \. Berry's decli-
nation of the call 10 Plymouth church, Henry
! L~abouchere, OF London Truth, remarks.
''Brooklyn's loss Is our gain. Mr.. Berry Is
ali able advocate OF the Gladstone Irish
policy, and it would have been a pity if he
| had be;aken himself to America"
History repeats itself. President Grevy
| lost his position in Franco because he dc
Tended his son-iI-iaw, and now King kala-
kaua's crown is in danger because the
| Hawaiian monarch is sticking by his brother.
in-law. He is the wise ruler who places his
relations to tue people above his relations by
marriage.
Some time ego it was announced that Pau
| line Iucca intended to leave the stage and
devote herself TO teaching. This item was
contradicted, but it now appears that Lucca
has been teaching for some time, FOR a pupil
Of hers. a Young Swedish baritone, recently
sang on trial at the Imperial opcraat Vienna
with great success.
judge Turple, of Indiana, Is not pleased
with his position as United States senator.
La fact. he has been rather bored by his sen
atorial experience thus far. He Is "a student
and dislikes notoriety. He said frankly to a
friend a few days ago that he did not like the
| senate and was sorry that he had ever al
lowed himself to become a member Of that
body.
Mai. Rathbone, United States consul gen
eral at Paris, has gained great popularity AT
the French capital. By a strange coinci-
dence lac and United States COMMISSIONS
McIane are both graduates Of West Point,
entered the same regiment after graduation
and now find themselves, after twenty years
Of separation, colleagues in Paris. They
both married southern women. Maj. Rath-
bone entertains handsomely in Paris and has
shown a great deal of social tact since he
began his coasulship.
Blowitz, the famous continental CORE
spondent of Tie London Times, has been in
low spirits Of late, owing to the death OF q
f~avorite dog. The dog was his companion
for years, and was, says Blowitz, "a sourcc
OF literary inspiration to me-" There are
those who say, however, that it would be a
much greater loss to Dlowitz's literary fertil
ity should he be deprived Of the services Of
Alger, his private secretary. Alger is a
short, thin, red haired man, possessed Of re
markabIe energy. 1t has been whispered
that without Al.er Blowitz would have diff
Guilty in maintaining his present reputation
SPORTING AND ATHLETIC.