The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-09
PERSONAL PlCklNGS.

Presii,a: Fairchild, Of Oberlin coleec' Vs.
is % Yeats Of agc.
The late car is to have monument IN the
Kremlin costing ;6J0,OW.
The king OF Portugal viii make a tour OF
northern Europe for his health
TIC Prince cf Wales is again undergoing
treatment to reduce bis obesity.
The owner Of The London Times, Mr.. Wal
ter, ia now On the verge OF a peerage.
Paul Phillippoteaux. the cycloramic artist
has Just celebrated his thirty -eighth birth
day.
Gen Doulanrer las completely passed out
OF existence as far O., the French press Is con-
| cerncd
Ar Loriilard, the tobacco man, IL hunting
Ia Florida with costly yacht and several
$500 dogs
Senator Coclrell is credited with having
Used three gallons OF tax IN his private cor
7espondence last year.
Senator Riddleberger shows 10 signs Of
age To use an athletic expression, he seems
to be in very good form.
John james Piatt, the Buckeye poet, has
returned to his post at Queenstown, Ireland,
where he is United States consul
Pas;eur's plan of discriminating rabbits by
inoculating them with chicken cholera has
been tried at Rheims with success.
Kaiser William has contributed 10000
marks to help along the Berlin opera. 1t
was precisely the amount OF last years de
| 0cit
Berry, the English hsngman, has executed
III persons up to the present time, sixteen OF
them having been in Ireland and two in
| Scotland.
King John, Of Abys,inia, hates the sight,
taste aud smell Of tobacco, and lie cuts of
noses and lips Of smokers and chewers III his
1OmniOns
The most costly private collection Of pict-
urcs III tho west Is said to be that of Dir.
Nickorson, president of the First National
BAAk OF Chicago.
Ex-senator David Merriwether Of Ken
tncky, the appointed successor Of Henry
Clay, has recently been visiting Washington.
lie l. ~ years old
IL Governor Alger, OF Michigan. is said to
own over 100 square miles Of forest land near
lAlpena, bearing more than 900 10 feet Of
Standing pine timber.
President Carnot is credited wiki saving
that any Frenchman who would declare war
against Germany while MoltEe and Bismarck
are alive ought IL be shot.
Professor van Benschoten, OF Wesleyan
university, OWLS oue Of tn rareit gems of
Greek pottery in existence. Il is an Athouian
vase, which was made 100 y. {.
There are four men in the house who part
their Lair in the middle They are Gaynor
and Belmont on the Democratic side, and
Phelps and Long on the Republican side.
The German ambassador at Rome gets
- 90 year while the ST Petersburg and
| London embassies each pay :. 200. The
Spanish representative Is TO have 5000
For;y-one thousand chasublcs formed one
portion Of the pope's jubilee gifts. The Char
leuso monks sent G2OOJ) IN cash, aud Cali
| fJrult sent a stat filed with gold dollars
\ California millionaire named Buckley,
>ay; The Irish Times offered to make Mr.
PaIncl his heir, and on being rebuGed
asked Nj rarnell 10 name somebody else.
Prince Eugene Of Sweden, has been study
o., art ia Paris under an incog Sometimes
be is recognized under this thin disguise,
aud seized upon by fashionable reception
sNcrs.
| AL efforts TO induce Governor Hill 10 try
Tie toDoggan slide at Albany this year have
teen vain lie took one ride down the chute
Last season. and lie says that he never wants
another.
Cen Lougstreet, the Confederate soldier
IS living at his country seat near Gainesville,
Ga. He Is said to be growing gray and old,
"a. be ia active and looks after his farm with
4 watchful eye.
| The author Of the famous forged letters
which caused 81 much trouble between Rus
ia and Germany is said to BE- Count de Kat
akazy. who was formerly Russian minister
II " Washington.
One of the latest Of Mr. Whittier's birth
la pr-sents was balsam pillow The bal
am which It contains grew by the grave Of
Helen Hunt jackson, III Colorado, and the
pillow was nado by an Indian girl.
| Eanui bal Hamlin refused to don an over
co.t ,yon during the recent severe blizzard
u ,ialuc, when TIE mercury sunk out Of
| 81 bat lie So tar compromised himself, how
,y,r "a, to pat on a new pair OF WOODEN NIT
sis.
!; T. said that George Gould does not spend
jyef : ! 90 a year on clothes. Ho is very
modest ia bis taste and always selects good,
ol.ia cloth, but Is vary particular regarding
lac hg lis younger brother Edwin IS more
| x - Jude
ILc most characteristic part Of tho per
.n-l aiorafnsEt of Senator George OF bis
,sippi, il al old fashioned, open faced silver
watch about as big IS tin dipPer, which he
ailles ln lbs brooches pocket, hung upon the
slI u q shoe string.
SAriou, the French dramatlst, IS building
nagulaccn, villa at Nice for the special
benefit OF sara Bernhard The three larg-
-s1 and most magnificent apartments OF the
via have been designed and furnished and
at apart for her.
| Prin.eton's class OF 70 vas tue wealthiest
ever at the institution. Its members are now
considering tue project OF presenting the col
| lego with AZ elegant bronze statue Of DR.. Nc
Gosh, 10 be made by II. Gaudens The cost
viii be about 81, 90
James Whitcomb Riley began his career