Wichita eagle., 1888-07-15
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Judge Thurman has fortune Of ahsri
$50, 900.
The Archduke John Of Austria has been
restored to official favor.
Mrs. Langtry's father is reported to have
had only So when be died
Prince Henry, the future admiral of the
German navy, is a matchmaker.
Ex-senator Tabor has an income Of from
$500 TO $4,000 month from one mine
William K Vanderbilt has left for Canada
with II. s. Hollins on 8 salmon fishing ex-
cursion-
The Rev. James Freeman Clarke, D. D.,
willed everything to his wife, from whom, Ee
said, he received it.
From Washington by way Of San Fran
cisco comes another rumor that Senator Fair
viii presently be married again
Mr. r. B. Anderson, minister TO Denmark,
has received from the state University OF
Wisconsin the honorary degree of Ii D.
DR.. Daniel Wilson, president of the To
'ronto university, has declined the knighthoOd
profIered him by the imperial government.
Mr.. Melville ". Fuller. who has been NOM
mated for chief justice OF the supreme court,
has gone TO Name with his family on 3 yaca-
ton
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, viii send
to each crowned head of Europe perfected
phonosraph Such 4 present VIII speak fer
itself.
Edward Burgess, the yacht designer. has
been made an N. y by Harvard. IL was
only q short time ago that his wife made him
q Pa
Sir Charles Halle and Sir Edward Stanier,
the two musicians who were knjghted by the
queen a few days ago, are both robust and
hearty men, although considerably beyond
middle age.
Cardinal Mazzofanti, the linSuist, who is
said to have known hundred languages, de-
clared that he never forgot word he had
once learned.
Marshal Leboeuf was soldier TO the end
His last words were: LET my regiment
march past / want to see my artillerymen,
every soldier of them"
The Rev. Dr. the Marquis Of Donegal has
lately celebrated the eighty anniversary
of his birth. The marchioness is eighty-six,
and they have been married sixty-seven
years.
Count Maurice EsterhaZy has been put IN
der guardianship to check his mad extrava-
gance He owns, free and clear of encum-
brances, more thanS220, 900 acres of land in
Hungary, and can travel in a straight line
more than fifty miles without quitting his
estate.
Isaiah V. Williamson, Of Philadelphia, Is
reported to be the wealthieSt bachelor in the
United States. He has fortune OF so, O00,-
300, and gives away a large portion of it an
nually in charities. He is plainly dressed
old gentleman, very modest and retiring in
his ways.
Baron Albert Rothschild has purchased the
largest mirror telescope that has been con-
structed at Paris for 10, 600 forms. and pre-
scented it to the Vienna observatory. A gel
lery for it has also been built and endowed
by the baron. The total cost of this scientific
gift VIII amount to upward of 200.
Macmillan, duke in mot of Bavaria, is
almost hopelessly i'll II e is SO years old and
was to celebrate his golden wedding ami
versary next fall His third child is the En-
press of Austria. The fourth, Prince Charles
Theodore, who, by the remuneration of rights
made by the eldest son, is heir TO the title, is
eminent as a surgeon.
S. G. W Benjamin, ex-mfnister to Persia,
has settled down to his old life of art and let
tiers. He has been painting a number Of
marine pictures lately, and is now on his way
TO Florida to a-nass material for history of
that state that is soon TO be published by
Boston house Next winter he intends TO
take a studio and devote much of his time 70
painting.
Seabrin Stroke. an eccentric old cobbler in
jefferson, Ga, who still keeps at his trade,
although 50 years old, is & veteran of three
wars. He beat drum in Jackson's army at
the battle of New Orleans, fought in the
Mexican war and served with credit through
the war of the rebellion. Despite his arl-
yanced age he makes as good shoe as any
shoemaker in the state.
Dr. Morell Mackenzie takes a deep interest
in musical matters, and is the director Of the
Lyric club of London. he never takes pay
for professional services TO singers He has
occasionally asked vocalists OF phenomenal
voices or singers the formation of whose
Threats seemed TO him unusual, To subject
themselves to his examination as personal
favor, and thus he has become acquainted
with almost all the great singers Of Europe,
and has cured them of occasional troubles.