The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-27
PERSONAL GOSSIP,

i.
N. Pssssur stiIl BUFFERS from paralysis c.
The left arm.
President rairchfid, Of obcrlin college.
Ohio, Is 20 years old.
Bishop Walker, Of Dakota, denies the story
That b. Is engaged to marry Mrs Kate Noel
Sir Thomas Rmoude, II. p, IS row in
New Hampshire. He will remain IN tne
United States about three months longer
King Hurubart is o keen sportsman and
largely patronizes the genuine Engi;sn ioS
hunting that has been introduced into Italy
by Prince John Borsbese.
A rich planter and tobacco grower OF
Havana recently sent 1000 cigars to King
Alphonso, of Spain. As his majesty Is &c
months old, the queen Is in quandary.
The death Of ". II. Chippendale, tho vote
ran English actor, recalls tho fact that be
was the youth employed By Sir Walter Scott
to carry to the printer tho manuscript OF
Waverley.
Rev. I. T. Ingalls,, the new president OF
Drury college, Is . brother OF Senator In
calls. Ho was formerly connected with tho
State university Of Kansas and with WasE-
burn college.
The cn,ir Of Afghanistan has fallen in love
with baepipcs, and has ordered 900 Of them
for Cobul. Tho shah of Persia has also
ordered o brass band. Thus music soothes
the savage breast.
Timothy Bacon, who voted fer Andrew
Jackson end all Democratic presidential can
didates since, IL living in Barre, Has, boar
ing the weight Of l0e winters. His health
| Is good and his mind clear.
President Cleveland recently remarked to
o caller, who expressed regret at not seeing
Mrs Cleveland: "The truth is, don't see
| much OF her myself II sec her once a day
/ consider myself pretty lucky"
Tho king Of the Belgians has recently in.
surcd his own private property in tho royal
palaces at Brussels and at Laeken for 81, 49,.
900. This property consists Of furniture,
pictures, plate, objects Of art and china.
Emperor William met Won Moltke after
tho dawn Of the present year and asked him
whether ho bad begun it asleep or awake.
ASLEEP" replied tho general well, thon,
said the emperor, ~ think you may sleep it
out"
Johnny Jones, as he is called, is tho flnan.
cial king Of New Zealand. His wealth run.
up into the millions and the greater part Of
| &c was naado in steamboating. He is q native,
| and once earned scant wages as an oarsman
on ferry boat.
NJ. Grevy, ex-president OF the French re-
public, lives very quietly II his new home.
| Occasionally he takes q short walk in the
| Trocadaro gardens. Whom he rides out it ia
in a carriage hired az livery stable. Nine.
Grevy seldom leaves the house.
President Cleveland, on behalf Of himself
and Mrs Cleveland, has accepted en- invita-.
| ton to attend the twentieth annual CON-
menccnent Of Cornell university, at Ithica,
next June, conditioned only upon possible
emergencies Of official duty at that time.
Josef IIofmanns present crazo is type
writing. Mr.. Abbey gave him typewriter
for a Christmas gift and tho lad refuses 10
part from it, so it has to be carried with him
from city to city, so that DO can practice
constantly in the intervals Of his concerts.
Sir George Chetwyud, whose methods arc
now being investigated by his fellow nom
bors Of the London Jockey club, is q rich
baronet, with $4,000 year. He is little
over 80 and married when only 81 tho widow
Of the late Marquis Of Hastings, beautiful
woman several years his senior.
w. J. Florence, the actor, says be wears O
single eyeglass because 1t Is ever so much
moro convenient and comfortable than tic
double Eyeglasses with the frame that
saueezes your nose, or the spectacles with
bows that run back Of your ears and scratch
your bead and muss your hair"
N. Bowel Blowitz has been telling stories
about II. do Freycinet, against whom be has
Q great grudge. Ono is that the French
statesman has three sets Of visiting cards.
one for Democrats, inscribed "Freycinet;; =
one for Democratic snobs, "De Freycinst,
and one for aristocrats, m. de FIeycinet."
d. J. Furber, Jr., q young man not yet 20
years Of age, is preparing to found q uni
versity in tho western Venice, and will de-
vote 81 0O0,OOO to the enterprise. Furber Is
now in Berlin studying philosophy under
German masters. His father Is engaged in
tho insurance and real estate business In Chi
cago.
Walt Whitman is living quietly at Carden
and enjoying existsnce as much as be can
under adverse circumstances. 10 takes
great interest in all the leading topics Of the
day and likes to talk about his travels he
recently said: Denver, Colo, is my favorite
western city. II should want to live in the
west, to use western term, think should
squat at Denver"
Bush Otter, a young Sioux, is the only
full blooded Indian who was ever employed
BY an executive department OF the United
States government The geological survey
has for some time employed him to prepare
o series Of Indian legends His pay Of $40 O
month did not seem sufficient to him In the
light Of contemplated matrimony, and be
struck for higher wages. The bureau refused
to raise his salary and Otter Is now man OF
leisure
A FEW BEGINNINGS.
The first Use Of locomotive In America