Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-25
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Mayor Grant takes . horseback ride sva9y
morning before : O'Clock.
The Comte de Paris viii spend tbs ~
nAinder Of his days in England
Thomas A Edison, the Italian count, now
claims that his favorite author is Dante
Amos Stagg. the famous Yale athlete, win
entAr the church spon. He u said to be .
good speaker.
Stanley's expedition has cost 800 800 thus
far, and additional expenses will bring the
total up 70 $4,000,
Cardinal Ha mold, Of Hungary, the famo1s
botauist, has suddenly lost the faculty a
reading and writing.
For his at..ss portrait Of Gladstone. paid
for by subscription OF the women Of Eng
land. Millais received the SUN Of t25,u0
Cardinal Bcnaparte is ono Of the oldess
members u the Sacred college. He is the son
Of Lucien Bonaparte, brother Of Napoleon l.
and l. % years Of age
Tn. sale survivor ot the battle Of Trafalgar
is believed to be Emanuel Louis Cartigny,
who Is living at Hyeres. He was . cabin
hoy the french ship R,sioobtable.
Coningsby Disraeli, nephew and heir u
Lord Bearonstield, share. his quarters at Ok
{
who is his most iI.eimats friend and chum-
Meisonier, since his recent marriage. has
seemed IL lose his ambition He spends very
few hours a lay in HIS studio and does .
great dea of aim! ~ saetching and dambing.
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt Is asserted by ths
London wSpaprrs b have purchased from
the Young Earl Of dudley Turner'S master
piece, 1.-THE Grant oanal, Venice for the
sum Of e.1i.tsD.
Watts the artist, and husband OF Ellen
Terry, hAs ~ ,idsi To give his paintings, about
fifty in numt-r. and including portraits Of
some Of tha most celebrated men of the time,
to the British gallery
Speaker Rcd has made collection CT ne~s-
paper pictures OF himself, and on his desk is .
large pile of these cuts. Hetakes grea. plsas
ure in al wing his friends how many differ
eut faces he turns to the public
Emile Zola IL anxious To visit this country
Hehas not the usual French prejudice against
other lands, and it is said to have read .
good deal Of American literature. He y
especially fond OF Bret Ha,t-'s work.
Lord Salisbury is not a great newspaper
reader The only dailies which he perusss
regularly are The London Times and Stand
for which periodical he used to write.
At North lansing, Tompkins county, N. Y,
lives the oldest postmaster in the United
States IN the point Of service. His name II
Boswell Beardsley. and for sixty -four years
he has distributed mail to his neighbors He
has held this office under nineteen consecutive
presidents
Archibald Forbes. the famous war CORE
spoudent who has recently arrived from
England, is q distingue hammered man Of
military bearing and talks seriously and
forcihly, ~ BELTS = man who has probably
sseu more fighting than any one who has
never done any.
The Rev W H. Milburn, the blind chap
lain OF the house OF representatives, is q native
Philadelphiau and WAS born in lxee. He lost
the sight OF one eye when quite young, and
the other soon became practically uselee.
He mastered the blind alphabet, and 1t thu
age of ~ vas ordained . minister.
The death OF Shelley's son, Sir Percy Flor
ence Shelley, takes the title out Of the poets
direct line and it now goes to cousin. The
late Sir Percy was a portfy. jovil country
squire. ing no trace OF genius from either
his father or mother. though he derived .
love for outdoor life from the former.
Isaac Holden, member for Keghley. York
shire. is the richest man in the English house
Of commons. As a young man be vas for
some time an ill paid schoolmaster. whiis
teaching his pupils chemistry he discovered
the principle on which lucifer matches are
made But out Of this great invention Mr..
Holden made no money.
By thr death Of NJ Eugene Bersier Paris
loses one Of her most famous pulpit orators,
and France the foremost pastor Of hsr 70
formed church. Pastor Berxier was we'll
known in the United States, where be spent
the earlier years Of his career, and was sur
rounded by large circle Of American -
auaiutances and friends at Paris