Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-15
MEN YOU HEAR OF.

Senator John Sherman carries $780,.
900 life insurance.
Mr.. Gladstone is going to write mag
azine article on Pigs"
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria il
called 1.-The Man of Steel" by his subjecta
No man living today has had so many
pleasant. death notices as Henry N. Stan
ley
The fund for Mr. Matthew Arnold is
now $40. 900. enough for comfortable
annuity.
George Augustus Sala, the well known
London journalist, began life as II carl
caturist
The late Emperor William Is credited
with saving 81, 900, 900 out Of his public
allowance.
Next summer Edward Burgess, the
yacht designer, will have fleet of forty
two yachts afoat.
Paul Bartlett, the Boston artist, has
nearly completed in Paris his statue Of
the Indian Dance"
1t is rumored that Secretary Bayard
intends to practice law in Philadelphia
after he has abandoned his cabinet port
folio.
Mr.. Froude's book on Australia has
given birth to new word in the assem-
bly, house at Melbourne. 1t is "Frou-
dacity."
President Carnot, of France, received
upwards Of thousand Christmas pres
ents from his admiring fellow citizens of
the republic,
Karageorgvitch. pretender to the Ser
Wan throne, has come into a fortune
But he would doubtless exchange his
bank notes for crown piece.
Count De Foresta. secretary of the
Italian legation at Washington. has been
appointed to the legation at Brussels. He
will be succeeded at Washington by Sig
nor Denitto.
Mr.. Mackay. the silver king, it is said,
contemplates endowing college as o
perpetual memorial Of his name, and ms
athanks offering to the providence which
made him so rich.
Mr.. Bright is often visited in his sick
room by two pet Scotch terriers. "You
see that dog?' he said one day TO n
friend, pointing to one of them. Hos
as old as am-he's quite blind"
Dudley Buck, the composer, has been
elected to membership in the ROYAL AS
ISOLATION Benemerito Of Italy. which is
under the direct personal protection of
the king Of Italy and the emperor of
Brazil
Marshal de MacMahon doesn't intend
to waste his memoirs" on the public
They are to be published Immediately,
but they are intended for the delectation
OF his own family and few intimate
friends.
Pierre Lorillard is now in Charleston.
where he will make his winter headauar.
tiers for his hunting and fishing trips
He Is having floating stable built, on
which he will transport his horses,
hounds and entire kennel
King Ealakaua, of the Sandwich Is
lands, has become prey to the cigarette
habit, He awakens in the night TO puff
his paper covered weed. he smokes be-
tween courses at meals. and is, in fact,
during his waking hours always sur
rounded by cloud Of i'll smelling smoke
Charles r Mayer, the new president Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad COM
pany. inherited a large fortune and
earned another. but makes no display.
because he has no time to indulge in lux
ury and extravaganza. Not only tire
less worker himself che inspires all who
surround him to be industrious.
George KEENAN,. the journalist and
author, lives in quaint and modest lit
tie house in Washington. He is 43 years
old, and has long. thin face; his mouth
is concealed by a heavy mustache; his
eyes are large and dark and his figure Is
spare. Mr.. KEENAN, keeps himself in
condition by daily spin Of ten miles on
his bicycle.
Contrary to report, Rear Admiral
Luce will not be retired from service on
account OF age until March IS, 1889.
Luce had a fine war record. He was In
command Of the monitor Nantucket dur
Ing the attacks on Forts Sumter and
Moultrie in 1868. He also did good serv-
Ice on the Savannah when in command
OF the Pontiac the following year