Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-14
PROMINENT FEOPLB.


! celebrated her Tooth birthday two weeks
| ago.
Miss Mary Anderson's health is not so
prosperous as to warrant her early reap
pearance in public.
Don Francisco Garcia has lived in Los
Angeles sixty-four years, and is now lO8
years old. His present wife is 3S, and his
youngest child is 2 years old.
George Lewis, the celebrated English
criminal lawyer, has charge of two libel
suits brought by Mrs. Mackay, wife of
the " Bonanza" King, against London pa
pers.
G.. B. Studd, the rich Englishman who
gave up cricket to go as a missionary to
| China, has introduced the game among his
! converts, he himself playing in native
| costume.
Senator Eustis of Louisiana is so fond of
| Washington that he spends most of his
vacations there. He is also very fond of
i the game of baseball and is a frequent
visitor to the matches.
| Sir Edward Baines, of Leeds. is perhaps
the senior European journalist. He repre-
| sented his fathers paper at the Peterloo
massacre in 1919, and is perhaps the only
survivor of that scene. He is more than
90 years old.
Professor E. B. Andrew, of Cornell, who
has just been appointed to the Presidency
of Brown University, was gallant soldier
during the war. For several years there
has been a strife between Brown and Cor
| nell for his services.
Mrs. Louisa Candy, who died in Indian
apolis recently, was the widow of General
| E. K. S. Candy, one of the bravest soldiers
of the nation. Mrs. Candy was beloved by
every one who knew her, because of her
many amiable qualities.
Marcellus Pope, Secretary Mobiles new
Private Secretary, is the son of General
John Pope, of st. Louis. He is young
attorney who was recently graduated from
| Harvard University, and is a personal
friend of General Noble.
The late Father John Carroll, of Chi
cago, was the oldest priest in holy orders
in the United States, and probably in the
| world. He was nearly ninety-three years
old, and for more than seventy years he
had been in the service Of the church.
An American to receive foreign de-
gree this summer is DR.. J. S. Billings, of
| the Surgeon-GeneraPs Office at Washing
| ton. Oxford intends to create him d. G.
! l., in honor of his management of the
medical library and museum in Washing
| ton.
Mrs. Amelie Rives-Chanler, who is with
! her husband in London, intends to take
| apartments in Paris, and enter the art
school of Cola Rossi. At present she is
writing a book about the children en-
ployed in mills. She may stay abroad for
several years.
Mrs. Cyrus W. Field is said to guard as
the chief among her treasures small sill
| yer box presented to her husband by the
municipality of New York, and containing
| the freedom of the city. This was given
to Mr.. Field after the successful laying of
the Atlantic cable, and was the last time
that the honor was bestowed.
d. X. Pearson, the Chicago millionaire.
has adopted the sensible plan of disposing
of his great fortune before his death Dur
ing the last few years he has given away
nearly SS00000 to educational institutions
in the West. Mr.. Pearson lives with his
wife in a beautiful home in Chicago
suburb. He has no children.
General Don Carlos Buell., whose name
is now rarely seen in print, is living a re-
tired life in the very little village of Air
drIe, in Mclean county, Ky. Here the
| old soldier passes a contented existence in
a beautiful home on the bluffs of Green
river. From the window of his library he
can see for miles up and down the river
and over the territory beyond.
Mr.. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the editor
| of the AHdntic Monthly, sailed for London
recently from New York, Mrs. Bailey and
| his two sons accompanying. He will re-
main some time in London to complete
some literary work he has on hand. This
| is a narrative poem of about 1000 lines
dealing with the times of Queen Eliza
beth. This done, he will visit the Paris
Exposition.
Colonel F. D. Hit, of Ottawa, H., pos
sesses some rare relics of the French ex-
plorers of the Mississippi valley. Among
them are the camp kettle of La Sale and
the Jesuit cross of Father Marquette. The
cross is of lead and copper, and in form is
double, having a figure of Christ cruciied
on the diverse and of the Virgin and child
on the reverse. At the end Of each beam
is heart. The relics are undoubtedly
1 authentic.
The late Mrs. Hayes was tall, we'll
| formed woman. with black hair, which
she wore smoothly combed back over her
ears, and large gray eyes which would grow
| black with excitement. She was fond of
dress, but dressed quietly and well. She
liked music and had some talent as a
! singer. Mrs. Hayes was domestic in her
| tastes, and in the summer months could be
seen working in her garden or driving out
with her children.
Representative Shively of Indiana, who
was married in June 10 Miss Emma jerks,
one of the prettiest young women in Wash
ington, is noted in Congressional circles for
his ready wit and genial manners. He is
/ one of the youngest men in Congress, be-
ing only 80 years of age. He first appeared
in Congress to fill the unexpired term of
Representative Calkins, and then went
back 10 Ann Arbor in time TO get his de-
gree from the University of Michigan.