The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-22
MEN YOU HEAR or
II "a rumored that William Black, tba
II, has Income an adept at poker.

Il L. ,tffnorCl that w iliidu LIMA '"''
novelist. has become an adept at poker
mr. Iavne. the new bishop OF Chester
ns,s,s,en,ly takes exercise on a tricycle.
Lucas Silva. who was a doctor In the
indepcndence army Of Boliria' has
reached his ie9th year
Fmperor William has become a mem
Der of the Goethe society. which has us
headquarters ut Weimar.
Governor Dillingham;, of Vermont re-
Gently earned 1925 by appearing as q
witness in local lawsuit.
Navy Fereuz. Of Bares. Hungary. IS be-
lieved TO be the oldest man in the worn"
He was born i9l years ago.
Thetender. deferential and aiiectiopa'e
manrer Of the Prince Of Wales WIN ire
anecn. his mother, is described as CHARM
ing.
JAY Gould. Alonzo Reed and Mrs
George Westinghouse went TO school Co.
eether. They were all comparatively
poor in those days.
In the portrait which Sir John MiIl"i'
Is now painting Mr. Gladstone Is repre-
sented sitting. with his little grandson
standing by his knee.
John Hart. q groat-eraudson Of Che
John Hart who signed The Declaration
Of independence, drives a bakers wagon
at West Chester, Pa
The shah will probably not visit Con-
stantinoplc ON his return 60 Persia, be-
cause he is unable to settle about his re-
ception by the sultan
King Menilek, the new ruler OF Aoys-
sinia, is a fierce looking man, darS' tail
thin and active. with piercing black eyes
and a long dark beard.
W. Emmanuel Louis Car'i-uv, of
Hyeres. France, is a veteran of lraiai-
ear. % wears Old, probabiyalso doycn
of tine Legion of Honor since Chc'reu
death
Professor e. y Horsford's tower IN
memory Of the Norscmcn. at Naltham
Mass. will be of stone, fifty feet h1h
and will be on tho sight Of oh Fort
Norcmbcga.
siguor Bottcsini. the illu triQus vio
louccllo player, whose death has been
recorded, reached the age of Cs year.
with no percoptiolo diminuiioA OF hi
marvellous powers.
Dinah Salifcri, king Of Senegal, visited
the Wild West show in Paris the Other
day. Glow many people ia your coun.
try.~ he asked Col Cody. about 80.
900 .000.' "Whew. big country, fall
Of big people"
Liberty, the well known London dealer
in Oriental goods, gave the japanese g
serious lecture recently at Sakuragaoka
Toxic. He told The natives that they
were permitting their art 10 be yliiatea
boy that of Europe.
Neither Bishop lmcentuor ,Ir Niilcr
who founded the summer school 40
Chautauqua sixteen years ago. and wh'
are there leading 10. IS q college man
Mr. Millor's daughter 81 tio wife OF
Thomas a. Edison, tine electrician.
Simon Cameron in bis will baquoailel
his fine collection OF books o. Che lom
Mems Christian association of Harris
burg. This has excited thought among
the citizens of that city of establishing ,
free library and using Mr.. Camer0n's col
lection a. its nucleus
Professor II. If. Doyescn. of Colamht
college, is remarkable among literary
men by reason of the fact chat DE write
with conspicuous elegance Bon 40 least
three language. lie is fortunate, too
in being ON terms of intimacy with dis
tnguisAcd men in America England
and the Continent
Don Jose ZoriIla, who wa5 rcccaly
crowned poet laureate Of Spain, Is q
short. slender Oldham 2 wears Of age
lie has q fine head, with white hah
brushed back from bis forehead lii
eyesarc large anldrumy,and his mouth
is handsome. His musachc and eoatec
give him q military appearance.