The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-08
PROMINENT PEOPLE.


THE Queen of Greece writes poetry.
GENERAL BoULANGER is in bad health.
Ex-KING MILAN has gone to Palestine
NEAL Dow, the reformer, IS eighty-four:
ROBERT BROWNING, the poet, is seventy
six.
PRESIDENT HARRISON is little deaf In ona
ear.
JOHN BRIGHT had Jewish blood in his
veins.
MRS. CLEVELAND shuns publicity In New
York.
THE Princess of Wales is no longer beau.
tiful woman.
THE Prince Of Wales has expressed wish
to meet Parlell.
CHARLES PRATT, the Brooklyn oil man, q
worth Sc, 900, 0G0.
JOHN BRIGHT was an invetera.e smoker and
a remarkably fine billiard player.
BISMARCK is regular reader Of many OF
the leading American newspapers.
KARAGEoRGvITcH, pretender to the Serv.
ian throne, has come into fortune.
THE Car will be represented at the Paris
Exposition by his second son, George.
EVANGELIST BARNES, Of Kentucky, has
I settled on. an island of the coast of Florida.
JOHN JACOB AsToR, JR., of New York
ADMIRAL KIMBERLY, commander of our
Asiatic Squadron, IS clever water color ar
tist.
KAISER WILHELM is devoting much time
and attention to the state Of the German
navy.
CAPTAIN HOWARD PATTERSON, Of New
York, will become Admiral Of the Haytian
Navy.
THE King Of Corea begins his work at 8
o'clock in the afternoon and closes at about 8
o'clock in the morning.
TIE wealthiest colored man in the South IS
New Orleans sugar planter named Marie
He has an income Of 0,0OO a year.
SENATOR Quay is troubled with his old
complaint, insomnia, and has gone to his
home at Beaver, Penn, to recuperate
SENATOR VANCE is improving rapidly at
his home, in Buncombe County, N. c., and
his remaining eye is stronger than it has been
for years
THE widow of the late President Barrios,
young widows in New York. She IS worth
$1,000 Co.,. -s;zs;:sz;;s=z2z. * ;==z2z. :"
JOHN McKEoN, the Pennsylvania oil king,
Is SAID 10 nave an ulCOiue VI ueS1A1y S-o,o00 -
month. Nevertheless he is OF work by
o'clock every morning. ...-e.l.-.,-..,-
MRS. SToNEwALL JACKSON Is described as
a a'stmodest, black-eyed and dark-haired little
woman, rather inclined to portlinesS, and de-
cidedly averse to notoriety."
THE Dukedom of Buckingham has become
extinct with the death Of the late Duke. The
ancient Earldom Of Temple, however, goes 10
his nepheW. MIR. Gore Langton.
ROBERT GARRETT, the Baltimore million
aire, Is greatly improved. He will probably
20 to Scotland in June to hunt on the estate
Of Winans, whose guest he will be.
Jack. LOGAN, the son OF General John
A. Logan. has an utter abhorrence Of pontcs
and political life. He Is managing stone
quarry and coal mines at Youngstown, Ohio,
for his father-in-law, MIR. Andrews.
Iris a curious fact that no paper has ever
been able to publish q portrait of Boston's
Foremost preacher, Phillips Brooks. No
photograph Of him Is obtainsble for puoiica-
tion, and won't be if DR.. Brooks can help IT,.
JOAQUIN MILLER is now q prominent cih-
zen of Oakland, Cal. Recently he gave thab
city fifteen acres Of land for public park-
The appreciative authorities propose TO re-
ward the poet for his generosity by building
a pesthouse next door to bis property.
EDISON has in his workshop at Orange, N
T mass of Towering shrubs and spreading
palms. which show that while the inventors
mind NAV be practical and mathematical, 1T
also has its sentimental side There are few
men who grow flowers in their workshops.