The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-05-25
PROMINENT PEOPLE.


THE New York World says that jay
Gould is not at al in such robust health
as has been reported.
TIE attempt TO raise funds for statue
of Schuihann, at SWickau, his native
place, has miserably failed; as have re-
cent efforts similarly to honor Webera and
Iiummel.
WALTER w. SCo1T, Principal of the
Philadelphia Exeter Academy, at Exc
ter, n. H., for the past five yeGTs, has
resigned to accept the managership of
I'll literary interests of Il large publish
ing house in Chicago.
THE Matthew Arnold fund now
amounts to $1,000, q 900 of it having
come from America. Six hundred
euineas will procure bust for Wes;min-
star Abbey, and the remainder will be
given to Mrs. Arnold.
SECRETARY OF WAR PROCTOR very sell
dom uses pen to sign bis name. He
has had stamp made, and when mail
hour arrives messenger stands before
him and amps letters, orders and even
acquisitions for money with fac smile
of "Redfield Proctor" When the Sec
rotary writes to the President, however,
he signs his own name.
on slip oil paper and sent it to an in
quiring New York reporter: 81 am
constantly bothered with questions in
regard to country places already secured
or to be secured by myself or Mrs.
Cleveland. We have no country place
except Oak View; we want none and are
not on the lookout for one, and we
would not take one as a gift.
WHILE the Queen Regent of SIP in was
entertaining Queen Victoria at San Sc
bastian, by an odd coincidence the
Duche-s of Madrid was extending a
similar coultesyto Princess Louise of Ba-
varia at Niareggio. The Ducbers is vi e
of Don Carlos, and, in Legitimist eyes,
rightiul Queen of Spain, and the Prin-
cess is direct descendant of Charles l.,
and would probably be Queen of En-
gland to-day were 1t not for the act of
Settlement.
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER and Jud re Har-
Ian are almost always together, and are
daily seen walking 10 and from the Cap
itol, in Washington. judge Field and
Judge Bradley are very close friends,
and are at ach others houses frequent
ly. Judge Blatchford and Judge Lamar
walk or drive IN company every pleas
ant afternoon. Judge Miller in his
walks or drives goes it q one" but he
is the friend of every justice. and his So
ciety is gladly welcomed by any Of them
at all times.
Poor old Dhhleep Singh is evidently
hard up. He has written to the Queen,
asking her to give him the famous koh-
i-noor diamond or its market value in
ready cash. lie wants the money to use
in India against the peace and integrity
of the Empire, circumstance which,
coupled with the fact that the gem
doesn't belong to him any more than to
, score of other Sikhs, makes his re-
quest seem uncommonly cool. The son
OF the Punjaub Lion is in pretty bad
way.
WILLIAM H. BURGESS, who lives in AL
eXandria, Va, assisted in 1886 in building
/ Washington's new tomb at Mount Yer
non. He says: 81 was lad then, but
| remember that in removing the bod
les OF Gle orge and Martha to their pres
ent tomb we decided to open the coffin.
| looked in and saw Gen. Washington
face. The body was well preserved and
the features were intact. There was
nothing to indie tie the time he hal been
dead. A minute after exposure to the
air there was a collapse and nothing
was recognizable. The face looked like
| his pictures"
BUsHRoD WASHINGTON ADAMS, of Phila-
delphia, owns George Washing.on's
watch and seal. They are on deposit at
the vaults Of the Guarantee Trust and
Safe Deposit Company. Mr.. Adams
father was the most intimate friend of
Gen. Washington's nephew, Judge
Bushrod Washington. The watch and
seal, together with two of Washington's
diaries, were left to Mr.. Adams by name
la 20 10 ;rt
, ence of the two diaries was not known
to the United States government until
last year, when stenographer was sent
to Philadelphia to copy them, and thus
completed the collection of Washing
, toms diaries