Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-09-15

CLduiiCSN W. bSpSW ANNUAL income Is
said to reach the sum Of S125,000.
Miss c. w Bruce has given $4,000 to
the astronomical observatory at Harvard
College.
The Duke of Fife has forbidden his wife
to accept her share of the parliamentary
grant to the royal family.
Ex-Minister Strauss, who recently re-
turned from Turkey, says that there are
800 American schools in that country.
Sarah Orne Jewett recently told friend
thatshe had written as much as 6 900 words
day, besides letters. Her usual average
is $500 words.
Lawrence Barrett is annoyed because he
is growing fat. He is not tall man, and
he cannot afford to weigh much more than
he does at present.
Nine. Dejerine Klumpke, an American
wife of Frenchman, has won the degree
of "doctoresse" from the Paris Faculty OF
Medicine with high honors.
General Grenfell, the British commander
in the war against the slave-traders on the
Nile, is AZ years old, a man of handsome
presence and literary tastes.
DR.. Legrand du Saule, celebrated
French physician, claims that IS per cent.
of epileptic children in Paris hospitals are
born of incorporate parents.
Mr.. Gladstone will shortly 90 on a
yachting cruise to the west of Scotland
During the trip he will visit a number of
places and make political speeches.
Miss Emily Stevenson, one of the chief
workers on the index of the Encyclopaedia
Britannica" is a NEWMAN girl, who took
honors in the moral science tripos.
Sir Lyon Playfair, who has just arrived
IN this country, says that he intends to
study and write great deal on the subject
of anti-bimetallism while he is here.
Wilkie Collins, the novelist, is still in
very feeble condition, and the doctors give
no hope of his getting better. He is able
to SIT up IN bed, however, a little each day.
Morgan Grace, NJ. D., brother of ex-
Mayor Grace, of New York, and member
of the Upper House at Wellington, New
Zealand, has been nominated by the Pope
Count of the Holy Roman Empire.
T. Wemyss Reid, who draughted the
Liberal Clubs address to Mr. Gladstone for
his golden wedding, and who is to be the
editor of new weekly run on the lines of
the Spectator, to be published in London,
is one of the best whist players in the
world.
The wife and daughter of President
Diaz were recently exposed to great dan
ger in a runaway coach. The ladies were
slightly injured, but the coachman's arm
was broken. Mrs. Diaz kept her presence
of mind and awaited results. A tree
checked the runaways.
Mrs. P. NJ. Kendall, of Cambridge, one
of Maria MitchelPs sisters, will probably
write her biography. Professor Mitchell
has left behind her a mass of most inter-
estlug correspondence from the Herschels,
Humboldt, Hawthorne, and other eminent
men and women.
Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria, brother
of the Austrian Empress, recently per-
formed his thousandth operation for giau-
coma, a disease of the eye. The Duke,
who IS an experienced oculist, has for
years past given professional help to the
poor in Austria and Bavaria.
The wedding of Grand Duke Peter of
Russia, abe youngest brother of the EN-
peror, with Princess Militia of Montene-
gro, will be celebrated with pomp at
Peterhof The union Of the "only two
orthodox dynasties in the world" has al
ready become the popular theme of Jour
nalist and poet.
One of the most interesting exhibits at
the Paris Exposition is that of DIR. James
II. Love, of Alexandria, Egypt, in the
American Department. DIR. Love is a
Philadelphian, who has lived in Egypt for
some years. He is now dentist to the
Khedive, and enjoys the title and emelu-
ments of Pasha.
Constantine, heir to the Greek throne. is
in his 22d year. He is very handsome
young man and has most fascinating man
ner. He is extremely fond of military
matters, but has devoted a great deal of
time to the study of literature. He can
read and speak English, French. German.
Russian and Danish.
Mss Caroline Fitzgerald, whose en-
gagement to Lord Edward Fitzmaurice.
the younger brother of the MARQUIS of
has been announced bv cable
is only q years old, but is fine classical
scholar and clever linguist. She studied
Sanscrit under Professor Whitney, of Yale
College, and has published a book of
poems. A large fortune In her own right
has enabled her to crafty fully her taste
for study and travel.
Miss Jennie Glider, the editor of the
Critic, is a strange compound of masculine
and feminine traits. In winter she wears
an ulster down to her feet; the waist of
her dress is close-ftting sack coat, with
mans pockets; under this is mans vest.
holding watch and chain; her standing
collar and cravat are entirely masculine.
Even her face has strong masculine cast,
and she bears a striking resemblance TO
her brother, the editor of the Century.