Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-09
personal GOSSIP.

nS rsooresd uhen Edisua b employed -
. ~ iuyensiou b cpnmms fifty dgan .
dag.
Explor.r Stanley vas paid q ths rass a
5000 rear vhile be vas hunting for knin
PashA
John Waiter, who succeeds The late M.
MeDouald - manassr Of The London Tina
b only s. year. Of sge
Il Barrholdi has aged much in appeAfancs
INC, be VAS N New York His frame u bsns
snA his beard Is becoming gray
NJ. Hamilton DiMson. the nv manufacs-
urer Of PhilAdelphia, gave about elT.0O IN
Christmas presents to his employee
Georges Thiebaud, The repu,ed founder q
Bouiangism, = writing mis- psrsonal memoirs
to serve as history Of the movement
Gladstone frequently speaks in the opsa
air, without wearing his bat, but never suf-
fers any III effects from the imprudenca
Isaac Coe, who 10 living in Waterbury,
Conn af the age Of %, is believed 70 b The
Oldest living ex-iegisiasor Of the Nutmeg
State
Rev. Robert Collyer. who began life - .
blacksmith and Is nov one Of the most popu-
lar living preachers. recently entered upoa
nis 9th year.
Marshall Wilder, the clever dwarf humor-
iss, made his first Appearance on the stage on
the back Of Mr. Joseph Jefferson In Rip
Van Winkie."
Hon Bonum Sye, Of North Brookfeld,
Mass, has lived under the administration Of
every president Of the United States He is
still In active business
Franklin B. Gowen unlike most railroad
presidents, did not believe in riding over bis
roads in sumptuous private car, but used
tine ordinary express trains whenever prac-
ticabls
Signor SaIvini, at home in Florence, Is one
Of the must hospitabie OF men, and bis house
is continually tnronged with guests He has
. country place out on the Bologna road.
whittier ne goes now and then for retirement
Col Wilson. the Union officer into who's
hands the ex-president Of the Confederacy
Tell twenty-four years ago, has Subscribed
Sl0O To the Davis land fund for the support
Of the widow and daughters Of Jefferson
Davis
Arab Pasha, now an exile on the Island Of
Ceylon, is said to he fretting himself into an
early old age Although but 40 years old,
Ne Is gray hilu tuiu, Aiiu vel iuuSu oAhAo
the jovial fellow he was before he fell under
British displeasure
Cyrus W Field says Of the late Henry W.
Grady: Il was introduced to him by some
southern friends in 1880 and lent him money
then to buy an interest in The Atlanta Con-
stitution. He paid back every cent. He
was an able and an honorable man."
T. De Witt Talmage is rich He makes
more than any other lecturer, and lectures
oftener He is up for the highest bidder, and
inexperienced managers Of lyceums take
great risks on him, but the doctor has an in
variable rule. Settle before the lecture and
avoid misunderstanding.
The Sheik ul- Islam, the high priest Of No
hammedansui, who lives in seclusion in Con
stantnople refused to $50 the German En-
peror. The sheik is the custodian of the ~
cred standard, the bloody shirt Of Islam, and
is hneal descendant of the prophet. To
him the king OF kings is no more than .
township constable.
jeff Davi, wrote to a friend In Atlanta
under date Of March 8, 1889: Ny father
was q native Of Georgia-his name was Sam
uel; my grandfather resided and died in
Georgia--his name was Evan. The family
were from Wales, and have lost what little
| had of record beyond the memory Of tbs
facts Us stated above"