Daily Kennebec journal., 1890-05-20

Tks Standard Oil king. John D. Rocks-
f,1ler. wa. = newspaper reporter quarter
Of . century ago
Edwin Booth toierrtes no silusions TO or
conversations about j. Wilkes Booth nom
any source in his hearing
Professor George Ebes. the Oriental
scholar, has blue eyes and blonde hair and
beard and looks decidsdiy Teusonic. He Is
. paraiytic. but does great deal es WORK
Mr.. George Payne, state coachmsa TO the
queen. has recently retired after fifty three
wears sven, in .he service Of her majesty
and q PREVIOUS period in that Of William
"
The body Of the late Junius S Morgan.
xho died at Monte Carlo and was buried q
Hartford recently, was conveyed from
Jonaco TO Havre by = special train AZ
cost Of $S.oU
Gen. Caprivi. Bismarck's successor, IS .
bachelor who exhibits no fondness for the
fair sex. He i a strikingly handsome man,
and bears n strong resemblance 10 bismarck
in height and physique.
The author of the Passion Play NJ de
Harancourt, is IA marquis OF undoaoted no
bitity He WAS one of the four mobiles OF
LORRAINE uCltEC ~ "tt'
many. who were dubbed the 'Quatre Che
vaux-"
Frank jackson. of Sampsonyille, Erie
county, Pa, can place his arms against
wall and reach feet II inches. He has re
,uarkabiy hong arms. Jackson Is SIX feet
high The best reach heretofore On record
il seven feet
Hiram Powers studio in Florence. where
he worked so long remains just as he left
il. Hi, widow is still living, a by no means
aged parsonage. and his son, Nicholas
IOngworth Powers. is at work in the old
place. doing almost as well as his father.
Ferdinand j. Dreer. of Philadelphia, has
presented to the Historical Society OF Penn
sylyania collection of 5000 autograph let
| tiers and reliquary curios. The collection
embraces letters of revolutionary interest
| and the signatures of distinguished men
and women of the last 100 years.
Gen. Fremont is living on Staten Island
| in great retirement But he is apparently
| good for many years yet. His form Is erect,
| and his eyes have the same flash rs when
he crossed the Rockies and wrote those en-
chanting reports which, strictly true as
they are, have all the freshness and vigor
| of u romance.
| DR.. Hans Won Bulow has written the fol
| lowing sentiment in the visitors book at
| the Casino. New York There are but two
places IN the world where l have found
| and realized the dream of theatrical model
performances, Biyreuth for Wagner $
musical dramas and the Casino for Often
bach's buriesque operas.
| Lord Roseberry has become the posiessor
of the ori ,inal drawing of Punch's famous
cartoon, dropping the Pilot" He is. by
| the way said to be a great admirer OF TWO
men, Napoleon Bonaparte and bismarck
| He disagrees with the methods of both, but
admircs their genius immensely, the one as
| a soldier and statesman and the other as a
| statesman.
| When NJ Saint-sSaens disappeared SO
mysteriously from Paris recently he went
| to Las Palmas, where, under the name OF
DR.. Charles Sannois, he passed himself on
| for an Englishman His identity was at
last suspected because of his musical per
formance, lie ran away thus simply to
get rested and restore his health, and in
this he succeeded
DR. William Moon, of Brighton. Eng
| Land, the wonderful blind mau whose af
| 6ic,ion has utel tine cause of incalculable
good to the blind all the world over
| through his promoting the circulation OF
books printed in embossed type, was re
| Gently prss,'n; ad with a hri. isnme chiming
clock, check for sl,2,o an'! IA testimu
NAL The occasion wa, he hf.icth ami
| yersary Of his work on behalf of the bind