The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-11
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Tie .,,,lcst member Of Lord Sails mrv,
cabinet is lord Cranbrook. who is &c. Lord
Salisbury himself is ca
Mr. Edi~ss, nas invented an instrument
bv which one may sign check for any
amount at distance of hundreds of miles.
One Of the tallest men in congress ia
Representative Msnsur, Of Missouri He
s. 6 fee, 3 inches in height and is built in
proportion
Tho richest pension attorney in Wash
inuon is George +. Lemon. He is a bach
c'orwith fortune Of s., 900, 900, and spends
about $4,000 a year.
otto Goldschmidt is engaged busily in
vstinc life OF his wife, the late Jenny
lind 10 is said that some u the memoirs
v.I Dee very curious.
Scuor CrisNi is said TO have been al one
tmc subject Of the sultan, his father and
mother cmigratng in the time of Ali,Pasha
from Jaaina to Sicily.
John j. sullivan is 20 locate in Berk-
sfrc county. Mass, on a stock farm, into
which, 50 is said, he has put most of the
rncy that ne has saved.
I.B Haggin, the turfman, is reported
t, le worth from 100000 70 Sl0,0O0,OOO
f.e greater part og his fortune is invested
Ma Montana copper mine.
T.t wcal,hiesi Of all the preSi dents was
rr..n'y Washington, whose estate when
D.. l.amc chief executive was considered
worth from $4,000 to S5oo,0O.
IL F, not generally known that Mai
Mckinley received rs a Christmas present
d. IL. Il.
.rl made in the United States.
Isi.cJ T. smith, Of Fort Worth. who
t.r.N worth SlO10,00), once walked from
1.ru.Ny Oh Texas because he did not
lbs. enough money TO pay his passage
.ol Hutch" the Chicago Spectator, in
+....I~i of mn enormous business finds
+..t1 devote much attention TO reading
Tie is nm admirer OF good writing
~.rn. q Partisan, who made millions
0t Che Panama canal, has gone to
r...t iu the interest of the project to con
,r thc Desert Of Sahara into an inland
ru acknowledged TO be the leading
,trt SO o. today Is j. b. Moons, Of Brus-
81. uum His investments in his
-c said 10 he upward of "A million
-or Call, Of Florida, is a Kentuck-
il. birth. Io is 6 feet tall, weighs
.t -u pounds. and is erect, dignified
.. l.1eous. His hair is black and his
o .ue
Element Garnet Morgan is the only
Harvard class day orator who has achieved
r.U-uuc,ion OF having the salient points
. DIS Grafton telegraphed all over the
United States
Lrl Randolph Churchill can answer
H.uII question. "Who reads an American
I... with the prompt reply II do" for
b. u.s. said 20 have particular fondneSs
IT. American novels.
Charles Stewart Parnell is a close reader
NJ American newspapers and American
rte-mlr2 generally. Balfour, chief secre
r- i1r Ireland is also On omnivorou'
.l.r ~ Amcrican newspapers.
OF Professor John Fiske in private life
ri Book Buyer says that lac has an ex
..-t baritone voice and sings German
Tn-ish songs with expression, taste
and feeling RE can also execute Bee
tl.,en sonata upon the piano.
obi Sir Tiwarl Bradford, the new chief
commissioner of the London police. Is d
.a...ingui,hel military officer and wa
rf tlc most celebrated sportsmen OF
-l. British army lie has but one arm
-......r having been torn of by tigress
.. D.. lli attacked i'm India.
Y..-- Cuug,by Disraei, the nephew
ami ..rDf tlo lare Lord Beaconsheld. Is
l.rtl.r- .a,'a fluent speaker in per
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