The daily critic., 1890-09-15
iERSON4L.

Mr. ClarguCr Be.lairDf this city, whl
rs rapidly making % name for uimss
In The dramatic profession, has hCCu CT.
gagCd % play the leading juvenile part
10 Justin Adam new play, The Rag
picker's Child, a strange and beauti-
ful play He opens IN Frchburg,
Mass, September is, 1890. The man
agement Is 10 be congratulated on hiy,
Ing secured 50 good a man.
The relic hunters are paying fancy
prices % the hairdTesser of the late
Cardinal Newman for cuttings Of the
great divine's hair
James MCGregor. london ship
owner, las erected q bT0r ~ uil around
the grave ot Rob Roy McGregor, at
BalquhiddeT, Pcrtsh.re
Charles ID Young, a Denver boy Of
IS, has just built the smallest coal
burning locomotive IN existence II Is
about five feet long and weighs 2j5
pounds.
Senator jones Of Nevarda Is one Of
the best stOTy-te.lers in Congress. His
fund OF stories seems 20 be ineXhausti-
bic. and II has become one of the ira
ditions of the senate that he has a
new story every morning.
Dr. Carlos PeliegTini, the new pEesi.
dent OF the Argentine Republic, Is 43
years Old. He Is the son Of an Italian
architect who emigrated 10 BuenOs
AyTes IN 1925 lie has been a prOmi-
uent figure In Argentine politics for the
last fifteen years.
Mrs. James X. Polk, Who has lust
celebrated her o7lh birthday, was a very
handsome woman IN her prime Her
hair and ewes were black and her con-
plgAiOn was that OF a Spanish girl. She
is now passing a serene old age, pa
liently waiting for death.
Bismarck has the satisfaction Of
knowing that the newspapers In Ger
many which have deserted him have lost
seriously in circulation. The 1Age
DssiHe ZsitaHg in particular, which had
for years been d Bismarck organ, and
has now taken the other tack, has
fallen from %, 600 10 10, 600 daily
Lord TenuysOn is hale and hearty al
so years, and says be expects TO write az
least one mOIe poem before he stops.
lie has nominated Lord Lytt0n as bis
successor as poet laureate, but the
Queen, the Prince Of Wales and LOTi
Salisbury each has a different candidate
IN view il Is said.
Princess Victoria Of Prussia, daughter
of the late Emperor Frederick and
granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Is
about 10 marry d German prince aud
will have a dOWTy OF 10000 600 marks.
Her annual allowance viii be Is 900
marks beside such gTaiulries as En-
peTOT William may besI0W on her
Like other people Of literary emf
uenCes DT. Holmes Is pesteTed by auto
graph hunters aud with REQUESTS b
have manuscripts examined and passed
upon. With the latter he rarely com
plies although be generally writes tine
desiTed autographs His eyesight Is
failing him SO that be has 10 employ an
amanueDsis toTead and answer the most
Of his letters.
Rev. DT. Joseph Z King, who has
been The principal Of Fort Edward
I College Institute. an Fort Edward d.
T., for over q third Of q century, and 3
teacher for q longer time. has had over
sixteen thousand young men and women
under MS instruction He was gradu-
ated from Wesleyan University IN the
same class with Bishop Andrews, and
although CO years ola Is iu vigorous
health.
bliss Elizabeth Bislaud, who made d
trip around Tie world beating the time
Of The mythical Phineas Fogg. has gone
10 England Do live. fl Is said This ls
strange 10 view Of the fact that she was
| promoted 10 a very responsible position
% the tgsM9p pgltEH after her return
from her journey
Nine de Bile. he wife Of the newly
appointed Danish minister 70 Grea,
Britain. Is au American lady. whose brlL
lilICy and charming manners VIII con-
tribute % render hGI D decided aCggisi-
lllu I1 London society M Dc Bile Eas
formerly connected viii the Danish
legation at Washington Where be mal
and uauiad lis Wife one gf lls co.'s
leagues 10 The British capital Is III Wad-
dluEiUu the ambassador gf tie French
Republic who Is likewise muTied t9
an American lady