Wichita eagle., 1890-02-01
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

President Harrison often plays billiards.
The late Count Alloys Karolyi, of Hungary,
left fortune Of s., 500,O 900.
George W. Chids recently bought $40
clocks. He paid 81, 100 for one.
Tamagno, the opera singer, receives s., 600
night, and tips hotel walters with one cent
pieces.
Senator Stanford is one of the many pub
Lie men who subscribe to newspaper clippings
agencies.
The late John H. Apologize, of Asbury
Park, invented a machine for lasting shoes
that brought him $40, 900.
1t is related that when Calvin S. Brice
went to college he often found it hard work
to pay his necessary expenses.
Secretary Proctor has a fortune of nearly
$500, 600 and some valuable marble contracts
that bring him in $4,000 year besides his
official salary
The late Capt Alexander Cuthbert, of On
tario, Canada, built the yachts Countess of
Dufferin and Atalanta, which sailed for the
America cup res pectively in 1876 and ISL.
The late Henry W Grady, Of Atlanta, Ga,
left comfortably large estate. A partner
values his newspaper interest at 800, 900 and
his home property at $40, 900. He had $l6,-
600 or 81, 900 life insurance.
The late Judge Kelley told a friend of his
some time ago that the trouble with his jaw
grew out of habit he had of going to bed
with a quid of tobacco in his cheek-a prac-
tice which he had kept up from his boy
hood.
H. Oh pr xUhn yoar.fry nod
tracheotomy on Emperor Frederick in 1888,
recently became extraordinary professor of
surgery in the University of Berlin. He was
graduated in medicine and surgery barely
ten years ago.
The Vanderbilt family, who are members
of st. Bartholomew parish, New York, gave
their rector, the Rev. DR.. Greer, satisfac-
tory sort of Christmas present in the shape
of paid up life insurance policy on the en-
dowment plan for so, coo,
The late Dr. Reichenbach, keeper of the
botanical gardens at Hamburg, left his
library and collections of plants to the Vienna
Court museum The library contains about
10. 600 works in -, 600 volumes, and the her
barium about 100000 sheets.
Junus s. Morgan, the London banker,
-
versity and to the Connecticut Historical So
ciety each of a copy of the work of the fac-siro-
lies of manuscripts relative TO America.
from 1868 to 1885, in the archives OF Eng
land, France, Holland and Spain.
Channcey NJ Depew says he made the
great mistake of his life when be delivered
his first humorous speech He didn't geo il
then, but now he realizes IL keenly. Instead
of being regarded az a convincing logic1an,
or O good lawyer, or even as a serious think
err he is always taken for funny man.
Maj Serpa Pinto, whose name Is 80 prorni-
nent in connection with African Affairs, was
born in the province Of Douro, Portugal, in
April, 1916, and was educated at the Military
college, Lisbon. He joined the Portuguese
army in 1865, rose pretty rapidly, and be-
came an aid-de-camp 70 the ling IA 1850.
He was in the Zambesi war in 1869, and COM
nanded the African native troop.
Christian, the Late veteran comedian Of tho
Paris varieties, was the most prolific and in
yeterate puDstsr on the French stage. His
gags" were 50 successful tast they we're
nearly always adopted by the TslsywTigbts in
.he printed editions Of their woTks. dis ORA
matte career, though obscure In ia begin
ming, eventually brought him TO the front
rank His greatest creation was probably
the role Of Jupiter, in Ofsnb&eh's 'Orphss
aux Enters"