The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-01-02
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT,

SCAIOcI 20.
Lord Tennyson is writing an ele-
gaic on Robert Browning.
browning S resting place in Vest
minister Abbey will be near that of
Chaucer.
...Senator John Sherman's Wash
lngton real estate is assessed at
$192,OOO
The wife of Dom Pedro, late En-
peror of Brazil died of heart disease
Dec. 2oth.
IN. Eiffel's daughter is to be mar
ricd. OF course she will go on a we'd
ding tower.
Jay Gould's recent retirement
from business Melted him several
million dollars.
Buffalo Bill and his Wild West
show are at Barcelona, Spain. His
indians are learning to walk Spanish.
Mr.. Depew is to visit Atlanta
early in January by invitation OF
the Chamber of Commerce of that
city.
Gov. Foraker wants the empty
honor of the nomination for United
States Senator by the Republicans of
the Ohio Legislature
The head of the Brazilian Repub-
lie signs himselfas follows: Marshal
Manoel Deodoro da Fonseca, Chief of
the Provisional Government.
...Galusha \. Grow is III Washing
ton. The capital now entertains a
Lumber of eX-Speakers of the House
Banks, Grow, Blaine, Randall and
Carlisle.
Queen Victoria is breaking down
rapidly. She is lame from rheu-
matism, and her mind is not as
bright as it was.
Lord Randolph Churchill has
gone to the Continent for Il rest.
Lord Randolph gets very tired Of
himself once in a while.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland is very
fond Of French literature. She spends
a great deal of time in reading
Partisan novelists in the original.
Rev Charles S. Farris, a well.
known young Baptist preacher, was
married last week at High Point tic
Miss Alma J. Richardson.
The Princess Louise, the March
ioness of Lorne, is painting q por
trait of her mother, Queen Victoria
Uneasy lies the head that wears /
crown.
...Audacious La Grippe holds The
Gar of Russia in one hand and Sen
ator John J. Ingalls,, of Kansas, il
the other. The equipoise of thu
planet is thus restored.
...Ex-Secretary of State Bayart
has accepted an invitation of thu
Huguenot Society of South Caroline
to deliver the anniversary grafton o
the society in Charleston, April 13.
Chairman Cooley, of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, ha:
been compelled to again relinquisl
his duties at Washington on &c
count of sickness, and has returned
to his home at Ann Arbor, Mich.
The President may be astonish
ed to learn that ''the Harrison cool
err is a popular drink in New DIRK al
present 1t is made of Holland gin
Angostura bitters, orange bitters
acid phosphate, sugar and Stronti;
water 1t is said to be Il good cure
for influenza.
...Says a Washington correspon
dent: "When speaker Thomas 3
Reed gets angry his features assume
"a most benionant aspect Ond an nj
most scraphic smile eliminates his
cOuntenance. Those who know hin
best say that that is the time to
stand from under. 1t is wien h,
smiles good-naturedly that he is most
dangerous"
king Kalakaua of the Sandwich
Islands, is a handsome man, rotun6
and well-proportioned, nearly g feet
in height and nearly 200 pounds il
weight. He stands erect and has &
stately and dignified appearance
His complexion is dark mahogany
but clear and soft. His hair is blacl
and silky and hewears side-whis.lcrs
mustache and imperial.
...John Wanamaker. Postma Ter
General of the United States, an
nounces over his signature. which i
trademark, in a Philadelphi;
newspaper. that he now has on sal
the finest lot Of muslin underwear
ever offered to the American public
1t is rumored that he will soon ad
vertise "the Wanamaker Bureau
Drawers.
M. Joel Chandler Harris ha:
been chosen editor of the Atlanta
Constitution, to succeed the lat
Henry W. Grady. Mr.. Harris has ~
almost national reputation as {
writer, his most famaus articles be
ing the ''Uncle Remus" letters. II,
has been Il regular contributor to thu
Constitution for IA number of years.
...Amelie-Rives Chandler is said tc
be setting the fashions in Paris. 1t i:
said that the Princess of Wales ha:
ordered five dresses to be make lik,
those worn by the eccentric author
of ''The Quick or the Dead" Mrs
Chanler is rather pleased at the at
tention she is attracting. u
Representative Posey Green Les
ter, of Virginia, is one of the new
Congressman. Heis a Baptist preach
er and has held forth in eighteen
Statesmen counting the state of hi.
enthusiasm. He is one ofthe publish
ers of the Baptist Hymn and Tune
Book" He informs the public that
he is not married.
Col. Elliott F. Shepard offers to
pay $500 for the privilege OF writing
the inscriptions on the monument o
the late Henry w. Grady. The Colo
mel bids too little We know severa
persons who stand ready to pay
ST. 900 for the privilege of writing
inscriptions on Col. Shepard's mon