Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-20
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.

SENATOR SANDERS of Montana, always at
tends pugilistic exhibit ous.
WADE EVANS. the only known survivor of
ehe us er maSsftre, is insane.
Sir Henry Isaacs, lord mayor Of London,
has two al and dumb daughters both grown
up.
JUSTICE BRADLEY, Of the United States
Supreme Court, amuses himself making alma
macs
THE Danish Kings crown is worth S135,0 600,
the Qneen's crown Sl7 800 and the sword Of
state $4,000.
MAJOR WIN. G.MooRE, chief of the Wash
ington police, was private secretary to Pres-
dent Andrew Johnson
MAYOR HART, Of Bostsn, receives from a
street-railway company in that city 5000 free
tickets weekly for charitable uses.
DIR. BELLE SMITH, the resident physician
at the woman's prision, in Sherborn, Mass,
is only twenty-three years Of age.
EX PREsIDgNT LEGITIME, of Hayti, who
is now in Paris is busy writing up a history
OF the events which lead to his downfall
BISMARCK : wife is expert with the needle
and is famous as a cook. She is also remark
able for her simple piety and for her charities
Rider Giaggarl's first book was complete
failure. II was "Cetewayo and His White
Neighbor." lie made $40 on his second,
Dawn"
Miss MINNIE TRUEBLoop, president Of
the Equal Suffrage Association of Kokomo,
Ind, is one OF the chief dry goods merchants
Of that city.
LORD TENSYsoN is said to have recited
"fhe Charge of the Light Brigade" and the
"Ode on the death Of the Duke Of Wellington"
into phonograph.
OSCAR WILDE plays on the piano. He
says when be is at work on Chopin selec-
ton he feels as though he had been crying
over sins that he had never committed.
CYRUS ". FIELD is fond Of raising poultry
At his country estate, at Ardsley, on the Hud-
son, he has 1000 chickens and 600 ducks
His fiocks yield over 5000 dozen eggs yearly
ANDREW CARSEGIE's mascot is a brass
telegraph key. lie keeps it in glass case lie
never wears a shirt with a stiff bosom. lie
thinks the ordinary starched shirt is the
acme Of discomfort
THE oldest Sister Of Mercy in America is
Mother Seton, of the New York Convent Of
Mercy who is over ninety. Her father died
IN lSDO. Her met Ier a convert founded the
Order of the Sisters Of Charity at Emmits-
burg.
Ex-SEcRETARY WHITNEY is forty-nine
years old. His father was collector os Boston
under Buchanan. Although Democrat, it
vas MS NOtt III the mdh~hcn usftfS legislature
that first elected Sumner as United States
Senator, in 1851.
LOUISE MICHEL says: "When q man feels
hungry, it is better for him to 20 and take
what he wants than to hold out his hand as
a supplieant to his richer brother, who, per-
haps, acquired his wealth through the sweat
OF the others brow"
GOVERNOR HovEY, Of Ind ana, cannot
collect his salary of the State treasurer, who
cannot pay for want Of funds. The Governor
proposes to take legal measures and there is
possibility that he will attach the Governors
chair and then the Office furniture.
Miss ALICE LoNGFELLow, daughter Of
the poet, is said to be the best amateur phOtog-
rapher in America. Her fayorite field Of
operations is along the Massachusetts coast,
and her snap shots taken there in the storm
lest weather are attracting the attention Of
publishers.
OF the English statesmen, Gladstone and
Balfour do not like tobacco, bnt Labouchere,
u ae augh, Lord Randolph Churchill Sir
Wi liam Hareourt and Mr. Chamberlain are
almost constant habitues. Parnell drops in
olee day for a small cupof coffee and mild
cigar Churchill is a slave TO cigarettes, and
smokes them in great quantities. Harcaurt's
cigars are always Of The poorest and cheapest
quality.