Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-21
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
rHg King Of Holland is insane.

The King Of Holland is insane
QUEEN VICTORIA is said to be in failing
health.
An attempt was made recently to assassin
ate the Sultan Of Morocco.
THE deposed Emperor OF Brazil has asked
the Government 10 be allowed to return
home.
THE speaker who welcomed Stanley to
New YORK called him the most lluStrlous
living man"
MoLTKE's coat-of-arms is three white doves
on a silver shield. Rather inappropriate for
a battla-thinker.
MIss MARY ABELL, Of Baltimore. Nd,
daughter of the founder OF the Baltimore
Sun, will become nun.
H.G. DULAYEY. said to have been the
~e9lthiest man in Virginia, died iT. WelDourn,
London County, Va, few days ago.
THE Count Of Paris has sent present Of
$4,000 to the Pope by his daughter, the
Princess Helene, who is on a visit 70 Rome.
GovERNoR-ELECr RUSSELL, Of Massa-
chusetts. will be the youngest chief magis-
trate thatcommonwealth ever had. His age
is thirty-three.
Mrs. NJ Z. HOwCoTr, OF New Orleans, Is
SAID 10 own more real estate than any other
Southern woman. She possesses nearly o.
900 acres OF timber lands in Louisiana, Miss
issippi and Texas.
JOIN D. ROCKEFELLER, Of the Standard
Oil Company, has )ts of fun watching his
income grow. 1t is said 10 be sJ,OOO.OOO 4
year. or 1854 an hour. night and day, every
day through the year.
ROBERT BURNS WILSON, the artist and
poet OF Kentucky, is native OF Virginia,
but the greater part Of his life has been spent
in the blue grass region. He Is cookbook
ing bachelor, popular in society.
AUSTIN CoRBIN owns about q, 900 acres OF
land 10 Newport. n. II. Much OF It IS
wooded, and he is turning it into magnih-
cent game preserve. Moose, caribou, elk and
deer of various kinds already been intro
ducei, and recently a consignment OF Wild
boars arrived from Germany for the park.
ISAAC BLUxoME. one Of the most noted
men in California history. died at his nome
in San Francisco recently Of heart disease.
He was the celebrated mo 33, >" Secretary Of
the Vigilance Committee Of 1850. Of which
William T. Coleman was President. Mr..
Bluxome was born in New York City in
1923.
JOHN BRIsBEN WALKER, the Cosnlopolf-
tan's prJprietOr, is several times a million
aire. and made all his money mining and
ranching in Colorado. His wife Is the
daughter Of the artist David II. Strother,
better known as Porte Crayon. They have
seven sons and no daughters and live in big
place at Orange, n. J.
Ex-Governor LONG, of Massachusetts,,
possesses the remarkable ability OF recolect-
ING what he has written without reading IL
over even by himself Ii is said that during
his most animated speech he has in his minds
eve a vivid impression Of his manuscript so
that he knows where every page and every
i;De ends and even where there are inter-
lineations.
RICHARD WATSON GLIDER, editor OF the
Century. is thin and slight, with long, gray
hair. a piping, reedy voice delicate features
and a manner OF nervous modesty. Mr.. Gil
der's sanctum is the handsomestin New York.
Il has an open fireplace. brass and irons, with
..ncs. hangings, draperies and pictures in the
biShest stvle of art. IL is full Of greens at
Christmas, OF flowers at Easter. In 1t Mr..
Glider Is altogether charming.