Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-08-30
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE

THE Hon f. J. PHELPS, formerly Minister
to England, takes much interest in base ball.
THE Crown Princess of Denmark is the
tallest princess ia the world. She is six feet
three inches.
NEWS received in London from Florence
Ltates thai 0uida isengaged on the production
of a play for Sara Bernhardt
Miss PHILIPPA FAwcETT, the mathemati
clan, is quite an expert bookbinder, fond Of
fine needle work, and given to artistic EN-
broidery.
MRS. FRANCES HART DAY, daughter OF
Senator Day of Michigan, lives in Kansas
City and is an enthusiast on the subject OF
women's federation of clubs.
Miss KATE MAEsDES, an English woman,
has been decorated by the Empress with the
insignia of the Russian Red Cross for services
as a nurse during the war with Turkey.
NJ. NAQuET, author of the French divorce
law and one of Boulanger's right-hand men,
is about TO retire from the turbulent arena oil
French politi' 70 become director of dyna'
mite factory.
PROFESSOR j. O. HARRISON of Orange, n.
j., has cords fixed toa tree and connected with
his room. When English sparrows become
too noisy he pulls the cord and shakes the
branches violently.
JOHN NJ. STEADMAS, of - ckport, N. Y,
who has accepted an appointment as biologist
in the Agricultural Department at Washing
ton, graduated from Cornell University two
years ago, and is only "a years old.
JAMES ROBINSON, who could not read oil
write, went to Phoenix, Ariz., and became a
millionaire. de could not write his name,
but could make his Y mark. lie is now forty
years old, and is attending primary school
in Kansas City.
L. D. RICHARDS, Republican candidate fol-
Governor of Nebraska, is banker, real estate
broker ard insurance agent, about 80 years OF
age. lie was one Of the forty veterans from
his state to attend the Grand Army Encamp-
ment in Boston.
COUNTESS DE BIRoN, nee de Lesseps, drives
about Paris in her $500 victoria dressed in
white panelel silk with hand painted flowers.
Her white paraSol is ornamented with a ORES.
den china handle, the cost of which would pay
for whole tea set
CAPTAIN KIMBERLY, the newly appointed
consul general to Guatemala, has fine setter
dog, said to be one OF the best in the country,
which, when a puppy, cost 800, and whose
ia her cost 50 COZ. Betc:~ leaving for his pest
he intends to present the dog to Secretary
Blaine
JUDGE JEREMIAH SMITH, of Dover, n. H.,
who has recently been appointed to profes.
sorship in Harvard, is said to be the youngest
Oh Tue lew HOhS Vi SOlultts now
living, having been born in 1887. His father,
Jeremiah Smith, fought in the battle of Ben
nington.
JAMES ALLISON, of Cincinnati, WHO'S now
being Doomed" tor Director General of the
Worlds Fair, is president of the Mechanics
Institute in the Queen City" and was at the
head of the Cincinnati Exposition of 1888. At
one time he president of the Master
Plumbers National Association.
Miss HARRIET HosMER is preparing to
leave Chicago for Rome She hopes to return
late next Winter with wax model of her
statue OF Queen Isabella, which, it is expected,
will be one of her greatest works. She will
be represented at the Worlds Fair by this
statue and pair of bronze doors.
QUEEN VICTORIA contemplates publishing
q volume of the Prince Consort's correspon-
dencc consisting of letters written by him to
the late Emperor William then Prince Regent
of Prussia aud TO the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha. Toe Prince Consort wrote as conf
dental I these two personages that his let
ters won d require considerable revision, as
his structures upon public meL were often
VERY severe.