Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-08-09
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE
REV. SAM JONES Is under the weather in

REV SAM JONES is under the weather in
his home at Gainesville, Ga.
MRS THOMAS A. HENDRICKS and her
sister and niece have gone tothe White Noun
tains.
CARDINAL NEWMAN has been so i'll of late
that he had TO be carried into the church
where he was officiating.
P. 7. BARNUM Indignantly denies that
Jenny Lind's grave is neglected, declaring
that il is strewa with flowers every day.
Ex-yIcE PRESIDENT HANNIBAL HAMLIS,
who lives at Bangor, Me-, is probably the
most ardent, out-and-out, indefatigable fisher
man in New England.
WARD McAILIsrER, ii is said, anticipates
sale for his book greater than the sale of
any preceding book in this country, except
ing only Grants Memoirs.
LORD BRAssEY is the owner of $4,000 acres
in Australia, and he very properly considers
il his duty TO encourage Australian sports IN
general and colonial yachting in particular.
Miss Fox WELLINGTON has recently per-
formed the mountaineering feat Of ascending
the Matterhorn. The first ascent of the
Jungfran this year was made by four ladies.
GLADSTONE makes it rule neyerto travel
on Sunday, and Ex-Governor Curtain makes
it rule to never travel on any other day if
IL chH De uNOlueu. Anu tfley nave DOM liNeu
to ripe old age.
JUDGE JAMES NJ. SHAcKELFoRD, of In
diana, whom the President appointed 70 the
bench in Oklahoma Territory, took his son
along as clerk of the court. The son has since
taken Cherokee to wife.
MARGUERITE, the pretty princess, who is
going TO marry her cousin, the Due d'Orleans
the prisoner of Clairvaux''-has a good
temper, good manners, and various musical
and artistic accomplishments.
ARCHDUKE FRANZ of Austria, has large
and very interesting collection of relics of
criminals who have been executed. Among
the relies are portions of the ropes used in
hanging the Chicago anarchists.
BISHOP A. W. WILSON, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, has begun journey
around the world from Baltimore. and for the
third time will visit the missions established
by his Church in Asiatie countries.
TIFF Duke of Fife has dozen spits Of
clothes in constant use and gossipy chron-
icler says that he keeps his various pairs OF
trousers on shelves labeled MONDAY, ""Tues-
day" and SO on to the end of the week
MRS. ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD
is described as shy woman of delicate fea-
lures. Her eyes have look of sadness in
| them. The strength of her face appears in
| her forehead. She is n quiet but engaging
talker.
| COLONEL T. W. HIGGINsoN is an euthu.
siastic believer in the ACCESSIBILITY of combin-
| ing literature and riding on tricycle.. He
| takes daily run on wheels, and ascribes to
this exercise much of the health which he has
/ regained.
: +. A. SWEDEN, of Brownwood Tex, has
an orchard of IL 900 peach trees-the largest
| orchard of the kind in the world. The av,
erage yield of a full-grown tree is about four.
teen bushels year, and which sell for from
/ 50 to 81 bushel
| MARIE LoIsINGER, the pretty singer, whom
| Prince Alexander married, did not die as was
reported a year ago. She is alive, and her
/ husband is tired of her; but he, not being
born royal more than she cannot avail him.
selfofthe privilege of calling her mOrgantiC
! wife, it is said.
MRS. STARKwEATHER aud Miss Elliot, 8
Philadelphia girl, are the two most promising
singers of the season in Europe. Miss Elliot
is at present in America but Mrs. Stark
weather has been singing with success in
grand opera in Italy under the curious name
of Starvetta.
A. A. stage, the famous Yale athlete anC
base ball pitcher is not going to be ministe
as was at one time reported. Instead, he hal
been retained as an expert athlete by Yount
Mems Christian Association, ahd at presen
is organizing base ball nine at the Chau
tauqua Sunday school Assembly.