The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
PRESIDENT HARRISON plays billiards very

PRESIDENT HARRISON plays billiards very
often.
PRESIDENT D1Az, of Mexico, is largely in
terested in the marble business
EvARTs, Depew and Ingersoll are said to
take scarcely any exercise at all.
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER says that he will
have nothing to do in future with political
parties
ONE of the leading members of the Mary
land Senate is Mr. Poe a relative of the
late Edgar Allan Poe.
REV. Mr.. STURGEON, the famous Baptist,
is crippled with the sciatica and IS urtable to
leave Mentone France,
A FAREWELL dinner was giveas to Henry
George, in New York city, previous to his
departure for Australia.
The little King of Spain is described by
those who have seen him as nervous,
irritable child and very homely.
ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN has sailed on his
journey to Rome to consult with the Pope
about American church matters.
ATLANTA has decided to bui'd city hos
pital to be named after H. W. Grady, for
which over S45 900 is now on hand.
APPLETON LoNGFELLow, son of the poet,
is at Nice, France, the guest of James
Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald.
Rev. JOHN JASPER, the Richmond colored
preacher, has repeated his "De Sun Do Move"
sermon one hundred and seventy-fve times.
The Duke of Veragua, who has been ap-
pointed Spanish Minister of Commerce, is
lineal descendant of Christopher Columbus.
Mr.. GLADSTONE says he is opposed to
naturalization Of land. He does not see how
the State could be good and capable land
lord.
IT is reported that the Cars doctors have
observed in him symptoms of cutaneous
poisoning after wearing his German uni
forms.
IT is related that when Calvin S. Brice. the
next Ohio Senator, went to college he often
found it hard work to pay his necessary e1-
penses.
JOHN NJ. CLARK, the new Collector of the
port of Chicago, is fifty-three years of age,
and estimated to be worth half a million
dollars.
SECRETARY PROCTOR has fortune of near
ly $500, 600 and some valuable marble con-
tracts that bring him in sl0 000a year besides
his official salary.
ONE of the hale old men of Great Britain is
Professor Blackie, the famous Greek scholar,
who at eighty is still able to lecture to the
Edinburgh students.
THOMAS Cook, the founder of the Cooks
tourist industry, was said to be contcmplat
ing Il journey to that country whence no
traveller ever returns.
WITH the exception of the time he was in
the Cabinet, Senator Sherman has served
continuously i'll Congress since the assem-
blage of the Thirty-fourth.
MARK TWAIN works only three months in
the year, and then does his writing on a farm
near Elmira, n. Y, where he has an octag-
onal glass room in which he works.
ANDREW CARNEGIE, the iron man, says he
intends to give PttSburS larger public
library, art gallery and music hail building
than the ono he has given Allegheny City.
PROFESSOR DAVID SWING, the famous
Chicago preacher, says that the fate of the
first sermon he tried to preach would have
discouraged most men from continuing i'll the
ministry.
JOHN RUsEIN, the great leader in English
critical literature. has become hoDelessly in
sane. His health has been iailihs for years.
He is growing steadily weaker and it is
doubtful if he ever leaves his bed again.