Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-01-10
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE

THIRTI-Two princes and princexses call
King Christian of Denmark grandfather.
COLONEL BUssEY, who succeeds Joe"
Cannon III Congress, has never been known
to leave his house alter nightfall.
GENERAL BOOTH is tail, stoop-shouldered
II an, with a prominent Roman nose and
patriarehal white beard. lie is 81, aud the
father of large family.
THE Duchess d'Ifzes has just lost $500
by the flight of French banker. II is said
thar she has also sunk 1860, 900 in the GauIois.
Partisan roya.ist new paper.
EX-EMPREss EUGENE declines to help any
more of Napoleon Thirds relatives. She
thinks she has been TOO good TO them, and she
Is net abe to help them much now.
PROFESSOR CHARLES LEE SMITH. Phi. D.,
of John Hopkins University, has been elected
to The new chair Of history and political science
at the William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo.
Miss MINERVA PARKER, a successful
architect of Philadelphia, is prepar ng the
designs for the Isabella Pavilion TO be erected
on the Worlds Fair grounds by the Isabella
Association.
RUSSELL SAGE, the financial magna;e, is a
tall built, gaunt. keen.eyed, hsyseed looking
man OF nervous manner, with a long clean
shaven face, iringed with scraggy, iron-gray
chin beard.
MADAME ANNE MARIE MozzoNI will
stand Tor election in the Italian Parliament,
and is asking for subscriptions TO assist in
meeting her expenses. Madame Mozz nj is
an accomplished authoress.
ZOE GAYToN, a San Francisco woman. is
walking across the continent for a purse of
81 mile providing she walks more than
fifteen miles day. Sine is in Nevada, about
one hundred miles ahead of time.
BRIGHAM Young did not possess the fabu.
lous wealth that was credited to him. He
left just 81 200, 000when he died, and this sum
was divided according to the strictest laws Of
tquity among eighteen wives and their chill
dren.
LORD LYTTpN better known to the world
OF letters us Owen Incredibly, is the present
British Amhas ador in Paris His Sunday
morning break fast, at which he brings togeti.
CT the greatest literary and diplomatic lights,
are the talk Of the town.
Mis-, BELLE WOOSTER HIGGINs of Sulli-
van, Me-, has had nineteen years of sea life,
and has sailed to every part OF the globe. She
is an expert in navigation, and coald take q
ship TO any port foreign or domestic, should
it ever become necessary.
ARAB PASTA is slowly dying in Ceylon.
the place of his lifelong exile. 1t has been
suggested that an appeal be made to the
British Government asking that some more
fitting plnce be selected where the unhappy
Arab Chief can serve out his exile.
COLONEL W. T. hCrcHINsoN, Of Wichita
who is anxious to succeed Scna. or ingalls,. is
man Of commanding appearance. lie i,six
feet in length aud weighs over two hundred
pounds. lie is well read and fluent talker
though he has taught himself all he knows
KING WILLIAM; of Holland would never
permit his daughter to learn German, although
it is her mothers native tongue. Now that
she is queen AMI her own mistress as we'll
she viii probably be taught German, as it is
an accomplishment every royal parsonage in
Europe is expected to possess. The little
queen speaks French to perfection.
THR Emperor of Germany drank the neat
est toast upon record at the marriage of his
lister Victoria. 1t was this: II stand here
in the place Of my sather, now resting in God,
who did not grant that he should live 20 see
this day. May the blessing of our depai ted
father and our beloved mother, and of your
parents turning to the bridegroom rest upon
you. | stand here also as the head of the
royal house. You may always rely upon my
protection and my paternal friendship.
drink the health OF the briNsl pair