Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-27
NAMES FREQUENTLY HEARD.

EMPEROR WILLIAM has appointed the
Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt a general
/ of infantry and FieldtMarshal of the EN-
pire.
JOHN Z. MILHoLLAND, Chief of Immi-
grafton Inspectors at New York, sailed for
Europe Wednesday. He goes on a special
mission for the immigration Department.
JESSE GRANT has arrived at Chicago
| from San Francisco. He is on his way east
to visit his mother, and bring her back to
Chicago to witness the unveiling of the
statue of her illustrious husband.
EMPEROR WILLIAM hos subscribed
S. 900 to the fund for the relief of the flood
sufferers in Spain. 1t is reported that the
Queen Regent Christina will lay the first
stone of new town at Consuegra in Octo-
Der.
ATHANAsIos, the Greek brigand, enjoys
a larger income from the railroad companies
than the shareholders, in addition to which
he compels the Sultan to pay him tribute in
the shape of ransoms for the foreigners
whom he seizes.
IT is reported that the King of Servia
has been betrothed to the Princess Helena,
of Montenegro. The latter was born in
1873 King Alexander was born in 1875, and
latter's abdication, March 8, 1889.
THE beautiful Princess Alloys, otsLichten.
stein, who is reported tohave been stricken
with blindness was one of the models, her
sister being the other, who posed for the
scantily draped figures in Hans Makarts
celebrated painting Of the entry of Charles
V. into Antwerp.
LADY TENNYsoN is known as the COM
poser of some charming music, although age
and ill-health have rendered her unable of
late to do much in that line. At the recent
celebration of the laureate's SD birthday, at
Freshwater, hiswords were sung set to his
wife's music.
THE Princess Bismarck Is hypochon-
driac though not of the first water, because
she never drinks any, preferring cham
pagne, which she believes is the one medi-
cine that keeps her alive. She is tall, angu-
lar and parsimonious, and is always nervous
about her failing health.
DIR. CHARCoT, the famous hypnotist, has
a beautiful summer home just outside of
Paris, on the borders of the Bois de Bou-
logne. The villa is said to be fairly wreathed
in flowers and shrubbery, and its eminent
occupant betrays love not only for this
form of life, but also for animals.
SAYLEs j. BOWEN, who in Grants time
was Mayor of Washington, and wealthy and
powerful besides, is now messenger in the
office of the Chief Clerk of the Treasury De-
partment with a salary of $50 month His
decline furnishes striking illustration of
the vicissitudes of public life at the capital.
How the Rothschilds are housed at Fer
rieres, near Paris, may be judged by their
five establishments, worth s., ,00o, ,09O needing
the services Of $50 people. The stables con-
tain 100 horses. When Louis Napoleon Wis.
tied Ferrieres the Rothschilds gave grand
breakfast in his honor the cost of which was
$500, 600.
A HINDoo Princess the Begun ANNA.
dee, has distinguished herself in London So
ciety as singer of superior voice, talent
and cultivation: V She is a descendant OF the
Emperors of Delhi and possesses flszZo. 20 |
soprano voice of extraordinary richness and
power which is used With very high artistic
TASTE; { -She also ms great personal beauty.
OLD MAN. AD5AMs, who founded f,,l sdtsd the {
adams Express Company. 8as,. as a lad, a
stable helper. end bartender in Boston. = An
old lady who took pity on the destitute
6-year old adIift in the world got him a
place in a grocery. The whirligig of time
has so brought things around, as the story
goes, that the daughter of that very old lady
is now said to owe much of the Comforts of
her life to Waldo Adams, the son of the
friendless boy.