The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-01
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN left no will. '
GENERAL BEAUREG1RD is seventy-two
years Of age.
SENATOR GoRSAN, of Maryland, is fifty.
one years old.
THE King of Spain is a very strong boy,
ugly, but bright and sood tempered.
THE death of Sir Tharia Topaz, of BoEl-
bav and Zanzibar, reduces the number Of
Indian knights to four.
BELL, the telephone man, has given s25,-
900 to New York association for the teach
Ing of speech to the dumb.
JUICE C. C. FITCH, of Garnetsville, KY,
died recently at the age ninety-nine. He was
the oldest Mason in the South.
JOHN JACOB AsroR, who recently married
Miss Willing. Of Philadelphia, will have,
when his father dies, an income of s., OOO 600
year.
SAMUEL P JONES, the Georgia evangelist,
declares in letter to Texas friend that his
health has failed, and he is on the verge OF
physical collapse.
SIR EDWIN ARNoLD'S favorite diversion
while in Japan was a weekly kite flying party
to which each guest brought his OWN Lite.
EMPRESS EUGENE, Of France, has been
compelled 20 sell the Chateau dArenenberg
in Switzerland in consequence OF unlucxy
stock specu.ations.
JOEL CHANDLER HARRISr" Remus'Dr
the Southern writer, now sixty years of age,
is a great pedestrian, and Is said to have
walked thirty miles in one day recently.
TIE new Senator from Kansas used years
ago to spell his name Pfeiffer. When he be-
came an editor he dropped the 'T' and on his
election to the Senate he cut out the first
If"
PHIL ARMOUR, the Chicago pork man, is
Of medium height and heavy, but not fat
His face is full and round and adorned by
pair Of Burnsides. He iquick in speech and
easily approachable.
PROFESSOR THEODORE N. DWIGHT, who
has recently retired from the head Of the
Columbia law school, had been with the col
lege since 1853. and IS probably the most
noted teacher of law in this country.
THE Mikado o. Japan is to visit Wies-
baden, Germany. next summer, partly for
the waters and partly for the spectacle "of
innocent merriment." Six villas have been
engaged for the Emperor and his suite.
JOHN D. ARCHBoLD, Vice-President Of tho
Standard Oil Company and one Of the coun-
I'll of five who directs the affairs Of that
corporation, is worth from $5,OOO,OOO to
$1,000, 900. he began his business career as
common day laborer.'
THE oldest living graduate Of West Point
Is William C. Young, Of Chicago, III. He
was born in 1893 and graduated from the
Academy in 1922 He was commissioned
Lieutenant of Artillery and remained in
active service until 1926 when be resigned.
The late Diamond Joe'' Reynolds, Of
Hot Springs, Ark, was very plain man in
bis dress, and with all his wealth he never
owned residence. He livel with his wife
in plainly furnished and unpretentious apart
ments. He left an estate worth about S..
100000.
Mrs. LoUNsBUnY, widow Of the default
Ing cashier of the New York City postotf1ce,
voluntarily turned over the entire estate Of
her deceased husband for the benefit Of his
bondsmen and creditors. She was an
actress before marriage, and, having re-
sumed the stage, is starring in the West.
THE mosy popular Of Germany's host of
professors of philosophy is Professor Paulson,
If Berlin. he is a man Of forty-five, tall,
rather stout and vigorous. His hair is iron
gray, his face smooth shaven, and he has the
Webstes:an tyre of countenance. He Is
ooted for his modesty and his lectures are
crowded,