The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-09-05
PERSONAL MENTION.
Baron krupp Hesitatez About showing
His HIg Cannon at the worlds Fair.

The King Of Sweden is great swim
mer, and wears gants dc Suede in swim
ming 10 keep his hands from tanning.
Sara Bernhardt has promised 10 con.
tribute painting b. the wOmen's gallery
OF pictures at the Chicago Exposition.
Austin Dobson, the poet, IL likely 10
| visit the United States next autumn and
give series Of readings from his own
works.
Carl Strcitmann, who now seems 10 be
the king tenor Of the coinic-opera stage,
il a Niennese, whose family fortune was
lost by bank failure.
officer Rollings Of Philadelphia il said
to be the largest policeman in the United
! States. lie IL + feet 3 inches in height,
and weighs $40 pounds.
ingalls, receives 500 for each Of his
lectures. Financially at least, he finds
It more profitable to lecture the people
than 10 scold the Senate.
Kate Field, who has made Washington
her home for the last eighteen months,
calls both New York city and Boston
idiotically AnglOmaniacal.
Frau Wagner will probably be invited
by certain people in Milwaukee 10 hold
musical festival in that city in 1893 as
an annex to the Worlds Fair.
j. Lamb Doty, United States Consul
at Tahiti is the youngest Consul in the
service OF the United States He was
only 20 years old when appointed.
Baron Krupp is hestating about ex-
hibiting some Of his great cannon at the
Worlds Fair but there will be plenty OF
big guns on hand there, Notwithstanding.
The Marquis Of Lorne is said to cher
ish secret passion for cock fighting.
lie is never 50 happy as when a groom
gets up rattling set-to for him in a sta
ble loft.
Jules Simon, the celebrated French
economist, detests tobacco, and says that
he is an inveterate enemy OF alcohol.
Jules appears to be quite simple Simon
in his habits.
Edison is now at work on an electric
motor TO replace the ordinary locomotive.
II is designed TO take up electricity from
a central rail and to develop at least
l,0OO-horse power.
Chauncey NJ. Depew is in Athens en-
joying himself in seeing the sights. He
SAYS it is all stuff about Demosthenes
having practiced aiter-dinner oratory
with his mouth full OF classic pebbles.
Ex-senator Ingalls, tells Chicago re-
reporter that he is really and truly out
of politics and is not even watching the
course Of events. He is quite absorbed
in agriculture interspersed with lectur-
ing.
Mrs. Langtry owed some of her popu-
larity as well as one of her soubriquets
TO the late Frank Miles, the London art
ist. When he was in Jersey he painted
her portrait, and named it "The Jersey
Lily"
DIR. Frederick NJ. Fling of Biddeiord,
Me-, has been elected Professor OF Eng
lish History in the University of Ne
braska in place of Prof. Howard, who
has gone to the Leland Stanford, Jr.,
University.
1t isn't often that two members of one
family are Governors of two States at
the same time, but it seems to be the
case in West Virginia and Florida, in
each Of which States the Governors
name is Fleming.
The Queen of the Sandwich Islands in
her passion for music has organized
band OF trumpeters. There are a few
street bands and piano organs in this
section of the world that she is welcome
to if she wants them.
A Church of England clergyman was
recently asked why he engaged in out
side work. "To increase my starving"
was the odd reply, which he explained
by saying that he called an income of
E95 ($475) year starving" rather !
than living"
A very fine portrait of Henry Clay is
on view at 46 Pail Mall, London. 1t was
painted in 1850 by David A. Woodward |
of Washington for DIR. Chaplin of Balti-
more, Clay's medical attendant. The |
portrait is said by those who knew Mr.. |
Clay to be ar excellent likeness.
Jesse d. Grant, the youngest son of |
General Grant, who has recently been
living quietly in California on a large |
fruit ranch and farm, has been given |
CONTROL with a large contingent interest,
in group OF silver mines in Mexico, |
from which over $l,000,000 have been
taken in five years.