Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-07
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

| CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER has taken
a villa at Florence Italy, for the season.
Ex-senator WARNER MILLER is said
to receive s25,OLO year as President of the
Nicaragua Canal Company.
HENRY GEORGE mas recovered his health
so completely that he contemplates returning
from Bermuda in about two weeks.
BISHOP PADDOCK. of Massachusetts, is
confined to his home in Boston by what is re.
garded as an exceedingly critical illness.
PROF. COOKE, of Harvard College, has
what is supposed to be the best collection of
valuable minerals and meteoric stones in the
world.
MINISTER PHELPS denies that he ap-
peared at public reception in Berlin dressed
in knee-breeches and other articles of court
apparel.
WILLIAM WINTER has dedicated his
Forthcoming book OF verses, "Gray Days and
Cold" to Augustin DAILY, remembering a
friendship of many years."
Miss DOLORES MARBoURG, who has
been collaborating novel with George Cary
Eggleston, is a slender. graceful young girl,
whose former home was in Atchson.
TRUXToN BEALE, the new Minister to
Persia, gets his baptismal name from his great
grandfather, Commodore Thomas Truxton,
who helped win the early fame of the American
navy.
Mrs. MARIAN REID, the aged mother
of Minister Whitelaw Reid, who resides near
Cedarville, Ohio, has recently received from
her son some leaves from the Mount of Olives
and a marigold from the Garden of Geth-
semane.
GENERAL LEW WALLACE and Secre-
tary Foster are almost doubles in personal ap-
pearance, their resemblance being SO striking
that they are frequently mistaken for each
other. Each Is man of medium height, weigh
ing about l70 pounds.
ELIJAH KELLOGG, the man who wrote
"Spartacus to the Gladiators" and "Regulus to
the Carthagenians," once so familiar to every
schoolboy, Is still living in Harpswel, Me. He
is Clergyman, 81 years old, and even now
breaches occasionally.
THE Hon. H. S. Sanford, the Minister to
Belgium under Lincoln's administration, lives
most of his time in that country. He spends a
portion of each year in Florida. where he has
an orange grove. Mr.. Sanford who is 65 years
old, is SAID to have crossed the Atlantic Sc
times.
CAPTAIN JAMES CARROLL, the new
Congressional Delegate from Alaska. was born
IN Illinois and was sailor on the lakes in his
youth but for the last II years commanded
steamers running from Columbia river to Sitka
He represents a constituency of about 5000
Alaskans.
HENRY LABoUCHERE praises very highly
the late Mr.. Bradlaugh, of whom he remarks:
"Often and often the Conservatives have, in Il
friendly way said to me: What a much better
man your colleague is than you are.'" And to
this he make the truly Laboucherean addition:
And entirely agreed with them"
BEN TILLMAN, the newly-elected Gov
ernor of South Carolina is visiting Washing
ton for the first time, under the guidance of his
brother, who is member of Congress. He is a
typical farmer in appearance, but in conyersa-
tion he is quick. direct and plain spoken. His
words flow freely, but there is 4 cautiousness
about him which indicates shrewdness.
MISS CYNTHIA NJ. WEsTovER is Com
missioner Beattie's deputy IN the street clean
ing department of New Y ork city. She is thor.
oughly capable and posted i'll the work of the
office, and, though frail looking, pretty and
polished lady, can boss thousand laborers SO
cleverly that the ordinary ganger forgets how
to swear and the politician who wants pay
without work finds that he has hard road to
travel
MISS HELEN GOULD, daughter of the
millionaire Jay, often deyotes day to hospital
visiting. Not long ago she made tour OF the
day nurseries. She was accompanied by a
friend whom she wished to interest in these
charities. After one of Miss Gould's visits"
said the matron of one creche, 1--WE always re-
ceiye from her some substantial token of her
interest-a package of clothing or basket of
fruit. Dolls, books, aprons dresses and blan.
kets were her last contribution"