The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-03-23
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

By the time Gen. Palmer's senatorial term
expires he will be so years old.
Ex-Speaker Keller, for IA months service
as attorney and receiver of the; Whitley
reaper works Of Springfield. Ohio. returned
btu for $4,000.
Harry Ballard. city editor of the Chicago
Inter- Ocean, has been appointed chief of the
foreign department Of the Worlds Fair In
place OF DR.. Western of New York, deceased.
Orders have been placed with a new ship
yard at Newport News. Va. for two 5000
ton iron steamers to cost 100000 each-the
largest vessels Of this description ever built
south of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Cora Bacon Foster Of Houston, one
of the most successful real estate agents in
Texas, has immortalized herself by voting at
the election held last week in that city, on
is the first woman that ever voted in Texas.
Miss Gabrielle Greeley. daughter Of the
late Horace Greedy, Lives at the old home
stead, Chappaqua. Her family consists Of
her cousin, one maid servant and three dogs
| She lives entirely for others. She ministers
| to the sick, poor and aged in the little hamlet
| Of Chappauqua and the town Of Pleasant
vile, which is about two miles distant.
Miss Wanamaker, daughter of the post
master general, is going abroad in time to be
presented at the.drawing room the queen
holds In June. The order for the gown Miss
| Wanamaker Is to wear then Is already In the
| hands OF Worth, and he is busy preparing
| designs to be submitted to her for her
| choice
At small and elegant party in Indian
apolis recently. the hostess, determined to
be original. departed from the customary
serving Of ices in glasses, and had them in
q q a Ior nm xxrao
moved, and the flower contained quite as
| much ice as the ordinary receptacle. When
| the cup so filled was laid on an exquisite
plate, the effect was very attractive.
| The will of the late Senator George Hearst
has been presented at San Francisco, CAL, for
j probate by his widow, Phoebe M.Hearst, who
is made sole executrix. The will states that
| Senator Hearst recognized that his wife Is
legally entitled to one-half his entire estate.
It all being community property, and he also
beaueaths to her absolutely the remaining
one-half.
Prof. w. w. Goodwin OF the Greek depart
ment at Harvard, has just received copy Of
the new manuscript of Arlstotle's discovered
in Egypt short time ago, this copy being
| the first sent to this country. The original
was discovered in some British excavations
| and sent to the British museum which has
| Just published copies. The revelations con-
tanned In the manuscript entirely revolu-
tionize part Of Greek history and contra.
dict many of the theories OF Grote and other
eminent historians. Six months ago Prof.
j. ii. Wright Of Harvard contributed paper
to Harvard Studies" in which he fixed the
date for the tCylonian conspiracy as before
the legislation Of Draco. This theory Is con.
filmed by the new manuscript.
Says the Washington correspondent of the
New York Mail and Express: It is very
Il nhn1I hat kha h. nf I'LL
have an opportunity this summer to show
their appreciation of GEAR" Reed. The ex.
Speaker thinks he will take trip abroad
shortly Mr.. Reed has been lin Europe be-
fore but only as plain member from Maine.
He mas the advantage Of being an excellent
| linguist, for he speaks German and French
| almost as well as English. French is his
especial favorite. and almost every evening
last year, when the troubles of the House
| were over, the massive figure Of the Speaker
could be seen marching along Connecticut
avenue. and by his side his French master, a
| dapper little man, the crown of whose hat
barely reached the Speakers shoulder.
They would discuss all the events of the day
10 French, and the professor says that Mr..
Reed Is one of the best French scholars In
Washington.
In the first of the steamship articles in the
April Scribner's John 81. Gould says "Fron
the records kept in the barge office in New
YORK city, 1t appears that ocean travel varies
according to the business situation In thi!
country. Following is an exhibit of the
number of cabin passengers that arrived al
this port during the years between 1881 and
1890, inclusive: 1881, 51,229; 1882, 57,947
1883, $685. 1884. 59.503; 1885. 81, 160; 1886,
Sc, 302; 1889, 96,687; 1890. 99,189. From one
point OF view. at least. these figures are very
striking. In 1889 there was great show in
Paris that attracted world wide attention
and interest. In the spring Of that year
every steamship agent announced to pro.
spective passengers that all vessels would be
crowded, and that the volume of passenger
traffic between the continents would swamp
the capacity of every line. But the figures
Of the oceanic travel 1t appears that the
financial depression of 1884 kept many PEG
pie at home who otherwise might have
crossed the ocean. After that distres sing
season had passed, travel resumed its nor
NAL condition, and an increase may be noted
with each year."