The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-04-27
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

MURRAY. the we'll known English pub
Hsher, is dead.
SENATORS SHERMAN AND -HoAR ana e1'
Bouator Evarts are cousins.
CHEZ JUSTICE FULLER and Justice Har-
Inn. though very unequal in stature, are nr"
friends.
OuREy VICTORIA has become 80 feeble re-
sntiy as to require assistance when she
walks.
AsBAs, the new Khedive Of Egypt is q
6nyuist to the extent Of speaking dve lam
guages fuently.
Ms. CooMBs. Of California, the new Minis
s,r tn Japau. Is vet in his thirties and IS a
lawyer by profession.
LADY MARY AowARD.a sister Of the Duke
Of Norfolk, is sister OF charity in the
Or.ier Of ST. Vincent de Paul.
FIFTY gears ago Dr.. Edward Everett Hale
was first licensed to preach, and Tor nall
century hs.has been hard at it.
JoszpH FRANCIS, of Boston. the father
of the marine ife-saving service, mas Juse
celebrated his ninety-secoud birthday.
TIE writer Of successful play is certain
Of a fortune. Bronson Howard's royalties
and interests are said to be not far from S7o.-
600 a year.
GOVERNOR EAGLE, Of Arkansas, Is by
occupation a farmer, and by inclination a
preacher. Baptist congregations sometimes
invite him to fill the pulpit, and he Is said to
be really eloquent.
MUCH surprise has been caused by tho
statement OF Mrs. Spurgeon, that her hus-
band died worth only $4,000. 1t is said
that Mr.. Spurgeon gave away large amounts
IN charity. There is some talk or testl-
monial to the widow.
Gy vhn
marched with Sherman to the sea as corps
commander, is now a fine old gentleman liv-
ing in Brooklyn, n. Y. He Is much inter
ssSed in railroad matters, especially In the
introduction of the trolley system.
WILLIAM WALDORF AsroR, the New
York millionaire, is reported from Europe
TO beawxiting a novel OF the fifteenth CEN
tury. ! When he wants to describe certain
Kind of room he has one fitted up In exactly
the way. he desires it, regardless or e1-
psnss.
A DESPATCH from Samoa says that Robert
Louis Stevenson, the novelist, Is acquiring
great influence there. especially among the
natives. many of whom regard him with
more reverence than they do King Malistoa,
on account Of the interest Stevenson takes In
their affairs. Hsis trying to induce them
to wear clothes and give up fighting.
APA1Rot white kid gloves was given to
Judge Emery, Of the Supreme Judicial
Court Of Maine, not long ago by the Grand
Jury Of Franklin County as an emblem or
she county's irreproachable morals. The
Judge bad had to dismiss the jury from ser
vice because there we're no indictments to be
acsed upon at the term for which the jurors
were drawn.
TIE Amir Of Atghanistan expressed bis
.ympathy with Quesn Victoria on the loss OF
her grandson in an original manner. De mas
transmitted to the Viceroy Of India letter
containing profuse assurances OF respect. and
enclosed in casket which Is said to be q
most beautiful specimen Of Oriental work
manship. It is OF pure gold and weighs more
than pound.
CoNGREssMAN KILGoRE, of Texas, is said
- have surprised some o; the staid and easy
soinc eouestrisns Of Washington by dashing
along the country roads at reckless speed on
horseback and leaning from his saddle to pick
up pebbles from the ground as he new oy.
Thou n fifty-six years old and white-headed,
Colonel Kilgore rides with all the vim and
vigor Of cowboy.