Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-03-26
PROMINENT PEOPLE,

PRESIDENT CARNoT is one of the very few
Frerchmen who never get axcited.
SENATOR SHERMAN, of Ohio is about to
build mansion In Washington to cost
100000
EX-SENATOR EDMUNDs, of Vermont, takes
only cases of Importance, and his smallest
retainer is $1,000.
THE late w. II. Smith, the London news
man who became British Cabinet Minister,
left $50, 100000.
JOHN D. RocKEFELLERs income from his
Standard Oil interests is probably nearly
s,OO0,O0 year.
EX-GOVERNOR THAYER. of Nebraska, has
decided to contest anew the right of Cover
nor Boyd to his Office.
BARON KIRsCH, the wealthy Austrian
banker and friend Of the Prince of Wales, is
just slxty-one years old
THE Queen of Greece is at present il
very bad state of health and causes her hus-
band and family much alarm.
EX-SENATOR INGALLS, is reported to have
declined an offer of $40 900 year to edit
Kansas City NO. evening paper.
PRINCE GEORGE OF WALES now has an
annual allowance amounting to S75, 900 a
year. Previous to the death OF his brother
he had $25, 900 year.
Few people are aware that the late evan
gelist, Mr.. Spurgeon was never ordained.
| He began and ended his remarkable min
istry as lay preacher.
Ex-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND and Governor
| Flower, of New Y DIRK, were guests for a few
| days of the New York Rod and Gun Clue at
their club house on Spesutia Island, Md.
BISMARCK spriukles his conversation,
| which is at all times interesting and some-
| times epieramatic, with choice and pertinent
| extracts from Shakespeare, of whose works
| e is especially fond.
| ONE OF the largest salaries received by any
| man in this country is drawn by G. A. Girls
| com, the Chief Of the International Naviga-
ton Company, of Philadelphia, Penn, who
receives so, 900 year
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS, the United
| States Minister, returned to Berlin, Germany,
| from his trip to Egypt, enjoying splendid
health. He says he feels in good form for
work after his vacation.
ALEXANDER RIBoT the new French Pre-
mier, is just two weeks over fifty years of
age. He is sometimes called a youthful
| Theirs and ne has had a meteoric career in
| politics during the last ten years
THE United States Army now carries on
| lis retired list thirty-twa Brigadier Generals
| and four Major Generals. The quartet of
| Major Generals is composed of John Pope,
| >. :. Carroll, y =. hODlpson ana Danlei T.
| Sickles.
CONGRESSMAN STONE, of Kentucky, owes
| his life to his wife, who, when young girl,
found him lying dangerously wounded after
one of che battles of the Civil War, and TAX
ing him to her fathers house nursed him
back to health.
MRS. HARRISON, wife of the President, is
] reported to have made great progress in her
| art studies to which she has devoted much
| time during all her occupancy of the White
House. She has become especially skilful
| in water-color work.
SENATOR VOORHEES,, of Indiana, is de-
voted admirer of art and is often to be seen
in the Corcoran Gallery, in Washington,
standing before some favorite painting or
statue in evident delight. He is said to be
an able critic in the matter of art, and quite
| a connoisseur.
ANDREW CARNEGIE, the Pennsylvania
iron manufacturer has been talking very
| frankly to the San Francisco newspaper
men. He rates himself as worth from $50,
OOO, 900 to s35, 000 COO, and says he will spend
every cent of his money before he dies. He
is an agnostic, and declares he will never
give penny to church.