The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-02-03
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
PRESIDENT MoNrr, of Chile, is forty.eight

PRESIDENT MoNTr, of Chile, is forty.eight
years old.
GLADSTONE has shrunk over two inches in
stature since he was in middle life.
DU MAUR1ER, the artist, has ceased to
contribute cartoons to London Punch.
TIE late Governor Hovey, OF Indiana, left
an estate amounting to nearly Si00, 900.
JOHN ARCHIBALD one Of the Standard
Oil Croesuses, was an of1cs boy at Titusville,
Penn.
TIE Prince Of Wales has been paid $780,
OO0 900 by the British people since he came
Of age.
THE late, Cardinal Manning did all his
he rested on his knee.
HENRY WILLARD, who has so many ups
and downs as a railroad man, earned his
first money as reporter.
MAYOR WAsHBURNE, Of Chicago, ILL.,, has
three children born on st. Patrick's Day,
July and Christmas Day.
ANDREW CARNEGIE. the Pennsylvania
manufacturer, added another $l00, 900 to his
gift of 90, 600, 900 to Pittsburg.
YOUNG Sam Tilden, who led the contest
against his uncle's will, will receive about
$500, 900 as his share Of the estate.
SENATOR KYLE, of North Dakota, is a
regularly ordained preacher, and for three
years he filled.a Congregational pulpit.
.GAR1sALpis sons have made good SOL
diers. but have acquired an unenviable
reputation for shady transactions In bust.
ness.
THE oldest surviving graduate Of West
Point ia Colonel William C. Young, who
lives in New York City, and celebrated on
Thanksgiving Day his mnetY-ssventh birth
day.
TIE gold medal given to Virchow, the
German scientist, on his ventieth birthday.
is the largest ever made. It weighs nearly
six pounds, and the metal alone Is worth
sl750. ,....
CArAR1ro GAR7A, who has set all the
Southwestern border by the ears, Is q young
man Of slender physique, nervous and I'D
getty, with dark hair and eyes and sWarthy
complexion.
JOSEPH ". BAILEY, Of Texas is the
Youngest member Of the House OF Repre-.
ssntatives. He was born twenty.eight years
ago in Mississippi. He has considerable ora
torical ability and is very popular among his
constituents.
SPEAKER CRISP has a very clear com:
plexion, blue eyes, straight, wel-formed
bald and his manners refined. he generally
wears black fock coat and dark clothes
and nectkie.
GENERAL B. F. BUTLER is said to be a
very rich man Besides possessing an abun-
dance of real estate In Boston, Washington
and Chicago, he owns the big Craig Ranch
near Pueblo, Col.-the largest ranch in the
State-has 150, 00O acres Of coal and mineral
lands IN Virginia, and controls part OF the
Mora grant Of 6O0,0 acres in New Mexico.
A SORT Of Damon and Pythias friendship
has sprung up In Washington between the
eiant.like General Curtis Of New York, the
biggest man in Congress, and Representa-
tive Cable, Of Illinois, who is pocket edi-
ton of the statesman and little enough to be
lost in a crowd Of schoolboys. The two are
almost inseparable, and the dininutive
Cable is supposed to tyranize over his big
brother Congressman
Nj. ALPHAND, whose funeral took place
the other day, had conducted the public
works of the city Of Paris, France, for q
quarter of a century. He had $500 annual
salary and $1,000 extra allowance for ex-
penses. He had under him nearly 1000 en-
ployes. The annual budget OF his depart
ment exceeded saO 900 900. He had founded
four international exhibitions and $500, ,OQO..
900 had passed through his hands. He died