The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-24
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

There has been little badinage at the
expense of the Bishop of London, on
account of some burglars having re-
wine in his cellars. They Jared like the
guests who get good wine and plenty of
it when they visit him, albeit he is
teetotaler.
M. and Nine. Carnot are back at the
Elysee in Paris, where they will remain
two or three days previous to taking up
their abode for the remainder of the
summer at Fontainebleau. The Presi-
dents health continues to cause his
family some anxiety. Nine. Carnot, in
particular, is extremely DESTROYS that he
shall get away to the pIIrer air of the
forest, which has hitherto always proved
beneficial to him.
A week ago the jury of sculpture at
the Worlds Fair completed it's work and
awarded bronze medals to successful
competitors Twelve Americans gained
prizes. Among them were four New
Workers. John Rogers, Charles Niehaus,
f. W.. Ruchstaul and f. E. Elwell. j.
Rogers is the patriarch of the little group
He might also be called the patriarch Of
American sculpture.
Among the prominent foreigners in
the Turkish service are Baron Won Hore
Pacha, commander of the cavalry; Baron
Won der Goltz, inspector of military
schools; Baron Won Riston, of the artil-
lery staff Blum Pacha, of the engineers;
Kreeker Pacha, who has been 80 years
in the Sultan's service; Woods Pacha,
of the torpedo fleet; Blunt Bey, of the
gendarmerie; Feyzi Pacha, Nurri Pacha
and Lecocq Pacha professors of technical
science.
Thomas Ball, the sculpture, when he
was youth in Boston, had remarkably
fine bass voice, which attracted the notice
of President Chickering of the Handel
and Haydn society. He induced young
Ball to rehearse several oratorio parts,
and he finally essayed to sing in public
at performance of "Moses in Egypt"
which he did with success. He afterward
became the bass in the Kings Chapel
quarttte, where he sang until he went
to Europe to live.
The nearest living relative of George
Washington is Ebenezer Burgess Ball,
who keeps a little cigar store in the
rotunda of the Pension Office. The Sons
of the American Revolution have investi-
gated his claims thoroughly, and their
verdict goes to support them. He is
said to resemble Washington's portraits
much more closely than any other per-
son claiming relationship, and pictures
that have been taken Of him dressed in
the Continental uniform have been mis-
taken by many for representations of
Washington himself. Mr.. Ball is rs years
old, but is hale and hearty.
An experimental boring made by the
Prussian governm emit in the Rybuik dis
trict of Prussian Silesia has been carried
to depth of a mile and a quarter, and
is still progressing
The arrangements for the forthcoming
visit of the German Emperor to Metz
have now been completed. His majesty
will arrive on Sunday, Sept.3, and will
at once ride to the manoeuvring ground,
B an ST. Martin, where an open-air service
will be celebrated for the whole Six
tenth Army corps. He will then make
his formal entry into the city on horse
back, and be received at the Moselle
Gate by the municipal authorities, and
be escorted by them to the esplanade
where the statue was erected last year to
his grandfather. The troops will then
march past, after which the Emperor
will go by train to Courcelles station
which is within a few hundred yards of
Chateau d'Urville, where he will reside
with his uncle, the Grand Duke of Baden,
Metz itself. On Monday, Sept.4, there
is to be review of the Sixteenth Army
corps.