The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-07-22
PURELY PERSONAL.

William G. Todd, who recently CAV,
FbOOOO to the Boston public library tt
support n newspaper reading room, IL Il
years old and graduate Of Dartmouth
In the class Of 1874.
Mrs. Annie Moore, who has the repu.
taliOn Oi being the only woman prcgi.
dent OF national bank Mount Pleas.
ant, Tcx.), IN described ~ dark
plexiOned woman, with peculiarly brill.
liant eyes and soft voice and gentle man
nCrs.
Robert buchanan appears 10 be turn.
ing pcsslmiat. He gays Of literature that
1t II one Of the least cnnoblinp Of the
professions, and that he has "not met
one individual who has not dctcrior-
atcd morally by the pursuit Of literary
fame"
Ex-Governor n. S. Berry Of Bristol,
N. H. who, if he lives, will be " years
old on September next, il well and act
I've. His intellect continues strong and
clear. He reads and writes daily. and
keeps fully posted upon all Of the impor.
tant occurrences Of the day.
James Whtcomb Riley SAYS that com
position is a severe matter with him.
lie makes 80 many false starts, corrcc-
tons aud crasurcs that he IN ashamed to
let any one see his work until it is re-
copied. lie modcstly says that he isn't
at all proud Of it even then.
The chief Of the interpreters at the
Worlds Fair, Charles A. Barry, II mas
ter OF sixteen languages. He il Prcsi-
dent OF the Columbia international AS
soclation Of Interpreters, the mem
brrs OF which are employed by exhibitors
to talk to visitors in their own language.
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of JET.
ierson Davis, is in Chicago 10 sec the
Worlds Fair ~ the guest Of Mrs Sloco-
yich Of New York. II is noted NJ co.
incidence that Mrs. Philip H. Sheridan
II visiting Chicago at the same time, and
that her hotel is only two blocks away
from Miss Davis. 1t is the intention Of
their friends that the two women shall
soon meet
General Aycrill, whose cavalry divi-
sion was famous during the war, il now
inspector Of the national soldiers homes.
He was wounded three times during the
rebellion, but remained ut the front un-
I'll the end. His famous raid on Long
street was one OF the master strokes Of
the war, and received due recognition.
When Booth was playing Richard "
in Chicago in 1870 q mentally unbal-
nnccd spectator named Gray shot at the
actor twice from the gallery. One Of the
bullets Mr.. Booth secured, and had it
set in II gold cartridge, upon which he
had engraved the words: "From Mark
tray to Edwin Booth, April %, 1879"
This grim reminder he always preserved. !
General Longstrect lives in what is de- |
'cribed rs white-pinc bandbox Of a
house" near the ruins of his fine old |
in Central Georgia, which was
burned u few years ago. The house |
he now occupies faces the Blue Mount |
Ins, and commands view of unsur- |
passed beauty. The Confederate veteran |
= now ~ years old and man OF patri-
lrchal aspect
The Duke of York and the Princess
Way are going to set an example TO |
'oung couples starting in life. The royal |
pair will keep house in little cottage at |
'andringham, which contains besides
hree bedrooms only two small sitting
ooms and study or office for the use of
he Duke. 1t is simply fitted up with
light and inexpensive furniture and is
altogether very modest dwelling.
Jesse NJ. Sparks of Tennessee has been
appointed Consul at Piedras Negras,
dexico, and thereby hangs tale. Dur
ng President Clevcland's first adminis-
ration Major Sparks sent to the execu-
i've mansion three opossums, fat and
from the Tennessee mount
ins, The President never forgot the
lift, and when Major Sparks was in
Washington last spring Mr.. Cleveland
sked if the Tennesseean wouldn't like
o be q Consul. The reply was in the
and the appointment fol-
owed. The opossums did the business.