The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-05
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

EmpERoR WILLIAM talks French like q
Partisan.
RuBNsrEN has definitely declined to make
an American tour.
FANNY CROSBY, the blind Methodist hymn
writer, Is now seventy years Of age.
LIEUTENANT N. T. L. HALprN, of the re-
ceiving ship Wabash, Is the smallest officer
In the service In point Of stature.
LUTHER G. CHALr1s, once among the lead
ing ananciers Of Wall street and several times
q millionaire, died in poverty in Atchison,
Kan.
TIE Duke OF Devonshire owns 200, 900 acres
IN England alone, and his revenue Is enor-
nous. His father died worth S7,500, 900 Of
personally.
THERE areno servants In the ToIstoI house,
hold. The Russian Count cuts his own fro,
wood, while the Countess prepares them
simple meals.
famous English statesmen, has emulated
Mrs. Peary by taking an Arctic voyage from
England to the Kara Sea.
SECRETARY GRESHAM Is the prize smoker
Of the Cabinet. His allowance Of cigars Is
twenty day, and II is rare for him to bs
seen without one In his mouth.
PROFESSOR HENRY DRUMhoND, the now
famous Christian philosopher, while stu
dent, travelled with Moody and Sankey o.
their evangelical tour OF Great Britain.
Mrs. BA1ARD, wife Of the Ambassador, is
one Of the most popular Of American ladies
In official life abroad. She has been several
times informally received by Queen Victoria.
@. P. HUNTINGTON, 1t Is said, has decided
that he will not move into his recently fin.
ished 81, 900, 600 palace In New York City. His
reason Is said to be the saying that old men
who grow rich build fine houses to die In.
LORD CHIEY JUSTICE CoLER1paE had In
his possession an exceedingly interesting
collection Of letters Of Coierid9e, Words
worth and Southey, which had been ad-
dressed to his father, Sir John T. Colerldge.
THE hobby Of the Countess of Aberdeen 1,
poultry. At recent agricultural fair al
Aberdeen her fowls won twelve prizes. The
birds were Dorkings, Cochin Chinas,
Plymouth Rocks, Leghorns and Wyandottes.
DAVID HAHN, who drove stags across the
Alleghanfes before the days of railroads,
died In Portsmouth, Ohio. few days ago.
Among those who rode with were General
Jackson, Henry Clay and President William
Henry Harrison. BE was ninety-four wears
old.
Ida LEWIS is not the only woman light
keeper In the country. as has been stated
Miss Harriet Coliax is, and has been, the
lighthouse keeper at Michigan City Lake
Michigan, for the last twenty-five years. and
her record Of service Is one Of which any
keeper might be proud. She is a relative OF
the late Hon. Schuyler Colfa1.
TEE Rev. Robert Mcintyre, pastor of the
largest Methodist church in Denver, and
one OF tho most eloquent men in the Ameri..
can pulpit to-day, was working as a brick
layer at Haddington, Penn. twenty years
ago. When he preached at Haddington tile
other Sunday, his audience included several
men who used to work by his side wzlh
trowel and mortar.
TEE youngest member OF the Georgia bar
is Edward Harrison Bleckley, who is,not yet
siN months old. he was unanimously elee--
ted O. member OF the Bar Association recent
lE.. He Is the son OF Chief Justice Bleck.
ley's old age. Judge Bleckley isnot farfrom
eighty, and his wedding two years ago at.
tracted much attention in Georgia and
throughout the South.