The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-04
Pc RsON4L NOTES.

| Professor Nicholas crouch, OF Bdiu-
| more. author OF Kathleen Mavourneen,
has Just celebrated the eighty-sixth an
niversary Of his birth.
The late +. f. Bamum left $1,000 10
| the corporation Of Bridgeport, Conn. for
! the erection Of statue TO Henry Bergn,
| whom the old Snowman greatly admired
! owing to BeTgh labors In behalf OF am
| mails. The statue has never been erected
and the executors Of the will threaten
| 10 sue the city.
The irony OF fate has fallen upon Herr
| Walter the principal supporter or Jew
| batter Ahwardt OF Germany. waiter
was recently sent upon an ant-Semiuc
! embassy 10 Arnswalde, and there loat
! his heart 20 a pretty Je~ess named MISS
! Hermannsohn, whose dark eyes charmed
/ the avowed enemy Of her race.
Although Champion Jim Corbett sail
| cd for London with only - pounds aNOlr-
| dupois. his embonpolnt has increased 10
! 30 pounds, and ne IS becoming alarmed
at his growing propensity to fatness.
GIadstone's TRANSACTIONS OF HOrace's
! Odes and Secular Songs Will be pub
lished in London in september. before
! the eX-PrcmIer s vision viii be enough
restored 10 see lis own book.
Spanish lovers Of buil-ligalng ar incon-
sOlabie. Gucrrlta. the only rem ~ ID 3
great fighter, has declared lis una e. bl
decision 20 retire from the rims. TIE
reason given IS that he IS worth over
$200oOO and that his wife suffers terrible
| anxiety every time he fights.
Ex-Governor ST. John. Of Kansas is
going TO New York to become genera
manager Of a life insurance company.
This viii take him out of politics
Anthony Hope Hawkins, who has leap,
ed into sudden fame by his SucceSSi VI
novel 1.-THE Prisoner OF Zendd," Is grad
uate of Baliol College. oxford, and TOOK
high hOnors. He was 4 Liberal candidate
Tor Parliament in 1882. but was defeated.
1t is the boast OF the Khan of khelat
that since he has been Oh the throne he
has killed 5000 men and women. This ~
an average Of about one every I'VE DAYS
all the year round, and brings the Khan
into rivalry with the Chicago grade-cross-
ings.
Miss Margaret ROGERS. n twenty-three-
vcar-old girl, Of Monterey county cal,
has already made fortune In the horse
and cattle business. Besides being able
to pillow, SOW. harvest and break horses,
she has an excellent education, ana IS
good performer on the piano.
Governor Greenhalge has appointed a
native West Indian to be a justice Of the
peace for Suffolk county, Mass. lie IS
Charles r. Kemp Sturgeon. and natural
ized resident of Boston. lie is studying
America and American laws. ana hopes
to be admitted TO the bar soon.
The Count Of Eulcnbure. the new Ger
man Ambassador 10 the court OF Vienna
Is presumably a versatile genius, as NE
is an author, composer, q singer anu d
44nguist. The fact that he Is an lnuiudle
friend Of Emperor William does not inter
fere with the recognition Of his talents.
Julian Hawthorne says he is willing TO
pardon George Washington for having
been a book CanVasscr. because he was
the father of his country and may nave
thought himself justified in diSclplining
II. lie Is also disposed 80 allow mat
Daniel WebsteTs subsequent career may
cOudOne the sin of his youth; but ne is
that had no never been a bUOk
canyasscr he would have been President.
Somebody who speaks with authority
SAYS Prince Won H4tZieIdt d0eSn worry
his fatner-in-ldW % little bit, ana ms
gambling propensities are no worse tHd1
another mans fancy for the turf ana
race horses. When the Prince married
Miss Huntington the income Of t2.0jJHD
was settled in trust on the WIFE, ana with
! about $1,000 year this happy pair, for
they are that, manage 20 get along. 4
lie trhe like SGoop or 5000 lost at
roulette IS not much In the long run win
that amount in the locker.
Miss Hamilton. of India. who has Just
been appointed the physician OF the
harem of the Amer OF Afghanistan.
VIII be accompanied wherever she goes
10y personal guard OF SIX native SOC
dicrs.
Mile. de Lamartine. the niece Of the
great author. has recently died I'm Paris
at the age of siXty-three. she was her
uncle's companion and comfort during
The last years of his life, when he was
struggling With poverty, and after his
wife's death in 1863 she cared for him
! alone until his death i'm 1863
A very interesting society of whi D
Mrs. J.. \. Phillips IS president and the
Rev +. T. Hale prominent member,
has been formed in Boston FOR the Iur-
pose Of studying Boston historically hy
its landmarks and relics This club d.
known as "Bostonians,' and includes JOB
mon and women