The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-14
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Herr Ahlwardt, the anti-Semitic orator
now in New York, bears an extraordinary
resemblance to Grover Cleveland.
The Prince of Wales, who had some
grains OF powder blown into MS flgnt 81
while shooting on the estates or Sir Ed
ward dawson, at BeaconSfield, has almost
entirely recovered.
The largest vote ever polled in the
United States for disunctively Sociaiis-
tic candidate was that given TO the
party's nominee for comptroller OF New
York state last MONTHLY 95 ballots. The
candidate was Patrick Murphy.
Herman Oelrichs, jr., will contest the
will of his grandfather, James G.. Fair.
This s the result of decision OF Judge
Black, of San Francisco. who denied Her
man Oelrichs' petition that the courts ap-
pontment of Van X. Paterson as guard
ian OF Oelrichs' infant son be revoked and
that he, as father OF the child. represent
him in the litigation: When the pencil
VIII of Fair was filed Paterson began a
contest on behalf OF the infant client II
the pencil will were probated the boy
would receive nothing and his mother one
third of the Fair estate; If the trust will
were probated Mrs. Oelrichs would have
only a life interest in less than one-third
OF the estate, which would go to her son
on her death.
Here is an interesting extract says
unpublished letter written by Prof.
Blackie last year to a correspondent who
sent him copy of q Latin poem on
INST, one OF the Snetldhu isidHus'
Thanks for Unstial You are won
derful mani A colonel in the British
army, at the close OF the nineteenth CEN
fury, writing Latin hexameters and PEN
tameters! Personally. / am not ashamed
to say that I have through life got more
healthy stimulus TO the best part OF my
nature from half dozen Scottish popular
songs than from all the volumes that |
have ever struggled through Of Roman
or Hellenic minstrelsy. Why should not
our form OF expressing the beautiful he
as closely connected with ourselves as
the heather with the brae. the birch with
the crag, and the gowan with the lea? In
a word. Latin and Greek At the most are
only elegant accomplishments: the
mother tongue alone Is a living growth,
with strong roots, fair blossom and rich
fruit +"
gossiper in the Fort Plain IN. W
Standard tells the following story on that
enterprising citizen and good Republican.
Alfred Dodge. OF Dolgeville. y. Y: Most
OF my readers" he says ARE aware that
Mr.. Dodge is wealthy. and that nearly all
the mills and a great deal OF real estate
in the village named for him is owned
by him. OF course, like every other place,
Dolgeville has a person or two jealous
OF everything and everybody, and partic-
ulariy OF their tOwnsmen who have pros
pered and grown rich. One of these
itv against Mr. Dodge and all Of his IN
dertakings, and when the new school
building was erected in that village he
was nrOfuse with sneers and bitter COM
ments. But when a stone bearing the
following was placed very ConSptcuouslv
in the structure, the climax was capped
and the Jealous fellows rage was IN
bounded; Erected Is A. d Wen, III
he hlanketv hlanked' said the kicker. as
he observed the inscription for the first
time; its Dodge Dodge. Dodge here. and
now they've even nut his name on the
publc's school house."