The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-05-30
PROMINENT PEOPLE,.

Tho Shah OF Persia will not remain n, n
table on which salmon or lobster is placed
Hon. Jerry Simpson, the Kansas Populist
saved fifteen thousand dollars while In Con.
gress.
The golden jubilee OF Archbishop viii.
iams, OF Boston. was celebrated there in n
magnificent manner.
"Mark Twain" is said TO have lost the
greater part OF his fortune in injudicious
business investments.
Lord Rosebery's physicians think every
week he remains Prime Minister of England
takes year on his life.
Gladstone has written letter commanding
the movement: for reunion OF the Scottish
and other Presbyterian churches.
Private Secretary Thur5er is said to DO
one OF the cleverest narrptors OF dialect
stories over known in Washington.
The Mkado has instituted an Imperial
Order OF the Kite, TO he n sort OF Japanese
equivalent OF the British Victoria Cross.
Mayor Strong, OF New York City. has or
dered that the American nag shall float over
The City Hall whenever he Is In the building.
The Marquis OF Londonderry, with the view
OF encouraging his tepantry. has decided 10
establish an agricultural show for their
special benefit.
The Parkhurst memorial subscription,
opened in New York City TO commemorate
the reformer's success. was closed, the total
being s2s, ,9j957.
DR.. Won Stephan, the genial and clever
head Of the German postal service, has Just
celebrated his twenty-nfth anniversary as
Posimaster-Gencral
T. b. Aldrich, the poet and writer. Is IN
alert, active man OF fifty He Is always FASH
ionably dressed and wears his mustachc
waxed In French fashion.
Admiral Meade, whose namc was con-
nected with an interview criticising tho Ad-
ministration's foreign policy. Is n first cousin
OF General George Meade, the hero Of Gcttys-
burg.
As soon rs Il was announced that Henry
George had boen named in tho will o,
wealthy English manufactures he was be-
seged by callers asking aid ami by begging
letters.
General Grants grandson, Agcrnon Sar-
toris, is youth nearly six feet tall and fair
Of complexion. He was born in England,
but If said TO prefer his mothers country TO
his native land
Miss Rose Cleveland. sister OF the Prcsi-
dent. Ia gray-hnircd and has n pleasant face.
She is rather stout, but her taste in dress Is
excellent and she Is invariably attircd accord
ing To tho latest fashions.
Senator Manderson. OF Nebraska. has fine
collection OF Indian relics at his homo In
Omaha. and one TINT time will render each
year OF increasing value. for our Indians and
their wayr will soon be things Of past gem
Grafton.
Senator Vest. Of Missouri, is an auction
flend. He attends all the rug sales art sales
and auctions OF fine brac-a-brac and often
picks up some article 81 vertu. Iii. tasto
and Judgment In such things il said 20 bc
infallible.
James Whitcomb Riley writes very slowly
and with painstaking care. "Bll' Nye. HIS
old associate and friend. says that he digs
his pencil into the paper so hard that the
several sheets below form manifold copies Of
the original.
General William Malone seems TO have be.
come permanent member Of the Southern
colony In Washington. His political pres
tge is only memory, and he Is not the rich
man he was a few years ago. Rut he dresses
rs neatly as ever, keeps up his spirits and
tells entertaining stories at his favorite
hotel
Probably no master mariner has saved so
many lives rs Captain Hans Doxrud, the
commander OF the Red Star steamship
Switzerland, trading between Philadelphia
1cpd Antwerp. He has saved the lives of
eighty-three persons, who were rescued from
nine sinking vessels. Four gold medals have
been awarded him.
Major Heros Won Borcke. who died re-
Gently in Berlin, was one OF the most trusted
members OF the staN OF General j. l.. b.
Stuart the Confederate cavalry leader. Won
Borcke was giant in stature, and his cav
airy sword, which ho presented to the State
OF Virginia at the close OF the war, IL an i'm
mense weapon which the ordinary man can
handle only with difficulty.