Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-18
OF Personal Interest.

Rev. c. f. William Boyer is suing the
Philadelphia classis of the Evangelical
German reformed church for unpaid
salary as minister of mission church
in Philadelphia.
Professor Charles W. Kent has been
named president of committee that -
now at work raising funds to place Il
suitable monument to Edgar Allen Poe
in the library of the University Of
Virginia.
The approaching marriage in France
of Miss De la Bourdonnais, daughter Of
NiscGmte De la Bourdonnais and
Comte De Mention. is descended from
MIR. De la Bourdonnais. once governor
of the isle of France. now Mauritius.
who is brought into the story of Pau
and Virginia.
Jamaica has lost governor
of experience. energy and ability
by the transfer to Hong Kons
Of Sir Henry Arthur Blake
G. c. NJ. S. F. r. G. s.. and the press
Of the island is expressing quite Is
much regret over his departure as is
possible without seeming to be dis
courteous to his successor.
When a child of five years John
Wanamaker assisted in making bricks
getting a few cents day. His first
step toward fortune was in the days
when, as office boy, he saved
money enough to start in bust
ness for himself. He worked
as assistant in the office until
he had climbed up to Sc week, and
then. seeing that he could get no mors
he bought little stock of cheap fur
niture and started to be a merchant.
Although the venerable Lord Arm
strong mow 81 years of age) is chiefly
known for his improvement in cannon.
and for his connection with one OF the
largest manufacturing establishments
in the world, he has given some atten-
ton to electricity. What is probably
the most sumptuously printed work IN
that science, Electric Movement On
Air and Water, With Theoretical IN
ferences," has just made it's appear
ance in London. and is from his pen.
The Sherlock family are noted horse
traders in Tennessee. Mississippi, Ar
kansas and Alabama. They inter
marry. and one of the characteristics
of the family is the largeness of the
men and the diminutive size of the
women. Whenever a member of the
band dies his body is shipped to Nash
vile and placed in a vault. Every
year in the month of May. the family
meets in that city. when the dead are
removed from the vault and inferred
with appropriate services.
Mr.. jacques, deputy for Paris. who
died recently. was for many years after
the Franco Prussian war a member OF
the municipal council but his chief
claim to notoriety was his electoral
campaign against General Boulanger in
the Montmarte district. In spite of the
Overwhelming majority obtained by
Roulanger. Mr.. Jacques was pre-
claimed deputy on Jan. 27. 1889. because
the general. having fled from France
and being prosecuted for high treason
was declared to be ineligible.
The supreme court of the German
empire in Leipzig has just spoken the
last word in the law suit over the in
heritance of Emil Pasha's property.
The claims of the widow of the Turkish
general, Haiku Pasha (who had mar
red in the meantime), to have been the
wife of Emin. and who. therefore,
claimed portion of his property. are
declared to be unfounded. Therefore.
Frida Schnlitzer. the explorers daugh-
ter. has come into possession of all that
he left. AS another consequence OF
this decision, the papers and letters Of
Emn Pasha. announced some time ago
fer publication. will soon appear