The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-10
PERSONS OF PROMINENCE.

The Stewart bequest to Lieut.. C. N Clinch
makes him the richest officer in the army.
Miss Winnie Davis is being received with
great courtesy in Syracuse IN. W society.
Henry Ward Beecher says that France sup
plies London most of its eggs and tomatoes.
Charles Dudley Warner says there is
growing love for literature and science in the
south.
joaquin Miller has shaved his beard and
cut off his curls He is now on trip to Cali
fornia. ...s
Senator Palmer, who has gone to Europe
with his invalid wife, will leave her at Nice
for tue winter and hurry back for the open
ing OF congress.
Theodore Roosevelt, who has gone abroad
to be married. is very popular in London,
and it is said that it is because he doesn't lmi-
tate tue English Stick pin there.
President Arthur used often. to go out
Walking in Washington, and before doing SO
invariably put a lot of silver coins in handy
pocket 10 give to beegsgars, organ grihders,
newsboys, etc.
The common council of the city of London
Is talking of Offering the "freedom OF the
city, to Henry NJ Stanley, the African ex-
plorer, because of his services to humanity
and civilization.
Henry George is going to Boston to assist
George c. McNeill, u Knight OF Labor, IN
campaign for the nayoralty of the Club, to
be run as Georges was. McNeill wants ,0Oo
names, and has 5000 already.
Ex-Governor c.. K. Davis, prominently
mentioned for United States senator from
Minnesota before tho next legislature, has
lost the sight of his left eye, and it is feared
that total blindness may ensue.
There seems to be great difference of
opinion as to whether Mr. Gladstone is worth
any money or not Some say he has barely
enough to live on, while Others maintain that
he has an income of $40, 600 year.
The health of the car is far from satisfac-
tory. He suffers from sleeplessness and con-
gestion of the brain, chiefly brought ON by
lack of exercise. Congestion of the brain is a
family complaint of the Romanoffs.
1t is cabled to this country from London
tnat marriage has been arranged" be-
tween Home Secretary Henry Mathews and
the Eiscountess Maidstone. Their names re-
call many society scandals of the past.
Hon. Bernard C. Molloy, member of par
lianient for Kings county, Ireland, called
upon President Cleveland the other day. lilo
was surprised mt the utter absenccof guards
at the White House that he quite lost his self.
possession and continued ill at ease during
the greater part OF his chat with the chief
magistrate
Cardinal Manning, who is now verging ON
so, says he finds it necessary to relax some OF
his former vigor. For many years he was
accustomed to rise &C 5 o'clock a. M, and he
did not retire until nearly midnight. He eats
q few crackers and swallows q cup OF coffee
daily, and occupies the rest of his time in
work. Justin Mccarthy compares his per-
sonneI with the pictures we see in medieval
cathedrals. e5 IS
Irving Bishop, the mind reader, has been
mystifying the prominent men OF Boston.
The other day he had object hidden three
miles from him, and thea, blindfolded, drove
to the place of concealment and found the
article, a scarf pin. DIR. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, w. B. Aldrich and Col. Higginson
were of the party every member of which is
too well known to admit Of the possibility OF
collusion.
Thomas Worth, the well-known caricatur-
ist, was cashier of New York city bank in
1861 when he was victimized to the extent
of $4,000 by John Livingstone ona check on
which was forged Commodore Vanderbilt's
name Worth sketche. Livingstone, who
was very fat, so well that detectives recog
nized him. captured him west, and sent him
to prison. Livingstone died the other day.
Worth took to newspaper illustrating and
has been at it since.
Gen. Logan recently related an amusing
experience of his at the Capitol Hewas pass
ing through the rotunda one day when
guide who had just begun operations in the
Capitol tried to sell the general guide book.
The idea of being taken for a stranger at the
Capitol pleased him, and he amused himself
for several moments by looking with apparent
interest at pictures in the guide book A
friend of the new guide, seeing him at work,
edged mp towards them to listen to what was
being said. In moment be caught the
spirit of the conversation, and, catching his
guide friend by the coat, nc said, "Come Off
Don't be fool. That old Indian was around
this Capitol long before you were born