Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-25
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
Col Mapleson's "reminiscences will be pub lished next month.

sAa 4sE Col. Mapleson's "reminiscences will be pub lished next month.
 Gen, Spinola is said to look the oldest man in the house of representatives.
 Steele Mackaye will inherit nearly a quarter of a million out of his fathers estate. Senator Eugene Hale and party of friends arc spending few days at Mount Desert ' Ferry, Me
 Tho estate of the late Hiram Sibley, of Rochester, is estimated to be worth nearly $10, 100000.
 Two superb private railway carriages have been made in Paris for the emperor and em- press of China. fl Dr. Schweinfurth has broken up his Cairo establishment and will henceforth make his home ill Berlin.
 The crown prince of Naples Is to be be- trothed to PriAeess Clementina of Belgium. He Is l9 and she l6
 Frank Cushing has returned to the ZuAi laz,d to set st syme more of the secrets of those ancient New Mextcans.
 Congressman Kelley. of Philadelphia, can tell men by their voices where he never could recognize them by face or name.
 Prince Bismarck is allowed only two dishes at dinner, by order of his doctor, and he has to give up drinking wine almost entirely.
 Prince Bismarck is allowed but two dishes at his dinner, by order of his doctor. He might presumably call for a pig and part ridge.
 If Capt McCalmont, of England, lives six and a half years he will be the possessor of upward of twenty-five millions of ready money.
 Harry A. Garfield and James R. Garfield, sons of President Garfield, have formed law partnership under the name of Garfield & Garfield.
 The Grand Duke George of Russia, the sec ond son of the emperor, is about to enter the imperial navy. He was r last May and he is a very bright, clever lad.
 Tho richest peer in England is the Duke of Westminster, who owns vast estates, in Cheshire and in Wales. His income is said to equal thirty shillings minute.
 The German emperor, unlike either Kaiser William or "Unser Fritz" is strongly pre- iudiced against Freemasonry and has in con sequence never joined the craft.
 James Payn, at nearly 60 years of age, Is squareheaded, broad browed and spectacled, looking like q prosperous doctor rather than an author He has eleven daughters
 Lord Tollemache, who recently sold three family pictures for S230,o00, has expended $S27 800 in a steam brewery, with sixty-nine beer saloons attached, for his tenth son.
 The czar is a great fisherman and has just bought ill Finland a tract of land with river swarming with salmon. His imperial wife is also fair fly caster and can manage a wicked fish with ease and grace. Representative Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, is admitted to be the best dressed man in the house, and as he walks the streets chin up and with & bold stride the presumption is that he pays the tailor.
 President Carnot of France has taken up l his summer residence at the Palace of Fon- i tainbleau, which has not been occupied since the days of Napoleon III. President Carnot refused q special grant for his summer out ! ing
 ! GladStones portrait has been painted by 1 Artist Hall and Mrs. Gladstone's by Artist | Herkoner, a few friends having tossed to. gether golden grineas enough to set the brushes going. The presentation will be made by Earl Granville Aug. r.
 Gen. Boulanger must possess a delicate sense of humor. When the doctors had for. bidden him to speak be wrote on a piece ot paper, II am like the emperor" M Flo quet's bump of h,snor is apparently equally we'll developed, for be makes inquiry twice g day as to the generals condition.
 Lord Albemarle, the Waterloo veteran, i. 0 small, spare man, with bright eyes. Ht wears black velvet skull cap He is now So years old, and is the sole survivor of tht eighty%oW officers who sat down to the Duke of Wellington's last Waterloo dinner He gives a reception every year on the ami -of fbof r%ka ol-o
 Senator Sonza Queiroa, of Brazil, discount even our bonanza senators in the matter O non-attendance. He has not appeared in tn, senate for forty years, and his salary, w2ricl he has not drawn, now amounts to $923, rs9. .5S, including interest at per cent, Tn, salary is calculated at S, 600 per annum iron 1s4S to 1878, and S9, 900 per annum since tn last named date.
 MT. Hawes, the sensational London preacher. is short in stature and halts in hi gait His hair is black, and he bears we'll hi fifty years. He is an admirable companion and exquisite performer on the violin MT. Haweis lives with his gifted wife a Queens House, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, whicl was once the suburban palace of Catherin of Braganza, wife of Charles II, by whom i was built. 1t contains many interesting lii erary and artistic souvenirs and bric-a-brac
 In a recent number of an English reviev Wilkie Collins tells a good story on himself When dining out one day the host said t } him as they entered the dining room ''There's devilish good dinner today. Le the lady do the talking" He followed tn advice, but was stunned by question iron the lady, who, turning the conversation t the subject of novels, suddenly inquired B "Can you read Wilkie Collins novels9 Secure in the fact of having written then he answered: "No, never read them"
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