Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-06
THE WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT FRIDAY JAN. G. 1888
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

PERSONAL GOSSIP.
 The personal income of the pope is accu- rately estimated at $1 ,75O, 900 annually.
 wv. Corcoran sent $1 900 as a Christmas gift to the Charleston Confederate home
 M Wilson Guizot, a son of the great his torian, is featuring in Paris on Edmund Burke and Milton.
 The marquis of Lorne has determined upon literary .ife and has serial ready for an English magazine.
 Bishop H. w. Warren, of the Methodist Episcopal church, has returned to this coun- try from the Orient.
 Lord Harrington, William B. Gladstone and James G. Blaine will be within the bor> ders of Italy before long.
 Herbert Spencer is at Bournemouth in very poor health. The insomnia which recently afflicted him has returned, and he can find no remedy for it.
 It appears that Bismarck has an elder brother who has been under prefect of Min gard since 1S41, and is about to retire, aged T.
 John l.. Sullivan, it has been suggested, should obige his ccuntrymen by making out
  safely introduce to their families
 Mahmoud Ajelaleddin, the author cf g new budget scheme for balancing the Turk ish revenues and expenditures, has been ap- pointed minister of finance at Turkey, in place of Zuhda Pasha.
 Dr. Evans, the Parisian-American dentist, is estimated to be worth about $15, ,OOO, 900. His magnificent residence is stored with val uables, and his library is one of the finest private libraries in Paris
 Mr. Pulitzer, of The New York World, is suffering with acute inflammation of thu eyes, and is confined to darkened room. One of his eyes is almost useless, and now the other has given way.
 Not long ago Senator Quay of Pennsyl l. vania tossed a senate page coin for some service rendered. The boy examined the money and found that it was a $10 gold piece. He pocketed the coin, and now the pages run after Quay persistently. Marshall McMahon, ex-president of France, has aged rapidly. His old wounds, often in- clined to be troublesome, have lately been much more so, and his friends have been re- ceiving anything but reassuring news as to his condition. His intellectual powers arc as strong as ever.
 Lieutenant Governor Riddle, of Kansas, | who is looked upon as the probable successor of Governor Martin, is one of the finest tenor singers in that state. Col Mapleson, after hearing Riddle sing at private reception in l St. Louis several years ago, offered him a position at salary of $500 week, but the | offer was modestly declined. | J. B. Haggin, better known as ssBen Ali'' l Haggin, once came near starving while keep l ing down the idle end of St. Louis law office. When he and his cousin, who is the | junior member of the famous firm of Haggin & Tevis, went to California they had $500 of borrowed money as their sole capital and the experience of two unsuccessful law fedglings | to guide them. Their wealth is now counted anywhere between $1O, ,0O0, ,00O and S20, ,0O0, 900. George A. Stewart, yachting editor of The Boston Globe, has become partner of Ed ward Burgess, the famous yacht designer. They will make center board combination as yacht building partnership.
 Speaking of the Rev. c. A. Berry's decli- nation of the call to Plymouth church, Henry Labouchere, of London Truth, remarks: "Brooklyns loss is our gain. MT. Berry is an able advocate of the Gladstone Irish policy, and it would have been pity if he had betaken himself to America"
 History repeats itself. President Grevy lest his position in France because he de. l tended his sonin-law, and now King Kala- l1auas crown is in danger because the Hawaiian monarch is sticking by his brother in-law. He is the wise ruler who places his | relations to the people above his relations by marriage.
 Some time ago it was announced that Pau. l line Lucca intended to leave the stage and devote herself to teaching. This item was contradicted, but it now appears that Lucca has been teaching for some time, for 0 pupil of hers, Q young Swedish baritone, recently sang on trial at the Imperial opera at Vienna with great success.
 Judge Turple, of Indiana, is not pleased with his position as United States senator. In fact, he has been rather bored by his sen. atorial experience thus far. He is student and dislikes notoriety. He said frankly to 6 friend few days ago that he did not like the senate and was sorry that he had ever al lowed himself to become member of that body.
 l Mai. Rathbone, United States consul gen eral at Paris, has gained great popularity al the French capital. By strange coinci I dence he and United States Commissioner l McLane arc both graduates of West Point I entered the same regiment after graduation l and now find themselves, after twenty years l of separation, colleagues in Paris. They both married southern women. Maj. Rath bone entertains handsomely in Paris and ha. shown great deal of social tact since he began his consulship.
 Blowitz, tho famous continental core spondent of The London Times, has been ir low spirits of late, owing to the death of g favorite dog. The dog was his companion for years, and was, says Blowitz, "a source of literary inspiration to me-" Thero art th6se who say, however, that it would be ( | much greater loss to Blowitz's literary fertil ity should he be deprived of the services o1 Alger, his private secretary. Alger is { short, thin, red haired man, possessed of re
 narkable energy. It has been whispered that without Alger Blowitz would have diff culty in maintaining his present reputation SPORTING AND ATHLETIC.
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