Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
ABOUT MEN IND HOMEN.

The late Lord Granville is said to have
| been one of the greatest gamblers in
England. He once lost Sis 900 at one
sitting at whist.
Mr.. Gladstone and Lord Randolph
| Churchill recently purchased over fifty
copies of "Little Lord Fauntleroy' for
presents to their youthful friends.
Colonel Lamont says that President
Cleveland has not made up his mind to
reside for the future at Orange, n. J
OF anywhere else in New Jersey or in any
other state.
The wife of Senator Reagan is her hus-
band S private secretary, and by virtue
of the fact is entitled on all occasions to
the privilege of the floor of the senate, a
right enjoyed by no other woman.
At Wheeling, W. Va, the other day
died Margaret Holland Carey, aged Ill
years. She was i'll sound health until a
short time ago, when she fell heavily,
and death resulted from the accident.
One of the interesting politico-social
rumors that is agitating New York city
just now is that the bachelor mayor elect,
Hugh J Grant is about to marry the
daughter of ex-Mayor Murphy of Troy,
chairman of the Democratic state COM
mittee.
Judge Cooley, president of the inter-
state commerce commission, has prom
ised to deliver an address at the twelfth
annual session of the New York State Bar
Association in January. He has an
nounced as his subject, "The Compare
tive Merits of Written and Unwritten
Constitutions. -
The granddaughter OF Abraham Lin
coin, the daughter of his son, Robert,
will make her entrance into society this
winter Miss Lincoln is little above the
medium height, and has a well-rounded
figure and bright, girlish face, in which
there is no trace of the rugged features of
her great ancestor.
There are some women who appreciate
the privilege of voting. Mrs. E. a.
Smith of Dorchester, Mass, is eighty
six years old, but she thought enough of
voting for school committee at the Bos-
ton municipal election to go from Rox-
bury, where she was visiting, to Dor
chester in the rain and vote.
Ex-Governor Proctor of Vermont is
another aspirant for cabinet position.
He is worth So 900 200 or 81 900 900,
owns q number of marble quarries in
Vermont, and as chairman of the Yer
mont delegation at the Chicago conven-
ton held it without break for Harri-
son from the first ballot to the last.
Mrs. Cleveland latest evening dress
is a stunner-bustle or no hustle. 1t is
directory gown of pale pink crepe de
chine, embroidered with roses and green
leaves outlined in silver. The coat is of
moss-green velvet. For the waist there
is belt of coral cut in big cameo me-
dalions and with coral collar and brace
lets to match.
Culberson of Texas, is the member
elect of the Fifty-first congress who was
chosen by the largest majority-24, 1000
and what is better. Mr.. .Culberson, says
the Louisville Times, is one of the ablest
men in the Union, Like the "Black
Knight in the lists of Ashby de la
Zouche, he is a sluggard, but occasion
ally he gathers himself together and ap-
pears the giant he is. Unfortunately for
the Democratic party he confines his
speeches TO purely legal questions.
Mr.. John W. Mackay's daughter, the
Princess Colonna, left Paris for Naples
recently with her husband and babies.
She and her family will pass the winter
under the sunny skies of Italy. The Col
onnas have been living in Paris with Mrs
Mackay in the regal dwelling on the Rue
de Tilsit, which is now for sale. Mrs.