Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-23
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

COLONEL JACK HAvERLY, QuOnOam marWr ger is now an honest miner. He turned u3s at St. Louis hotel the other day with Q hronzed face and a big sombrero.
 THE leading tenor of the world today, Tamagno, is about forty years of age and originally assisted his father in the manu- facture of mineral waters In Turin.
 JOHN D. JENNINGS, the Chicago real es- tate millionaire, who died a few days ago, was called the father of the ninety -nine-year lease system. His estate amounts to moro than &, ,OOO, 900.
 JEFFERSON DAVIS, who is now eighty-one years of age, was seen in New Orleans street-car recently, clad in suit of Confed- crate gray apparently in the enjoyment of excellent health.
 THE noted rifle shot, Dr. Carver, said in a recent interview that he began killing buff falo for the market in 1867, and during 1874 his record was $500 head, the greatest num- Der he ever killed in one year. MRS. CLEVELAND lately sold for $25O the famous Jersey cow presented her by Editor l Childs. A Washington dairyman was the purchaser, and the milk of ''Star Beauty" | will hereafter be peddled through the streets of Washington in common milk mans wagon.
 LADY JANE GREY, according to a letter o1 her time preserved in the archives of Genoa, was short and thin, but prettily shaped and graceful, with small features, straight nose and red lips, her hair being auburn and her eyebrows dark, while her eyes were ''rossi," or light hazel
 COLONEL R. RICKETTS,, who won fame as g battery commander at Gettysburg, lives in Pennsylvania, and was candidate for Lieu. tenant-Governor of that State in 1886. He | still preserves his military bearing, but | rarely talks of war except to intimate friends. He has extensive interests in tn e lumber trade.
 | SARAH BERNHARDr has one great claim to celebrity aside from her fame as an actress. Women owe to her the introduction o1 thirty two button gloves, of Em, ,,ire dresses, directoire sashes and the rey,val of the long
 boa, dear to the hearts of our grandmothers.
 She has set tue fashion for Theodora hair.
 pins and Tosca hats, and has, in fact, wielded an influence over the world of dress be-
 yond that exercised by any other woman in
 the world since the days of Empress Flu
 genie.
 GENERAL SHERMAN is reputed to possess
 the happy faculty of never repeating the
 same anecdote. Although he tells @ story
 on every fitting occasion it is always new
 and pointed. Another enviable character
 istic of the old soldier is his tender affec
 tion for veterans of the war. His door i. ) always open to them and he Is never to.
 busy to hear the story of an old comrade-in
 arms. In many instances he has added [
 well-illed purse to his words of encourage
 ment.
 GENERAL SIMON CAMERoN's secret of sue
 cess in politics was that he never acte'
 without knowing all the facts obtainable
 Although desperate and shrewd fighter b seldom wasted his efforts ID support o weak men. Here Is his own explanation 'sWhen found the man who was prett sure to win with the little support I ooul give him he was made the Cameron cand ) date. got all the credit for the victory and the candidate himself believed that hi success was entirely attributable to me-" MRS. LOUISE CANBY, who died in Indianal :, olis the other day, was the widow of Ger eral E. R. s. Canby, one of the braves
 soldiers of the Nation. Mrs. Canby wa
 beloved by every one who knew her be
 cause of her many amimable qualitie. During the Mexican war, when her husban ! was Lieutenant, she became known a l the 'sYankee Angel" from.her devotion t the sick. It was common thing for sher g that time to travel fifty miles day be tween two hospitals to minister to th t wants of the dying soldiers.