Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-05
PEOPLE OF DISTINCTION.

SUNSET Cox died at the hour at which ho had made arrangements to lecture on "Wonderland," rseshing the new West, which he recently visited.
 CARDINAL MANNINa's habits of life arc said to be conducted with regularity that His chief meal is fin the middle of the day, when he takes one chop.
 MRS. "SToNEwALL" JACKSON is engaged upon a biography of her husband, which will contain many facts not printed in pre- vious memoirs. She is not the only tsblue stocking'' of her family. Her sister, Mrs. Irwin, of Charlotte, is even better known than she as Q writer.
 JESSE GRANT, Q son of the late ex-Presi- dent, is said to be growing rich in California, where eis farming on 8 large scale. He Is apparently satisfied with his choice of a career, for he says he has very little interest In politics, and never expects to be any thing but 8 farmer.
 PRESIDENT HARRISON and Secretary Blaine, says writer In the Washington Post, are strikingly alike in the matter of complexion, the peculiar pallor of which de- fies sunburn, tan or freckles, no matter how prolonged the exposure to the sun to which they may be subjected.
 SENoRA MANUELA DE MoNCADo is one of the wealthiest landowners in Mexico, and en- Joys the reputation of Q s'cattle Queen." One of her ranches is stocked with 400, 900 sheep. Her homo is in the City of Mexico, but she spends eight months of the year in New York, where she Is educating her niece. DESPITE his ascetic demeanor, MT. Edison is not altogether destitute of humor. One of his practices Is to keep 8 stock of cigars, composed of waddlng and hair, but special ly made up in elegant wrappers. These he | n fn- forming them that they cost thirty-five cents apiece.
 SARCEY, the eminent French critic, once received check for $1 ,0OO with an invita- tion to witness new play. M. Saroey went at once to the bank, cashed the check and gave the money to an orphanage. Then ke went to the theater. Next morning the manager found his piece utterly condemned by the great critic. WALT WHITMAN Is said to be very much bothered by would-b be poets, who ask him to read and criticise their productions. The story goes that few days ago an ambitious young poet called upon him with a tragedy entitled Columbus" saying that he wanted | MT. Whitman's opinion on its merits. No, thank you," said the latter; 'I have been paralyzed once."
 IN the constructios. of his palatisl sum- mer homo on his island in the St. Lawrence
 river, near Alexandria Bay, George M. Pullman, of Chicago, has provided for the perfect preservation of the room in rough
 structure of the early days in which Gen. eral Grant slept while MT. Pullman's guest.
 The cottage is to be built around the room,
 but the dead soldiers old quarters will re
 main unchanged in every particular, in- cluding the furniture.
 l ROBERT J. BURDETTE, the professional
 humorist, has been acting as pastor in the
 Lower Merion Baptist Church, Philadelphia
 during the past summer. On Sunday even.
 ing he preached his farewell sermon, prior
 to setting out on lecture tour. He recent
 ly remarked: II think I shall some day l give up featuring and SC tile down in a little country parsonage. This is my ideal life
 and if l had known enough of theology
 might be preacher now"