The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-21
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

BISMARCK is threatened with paralysis
GEORGE GOULD is very fond of bicycle
riding.
GEoGE W. CABLE, the novelist, has six
children.
CARDINAL NEWMAN plays the violin ex-
quiSitely.
JOAQUIN MILLER's real name is Cncinna-
ADMIRAL DAVID PORTER is writing an.
other novel.
GENERAL HARRISON always begins the
day with family prayers.
UNITED STATES SENATOR QUAY has been
on fishing trip in Florida.
PRINCE ALBERT VlCIoa of Wales is to
visit the Car of Russia in the spring.
REPRESENTATIVE CANNON, of Illinois, is
the greatest letter writer in Congress.
QUEEN VICTORIA has just celebrated the
forty-ninth anniversary of her wedding.
JAY GouLD's appearance has greatly
changed of late, and he is becoming rapidly
old and in6rm.
JOHN BRIGHT, who is gradually recovering
from a serious illness, has an inordinate
passion for smoking.
JAMES g. BLAINE has secured the old
Seward house in Washington OIL len years
lease at S2i00 rental
CHARLES B. HOLMES, of Chicago is be.
heved to control mora street Car lines and
miles than anybody else.
Al THoUGH worth s15,00O,000, Phil
Arlno u, the Chicago pork packer, works at
his dtS thirteen hours daily.
ALTHOUGH Mrs Rtaina has t,ArlaaA. SIXTY il,
years, she is remarkably well preserved and
does not look to be more than forty.
ERAsTCS WIMAN, the Staten Island (N.Y.)
millionaire, is said to own all the American
patents for the s.ot devices for nickels.
M. JACQUES, the unsuccessful candidate in
Paris against Boulanger, estimates that his
election expenses amounted to 800, 0OJ.
SENATOR PALMER proves that man and
a Senator may also have strange pets by
keeping "a tame coon in his dining room.
DR.. MARY WALKER, the eccentric advo-
cate of the Boomer COSTUME, has gone into
journalism, anu is officially connected with
the Washington Post
HAROLD MARSH SEwALL, our Consul
General to SANTA, is man. about thirty
years of age, who was graduated at Harvard
and later at the Harvard Law School.
GHooLY KHAN, the Persian Minister at
Washington, recently appeared at a recep-
ton wearing white cotton gloves with the
ends snug'y confined to his wrists 10y rubber
bands.
JESSE d. ABRAMS, the pewly appointed
Comptroller of the Currency, is native Of
Virginia, tut for many years has lived in
Washing ton, where for time he was nstruc-
tor in private educational institute.
SENATOR KENNA, of West Virginia. is
famed all through his State as hunter and
sportsman. He is passionately fond of gun
ming and angling, and keeps an assortment
of all kinds of sporting paraphernalia.
PITCHER Stage of Yale, will not play ball
next season unless the success of his college
depends upon his services as twirler If he
does not pitch he Will preach. In either case
his delivery will be an important factor.
TIE new heir of the Austrian Emperor,
best les being a descendant of the Caesars
will be King OF nine countries, wear eight
cen titles as Duke, one as Archduke, two as
Grand Duke, four as Margrave and so en- to
the total number Of fifty-four
Ex-PRESIDENT WooLsEY, of Yale, al
though nearly four score and ten years of
age, makes trip to the New Haven Comm
Iostotfice daily, never varying minute in
the time of his going and passing the City
Hall just as the clock strikes g.
AT recent state dinner at the White
House the Corean Charge d Affaires had no
lady to take in to dinner and formed lone
some ornament in remote corner He was
attired gloomily in dark-gree gown with
fancy belt, and wore horse.hair hat q
good deal like q flytrap.