The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

HENRY M. SrASLEY's real name Is John
Rowlands.
The Marquis of Lorns is the latest recruit
10 the bicyclists.
Ex-CoSoREssMAN @. II. SINGLETON, OF
Mississippi, is dead.
CONGRESSMAN LAIRD, of Nebraska, has
softening OF the brain.
LORD WoLsELEY Commander. in Chief OF
the British army, is seriously i'll,
MARK TWAIN hasn't made funny speech
nor written out joke for two or three
years,
The Empress Of Austria Is said 10 live
almost entirely on milk, boiled eggs AMI
RuTHERFoRD B. HAYES Is now said to DO
one OF the most assiduous book readers in the
country.
GENERAL soHoyIELp has been re elected
PRESIDENT OF the Military Service Institution
OF Washington.
The young Emperor of China has a strong
dislike to missionaries, and will make it IN.
pleasant for them.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND does not bother
about the details Of State dinners, but leaves
them all to his wife,
MRS, ZERELDA WALLACE, the venerable
mother Of General Lew Wallace, is speaking
ior woman suffrage in Arkansas.
nm MAY ORELL, author of John Bull and
ms Island" was among those who lost
heavily by the Panama Canal fiasco.
CAPTAIN JAMES LEE, the wealthiest steam
boat owner in the United States, died re-
Gently at Memphis, aged eighty three.
n, IHE people of Portugal call their Queen,
Maria Pia, "Angel of Pity" on account OF
the prominent part she takes in the charities
OF her realm.
The Duke Of Portland, Master Of Horse
for the Queen, is the youngest of English
Dukes, being but thirty-two years Of age
and unmarried.
The friends of the Prince of Wales are
becoming considerably exercised over the
condition OF his health. He is said to be
very irritable
COUNT HERBERT BISMARCK is very popular
among the young officers of Berlin. The
reason may be that he gives recherche
bachelors dinner.
BosToN CoRBETT, who killed John Wilkes
Booth, and has of late years been confined in
Kansas lunatic asylum, has escaped, and is
supposed to be in Mexico.
GENERAL ALBERT PIKE, of Arkansas,
who is the most advanced Mason in the world,
is seventy nine years old, and was born on
the same day as Gladstone.
EDWARD O. WoLCoTT, of Colorado, and
Anthony Higgins, of Delaware, the coming
Chiocu cldtto ,eudtOfb lTOIl tItlT Respective
States, are Yale graduates.
1T is said that Mrs. Harrison, wife Of the
Presjdent-elect, is in receipt of so many
letters each day that she has been compelled
to employ private secretary.
SENATOR SHERMAN is fond of smoking, but
his cigars are small ones and the mildest that
can be obtained. He rarely drinks. although
he occasionally takes glass of beer.
If the House of Commons will consent,
| Prince Albert Victor, son of the Prince of
| Wales, will soon have an allowances separate
establishment, with wife and Ducal title
THE new Governor of Minnesota, William
R. Merriam, is banker. His chief oppo.
| nent in the fight for the office was Albert
Schaeffer, also a rival banker, and the third
| competitor for the nomination was likewise a
| banker.
MRS. CANNON, wife of the Illinois Con-
| gresham, is a handsome matron, who for
many years has held conspicuous position
in the social life Of the capital. She is very
skilful with the needle, and many of the
dresses she wears are embroidered by her
self.
THE young Emperor of Germany, on his
| recent visit to Bresau was shocked to see a
| transparency bearing the words: Honor thy
| father and thy mother, that thy days may be
long in the land" He was so indignant that
he made vow never to set foot in the city
| again.
| CONGRESSMAN WEAVER, who was re-
sponsible for recent deadlock in the House,
is one of the handsomest men in Congress.
He is about sixty years of age, with strong
and clear-cut face. He dresses plainly, and
always wears gray trousers and a navy blue
coat No one ever saw him with high
hat on.
A FIRE at Wayne, near Philadelphia, de
stroyed the house of Robert McWade, one of
the editors of the Philadelphia Ledger, to-
gether with his library, etc. On Monday
George W. Childs, the proprietor of the
| Ledger, sent for Mr.. McWade and informed
him that his honse would be rebuilt at once,
that all expenses would be betrayed, and
that he need have no WorrY about his loSs