St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-02

HSufeS. line origin OF his mathematt-
cal tastes came from his fathers
library. Though the old man was a
poor charcoal burner on a scanty farm,
he had a lot of historical and ma4he-
NAUTICAL books, and young Bradley con-
quered algebra without a teacher in the
intervals of charcoal burning. His
mechanical and mathematical knowl-
edge comes in eXcellently we'll
| now. 1t makes him especially strong
in = patent cases which constitute
about one-fifth of the supreme court
business and his fifty years of working
at the law has made him able to know
by intuition what the law ought to be.
Judge Bradley is rich. He lives quietly
at Washington, and he has one of the
finest libraries of the capital. He is
little dried up anatomy of man not
much over five feet six In height. He
has big nose, sharp, bright little eyes,
iron gray hair, and pair of tightly
closed lips. His skin hangs in wrinkles
and all his fat has long since gone to
figures and judicial decisions. He is
Seventy-seven years old, but there is
fair chance for his lasting at least
twenty-three years longer. There is
not much of him to die and when his
soul is disembodied it will not be much
freer than it is now.
1t is different with Justice Gray, who
is over six feet, and who hardly dares to
go into Washington parl0r which is
not double-foored. Gray is broad
shouldered, big-boned and rather fine
looking. He dresses in good taste, and
when he went down the river the other
day with President Harrison he wore an
English hunting outfit. He has been
rently married to daughter of the late
Justice Matthews, and he looks so good
natured that l doubt not his wife calls
him Horace. Judge Gray comes from
one OF the old families of MasSachu-
sets, and his grandfather was Lynn
man who died the richest man in all
New England. One of the sons of this
man, but whether it was Gray'S uncle or
not do not know. left 5000 rare en-
cravings to Harvard college, and left
$4,000 to keep them in order. He left
also $4,000 to found geological
museum at Harvard, and Gray's hall at
Harvard is named after him. Gray
graduated at Harvard at the age of six
teen. He was appointed after the death
OF the late Justice Clifford by Pres
ideut Arthur. George Boutwell,
was candidate for the place
at the same time, but Arthur is SAID to
have chosen Gray on the account of the
VI kOCBdtOl WHO CIdiIllGU
that Garfield intended to have ap-
pointed him. George c. Goreham, In
commenting upon the appointment,
said that lit was made Oh forged will
OF the late James A. Garfield presented
for probate by George F. Hoar.' JUS
tice Gray lives very nicely at Washing
ton. He has big house, with a cave
ike entrance, on the corner of Six
teenth and | streets. There is probably
gtot slice of his rich grandfather's
wealth still in the family, and this
added to the accumulations of his own
practice and his $4,000 year ought to
keep the wolf from his door.
Justice Harlan is almost as big man
as Gray. He comes of d noted Ken
lucky family, and his father was tine at
torney general of that state. Harlan
was a graduate of Kentucky college,
was a colonel in the Union army and he
was member of the Louisiana COM
mission that was appointed by Presi-
dent Hayes. He succeeded David Davis
as justice OF the supreme court, and his
health is so good that he promises to be
on the bench for many years to come.
He is one of the fneSt-looking men in
public life. Over six feet in height, he
has great dome of head. a Websterian
nose, and he walks with the dignity of a
king. His wife is also fine looking. and
the two are marked figures wherever
they appear together. Justice Harlan
has fine brick villa on the heights
above Fourteenth street. and from his
windows he can overlook the whole of
Washington and the winding valley of
the Potomac.
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