Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-04-17
CERTAIN CELEnRlrIEs.
MANY ANDERSON Is always u %olcomo
visitor at Tennyson's house.

visitor at Tennysons house.
PROF. HUXLEY Is only siXty-iivc, but
is growing deaf and is easily fatigued.
CHARLES FLooUEr, president OF tho
French Chamber OF Deputies Is sixty
two years Of age, stout, short and near
sighted.
IT Is said that General Il. L. Butler Is
Interested in q scheme for n railroad
through Palestine from Port Said to
Damascus.
GENERAL. FREMONT Is now seventy-six
wears old, and entered tho army fifty
two wears ago when he was appointed
to q licutcnancy.
Ir IL proposcd to mako Mr. Stanley o
life member OF tho Savage Club in Lon
don. n distinction that he will share only
with the Prince of Wales and few
others.
GLADSTONE Is an example of preco-
ciousncss in craftsmanship, as no is OF
ability in old age. lilo was in Parlia-
ment at twenty-five, and LORD OF tho
Treasury at twcnty-four.
THE Empress Eugcnio still owns the
chateau at Aroncnborg, Switzerland,
given her by tho late Emperor OF the
French. There she keeps many relics
OF her days OF prosperity.
MARSHAL. MCMAHON, twice President
OF tho French Republic, sent his hearty
congratulations to tho young Due d Or
leans upon tho step no had taken in go
ing to Franco in defiance OF tho law.
Ir il said that Ro bert Louis Steven
son, the novelist, will not return to
this country to live. but will settle per-
manently ut Samoa, where his health is
good and whore he has purchased sever
al hundred acres of land.
ANDREW LANG, the leading literary
man in London. is tall, spare and dark.
with a fine forehead, dark eyes and q
massive jaw. His hair is thick and
Ia streaked with white. He is very
nervous and does not look robust.
Mr. TALBOT, tho father Of tho En-
vlish House OF Commons, was wealthy
as well as old and eccentric. lie
bequeathed CO, 600, 900 to one daughter,
81, 900, 900 to another, 100000 to u
third, and Ct, 0OO, 900 to n grandson.
Mr. WILLIAM Nouns, tho poet, is
robust and squarc-built; he has shaggy
nair, and no delights in rude apparel
lie loves the sea, and nothing plcascs
him more than to be mistaken for a
sailor; in fact, his appearance is some
what nautical
Mrs HUMPHREY WARD, author OF
Robert Elsmcrc," is now high priostcss
OF n sort OF Toyncbcc Hall in Gordon
square, London, where tho now religion
outlined in her famous novel is taught
DR.. Martincau and Stopford Brooke arc
among hor prominent allies in the
movement.
TAMAGNo, the great tenor, VINO gctS
$780, 900 for fifty performances, and ha
other valuable pcrquisitcs, including
eight seats ovory night he sings, has
brother who sings in the chorus for tn
anluent income OF SIT por week. Tn
brothers do not travel together, ncithc
do they have any associations saw
whom tho stage business demands
LADY who recently mot Oscar Wild
in London describes him in the followin
manner: II had boon expecting
had not been expecting? A valian
figure in black velvet, knCo breCchc
and silk stockings, with sun-howcr
his button-holo | saw tall, broa1
shouldcrcd young man in gray twco
suit, with nothing in his button hole 4
NIL. Alas, for the vanity of huma
wishes! But it was oscar, after ALL
tho ncsh, and in drawing room
Chelsea" Another writer says of hin
'Ho Is the best Informed man on poop
in London. He knows everybody"