Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-12
MASCULINE MENTION.

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William K. Vanderbilt declares that he
has no fads or fa1cies unless dancing, of
which he is Unfortunately fond, can thus be
named
Jay Gould's pet fancy is raising flowers.
He has some of the finest orchids in the
country at his Irvington home. Mr..
Gould is an accomplished botanist.
Matthew, Daniel and William Grant, of
Torrington, Conn, triplets, and cousins of
the late General u S. Grant, recently cele-
brated their SEVENTEEN birthday.
George w. Childs is great collector of
artistic objects and souvenirs of great peo-
pie, but his fad is clocks In his office
alone he has over a couple Of dozen.
Senator C. N. Burton, of Fort Bend
county, Tex, was born u slave. but now
owns his old masters plantation and three
other valuable farms in the state.
The Rev. Dr. jerks, an indianapolis
clergyman. has laboriously compiled sew
enty proofs, most of them Biblical, that the
world will come to an end in ten years.
Milton Sterrett, of Houston, formerly
waiter on "a steamboat, has made $400, 900
by real estate, and lives like prince on
one of several plantations he has acquired.
Millionaire Thomas Lowry, the Mime
apolis railway king, gave his daughter
cool draft for $500, 600 on the occasion of her
recent marriage to H. p. Robinson, local
newspaper editor.
deacon" S. V. White devotes all his
spare time to astronomy, and after busy
day in Wall street and an evening prayer
meeting he will often while away the mid
night hours with his eye glued to a tele-
scope.
John c. Floods palace on Mob hill, San
Francisco, erected at a cost of $3,500,000,
stands empty and silent. Only an old
gardener inhabits the mansion. The public
Is never admitted to see the furniture and
paintings.
Hartford boasts very remarkable
man in the person of William Cotter Jr.,
registrar of voters. OF $4,000 names on the
list, Mr.. Cotter claims to be able to tell
from memory the residence and politics Of
every one.
Ex-Mayor Campbell. of YoungstownsO.,
though blind since he was five years old,
became musician enough to teach the study
of it, studied law, and graduated from the
Harvard law school, and successfully edit
ed paper in Ohio for eight years.
nOSWefi 4. II lOWtTy u NOW IOrk, Is
sturdily built man of middle height, with
a rotund face framed in closely clipped
black whiskers. He is rising fifty-six and
is plain hammered, blunt spoken man.
He is enormously wealthy, being rated at
$10,0O0,000. He is an incorrigible smoker
and wears eyeglasses.
William Allen, nationally known years
ago as Land Bill Allen" was sent to the
Columbus (O.) poorhouse recently. He
is said to have spent a fortune in the work
that finally resulted in the passage by con-
gress of the national homestead law Civ
ing actual settlers each 100 acres of land.
He is eighty-six years old.
Sheriff j. d. VIM, of Lexington, Pa, is
veritable little giant Though small in
stature, few men can be found with equal
muscular strength. He is really deformed
as to muscles. having double set, one set
standing out all over his body like swollen
flesh. He has been known to raise 1900
pounds two inches from the ground.
General Brugere, controller Of President
Carnot's household, holds his present place
through a curious piece of bad and yet
good fortune. He was a member of Mar
shall MacMahon's and President Grevy's
household, but would have been removed
by President Carnot had not the latter
accidentally wounded him while out shoot
ing.
General Francis G. Newlands, who is
trustee of the famous Sharon estate, and
himself millionaire several times over
through the fortunate possession of valua-
BILE silver and gold mines, is clean shaver,
with brown hair, keen eyes of brown
color and strong features. He is of medi-
um height and nervously active in all his
movements.