The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-17
MASCULINE MENTION.

William K. Vanderbilt declares that ht
has no fads or fancies unless dancing, ot
which he is inordinately fond, can thus ht
! named.
Jay Gould's pet fancy is raising fiowerr
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 cello
brated their SEVENTEEN birthday.
George w. Childs is great collector Of
artistic objects and souvenirs of great PEG
| pie, but his lad is clocks. In his Office
alone he has over a couple Of dozen.
Senator c. N. Burton, of Fort Bend
county, Tex, was born 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
snty 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 500 600
by real estate, and lives ike prince on
one of several plantations he has acquired.
Millionaire Thomas Lowry, the Miuns-
apolis railway king, gave his daughter q
cool draft for 600 900 on the occasion of her
newspaper editor.
deacon" S. V. White devotes all bis
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 G. Floods palace on Mob hill, San
Francisco, erected at a cost Of s., SOC, 900,
stands empty and silent. Only an old
gardener inhabits the mansion. The public
is never admitted to see the furniture and
paintings.
Hartford boasts q very remarkable
man in the person of William Cotter, Jr..
registrar of voters. OF ZOO 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 youngstown, o.,
though blind since he was five years old,
became musician enough to teach the study
of it, studied law, and gradua ed from the
Harvard law school, and successfully edit
ed paper in Ohio for eight years.
Roswell P. Flower, of New York, is a
sturdily built man Of middle height, with
a rotund face framed in closely clipped
black whiskers. He is rising itty-six and
IL q plain hammered, blunt spoken man.
He is enormously wealthy, being rated at
10000 900. 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 fortune in the work
that finally resulted in the passage By con-
gress ot 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. Re IS really deformed
as TO muscles. having double set, one ses
standing out ali over bis body ike swollen
fesh- He has been known 70 raise !, 500
pounds two inches from the ground.
General Bragere, controller OF President
Carnct's household. holds his present place
through curious piece Of bad and yst
good fortune He was 8 member O, Mar.
shRl MseMahon's and President Grevy's
household, suf would nave o<sR removed
By President Garnet ssd noI tee latter
accidentally wounded him whils 0ur shoot
ing.
Genersl Francis T. NeSlzncs. who =
trustee 81 tie famous Sharon estate. ard
himself millionaire several times oTer
through lee fortunate possezAsen q vAs1A-
Ole silver and gpId mines. - eleAA sAAFen-