Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-06
SOME NOTED MEN.

Mr.. George Peabody Wetmore, who as
pires to be the next United States senator
from Rhode Island, is said to be worth from
sl5,0o0,0 900 to $2O,O00,O00.
1t has recently been announced that there
are only three survivors of DR.. Kane's expe-
ditiou to the Arctic sea made forty years ago
to rescue Sir John Franklin's ill-fated COM
pany. Each OF the three men had for some
time past believed himself to be the sole sur
vivor
The Rev. Il. e. Clough, the we'll known
Baptist missionary who has labored In India,
and who is staying at Minneapolis at present,
Is said to resemble Secretary Blaine greatly,
and when in Washington has been mistaken
repeatedly for the Maine statesman.
Senator Dawes of Massachusetts will be
76 years old next October aud his present
term of Office will expire in March 1893, but
there is a good deal of talk about re-electing z
him next winter. go
General Nelson A. Miles should, in the reg
commanding the United States army two
years hence. In that case he will be the
first man since General Winfield Scott not
graduated from West Point to hold that
place. '-".''
Andrew G. Curtin. the celebrated war gov
ernor OF Pennsylvania is now a man of rs
years of age, but retains all of his physical
and mental vigor. He is at present immersed
in the task of preparing Tor the publishers
| his recollections OF his busy and eventfui po-
litical life during the last forty years.
MIR. Robert Bruce of New York, the ven
erabie type founder, celebrated his Goth birth
| day last Saturday. Bruce Invented q ma
chine for type casting that is used in every
type foundry throughout the world -
Ex-Attorney General Garland Is to trans
l fer his residence back from Washing ton to
Little Rock He will continue to be general
| solicitor OF the Northern Pacific railroad, but
the place Of his labors In public life no long or
| attracts him. a-'r- -
MIR. Ingalls, no longer, 1t is said, feels any
| desire to return TO the life and strife of con-
gress. He finds the lecture field moro re-
| munerative than he had expected, he has
| abundant leisure to cultivate the muses., aud
| he rejoices in the absence of official worries
and the care of his constituents that almost
| overwhelmed him while in Washington.
Bourke Cochran is one of the most notable,
| physically as we'll as intellectually of the
| prominent Tammany leaders. Particularly
| Is he remarkable for tine size of his head,
| which, though set ON a pair Of broad shout
ders, is so large as to attract immediate at
| tention.
| Compositors In the United States printing
! office in Washington have. often kicked
| against the rulings of a proofreader who is
| known as Dictionary" Brown. Sometimes
| they would point out TO HIM that Websiers
dictionary supported them "Why, SO il
does" he would say, calmly, Then he
i would correct the dictionary with peu and
! ink.
The late C. A. White, the song writer, had
| no theoretical knowledge Of music and stu
diously avoided going to the opera and like
performances lest his originality should be
impaired. His song. Put Me In My Little
Bed" was suggestee to his mind one night
as he was going home by seeing picture OF
the Prophet Samuel la the window OF Bos-
ton shop. Samuel was kneeling by q bed
side with his hands clasped, in prayer. Mr.
White wrote the melody and the first verse
In about fifteen minutes. When he composed
"Marguerite,' he decided TO attempt love
song, and then thought out q story, Wlth
this In mind he picked up a violin, tuaed it,
and the melody seemed 10 come Of itsel
without coaxing. .-.....