Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-08-26
MASCULINE MENTION.

Halsey O. Clarke, of Richmond, r. l.,
has been town clerk for forty-one years.
Senator Pasco, of Florida, is known in
Washington as the senator who never
votes. -
James Willis, of Mount Sterling, KY,
has been struck by lightning four times
and is still alive.. --e<
Chauncey G. Smith, of Hartford, has
been fifty years deacon of the First Bap-
fist church in that city.
Congressman Warner, of New York, al
ways wears tall white hat in Washing
ton, which attracts great attention. 90
Successive generations of the Allin
family, of Harrodsburg, KY, have been in
office continuously as circuit or county
clerk since 1855.
Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, is the
terror of the official reporters because OF
the rapidity of his utterances and their ir-
regularity of speed.
Mr.. Cleveland writes all his letters be-
tween 10 o'clock ut night and 2 o'clock in
the morning. This habit the ex-president
contracted at the White House.
Captain Fred I. Dean, of Washington,
though not an old man in years, is said to,
be the Oldest G. A. r. veteran living. He
is one of the original four organizers.
Marshal MacMahon, the duke of Ma
genta, says that his memoirs will appear
Immediately after his death. II am eighty
four years DID," says the marshal, land
cannot live much longer"
Captain Frederick Watkins, of the
steamship City Of Paris, is native of
Sussex, England, and fifty-five years of
age. He began his nautical career at thir-
teen Us sailor before the mast
Vice President Morton has been honored
with Il set of resolutions from the Wo-
| mems Industrial league Of the country,
| recognizing his kindly interest in the
cause Of the female breadwinners, no mat
ter how humble.
J. Keir Hardie, who has recently been
| elected to parliament and who is favorably
known as a labor leader, is a hardheaded
| Scotchman, who has worked for his living
as collier, and is an advanced student of
| socialistic politics.
| Senator Quay has purchased what is
known as the Matthew Stanley farm, four
| miles north of Coatesville, Pa The sena-
| tor passed his boyhood days upon this
| farm, being nephew of Matthew Stanley,
after whom he was named.
The Earl of Orkney, who recently mar
ried Connie Gilchrist, bears Scotch title,
! but his affiliations with the northern part
of Great Britain are not very great. His
property, which is all in Ireland, yields
him q rental OF about $4,000 per year.
F. A. Claiming, q member cf the newly
elected British parliament, is recognized
as nephew Of William Ellery Claiming,
the famous Unitarian clergyman of New
England. Mr.. Claiming has spent most
of his life in England and was educated at
Cambridge university.
The Ee5 Or. Joseph Stock bridge, who
is at the head of the list of chaplains in
the United States navy, is the only one
who has the rank of commodore He re-
sides in Philadelphia. He has been in the
service over fifty years. Annie Louise
| Cary Raymond is his niece.
The only social club of which Mr.. Blaine
IS i. member is tie Kebo Valley club, of
Mount Desert, which recently elected the
ex-secretary of state to honorary member
ship. In discussing his election with some
| friends at Bar lIi,rbor Mr.. Blaine said,
i "In all my twelve years of Washington
life never icincd a club or had any desire
| tn ;lo sa -