Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-22
NUMBER Is
MASCULINE MENTION.
Mr.. Gibbs, Of Paterson, \. j., has smoked
100 consecutive cigareftes III a bet

Mr.. Gibbs, Of Paterson. \. j., has smoked
100 consecutive cigarettes Oh bet.
James Tuckett, famous as Inspector
bucket IN Dickens Bleak House, ~
now living in san Francisco
The IeecheTs are "A long Lived family. In
addition to MT. Stowe, Edward Beecber
stEliliYes at The ARE of eighty-niEe.
Uncle" Wash Couch, who lives near
Senola, Ga, has four sons who are said 10
have been born on the same day Of the
month at different years.
Rev. Dr. Milburu, the blind preacher
end ex chaplain Of the house Of representa-
tiyes, has completed an extensive work on
the early history of the Mississippi valley.
The director of tbe United States qeo-
graphical survey Major u wv. Powell. did
2 good deaf of ILL., book studying when IA
boy while driving OK teams fifty or sixty
miles to market
Rila kittredge, an expert microscopic
penman, Of Belfast, Me-. has written sew
eral Of Gladstone's speeches upon a single
postal card and sent the curiosity 10 the
great Liberal leader
Bismarck is as fond Of dogs as. Ouida.
His inseparable companions are two large
Danish hounds At dinner they cat beside
their master. and occasionally he feeds
them with Ais own hands.
Probably the Oldest newspaper man III
active service in Ohio III William III. Com
", night editor of the Dayton Journal.
Although eighty-three years of age he III
said TO be as spry Us a man of thirty.
Mr. George w. Childs I'll addition 70 his
recent gift Of 'Childs' arbory to Delaware
Water gap, has bought a larger tract Of
glens and woodlands near Dingman's to be
laid out and opened as a public park.
Eugene Kelly, the New York banker to
whom the pope has given the honorary ap-
pointment Of guardian Of the cope. and
sword" landed from Ireland with three
dollars Ten million ~ DOW about lii size.
Field Marshal General Count Won Blu
menthal, WHO celebrated the ci-hty-seeond
anniversary of his birth recently VIZ Quel-
lendorf, near koethen. is the oldest offcer
Of rank higher than that or colonel III The
Prussian army
Representative W. q. p Breckinridge.
of Kentucky, has decided to give up his
house in Washington and make Lexington
his home again rs far as possible This is
result Of his wife's recent death, and in
accordance with his daughters wishes.
Bishop O'Farrell, ~ Trenton, i perhaps
the largest buyer of books I'LL tile United
States He buys every year many thou
sands III dollars worth for distribution
among Catholic clergymen and others. be
sides having a Cine private library of Ill.,
own
James j. Hill, who had neither fame nor
fortune prior TO 1870, but who is now the
millionaire president Of the Great Northern
railroad. paid sl3G,S5O the other day for
100000 life insurance payable on his death
and an annuity Of sl2 5e0 to begin in ten
years
Rev. IA H. Chamberlain, ID D-, III Brook
lyn, took part i'd the recent parade of
coaches and private carriages at Manches-
ter-bY -theSea. His victoria Wa decorated
with pansies and Virginia creepers on the
body ana blackberry vines and nastur-
tiums
Ben Butler is said to be sadly bent with
age. His face has the look Of health, but
his massive frame has beconse an unnais-
taxable burden. His hands move un-
steadily. while his eyes appear swollen ard
almost hidden I,y the thick folds II Hesb
OF his cheeks
Governor FaftisDn. IA Penusy yiVania.
while rambling in the suburbs 1t RhMA-
dal4shis1 spnlMfal au sit uH w rHHatin henrh
hentsrtA N trHE Dn private grounds. where
upoua child informed him that he was
trespassing on her fathers property, ana
politely escorted him Off the domain