The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-23
ThE MAll ABOUT TOWN.

Mayor Pro Ten Swift of Chicago is
manufactures Of axle grease
Lord Colin Campbell recently turned mp
in Bombay as counselor en nployed to de
fend 20 Mohammcdans implicated in the
great riots.
Mr.. Gladstone has no idea that he has ap.
preached the age when he should retire
from active life. His plans are laid rs lib
orally as il he were a youth of 30.
Governor Elect Greenhalge of Massachu-
sets was born in England. The old Bay
State has never before elected foreign
born citizen TO her chief executive chair.
John Hooker, husband OF Isabella Beech
or Hooker tsister of the late Henry Ward
Beecher), has resigned the position of re-
porter of the supreme court of Connecticut,
which ne had held for36 years
Lord Rosebery remarked at a recent din
ner that wherever in the world there is a
good thing there would be found Scotch
man sitting by it, Even the canny lad that
sits by himself will confirm thie.
A Boston reporter asked Colonel Inger-
soil the other day whether it is true that he
now believes in immortality, and was told,
Love was the first to dream of immortal
ity, and as long as we love we shall hope"
Rawlins Cottenet, a scion Of half the
great families OF New York a member of
the Knick kerbocker club, an approved ex-
poncnt of the most fashionable precepts OF
the day, has opened new flower shop on
Fifth avenue.
Representative Bryan of Nebraska has
taken rank faster than any other new MEM
Der of the house lie is always ready His
use Of books is that OF n well trained and
practiced lawyer, who can hold his informa-
tion well in hand.
Secretary Jarng of the Corean legation at
Washington Is an ardent student of the
English language lie takes his lessons in
the most practical way, learning about
things he has TO handle each day in the af.
fairs OF the household.
Van Roberts. n hotel keeper nc Rush
Hill, Mo, has fallen heir Co SG00,000, left
him by John Bennett who died at Las We
gas, N. NJ Roberts saved Bennett from
drowning In the Sagamon river, near Deca-
tur, Ills, 20 years ago.
Il. c. =. Howard, commander of Mary
lands oyster navy, conceals beneath his
triple initials the names Thomas Contee
Bowie, and comes Of three or four famous
Maryland families who have given to the
state judges and senators.
A hitherto unfamiliar remark Of Abra-
ham Lincoln, and which is good enough to
go into the schoolhooks, Is this one, which
Senator Palmer Of Illinois says Lincoln
made 60 bim: II have simply tried 10 do
my duty every day, hoping that when to-
morrow came would be equal TO It,"
i. Marion Crawford. in n recent article
on the pope, rcmcrks that in The matter Of
physique there Is close resemblance be-
tween Leo XIII, President Lincoln and Mr.
Gladstonc-leaa, sound mind. OF bony
constitution, indomitablc vitality, largo
skull. high caeesbones and energetic jaws.
The biggest man IN Washington is Cap.
tain MaGd0x The pointer flies round to
$50 pounds when sl44s- gentle van steps on
the platform and drops penny IN the slot
The southern souatcrs and representatives
all know Captain Maddox They credit
him with being the best poker player in
Washington.
Vastly Nasil.rvich Bgyvy, the latest addl.
ton to the nugihtrot Russian political rcfu.
gees ia London. isa remarkable man. lie
10 "a years old, and ~ have been spent in