The Helena independent., 1893-12-09
THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.
Mayor Pro Tenn Swift OF Chicago 10
manufacturer of axle grcase

Mayor Pro Tenn Swift Of Chicago 10
manufacturer Of axle grense
Lord Colin Campbell recently turned mp
In Bombay az counselor employed to de-
fend 80 Mohammednns implicated In the
great riots.
Mr.. Gladstone bas no idea that he has ap-
preached the ago when he should retire
from active life. His plans nre laid NJ lib
ernlly us II he were n youth OF 30.
Governor elect Greenhalge OF Mnssachu-
setts 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
er Hooker (sister Of the late Henry Ward
Beechcr), has resigned the position OF re-
porter OF the supreme court of Connecticut,
which he had held for 36 years.
Lord Rosebery remarked at recent din
ner that wherever in the world there Is
good thing there would be found Scotch
man sitting by it. Even the canny lad that
sits by himself will con1rm,this.
A Boston reporter asked Colonel Inger-
soil the other day whether 1t 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, scion OF half the
great families of New York, a member Of
the Knickerbocker club, an approved ex-
ponent of the most fashionable precepts OF
the day, has opened a new flower shop on
Fifth avenue.
Representative Bryan Of Nebraska has
taken rank faster than any other new MEM
Der OF the house. He is always ready. His
use Of books is that Of a we'll trained and
practiced lawyer, who can hold his informa-
tion well in hand.
Secretary Jarng Of the Corean legntisn at
Washington is an ardent student Of the
English language. He takes his lessons in
things he has to handle each day in the af-
fairs OF the household.
Van Roberts, hotel keeper at Rush
Hill, Mo-, has fallen heir to $500, 900. left
him by John Bennett, who died at Las We
gas, N. M. Roberts saved Bennett from
drowning in the Sagamon river, near Deca-
tur, Ills, 20 years ago.
T. G. B. 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 schoolbooks, is this one, which
Senator Palmer Of Illinois says Lincoln
made to him: II have simply tried to dc
my duty every day, hoping that when to
morrow came would be equal to it,"
F. Marion Crawford. in a recent article
on the pope, remarks that in the matter o1
physique there is close resemblance be
tween Leo XIII, President Lincoln and Mr.
Gladstone-lean, sound mind, of bony
constitution, indomitable vitality, large
skull, high cheek bones and energetic jaws.
The biggest man in Washington is Cap
tain Maddox. The pointer flies round te
4S0 pounds when this gentleman steps or
the platform and drops u penny in the slot
The southern senators and representative!
all know Captain Maddox. They credit
him with being the best poker player il
Washington.
Vastly Vasilievich Berry, the latest addi
tion to the number of Russian political refu
gees in London, is remarkable man. HI
is 81 years old, and &c have been spent il
exile and imprisonment. He has been in
side no less than 80 prisons and yet ha
committed no act humanity or civilization
can regard as crime.