Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-06
THE LISTENER.

Potter Palmer and John B. Drake, two Chicago |, nifnc,>. nr' rated at from $:'. UOa Goo to $lO OpO, too each. The Duke of Beaufort has transferred all his property Ia his son in order to savo the young man frum paying an inherit 1 ancc fax nt his death. John w CrisfclL ul Princess Anne county, Md, who c:Iristcned the town l which bears his name. though st years of EcC, iS still an active practitioner at the llr
 General William Gibson of Ohio has made moro campaign spccches than any | orator "f h:s generation. He has taken the stump every election for almost 5O years.
 General Joseph Roberts of Philadelphia was assistant professor of natural philoSo | phy at West Point when Grant. NcClel- | Iau. Burnside and I. J. Jackson were 1 cadets.
 Dr. John T. Mclean of Alameda. Cal. wrote the first call for Republican con | vcntiOn ever held in California, in April, | ls5G. He was also the first to open the Yosemite to the public. Prince Hohrnlohc. the new German chancellor, is nice. quiet and gentleman l ly old man, who looks as If sugar would not melt in his mouth. but who always has his own way or knows tho reason why.
 ! Pierpont Morgan, the banker. is one | of the plainest and most unpretentious millionaircs in New York. He lives a sen. siblc transformations life and does vast amount of charitable and philanthropiC | work.
 Cesar Thomson. the violinist, has a high forehead. deep eyes and thin, ncrvou. hands. the conventional artist equipment He is yachting enthusiast and is refresh ingly free from the affectations of the vir' tuoso.
 Thomas Earle White, a brilliant young Philadelphia lawyer is krown as a sup l porter of theoretical anarchy. Although a society leader and of ample fortune. ht contributes liberally to the funds of tn, radicals.
 | D. w. Caldwell, tho new president o the Lake Shore road, is one of tho best cn tertainers in Cleveland, where he has handsome residence. He began his cancer over 40 years ago as a clerk on the Penn sylvania system.
 | Marion Butler, who Is expected to b, the representative of North Carolina Pop ulists in the United States senate, is B. years old. the president of the Nationa Farmers Alliance and perhaps the mos eloquent living Tar Heel.
 Dr. Henry C. McCook. the noted Pres byterian divine, Is an enthusiastic natural list as well Q soldier and exponent O heraldry. He took up entomology as recreation in 1874 while staying in tn, Alleghany mountains to recover his health
 Francesca Crispi, the Italian statesman Is In his seventy fifth year. He was cxilet in ls4S for his share in the Palermo insur rection. Under Garibaldi he took part 1T the successful revolution of 1S59-6 to anC became a member of the provisional gov | ernment.
 Thomas Settle, the baby member" 0 the present congress, will have his nos. out of joint in the next house. He wa born in 1885. There arc said to be two o three younger members elected to tn, ] Fifty fourth congress. with MT. HowarC of Alabama the youngest of them.
 Major Morrill,, who has heen elected governor of Kansas, Is a man of impress i've physique. He Is over 6 feet tall, anC his 200 pounds of flesh nre we'll propor toned He Is in many ways the mainstay of Hiawntha. his place of residence, anC highly popular with the neighbors.