The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-06
uLsTERs AND ARcTIcs.

Senator Perkins Of California was q
/ whale fisher in his early days before h,
went TO California
Wayne MacNeagh, ambassador 70 Italy
carried with him new bust Of GeorgS
/ Washington for the legation at Rome.
sherman, while listening 20 debate in th,
senate, has a way Of holding the back OF
/ his head in his right hand. his arm twisted
back over his shoulder.
1 Ex-Governor Russell Of Massachusetts,
will not use horse that is less than year.
old. The youngest he now has is IL, and
two others are not less than %.
Admiral Benham is a son Of Commodor,
I Benham. who had family mansion on
I Staten Island, the admiral's birthplace. His
son Harry is a lieutenant in the navy.
John w Rocker of Evansville, Ind,
claims 20 have the first go greenhack issued
by the United States government. lie
states that il is marked series \, No. /.
Alpheus Felch Of Ann Arbor, Mich. who
ia 90 years Of age. is the oldest ex governor
OF Michigan now living He is in the best
Of health and in possession Of all his facul-
ties
George w. Childs always replied to let
tiers, invariably thanked men who made
kind mention of him, never forgot favor
aud sent Ledger almanacs TO all of his &C
quaintances.
John Chatterton, the tenor who under
thename Of Signor Perugini married Lillian
Russell, the operetta star, is said TO have
taken the prize az the original baby show
organized by Barnum in New York
Dr. William Moor of New York, the
I - 1sa .N.t. g.
phine, il % years old, with black mustache
and nervous manner. He is an Austrian
by birth and has been In practice only three
years.
c. T. Huntington's new stone palace still
drags along in an unfinished state at Fifth
avenue and Fifty-seventh street, New York.
Il is said he is superstitious and holds to
the ancient theory that il is sure death for
an old man to move into a new house.
General Lew Wallace is an expert pistol
shot, having learned the art at the time The
notorious southwestern desperate, BILLY
the Kid" escaped from prison and an
nounced the intention Of killing Wallace,
who was then governor Of New Mexico.
Ferdinand Holtzenlaud, a German vet
eran of Reading, Pa. has tasted no water
for 10 years. Invalided by wounds in the
war, his physician advised him to drink
nothing but milk and coffee This was in
ISL, aud he has religiously followed his
doctors advice.
Senator Reagan used to tear paper into
long, narrow slips, like lamplighters. and
then tear these into little squares. The floor
about him used to be covered with bits Of
paper like a snowdrift, and he had 10 keep
his stationery locked in his desk TO avoid
destroying all Of il.
Mr. George ". Childs Drexel, who has
assumed the editorship of The Public Led
ser Of Philadelphia, is a man Of medium
height, with a smooth shaven face and the
manners Of a Philadelphia club man. lie
dresses with great nicely and Is a member
of nearly all the larger social organizations.
Senator Hill has a style In debate that
catches the galleries every time. He talks
straight TO the mark and wastes no words.
lie poses like a fighting cock that delights
i'm battle and never lets his antagonist take
him unawares, but strikes back with an
airy intrepidity and confidence that make
him seem to be constantly getting the bet
ter of the argument.