Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-21
PEOPLE " THINGS.

Congress has been lilSened to a ZOO. Hence
IT'S hankering for raw material.
'Twere better some letters were writ to
bloom unseen ia the waste basket,
II is feared tho ex.qucen's appetite for
chops will not be satisfied in this life.
Ears are strained in vain for an open pro-
fcssion of love for Cleveland for the enemies
he has made.
Governor Mitchell can doubtless stop
actual hostilities, but there is no power on
earth to curb the pugilistic mouth,
Managers of jag clubs at the Kansas capt.
tai are obliged, under severe penalties, to
provide safety skates for members.
A woman in Russia washed her hair with
petroleum aud then lighted a cigarette. Her
widower Will hesitate before striking an
other match.
Colonel Alexander Horton, a Texas patriot,
died near San Augustine Sunday. He was
first aide to General Houston at the battle of
San %Jacinto, April 81, 1896, which won the
independence of Texas from Mexico.
John Chatterton, the tenor, who under the
namo OF Sig. Perugini is engaged To marry
Lillian Russell, the operetta star, is said to
have taken the prl2o Mt the original baby
show organized by Barnum in New York.
Jerry Simpson is said to have forsaken the
plain speech OF his constituency. In ad-
dressing the house recently he frequently
used the broad 'a'' in such words as France,
dance and chance. He also gave the ii"
sound TO either and neither.
General Sickles, when asked n few days
ago If he intended to make a speech on the
tariff question, answered: 81 don't believe
! will participate in the debate. ! am still
studying the question. | have been study
ing it for forty years"
Donald G.. Mitchell, admired by hundreds
of thousands as the author of "Roveries OF a
Bachelor ma be seen daily taking his
walks in the fields and along the country
roads near his home in Connecticut. He Is
~ years old and well preserved.
The jubilee of Maurus Jokai, who is in n
way the founder of Hungarian literature,
TOOK II practical turn. An edition DC luxe of
his works was published at SlUO n copy,
yielding him $50, 900 personally. The sub
scribers got the editions and he takes the
luxe.
Winnie Jefferson, who claims to be 107
years old, and who was q slave IN the family
of Thomas Jefferson when he was president
OF the United States, is still living IN New
York. At the time of the surrender of Lord
CORVALLIS to General Washington the man
she afterwards married was a drummer boy
in the continental army. Several years be-
fore the civil war Granny jefferson bought
her freedom for 500. Her husband paid $3.50
for his freedom.
Colonel Frank Burr, the well known news
paper correspondent, who died Monday at
Camden, n. D., when 3 years old was stolen
by the Chippewa Indians. He remained
with the Indians until he was 8 years old,
when they left him behind them on Il trip to
Detroit, then a trading post. He became a
newsboy, and at the age of II he enlisted as
a private in the union army to fight against
the confederacy. He rose rapidly in the
service, and at 20 he commanded a battalion.
Congressman Tom Johnson is the son of a
Kentuckian who was a colonel in the con-
federate army. The son rapidly grew rich
through street railway patents and fran
chises, and he is now financially interested
in several important manufacturing enter
prises. He became an unwilling convert to
Henry Georges land theory some years ago.
Having read Progress and Poverty" and
being unable to meet Its arguments to his
own satisfaction, he turned over the book to
his lawyer, and asked him as counsel to read
it and render an opinion traversing its argu-
ment. But the lawyer, after reading The
book, assented to the argument, and Mr..
johnson, having made further personal eX-
animation of the question, enrolled himself
among the disciples of Mr.. George. Mr..
johnson and Mr.. George have been Close
friends for some years..