Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-27
THE LISTENER.

Colonel BrcCkinridee has placed him self in the hands of |. manager and wil take the lecture stage
 The conversion Uf ArChie Thaycr. de scribCd us Baths most noted gambler. is announced by n Maine clergyman
 SiSnUr Crispi may bc a triile di>appoint ed in Italian politics. but hc k hlsking il the sunshine of matrimony. having beer recently married for the fourth time.
 At recent wedding in Mukane. Mo the ErnUm'S name was Abraham LinColI Strickland, and that uf the otliciatin. clergyman was .ICtfvrS'sn Davis Gn'Cr
 Nn aSsassin will l,.p un Pr,-idrn: Pcricr'S new carriage. for hes had it hlil so that his seat l. alrDut seven feet nbuv, the ground. II comes high. but he feel, satisfied
 .Iudec Hulc'mip. the fu>iunist govcrnu, cle,, of Nebraska. stinds q feet 3 1T height. weighs 70 pounds and has a fac, which is an affidavit" of carnrstncss anC huu,>tv-
 Christian Conrad. who boasts that h, heard President Washington make ar open air spc"ch in l79I is living on farm hear Manci,~trr. la. at the r"put,'t agr uf luG years.
 S,.nAtor Frye of MniI,c is a particularly 'A-NN N~hli t'aAi--+A HIS 4S sl III humor, lit up hy quick dramatic flashes His appearance recalls the picture of the s,u1tur- of two cCnCratiCns ago.
 After struggling along for It year: Henry Bigclow Williams of Boston ha. paid off his crrditnrS dollar for dollar. He failed in lS1S for S2On. UOU and then prom iscd to liquiiat" in full if he lived to do it.
 Adolph Sutru. mayor elect of San Fran cisco, who gained fame and wealth by tho ComStOck tunnel that bears his name, i. the owner of CnC-tenth of the entire area of San Francisco county. He is native of RhCnish Prussia and i> ti3 years old.
 M. L. Trccul. the learned botanist and member of the French Academy of Sci enccs, was nearly burned tn death in bed the other night. He was, as usual, reading when the curtains caught fire. In trying to extinguish the flames he was badly burned.
 Baron de COurccl. the French cmbassa- dor to Great Britain. was president of the court of arbitration in the Boring sea dis putc between America and England Formerly he represented France at Berlin His father was family solicitor to Tal leyrand.
 Lewis |. Graf. one of the oldest mem bcrs of the Commercial Exchange of Phil adelphia, sent his congratulations tC Mayor Elect Strong of New York city or hearing the result. Mayor Strong whcr poor hoy. was clerk in a country stOr in Ohio under MT. Graf.
 Lord Bccforth. the present mayor o Scarborough, England, and one of tn, wcalthiest men in that country, was born ir one of the poorest districts in London II, owes much of his money to his associa tiOn with Gustavc DOre, with whom h. founded the Dore gallery. Dr. Talmage is said to receive $jUO fo a lecture and sometimes SI,OOO. H, makes more money out of his lecture than any other man on the platform Colonel IngcrSoll's price is $500, whil Dr. McGlynn, Joseph Cook and others o the same rank of lecturers command iron Sl0O to $50.
 General Cassius M. Clay's roomy olt | mansion, Whitehall, is full of handsom | antique furniture that would delight collector, The old kcntuckian has alway dispensed a fine hospitality at Whitehall | IL Is one of the show places of the blu grass region, and visitors are charmingl | entertained there.