Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-10
THE LISTENER.

Walter Wellman is authority for the story that the president knelt and wept at Gresham's bier.
 Wendell Phillips Garrison, 0 son of Will liam Lloyd Garrison, recently received from Harvard college the honorary degree A. M.
 John Datesman, who died at West Mil ton, Pa., recently at the age of S5 years, was postmaster of the town for 5S consecu- two years.
 Baron Hirsch, the Jewish millionaire, has leased tho shooting on the estate of Cardinal Vaszary, prince primate of Hun gary, which extends over 77,000 acres.
 Mr. Flinders Petrie, the great Egyptolo- giSt, looks like an Arab and much prefers the children of the desert, among whom he has lived the greater portion of his life, to Europeans.
 O. Sackett of Grand Rapids, Mich, "A years of age, is probably the richest news boy in the United States. He is worth $1 5, 900 in hard coin and still sells papers on tho streets.
 The Rev Philos G. Cook, better known ns Chaplain Cook, who recently died in Buffalo, served in the war as a regimental chaplain, and since tho war devoted his life to Sunday school work in Buffalo. MT. A AHlOS D. DFitChSGG Ol oaCO, ho1 Has just started life afresh when nearing the age of threescore and ten. He has been a night watchman for A. years and has just | retired. The world will look different to him.
 Ex-Governor Hoard of Wisconsin is proud of the distinction he enjoys-that of | being the best dairyman in the northwest. He will not waste feed on COW that will | not earn $50 year with butter at 20 cents | a pound.
 Mayor Peene of Yonkers, N. Y, who defeated the humorist John Kendrick l Bangs in the contest for the mayoralty, | shows that he bears his opponent no i'll will | by appointing him a member of the Yonk- CTS board of education. Charles Alexander of Montreal, ex-mem- Der of the Canadian parliament, has been proved to be the lawful heir of the late Earl of Stirling. The estate is now in chancery. It includes the famous Stirling castle and is very valuable.
 Fong Foo Fling, a Chinaman of San Francisco, is an enthusiastic and efficient member of the Salvation Army. It is ru- | mored that he will soon be sent to China to organize and lead an evangelistic move ment of the army in that country.
 MT. James P. Reed of Pittsburg is prob ably the most remarkable checker player the world has produced. He.is not only one of the most brilliant crossboard play CTS, but he delights in playing, blind fold cd, a dozen or more games simultaneously. l Ex-Congressman Ben T. Cable of Illi- nois is admired by the restaurant men of l Washington for his skill with the stewpan. Gable could mako $10O n week as a chef in any first class hotel in the country, ' said ono of these appreciative critics the other day.
 The archbishop of Canterbury appears to belong to that large class of intelligent ig- norant Englishmcn who are not just sure whether the western continent is within the pale of civilization or not. In 0 recent letter he speaks of the desire for Christian unity lat homo and abroad and in Amer | ica.''
 MT. Erskine, the sergeant-at-arms of the house of commons has never yet been detected with tho shadow of Q smile on his countenance, even when the whole cham Der, including the speaker and the officials | at tho table, have been convulsed with
 laughter at the witticism of some popular | orator.