Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-03-15
THE LISTENER.
The fsvorite tipple Of Senator Rrios 1,
said to be mineral water

The favorite tipple Of Senator Brios 10
said to be mineral water:
Captain Hume Of Tacoma is said to be
the father of the halibut industry on the
Pacific coast.
Lucien Baker, the new senator from
Kansas, Is 40 years old and il said to be
worth about $4,000
j. F. Irwin Of Oswego, N. Y, has an
interleaved Bible which cost him $1O,O
1t Is In so imperial folio volumes.
John B. Tabb, the poet, Is a Catholic
priest living in Amelia county, Va, but
holding professorship in St. Charles COL
lege, Maryland.
P. X. Kierce of Minneapolis has in his
possession sword which is claimed to be
tho one that Napoleon had ON his person
in his retreat from Moscow in 1872
Mr.. A. J. Balfour, the great Conserva-
tive leader In the house of commons, re-
Gently acted as ''showman" at an enter
tainment given by his sister to East Lo.
THAN school children.
James NJ. Boyd, who has just been ap-
pointed a clerk In the bureau of accounts
of New York city at a salary of 81, 200,
was in more prosperous years gone by the
Wall street broker of the famous Daniel
Drew
Mr.. Barr Ferroe, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, has been elected
an honorary corresponding member of the
Royal Institute Of British Architects. He
is the fifth American who has thus been
! honored
j. r. de Lamar, the "Monte Cristo" of
Idaho, is a native of Holland. He is small
in STATURE with large features and red
hair, and has been a sailor, q glue work
man, bartender and a butcher. As
he Is now millionaire, he has given up
the other jobs.
Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of New
Hampshire used to work as compositor
and reporter on a Cincinnati paper Some
how his name got In the list of deceased
members of the typographical union, and
he was long mourned for dead after he
had moved to New Hampshire.
Senator Teller Is really one of the most
accomplished men in public life. He Is a
student of finance, oonversant with all
diplomatic questions and Is thoroughly
familiar with every problem of domestic
economy. He is a linguist and scholar
and at the same time thoroughly prac-
tical man of affairs
Senator John NJ. Thurston of Nebraska
is part owner of a gold mine that is likely
to make him multimillionaire. The
mine is located in Boise, Head county,
Mon Six years ago Thurston, General
Alger and another man grub staked' a
prospector, and the result is rich gold
belt Is miles wide and rs long.
Senator Squire of Washington is the
sartorial wonder Of congress. No other
man in either house enchants the galleries
with such continuous succession of bril-
liant and unheard of effects in dress. One
Is red tic and white vest, and another is
a lemon colored vest of tremendous ex-
panse, setting off a bright blue tie and a
striped shirt.
Knute Nelson, senator elect from Min
nesota, was born near Bergen, in Norway
in 1913. He served as a private and nom
commissioned officer during the war of
secession in the Fourth Wisconsin regi-
ment. He is a man of small physique,
hardly more than feet inches in height.
He Is Familiarity known throughout the
northwest as 1.-The little Norwegian.