Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-23
THE LISTENER.

George M. Pullman finds his greatest pleasure in riding in ono of his own palace cars.
 Henri Rochefort during his exile in England has contributed $10 GOO to the poor of Paris every year
 Baron Soura JcltSch. the German cm- hassador, is one of the most secluded men in tho diplomatic corps He will not be interviewed and refuses to soc a newspaper man.
 The book on the -cncaloGy of the family to which J. picrpont Morgan belongs opens with these impressive words: Our ancestor. James Morgan, was an honest man."
 Hcrrbohm Tree. the English actor, looks | moro like clergyman than an actor. He i> more than q feet high. straight as sol dI,r. with auburn hair and large but well nni,rd features.
 Cuunt CaPrivi the Cx chancellor Ger l many has decided |" spend an indefinite period abroad. Ilcwill gu first to Italy and from there to Cairo He has spent the wIutcr in Geneva.
 George L. Shoup, who has been re-elect- | cd United States senator from Idaho. was born in Armstrong county, Pa, in whose village schools he received his whole scholastic education. Rawlinson, tho Babylonian cunciform cation to any college or university. His education was acquired st little country school as Ealing, England.
 Frederic Holbrook, one of the thrce liv- Ing war gOvernors'' of New England. celebrated his eighty, third birthday rocent- l ly at his home in Brattleboro, Vt He Is | in wonderfully good health. Chief of Police Speers of Kansas City is one of the best known officials in the west, | and his name Is terror to gamblers and train robbers. He is 56 years old, a native of Missouri and for s1 years has been the head of his dcpartment
 Robert Purvis of Philadelphia is one of | eh6 last survivors of tho old AbolItionist party. He was president of the Under ground railrnad, and his country house was a station for fugitive slaves. Al though quito old ho still retains his mon Ial vigoT,
 Pierre Gneccu, an Italian by birth, who had livcd-in Franco for 10 years because of his intense hatred of his native country, left fortune of $I5O, GOO at his death the | other day. Fearing that 1t would go to Italy, he distributed all his money among | his seryantd-
 l IusLlce oLcpneu 1 cleIQ neA1L0 Is salQ to be failing, and he will not probably long continue on the supreme bench. Justice Field has seen the personnel of l the supreme court change entirely, with the exception of himself. since he has been on the bench.
 Rev. Father Duoey. rector of St. Leo's Is plump and pleasing figure, with a crown of silver hair and 0 round, clean shaven face. He has a love of the esthetic- His church, which he Is fond of calling "a chapel of ease," Is the prettiest Catholic church in New York.
 Hon. Chauncey Ives Filley, the veteran Republican leader of Missouri, was mayor of St. Louis In 1868. and from 1878 to 1878 was postmaster. His ancestors were Welsh men and first settled in LansingburR, \. Y. He is of burly frame. with physiognomy suggesting that of General Grant
 John Ha9en White, who was recently elected bishop of Indiana, has so kept his youthful appearance that a photograph taken g years ago Is said to be still an ex cenent likeness. He has a blue eye, light auburn hair, a stalwart frame nearly ! feet in height, and a resounding voioe oi proportionate volume