Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-12
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

The Duke Of Richmond receives the largest
| pension in the world. II is S95 900 a wear.
and is a perpetuity from the time of
! Charles II.
Kansas man has discovered that brandy
| can be made out Of wet sawdust From this
! it may be inferred that the men who SAY
nothing but saw wood" are simply acquiring
jag.
Burglars are the gre terror of Nine
PATHS life at Craig-y-Nos castle. and she
has had all the window shutters fitted with
electric bells, which start ringing at the
slightest touch
The mutual admiration and harmony that
exist between the governor of Michigan
and the mayor of Detroit are delightfully."-
edifying. Loves young dream" isn't a
marker to it, And all because both Offices
are held by the same olicial-Hon Mr..
Pingree.
The British bishop of Bath and Wells
was surprised after putting up at a hotel
in the Pyrenees to receive a number of
plumbers business cards 1t developed that
his name had been inserted in the visitors
book as Mr.. Bishop, England. Profession,
baths and wells"
One of the first acts of Governor Black
OF New York was to establish a permanent
board to regulate the uniforms of the state
military officers but he reserves the right
to veto what the board may decide on 1t
IS understood that this is a hit at the pro-
fusion or gold lace and feathers.
Prior to the caucus choice of United
States senator in Pennsylvania, one faction
sent 100000 circulars to the republicans of
the state requesting them to forward the
enclosed postal card to their representa-
tiycs in the legislature This bit of pc
Htical work cost $4,000 in postage alone
A Chicago policeman who caught would
be suicide wadng toward deep water in
the lake drew his revolver and ordered
him to come ashore. The wretch hurried
In and begged for mercy. He said death
had no terrors fo- him, but he really wss
afraid OF Chicago policeman with a re-
vOlver.
Matilde Heint2e, who, after poisoning her
husband with arsenic at Sarnawko, Prussian
Poland fed TO he United States, whence
her eXtradition was obtained. has just been
executed at Lisses, the decapitation, as
usual, being effected by means Of a big
two-handed sword welded by the executioner
Reindel
Phil May smokes enormous cigars He Is
one OF the least conventional OF articts who
affect bohemianLsm. He has been seen in
the Strand with a frock coat, yellow boots
and a straw hat. He often receipts an ac-
count by rapidly drawing his own charac-
terstlc face across that OF her gracious
majesty, with the inevitable cigar between
his teeth.
"To have been a shoemaker in his youth.
says the New York World "and to have
risen at 81, self-educated. to the position
OF judge of the federal court for the dis
trict of Nebraska, is the very remarkable
achievement Of William ID. McHugh of
Omaha. Iie is a native of Illinois. where
he was admitted to the bar and where he
practlced law. His friendship with secre-
tary Morton was not the least OF the causes |
OF his success in life"
A contest at typesetting with the linotype |
machines to settle the championship of the !
world VIII take place in Buffalo, N Y. |
January "a The contestants viii be Barney !
J, Menslng Of the st. Louis Post Dispatch |
and George W. Green Of the Buffalo Evening |
News. The type to be set Is No. nonpareil, |
slug to measure 1872 ems plea, or q ems |
the speed Of the machines to be |
ninety-nye revolutions per minute Green is |
the champion operator Of the world. He |
won the championship at Chicago in 'Novem-
ber, 1895. On that occasion he set rs. 800 ems |
to Taylor'g 10000 Seven hours was the
time, In March, 1896 Mensing contested
against Francis, another crack st. Louis
oI 'Hator and at that time beat Green's
record by about 500 ems an hour