Ex-president Cleveland

Grover Cleveland wás born on the 18th of Mairch, 1837. in tlie little vdllage if CaJdwell, Epeex eounty, New Jersey. Hie amcestors had moved inint'O New Jersey irom Connecticut, and many of tJiem were preachers. Has i.ithri'. born at Norwich, was settled al Caldwell ae a Congragatlon.1 pastor when Grover was born. BJe ivas educated ïirst at the excellent sciniDls ol New Jersey, and tien t au academy in Clinton, Onelda eounty, New York. When only sixtcen years oid he eame tú the metropolls to accept a olerkshlp in the asyImin for .the blind, where he is si i il lovinKly reinembered. 'Wlien other yotuig men of his age would have devoted tlieir leisure houre to the pleasures of the city, he was liappiest Wíheo readlng to the inmates of the ustitution, and he there improved his oivn mind %iiile relievlng the ennui of the afflicted. He is next heard of ■ma.king his way in company with ui enterprising young man, with Cleveland, Ohdo, as liis objective point; but visitmg, white on his way, an ■uncle ïesiding in Buifalo, he was induced to ■remain in that city as elerk in tihe store of his ï'ekitive. He was ■eighteen years of age at the timo, tin ambitious young leüow, possesseü of the earnest desire to become i successful lawyer. His uncle favored this ospiratjon, and we fiiid the youth i Clork in the oííice of the Buffalo firm oí Rogers, Bowdea & Hogers, and at the same time enjoying the comforts of a 'good home at hie relative's house. He "WOB dnly admirted tO the bar in 1859, and vemained with liis old iirm for years. His mark in the professiou was made at once, and in his twcnty-sixth year lie vas appointed M.-.-isumt district atlorni'.v tor Erte connty. This position, which he held far three years, gave liim a thorough tatowiedge of public affaire. In 1865 wlicn the Öemocracy was stlll ander tlie eloud of the Civil war. he accepttil the nominatiun for district attoröey, but was defeated. In 180(5 Mr. Cleveland became the law partner of F. V. Vandcrpoel, and n 1869 he admdtted lleHsrs. Iaiiiiig and Folsom to the Tinn. In 1870 he was elected Sheriff of 3'ie county. In 1881 lu; was nomdiiated by the demócrata for mayor of Buffalo, and hLs name was hiailed witli enthusiasm by all classes of the c!mmunity. HLs jilatform was that ol l-eform, and he was triumpliantly elected, running severa! thonsand votes ahead of his ticket. Ilhs incumbency of the office was succi'ssíul and popular. Tlie earliest reports from the democratie state convent ion spoke of Mayor develand'e lioiuiiiation ','or governor of New York in 1,sl as a Burpmse. It was no surprise to the men who proposcd the nomimation, and lie was eJected Uy au Dvcrwhelniing and memorable raajority over lus competitor, Hon. Chas. J. Folger. 011 the llth of Ju'.y, he was noniinated by the democratie party as their candi date tor the preeidency of tin' United States and was duly elected to the position thp 4th of XovemlxT, 1884. Mr. Cleveland was renominated by his party ín 1888, but falled of an elcction, the people very sensibly deodding that they preferred to trust the aifairs of the country in the hands of the republican party witli l'.i-nj. Ha.rrison at the helm. The above is not to be taken in 1 political Benee. It is glven as a liistoi-y oí an ex-president of the United States whii has been kind enough to honor our city with hls presence, nnd who will delivcr the annual adöreee belor ethe law class of '92, on Monday iiext, Veb. 22d, in üniversity hall. at :! o'clock p. 111. Dr. Andrew D. Whdte wlll opon the Mairh Popular Science Montlily with n. chapter on Astrononiy in his Wartaire of Science eeries. The strenuous exertions made by both the C'ailiolic ind the Protestant elerfty, to gur1M-es the teachings of Copernieus end ;nlilM, aire set forth in tuis artlele witli such strang evidence as to adnnit of no den-lal or &hiftlng of ï-csponsibility. Haa'ier's Weekly lor Pebruary I8th 'will contain a (remarkably Interesting tirtidi' on "Our Inilian Contingent," itetadliag some of tlie resulte whleh have followt'd the cnlistment of Indians in the fnited States aviny. Severnl ckaracteristic Illustratians by Frederick Ttemington vill accompany the arbicle. The noxt volume in the series of American Men of Letters, will be devo&d to 'William Gilmore Simnis, the !di.stinguislied southern novelist. It is written by Professor Win. P. ïrent, of the TJnivOTSity of the Soutli. M. M. Biillou, who is widely known as one of the most observant of traveters, has just ready, a ncvr volume n "Equatorial America," describiiiRing scveral of the Antilles Islands, and u-hatever ds most interesting to readfere concerntng Brazü, Buenos Ayers, Chilli. and Peru.