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GALUSHA AARON, an Amer. ican legislator; born in Eastford, Conn., Aug. 31, 1822; was graduated at Amherst College in 1844; was admitted to the bar in 1847; settled in Towanda, Pa., and there practiced; was a member of Congress in 1851-1863 and speaker during the last two years. In 1871-1876 he was president of the International and Great Northern railroad of Texas. 1894 he was elected Representative-at- Large by a plurality of 297,446 over De- Witt, the Democratic nominee, and a majority of 269,778 over all other candidates, these being the largest numbers of votes ever given in any State of the Union to any candidate for any office up to that time. He was re-elected in 1896, 1898, and 1900. He died March 31, 1907.
GUADALAJARA (gwä"dä-lä-hä'rä), a town of Guadalajara province, Spain; on the Henares, 35 miles N. E. of Madrid. It has manufactures of flannel and serge, and a royal college of engineering.
Here is the quaint, neglected palace of the Mendozas.