Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-03-22

OF the Methodist Church.
The Rev. James Martineau, of Lon
don, contemplates a trip to this country.
GET insured in the Washington Life
if you can. You will never regret it.
BosroN dealers in clothing paid in
1870 for labor, to persons in Maine and
New Hampshire, nearly 100000
EARL DE GREY, one of the English
Alabama claims commissioners, is the
Grand Master of Masons In England.
Mrs. MARIA GLENN, the aunt and
mother-in-law of Edgar A. Poe, died
recently in Baltimore, at the age of 81
years.
MERcAr ANTE has left an unc 5mpleted
opera called ssL'Arfano di Brono.
He had only reached the finale of the
second act.
The Mutual Life of Chicago does a
safe and reliable business, receives its
premiums in cash and promptly pays
it's losses in cash.
The Rev. Dr. McVicar of Montreal
has received an offer of $4,000 year to
come to the United States. His salary
at the Montreal college is $4,000.
A NEW setting of the opera bufa of
" Ali Baba" has been produced in
London, with English words. The
music is by the celebrated contra-bas-
sist, Bottesini
ON the 9Th, Dr.. Lemuel P. Van
Hoosen, of Albany, while laboring un-
der an attack of delerium tremens,
Drained his wife with gridiron, caus-
ing instant death.
A BORDEAUX letter writer says that it
is difficult to determine whether Deja-
zet, the veteran actress Of y, or her
daughter Herminie, of SO, is the older,
Judging from their appearance when
properly made up.
The Harrisons, family of great ex
pectations, were in session IN Boston
recently, to devise ways and means of
securing nice plum, a ten million es-
tate, supposed to await picking in Eng
land.
Mrs. GEN. BANKS and daughters,
Mrs Gen. Benjamin +. Butler, Mrs.
Anson Burlingame, Mrs. James Gordon
Bennett and Mrs. Harbeck, were among
the American ladies of note in London
at last accounts.
LADY ANGELA, who presides over the
convent at South Bend, Indiana, was
Miss Ewing, daughter of Hon Thomas
Ewing. sister-in-law of General Sher-
man, and once reigning belle at Wash
ington.
A NEW theatre, the Royal Court,
was opened in London on the 25th of
January. w. J. Hill, formerly of the
Lingard troupe, than made his first ap-
pearance in London.
The bishop of London has admitted
Miss G.. Hart to the Office of deacon
ess in the Church of England, and has
appointed her visitor in the district
parish of st. Gabriel, I'imice.
The STEAMERS of the Guion Mail
Line are named after the states and
territories, viz: Wisconsin, Minneso-
ia, Nevada, Colorado, Manhattan, Da-
Gotta, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Mon
tana.
Mr.. JAMES WooD of New Orleans has
given bag of silver, containing $1,000,
Ito be drawn for at the table of the
fairest lady of the fair" now being held
in that city in aid of a new Catholic
church.
The ninth volume of "The Collection
of German Glasses of the Middle Ages,
founded by Fraz Pfeiffer, has been
published. It contains the first volume
of Wolfram's "Percival, edited by
Karl Bartsch.
A NEW novel in German, by Michael
Burger, entitled Ham and Sedan,
is based upon the career of Louis Ma
poleon Bonaparte. It is published IN
Vienna, and appears in weekly num-
bers.
IT is stated that Mr.. Denison9 the
longtime speaker of the English House
of Commons, intends to resign soon
after the meeting of Parliament, and
candidates for the place are already
mentioned.
A CITIZEN of Williamsport, Pa, is
the possessor of a powder horn one
hundred and seventy years old, which
was used in Indian fighting, and car
ried by one of the patriots through the
revolutionary war. 1t is covered with
quaint inscriptions.
The New Bedford Mercury gives
remarkable instance of the loyalty of
servant. Mrs. Lucy Almy, aged eighty
four wears. entered the service os Mrs.
Abigail Russell in 1910, and at the
time of Mrs. Russell's death had lived
with her sixty one years and half.
TESTIMONIAL to the skill of chiro-
podist, published in an English paper,
testifies that ''four or five years ago he
successfully extracted several corns from
my feet, without pain, as also mem
Der of my family, which have not re-
turned since that time" This opera
tor should be consulted by those
troubled with mothers-in-law.