Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-31
Personal.

HER name is Mrs. Harvey Brown, of
Minnesota, and the English estate
amounts to $125, 100000.
JOHN B. COUGH is lying Ill at Scran-
ton, Pa, and his lecture engagements
are thrown up for the present.
The Ex-Empress Eugene was robbed,
while in Spain, of casket of valuable
jewels, including a very costly neck
lace.
d. D. SEooR, of the banking firm of
Chas. Secor & Co., of Manistee, drew
prize in the recent Louisville lottery
of 81, $50
THE Grand Duchess de Schneider
has gone to ST. Petersburg, where she
will cavort at the rate of 81, $50 per
week and expenses.
VICTORIA G. Woodruff delivered an
other of her free-love lectures in Bos-
ton, few evenings since, and was
heartily Missed by the audience.
A LADY in New York paid the enor-
nous sum of $4,000 for one of the
smallest proscenium boxes at the Acad-
envy of Music, during Missions per-
Torrance there.
SIR CHARLES dixie, on visiting Paris,
the other day, was greatly astonished
to find the myrmidons of the Theirs
government watching him as an ennis
sary of the Commune.
MILE. NILSSON sent note to some
obstreperOus occupants OF box at the
New York Academy, telling them if
| they were not more quiet she should
speak to them publicly from the stage
ANNE LORD, the daughter of bath
ing attendant at Lynmouth, England,
recently received medal from the
Royal Humane Society for rescuing a
lady who, last August, was swept out
to rea, and was brought insensible to
shore by her rescuer.
THEoPH1LUs L. HoUGHToN, veteran
printer, editor and publisher, died on
Saturday in Williamsburg. He for,
merly edited the Orange County Ga
zette, and was during his career the
friend and favorite of Thurlow Wee
and VIM. H. Seward.
THE Philadelphia Star says that
John Steele, well-known in New York
during the oil panic for his great ex.
travagance, is worth at present about
$50, 900 or $50, 900, and, profting by
his former experience, knows how tc
keep it. He occasionally visits that
city and puts mp at the Girard House
His pe1ocha9at now is the purchasing O.
diamonds.
GEN. CRAIG W. WADswoRTH. son O.
the soldier who fell in the Wilderness
died at his house in Genesseo on New
Years day. in his Both year The Gen
eral was, since the death of his father
the head of one of the wealthiest an(
best known families of western New
York, where in the early times hi
grandfather owned a domain waste
than a principality. The young MAJ
served brilliantly during the war, ant
was with his father in the WILDERNESS
not an hour before the rebel sho
struck him dead.
PRINCE CHARLES NAPOLEON Bona
PARTE, who resides habitually in Rome
at the Villa Paolina, near the Porta PA
will repair to Chiselhurst about tn
Goth of this month, to take his turn 0
duty IN the Emperor's military house
hold. The Prince served in Mexico
and in the late war with distinction, ant
is attached to his imperial relative
Prince Charles Napoleon will take owe
to England ten very fine drawings, illus
trative of ancient fresco paintings il
some of the recently excavated edifce
on the Palatine, which the Emperor
has decided to present to the Kensing
ton Museum
BLAcQUE BEY, the Turkish Minister
is Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Thu
country, is, being the Ministe
longest resident here, he has, by cour
tesy, the right to head and speak TO
the diplomats accredited here, on oc
casions of ceremony, ETC., which ar,
not formal or official in character. TIL,
absence Of Madame Catacazy remove.
from Madame Blacque's path one O
two rivals who contested with her tn,
palm of beauty and social attractive
ness. Madame Garcia, wife of the Ar
gentine Minister, is the only one VIII,
disputes the title of the Greek lady tx
wear the crown. Madame Blacque'
Ill health keeps her out of society thi
winter.