Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-14

Personal.
THOMAS HoLhow1g, Tie patent medi-
c1re man. has amassed a fortune of
$50, 900. 600.
Personal.

$4,000, 600.
CAPT. Lori, Of the Scotia. will soon
have made his four hundred and twen-
ty-tlfth voyage across the Atlantic. He
has lots of experience.
GEORGE ELloT's husband is said TO
be the ugliest man in England, and
Hans Christian Andersen is reputed to
be the homeliest in all Europe.
IT is stated that a statue of General
Joseph Warren will be erected in
Charlestown, Mass, when the Tooth
anniversary of the battle of Bunker's
Hills celebrated-in 1875.
LADY FRANCES CoNYNGHAM. of Eng
land, has travelled overland from
Nogador to Tanjier, and it is said she
is the first woman who ever undertook
such journey in Morocco.
Don IGNAcIo CASTOR, lately deceased
at San Antonio, Texas, aged 95. was a
soldier under Gen. Jackson's command
and participated in the battle of New
Orleans, in 1915.
In Portsmouth, N. H., there is a pa
trarchal gentleman who has lust been
presented with his twenty-ffth child.
At tue latest reports, he was doing as
well as could be expected.
The King of Denmark has formally
thanked Prof. Watson, of the AI1cbigan
University, for having named a newly
discovered asteroid after his daughter.
the Princess Thyra.
Count DE R1EM, it is stated, has dis,
covered onhis estate-a property which
formerly appertained to the Oldest
Benedictine Convent in France-the
first MSS of Sldonius Apollinarius.
MIR. SwINBURNE begins a recent
poem, addressed to dead king, with
rather an abrupt line-as follows
8 Go down to he'll. This end is good to see,
CHARLES AIGERNoN Sw1NBURSE is
now reported to be a"yictim Of opium.
He found brandy too mild, and has
substituted the more potent stimulant.
He is said to be reading De Quincy
for cure.
A MEMORIAL WINDOW, commemorative
OF Sir John Franklin, has been placed
IN church in London, of which Sir
John was one of the founders. and
which is attended chiefly by sailors. :.
THE Church of the Holy Trinity, at
Saugertles, N. Y, will be adorned with
stained glass window, representing
the crucifix1on, designed and executed
by William Morris, the English poet.
The heirs of Rembrandt Peale have
presented that artists painting of
Washington Before Yorktoyn.1 10
the ladies Mount Vernon Association.
and it will embellish the mansion oi
Washington. sE Htl
The Premiers during Queen Vic
torla's reign have been Melbourne
Peel, l841 Russell, 1916, Derby.
1872 Aberdeen, 1852 Palmerston,
1859; Russell, 1865 Derby, 1866 (:
Dlsraeli, 1868 Gladstone, 1868.
IT is stated that the statue of Frank
lin, presented to New Orleans by Mr..
.. A. Weed, and imported in February.
1872, has remained in a warehouse TIL
this time, unclaimed, and will now be
sold at auction. irs &
DIR. ". BRYDoN, @. B., of the Bengal
Medical Service, lately deceased, was a
survivor of the retreat from Cabul, in
1872, and Y as in Jelalabad and alter
ward in Lucknow, when those places
were besieged. s.i 7s eaae aai-1a u
THE citizens of Birmingham, Ala
bama, have presented to the founder
OF their city, Coll James R. Powell, a
magnificent knife, made at Birming-
ham, England 1t is composed of gold
from Australia, silver from Peru, pearl
from Africa, and steel from the noun
talns OF Alabama. 1t was designed BY
a French artist, and made by an Eng
llsh workman. It is thought to be the
handsomest knife ever manufactured