Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-18
Personal.

THERE are over. three hundred Vir-
glnlans who answer to the name Of
Robert Lee.
JOSEPH ARCH recently visited the Isle
OF Wight to organize the agricultural
labors there. ~
MRS. SARAH b. BEARD of Fayetteville,
n. T., has given $1,000 to Hamilton
College as fund for the aid Of needy
students.
~ OBERL1N College received bequest
Of So, 600 III the will of the Late Sardis
Burchard, one of the original Abolition
lists of Ohio.
PRINCE SoUTzo has been condemned
in Paris to four years imprisonment for
shooting the young Roumanian Prince
Ghika, in duel, last year.
NEE MARY LINCOLN, who died suddenly in
Brooklyn last week, while on her way to
church, left requests amounting to
$1,000 for charitable institutions. =
The Hon. JOHN D. DEGREES is
engaged upon civil and political his
tory of Indiana, from the formation of
it's Territorial Government till the year
1873. SO E# "
AMONG the many requests of the late
Gail Borden were $4,000 to the
American Bible Society,"
Mrs. CLEVELAND, sister of Horace
Greeley, resembles her brother very
much in looks and traits of character.
She is said to take a motherly interest
in the welfare of young men and women
of talent
MEssRs. MORLEY AND SANKEY have
had great success in revival meetings
near Edinburg. Mr.. Sankey takes
harmonium with him, which so excited
a Puritan dame that she rushed out of
the church exclaiming, "Popery
Popery! Let me DOT, let me cot
What would John Knox think of this?"
The Queen of England has actually
spoken kindly to an actress, and intro
dnced her to Princess Beatrice and to
Prince Leopold, taking herby the hand
and accepting a nosegay from her. A
friendly recognition from crowned
head to theatrical performer is rare
in England The actress in question
was Miss Heath, a distinguished trag-
edienne.
For civilizing Africa, Sir Samuel
Baker believes that one steamb boat is
better than ashundred missionaries.
QUEEN V1CToR1As birthday is to be
celebrated at Richmond on the 25th of
May, by the British residents of Vir-
ginia, who intend to make it grand
occasion.
Rev. JAMES FREEMAN CLARK says that
praying at saloon-keepers is hardly the
right use of prayer.
KENYON college, Ohio, is the first to
confer degree on the new chiefjustice.
It makes him an LII. d.
"EvEN now" says a New England
paper, every editor in Massachusetts
shivers as he writes the name of Bntler."
GoUGH's time has not yet come. He
is recovering from his recent dangerous
attack of nervous prostratlon and
neuralgia.
THERE is one carpet-bagger in the
new British parliament-Mr Puleston.
He was born in Wales, but spent most
of his life in tho U1itod States.
The widow of Rubin died at Milan
on the 9th of February, in her eighth
eth year. She was a French woman.
named Adelaide Channel, and leaves a
large fortune.
The first wife ST Gen. Sickles is not
forgotten. Friends were invited the
other day to attend the celebration of a
solemn mass for the repose of the
soul OF Teresa Bagiola Sickles," in one
of the Roman Catholic churches of New
York city.
AHMED, an old gentleman living at
Trebizoad, Asia Minor, has reached his
1873 year. He is native ofKerassound,
but has lived for many years at Trebi-
zond, and seems likely to continue liv-
ing there indefinitely, for he enjoys
excellent health and spirits, though he
has long survived his relations-a fact,
says the Pill Mall Gazette, which per-
haps accounts in some measure for his
Gght-heartedness. He has from his
youth upward been a strong advocate
of bodily exercise as preservative of
health, and until quite lately has been
in the habit # taking long & constitu-
tionals " DAILY Ahmed is not the only
instance Of longevity at Trebizond.
Another old nan has just died in the
town of that name who had reached his
l25th year Sngularly enough, the
name OF the man who keeps the hotel
at Trebizond is hot mentioned.
Mr.. BRET HARE, aoropos of a Ger
man translation o, his stories in three
volumes, has the honor of very COM
plimentary notice from Freytag, the
distinguished novdist. Freytag calls
Harte before all a sclorist, gives him
praise for freshness u inventing figures
and situations, and for his union of
strength and modention. He is of
opinion, however, that Harte often fails
to justify his characters through de-
fciency of portraitur,. We are surpris-
ed by conduct in his heroes that is con-
trary to the usual CONCEPTION of the life
these worthless lead, and is not account
ed for by Harte's descriptions. Freytag
says, probably on inuffcient know
ledge, that Harte 6 is .eckoned by his
Hartes countrymen IS the greatest
among the young men o talent in the
United States"
IT seems that Chambod is obliged to