Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-12-24
PERSONAL.

PRESIDENT HAYES is said to have cast
his first vote in Cambridge, where he
was at the time law student.
Mr.. AMERY, An American petroleum
we'll owner, has arrived at Baku, Russia,
to inspect the naptha fields of the pen.
insula of Apsheron.
Ex-REPREsENTATIvE LANDERs, of
New Britain, Connecticut, has been
given twelve "wooden nutmegs," made
from wood of the Charter Oak.
MISS RosANNA LOOMS WENTWORTH,
the daughter of the Hon. John Went
worth, is fortunate young lady. It is
related that her father has had $115, 900
in four per cents registered in her name.
POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY says he
can remember when Andrew johnson
used to stop at his fathers, who was a
Tennessee farmer, and young Key always
had the job of polishing off Johnson's
horse.
AFTER the dedication of the Boston
emancipation group, Mayor Prince sent
a check of 800 to John g. Whittier for
his poem. The large-hearted old bard
sent it back as contribution to the Old
South fund.
MRS. MARY T. SEARLEs, who died in
Troy last week, was the daughter Of q
minister, the sister of a minister, the
mother of three ministers and the grand
mother of one, all of the Presbyterian
denomination.
JOHN T. RAYMOND neither smokes,
chews, nor drinks. He declares that he
never tasted of alcoholic liquors in his
life. More wonderful still, Mr. Raymond
says he never tasted of vegetable of
any description.
MRS. LINCOLN writes that she expects
to be at Washington the coming winter,
but her son Robert, now in Chicago will
not permit it on account of the strain it
would have on her mental condition,
which is still none of the strongest.
M. MUNEz, the wealthy citizen of
Alicante who recently contributed $780,
600 to the Murcia relief fund, has just
adopted two of the orphans from the
latter district. One is little girl three
years of age and the other a boy of
twelve.
Mr.. WALT WHITMAN is i'll in St.
Louis-too I'LL to travel. When he is
well enough to leave the house he either
goes down to the river to "loaf and
invite his SOUL" or visits q neighboring
kindergarten, where the children gather
merrily about him to beg for stories.
MRS. CHRIsTIANCY has rather hard
time, or else her husband has. She did
not like living in the same family with
his grown.up children in this country,
and she is now reported as so dissatisfied
with living at Lima, where her husband
is stationed as United States minister to
Peru, that she is coming home.
ADMIRAL SHERER, one of the last
survivors of Parry's Attic expedition,
and who was an English midshipman on
the Spencer during the last war between
this country and Great Britain, has just
died on the Isle of Jersey. He rendered
at one time great service in the suppress
sion of the slave trade in the West In
dies. as.. E.rr .a
ONE of the wealthiest noblemen of
Belgium, the Count de Grimbergen,
died at Brussels recently. He had to
invoke the Intervention of the public
authorities to be disemb arrassed of
relations who wanted to compel him to
die with the rites of religion. The for
tune left by him is estimated at about
100000 francs.
GEN. GRANT has very happy way of
raising his hat, and his bow is move.
ment of perfect grace rather than a ma
chine-like jerk, as might be expected
from the number of times it has been
exercised. 1t carries with it appreciation,
and that is what Kentuckians like,
hence the oftener he bowed the heartier
came the resp onding cheers.-Louisville
Courier-.]owm0l.