Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25
Personalities.

try home, in Chester county, Pennsyl-
vania.
MAGGIE MITCHELL gives recitation
parties at her Long Branch residence.
Countess MoDJEsKA, the great actress,
Is not coming to America this year.
Mr. MAcKEY, the Nevada bon ANA
king, has sailed for Paris; his income is
$25 per minute.
Professor SWING writes that the old
intellectual giants of Boston have degen.
Grated into "little parlor essayists."
Judge BLACK does not find sojourn
in Europe agreeable to him, and a few
will doubtless see him again In America.
"A man at Princeton, Ill, has under
taken to abstain for twenty days from food
and water, but will drink beer ad zs6ituna.
"A new lecturer this season is to be
Miss JAMIE SAVAGE, who is reported to
combine youth and singular hearty with
great talent.
Miss ISABELLA BLACK, for many
years teacher in the public schools of
Cincinnati, has come to the front as an
heir of EDWIN FOREST.
-Ex Senator FOSTER, of Connecticut,
will deliver an address on the occasion of
the Goth anniversary of the battle of Fort
Griswold.
The Ithaca IN. W Journal mentions
among the possibilities the early resigna-
ton Of Minister ANDREW D. WHITE as
President of Cornell University.
Long Branch is not SO gay as in for
mer seasons. Flirting and gambling, &C.
cording to correspondent, are the chief
methods of killing time.
MCDONALD, of whisky-ring fame, is
finding great difficulty in getting pub
Usher for his book. The st. Louis print
ers are afraid to touch it, as libel suits are
threatened.
The willow from which the ex-Em
press EUGENE plucked some shoots while
at st. Helena is the second one planted
since the burial of the Emperor NAPo-
LEON. The tree survives only thirty years
in that latitude.
Miss KATE SANBoRN's appointment
| to the chair of English Literature in
Smith College, at Northampton, is re-
garded by the English papers as an indi-
cation that "literary ladies are rapidly
coming to the front in the United States"
The Archbishop of Canterbury fol.
lows the Scriptural Injunction of going
into the highways and hedges for his
guests. He recently entertained 600 of
the poorer people at Lambeth, and sent
each visitor away with bunch of beauti-
full flowers.
The Manor House, Stoke-Newington
where EDGAR A. Poe and other celebrities
went to school, is now being pulled down
to make room for row of shops. The
building had about 1t traditions of the
time Of ELIZABETH and the Common
wealth.
OLIVER AMEs has invited the gentle
men who were members of the M assachu-
sets State Senate with him to visit him
at Martha's Vineyard on the 25th of this
month. They will have a big dinner, and
reception will be given to them in the
evening.
Colonel THOMAS A. SCOTT has been
SPENDING delightful month in yachting
along the New England coast. Frequent
stops were made, and many visits paid to
pls ces Of note. The Colonel's health is
not robust enough, however, to warrant
him in attempting much work yet.
KATE FIELD has gone to Switzerland
to meet Madame RIsToRI, and will sail
for America September 9. At the recent
fete at Kensington House she was con.
spicuous figure, elevated on chair try
ing to catch a glimpse of the Princess of
Wales over the heads of her neigh bors.
"A Miss De HART, on Staten Island,
commenced fasting on the same day that
DR.. TANNER did, under the advice of
physician. who claimed that thirty
DAYS fast would cure dangerous ulcers,
with which she was affected. She alb
stained from food and water thirty. one
days, as is claimed, and is now rapidly
regaining flesh and health, and entirely
relieved of the ulcers.
Prince LEOPOLD is still obliged to
use clutches on account of his sprained
ankle while salmon fishing. and the
Princess LOUISE is reported to be suffer
ing from her accident at Rideau Hall.
On the voyage home the Princess ex
pressed the warmest attachment to
Canada, spoke highly of the pleasures
she derived from her visit to the States,
and promised to revisit the United States
on her return from Europe. which, she
said, would be at an early day.
The Boston Transcript says: 81, is
feared that the death of JOHN G. SAxE's
wife will have fatal effect on the poet.
He has been bedridden for some time, and
was devotedly attached to her, having in