Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-28
PERSONAL.

Hon. VIM. l.. GRoEsBECK is worth
s2,OOO,O0O.
DELANEY KANE, a grandson of some
of the Astors, has had $500 tally-ho
coach built, on which he will play stage
driver.
PHILADELPHIA friends of Francis
Murphy, the temperance lecturer, have
presented him with house in that city
worth $4,000.
THE empress of Russia is said to be
kept alive by morphine, diluted goats
milk and small pieces of raw meat put
into strong bouillon.
The only survivor of the bloody strug-
gle at the Texan fortress of the Alamo is
Colonel Frank W. Johnson, who is
writing history of Texas.
Mrs. GEORGE FL. THOMAS, widow of
| General Thomas, arrived in Washington
a few weeks since, and saw for the first
time the magnificent bronze equestrian
statue of her husband.
JAMES r. DODGE, who died recently
in New York, was nephew Of Washing
ton Irving, whom be closely resembled,
both IN personal appearance, and In that
| beauty Of character which rendered the
author an object of universal esteem.
The young English princes, Albert
Victor and George, sons of the Prince of
the Prince of Wales, have been advanced
grade In the naval service They are
now promoted to the rank of midship-
men, with a consequent increase of pay
from one shilling to one and ninepence
per day.
Rev. VIM. M. BAKER, the author of
His Majesty, Myself, is the pastor of
a small Presbyterian congregation in
Boston, and is kindly man, much liked
in that pleasant city. He is slender,
middle-aged gentleman, of Virginian
BIRTH He preached in Louisiana and
Texas during the war.
JOSEPH WALDRoN, of Springfield, n.
Y, was building fence, the posts for
which had been set in the holes but not
| filed in. The rains had half filed the
holes with water, and his 2-year old child,
playing, fell into one of the holes head
first, and was drowned before the fact was
discovered.
is to be placed by his friends opposite
Packer Hall, On the campus of Lehigh
University. Subscriptions have been
opened in Missouri for the erection of a
costly monument on the grave of Gen
eral Shields Congress has given twelve
bronze cannon for the purposes of the
Blair monument, and only Sc, 900 is now
needed to complete the work.
THE Delphi Gnd.) Journal records
the death of Elizabeth Smith, formerly
of that place, in the ninety-forlrth year
of her age, and says; s'Ihe subject of
this sketch was OF a proud and aristo-
cratic family, and was schoolmate OF
James Buchanan, and, had fortune ia
vored, would have been the lady Of the
White House. The wedding clothes
were prepared, the day set, and prepare
tons made, when by some cause never
revealed, the match was broken by a
solemn pledge that neither would marry,
pledge that was sacredly kept.
MINISTER FOSTER, just before leaving
Mexico, received from the American
residents of the City Of Mexico a parting
gift of silver fac-simile of the Aztec
Calender Stone In the Cathedral wall. 1t
weighs sixteen pounds of pure Mexican
silver. To Mrs. Foster was presented,
at the same time, beautiful bound copy
of Debray's "Album del Ferrocarril. -
The British residents also assembled and
gave to Mr.. Foster charming picture,
the work of Mexican artist, and to
Mrs. Foster massive bracelet.
JOSEPH X. EMMETT, the former negro
minstrel and now the prosperous actor
of German-American characters, has ac-
cumulated large fortune within few
years. He has bought place on the
Hudson, near Albany, and begun the
erection of magnificent residence.
There is large mushroom, furnished
with an immense orchestrion; the parlor
is modelled after that of an English ma
nor, with timbered roof; every room in
the main story is an octagon, with bay
window and balcony. A feature of the
grounds will be big windmill of the
Dutch sort, which will pump water for
picturesque cascade.