Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

galop of her own composition which she
| signs "Louise Campbell. -
! GEN. GARIBALDI is said to be very
much broken down and, indeed. quite q
wreck of man. He reclines or sits all
day in his bed, and can move neither
hand nor foot
ARUssIAN priestnamed Betschnaistari,
who, at the age of 113 undertook a
pilgrimage to Jerusalem, died on board
the Lloyd's' boat Espero ON the way
from Alexandria to Jaffa.
Miss JENNIE HOGAN is creating somc-
what of a sensation in Washington as an
inspirational poet. She halls from Yer
small features, and face with bright
expression, though she is not pretty.
M. BARTHOLOMEW, the new Russian
minister at Washington, is described as
a tall, Notwithstanding man, SO hand
some that even the president spoke ad-
miringly of him. Madame Bartholomel
is an Englishwoman with q sweet face
and sweet voice.
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES has writ
ten to the school children of Cincinatti
that he feels ashamed of the verses of
his youth--his "green fruit but adds:
eff any of you, however, can laugh over
any of my early verses, inhibition your
small jacket and indulge in that pleasing
convulsion to your hearts content.
GENERAL NELSON A. MILES, who has
just received his brigadier-generalship
is handsome, soldierly man, with curly
brown hair, and a ruddy bronzed face.
His first American ancestor, the Rev.
John Miles, was Puritan minister who
fought Indians In the intervals of preach
ing. He commanded a company in the
war with King Philip.
Ex-LIEUT. Gov. OLIVER V. WINCHEs-
TER, the head of the Winchester Repeat
ing Arms company, who died in New
Haven recently, was born in Boston in
} 1910, and amassed fortune in the man
: ufacture of patent shirts befo1e be went
into making rifles and cartridges. He
founded the Winchester observatory of
Yale college.
The late Congressman Farr, of New
Hampshire, lost an arm IN the late war,
as did Congressman Hooker, of Missis-
sippi, ON the confederate side. Congress-
man Hawk, of Illinois, lost leg These
who bear visible signs of their wounds in
|
Carolina, lost leg in the confederate
service.
SAMUEL PRICE and McG1ll, members
of Zolllcoffer's rebel command, cut one
another in fight over poker table
January II, 1862, and then separated to
meet for the first time one day recently
at game of poker in Spencer county,
KY. They did not recognize cath other
at first, but when they did they took up
their fight just where it left off eighteen
years ago, and slashed away at each 9th
, er until the crowd overpowered them.
HAZARD BENTLEY died in Torrington,
Conn.,, in 1875, and his executor has
SINCE made vain search for one Henry
Kingsley, to whom Mr.. Bentley be-
queathed $4,000. Three or four fraud
: ulent claimants have appeared, but the
! right man, whom it is impossible to mis-
{; take under the details of the will, has
! not been found. The state law provides
that after ten years the legatee's claims
shall become imperative.
PRINCE NICHOLAS FEDERoNIcH MAS
sALsKI, the commander of the artillery
of the Russian Guard, died at st. Peters
| burg recently, in his Goth year. He
7 has been an officer of artillery for 81
years. He made brilliant reputation
: by services in the Caucasus campaign,
and commanded the Russian artillery in
the late war on the Balkan peninsular
2 He was relative of the late husband of
: the author, the Princess Dora D'Istria,
now travelling in the United States.
THE Richmond (Va.) State says that
ex-Mayor Clark, of Manchester, Va,
who was classmate of Edgar Allan Poe
at the university of Virginia, says that
Poe had q passion for drawing weird
!. and grotesque figures on the walls of his
room. He remembers, especially a
} griffin which Poe drew which attracted
good deal of attention among the stu
dents He wrote verses good deal, but
:. was more distinguished at the university
as linguist and crayon artist than he
!, was as poet.
, JUDGE JERE BLACK is tall, broad
shouldered, strongly-built mana verlt-
, able rugged oak among men. He has a
. remarkable memory. When making an
; argument before the Supreme Court he
!. seldom uses even notes referring to legal
authorities he may wish to cite. He
makes such reference from memory. He
is learned in the law, Bible and Shaks-
peare, and has wide knowledge of gen.
eral literature. He sometimes becomes
so absorbed in a book that he reads all
night and is oblivious of time and sur
, roundings.
WHEN Napolean I. married Josephine
he seemed, like his granddaughter in mar
rying Mile. Blanc, to receive more than
he gave. When Josephine waited on her
: lawyer to announce the match, Napoleon,
who was listening outside, hears him
say: "Gen. Bonaparte; why, he has
nothing but his sword" Unlike the
king, who forgot the wrongs of the
. Dauphin, the emperor remembered the
words, and on his coronation day the
lawyer was summoned to attend at the
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