Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-03-03
ABOUT PEOPLE.

The s. Tichborne claimant" has been
offered S17,500 for his autobiography.
but he expects to get out of prison soon.
when he hopes to make more from his
book.
CHARLES O'CoNNoR. in spite of his
years, is still great walker. He attrib-
utes the extraordinary preservation of his
physical and mental powers to this habit
of outdoor exercise.
Mrs. SARAH WATKINS. widow. who
keeps millinery store in P1ttsburg, has
fallen heir to fortune of about 500, 900
by the death of her mother, which oc-
Cured q month since near London, Eng
land.
ANTHONY TROLLOPE has high, round
head, bald on the forehead and bordered
by curly, fluffy hair. He has large
mustache and an immense full beard
He Is now sixty-fve years old and Is
somewhat overbea1ing in manner.
EDMUND ABOUT, says Paris CORES
pendent, took honors fast. "Two hun
dred thousand dollars were bequeathed
to him; he married rich wife; but for
ten years he has not advanced one step
save in increased wealth. He has grown
BEN HALLIDAY is for the twelfth winter
before the United States senate with his
claim for $500, 900 for losses sustained by
Indian depredations while carrying the
overland mail. His route was l 200 miles
in length through the Indian territory,
and he used to employ $50 man aud
LOO horses.
FANNY LEAT, or Hatty Blackford, the
American, whose adventurous career In
Russia is of worldwide notoriety, is
coming out with book to be called
''The Loves of Grand Duke" It is
said that she has determined to give up
her wild life and settle down quietly as
the wife of the director of theatre.
QUEEN VICTORIA, in opening parlia-
ment IN late years, takes on the appear
ance Of robes of state, but not the robes
themselves. She wears her ordinary
widows dress and the royal robes are
outspread upon the throne. After she
seats herself, it is the Office of the Prin-
cess Beatrice to pull the corners of the
robes over the skirt of her mothers gown.
LONGEVITY is partial to the hills of the
old Granite state Mrs. Ursula Hum
phreVille, Of Mortified, n. H., is CEN
tenarian who reads without spectacles,
and last autumn, to show her energy,
drove O moving machine around
meadow at country fair Her descen-
dants of three generations number forty
six, and twenty-nine of them are living.
Mrs. MARIE LOUISA ELLIS, for
eighteen years inspectress in the en-
ploy of the United States government,
and detailed for duty on the Hamburg
and German Lloyd line of steamers, has
died in New York. She was remarkable
for her shrewdness aid through her
efforts the governIn mt have ferreted out
many notorious female diamond snug
glers.
DoCroR BENJAMIN GALE, of Clinton,
Conn, who died in 1890, aged rs, was
such believer in the speedy resurrec-
tion from the dead that he built stone
house, now known rs the "Clinton
House" SO thick and strong that it might
stand till he should rise from the dead,
$50 that he should have home to go to
that would look natural" and he was
buried, at his request, with his feet to-
ward his home so that the first thing he
should behold iii coming from the grave
should be his old homestead.
ELISABETH of Austria is one of the
most cultivated sovereigns in the world.
She draws beautifully, is a good musician,
and speaks fuently all the languages of
modern Europe. She isfond of literature.
and among her attendants has readers in
various languages, to whom she enjoys
listening. She is not very popular, it is
said, among the ladies of the court circle,
since she has no taste for small chatter
and fashionable amusements. She
amuses herself with her drawing, en-
broidery, riding, and last, but not least,
in playing with her little daughter
Valerie, for whom she hos ON almost
idolatrous affection.