Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-02
PERSONAL.

IHE Rev. Mr.. Garnet, who has been
confirmed as United States minister to
Liberia, was arrested thirty years ago
under the provision of the fugitive slave
law, but discharged.
LIEUT.. FREDERICK ScHwATKA the
Arctic explorer, has been appointed on
the staff of Brigadier General Miles. com
mander OF the department of the Column
bia, with headquarters at Vancouver.
THREE prominent members of express
companies have died during the past
year, VIZ: Mr.. Gather, of the Adams;
Mr.. Fargo, of the American, and Mr..
Morgan, of the United States.
PRESIDENT GREvY is stout, thick-set
and almost corpulent person. When he
goes shoot ng-this being his favorite
amusement-he wears dark corduroy
suit and Tong leathern CATERS, and is
accompanied by pointer given to him
by the Prince of Wales.
E.. B. MORGAN, of Aurora, n. Y.
who died last week, was a member of
congress at the time of Preston Brooks
assault upon Senator Sumner, and he,
with Mr.. Maxey, of the same district,
interfered in Mr. Summers behalf, and
raised him as he sank fainting under the
blows.
TIE gossips of Europe are now put
ting their heads together over the whis-
pered announcement that the Princess
Beatrice-the youngest of Queen Vic
toria's numerous and expensive flock-is
to be married to Thomas, Duke of
Genoa, and only brother of Queen Mar
guerlte, OF Italy.
THEY who picture Queen Victoria in
their minds eye as clad in robe of
crimson with gold crown on her head,
will be shocked to learn that she takes
her daily drive with black straw bonnet
upon her head and with large shawl of
small check shepherds plato upon her
shoulders.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Salem Mass
Gazette relates that As years ago Ranni-
bal Hamlin met with reverse in town
meeting, and returning to his office threw
himself upon lounge and exclaimed:
ooh, political death how much more
dreadful than the death eternal" He
has since been senator, vice president,
collector of Boston, and now minister to
Spain.
DIR. W. G. BoNwE1I, of Philadelphia,
has supplied the noted st. Bartholomew
Hospital, of London, with one of his
surgical engines, to be used in amputa-
ton and kindred operations. The circu-
lar saw, put in operation by a treade,
flies around at the rate of $4,000 revolu-
tions per minute, cutting the bone as
smoothly as if. done by plane. The
engine has been adopted by most of the
medical colleges of Philadelphia.
Mr. RAPHAEL SEMMEs, a gentleman
whose name will carry many readers
back into the days of war. has just been
married to Miss Marion Adams. of
Louisville. Among the decorations of
the church wherein the ceremony took
place was miniature copy in flowers of
the ship " Alabama" the famous con-
federate vessel commanded by the bride
groom's father. The battle flag and
pennant of the confederacy foated from
the masts.
Mrs. SERAPHINA ToMAsI, now of De-
troit, Michigan, and " years of age, was
married at IA and has borne her husband
25 children, Is of them beng sons,
only three are now living, but none of
them died under six years of age. She
was married to her husband while he
WdS III PIlSOu LII INdplCo 1OI DOItICd1
offence. She stood outside the bars
while the priest performed the ceremony.
Her mother was los years of age when
she died. Her husband never recovered
from the effects of his imprisonment,
and died insane In 1871.
THERE lately died in England man
who has done more service to his country
than thousands whose names are
household words. This was Prof. Pos
gate. Working as boy in grocer's
shop he became Disguised with the adul-
teration he saw practlced, and resolved
when he got the chance, to try and
arouse public opinion on the subject.
This he was at length enabled to do,
through one OF the members for Birm-
ingham, and the recommendations of the
select parliamentary committee, now law,
against adulteration were almost entirely
based on Mr.. Posgate's recommends
tions, which have done very much to Sc
cure to the poor man especially the
worth of his hard earned money.
AS CONTRACTOR RALPH GORE, of Erie,
Pa, was experimenting deep excava-
ton, a portion of the side fell In and
buried him to the shoulders, with little
or no injury. The city engineer and
city surveyor commenced to dig him out,
when an immense mass of earth was seen
to move from the top of the bank. The
rescuers had to fly for safety. The i'm
prisoned man was left alone to certain
death. Calmly giving Instructions con-
corning his family, he waited the gradual
approach of the avalanche. After five
minutes of horrible suspense the mass,
weighing hundreds of tons, plunged
down on top of the doomed man. His
crushed body was recovered.