Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

JOSEPH SEL1eMAN, the New York
t,anker, gave away s25, 900 OH Christmas
ctay-Sl, OOO each to ten public charities,
and $500 each to thirty.
! THE widow of Jackson, who killed
Colonel Fairfax at the Marshall house in
Alexandria, in 1861 died at Ter resi-
dence in Fairfax county, Virginia, re-
Gently.
Mr. HENRY IRVING is a master, of the
art OF fencing. So skillful and graceful
is he that men who care nothing for.
Shakespeare go to the theater to see him
as Hamlet fencing with Laertes
BARONESS ALPHoNsE DE RoTHsCH1ID
is said to be the possessor of the finest
collar OF pearls in existence. She select
ed each pearl with great care, and was
many years in collecting a sufficient
number. It is priceless.
SENATOR HAMLIN, of Maine. is the,
oldest, and Senator Bruce, of Mississippi.
the youngest of the members of the
senate Senator Anthony, of Rhode Is
land-who is now in his fourth term.
has served more years continuously
than any other man in the present senate.
The widow of the Jewish Cologne
banker, Baron Abraham Won Open
helm, who, in 1870 gave the nnunificent
sum of $3.50, 900 for the wounded, has
just handed 100000 for hospital for
poor children of all confessions. in
memory of her late husband.
The original ''Uncle Tom" has a
home. at the age of 80, in Camden, Kent
county, Canada. He goes about lectur-
ing. His arms he cannot raise to his
head because they were crushed by a
rail In the hands of his old master One
of his grandsons is being educated at
Cberlin for the ministry.
GENERAL GAKABALDI lies, day after
day, on small iron bed in simply fur
nished room, looking on the sea. He
wears the round cap of his portraits,
and holds a paper fan, wherewitb to
drive away thef1ies-strange and piteous
occupation of once so doughty warrior.
His eyes are bright, his complexion
fresh and healthy, his hair white, his
beard pepper and salt. He is sadly
paralyzed, even his hands being stiff and
contorted.
B. B. MCDONALD, of Cincinnati, died
recently at Denver. He was the archi-
tect of the famous tunnel by which 40.
prisoners escaped from Libby prison
during the war ALI but thirty were
subsequently retaken, but he was one of
those who reached the Union lines in
safety after a journey of twenty nine
days and nights, although the distance
was only 134 miles, He dug the tunnel
with small chisel which a carpenter
had accidentally left inside the prison.
The new associate Justice, Woods, is
IS years of age, quick and nervous in
his movements, very active and alert,
with keen, shrewd eyes, that look
through at a glance. Justice Woods has
a charming fannily-an elegant wife. a.
son % OF whereabouts, and an exceeding
ly charming and accomplished daughter
| (Miss Florence.) The family have long
been leaders of society in Atlanta, and
will be welcomed as an acquisition to
the national capital.
DIR. CHAPIN's salary was $4,000 a
year, which was raised to S29, 900 during
the past year. He leaves little to his
family, however. He has wife, two
| sons and daughter. His wife was Miss
| Newland. Of Utica He'was married in
1887. His oldest son was engaged in
the lumber business in Troy, but failed.
His second son is a a physician. His,
daughter is unmarried. Harvard con-
ferred on him the degrees of A. M. and
| d. D. in 1856.
"GATH,'' says of General Miles: CT
think he is not West Point cadet, but
a civilian with genius for Indian fight
ing. He and Crook have been COM
petitors, and have had great success in
hunting down hostile Indians. Miles is,
handsome man, of rather cool, cold
temperament, with fine black beard.
Crook is a peculiar little quantity, bash
full as boy, but with love for personal
adventure; and he can live by himself
a whole year, sleeping In the sage brush
and eating jerked meat.
GEoRGEPEABoDY, the philanthrophist,
never married and for singular reason.
He was in love with girl and was stand
ing on the porch at the house of her
parents one night when his rival ran
frantically up, threw his arms around the
girls neck, kissed her and disappeared
in the darkness. The romantic sensa-
ton so pleased the girl that she Tilted
Peabody and married her amatory as
sailant. eff Cleopatra's nose had been
longer the whole political face of the
world might have changed and if Pea
body had married, Baltimore would have
lost its muni6cent present.
Mrs CUNNINGHAM, woman of 102
years, living at Mallet Scheneck, eight
miles south of Glasgow, is the only iv-
ing person that has seen the poet Burns.
Her father occupied a neighboring farm
when Burns and his brother Gilbert
owned Mossgiel, and she repeatedly saw
and heard the poet cracking jokes with
elder sister, for whom he had passing
fancy. To this day the good old woman
''canna understan' what the folk max sic
wark about Burns fora Iowse, shift
Jess falIow, and fain O. the dram. Mrs
Cunningham is still hale in mind and
voice.
The eat-grandfather of Lord Chief
Justice Coleridge of England, who was
Vicar of Ottery st. Mary (the clavering
OF g Pendennis. y was as absent a man