Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-08-16
PERSONAL.

w LILLIAN BLACK, the novelist, is q
strict vegetarian.
NONE of the Coulter family, of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, of which there are several
members, are less than seven feet in
height, and some of them several inches
taller.
MIDsHIPMAN De Chair, who was cap
tured by Arabi's forces while conveying
dispatches to Ramleh, is a nephew of
Lieut.. Lawson, of the royal yacht Vic
toria and Albert. He is only IL years
old.
DUMAS found that a certain general
expected the novelist to call on him first.
So, to set the gallant officer right, Dumas
wrote: "There are six great writer's in
France, among whom I am included.
There are twelve marshals and you are
not one of them"
Mr.. GEORGE K. GOODWIN, the late
theatrical manager of Philadelphia, at
one time paid Artemus Ward $4,000
for leeturing season. He once was
the owner of more panOramas than any
man in the world, at time when they
were great novelty In America.
BLACKWELL of North Carolina, the
Durham tobacco man, began by ped
ding the weed from the tail of a wagon.
Now he pays the government $500, 900
annually for revenue stamps. His yearly
advertising costs 100000. The rum he
sprinkles over the tobacco is purchased
in 400-barrel lots.
The Rev. George Little, the boy evan.
gelist, has pitched his tent in Baltimore
where he proposes to hold protracted
old-t time revival. His manner is earnest
and effective. He is "a years old, but
looks much younger. Though of slender
build and apparently delicate, he has
loud, clear voice, which he has under
rather good control.
A PRETTY story about the Princess
Eugene, sister of the king of Sweden:
She recently sold her diamonds to raise
funds in order to complete a hospital in
which she is interested When visiting
this hospital, after its completion, suf-
fering inmate wept tears of gratitude as
she stood by his side, and the princess
exclaimed: "Ah.r now I see my dia-
monds again."
In little red cottage on the shore of
lake called The Bowl, near Lennox,
Mass, Hawthorne wrote "The House Of
the Seven Gables" Mr.. J. T. Fields
used to tell of carrying out to him there
hundred dollars IN advance Of work,
but. after accepting, HaWthorne's
constituencies found the obligation irk
some, and he handed it back. Take
it, Fields, said he, 'Sthe house isn't big
enough to hold it.
CoEGREssMAN A. A. HARDENBERGH is
at his home In Jersey City, suffering
from broken leg. The accident which
caused his injury occurred In his room
in Washington, as he was getting into
bed. He had had his bed changed, and
when he rested his knee on the mattress
it sank. His leg, which had been
broken before, was pressed against the
sharp edge of the bed, with all his weight
resting upon it, and it was fractured.
The Bethlehem Times says: Simon
Reichard, of Mauch Chunk, superin-
tendent of MIR. Parrish's wire works at
II hat place, is a large, compactly built
man, and has family of extraordinary
avordupois. He weighs 245 pounds, his
wife 2S5, one son 220, another 222, one
daughter 200, another daughter 400, or
total weight of 1922 pounds. There
may be other families of six in number
DIS We1Suby as MI. lso1CudIU >, Uul UHSF
are few In number.
EX-SENATOR EUGENE CAssERLY, of
California, although still vigorous in
body, has completely lost his memory.
He was recently summoned in San Fran
cisco as witness to prove the forgery
of certificate of stock of company of
which he was once president, and testi-
fed that he did not recollect that there
was ever in existence any such corpora,
ton as the Safe Deposit Company, that
| he could not tell whether the signature
purporting to be his as president was
his own or not, and that he could not
reeollect that he had ever been the pres
ident of such company.