Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-08-02
ABOUT PEOPLE.

LIEUTENANT D4NENHowER is now at
Capron Springs, Va, where his health
Is steadily improving.
CAPTAIN JOHNNIE GLEN, the drum
mer-boy of Chickamauga, is now an as
sistant quartermaster IN the army and
stationed at the Philadelphia arsenal
Mr.. AMOS WHITrEMoRE, the inventor
of the shoe-pegging machine, and of i'm
provements in the bicycle, died in Cam
bridge, Mass, recently, aged IS years.
WHEN the German empress travels in
summer the roof of her railroad carriage
is covered With a LAYER of turf, which is
watered frequently during the day as a
device to keep her cool.
Mrs. A. S. PnATT, q wealthy widow
of San Francisco, who has been travelling
with Mrs. Bonanza Mackay, died
while crossing the plains, homeward
bound, few days ago.
GENERAL JOSEPH r. HAwIEY, United
States senator from Connecticut, is to be
permitted to receive =" decorations " from
Holland, Japan and Spain for his ser
vices as president of the centennial ex-
position at Philadelphia.
Miss JULIA EDMUNDs, the Vermont
senator's invalid daughter, is to be taken
to New Mexico in the fall in luxuri-
ously-ftted special car, which her
father is having prepared for that pur-
pose.
JOIN DOYLE, a young man employed
III 8 currying shop at Woburn, Mass, on
salary of SO week, was agreeably sur
prised last Friday, by notification from
a Boston lawyer that he had fallen heir
to 100000 by the death OF cousin.
MIS-. KATE CHASE SPRAGUE is going,
with her children, to make a carriage
and horseback tour through the Scot
fish Highlands, visiting especially the
places made familiar to the world by the
pen Of Scott.
JOHN BELL, founder Of the London
Bells Weekly Messenger, which has
Just changed hands, was, according to
Leigh Hunt (once its EDITOR the first
printer who confined the letter SIS" to
IFS present shape and rejected altogether
the old like form,
TEE four officers of the Austrian army
highest in command In Bosnia are Irish
men. The governor of LiynO is Major
Gen. O'ReilIy. The second III command
of the cavalry is Col. C'Herlihy, and
there are two Captains O'Sullivan under
him. One of the generals Of brigade is
Rudolph Oliver Swanston, who comes of
a West Cork family.
EX-SENATOR CoNKLING attracted much
attention IN the New York Supreme
Court last week. He was clad fault
lessly, was in the full glow of health and
seemed to be at his best. Crowds hOcked
to the courtroom to hear his argument
He is said 10 be a changed man, striving
to win where two years ago he gave re
buff.
& WESTERN reporter recently asked
General Harvey, the veteran of the
Florida and Mexican wars. what his ac-
tual rank on the retired list was. "I'm
a There, confound it, 7 couldn't
tel you, to save me, whether I 8n q ma
lor-g general or . brevet-majOr- general
Let's see; [ guess its a brevet; but I
don't know. But i makes no difference
rank is for younger men"
Iris said that the family Of Nine.
RIstOri, the tragic actress, disapprOVe
of her persistent clinging to her profes-
sion, and would be happy to see her re-
tire to private life; but acting is her
passion, and the advance of years has
robbed her Of none of her energy. 1t
is said that she will retire to rest at mid
night, after along and exhausting repre-
sentation, and will be up at 7o'c1oek the
next morning, arranging her costumes
for the evenings performance
Ak officer who was with SkobeIeff
through the Turkish and Tekke cam
paigns says that, walking one day
through the advanced trench before
Geek Tepe, a bullet whizzed past the
generals head SO near that he lnvolun-
tarily WINGED. Instantly recovering him
self, however, Skobeleff clenched his
fist, set his teeth, and leaping from the
shelter Of the trench, walked hundred
PAGES il full view of the enemy on the
wall. Then, with final "That Will do, :"
be stepped back into comparative shell
ter.
cCoNGREssMAN JAY HUBBRLL, of Mich
igan, is native Of that state, and large
owner Of the celebrated Calumet copper
mine IN the Lake Superior region, from
which he derives an income Of $40, 900
year. He is a medium sized, thick-set,
strong -necked man, with a full beard,
which is generally neatly clipped, and
very quiet manner. He is not a man
who wastes words. Like many of the
strong westerners, he smokes most of
the time. He lives in fairly good style,
and keeps his own carriage IN Washing
ton.