Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-21
PERSONAL.


The Hon. Alexander H. Stephens has
so much work on hand now that he has
to employ constantly two secretaries;
one to revise proof sheets of his history,
and one to attend to correspondence.
ANDREW HARsTEN died suddenly day
or two ago at Easton Pa, aged 80 years,
leaving an estate valued at $3.50, 900. He
had never used the railway, never seen
steamboat and had never been in city.
EX-SENATOR WALLACE, of PennsyI-
van1a, has, since his retirement from
public life, been devoting himself closely
TO the pract1ce OF law and the develop
ment OF the bltuminous coal interests of
his vast estate in the Clearfeld region.
Mrs. REBEcoA TAYLOR, mother of the
late Bayard Taylor, has presented to
leading dry goods honse in Philadelphia
handsome skein of silk, reeled and spun
with her own hands, In the 83d year of
her age.
MADAME MoDJEsKA is In luck. All of
her husbands estate in Poland has been
recently restored to him, and an amnesty
granted for past offenses. The empress
OF Russia was the intermediary and in
tercessor.
PRESIDENT RoYER, of the French SEN
ate Is described as "short, bow-legged,
Like colonel of cavalry, with coat but
toned up to the neck like a Quaker,
bald-headed, smooth faced, with sharp,
piercing eyes behind golden spectacles.
The father of Hon. Levi P. Morton
was one of the old-time Woodworking
nd hor1 No. Il
men. His salary was only $500 year,
but on that he managed to give each of
his SIX children a good education.
HENRY W. OLIVER, Jr., who has been
named as the Pennsylvania member of
the tariff commission, is of medium
stature, has black hair, dark brown eyes,
black mOustache and a prominent
nose. His countenance betokens man
OF keen perceptive powers, indomitable
energy and much strength of character.
FRED ARCHER, the celebrated English
jockey, is described q tall, emaciated,
cadaverous man, with projecting lips,
slight stoop, decidedly round shoulders
and long, misshapen legs. To keep his
weight down to III pounds he often
breakfasts on two seidlitz powders, es-
chews meats and vegetables and subsists
almost entirely upon bread and unsweet-
ened tea. He is worth $350,000.
ARCHIBALD FORBES, the lecturer, is
engaged to marry Miss Lulu Meigs, the
only unmarried daughter of Gen. Meigs,
of Washington. The wedding will take
place shortly after MIR. Forbes returns
to America in the fall. This indicates
that the great war correspondent will
hereafter be satisfied with the quarter
masters department. -New Orleans
Pic0yune.
HARDWOOD, the executioner, arrived in
London the evening before DR.. Lamson
was hanged. and paid visit to Lusby's
Music Hall. He was recognized, a
" scene" ensued, and he only escaped
being mobbed by driving off with his
friends in cab. While In the hall he
gave waiter and some others present his
card, inscribed 'Marwood, Horncastle,
Executioner.
FIELD MARSHAL SIR WILLIAM CONN,
who died three years ago, and whose
journals have lately been published, was
gazetted an ensign at 10, and at IL had
his "baptism of fire with his regiment
in Holland, in bloody engagement,
Gomm's battalion was lost. The boy
slept after it for thirty-one hours. He
lived to past 80.
CAPT. THOMAS BATES and Maj. George
G. Bailey, ighthouse-keepers of Boston
light, and Charles Pochaska, of Middle
Brewster Island, have each received $40
and diploma from the Massachusetts
Humane Society for rescuing the crew
of the schooner Fanny Pike, of Calais,
which vessel went ashore on Shag Rock
on January 81, about P. M, during a
heavy northeast snow-storm and very
heavy sea. The crew were on the rocks
for upward of ten hours.
4 FRENCHMAN named Molier, who is
rich and eccentric, has built for himself
a private circus. He is an excellent
horseman, has made careful study of
horse training, and several young men
belonging to the best society in Paris
have joined him in organizing per-
forming troupe, their first exhibition
having already been given. It was diff
cult to obtain invitations to the show.
Only ladies from high circles are under
stood to have been admitted. It is limited
that the ladies themselves before long
will take part in the performances.
COLONEL JONES, member of congress
from Texas, is the tallest man in the
house of representatives. He wears
blue flannel or checked bingham shirts,
without collar or cuffs, coarse boots and
homespun clothes. He lives in Wash
ington, in half-furnished, implanted.
uncarpeted, and unswept back attic room,
lighted only by a gas-iet in the hall.
While his colleagues feast daintily in the
Capitol Cafe, he takes his lunch of ap-
Piles and gingerbread at his desk. But
his crude, harsh life is invested with
pathos and nobility by the fact that its
sacrifices are made for the sake of needy
and suffering relatives at home.
ONE of Garibaldi's alleged friends in
New York denies thai the general ever
worked at candle-making on Staten
Island, and says that he simply helped
to established the candle making bust
ness there for the benefit of Italian ex-
lies. The denial, made with some