Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-20
PERSONALITIES,

MISS MARY CRowELI won the literary
essay prize at the Vanderbilt University
over 121 males.
M. ToURGENEFF' S health is improved.
the warm weather having alleviated his
rheumatic pains.
ADMIRERS OF Mr.. Upper, now y, can
mark their esteem IN contributing to the
fund now being raised for him III Lon
don.
GEN. SHERIDAN is to describe in the
July number of the North American Re-
view the part that he took in compell-
ing the surrender of Gen. Lee.
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN will not let the
brand new spurs of his knighthool rust
III ldlepess. He is hard at work with
Mr.. Gilbert preparing another opera.
PROF. A. 5. PACKARD, JR., of Provi-
dence, Il. l., will visit Maine in June to
examine the spruce worm. The failure
of the spruce gum crop has aroused
science.
SIR MICHAEL BASS, the brewer of
"Bass' pale ale," has given away to diff
ferent towns for libraries, baths,
| churches, clubs, ETC., sums that foot up
to G173, 900.
Mr.. WILLIAM HAYNE, the son of Paul
Hayne, the poet, has chosen literature
as profession, and several of his con-
tributions, both in prose and verse, have
appeared in the magazines.
| SIR julius BENEDICT, who conducted
the orchestra for Jenny Lind when she
visited this country in 1850, is prepar-
ing to make a second visit, though now
very old, He has been kniohted IN the
interval
CAPTAIN MICHAEL Y. SHERIDAN,
brother of Lieutenant General, has been
promoted to the position Of Major and
Assistant Adjutant General to fiji the
vacancy caused by the death of Major
Williams, of General Hancock's staff.
QUEEN MARY, the chief Of the gypsies,
now rs years old, has just come over
from England, and is ruling over her
subjects, who have gathered in Penn
sylvania, and will have big jubilee in
Central New York in July. Mary is said
to be the queen of all the gypsies in the
world.
The wife of General Absalom Baird,
OF the army, who was buried at Rock
Greek Cemetery, near Washington, re-
Gently, was q niece of the late Gerrit
Smith, of New York. For two years
she had been blind. The plate upon her
coffin bore this inscription; Whereas
[ was blind, now [ see.
The United States Monthly presents
in its last number an autograph of Wen
dell Phillips, his name being signed to
this significant little aneedote: after
days weary march Mohammed was
camping with his followers. One said,
viii lose my camel and commit 1t to
God, Mohammed said, Friend, tie thy
camel and then commit it to God.
THE other day a friend called upon
Mr.. 7. B. Aldrich at bis Office in Boston,
which Cverlooks the Granary buying
ground, and made casual remark on
the pleasant surroundings. Yes, said
Mr.. Aldrich, glancing out Of the window
at the moss covered tombstones in the
graveyard, 81 have neutrality-suspicious.;
they never send in any manus 3ript.
ONE hundred and ten guests sat down
to the magnificent dinner at the John Il.
Bryant golden wedding at Princeton, LII.
The host gave some very interesting re-
miniscences of early times, and letters of
regret were read from Whittier, Holmes,
CoIlyer and many other promin Mt au-
thors of the east. Addresses were made
by the Hon. J. R. Doolittle, Judge
Trimble and others
GEN. and Mrs Jessie Benton Fremont
have returned to New York to reside,
and are living IN one of the beautiful fat
houses, owned by married daughter,
on Fifty-ninth Street, near Seventh
Avenue, and overlooking Central Park
Mrs. Fremont is in excellent health and
goes about great deal. Mrs. Fremont
is anxious to obtain information as to
the whereabouts Of a mail bic bust of her
father, Thomas e. cold Bullion Ben
ton, which was mistakenly sold several.
years ago, along with other household
effects, In her absence.
4 LONDoNER went down to stay with
the hunting English parson, the Rev..
Jack Russell, of Black Torrington, ia or
der to have a spin or two with the we'll
known Devon or Somerset. On the
morning of the first meet it rained asst
only can rain on Exmoor, and the visitor
looked out of the reetory windows in
dismay, loudly proelaiming his disap-
pointment and declaring that no one
could possibly turn out in such weather.
The reply of the old hunting parson
was: s'YounR nan. you have life be-
fore you, but am Is years Of age, and
/ cannot afford TO waste a single days
hunting. Get ready as soon as, posi-
BILE, for we must be off III less than ten
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