Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-16
PERSONALITIES.

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ing in Madrid. She married Senior Liza
nos, Spanish gentleman of liberal poll
tics.
MISS NELLIE RossITER, the Philadel-
phia girl whose book on silk culture is
the standard authority for the work, is
only sixteen years old.
KAISER WILHELM is o most success
full sportsman. He recently brought
down sixty-eight head of big game, in
Guiding stays and wild bears.
SENIOR SoTELDo, who turns up in
Washington as minister from Vene-
zuela, Is the father of A. M. Soteldo,
the young gentleman who lost his life
while trying to regulate the editorial
management of the Washington Repub-
lican.
The English primate and his daugh-
ter have just had legacies of $4,000
apiece from wealthy relationless clergy
man, and two other members of the
archbishop's family benefit under the
same will as god children of the de-
ceased.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has taken up the
fashion of riding horseback, using a bay
cob, which he sits on very well. It is a
Kentucky horse, which he bought last
fall for this special purpose, and almost
every afternoon he can be seen coming
out from the White House stables.
ONE of the greatest mathematicians of
our time is lady of one of the high
est Russian families, Nine. Kovalefski,
the widow of the well-known naturalist.
She took the doctors degree in 1874 at
GOttingen, and is said to De enthusiastic
cally devoted to her profession.
LORD PALMERsToN seldom gave him.
self real rest except when he had a cold.
He would then allow himself holiday,
to be spent by the fire III a cOzy arm
chair with novel, the more sensational
the better. Disraeli had the same fancy,
and when wearied went down to Hugh
enden with pile of French novels.
TIE story that the Hon. S. s. Cox is
a rich man is thoroughly groundless. A
correspondent, who claims to know, says
that Mr.. Cox has no income beyond his
salary as congressman and the royalties
on several books which he has written.
He owns his house on Twelfth Street,
but lives as plain as an old. fashioned
farmer.
JOHN l.. MCMILLAN, who is making
type-setting machine In lion, n. Y,
with which he expects to set 5000 ems
an hour, says that $500, 1000 was spent
on ting Alden type setting and distribu-
ting machine before it was given up as
impracticable, and that 81 900, GOO was
wasted on the Page machine, which pat
ent subsequently sold for $1,000
OsMAN BAILEY, who was born on Ed
isto Island, S. c., owned plantation
and slaves there until the war impoYer-
ished him. Then he hauled lumber for
time, and at length he became street
car driver. He sticks to his car, not
withstanding his wife's uncle, Thomas
Whitridge, of Baltimore, died the other
day leaving her large share of 3d.
10000
Mr.. WILLIAM WARREN, the comedian,
seems much happier in his rest and re-
tirement than most men would be who
had spent half a century on the stage.
At the Boston museum Mr.. Warren had
a salary of $3.50 week, but on being
approached lately by personal friend
who was authorized to offer him an en-
gagement at So, 500 per week, the old
comedian smiled, shook his head, and
said he preferred his ease, and could not
think Of breaking in upon it now.
OLIVER DA1RYMP1E, of the famous
Dalrymple wheat farm, is described as a
typical "Uncle Sam in appearance.
His face is "peaked," his hair long.
He wears big white hat and old-fash-
Toned farmers clothes, and might be
mistaken for an antique New England
schoolmester transplanted to the north
western prairies. He is cordial in con-
versation, and entirely absorbed in the
various departments of his business, of
which he understands every detail, and
III which he manages his host of labor
ers like a general marshaling an army to
battle.
The author of "John Halifax, Gentle
man" has written to her publishers to
say that she does not wish her name to
appear as it usually does, Dinah Muloch
Cralk, but as Dinah Maria Craik. The
fashion of retaining ones family surname
after marriage is peculiarly American.
In England they drop it and retain the
middle name if they have one. A cor
says: 81 must say that I
prefer the American custom. 1t is more
distinctive. You may not recognize
Mary Ann Smith, but if you see the
name written Mary Fltzsimmons Smith,
you say at once. Why, that is old Fitz-
simmons daughter, who married John
Smith. ," So
LEO XIII. is almost constantly en-
bellishing the vatican in some way, and
all work in person. Re
Gently he had some frescoing done. and
he clambered up to the top of the tall
scaffold to inspect the work at close
quarters. Finding it not up to the
standard, he ordered the work stopped
and all that had been done effaced.
$ Send me Seitz at once" he cried,
6 this rubbish won't do" The painter
called for was Ludovico Seitz, who has
restored some of Rafaelle's works in the
vatican, and undertaken other import
ant commissions. He is yet young
man, but has won high rank as fresco
painter.
DAUGHTER of Minister Sargent is
MAKING q anooioIkv of tha eve IN bor