Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-07
PERSONALITIES,

The Oldest surgeon in the Unite,
States, DR.. Samuel W. Gross, of PhiIa
delphia, is lying dangerously i'll.
QUEEN VICTORIA has another grand
child. The Duchess of Edinbur OH hal
recently been delivered of daughter.
ELIZABETH CAKES SMITH, widow o.
| The once famous " Mai. Jack Downing, ,
Is lecturing in New York ON Emerson.
JAMES PAYN and William Black, the
novelists, are hail fellows well met.
They take luncheon together almost
daily at the Reform Club in London.
BRICK PoMERoY failed to keep his en-
gagement to lecture on temperance in
New York Sunday, and the excuse was
that his dentist had failed to send home
h1s'new teeth.
LUKE P. ROLAND, of Vermont, is
mainly distinguished as the only man
I'D the House who persistently appears
In the old-tlme blue swalloW-tail with
brass buttons.
IT is reported that President Coma
les, OF Mexico, will ask for leave of alb
sence on account of the poor condition
OF his health, and go to Paris for sur
gical operation.
MRS. GREELEY, wife of the Arctic ex-
plorer, has been living with her parents
at San Diego, CAL, but will now make
Washington her home till the relief
expedition returns.
MRS. ROGERS, the Texas cattle queen,
is 80 years old. Her husband, twenty
three years her Junior, gave up preach
ing; but she permitted him to be elected
to the Texas Legislature.
Mr.. J. E. HALL, of Marietta. O., 81
years old, is said to have built the first
wharf-boat on the Ohio River, and his
son is married to a great-great-grand-
daughter of Martha Washington.
WILLIAM BLACK, the novelist, some
times smokes as many as forty pipes
day while writing. His copy is so bad,
however, that his daughters time is &C.
cupied in translating it for the printers.
VERDI, the famous composer, is an
looking old man, with snow
white hair and moustache. His spirits
and health have been failing ever since
the death of Wagner, which affected him
deeply.
LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL is de-
scribed as looking charming at Sandown
Park races the other day. She wore
black cloth coat, trimmed with long
bands of black braiding, with field
glass slung across her shoulders in true
sporting fashion. Her hat was also
black, and she was full of animation.
GEN. SAMUEL G. ARMSTRONG, noted
In connection with the education of In
dian children, is to be married soon to
Miss Isabel Eustis. of Springfield,
Mass, a teacher in the Hampton, Va,
school.
Miss SARGENT, daughter of the retir-
ing American minister at Berlin, will re-
main in Germany to complete her stud
les, which will probably require another
year. She is young lady of many &C
complishments.
Rev. NATHAN SITES, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, who has been mis-
sionery ii China for the past twenty
three years, is now In Washington, solic-
iting subscriptions for the benefit of the
non-sectarian college at Foochow.
GEORGE BANCROFT, the historian, who
recently celebrated his SD birthday,
attended the reception Senator Morrill,
gave to celebrate bis 10th year, and up
on greeting his host said: "Well, young
fellow, 1 wish you many happy returns
of this day.
REMENYI speaks " English as she is
spoke" Recently at social gathering
at Washington, after rendering one
piece on the programme, he said to a
lady who was congratulating him: "You
bet, done got dat piece played up like
a brick, and don't you forgot it."
GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON CUsT1s
LEE, the eldest son of Gen. Robert
b. Lee, has the reputation of being the
handsomest man in Virginia. His bear
ing as he grows older is remarkably like
that of his father. The youngest son OF
the family is a quiet farmer near Rich
mond.
DIR. CHARLES E. CLARK, of Boston,
while rummaging around in Junk shop
in that city recently found some valuable
colonial documents, worth their weight
in gold. The papers were bought by
Abbott Lawrence, and by him they
have been given to the Boston public
library.
JOHN BULL is breaking away from his
old prejudice. The National Review
says that Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Ar
temus Ward, Washington Irving, Long
fellow, Lowell, and perhaps Whittier,
have come to be as fully appreciated by
Scotch and English readers as by their
own countrymen.
COMMANDER SoHLEY, of the navy, has
orders to take the Thetis, Bear and Alert
to the coast of Greenland, or further
north, in search of Lieut.. Greedy and
his comrades. All his officers and men
are enioined by Secretary Chandler &c
perform any duty at sea or on land to
which they may be assigned.