Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-30
PERSONALITIES.

GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA, in his jour
nalistic career of thirty five years, claims
to have written over 1000 newspaper
essays"
DE Voc, the Hackensack meteorolo-
gist, saws the hottest weather of this
summer will be in the first week in
August.
Mrs. MARX HOPKINS, formerly OF
California, is building stone dwelling
house at Great Darlington, Mass, which
will cost 100000.
MAJ. CoUzINs, recently appointed
United States marshal for the district
of st. Louis, is the father of Miss Phoe-
be Couzins, the well-known lawyer.
The name of Frederika Bremen, the
Swedish authoress, adorns tree near
Manitou or Spirit Point, on Lake Min
netonka, Mimi, where she carved it in
1850.
Mr.. P. J. KEARY, who bought the
house at Fordham, n. Y, in which Ed,
gar A. Poe lived, says he will not de-
stroy it, if it can be preserved as an his
torical heirloom.
SUPERINTENDENT TARBELL, of Indian
apolis, Ind, has been elected superin-
tendent of public schools of Provi-
dence, r. l., and will enter upon his
duties Immediately.
MRS. GARFIELD, lately spent two or
three days in Pennington, o., arrang-
ing for the admission of Miss Mollie
Garfield into Miss Porter's well-known
school'in that pretty village.
Ex-UNITED STATES TREASURER SPIN
NER is now living in Jacksonville, Fla.
He is 80 years old, hale, and hearty.
He spends the greater part of his time
fishing and gathering shells.
The town of Medora, on the North
ern Pacific Railroad, is named after the
wife of Marquis de Mores, whose name
was Medora Hoffman. She is aniece OF
Medora Grimes, the second wife of the
late Sam Ward.
GEN. LoGAN's son, who is cadet at
West Point, but who has been absent
on sick leave since March, will return
to his class on the LIST of August. His
eyes, which have given him much
dIO ILL
GEORGE W. Ross, just dead, once 4
violinist in Dan Bryant's minstrels, had
been dying of consumption for three
years. While too weak from disease to
leave his clearinghouse he continued to
write dance music and merry airs.
The Hon. John E. Lynch, of Missis-
sippi, temporary chairman of the Re-
publican National Convention, will be
the orator at the emancipation celebra-
ton to be held by the colored citizens
of New York at Lockport on August IL.
10. A. WARD, the sculptor, is at
work on model for bronze statue OF
the late William E. Dodge, the New
York merchant and benefactor. The
statue is to be placed at the intersection
of Broadway and Sixth Avenue, in that
city.
SAYS the venerable Marshal Canro-
bert, of France: 81 am Christian, sir
I am Catholic, though not very Ro-
man one, and I do not often practice
my religion. Still, for all that, when I
am summoned to quit the scene shall
ask God to sign my marching orders.
E. A. GooDNow, of Worcester, Mass,
has gwen Iowa College, at Grinnel,
$4,000 for a library and observatory,
on condition that the trustees assume
the perpetual payment of per cent
interest on that sum, the money to be
used for scholarships to help ten worthy
girls in getting an education.
DURING his visit to Palestine, Gen,
Lew Wallace visited the old mosque at
Hebron, being only the fifth Chris
tian who has ever entered it. His
predecessors were the Prince of Wales
and his two sons and the Emperor OF
Austria. He went into every part OF
the cave except the Gave of Machpe-
lab, which is entirely closed.
GEN. GRANT is at Long Branch for
the summer. He has discarded his
erutches and is able to walk with a
stout cane. The injury sustained to
his hip last Christmas is still a source
of trouble, however. Though there is
not the slightest soreness under manip-
ulation, there is weakness of the en-
tire limb which displays itself the
moment he stands on it.