Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-30
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5asaslpxsuu PERSONALITIES.
LEVY, the cornetist, is writing an au-
photography.
The favorite flower of the Queen of
England is the Edelweiss.
SENATOR EDMUNDs' private law prac-
tice is worth $75, 900 year.
LESTER WALLACE has returned to
New York from Florida much improved
in health.
EDMOND ABOUT is worth 81, 900, 900.
That is About enough for Edmond
OIL City Derrick.
JOHN WANNAMAKER, the eminent
Philadelphia merchant, conducts Bible
class numbering 225.
The Empress of Austria has learned
to set type and is now one of the frater-
nifty of Intelligent compositors."
Mr.. FULLERTON, an American, is the
writer of sGrasper's Ghost" play
shortly to be produced in London.
ELLEN TERRY, the English actress,
was born in February, 1913. She does
not try to conceal the fact that she is SO.
PROF. CYRUS NoRTHRUP, of Yale Col
lege, has accepted the presidency of
the Minnesota State University at Min
neapolis.
MINISTER SARGENT used to be print
er. He first made Bismarck angry be-
cause he would ssjeff for beer" with the
old autocrat.
THE Marquis of Butte wants a Greek
play translated into the Welsh language
and offered $500 as prize for the best
sent him.
GEN. CLUsERET, of commune notorie-
ty, is living quietly in Constantinople,
and has no desire to participate in any
more revolutions.
The ex.Queen Isabella, of Spain, is
losing her love for Paris. She thinks
Republican society does not treat her
with sufficient distinction.
NINE. PATTI, in contradicting the
rumor's about her private affairs, takes
occasion to point out that she was mar
ried in church to Sig. Nicolini.
JOHN BRIGHT does not care for novels.
He thinks that the perusal of them is too
much like the mere study of dreams, or
OF what is at least dreamy in its nature.
SIG. SALvINI's London auditors
laugh to hear the actors talk about
Macduffo. $50 on, ye Macdufer"
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evening.
AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON is described
by female friend, who admires her and
her novels, as auburn haired, blue-eyed,
tastefully- dressed, medium sized, and,
alas, ''middle-aged.
Rev. ARTHUR SLOAN, of Stratford, Conn.,,
who has been working faith cures in that
neighborhood, has lost one of his pa
TENTS. She had begun to recover but
lost faith-Mr. Sloan says.
EDWARD BIRD, the famous painter, be-
gan to sketch at or 4 years of age, and
would stand On stool, chalk out lines
on the furniture and say with childish
glee: swell done, little Neddy Bird"
G. @. HASKELL, of Norwich, Conn,
who is James G. Blaine's publisher, de-
clares that already he is at work on the
second 200, 900 copies of Blaine's book,
and that he expects to print 1000 900
copies.
Miss SARAH Ia. WEINTRAUB gradu-
ate of a Philadelphia Medical College, is
going to Damascus TO practice. She ex-
poets to find great deal of her practice
in the harems where men physicians are
not allowed.
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE is a snort man.
and he wears a dignifed broad brimmed
hat. The face is very strong one. The
Chief Justice turns his toes out in
dainty way and touches the ground with
the whole fiat of the sole.
CARLOS AeUERo, the Cuban revolu-
tionary leader, is a man below the me-
dunn height and weighs only about lis
pounds. He has black, curling hair and
oil c4a oI,o
ends.
Mr.. CUPPLEs, the publisher of Miss
McLean's s'Cape Cod Folks" says that
since Nightingale's verdict in the libel
suit nearly every person in Cedarville
has presented claim for damages, and
that he has paid something to pretty
much everybody in the village
Rev. MoNcURE D. CONWAY has an
nounced his intention Of resigning his
ministry in London and returning to the
United States to settle permanently.
He declares that he will cease preach
ing altogether, and devote himself hence
forth to literary pursuits, which he
thinks better suited to his temperament.
Z CHARLES GOODNIGHT is king Among
cattle kings in Texas, and has fenced in
10000 acres with $50 miles of wire
fence, at the head of Red River in the
Panhandle. His ranch contains nearly
Is, 900 acres more than there are in the
entire State of Rhode Island, and he
bought the whole at from 80 cents to 81
an acre. 4s.ss.
Z PICCo1oMINI, who used to be as pop
uIar with opera-goers in New York as
Patti, is about to benefit by testimonial
concert to be given for, her in London,
where for long time past she has been
living in impoverished circumstances.
It is the old story of popular prima
donna making much money on the stage.
only to see it squandered by worthless
husband.
SIR STAFFORD NoRTHooTE recently
declared Lord Randolph Churchill to be
tsplayipg the part of bonnet to the GOV
eminent" The House of Commons was
puzzled to understand the expression.
but the slang dictionary says that the