Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-08-20
PERSONAL.

emulous of Capt. Webb. will attempt to
swim the English Channel.
AT recent Long Branch ball Mrs.
Frank Ieslie's white shoulders and pink
ears were weighed down with $25, 900
worth of diamonds.
IT is stated that William Peak and
wife, of the once celebrated Peak family
of bell-ringers, are said to be at Waiver
~, N. Y, in destitute circumstances.
A NAPLES dispatch says that Miss Eva
Mackey, daughter of the California
millionaire, is betrothed to M. Colonna,
representative of the well-known family
of Colonna.
LORD BISHOP ROCHESTER,, of England,
who is making an extended tour of the
United States, is a Jealous advocate of
total abstinence from all Intoxicating
beverages, holding views similar to
those of Cannon Farrar and Bishop
Ireland.
GEN. TREvINo will accept the war
portfolio in The new Mexican Cabinet,
having reached a satisfactory agree
the election. It is believed that IRE
vino will be the presidential candidate
in the next campaign.
HON. L. E. CHITrENDEN, register of
the treasury under President Lincoln,
has presented to the University of Yer
mont his large and valuable cabinet of
shells, containing from 1000 to 5000
different species and rare collection
of the eggs of American birds,
Mr.. A. DUDLEY MANN, the only sur
vivor of the three joint commissioners
sent to Europe by Jefferson Davis to
secure the recognition of the Southern
Confederacy, is preparing a book Civ
ing the details of that mission that is
not to be published until after his death.
Mrs. FRANCES HoDGsoN BURNETT, at
Swampscott, is on object of interest as
she takes her rest from OVERRIDING"
She is remarkable for her unconven-
tional style of dressing, and in toilets of
pale blue, pink, lavender or yellow
seems different from any other summer
visitor.
GEN. SPINNER, ex-United States
treasurer, says that when he was in
doubt about the genuineness of note
he invariably took the Judgment of
clerk named Miss Grandin. He did not
believe in clairvoyance, so he called
her power to detect counterfeit money
instinct.
LORD FITzHARDINGE, Lord Vernon,
Lord Scarsdale and others of the British
nobility have become dairy farmers.
Lord Fitzhardinge's home farm and
dairy at Sudbury are said to be con-
Quoted on the most approved methods;
everything is on large scale, $500
gallons of milk being used daily.
IT is announced that the Society of
the Army of the Cumberland has secured
Benjamin F. Taylor to deliver the poem
at the ensuing reunion, to be held in
Rochester, n. Y, on the 18th of Septem-
Der. Mr.. Taylor ranks among the best
of poets for festival occasions, and always
makes the most graceful and opposite
lines.
OF the Prince of Wales three daugh-
ters the Princess Victoria seems to
possess the greatest sense of authority.
She is taller than her elder sister, of
more decisive countenance, and has
brighter eyes. She is said to resemble
the Queen more than the other children,
and to be more like her grandmother in
character as well.
CYCLoNIA is the name of an India ba-
by, and it is no misnomer. She was
born during the frightful cyclone in
Jamaica two years ago, which swept
away villages and forests. The house in
which the mother lay was demolished
all except the four walls and ceiling of
tie room in which she was. Destruc-
ton reigned al about her, and death
would have been inevitable in any other
part of the premises. But the mother
and her newborn babe were saved.
They named the little one "Cyclonia"
and she is strong and healthy enough to
raise one at slight provocation.
The principal topic of conversation
among the gallants at Newport is the
marvellous beauty of the Princess Dad
ion of Constantinople. She comes in
company With M. and Nine. De Clerkez,
of Paris, the latter being relative of
Mr.. Bird Grubb, of Philadelphia. M.
De Clerkez has rented the King cottage,
beautiful residence on Ayrault and
Francis Streets, and proposes remain
ing there for several weeks. The prin-
cess appears to be quite frank in her
manners, and does not hesitate to tell
her friends of the fact that she was be-
trothed to the Roumanian prince, whose
name she bears, at the somewhat tender
age of year. Alleged judges of female
loneliness declare that the princess is
the most beautiful woman who has been
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