Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-20
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A JOURNAL of Dublin calls Gen. Lord
Wolseley "bumptious humbug."
THE late Chief Justice Waite had four
messengers during his Is years on the
supreme bench. Three OF them went
mad.
HENRY WARD BEECHER was the only
prominent preacher in the country who
could put an edge on a 1jack-knlte by
rubbing 1t on a brick bat.
The wife of Senator Palmer has set
the pleasant fashion at Washington Of
holding Sunday evening parties, which
are entertained with sacred music by
artists from church chOirs.
DURING his recent visit to Dunklrk
Gen. Boulanger received some tulsome
compliments from the same old market
woman who twenty odd years ago gave
silver fish to the Empress Eugene.
ADMIRAL DAVID D. PORTER, the chief
officer Of the navy, is "A years of age.
Sixtv-four years of his life have been
spent on the water, beginning with the
time when, a boy of 8, he sailed with
his father in the expedition against the
! West Indian pirates.
ADELINA PArrIis said to believe in the
superstition of the 'evil eye" and will
| not sing where there is a cross-eyed
conductor. Bernhardt places similar
credence in the superstition and refuses
to play at the side of an actor whose
vision is in any way askew.
| Mr.. LINIPEROPOLOUS is suing the Egyp-
tan government for 60, 1870, ''the value
| of 10 obligations signed bv Gen. Cor
don at Khartoum on April %, 1884"
| Gordon's diary says on October "A:
Tomorrow expires the six months for
| which the notes were issued"
| Miss CALDWELL, who has just received
the golden rose from the Pope tor her
| $500, 900 benelaction, isa niece of the late
Gen. John c. Breckenridge, and other
wise most charming young lady, just
| %, with clear-cut features and the half
of fortune estimated at IS 900, 900.
THE remains OF son of Alexander
| Hamilton, first secretary of the United
| States treasury, lie IN Sacramento GEM
etery. He was rover from early man
| hood, and obtained the title of colonel
! bv commanding a regiment of Hill
nois volunteers in the Black Hawk war.
Mrs. CONTENT SWEET BURLINGTON is
the name of lady 9S years old who
lives in Dorchester, Mass. When Miss
Sweet was a girl her school-mates re-
Versed her surname and called her
Sweet Content" because of her hope
fnl, sunny disposition, and that name
has chung to her all her life. The old
lady sings duets with her daughter, and
is noted for her girlish viyacity and
cheerfulness.
GEN. Won MoLTKE, the famous old
German commander, says Gen. Sheri-
dan struck him as Hthe type of thor
Oughly American general, with all the
| wonderful energy and fertility of re-
sources that characterize the nation,
and probably no better cavalry com
mander has ever taken the field. He
was past master in using horses for all
they are worth, and all the armies of
Europe have adopted many of the les
sons taught by him in the tactical use of
cavalry"
Miss CLARA BARTON, sometimes called
s'The American Florence Nightingale"
wears among herdeoorations on state oc-
casions the Iron Cross of Germany, pre-
scented in person by Emperor William;
the gold cross of honor presented by
the Duke and Duchess of Baden; en-
blems and jewels from the Queen of
Servia, Empress Augusta and other roy
al ladies OF European courts; elegant
and costly badges from the German
Wofengenossen of America, the Inter-
national Committee of Geneva. the
Grand Army and other national mill
tary organizations.
PROF. VIRCHow at Cairo lately, was be-
set at the door of his hotel by a band of
donkey-bovs eager to hire their steeds
for his excursions about the city. ''Take
mine, SIR" cried one. "he's a good don
keyp' Hes no good Mines better !
Mines a Gladstone donkey % cried a
second, mistaking the stranger for an
Englishman-or an Irishman. But a
third was a better ethnologist, and be
shouted, "Don't take him, sir. Glad
stone donkey's no good Take mine !
He's Bismarck donkey !" And that
appeal won the day.