Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-03-06
POPULAR NAMES,


Mrs. DAVID Brown, of Princeton, has
given Princeton College $25, COO in addi-
ton to the $4,000 which she gave few
months ago.
JOHN Al. REYNOLDS was released from
the Kansas penitehtiary, and the next
day announced himself as candidate for
mayor of Atchison.
PROF. PRoCToR's widow, who will con-
tinue her residence in Florida, is to re-
ceive pension of $500 year from the
British government.
SENATORS PAYNE, of Ohio, and Morrill,.
of Vermont, are both 10. Senators
Sawyer and Dawes are 70, Salisbury is
72, Reagan, Hampton and Evarts are Il.
THE Rev. DR.. Hough:oD, rector of the
famous "Little Church Around the
Corner" in New York, has been elected
an honorary member of the Players
Club.
q profound student of the Bible, and
his knowledge of the Scriptures shows
itself in his speeches, many phrases of
which are in Biblical language.
GEORGE BANCROFT, the historian
no longer graces Washington society
circles. To lady who had sent him an
invitation he wrote: II cannot come,
because [ carry upon me the weight OF
SO years.
PHILIP A. KAREY, of New York, wants
to present the New York Park Commits
sioners with the cottage on Fordham
Hill, where Edgar Allan Poe lived a
long time and wrote some of his most
striking poems.
The Empress of Brazil has Just fin
ished splendidly embroidered national
flag, which is to be sent to Lourdes in
grateful recognition of the miraculous
recovery of the Emperor during his
sojourn in Europe.
The Rev. Mr.. Baxter, an English cler-
gyman, announces that the end OF this
world is surely coming in 1901. He
claims that his calculations have been
made with the greatest care, and that
there is no possibility of failure.
E. B. BALL, the nearest living relative
of George Washington, occupies stall
in the south corridor of the pension
building at Washington, where he sells
cigars and fruit to the clerks. He is
nearly so years old, and bears striking
resemblance to the father of his coun-
try.
''THE Prince of Wales" remarks the
light-gossip man of the New York Press,
CdtS CldulS OIT0CU lTOu1 Utle SU6ll, WHICH,
he holds in his hand. The great Napo-
leon was passionatelv fond of shrimps.
Henry Ward Beecher chewed roast
lamb and eschewed roast beef. Charles
Dickens, when lecturing in Brooklyn,
drank bottle of brandy and two bottles
of champagne during the course of a sim
gle evening"
The oldest sex DOL teacher in active SER
vice in Vermont is A. d. Searles, who
began teaching in lS41, at the age of 10.
He obtained his first certificate from the
poet, John G. SAKE. He is now in con-
troll Of the school which the late Sir
Curtis NJ. Lamson gave to the village of
New Haven Mills, VT. Lamson was
born in this village, and was knighted
by Queen Victoria for the part he took
in the LAYING OF the Atlantic cable.
LEVI WooDMAN, a Putnam County, In
diana, farmer, has just completed gavel
which he will present to the vice. presi-
dent-elect. The gavel is made of Indi-
ana walnut, and is ornamented with sill
yer and ivory. 1t is capped with a
dome, in Imitation of that on the Capitol
at Washington. 1t is inlaid with strips
of ivory representing each state In the
Union, and the silver bands, two in
number, are inscribed with the name
OF the president, gu. S. A., "Con-
stitution" and "E pluribus unum''
COUNT Won MoLTKE is very old, deaf
and martyr to a bad liver. Yet he
carries himself easily and seems we'll
preserved man. Tall and lean, he is
slightly bent; his smoothly-shaven face
has the color of old ivory; the tall brow
is surmounted by blonde wig (al-
though his portraits are painted with
out the peruke); two gray-blue eyes
look at you almost cruelty; the lips are
thin, and the nose, long, straight and
strong; pair of long, muscular ears,
and small and closed mouth complete
set of features which give him every
sign of discretion, if not of taciturnity.