Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-23
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College, has received a letter from III.
G. Hutchins, of Boston, inclosing a
check for SIS, 900 as a gift to the college.
JOSEPH P HAZARD, wealthy spiritual
istof South Kensington, r. l., will erect
a huge tower at that place and dedicate
it to the advent of modern spiritualism
The famous cricketer Midwinter is
hopelesSly insane in Melbourne. Novel
readers Will associate the rare name with
the chief character in Wilkie Collins ro-
nance, "Armadale."
The "Angelus" has returned to the
United States instead of going to En-
gland. 1t is now in Buffalo at the Free
Arts Academy, together with the paint
ings by Vassili Verestchagin.
j. B. HAGGIN has more money in
vested in fine horse flesh thanany other
man in America The Rancho del Paso,
his breeding farm in California, repre-
sents an Investment of over ST 900 900.
EX-SENATOR FAIR, according to the
Jewish Progress of San Francisco, "has
SO much regard for the precepts of Jul
daism that he is contemplating an early
entrance into the path leads to Juda-
ISM"
REV. ELISHA HOLLAND of Goldsboro,
n. g., is growing younger as his years
increase. He is now So, and heavy coat
of black hair is beginning to grow on his
bald head.
z. TECUMsEH SHERMAN, son of Gen.
Sherman, was one of class of twenty
seven young lawyers admitted to the
New York bar by the general term of
the supreme court the other day.
GEN. LoNGsTREET, it is reported, is
writing history of the ''late unpleas-
antness." Lord Wolsely, having fin
ished his study of the same episode, is
about to prepare life of the famous
Marlborough.
VIRGINIA's first woman physician is
Mrs. c. L. Haynes, who has recently
been elected assistant physician of the
Western Lunatic Asylum after passing a
successful examination before the State
Medical Board.
THE Southern Pacific Ocean has
monopolist in the person of Mrs. Emma
Forsythe, a rich widow, who owns a
goodly part of the Island of New Brit
ain. Mrs. Forsythe goes by the name
of the White Queen.
Lindsey Webb, formerly principal of
the Seventh District School, now in the
insurance business at Padtown, near ST.
Paul, is at the Plankinton. He is one
of the men who helped beat the Mil
waukee curriers' last winter.
KATE FIELD holly denies that she works
in bright-red satin dress, reformed af-
ter her own ideas. She says: II never
had a bright red satin dress, reformed
or otherwise don't think bright-red
satin dress could be reformed except by
annihilation.''
SALzBURG will shortly be the city of
Mozart, as Bayreuth is the city of Wag-
ner. An opera house, in which only
model performances of Mozart's operas
will be given, has been planned, the
money for building it has been raised,
and before next summer the structure
will be under way. 1t will seat 1000
persons.
BETSY ARNOLD, a sister of Benedict
Arnold, lived for years and years after
her brothers. disgrace, in Norwich on
public charity. When she was 80 years
old she was taken,to the almshouse by
old Sheriff Z. O.. Thomas Betsy made
grieved that she lived only few
months. She was strong old woman
and had much of her brothers temper
JOHANN MARTIN ScHLEYER, the retired
Roman Catholic priest of Baden, Ger
many, who gave Volapuk to the world,
is quite satisfied with the progress the
new "world language" has made in its
first ten years. Houses all over the
world are conducting their correspon-
dence in it, it is stated, and there is
now library of over l 800 volumes in
Volapuk, while millions have became
acquainted with it's use.
Miss LILLIAN BLANCHE FEARING, the
only lady in this years graduating class
at the Union College of Law, Chicago, is
entirely blind. During the course her
mother was her constant companion,
and read from the books to her. Miss
Fearing was one of four students whose
records were SO nearly equal that the
committee appointed to award the
scholarship prize of $50 decided to
divide it equally among the four. The
blind student has already been admitted
to the Illinois bar by the supreme court
at Springfield, and gives promise of MAX
ing brilliant mark in her profession