Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL

The Empress Frederick has col
lected $125, 900 for the new Children's
Hospital at Berlin.
"A fat mans club, containing 119
mem bers and representing an aggregate
weight of $4,000 pounds, fourishes il
Mt Pleasant, Mich.
Mrs. John w. Mackay, the wife OF
the American millionaire, is again
suing the English papers which assert
that at one time in her life she was a
washerwoman.
The Czarowitch and his brother,
Grand Duke George, are to visit India
next winter. They will embark at
Athens in the Russian Imperial yacht
next November.
There is a colored man in Galveston
who is worth over $3.50, 900. He has a
fine house in the most desirable resi-
Dental portion of the city and his wife
employs none but white servants.
"A man named Fields has just died near
Danville, KY, who, though sixty-seven
years old, never slept single night out
of the house in which he was born and
never ate but one meal away from
home.
Buffalo Bill has purchased house
in Naples He has become an enthusiast
regarding life on the European CONT
nent, and was offered an old house at a
ridiculously small price. 1t is a place
of historical interest, as King Bonn ba
once owned it.
Lord Howe, who distinguished him
self in the Kaffir war of 1852 and in the
great Indian mutiny, has been appointed
to the colonelcy of the Second English
life guards. This confers on him the
position of ''Gold Stick-in-W aiting, -
which the old soldier will probably find
somewhat irksome.
Oregon City has darby bootblack
who has seen the World. In 184S he
says, he landed in Constantinople as
steward of an American clipper. He
went a short distance into the interior,
met Boston man he knew who was
keeping public house, and made $75
exhibiting himself to the natives, that
were astonished at the sight of a colored
man.
Herr Schmidt relates that one day
when Chancellor (then Lieutenant) Won
Caprivi was at military school three VOL
unteers were summoned to give evidence
against sergeant Appearing at the
barracks they inquired where this i'm
portant matter was to be settled. "Of
course at Lieutenant Won Caprivi's. :"
tsWhy of course" 'tWell, he is the ONLY
Lieutenant in the barracks who has ink
in his room"
Louis Pagan, master of prints in the
British Museum, was recently asked by
an American who had heard of his ex-
traordinary power of locating every
thing in his charge for copy of the
Vermont Farmers Almanac, an almost
unknown publication. Mr.. Pagan
touched bell, told an attendant the
exact location of the thing wanted, and
in just ITO seconds a complete file was.
in the Americans hands.
Coils P. Huntington, who is many
times a millionaire, is said to have
made the statement that if he were a
young man with $4,000 or 500, 900 he
would go to Africa and make millions
in the rubber trade. A man with $780,.
600 can make money in a thousand and
one ways If Mr.. Huntington can in
form the young man without a penny
how to make moderate fortune it will,
be worth while speaking out.
George Story, of San Francisco is
eighty-nine years old, and attracts at
tention on account of his remarkable
growth of hair. In 1S49 he left Nan
tucket for California, expecting to re-
ourn in a year or so. Before leaving he
told his friends that he would not cut
his hair or shave until he returned He
kept his word. and as he has not been
home since his hair now represents
growth of forty years. Notwi thstanding
his great age, his hair and beard are
coal black.