Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
PEOPLE AND THEIR DOINGS.

PRESIDENT DIAz, of Mexico, it is sta
ted. is about TO visit this country on his
way to Europe.
FREDERICK H. SEWARD, son of the late
William H. Seward, has finished the BIZ
ography of his father.
THOMAS HUGHES has written an intro
duction for the English edition of Low
ell's poems, TO be published soon.
Mrs. WANANAKER IS said to keep up a
regular correspondence with 100 young
girls who make up her Sunday School
class in Philadelphia.
LIEUT.. THEODORE BINGHAM, military at
tache of the American legation at Ber-
lin, is the guest of the regent of Bava-
ria during the man9uvers.
CARDINAL MANNING is credited with
having given this text to Bishop Patter-
son for a temperance sermon: And
they that bear the bier stood STILL"
SENATOR VANCE and Mrs. Vance, of
North Carolina, are at Zurich, Switzer-
land, and Senator Gray, and Mrs. Gray,
Of Delaware, have just left Lucerne for
Paris.
THE biography and correspondence
of George Mason, of Virginia, to be
issued this fall, has been written by
Kate Mason Rowland, and will have an
introduction by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
WILLIAM @. JUDGE, General Secretary
of the American Philosophical Society,
has gone to California for four weeks !;
and there and at several points along
his route as he returns he will deliver
lectures.
"PIrTsBURG PHI !" has rival In Chi
cage plunger, who began his betting at
the Washington Park meeting with
$40 and at the close had cleared $780,,
000 No one seems to know his name,
but he is called 'The Ghost"
JAY Cooke, the Philadelphia banker,
is about to take his first trip over the
Northern Pacific Railroad. Though he
was the moving spirit of the line in the
early days of his career, he has never
travelled over it nor seen the country
through which it passes.
QUEEN MARGUERITE, of Italy, is a
pretty brunette who, though the moth
er of son now of age, looks as at
tractive as when she was bride twen-
ty-three years ago. She takes great
pains to retain her good looks.
THE Crown Princess of Denmark,
only daughter of the late King Charles
XIV. of Sweden, is superb woman.
Her wit and intelligence have won for
her the friendship of many brilliant
men, while her striking beauty is the
admiration of Denmark.
THE daughters of the Empress Fred
erick, and sisters of the Kaiser, are at
tractive young women, though not
ions and sparkling blue eyes, and re-
semble their father more than their
mother.
M I I-Tr IT q nh OH n
dian ofthe Blackfeet nation, has been ap-
pointed by Secretary Noble as a special
alloting agent IN the Nez Perces reser-
walton. She is we'll educated woman,
and in every respect qualified to per-
form the duties that will devolve upon
her.
w. r. HEARST, proprietor of the San
Francisco Examiner, contemplates
erecting in Washington in the vicinity
of Newspaper Row, commodious struc
ture which will cost nearly 100000.
It will be named the Examiner build
ing, and will be designed and built
with a view to accommodating press as
soclations and newspaper correspond
ents.
HENRY ADAMS has not suffered his
pen to rust. The lately published vol
umes of his History of the United
States" are to be succeeded by col
lection of "Historical Studies" now on
the press. These studies have wide
range, dealing with many countries and
many periods.
TIE late Archbishop of York was sit
ting next Queen Victoria at dinner on
one occasion when Her Majesty asked
him how he liked his picture, which had
lately come out in VANITY Fair"
"Well, Your Majesty" said DR.. Magee,
"my children think it isn't half ugly
enough for me % This reply SO
amused the Queen that she burst into
uncomfortable laughter.
No Miracle IN This.