Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-02-15
PERSONS OF NOTE,

SENATOR HALE, of Maine, occupies
the desk which Mr. Blaine used when
the latter gentleman was q member CT
the Senate.
1t was habit of De Quncey to draw
little brush from his pocket and ten
DERBY dust his roll of manuscript before
submitting it to a publisher.
"OLD HUTcH," who was able to corner
the grain market a few years ago. and
scoop in fortune, has not been a sue
cess as a grocery-man in New York and
Is anxious to sell out.
HENRY CABOT LODGE, senator-elect
from Massachusetts, is the great-grand-
son Of another man who held the same
seat century ago. George Cabot was
senator from 1871 to 1896.
A. CONAN DOYLE and J. M. Barrie are
collaborating in the writing of the lib
retto for new comic opera, TO be set to
music by Ernest Ford, and produced at
the Savoy Theater, London.
BARBARA FRITCHIE's flag which Whit
Der immortalized, is preserved by Bar
bara's niece, Mrs. Handschen. 1t is Of
silk, about II by IS inches, and attached
to staff about three feet long.
JAMES A. BAILEY, the circus manager,
began selling apples and peanuts, then
became the owner of side show, and
went on until he is now the foremost
man in his line of public amusement.
A MOVE is making at Harvard to make
the proposed new religious building q
memorial to Phillips Brooks. An APP
peal for from $50, 600 to 500, 600 is to be
made and the class of 1855, the bishops
class, will be looked to for consider
able share of this.
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS has been an
pointed by Gov. Werts, of New Jersey, a
judge of the court of errors and APP
peals. The salary is $1,000 a year, so
that the present minister to Germany
will not be altogether left by the change
of administrations
THE Empress Eugene devotes two or
three hours each dav to writing her
memoirs, but so sensitive is she about
her work that she allows no one to look
at her manuscript, and has made ar
rangements that her book shall not be
published until she has been dead tWen-
ty-five years.
GEN. Buffers death having removed
another ex-governor of Massachusetts
George 5. Boutwell, continues to be as
he has been for many years the oldest
living governor of Massachusetts. Of
his successors in election to that office
Clifford, Emory Washburn, Gardner,
Andrew Bullock, William B. Washburn,
Talbot and Butler have died.
PROF. MARTIN KELLOGG, the newly
elected president of the University of
California, has been living on the Pa
cific coast forty years, and has been act
i've, not to say prominent, in educa-
tlonal work there most of that time.
He went thlther directly from his
studies IN the theological department at
Yale. and first engaged in preaching
under the auspices OF the Congregation
al Church.
1T is expected that the King of Bel
GUM will visit the Congo country in
April, accompanied by several officers
of his military staff. The first railroad
built In the Free State of Congo will be
opened to public travail in April, and 1t
is believed that the King, who has
taken such deep interest in the devel-
opement of the country, has fully
made up his mind to be present and
participate in the dedicatory services.
THE remarkable rapidity of Bishop
Brooks delivery was noticed every
where. 1t is said that he always spoke
nearly 200 words a minute. He some
times exceeded this amount. 1t was
exceptional to find a stenographer who
could follow him. This rapidity was
not natural. He suffered when a
young man. 1t was only by talking
very rapidly that he was able to COM
mand himself. He acquired the habit
for that purpose.