New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-01
PERSONAL.

John II. Wilson. OF Salt Lake city. has secured
Il piece Of the Charter oak tree. OF Hartford.
which he will have made into a table. on which II
is proposed to have the Governor OF Utah sisn
suppose tho Governor should veto tho frst Dill.
Mr.. Won Thelman who Will succeed Baron Won
Saurma as German Ambassador In Washington. is
not. as has been stated a bachelor. but mar
ricd man. his wife having been IA Countess Ross.
Mr. Won ThIeman is an expert upon questions In
volvIng commercial relations. AS Prussian Min
lister In IIamburg-then free hanscatic town
he greatly distinguished himself In negotiating the
agreement under which that ancient city sur
rendered her privileges free port and Joined
the Xovcrcin The new Ambassador has always
been an enthusiastic and intelligent traveller and
travel. In the Franco German war he served In
n cavalry regiment, ne fact that INN Immediately
Quoted himself with conspicuous sailantry, he
wrote account of the battle In Sanskrit upon n
postal card. addressed TO his old professor In Bonn
earned for him in the army the sobrquet. "rhe
Learned liussar
4 j. Blackwell. n rich and erratic Indian who
owns the cities of Blackwell and David City, in the
Indian Territory. has decided to build temple in
way to perpetuate the Indian religion.
Great interest is taken In Berlin In the coming
exhibition of the presents received by Prince Bis
marck in the last twenty-five years. They In
cludc the pen with which the treaty or peace was
signed between Germany and France In 1871.
Dr. Matthew H. Burton. who died on Sunday, at
the home OF his daughter. Mrs. J. Ives Plumb. in
Bayshore J.. J., for many years a leading
physician of Troy n. Y. In 1862 he went to the
front as n volunteer surgeon. and served eighteen
months with the Army OF the Potomac. He was
an honored member OF many associations and
cieties and In 1892 was n delegate 10 the Medical
Congress at Berlin. His death VIII be mourned
by all classes OF people In Troy.
william Deemer. a hero OF the Mexican war. who
saved the lives OF thousands OF American soldiers
IL earning a scanty living by washing windows and
polishing doorknobs in South Bethlehem. Penn. IL
was at Chapultepec. over 1900 Americans" says
1.-The Philadelphia Record" were Quartered In and
about a large building. Walking through the woods
one day Deemer discovered heavy fuse charged
with powder He cut section yard long out OF
It prevent its carrying fire. and then quietly fol-
lowed up the line Presently he discovered up In a
high tree the red OF Mexican uniform. The foreign
solder saw Deemer at the same time, but the latter
drew a bead quickly and fired. The Mexican came
tumbling down from the tree corpse. The farther
end of the fuse was at the bottom OF the tree upon
which the Mexican sat. Then Deemer followed the
fuse back toward the American camp. 1t led 10 the
bedded 10000 pounds OF powder to which the fuse
was attached He ut once informed his captain and
the same dsv General Winfield Scott sent for Dee
mer. thanked him personally gave him ninety DAYS
furlough @5 in gold and furnished a bodyg1ard OF
ten men who accompanied Deemer upon a visit 10
the CITY OF Mexico The hero Is now seventy-three
years old, and gets a pension Of Sl2 month.