Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-07-13
Miscellaneous Items,

The Boston Pilot estimates the number Of
Catholics in this country, at 100000, .a
Illinois has twenty more agricultural soci-
cites than any State in the Union.
"A new religious society has sprung up in
the West, called &c Soul Sleepers," who believe
that the soul slumbers with the body till the
resurrection.
An old lady, being asked to subscribe for
o newspaper, declined on the ground that when
she wanted news she manufactured it,
= There arc supposed to be at the present
time in Canada, 49, 600 runaway slaves. AT
present prices they are worth S54, 100000.
Fifteen hundred acres of watermelons have
been planted in Driftwood township, Jackson
county, Indiana. 1t is calculated that these
fifteen hundred acres will produce 100000
worth of melons. sH..r aT
Mr.. A. J. Richardson, of Manchester, N
H. was killed last Thursday evening, while q
salute was being fired in honor of the nomina-
ton of Douglas. He was tending the vent Of
the cannon which exploded.
The London Nescs says that the United
States have been stationary during the last
twenty-five years. We think every man &C.
quainted with our history must admit that we
AuFS y"Wo" " o"e"'
The Worcester Spy reports that some
scoundrels visited pasture in Paxton, on Sat
urday night, and cut the throat of valuable
horse belonging to Thomas A. Prouty. The
horse was found on Sunday morning, tied to a
tree, dead.
The London Exhibition of 1862 is o fixed
fact The guarantee fund of 925O, 600 has
been raised Arrangements for the building
~ I h1,t1 &c ,of
ted that the +" first stone" viii be laid before
July. 1861. zes a1gs- g g5 saa 1888
-Agricu lturalists through the country are
becoming alarmed at the increase OF obnoxious
weeds, which until recently were unknown in
America. The weeds are brought over in the
straw used in packing crockery crates and in
the soil around fruit trees shrubs and plant
--One of the census marshals in Franklin
county, Tenn, made the acquaintance of q
lady seventy-fve years old, who built 5000 yards
of good rock fence within the last year with her
own hands; and what is more, she gathered
and carried in her arms all the materials of
which the fence is built. H 5a1
"A very fatal disease has prevailed among
the cattle of Windham, VT, for the year past,
no less than thirty-six animals having died of
| it within that time. The disease has been gen.
orally supposed to be murrain, but it is not
thought to be of the same character us that pre-
vailing in Massachusetts,.
A few days ago negro boy at Browns
vile was killed by horse. The horse had
been turned in lot in which several negroes
were playing and running to the spot he seiz-
ed one of them with his teeth, and before the
arrival of assistance, paved him to death. The
negro was frightfully mangled. 3 -'
The London Times notices the fact that q
journeyman printer, very steady, upright
and deserving old man, has recently become
the possessor of 100000 by the decease Of an
| uncle in Australia He had been employed in
the shop, where he was working at the time he
received the news of his accession to wealth,
for more than forty years, without intermission.
The Enterprise Miss News learns from
Nebasho county, in that State. thata destructive
hail storm passed through the country four
miles south of that place on the 9Th ult. Corn
that was head high was heated to the ground,
and the farmers had to re-plant Horses and
COWS were knocked down, and chickens and
hogs were killed. The hail stones varied in
size from marble to goose egg.
"A six footer from Rochester fell into the
hands of Peter Funk, in New York, last Satur-
day, and at once lost S19 in the purchase of a
bogus watch. When he discovered the trick
and been laughed at as a fool, he coolly lock-
ed the door, put the key in in his pocket, strip
ped off his coat, and proposed to settle g that
little mater he was attacking about.n The SIS
were handed back