Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-01-11
WATERFOWL REPUBLICAN.
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Mr., Lincoln is said to be in receipt Of
half bushel Of letters per day.
-Delazan Smith Of Oregon is again re-
ported dead-this time it is certain
The finest emeralds come from veins
ofclay slate, from the valley of New Gre
nala.
-Gari6aldi's island of Caprera lies near
to Eliza and Corsica, and contains $500
Inhabitants
Luther Gary Of Cooper. Me-, lost his
entire flock Of sheep, twelve in number, BY
wolves, few days since.
The long pending suit Of Mrs. Gaines
is to come again before the Supreme Court
of the United States in January,
Hon. John f. Potter, having paired
off with Mr.. Davis, Of Miss, is paying
visit to his constituents.
1t is stated that Keitt has been frank
ing letters since bis withdrawal from Con-
gress.
The estimated value of the exports
from Milwaukee for 1860, is $12, 774,-
700
Half a million dollars is employed in
the manufacture of beer and ale in the
city Of Milwaukee.
A new Episcopal Church is to be
erected in GAINESVILLE, III the spring, which
will c st 5000 dollars.
An Eastern lecturer designates Eliz-
abeth Barrett Browning and Charlotte
Bronte as the Shakespeare and Dante Of
feminine thought.
Mrs Julia Ward Howe, author Of
Passion Flowers, and Of the play of the
Worlds Own, is the Boston correspondent
of the New York Tribune
There are, according to the census of
1860, in South Carolina, Florida Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tex
as, 148, 400 Shareholders
"A little boy who was bitten by dog
in Norwich, Conn, last summer, died from
the poisonous effects of the wound, on the
10th ult
The latest mode Of ''raising the wind"
practised by confidence men, is by delive-
~ and collecting pay for bogus telegraph
ic dispatches. The game has of late been
practised extensively.
A German emigrant on bis way to
Wisconsin was robbed of $500 in gold
pieces on the Jersey city ferry boat. last
Friday, by two men who wedged against
him IN passage way. They were arrest
ed, but nothing WAS found on them.
Mr.. Charles Potter, his son 20 wears
old, VIM, H. Warren, aged IS, and VIM.
L. Gardner, aged 20 years, were drowned
at Bristol r, l., on the 22d ult, by the
capsizing Of a boat. They were going to
Providence Island, to spend Christmas.
Mr. Barnabas Barker, of Newmarket
Me, was choked to death while eating his
dinner The other members of the family
had partaken Of their meal and left the
room, and We're not aware of the accident
until finding the body at the door. with
food IN his mouth He was dead when
found
The Sentinel says the wUuI crop Of
Wisconsin for 1860 is estimated by par
ties in the trade who canvassed the State
pretty thoroughly, at million and quar-
ter pounds, against d Weld of a million
pounds in l850-iadicating an Increase of
- per cent in the production of this ar
ticle in one year.
The Manchester n Il. Statesman
says, that David Nc Questan, a lad IS
years old, ran the whole distance home
from school, nearly mile. On entering
the house he looked at the clock and said,
Il have done it. and Immediately expired.
lie evidently ondeavored to reach home bv
given time, and probably ruptured a
blood vessel or produced congestion by his
efforts
The Royal Geographical Society of
England has contributed one hundred
pounds, and the British Foreign Office
similar SUM, for the purpose Of sending an
armed expedition to protect Captain Spoke,
from the hostile tribes of Northern Africa
during his search for the source of the Nile
The balance Of money it is thought will be
contributed by private individuals.