Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-10-23
NEW S ITEMS.


The Democratic majority in Pennsyl-
vanla Is 922, by the official returns.
The result of the election in Louisiana
is 10000 majority 10 favor of a conven-
ton.
Gen. Hayes, Republican candidate for
Governor of Ohio, is SAID to be elected by
over 3 900 majority.
The excursion of newspaper men to the
Western Plains has returned. They have
had good time. ..a.
The English language has 10000
Words-in the dictionaries Good takers
and writer's use but 5000 in all, and a
foreigner can travel on 500. 1...
The Green Bay Gazette says Mr.. Will
liam Mitchell, one of the oldest settlers
OF the State, having come round the lakes
IN canoe, and whose wife was the first
white child born in Wisconsin, celebrat
ed their silver wedding the other day.
It appears to be really fact that the
Emperor Napoleon is sending troops to
the protection of the Pope at Rome.
The result will be, probably, the failure
of the Garibaldians to capture that city.
A disturbance occurred in French's
| circus; at Eaton, Ohio, on Monday. One
VIM. Thomas fired at the ring master,
but missed him. The ball, however,
struck young lady in the breast, killing
her instantly.
A woman in Redbridge, r. Z, became
the mother of two iafants one day last
week, and the following day two more
were added to the family. The mother
and four babies are doing well, but the
father is threatened with insanity.
| Gen. Beauragard called on the Presi-
dent and Gen. Grant during his recent
visit to Washington, to induce them to
procure the restoration to bin of land
near Memphis now occupied by the Freed
mems Bureau. Fa.laa gr 81 .3
A sensation rUmor is circulated from
London that the Fenians intend Selling
the person Of Queen Victoria, at Balnor-
al. In the highlands Of Scotland Troops
and gunboats have been ordered to Ire
land to guard the western coast 9ed g
From the Commonwealth we learn that
three houses in Ripon nave purchased
and shipped this season 100000 pounds
of wool, and the editor does not believe
another place in the State can show such
figures on wool.
Adyices from the west say that 10000
cattle from Texas aud New Mexico are
now collected at Abeline, Kansas, on the
Union Pacific Railroad, awaiting purchas-
ers.
| Advice from Richm ond state that the
forthcoming election for Convention
will be carried, that the Constitution to 90
framed by it will be adopted. and thai
Virginia will be reconstructed end recog.
nized State in the Union by the 4th OF
next March.
The King of Italy has finally given a
pledge that he would carry out the treaty
agreement of September for the mainte !.
ance of the Pope in his temporal authori
ty over the States of the Church The
consequence is that Napoleon has counter.
manded his orders for the embarkation Of
troops for Rome. 67.
| The receipts of the Walworth Comfy
fair were 81, 900. The Elkhorn Iadepen.
dent says: at was a glorious success in
nearly every particular-all departments
except that of agricultural implements
being splendidly represented, and all pro-
nounce it one of the best fairs ever held
there. As a purely agricultural fair, it
surpassed the state fair this year. ~ -
The new small cannon, ''the most ter
rible ever invented in France" is the
subject of much wonder Experiments
are made with it at Mendon, near Paris.
The trials are made behind a screen Of
plank, and only the artillery officers know
the construction of the arm. Tt is said
to fire twenty shots minute, while two
men suffice to transport it from place to
place. 80
The general idea that the Rebellion
has been put down is undoubtedly de-
fusion. Washington kilograms state that
the Freedmen's Bureau is in receipt OF
information that officers of the Bureau
travelling in Virginia near Harper's Fer
ry, engaged in establishing schools, have
been assaulted and driven off by armed
rebels. Parties to the outrages are boast
ing loudly Ia that region of having run
off the Yankees. The report made in
this case represents the rebels in the val
ley as becoming more defiant of late.
The Historical Society has just reciev.
ee from Rotterdam, Holland, large
and valuable lot of old books to be added
to its library, equaling in amount about
half its previous number, the donation of
Mrs. Otto Tank, of Green Bay, former
ly the property of her father, Rev. Mr..
Vandermulen. Among them are many
rare and curious works, some printed as
far back as 1913. There are old Bibles,
books Of travels, ALIASES and books on all