Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-22
NO. 46.
Miscellaneous Items.
has a water famine.


london has twenty three miles of beer
shops.
Five million copies of Lamartine's pho
tographs has been sold in France.
"A Rochester blacksmith has fallen heir
to the comfortable sum of SIS, ZOO by the
death of relative in old Ireland.
"A gentleman rendered ten cent cur
rency piece to the conductor of q horse car
in Chicago. Thelatter pronounced it coun-
terteit and elected the passenger, for which
damage he now claims so, 600.
The wife of farmer IN Lafayette, Ind,
has quit making butter and eloped With a
chap who didn't like to see her make .
slave Of herself
Prince Arthur, it is said, is very gra-
| clous with reporters for the press, and hob
| nobs with them occasionally in as cordial
a manner as may be.
"A hen was killed in Benton county, on
a farm belonging to Fl. T. Sample, ESQ,
on Tuesday last, having in her crop a
So. 80 gold piece and silver 10 cent piece
An editor down South, who served
four days on jury, says he's so full of
law that it is hard to keep from cheating
somebody.
"A Liverpool woman, to ascertain
whether the fire in her stove was out, pour
| ed gunpowder on the embers. The fire
had not gone out, but she did-out of the
window.
IF said an Irish apothecary, 'syou
| find three tumblers of whisky punch disa-
gree with you over night. don't take 'em
I'LL the next day, and then leave 'enl off
entirely" ESD ea f
"A young woman was admitted to the
freshmen class of Bates College, in Maine
last week. Her preparation for college
was remarkably good.
Excavations in the Farnese gardens ON
Mount Palatine, the property of Napoleon
Ill, have brought to tight. some of the
ground chambers of a senatorial house.
which, having been built into the founda-
ton OF the palace of Tiberius, is pronoune-
ed to date from the republic. The walls
are embellished with beautiful frescoes
which prove that the Romans of that period
had attained great excellence in the art Of
ornamentation.
To handsome little foundling, re-
Gently left in the hallway of station
house III Boston, was attached the follow
! ing note: 'Ihis will certify that this babe
was born this Sd day of Sept. 1869, and is
of American parentage. It's mother is a
y
not keep it herself, and grieves to part
with it. VIII those who receive this babe
report of its Whereabouts, and anything of
interest concerning it, to The city marshal
OF Charlestown, four times a year.
At d recent fire at South Royalton,
| Mass, q young man foolishly attempted to
4 pass through the flames and got badly
/ burned. He was taken to d boarding
! n toto III
| lady was so overcome at the sight of him
! that she felt the necessity of some camphor
| to steady her nerves, and ran into another
/ room for it; and in the darkness and haste
she grabbed the wrong bottle, and took
! quite a draught before she discovered that
it was rat poison she had taken.
Daniel Webster, when school teacher
in F'reyberg, Maine, stood godfather at the
] baptism of the late Senator Fessenden.
Mr.. Webster complained says the Sun,
'many years afterward, when in 1852 he
was candidate before the Wing National
convention in Baltimore, that many years
before he rode twenty miles over the snow,
on q cold winter day, at the request Of old
General Fessenden, to attend the ehristen-
ing of his son, and now that son was stead
lily voting against him in the convention.
A singular malady has lately made its
appearance among calves IN East Walling-
ton, Vt and as 40 remedy has yet been
found, it is quite probable that many and
perhaps the whole in that section viii die
before the disease can be checked. One
man, after having lost several calves, ,nladean
examination, and upon opening the wind
pipe it was found to be filed with small
white worms. So completely was it pack
ed with these vermin that respiration Was
impossible.
"A bloody tragedy was enacted in Bor-
deaux, France, a short time since. A young
man who was engaged to be married had
| to go to Hamburg on business for his faith
er. While he was absent his sweetheart
married rival. When he came home and
learned the state of affairs, he went to the
house of the newly-wadded pair in the
evening, shot them both dead, and then
shot himself through the heart.
A curious matrimonial affair is report
ed in Sullivan county, Indiana. A young
fellow named Empson wanted to marry o
Miss Jamison, but the paternal and mater
nal Jamison couldn't see it. The father
came down on the lovers in the course of a
clandestine interview, whaled the daughter
soundly and took her home. She ran off
to a neighbor's The old man went for
her, and was met by young Empson, who
flashed a little gunpowder in his face. This
exhibition of pluck had a good effect on
the father, and he told Empson to ''take
her and be id
This is the condition Of Mrs. Robert
E. Lee as described by faithful CORE
spondent: EHThe charm of her manners
sill continue, but her body has been terri
bly, afflicted by rheumatism, which has
made her such cripple that for some
years past, almost from the commence
ment of the late war, her only locomotion
is effected in chair with wheels, which is
moved about by servants. In spite of
this af1iction, however, she is said TO be a
most agreeable and cheerful old lady, re-
ceives every one with smile, and con
verses upon all subjects with intelligence,
yivacity and good humor.
Personal ItemSs
Prince Arthur is coming to the United
States.