Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-12-08
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Foreign Items,

More than twenty million passengers
we're carried by the London General ON
nibus Company during the first six months
of 1869.
"A disastrous fire at Pekin has laid
waste wing of the Emperor's palace, and
destroyed large number of valuable books
and MSS.
An iron bridge of boats. 5000 feet long
and 100 wide, to unite Stamboul and Gala
tia, is being built by French company for
the Turkish government.
The North German merchant navy
consists of 5, 10 ships, with united ton
mage of 1929, 984 tons, of which 146 with
102, 149 tons are steamers.
"A Pomeranian peasant held the win
ming ticket in the Prussian lottery the
other day, and sold it to schoolmaster,
who made $4,000 by the speculation.
Mr.. J. f. Nichols, city librarian of
Bristol, England, has written the life of
Sebastian Cabot, whose nativity he claims
for Bristol, and asks that we call America
Cabotia.
the Bishop of Havana, in the Supreme
Tribunal of Justice at Madrid. One of the
charges is his attempt to fly with S100, 600,
Australia seems possessed Of the magic
of our west in the growth of its cities. Mel
bourne, which little over thirty years ago
was marked by solitary log hut, now
boasts Of $50, 900 inhabitants.
1t is said that no less person than the
Emperor of China supervises the Pekin
Gazette-of which copies appear, modified
as to spirit and contents, according to the
class of readers among whom it has eircula-
ton.
"A tree still stands at Newstead, on
which Byron, at his last visit, engraved the
names of himself and his sister Augusta
and ten years ago, Barnum, when in Eng
land, offered 50, 500 for the tree, and was
Indignantly spurned.
"A terrible incident occurred in Faltice.
nia in Roumania. poor old woman was
attacked in the streets of that town by hogs
in open daylight, and literally devoured
alive. The number of hogs, COWS and
steers running around wildly in that city is
so great that no woman dare go out alone.
"A gentleman who attended Sainte-
Benve's funeral, writes: "Among the dis
tinguished ladies present I observed Geo.
Sand, rapidly falling into the very yellow
I6d1s L W1uOWS very uolICdt6, anu
Nine Ratazzi, who is to be met with eve
rywhere The terrible Raspail was arm-in-
arm with his son, venerable figure, with
flowing white locks, reminding one of
Douglass Jerrold; Dumas, father and son
the former promising to live 100 years,
but the son fitted to occupy the cast off
Carmelite garments of his friend Father
Hyacinthe; DIR. Ricord, fat and heavy, with
the vestige OF his last laugh, etc. :"
The Empress Carlotta passes great part
of her time in sending kilograms to all the
Sovereigns of Europe to complain of the
captivity in which she is detained. These
dispatches are sent off in her presence to
the Court of Brussels, and she does not
quit the Office till she has received the an
swers. One of the strangest peculiarities
of her mental state is that she will never
seat herself at table to take her meals. The
officer on duty, who generally dimes with
her, is obliged to put his plate on corner
of the chimney-piece. Her fixed idea is
still that people want to poison her; and
she will never consent to eat of any dish
that has not been previously tasted. Her
nights are very agitated, and she only gets
a few hours of quiet sleep toward the morn
Jag