Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-12-29
Miscellaneous Items

"A Catholic church in Trenton, N. j.,
is to be supplied with marble altar, at a
cost of $1,000.
-Minonk, ILL.,, has the deepest coal
shaft in America, which has been sunk at
a cost of $40, 900.
The annual charge for tuition in the
academical department of Yale College is
to be raised to $50.
The New York Evening Mail, which
could have been purchased for $40, 600 a
year ago, is now held at over $4,000
Divorce just deeimates the married
population In Connecticut, which state pro-
duces one separation for every ten mar
riages.
The Syracuse papers contain four or
five columns of af1davits giving complete
and conclusive expose of the Giant Hum
bug
"A young man in New London, Conn /,
is playing a game of chess with a friend in
ST. Louis, the moves being communicated
by mail. They both anticipate long life.
The Memphis appeal says that Koop-
manechaap proposes to take stock in
and put 1000 Cinnamon to work on the
Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Vicksburg
Railroad
"A policeman of E'mira, N, Y, shot a
Mr.. Dennison, whom he was trying to ar
rest, and then locked him up in cell with
no attention to his wounds. In the morn
ing the man was found dead.
"A Louisville burglar in order to reach
a jewelers. shop, passed through two occu-
pied sleeping rooms, and after packing up
So, 600 worth of valuahles went to the
kitchen for basket in which to carry
them, and when at last he left he took the
pet dog with him.
A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE PEARoDY.
'sAs sinks to rest eve's golden star,
Lost in the watery depths afar, -
So sinks to rest, on England's shore,
George Peabody-blest for evermore.
''In Gods own morn will rise again."
The good, the Just, the best of men;
So in this world may charity arise
To bless the giver in the skies.
The following morceau is from Tenny-
sons new volume, ''The Holy Grail, and
other Poems," soon to be published by
Fields, Osgood & Co:
Grain, rain, and SUM- a rainbow
young man will be wiser by and by;
An old mans wit may wander ere he die.
Grain, rain and sun a rainbow
md truth is this to me, and that to thee;
And truth or clothed or naked let it be.
Grain, sun and rain and the free blossom grows
sum- rain and sun and where is he who knows ?
From the great deep to the great deep he goesl''
Farmers in different parts of Maine,
taking warning from the severity of last
winter, which was the most fatal to stock
ever known in the state, have disposed OF
/ the greater number of their sheep and
lambs, intending to keep only few this
| season. The low price of wool is also dis
couraging to sheep culture.
The depth of the Atlantic Ocean aver
ages 12, 600 feet, although in some places
/ Is, 900 feet in depth has been sounded.
The deepest portion is on the American
coast, off the Grand Bank of Newfound-
land, where great basin exists, ranging
east and west for nearly thousand miles,
and whose depth is believed to exceed the
highest of the Himalaya mountains.
AT Sparton, n. j., hen was set on
some eggs recently, and two other hens
began to lay eggs Immediately in the
same nest. After the first brood was
| Matched the hen continued to set, hatch
ing chickens at the rate of two day
which were distributed among those hens
whose nests werele prolific. The whole
number of chickens Matched by the on
hen was eighty-nine.
The force of the waves striking agains
/ TIC noic Stuuy Hhoio VI hithlhouos OoAh'y
south of San Antonia, CAL, washes ava,
every year strip of the coast varying from
three to seven feet in width. AS land il
the district is said to be worth severa
thousand dollars per acre, the loss entailet
is most serious.
In removing bodies from the old Gem
etery in Saginaw City, last week, the bod.
of Mrs J. Maiden, who died in 1860, q
the age of 80, was found to be petrified. :
Her husband was at one time keeper of th'
Lighthouse at Thunder Bay, and is now liv
ing at Alpena. 1t is said that she diet
very suddenly one day after eating heart.
dinner. She was quite a large woman
weighing perhaps, 200 pounds. Her form
and features are still perfect as on the da..
she died. She has several children still
living.