Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-07-21
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Miscellaneous Items.

On Monday seven men were swept into
the water by the upsetting of a Yacht near
New Bedford, Mass, and were drowned
"A big snake fifteen feet long. with
head as large as mans two hands is.
prowling about Attica, Marion county.
! The Daniel Webster farm and home
stead in Franklin, n, H., were sold TO Mr..
4 Hartwell of Providence, r. l., Friday for
$4,000.
-Lenawee county Mich. with popula-
ton of about co. 00U, one fifth of whom are
inhabitants of Adrian, has not a single oc-
pant in its jail
"A widow in Sullivan, N. Y, has broght
a suit against Senator Nye, of Nevada, to
recover $50, which he borrowed years ago
from her husband
William Wheeler, aged twelve years,
was killed on Monday by the bursting of a
cannon at West Stockbridge, Mass, while
a salute was being fired.
The balloon Monarch of the Air"
which assembled from Boston Common on
Monday, landed at Lakevile, forty miles
distant, two hours after starting.
= Risdon. the alleged last survivor of
Powell's expedition, was lodged in the
Springfield, Iowa Jail, Saturday night,
charged with stealing a horse near Lincoln,
III.
-Leti6a jackson, one of James Fisk's
ballet girls has sued him for 5000, for
damages sustained in falling through the
stage at the Academy of Music, on May
! 10th.
Hon. James Savage, descendant
from the famous Anne Hutchinson, is the ,
Oldest person living who delivered 4th of
July Grafton before the Selectmen of Bos-
ton. He was the orator in 1911.
The feature of Kentucky political
campaign is the Squirrel Soup Lunch
an institution older than the days when
Henry Clay stumped the state One was
gwen week before last at Greeneastle.
"A party Of young ladies and gentlemen
of Portland Me-, in small rowing boat,
were run down and sunk by the schooner
Young Sultan, in Booth bay, yesterday
Miss Greenlow and Miss Caswell were
drowned.
"A young woman, who has been going
about the country soliciting charity, pre-
tending to be deaf and dumb, married
Schenectady hotel porter the other day,
and gave him several thousand dollars as a
bridal present.
The objection to women practicing
medicine is nothing new. It is said that
as long ago as 1927 petition was present.
ed to King Henry v, that mo woman use
the practyse of fsyk, under payne of long
emprisonement."
Richard Realf .sold John Browns @
right hand man at Harper's Ferry, and the
youngest of his band, was recently appoint
ed an Assistant Assessor of Internal Reve-
nue. in the district of Edgefeld, South
Carolina.
Tho OFT
Tenn, was destroyed by fire Friday night
last. The greater portion of the records
were lost, also $780, 900 in currency in the
Office of the County Clerk. The total loss
is fully 100000
The latest invention is garbage whis-
ky" The Cincinnati Chronicle says the
fag ends of radishes, onions, beets, lettuce
and the hundreds of other vegetables,
portion OF which go to the slop barrel or
the garbage boat is said to make excellent
whisky.
Whether standing On ones dignity is
good thing, quite depends upon it's size.
A man standing on pin head, or a woman
on a mustard seed, would not fulfill the
fitness OF things. Dignity, like the founda-
ton of the building, to be strong should
be wide and deep.
The commercial travellers -''drum-
mers'-of the country are being rapidly
relieved of the unjust and discriminating
tax against their business. The Chicago
Travellers association has secured the re- T.
peal Of 5ne Special License laws in sixty
tour western cities and towns, and IN st.
Louis the tax has been reduced from $500
to SO.
Miss Nora Giles, daughter of Rev. Hen
ry Giles, a well known lecturer and essay
ist, a beautiful, highly educated young lady
eighteen years OF age was drowned at
Bucksport Me-, on Saturday by the upset
ting of boat in which she was sailing, in
company with her sister, another young
lady and some gentlemen.
The barbarous practice of fogging is
still continued at the Jeffersonville prison.
One of the guards was struck few days
ago with snath in the hands of a convict,
but not seriously hurt. The convict, for
his lnsuboraination, was fogged, and now
wears a ball and chain.
The bromide of ammonium is recon- 11
mendeo by DR.. Gibb, of London, to those
who suffer from an excess of fat He saws
that, when taken In small doses for length
OF time. it will diminish the weight of the
body with greater certainty than any other
known article
Nearly $500, 900 recovered out of ST.
0O0, 900 lost by the Ocean Bank, N. Y, and
without any apparent effort by anybody.
Even good bills and coupons were returned,
but the manner in which they are said to
have been returned looks somewhat curious
and leads to the belief that a compromise
with the thieves has been effected.
The Boston Journal says that Louise
Henller, who has just married The King of
Portugal, formerly lived in Springfield,
Mass, where she sang in the South church
choir. She was the daughter of a poor
German mechanic. Having a fine voice,
she was assisted in obtaining a musical ed
ucation, and finally went to Europe, where
she took high rank as singer.
The Viceroy of Egypt has contracted
with E. Remington IL Sons, of lion, n.
Y, for $4,000 of their rifles. This house
continues it's weekly shipments to the
Spanish government in Cuba. It has new
er sold arms to the insurgents, but has
transformed about 5000 Springfelds for
houses in New York thai may have fur
nished the Cubans.
An alteration occurred between tive
boys, named John Carroll and Charles
Mosier in Albany, on Saturday afternoon
during which Mosier stabbed the other
with jack-knife in the left breast about
the heart, inficting a mortal wound.
| When Mosier saw what he had done he
| fed. The boys were each only about ten
years old.
The sentence passed on Mrs. E. A.
Pollard of imprisonment in the Richmond
| City Jail, for the assault on DR.. Geo. A.
Moore, was modified day or two ago by
Judge Gilmore to fine of 500 and costs,
at the instance of DR.. Moore himself. The
fine was promptly paid, and Mrs. Pollard
was released and at once proceeded to
Washington.
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