Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-11-17
GENERAL ITEMS.
miscellaneous.

"A three-quarter interest in the On
ondaga stone giant has been sold for
$50, 600
In 1860 the live stock Of Connecticut
was valued at S11. 81. .079, in 1868 Mt $18,-
500, 012, and in 1859 at S24, ,687,1 14I.
"A fire at Iowa City, last Monday, caused
damage to the amount of $40, 600. The IN
surance does not cover more than one-h0lf
the loss.
A California paper thinks there is q for
tune in a milk weed that grows Wild in that
country, the fibre of which is strong as Ma
nilla hemp, and fine as linen.
Parties in Chicago have purchased y. =
600 acres Of timber land iii Clarlzsburg and
Weston, in West Virginia for the purpose
of getting out lumber for the Western mar
ket. .
Burglars entered q house in Chicago on
Friday night last, after the family had re-
tired. and put the inmates under the i0du-
ence of chloroform, and then stole every
thing of value in the house.
"A San Francisco barber, named Winn
has invented ''shampooing helmet" It
fits close to the head and has no crown.
The suds are poured in, ssgloshed about, ,"
and then taken off by means OF tube.
One man in Portland, Ne, has put up
at his different establishments IN that state,
this year, nearly two million cans OF green
corn, berries and peaches. Six thousand
persons wele employed six weeks IN can
ming,
There are nearly two hundred persons
in Chicago engaged IN journalism or writ
ing for the press in some way, besides the
hundreds Of professional men and others
who sometimes hear voice saying to
them, s'write.
"A foreign writer cautions us that the
removal of the capital of Rome preceded
by but short time the downfall OF that
power, and that the desertion of Moscow
for ST. Petersburg, has rot brought un-
mixed advantages for Russia.
An experiment. on sweet potatoes from
North Carolina shows that by powerful
presses 80 per cent. Of their weight can be
obtained as juice, which contains l03 per
cent. of sugar. This amount could be in
creased by careful cultivation.
There is a gold mine in Norwich CT,
on Wawecus Hill, which is worked by q
company, which held its annual meeting on
the 28th and elected officers. The mine
yields gold, silver and nickel, and some
rich ore has been taken out this year.
Prof. w. G. Kerr, geoIogist Of the State
of North Carolina, promul9ates the theory
that the Black Mountain Of North Carolina
was the first dry land Of the globe and the
Oldest spot OF earth in the world. He pro-
poses to erecta monument upon it to ADAM
Smallpox was communicated to the
Sioux tribe of Indians by blanket which
was given to an Indian upon q steamboat
near Fort Benton, by a person who had
been confined with smallpox. At latest
accounts the dreadful disease was making
fearful havoc among the wild tribes.
: "A young lady while going to her we'd
ding, in Roundout, ON Sunday, was thrown
from the carriage and broke her leg. It
was proposed to take her to a physician
and have the limb set, but she refused, say
ing that she was going TO be married first.
And, as usual, she had her way.
The remains of an Indian were discov-
cred recently on West Fork creek, neal
Buiksville, Kentucky, by some sportsmen,
beneath large shelving rock near tht
summit Of cliff, in nearly as good a state
of preservation, and apparently similarly
prepared as We're the Ptolemies of ancient
Egypt.
The submarine cable between Sweden
and Finland is completed, securing com
munication with the whole Russian empire.
Commercial relations between Sweden and
Russia are rapidly increasing. The first
shipment of nails ever made from the for.
mer to the latter country has been recently
despatched from Gottenburg to Riga.
The Seneca tribe near Buffalo have just
q la TarS
fayorite adopted white daughter, of seven
, cen. whose Indian name means blue sky
f He'd with music. The bride wore white
Ia ce and orange flowers. The civilized GER
en- yony of matrim ony was followed by cop
pei y. speeches and congratulations.
The assessments for all States and Ter
ritol les were found in round numbers
S188: 600, 600, Bnd the collections reached
SITS, $50, 900. In Illinois collections were
less I'll lan assessments by 81, 900, GOO. IN In
diana by 500, 600, in Iowa by So, OOO, II
Ohio by $500, 600, n Pennsylvania by S4OO
600, In Tennessee by $2OU, 0OU, IN WlscoLi con
sin by $50. 600, in Missouri by 9i,OO0' o0o
The Great Eastern steamship, wheI
she left England to lay the french caoI'
in America had on board q company 0
about 450, all told The supplies though
necessary for this company, Tor q 81 81,
weeks voyage, were as follows: Ioo'U0'
pounds of meat, 60, 600 pounds OF yegeta
bles 10. 600 pounds of bread, Is, 600 eggs
and over 2, 600 dozen OF liquor OF Yarloul
kinds. ...
The, city of Louisville is now almos
twice as large as it was at the close OF tn
war. T Eousands of buildings have bee.
erected, many of them very costly and ele
CANT; tb q boundaries have been eXtende
until thH municipal area IS double It's forn
er size. The population has increased l
like pror tottion, while manufactures estat
lished N. any years ago, but never attemP
ING comp 4etitit1n with like manufactures 1
Cincinna IT, are fourishing'
Two colored men near Rolling Forl
Issaquena county, Miss, had difficult
which resulted in dheir attendance before
colored magistrate III the neighoofnoot
After hearing, toe 1Nstice decided thS
both men were in fault, ana fha5 eac
should pay fine Of s525 alG costs, maxim
S48 each But both were un&ble' 10 pa,
| The embarrassed squire finally h4A n1oh
plan to get even with them. lie pllt boI
! to work on his forty-acre cotton patch, 81
| they picked 1880 pounds each to Squa4
| the bill.
The cultivation Of cotton in the Ea:
Indies, it is asserted, has become MOI
popular among the natives, who have oil
! covered that It is more profitable TO gro
cotton at twenty cents 8 pound. than
raise the millet grain for consumption
home. The cotton exported from India
1850 amounted in value to $27, 500, ,OO0; bl
The crops for 1869, it is estimated, WI
bring SiOO, ,749, 1876 The East India cot5o
is short staple and decidedly inferior to hi
crown in the United States; but grea5
Care in cultivation has been. exercised, an
more attention paid to packing the ball
without tl,e a6mixture Of dirt.
I There is belief in Mexico that whe
the Jesuits were driven out OF that countl
thew buried in one of their principal &c
Ieoes an immense amount oftreasure. V
ri0us unsuccessful efforts have been mat
to find it. Some years ago, firm, col
posed of one or two Americans and son
Snaniaras. was formed for the purpose
excavatIng on q large scale. The maehl i'
erv was seized in one Of the political rev
IDfions and destroyed. A claim for ID
, loss is to be brought before the MeXet