Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-09-29
NO. At.
Rrfuities.
Miscellaneous Items.

An exchange calls prize-fghters ''tht
! Knights of the Broken Nose"
A grizzly bear skin has been received
at Omaha measuring s feet long and
wide.
W. j, Willetts, prominent citizen o.
! Detroit, was murdered by a burglar on the
night OF the 18th inst.
The French settlements in KankaBee
County, ILL.,, Is in a great state of destitu.
ton and call is out for reliet.
The Powell expedition arrived at the
mouth of Virgin River, the head ofnaviga-
ton on the Colorado, on the 30th ult.
The mllliners of New York are doing
an immense business. One of them has
fallen heiress to considerable amount, and
all the young men are investigating the
matter.
"A card was hung out of little oyster
| shop in Sandusky City, Ohio, while the
State Sabbath School Convention was in
session in that place, which read: "Oisters
| IN evry stile, coked to order. Friends OF
the redeemer will please caul."
! "A Cleveland surgeon was sent for hur-
riedly by a wealthy family lately, to set q
fractured limb, and, making great haste to
the house. a pet poodle, which had met
with an accident, was borne in with house
hold lamentations by domestic.
An exchange says: There are two
crimes practiced to some extent in this
world that approaches nearer than any
other to the unpardonable sin; one is
cheating a minister of the gospel, and
the other is doing the same unmannerly
act toward a newspaper Office.
And now comes the Washington Star
ruthlessly tearing away from the dead Mel
son Kneass part of his slight claim upon
posterity. 1t says Thomas Dunn English
was the writer of the ballad "Ben Bolt, "
and Kneass only composed the music to
which it was generally sung.
Two noted Saratoga bellies got into a
dispute on the piazza of the Clarendon the
other day about which had the longest
trail each one stoutly claiming to have
the longest. 1t was finally settled by
measurement, when the difference was
found to be just half an inch, the longest
being 13 feet 64 inches.
The mosquitoes of Alaska are most
agreeable insects. They distill delicate
aroma when they bite which has the an@s-
thetic effect of chloroform, and their bite
is not venomous The tired traveller courts
their music as a presage of good nights
rest. Mr.. Seward was so pleased with this
product of Alaska that he took pains to
have some specimans sent to the Patent
Office IN Washington.
"A prominent physician of Portage Co.,
Ohio, relates a case within his knowledge
where boy, now some fifteen years of age,
has used tobacco since he was five months
old Being nervous and fretful child, a
plug OF tobacco was placed in his mouth,
and produced a soothing effect. The
remedy was often used during infancy and
through the teething period, and before
the child could talk plainly it was con-
firmed chewer.
1t is rumored in literary circles that
Miss Harriet Martineau is the writer of
antl-Byron communications In the London
News. The October Galaxy will have q
sketch of the Countess Guiccioli, Lord
| Byron's intimate friend, by a friend of hers,
a New York lady, who speaks from hei
] own knowledge. The Lord Wentworth,
who has published q letter about the Byron
scandal is Ralph Gordon Noel, Viscount
Ockham and Byron Wentworth,
The entrance examination of the Cor
nell University, was held last week. The
number of candidates has been nearly foul
hundred, and the entering class will bf
about three hundred and twenty, although
lne Standard OF ADMISSION was raised. In6N
represent almost every state in the Union,
with several from Europe and the West In
dies. Six additional professors have beer
chosen, including Bayard Taylor, and
Charles A Schaffer, lately of the University
of Gottingen.
Delaware is small state, and is grow
| ing smaller. The Delaware encroaches up
on it from ten to twenty feet every year,
and the sites of houses that once stood in
the midst of fields are now under water.
The lighthouse near Bowers Beach has
been removed three times. and q small ho-
tel on the same beach, that once stood in
the midst of cultivated grounds, consid-
cradle distance from the bay, with large
trees in front of it, has it's walls now wash
ed by the waters.
During the terrific gale last week lady
in Providence, r. l., became alarmed for
the safety of her two little children, who
were at school, and sent q servant to bring
them home. The teacher refused to trust
them in the streets in such tempest, and
the mother, seeing the servant coming back
alone, believed that her fears were true, and
that something fearful had happened. No
explanations could satisfy her, and she
went into commissions, from which she soon
! died