Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-08
Curi0sities Of Cork-A Glimpse at an
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. Among the recent visitors to Cork is a
correspondent of the Wheeling West Vir-
ginia) Intelligencer, who thus records his
impressions of the place:
Cork seems TO he a city where trade,
commerce and manufactures are in a -four
ishing condition. Large ships and small
schoOners, large ocean steamers and small
tug steamboats,, are peacefully reposing at
the quays secure from the strife of ocean.
The docks and wharfs are crowded with
carts and drays and the merchandise load
ing and unloading on the quays and rail
road stations give little indication of want
or distress. There are some fine public
buildings in Cork. The new Provincial
Bank is chaste and beautiful piece of
architecture. The warehouses and busi-
ness stores are both capacious and orna-
mental. It's hotels are elegant, and have
all the comforts and luxuries which the
best regulated American hotels can boast
of. The dWellng-houses are of all sorts
and conditions, from the loWly stone, white
and slated rows of cottages of the poor, to
the lofty and modern five-story mansions
Of the opulent Some olu houses may still
be seen that have stood the storm and sun
shine of two hundred years. They have a
quaint and ancient appearance, but are still
strong and substantial Here we see no
frame buildings OF any description, and no
shingle roofs. The houses are built of
brick, hard sandstone, whinstone (or trap)
which will last for ages.
The streets of Cork are, with few ex-
ceptions, wide and spacious. They have
broad, smooth Sidewalks, are we'll paved,
clean, and at night lit with gas. One of
the public squares contains statue of
Fath Natl bn oF
perance. 1t is cast in bronze and said to
be a very good likeness. One thing struck
me asa novelty: many of the houses have
their side walls, both front and. rear,
slated. This gave them rather singular
appearance, but it is said to be good pre-
ventive Of dampness. None Of the streets
have shade trees or brick pavements, and
no houses or stores have awnings. We
can find no unpaved streets in the city,
The streets are either we'll paved or acadia
mized, perfectly. smooth and level, and
clean as new pin.
Looking at the crowds passing and re-
passing on the streets, an American is
struck with some points of difference be-
tween them and what he is used to seeing
IN his own cities. Here we find no Ameri
can (nor for that matter Irish) citizens of
African descent. But we find mingling
with the crowds of ladies and gentlemen
dressed in the very height of fashion, near
ly an equal number OF barefooted women
and children, who pass along without ex-
citing any remark. Such sight we never
have in America. Cork may he said to be
situated on an island of the river Lee,
which isab0ut two miles in length. Its
streets are very irregularly laid out, but the
houses of late years seem to be built with
better taste and more uniformity. The
population does not exceed 80, 900. It is
both manufacturing and commercial city.
There are fOundries, distlleries, glass
houses, and woolen factories. Being the
seaport of great agricultural county, il
exports to England large quantities OF
grain, butter, pork and cattle" p" t.
A MAIL STAGE AND, IT'S PASSENGERS
STOPPED AND ROBBED. We are informed
that most daring highway robbery was
committed on Thursday last, in Oass
county, between HaTrisOnville and Pleasant
Hill. The stage was intercepted about
midway between the two places, by two
men on horseback, armed with double bar
relied sbot.guns. The highwaymen rifed
the mail bag and secured all of the passen-
gers valuables. A resident in the vicinity,
who, unfortunately for himself, happened
to come up 1.-THE time, was also robbed Of
what money he had, which amounted tC
about SIS. Having secured their plunder,
the rascals left, taking northerly direction
Our Information does not state that any
attempt to pursue or capture them was
made. The passengers Were unarmed ssIld
utterly at the mercy OF the rufians, but il
appears scarcely possible that the latter
could have escaped if pursuit hid beer
made by the people in the vicinity :
ST. Louis Democrat, 20th. en- --.a4