Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-13
General Items.

, IHE IaSt tHlHS oeeH ny many people
:. deceased was kerosene. 9b zl
! ANOTHER euphemism for bar tender
, is "flsil artist"
Ell DAINTY precision and freshness in
4 dress is as essential to woman as to
) flower s
: The New York Evening Post thinks
that advertising is the champion reap
, er which secures the largest harvest.
} The German Empress has contribut-
ed $500 to Berlin organization for dc
vising new fashions in dress
Miss BAIN, of Montreal, has sued
her lover for what she calls g extras.''
She says she will explain when the trial
comes on.
AN Ohio man has offered the govern
ment $4,000 for the privilege of adj
vertising on the backs of the postage
stamps, one year.
The Oneida Community is issuing
tracts to prove that it is much more
moral and estimable than that of the
] Mormons.
Mr.. CoGGsHAw, of Pleasant Valley
IN st. Croix county, has $50 swarms OF
bees, and expects to sell two tons of
honey this year
RUSSIA has only 10000 doctors, which
is one to 1872 people. In some dis
| trlcts there is no physician within less
than days journey.
BAYARD TAYLOR places Schiller at the
head of the second order of poets, in
which he includes Byron, Rurns, Col
eridge and Wordsworth. g +"
! MARRIAGE is come to be looked on as
such a temporary arrangement in In
diana that Justices fees for the cere-
mony have been reduced to twenty five
cents for steady customers. lHe
IT is supposed that the dogs in Baltl-
more are all becoming Israelites, ON
account of the quantity of rabies
among them. eaa &
The wife of young mechanic in
Portsmouth, n. H., has borne four chill
dren since February, of which three
were triplets borne on Friday-one boy
and three girls-but all died in o few
hours, the birth being premature.
A MAN who had been in the employ
of Messrs. Megall, celebrated London
photographers, destroyed So 500 of
leases and other property in revenge
for dismissal, and then killed himself
Megall's expense no doubt.
A Swiss geologist lately met his death
in singular way, while geologizing
over the Alps He stopped to pat a
tame kid, which bounded off, and as he
stopped to resume his work, dislodged
pile of rocks npon him from ledge
above, killing him instantly.
DANIEL E. SoRUGGs, Of New Orleans,
died On the 1st inst, aged SO years. g
He was distinguished Mason, and at
the time of his death Grand Comman-
der of the Grand Consistory, 80 Degree
A. and A. S. r., of Louisiana.
VIM. GRAY, Bostonian, will pay
Robert Collyer salary of $4,000 for
the coming year. Mr. Collyer desires
that his new church shall be plain and
inexpensive, and free church in every
way. efe99S
TnE Yellowstone Valley is the region
where it is generally believed the Sioux
the most warlike tribe of Indians, will
make their last stand against civilizat-
ion. They object to the building of q
railroad through the valley.
The Gear is very shrewd. In the ex-
tensive systems of railways that he is
now building, he uses a different gauge
from any adjoining country. Prussia
ran her own cars and locomotives to
the very walls of Paris.
In one country in California there is
an apiary of two thousand bee hives.
The Californians have been very sue
cessful in importing italian bees, which
have thus far proved to be the best
honeymakers. gi
WHEN young man begins to send
presents of flowers, books, and bonbon~
ieres to q lady friend, it is said to be d
sure sign that he is very much IN earn
est, which proves the truth of the old
proverb which says, when you touch
mans pocket you touch his heart. >
A Boston Yankee has invented q q
ssfrllit preserving paper" and IL IS
claimed that actual tests have proved
it to be sure protector against the de-
cav Of fruit, and in fact all vegetable
matter. It is asserted that the invent-
ion will preserve in transportation for
an indefinite length of time,
RECENT letters from Calcutta state
that at the last public sales opium
brought the highest price it has reach
ed for three years, having sold at S702
chest. The prospects of this crop III
1872, in India, it is said, are not en-
couraging, while the short corp of the
year 1871 has the natural tendency to
raise the price af the existing stock.
The inhabitants of Penzauce, Corn
wall, the birthplace of Sir Humphrey.
Davv. have decided to erect statue to
his memory. 1t will be executed after
the portrait of Dayy by Sir Thomas
Lawrence, and will cost $4,000. Also
the city Of Glasgow will place in George
Square q bronze statue to Thomas
Graham, the last master of the British
Mint.
! NINE years ago there was not q refin-s
cry of petroleum in the United States.
Now several millions of dollars are in
vested in these establishments-the
principal ones being at Cleveland, o.,
Pittsburg and Titusville, Pa, and the
cities of New York and Boston. The
cost of a refinery varies, of course, with
it's capacity, which run all the way
from 100 to 10000 barrels daily, and
cost from Sl0,00c to 100000.
The following old recipe for the
choice of wife seems TO Us a very
good one:
. AS much of beauty as preserves affection,
OF modest difidence as claims protecelon'
A doclle mind. subservient to correction,
} A temper led by reason and reflectlon;
And every passion kept in due sublectlon
just faults enough to keep her from perfee-
ton; o,o o. co
Find this, my friend, ana 'Ai0n ni''iN0 ''"-
lection.
TT is said that the National Republ
: can Committee mean to call the next
national convention in New York, with
3 Cincinnati as an alternate choice.
e Heretofore both Boston and st. Louis
have sought and expected to have the
convention, for which each has
n some claim. The first Republican
Q National Convention was held III
S Philadelphia in June, 1896, when
4 Messrs. Fremont and Dayton
: we're nominated. In 1860 the COZ
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