Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-11-08
General Items.

. Saginaw Bay is estimated at nifty.
New YORK has the finest fire depart
: ment in the world, not excepting that
of London, and of Paris under the en-
!, pire.
v AN American citizen who attempted
s to establish gift enterprise at Magde-
a burg, in Germany, was suddenly order
5 ed to leave The city.
| The Benzine polka, wilder than the
l can-can, and more exhaustive than the
Virginia reel, is the musical rage in
l Georgia.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH, of Austrip,
has shown disregard for the feelings of
Mrs. F. j., in contributing $4,000 for
: the rehabilitation of Nancy's museum
THE latest adapt1on of steam is to
shirt making A Baltimore firm has
fifty sewing machines driven by force,
at which as many young girls sit with
nothing to do but thread needles and
guide the cloth.
LITERARY men, who have made pa
tient researches in the matter, are pret-
tv well united in the opinion that the
first book printed on this continent was
by Combeyer, in Mexico, in the year
1914.
WILTON, Saratoga county New York,
is devastated by squash vine, meas
ureing 800 feet long, and still growing
The terrified population are preparing
to move out of the way of this vege-
table tidal wave.
THE total number of deaths at Cedar
Keys, Fla, from yellow fever has been
| ten, and there have been no deaths for
| two weeks. All but about dozen of
it's population of 200 have fled from the
place.
AN adventures, calling herself Baro-
ness de Lagarde, was recently convict
ed of swindling, in the Criminal Court
of Vienna In the course of her ex-
animation she stated that she had
formerly been a milliner in Philadel-
phia, and lobbyist in Washington.
RETURNS from the French elections,
SO far as received, show that there have
been elected "a Imperialists, 1914 Legit-
imists, 201 Radicals, 494 Moderates,
and 667 Liberal conservatives. Prince
Jerome Bonaparte's election for Cor
sica will be contested, on the ground
that he is not q taxpayer in thatisland
BROOKLYN is agitated over the ques-
tion whether carriages returning from
the burying-grounds with mourners
shall be allowed to go through Pros
pect Park. Whether the park is too
mirthful for them, or they are too
mirthful for the park, is point on
which there is a difference of opinion.
1T is certainly curious chemical fact
that the substances required to form
table salt are both of them poisonous
chloride and sodium. No one can
use either of these articles separately
with safety, and yet combine them, and
they form substance necessary to
health, and one found upon every
table.
A initiating life preserver has
been devised In Belgium, consisting of
a belt containing carbonate of soda and
tartaric acid, SO arranged that when
the wearer falls overheard the two snb-
stances are mixed and evolve sufficient
gas to float him The idea is said to
have been suggested by a shipwrecked
apothecary, whose life was saved by the
circumstance of his having a box of
Seidlitz powders in his pocket.
BRIGHTLY BREAKS THE MORNING of
new era in the annals of medicine. Al
cohol will soon be banished from the
list of remedies, and only known as a
poison. DIR. J. WALKERS CALIFORNIA
VINEGAR BITTERs, composed entirely OF
wholesome botanic extracts ond juices,
are everywhere superseding the fiery
astringents, shich no man or woman
ever yet took without bitterly repenting
their credulity. There is no disease,
acute or chronic, in which the new
tonic may not be administered with
beneficial effect.
The latest novelty in this cage of
progress is "boy suffrage" A paper
edited by Will S. Hitler, son of Gen.
VIM S. Hitler, has made fits appear
ance in New York, called the Cornuco-
pia, devoted to the interests of the boys
and girls. The youthful editor main
ta1ns that, as the schoolboy of 1S now
knows more than an average man eff
Il did in the old stage coach days :"
therefore they ought to vote at Is. The
smartness and egotism of this assertion
are worthy of Young America.
The San Francisco Bulletin gives a
resume of the wine crop of California
for 1871. Grapes, with some trifing
draw back, are extraordinarily abun-
dant. The product of Los Angeles
| County is estimated at 1880, 900; So
noma, 1,25O,O0O; Napa, 100000. The
increase of production in the foot-hill
counties is very great. The total vim
tage of the state is set down at 8,000,
900 gallons, with from 180, 600 to 20O,-
900 gallons of brandy to be added.
But vine-growers this year are distll-
ing less brandy than usual,
on account of heavy Federal taxation
making loss of the material hereto
fore used for this liquor.
IT has been observed in England
that in certain class of cases a major
ity of persons signing the marriage
register of the parish make their
marks. It would be unsafe to set this
down as evidence of inability to write,
for the Rev. B. W. Wilson, curate OF
Liverpool, informs newspaper that
one in five of the persons signing the
register in his parish, make their
marks for the simple reason that tney
are too drunk to write. In case TINS
festive inability is shared by the orloe
and bridegroom, we should not LILLE
that contract of marriage entered ny
in such a condition would be worth
much. morally, however sancuneo ny
the Church.
Mr. MorFArr, aself-made Antipodian
o;I1;onaire. died recently III London.
few years ago he built vast mansion n sion
: ,arks and gardens, after the manner of
= grand English place. Knowing more
over that the homes of the British aris-
= tocracy are not considered complete
, without library, he sent broad order
= home for '' a ton of books" 1t will be
remembered that "Titmouse did
much the same in "Ten Thousand a
Year." and it was subsequently discov-
cred thus secured curious collection
y of ancient London directories and other
ANIMALS of the past, blazing in richly
: gilt Russia. Whether Mr.. Moffatt
was equally fortunate has not yet
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