Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-03-13
General Items.

General ItefhSs
The Treasury has made 81, 075, 900 in
three years from the issue of its three
cent and five cent niclles. ,,,i
SAN FRANCISCO has fifty-one citizens
with fortunes ranging from 81, 100000
to $4,000, 000.3li sdI .s9it
The Arizona Free Press is printed
with violet ink on lemon-colored wrap
ping paper. f '''aa '7siaA7it''
u FIVE thousand young, almond trees
have been shipped from Alameda to
San Diego County, Cal.
AN Olympia Washington Ter lady
is having robe made from the skins
of birds, which will cost S., 900.
A SPRING impregnated with asphalt
trlm has been discovered at Los Ange-
les, Cal. " .i1Ia sa6. tsGzHET1
30 A KANSAS bee tree yielded 800 pounds
of honey Kansas is evidently land
FLOWING with milk and honey.
JOHN HI. CURTIS, of Helena, Montana,
has been left a fortune of 9200, 900 by a
granduncle of his, N. G. Alter, of Green
wich, England, who died recently.
% THE California Legislature has ap-
propriated 1000 for the erection OF
monument over the grave of ex Cover
nor Bigler. 'a stfii73 81
d A vunTuRE eagle, measuring upward
Of nine feet from tip to tip, has been
killed in Mendocino county, Gal.
IT takes only 81, 200 worth Of lace to
trim velvet cloak properly, and yet
men grumble at female extravaganza IN
dress.
ONE of the actresses in New York
was presented last week with a neck
lace and bracelets of diamonds valued
at So, 900. acn 5ls1 iHjxNsN
h THERE is lmocking- bird at Steu-
benville that initiates 35 birds and an
imals to perfection, and whistles
3" Captain Jinks'''s like alman."
AFTER working all night atan Indiana
county treasurer'sr safe, a gang Of
burglars were rejoiced to find $l.1O in
its roomy recesses. ie siqmst
"A MAN-EATEB sHARK was lately har-
pooned near Wilmington, Cal. He
fought viciously when captufed, snap
pinga doublerow Of teeth at lance and
harpoonnrgB ot bsagata,as ssw,.
Hoosac tunnel a c"blasted hole was
literally correct 0siaGa ai IA
The workmen employed in the exca-
vation on the Detroit river tunnel throw
off their coats and vests and enjoy a.
June atmosphere. L aIif
Mrs. BRETTEId, who recently died III
England, in her ninetleth Year, was for
seventy years faithful servant in the
households of George LII /, George w.
William w., and Queen Victoria.
MARK LEMON was supposed to have
realized $10,0 q year from punch, and
people are slow to contribute to the
fund for his family, which which iss IS however,
positively destitute.
THE officers and crew of theAmerican
ship Andy were peisoned,o recently,
while lying IN the harbor of Hong
Kong, and the principal -oficer died
from the effects of the poison9 No cine
could be found to the murderer.
THE Nashville Banner says: cit is
mentioned as a significant fact that the
young lady most admired by the Grand
Duke at the recent ball'in Memphis
wore ten dollarjdressw ssrd
A KENTUCKY lady, Miss Mary Bran
uin, has bonghtN one of the finest plan
tatiofls in Louisiana, on ttbesNew Or
leans and 0pelousas Railroad, near
Yermillionyille. =, Il. =. 49,.
The gift Of Alexis to Lotta, at New
Orleans, was, bracelet,i set in with a
turquoise and two large pearls, here
and there inlaid with small diamonds,
the edges exquisitely enamelled in
black. n0ifaulET b9eesssE 1isd3
s., TaElnew Haytien presidential man
sion at Port au Prince, built to replace
the one shelled and burned by Saget,
has been burned. LAS fire was discov-
etsd In it in several places at once, IN
cendiafism is undoubted::a sa'
A WESTERN gifl, who has been well
brought, up knocks down every man
that kisses her, and she Is SO pretty
that half the the married si'ahd all the
single mens in the town have black
eyes. "a Jf.a txss.,,xc.,t,
licafi. ss.Charles Reades says George
Eliot has been stealing, ideas from him
The preposterous fool! The woman
could swallow him intellectually, and
not be sensibly the greater for it. "
BECAUSE the editor of a Missouri
paper declared that a jeerlngD skeletons
of regret mocks him from melancholy
memory topmost peak, he has received
sasa notices in nnine=tenths of the papers
OF, the Country. gshav vgi
A RECIPE for making the genuine Fa-
rina cologne employs so ninims each
Of the essential odors of 'cedrat and
orange peel; 40. of, neroll 20 of berg
anl1ont and sosemary flowers, and one
pint of deederized alcohol. mix and
allow TO stand q week. bib
A TOMBSTONE has been found on Duck
river, in Hickman county. Tenn, which
bears the date of December, 1910, to-
gether with the initials B. D., and an
inscription in Latin, whichIds nearly
effacsd. It is thought to have marked
the grave of Spaniard.
The Mormon sisters ia Ephraimz Utah,
put aside all eggs laid by theirlchickens
on Sundays, toward the subscription to
assist the poor to emigrate from the ma
| ltions the coming years The brothers
gave s2,OO0in cash. and d ten head OF
cattle.
t9d A JEALOUS contemporary says. that the
city editor of the Jacksonville (ln)
.Jonrnal has frozen hisfears loot deeP,
but that, as they have only been am ampu, a
tated at the second Joint, ne has has an an
abundance left for the requirements OF
his position.il1 53Idi 2H'nitm
A BALTIMORE cigar7ddefalffr fsf! has 6 n dug sa up
in his cellar box containing i've can
ixr;4hE onld4 aTeG silver
coin, oe and and ouriously gold old chains, ms
in all valued at about 81, 600. The
money was of. foreign coinage and
hnre ore date from 1742 to 1795. ''
b TIE ghostly revisitors of earth are
oetting so common nowsa-days that
fhey exotic but little interest or COM
ment. The last spectre reported has
beer peregrinating about Augusta, Ga.
# wore the regulation white Sheet, and
it's foot-tracks oreyeal the fact that it
wears No. 10 shoes. .glisb sssa
ONE John S. Purviance, of Live Oak,
To. DESIRING a. favor of Gov Reed