Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-07-10
Epnnrai Items.


General Items.
BUFFALoEs invade the streets of Kan
sas frontier towns.
TIE Gerke Vineyard, in Tehama
county, California, covers an area of
150 acres, all of which is in a full state
of cultivation.
A VESSEL has just sailed from
Charleston. S. c., with 397, 42S feet Of
pitch pine for Quebec, to be used IN
ship building.
A HUNDRED families are about to
start from Hamburg and Bremen, to
settle on lands already selected for
them near Dallas, Texas.
AN affectionate wife of Ohio has re-
| covered verdict of $1,000 against q
| liquor dealer under the new law. for
the loss of her husbands society for
three years.
THOUGH there is neither brick house
nor piano within the limits of Rob
ertson county, KY, there is said to be
more sewing machines than in any other
county Of it's population in the state.
RESEARCHES in Cb nese archives show
that the architect 40 designed and the
engineer who built the great wall were
women.
HUNTINGTON county, j., has a gold
excitement. A certain substance has
been found near Point Pleasant which
is pronounced gold.
The report that Edwin Forrest, Jr.,
narrowly escaped from death by a
chicken bone will convey to many peo-
pie the first information of the exist.
ence of an heir to the Great American
Tragedian.
By one of those singular freaks which
electricity occasionally displays, Rhode
Island was struck by lightning, during
shower last week, without the shock
being felt by any one in the adjoining
states.
A SWARM Of bees the other day at
tempted to light on the corner of a
railroad car in one of the interior
towns of New York, driving the beset
passengers out in a most bewildering
hurry.
AN old inmate of the Schenectady
county Poorhouse was bitten by an in
sane man on the left hand about three
months ago, and has been compelled
to suffer amputation in consequence
The effect was very much like that pro-
duced by poison.
The workmen making excavations at
Herculaneum and Pompem were ordered
to stop work during the eruption of
Vesuvius, as it was expected the noun
tain would give the resurrected remains
a second burial.
A NEW supply of Peruvian guano has
been discovered some distance to the
south of Lima and several miles
inland. The deposit is reported to be
very extensive, ana lies under success
sive beds of black salt, nitrate of soda
and borax.
BoNY Nash, the Cincinnati gambler,
whose death was recently recorded,
was congratulated a short time before
the event upon looking in better health
than usual, when he replied, 81 bet
you $40 [ don't live a week" He won.
A REPORTER climbed three flights of
stairs IN Boston in search of labor
meeting, and upon inquiry as to the
intention of the strikers, was informed
through the key-hole that " der vas no
meetings der dat der noospapers vas to
know nodings about" The reporter
retired. .,E r.
A MARRIAGE took place in Detroit, a
few days ago, between aship carpenter
sixty-fve years old, the survivor OF
three wives, and girl of fifteen. She
didn't marry for money, certainly, for
after paving the preacher and treating
the crowd to beer, the husband hadn't
cent.
THE lively little English sparrows
imported into New York, have done
good service in their adopted home.
The measuring worm has succumbed to
their watcbful eyes and sharp beaks.
Since this triumph they have selected
flies and mosquitoes as the dainties
with which to regale themselves.
THE balance of trade against the
United States, to be exact, was, at last
accounts, $51, 9S2, 519. This represents
the increase in the foreign indebted
ness of this country for merchandise.
There is only one way to change the
balance of trade and make it favorable
to the United States, and that IS by
stimulating the production and manu-
facture of merchandise adapted to ex-
portation. The policy of the govern
ment should be to enable the country
to defy competition and lay all the
world under tribute England turned
the balance of trade in her favor by
fostering the skilled industry of her
people.
AT Yonkers, Westchester county, on
Friday, woman's arm, which had ap-
parently been wrenched from its sock
ct, was found in the Neperhan Greek,
near Main street The limb bore evil
dence of having been violently forced
from the body, as the tendons and liga-
ments which had connected it with the
trunk remained hanging from the
shoulder. It IS believed by many that
the remainder of the body was lying at
the bottom Of the creek near where the
arm was found, but no efforts were
made by the authorities to determine
the correctness of this speculation.