Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-24
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3, 4OO locomotives. -5,l fTss3f
The Chinese in this country have
! been coolie treated
HIGGINsoN has fallen foul of Tilton on
the woman sufferage question: 10
FLOATING steam fire apparatuses are
common in ali the seaboard cities.
How TO preserve dates Enter them
in book and take care not to lose it.
| A SALOON in Watertown, N Y, has
conspicuously posted g vitolsEcooked
here.
DowroN was the only actor who ever
objected to seeing his scname in big
type. saH at
SIX buttoned gloves are the only
ones considered c0nJn2e Il fdat for full
dress.
The viaduct railroad from New York
10 Harlem is estimated to cost eighty
millions.
Aub that is necessary for the perfect
enjoyment of the fragrant sausage is
confidence.
The young lady with speaking eyes
has made them quite hoaIse by over
using them. s.f s. seB6as5
doctor, how can [ expand my
chest % "By constantly carrying
large heart in it. as2 sas
JAY COULD makes out that railroad
ing is poor business All the Erie earn
ed last year over expenses was $780,
900. moaw alf|
CAPT. WILLIAM GIBSON, a soldier dur
ing Wellington's Spanish campaigns
and a veteran of Waterloo, died in Ill
inois the other day, IN his sninetyifourth
year. .-....s-
In California theatre, few nights
since, large red apple fell from the
gallery and struck squarely upon the
bald and shining pate of q gentleman
in the dress circle, then bounded into
| the orchestra and broke fiddle.
No ONE ever sees lady III the streets
nowadays with clean, fresh-looking
dress, the detestable habit of wearing
the dress so long as to sweep the filthy
streets making them look sloyenly and
dirty in the extreme,
The woman whose mind is contin-
ually engrossed with fashionable furbe-
lows-whose very ideas are; berrffied
and fiounced-whOse acme of ambition
is to appear always in the newest style
HAS no time or thought for better
things.
BRIGHAM YOUNG, it is said, sadly
broken down, and doubtful of the f1t-
ture of his people, has returned to Salt
Lake City distrustful of any permanent
peace with the anti -polygamous people
of the territory
A LITTLE boy was recently presented
with o toy trumpet, to which he became
greatly attached One night, when he
was about to be put in his ''little bed,
and was ready to say his prayers, he
handed the trumpet to his grandmoth
er, saying, 6 Here, gran'ma, you blow
while pray !" ana
The Mutual nine for the coming sea-
son has been selected asfolloWs: Mills.
catcher; Cummings, piteheri;g Start,
first base; Hatfield, second base;
Pearce. short Boyd, third base; Bech-
tel, left Eggler, center; kicMullen,
right, and change pitcher. a celebra-
ted catcher is proposed as substitute
DURING q recent thunderstorm IL
Dover, England, a flash struck a tele-
graph wire, and the helix of the electro
magnet was shattered into an immense
number of small pieces, all pointing
from the core outward, producing an
appearance somewhat like that OF Il
wire brush forcleaning lamp-ehimneys.
LEVY, of the Ninth New York Regi-
ment band, and the best cornet player
in America, has made an arrangement
with the Duke Alexis for the coming
wear. and is to be in St Petersburg by
March Is. He goes to play in the EN-
Deror's salon and at concerts, and will
receive 60, 600 francs for the season.
The loss of cattle in Texas, during
the recent storms, is said to be enor-
nous. Running before the wind till
they were exhausted, hundreds OF
them froze to death, standing buddled
together in groups in the ravines. OF
the thousands of cattle which were III
the western part of the State, it is es-
timated that the majority Will be to-
tallv lost before spring. Those which
survived the storms are IN such an en-
feebled condition that they cannot en-
dure the winter.
AMONG Janauschek's S jewels is q dia-
mopd ring valued at $4,000; u dia
mond cross, with chain, S15, 900, pre-
| sented by the emperor of Russia; dia-
mond earrings from the king OF Hol-
land, So, 200; rubies and pearls from
the queen of Wurtemburg $500; lociIet
set with diamonds, very valuable
bracelets from the king of Bavaria, set
with five diamonds, $4,000; diamond
cross from an American gentleman,
$4,000; emeralds from the king OF
Greece; carbuncle, diamonds, earrings
and locket from Turkish minister.
TIE Rock Island, Illinois, Argus
claims that "the largest yield OF corn
per acre ever recorded III Scott county
was produced by l.. w. Clemons, OF
Pleasant Valley township, this year
His sworn statement to the Scott Coun-
tv Agricultural Society is, that the
weld was 154 bushels and three pecks
of shelled cornl His onion crop was
at the rate of 4SO bushels per acre,
which was a good yield for the past
year, but 80 bushels less per acre than
he raised on previous season several
years ago. His carrot crop averaged
/ 800 bushels per acre, and the potato
crop at $50 bushels.
A MULE in Talbot county, Nd, was
} affected with swelling i'll the legs, and
began to tear off the diseased flesh
, with his teeth till it had stripped the
legs below the knees in several places
t to the bone In attempting to rise
from recumbent posture it broke OF di
: the denuded shanks at the knee h
then hobbled around the stable on tiie
!, stumps, apparently i'll good spirits an, ana
: with an excellent appetite, eating Whii'-
e ever food it could get. 1t then CON,
e menced to tear off the skin 1ro'o .S i'S
q q stumps, and had stripped one &c &c b1, fhe
e shoulder, when it was shot otb Oh i'l-
IS nanity.
o M. ,JosE1nY, an Italian photosfaPhef'
/ has hit upon new branch :, OF phIv9I i1a3,
/ graphy. By means OF olsll3 sila ;oro ~
land, no doubt, electric, masneti9n' iIlll
oxy-hydrogen, or other pi PGWGalan annvnfor llL"
e mination, we would say inns .ll, ipnoSs'Vol
IT hos succeeded in obtaining Submarine
v views The Ideals said to be quite prac-
?. tical. several experiments made On the
# r. acts bav1ur been attended