Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-31
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cents pound in Greeley, Colorado.
4 MERCHANT in Troy recently Skinned
an invoice of stoves te Siam and
China
In Poughkeepsie foundry, recently
a mistake which cost IS, 900 was made
in casting an enormous gun.
A BOY in Centre county, Pa, acct
oentally cut the roof of his mouth with
his pen knife, and bled to death.
A YOUNG lady on Cape Cod picks a
barrel of cranberries every day in their
season. - 81
IT is said that the people who went
down in the Vile du Havre were
worth twenty millions of dollars.
A SCHOOLGIRLS essay on liberty con-
cluded with: "The rights of the peo-
pie should be preserved in violet"
EGGs in Montana are worth seventy
five cents per dozen. Venison is only
five cents pound.
A RECENT debate in the Alabama
Senate was the occasion for expressions
of vigorous opposition to the present
school system.
A DISAPPOINTED applicant for a situa-
ton IN public school, says that how
ever she may be adapted to /" live and
learn" she will never be able to live
and teach.
The late President Lincoln was what
used to be called deist He be-
lieved in a God, but not in revela-
tion.
KENTUCKY wants to have Constitu-
tional convention, but Frankfort thinks
it is only trick to secure the removal
of the State Capital to Louisville.
THERE was room with eight corners.
In each corner sat a cat; before eacl
cat sat seven other cats; and on each
cats tail sat cat. How many cats in
all.
NORTH CAROLINA has discovered
quarry Of elastic stone. It may be
compressed or expanded, and it recov-
ers it's shape as readily as India rub
Der.
sEOwING to John Robinson's circus
being in town, the regular Thursday
evening prayer-meeting has been post
poned, said recent number of the
Dallas (Tex.) Enterprise.
A YOUNG lady named Fry, at Logans-
port, was rescued from drowning, the
other day, and she sent the young man
four quarts OF butternuts as token of
appreciation.
The Secretary of the National To-
bacco Association states that five hun
dred and thirty -four million and some
odd thousand cigars have been exported
from Havana since Jan. 1, 1871
Mr. PAUL DU CHAILLU has Just re-
turned to New York from his explora-
tions in Scandinavia and along the
border of the Arctic regions, where he
has been for the last two years.
FIFTEEN vessels in the Pacific whaling
fleet have put in an appearance at San
Francisco, bringing total of 1880
10, 900 pounds of ivory.
IT reminds us of that New Zealander
viewing the ruins OF London Bridge,
when we read that the house OF Shaks-
peare, at Standardization. has been
purchased by an Australian for $780,
900.
A FITcHBURG, Mass, machine COM
pany furnishes member of congress,
two members OF the legislature a
Mayor of the city, and member of the
city government
HUNGER impends in Hungary. They
have had a panic, the country has been
obliged to borrow money of Germany,
and the parliament is very blue.
A CALIFORNIA farmer has discovered
a new use for alkali springs. He uses
them for washing his sheep before
shearing. The strong alkali removes
every particle of dirt and grease, leav-
ing the fleece perfectly white.
A MURAL TABLET to the memory of
Admiral Farragut, formerly commander
of the military organization of the
Loyal Legion, will soon be unveiled in
the church OF the New York state COM
mandery.
A DISCOVERY of some economic i'm
portance has just been made in New
foundland,i in the shape of hone-stove
which in texture and quality rivals the
far famed o1l-stone of Turkey for
sharpening the finer edged tools, and
is Of unlimited extent.
A COMPANY has been incorporated at
Denver, Col, to construct a canal
from Platte River Canon, in the Rocky
Mountains, to the Eastern borders of
Colorado, over two hundred and fifty
miles. It is to carry three hundred
feet of water, which is to be used to
irrigate the plains. The enterprise
will cost $10,0O0,000.
The Vein" Uncle James, wont you
perform some Of those juggling tricks
for us. tonight, that you learned in
Chinaf' :'No, my dear; I'm not in
the vein" What vein, uncle 81
"Why, the juggler vein, of course"
The town records Of Walpole, Mass,
are to be thoroughly searched for a
person who expects to find therein some
evidence of certain marriage, which,
if proved, will bring to the heirs a for
tune of S105, 900, 600, now in the Bank
of England, and subject to their order
as soon as the legality of the claim can
be shown.
A LIGHT. FINGERED.K entuck ian, named
Bolin received ten lashes for petit lar
ceny. last week. AS the general stat