Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-23
BREVITIES.

Hale CItlAoHS WlHh WHICH 11oJ oaii AoA
soda-water.
A MIsER named Anthony Berger, who
occupied the position Of night watch
man in bank, died at Burlington,
Iowa, recently, leaving property worth
$4,000.
A GENTLEMAN and wife recently arrived
at Albany,FN.sY. en- route. for Saratoga,
having driven the entire distance from
Omaha. The time consumed was some
six weeks. e...'s's7
The most beautiful .ooy-. baby, under
two years, receives five dollars. premium,
and the most beautiful girl baby, same
age, receives five dollars at the Howard
County Qowa) Fair. aqtIC9 #oG1a
A FIRM in Dubuque has. just completed
the manufacture of two iron steam yach is,
one for use on Clear Lake and the other
for Storm Lake. They are screw propel-
-lers modelled after the Clyde clippers. IL
In Plymouth County, Iowa, a couple
were divorced. The man had his girl
convenient, and the woman her, fellow,
and each married the awaiting affinity,
after ten minutes of single Indebtedness.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the Amer
lean Central Telegraph Company have
been filed in the Office of the Iowa Secre-
tary OF State. The capital stock is 81 000,-
600. The principal place of business is
Davenport. .Hs1Euse} .saf.ff..sl raa
The priest Of St. PatricE'sl Church at
Memphis, on a recent Sunday, not only
gave his congregation permission to eat
meat on Friday, but recommended it as
necessary to the health during the pre7a-
lence Of cholera ~----
A YOUNG couple were married in Bid
deford, Me-, recently, and the same night
applied at the police station for lodging,
alleging that owing to some trouble with
the parents of one of them, they had no
home or money. -.-eaiI g.. s'ail--@ =
The locomotive of a Western express
train collided with hand-car, and
smashed the headlight The conductor
was equal to the occasion. He just stuck
| his diamond breast pin in the cow-catcher,
and the train moved right along
The total absence of bootjacks, poma-
tum pots, and other household missiles in
the remains of the Swiss lacustrine vii
lagos, leads Dr. Hartman, the distinguish
eel ethnologist, to the conclusion that the
domestic cat was unknown to prehistoric
man. f.at a a.ia yEas
A WOMAN called on lawyer to consult
grounds?" he asked con the ground of
false pretences-I was led into 2 marriage
by false pretences," said the lady. "False
pretences" exclaimed the lawyer "Why,
madam, do you pretend there was ever a
marriage founded on anything else?'
A NEW swindle has been perpetrated in
Wayne County, Mich. Under pretense of
starting free libraries in every township,
fy1-n oh
well-to-do farmer ON a blank sheet of
paper and afterward write a promissory
note on the other side, using any sigma
tTe, the farmers name being the indorse-
ment which enabled them to sell the note.
A New York Central Railway conduc-
tor seized nObby-dressed young fellow
who had dropped an insulting note
in a lady's lap on his train the other day,
dragged him from his seat, and led him
by the ear through the train to the smok-
ing car, where he babe him remain. The
passengers enjoyed the young reprobate's
discontinue.
A PHILADELPHIA surgeon was called
the other day to house uptown to am
putate the leg of woman He is a near
sighted man, and when he reached the
house he got into the wrong room and
calmly sawed off the limb Of the servant
girl, who was German who had come
over two days before, and who thought it
was one of the customs of the country.
ONE Of the custom-house officials on the
dock yesterday observed woman coming
Oft the boat with bundle in her arms,
and as he thought she rather sought to
evade him, he followed her, and said,
please unroll that bundle it looks rath-
| er suspicious.p perhaps it does,'' replied
the woman, uncovering the head and face
of bright-eyed baby, but I've got seven
more OF 'em on the other side.'--Detro5t
Tribune. ae n
LEMON JELLY CAKE.-Two cups of
sugar, one small cup Of butter, one half
cup of sweet milk, two and one-half cups
of flour, four eggs, one teaspoon of cream
tartar, one-half teaspoon Of soda. Bake
in thin layers. For the jelly take the
juice and rind Of three lemons, or five if
small, one pound Of sugar, one-quarter
pound OF butter six eggs; beat together
and scald like custard. When cool spread
between the cakes. Ice the top.
"A GOVERNOR of Virginia once wrote a
hostile note to Patrick Henry, to know
what the latter meant by calling the for
mer a "bob-tailed politician" Henry re-
piled as follows: I" do not recollect hav-
ing called you bob-tailed politician at
any time, but think it probable I have.
Not recollecting the time or occasion, I
cannot say whatI did mean; but if you
will tell me what you think I meant, [ will
say whether you are correct ornot.o
THE Oyster and Fruit Packers Board
| Of Trade, OF. Baltimore, at a recent meet
ing, resolved that the standard bushel for
peaches shall be a box inches deep, IA
inches wide, and 22119 inches long, in the
| clear, with half-inch partition-that the
standard half-bushel for tomatoes shall be
| a1basket 10 inches deep, 1011 inches across
| he bottom, and Is inches across the top
and that the barrel for measuring peas
shall hold not less than two and half
standard bushels. L ae sF aH
A WOMAN abandoned her child while the
train on which she was travelling stopped
at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. the other day. The
conductor was not aware of it until after
| the train started. He returned with his
train to the depot, but no woman could be
found who would own the child The
beauty and innocence of the child so over
came the tender feelings of one of the
sturdy policemen Of the place, that he
volunteered to open his heart and home to
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