Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
Foreign Notes.

STA with the raw petroleum of the
Volga.
The total number of newspapers pub.
lished in Japan is ffty-two, only four
of which are in the English language.
A PosTHUMoUs poem by Ada Isaacs
Menken will appear in the November
number of Town and Country Oon-
DOM
WATCHING the rebuilding of the
Column Vendome is the principal oc-
cupatlon Of Partisan loafers Just now.
THREE or four French papers are en-.
deavoring to convince the government
that criminals ought to be drowned in
stead of executed in the usual way.
MADRAS possesses one hundred and
twenty four Hindoo religious castles,
who will neither eat together nor in
termarry.
A PoLYGLoT journal, printed in ItaI-
Ian, German, French and Russian, will
shortly be brought out at Florence.
1t will be entitled The Argus.
Some Dutch officials have been assas-
sinated at Benkoelen, near Lais. How
they found the place on the map, and
. 6Oe ohCIC, uOOo AOu dEPOdI
The postal card system has not sue
ceeded very well in France, because all
letters there pass through the hands of
the concierge class, people who pass
the greater portion of their time in
gossip.
AN old London literary club-the
Savage-has, after many fittings, ia
ken up it's abode at Evans, in Covent
Garden.
The first Hindoo widow marriage in
Madras has been celebrated. She
thought the subject over carefully, and
concluded with Paul, that it was "bet-
ter to marry than to burn"
Nnw JERSEY people don't say "liar"
right out, but remark, Sir, you re-
mind me of my lamented brother, who
could pervert truth with the greatest
ease"
The Melbourne Argus states that the
| Governor of Queensland has released
Capt. Booth, of the schooner Jason,
who was sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment for kidnapping in the South
Seas. He has only served two years Of
time. The fine of ESQ has also been
Iemitted.
The German Empress has sent TWEEN
ty gold medals to Vienna, bearing on
one side her effigy and on the reverse
the red cross and the date, "Vienna,
1873" to be distributed among sue
cessful competitors in the sanitary de-
partment of the International Exhibi-
ton.
The Journal de Geneva proposes a
new direction for railway between
that town and Italy, and one which is
certainly not wanting in boldness.
ssThe line which we recommend" it
says, sis that of Mont Blanc, by &C.
neva, Chamounix, Courmayeur, Acosta,
and Milan
BEER is 81 a glass in Monte Video,
Uruguay, and sheep are 10 cents
apiece. A thirsty man with only Is
cents about his clothes would be mis-
cradle in that city however, he could
buy COW for fifty cents, if milk would
serve his purpose.
OUT Of sixty-nine samples of milk
examined by DR.. Stevenson, food ana
lyst of the ST. Paucias district in Lon
don, during the past three months, only
twenty-five were genuine.
A NEW home and school for orphans
of seaman who once belonged to the
Royal Navy is to be erected at Portsea.
The Queen and Baroness Burd EFT
Coutts head the list of donors to the
building fund.
Id 70
Abyssinlan throne after Theodore's
death, has invented a new way of dis
posing of rival aspirants. Having
captured one of these, Abba Kassai,
not long since, he stuffed his ears
with gun-cotton, and blew his head
into atoms.
THOUGH when in London great deal
at Lady Blessington's, it seems the late
Napoleon III. never got on very well
with the hostess. At the height of his
power he met her in Paris and coolly
said, Glow long do you stay here, La.
dy Blessington 3" II don't know"
she said, chow long do you !"
Forks were known in England as
early as the thirteenth century. In the
list of plate belonging to Eleanora Of
CASTLE, Queen of Edward l., occur Ga
pair of knives with silver sheathes, en-
ameled, with fork of crystal, and one
silver fork handled with ebony and
ivory.
The Princess Royal of England
Grown Princess of Prussia) will be
present at the marriage of the Duke of
Edinburgh with the Grand Duchess
Marie as representative of the Queen.
This is the immediate cause Of the jour-
ney of the Grown Prince and Princess
to st. Petersburg.
A SENTRY at the Royal Arsenal, Wool
witch, has afforded remarkableinstance
of somnambulism by marching four
miles ia his sleep, carrying his KNAPP.
sack and rifle and six rounds of ammu-
milton. Fortunately he was met by
policeman at Boxley-heath and awaken
ed to sense of duty before he had
injured himself or any one else during
his slum5ers.
ACCORDING to the Vienna New Freie
Press, the Vienna Exhibition was
visited by two Emperors, one Empress,
three Kings, five Queens, five reigning
Grand Dukes, three Grand Duchesses,
five relgning Princes, two Princesses,
thirteen heirs To a throne five Crown