Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-11
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him in narrow cutting? Engine hear
ing. nv
0uER1Es by h1edicaf ioker-If the
patient does not recover. his health,
ought physician to recover his fees
If the doctor orders bark, has the pa
tient right to growl?
A CHARMING little fish story from Yer
mont: "a boy caught an immense
pickerel, which hroke the line and dis
appeared The boy fell into the water
and sank to the bottom, whereupon his
brother grabbed him by the hair and
pulled nim out, only to find the lost
pickerel firmly clasped in the boys
arms" t-s.lf n.
SEVENTY FIVE thousand dollars, con-
ditional upon its being increased by
others to $25O,OOO, has just been given
to Syracuse University by gentleman
whose modesty keeps the name from
the public. This makes $105,00 which
this institution has received since Dr.
Ravens incumbency of the Chancellor
ship.
DEERs are multiplying in great num-
bers in the vicinity of Petersburg, Va.
The woods In every direction are filed
with them, and SO bold have they be-
come that their tracks are to be seen
within the limits of the corporation, the
plantations of the savory pes which
abound on the outskirts of the city,
being the delicacy which attracts them.
A NEW industry which is followed in
Kittery, on the coast of Maine, is that
of collecting and drying sea moss. The
moss is torn from the rocks at low tide.
After it is thoroughly dried, it is packed
in barrels and shipped to Boston, where
it finds ready sale at six cents pound.
Immense quantities of it are used by
brewers in settling ale.
The Bishop of Wurtsburg once aske
a sprightly little shepherd boy, "What
are you doing here, NY lad % Tend
ing swine..'' How much do YOU get p
Gone form week." q also am
shepherd" continued the Bishop, ''but
[ get much more pay" 90 "Then I sup
pose you have more swine under your
care, }" innocently repiedthe boy.
THE latest advices from the cane
growing districts in the south show an
uncommonly large yield Of cane per
acre, and containing a greater proper
ton Of saccharine matter than usual.
Prospects are now good for the produc
ton of the largest crop of sugar that
has been made in Louisiana since 1861.
The new census of Michigan is com
pleted, and all the returns except from
eight counties have been sent to the
secretary of state. When the returns
are all footed up they will show a gain
in population since 1870 of nearly $780,
900. Kent county returns the greatest
number of acres devoted to apples,
1915 acres; Berrien the greatest num-
Der to vineyards, 243 75-1OO acres; and
Ottawa next, 116 400 acres; while
Jackson excels in raising horses, having
IA, 36.
In Germany all the telegraphs are
owned by the government, and run at
the following charges: Message Of ten
words within the "frst zone of $50
miles distance, 5 groschens, or ID cents:
within the 'ssecond zone,'' Of 800 miles
10 groschens, OF 26aaa cents; within the
&c third zone,:' from one end of Ger
many to the other, over 800 and under
900 miles, Is groschens, or 40 cents;
additional words in proportion, and pre-
ferential messages sent in advance Of
turn, one and half to twice the forego-
ing rates.
A NEW and interesting feature in tn
money market, says the Chicago Tri-
bune, is the presence II that city of
considerable amount Of California funds,
to be loaned at rates OF interest extra
ordinarily low for California capital.
The current rate for money in that
state has been from one to five per cent.
a month. But it has accumulated so
rapidly that it cannot find borrowers at
those figures. The banks Of San
Francisco have $6O,0OO,O00 of gold de-
posts. The savings banks and other
financial institutions are discussing the
necessity of reduction in the rates Of
interest. Meanwhile some of the
money has begun to flow eastward. A
large amount is seeking borrowers in
Chicago for ten-year loans an nine per
cent. ~ -~
The Salt Lake Tribune says that
Brigham Young is reported now to be
not only hoplessly LII of body, but like
wise mentally reduced to the condition
of imbecility. No one, Mormon or
Gentle, is permitted to interview his
business affairs except in the presence
of his select counsellors, and these are
with him continually to prevent the
public learning of the wreck of brain
and health which were in old times
said to be invulnerable against labor or
fear. And those very men who stand
guard over their dying master, watch
each other with wolfsh chances, show
ing that they are greedily awaiting the
feast which death is to spread before
them. A few days will tell the story
nd make clear the sequel. s.
In Luck.
A handsome inheritance has come to
some lucky heirs residing in Iowa and
Nebraska. Three generations ago a
wealthy and public-spirited citizen who
was Mayor of Norwich, England, died,
leaving to the municipality a large sum
of money upon the condition that in
the third generation of his family the
accumulated interest on the sum do
II /, 10 %I.o