Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-14
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ALDERMANIC work at Fort Scott
Kansas, is ormous, and doesn't paw
Mrs. Guernsey fired at some burglars
one night, and the next day one of the
aldermen had his arm amputated.
INDIANAPOLIS claims the third place
In the list of the packing cities of the
world, ard says IL has the largest pork
packing house in existence, 1914, OOC
! hogs being slaughtered there last
year. .. g. .gM a.. e.sI
THE directors Of the Michigan South
ern and Lake Shore Railroad have an
thorlzed a second mortgage for $685.
200, 900, which, when placed, Will make
the total debt Of the road 800, 900, 600.
Only 81, 100000 of the new bonds will
be issued Immediately. -.
HE 1000 Gentiles, commonly called
outsiders" who reside in Salt Lake,
says the Salt Lake Tribune, and paw
two-thirds of the city revenue, think
they have rights which the city author
tiles shall respect. And they mean ex-
actIy what they say.
PROVIDENCE, in beautiful accord with
It's name, has such thoroughtares as
Faith street, Hope street, Benevolent
street, Happy street, &c. The other
day man was found fainting from
starvation in Benevolent street. and
was carried through Happy street to
hospital.
OUR lighthouse system is more
extensive than any in the world, the
lights and beacons extending more than
10000 miles along coast and shore
We have 521 lighthouses, 35 powerful
signals operated by engines driven bv
steam or hot air, 1854 day, or unlighted
beacons, and 1888 buoys.
HE British exploring ship Chal-
lenger recently touched at the Island of
Triston d'Acuna, in the South Allan
tic, and found two Germans living
there, who were heartily tired of play
ing Robinson Crusoe and gladly avail
ed themselves Of the opportunity of
leaving.
ALL the cork used in London comes
from that portion of Spain held by the
Carl1sts. Since the war the cork
manufacturers of the United Kingdom
have been utterly ruined in their bust
ness, and the Londoners have to keep
their mouths over their bottles to pre-
vent the contents from escaping.
lea is now extensively raised in Hin
dostan, the export to England in 1872
exceeding sixteen millions of pounds.
The Indian teas are of rare flavor, and
are used by English shopkeepers to
mix with the Chinese. The culture in
India is now carried On by joint stock
companies, which are now paying from
IO to 20 per cent dividends.
M. BoTToNE was led to admit theo-
retically that the natural measure of
the hardness of any metallic element
was the specific gravity divided by the
atomic weight. The hardness of a
large number Of metals, determined
experlmentally, agrees very closely
with the calculated value.
Snow BIRDS are esteemed a great
delicacy in Nevada, where the Indians
shoot them with bows and arrows.
These birds, though small, are exceed
lngly plump, and seven or eight of
them skewered on a cambria needle.
and .broiled on thimbleful of Goals.
make delicious morsel. .s-asE
The proprietor of the London Tele-
graph IS about to raise the price of ad-
vertisements to Is. cd. per line. The
number of them has become so large
as to interfere with the news, and he
expects by increasing the price to
make more room IN his columns. The
daily circulation of the Telegraph is
now about Ito, 1000.
Some practical joker recently went
into the office of the Paris True Ken
tucklan, during the absence of it's edi-
tor, and had inserted poem to the
latter's first born. The editor did not
observe it until the paper was printed,
when he went through the entire
edition and clipped out the offending
rhyme.
THE Montreal fremen are to have a
new kind Of respirator, consisting of a
metal case filed with glycerine and
powdered charcoal. These will not
only preserve the men from suffoca-
ton, but also effectually prevent them
from yelling, which all fremen seem
to think is particularly eficacious in
distinguishing fires.
ONE Of the Prussian military institu-
lions which have been of late specially
commended in their comrades by the
reforming class of French officers, is
that of the regimental court of honor,
fhe use of which is found with the
Germans to have greatly modified the
former barbarous system of dueling of
every slight affront.
A HIPPocAMPUs, or sea horse, in the
Manchester aquarium, recently gave
birth to family numbering about two
hundred. They were Matched in a
pouch which is in the tail of the male
parent, the ova being placed there by
the female as in a nest. It is sup
posed that the young occasionally re-
turn to the pouch for protection.
The hop vine, as a material for max
ing paper, is receiving increased atten-
ton, and is likely to repay trouble and
cost OF experiments. Under chemical
treatment it is found to yield a long,
strong and fine fibre. The process Of
is said tn no of - no1ol