Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-11-18
Foreign Notes by Mail.

A BICYCLE race over 106 miles has re-
Gently been run in England The dis
lance was covered by the winner Id
five and half seconds less than eight
hours
In the Royal Mint at London great
care is taken of the "sweepings" Of the
various rooms and offices. Last year
the amount of gold rescued from these
sweepings realized more than 81 ,476
A TELEGRAM received at Hull from the
captain Of the schooner Samson, which
has just returned from cruise in the
Arctic regions, announces the discovery
of large beds of coal at Spitzbergen.
The disintegration of the Ashantee
Kingdom is now said to be complete,
and the King of Jaubin, formerly under
the rule of King Coffee, may be consid-
cred the most powerful monarch of the
country.
A SUNDERLAND Town Councillor, who
had moved in committee that the police
be set to the work of hunting up those
| who had no dog licenses, has just been
fined for keeping dog without a
license.
The Turks have calculated that with
LII <IUO ,ySttIS IlOIo UII0,Y WILL Lave COl-
quered the world. This statement is
made in all seriousness in an Arabic
newspaper published under Turkish
surveillance.
ACCORDING to the Friend of India,
number of Negapatam youths have been
arrested on charge of hanging boy
in fun" Deceased had murdered g.
lizard, and the novel court decided that
he was worthy of death, all the pro-
ceedings being carried out in the most
regular order.
The sixty-ninth anniversary of the
battle of Trafalgar was duly kept on the
21st of October. Five Admirals, two
Vice Admirals, one Deputy Inspector
of Hospitals, one Captain, one Lieuten-
ant Colonel, and four Commanders
comprise the list of surviving officers
who dined together.
SOME time ago penny savings bank
asso citation was established IN Liver
pool. Weekly returns of its transac-
tions are published, and we find from
the latest of these reports that in the
last week no less a sum than 1905 was
received. The newsboys avail them
selves Of it very largely.
ACCORDING to the new military survey
Of the Russian Empire, the monarchy
extends over 100000 geographical
square miles. The survey Of the coun-
try between the ANU and the Caspian
progresses satisfactorily. There is
every prospect that the construction of
deep ship canal will be practicable.
IT is officially announced that the
work Of restoring the Vendome Column
will be concluded by the middle Of No
vember. The statue Of Napoleon L.,
| which is to be placed upon the top of
| the column, is not yet ready. The old
statue could not be repaired, and the
new one will be made after the model
which exists in the studio Of nj. Du-
mont.
A ROMAN CATHOLIC priest at Meers-
burg, near Constance, has been con-
demned, on appeal, to ten days i'm
prisonment for teaching the school
children some scurrilous lines he had
composed on a Jewish manufacturer. A
nun, teacher and witness Of his, was
condemned to two months inprison-
ment for perjury.
A LETTER from Corbie (Somrne) to
the Petite Journal says j: ga fine pic
ture by Van Dyck has just been diseov-
cred at this place, in the house Of NJ.
Dowailly, formerly baiinff It repre-
sents the interior OF the painters apart
ment and his family on a day Of ker-
messe, and is composed of six fgu1e s.
The room is decorated with an Ecce
Homo, by the great artist, and with
other curiosities. This work is about
three feet and half long by two
broad, and is painted on al oak panel"
ILLUSTRATIVE of the s'ittle ways of
some of the London cabmen, it is re-
lated that well-known essayist, on ar
irving one day at Victoria Station,
asked to be driven to ST. James street.
Cabby mistook him for foreigner, and
drove him this way and that--round by
Sloane street, up by Park lane, and
again round by Holborn, Chancery
lane. the Strand, and Pail Mall. ssWhat
a funny dog you are" said the passen-
ger to cabby or getting out, as he
handed him a shilling. The credit is
awarded to cabby of having seen the
joke, and grinned at his own expense.
A CURIOUS superstition prevails on the
Isle of Man. It is to the effect that
children may be preserved from whoop-
ing cough by being placed in the hop
per of a mill. 8. Whooping cough"
says the Manx Times, " is at the pres
ent time exceedingly prevalent in the
south of the island and on Sunday
large number Of the children were taken
to the Grenaby mill, in the Parish of
Malew, three miles from Castletown, in
order to be subjected to the charm
Two hoppers of the mill were crammed
full of children, and as soon as they
were comfortably and safely settled, the
miller caused the wheel to revolve three
times, the parents OF the children being
present at the time. In order to be
efficacious, the ceremony must be gone
through at a time when the ministers of
the districts are engaged in preaching
in their pulpits. For this reason, about
noon on Sundays is generally the time