Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11
General Items.

New MEXICO has 1873 public schools.
KENTUCKY talks of prohibiting mas
querades.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention
only cost about 5000 per day.
The art Of painting on pottery is re-
ceiving great attention abroad.
ENGLISH car-builders admit the supe-
riority of American car wheels.
Now French aeronaut proposes to
make balloon transatlantic trip.
HARRY BAssETT viii not be put on the
turf this year.
COFFEE parties are the latest form of
midnight dissipation in some Of the
western cities.
A New YORK town makes its tramps
sweep crossings as q set-otf against
nights lodging and breakfast.
The public schools Of Chicago are
about to get a windfall in the shape Of
an estate valued at 81, 100000.
AT concert lately given in Newman
ket, n. H., the attractions were the
Cantata of &C Esther" and free oyster
supper.
The Reverend Rector Of Twineham,
England, has been fined e5 for using
armorial bearings without having paid
the duty.
AS suggestive bit Of statistics, it
may be mentioned that SO gin-houses
have been burned in Georgia since last
September.
In Hardin county, Iowa, is family
consisting of one Mr., one Mrs, and
two Misses. Aggregate weight of the
four, 1, $50 pounds.
A COUPLE in Kansas lately paid their
marriage fee in butter. Somebody sug-
gests that Z" they belonged to the
creme de la creme.
PERSEVERANCE isn't always rewarded.
In Indiana, lately, 20 men handled 35
cords of wood to get at rabbit, which
escaped after all.
The Roman Catholics Of Boston have
subscribed $4,000 for q new Episcopal
residence, which shall be IN keeping
with their magnificent Cathedral.
IT turns out that female Justices of
the Peace were once known in England,
but then, on the other hand, they were
appointed by 90 Bloody Mary
A CAMBRIDGE professor has decided
that a human being couldn't live min
ute in the moon, and we therefore warn
people to keep away from there.
A CARRIER pigeon arrived in Bridge
port, Conn.,, recently, from asteamer off
Cape Hatteras, which had a party of
Bridgeport people on board bound for
Florida.
ASTRONOMERS say that their science
can be practically studied under our
clear atmosphere TO better advantage
than from the observatories of middle
Europe.
&c IT is not the size of our standing
army that hurts, but the unnecessary
number of officers who sit about Wash
ington," refectively remarks the In
dianapolis Journal.
AT Oswego, recently, black and tan
terrier belonging to Nelson Deidrich
produced, among litter, pup with
two heads, one being in the natural DO
sition, and the other at one side of the
neck. The dog lived TIL morning. when
the mother bit off the unnatural head
and it died
A CITIZEN of Charlestown. South Car
DINA, wrote a letter recently to Edwin
Booth, proposing to engage him for six
nights at the Academy Of Music in that
city, at any time before the 1st of April,
paying him for the services of himself
and company S., 900 for the six nights
Mr.. Booth replied that his engagements
IN the West extend beyond the time
designated, and besides that he stands
pledged to Manager John t. Ford not
to go south except under his manage
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