Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-03-10
Foreign Notes.

THERE is talk of producing Handel's
"Hercules," at the next Festival Of the
Lower Rhine, under the direction of
Joseph Joachim, who has already made
the work known in Berlin
The landed property of Oxford Uni
versity, England, amounts to 147. ATT
acres, and that of Cambridge, 127, 271.
These lands yield, on an average, less
than one pound sterling an acre.
The American fashion of matinee per
formances at the theatres has been
adopted this season, to some extent, in
Paris, as it was also last year. These
performances always take place on Sun
day.
AT the iron works belonging to Sir J.
Browne & Co., at Sheffield, England,
cular, toothless disc of iron, which is
driven at the rate of from 1000 to 5000
revolutions per minute.
The Notifications at Strasburg are
about to be extended at cost Of seven
teen million francs. To cover this sum
the building ground made available by
the extension of the ramparts, will be
sold to the municipal authorities.
The London society for promoting
Christianity among the Jews, has just
secured permission from the Emperor
for the return of its missionaries to
Russia, from which country they were
expelled in 1855, at the time of the
Crimean war.
The British Great Northern Railway
recently killed Mr.. Pym-a descend
ant of Long Parliament Pym-and had
to pay $75, 900 to mis- widow. Pym wa
"tenant for life" of an income Of $685.
900, and his death left his widow with
out resources; so that the sum, large as
it seems, is only an assessment of three
years on the victims life.
The London Times is soon to issue
it's first edition at two o'clock in the
morning, and send copies to the leading
towns of the north by special locomo-
ing London papers will follow the ex-
newspaper expresses will run as far as
Edinburgh and Glasgow.
In the mountainous regions of North
Italy the chestnut forests have been at
tackled with disease; the roots are first
destroyed, and then the trees decay and
and topple. AS chestnuts are staple
food of the inhabitants, the govern
ment has fastened to appoint a COM
mittee Of scientists to examine into the
disease and supply remedies, if pos
sible.
PoUcET, the sculptor, died at Nice
suddenly. His young wife, stunned
with grief, never wrote to her family,
but brought the body to Paris. Quite
unexpectedly she entered the house OF
her father, and all inquired, "Your
husband; where is hep ''Down at
the door, she said, and they hurried
down to help him out of carriage, but
found him in hearse.
MIR. THOMAS HOLLOWAY, the ceIe-
brated pill man, is now engaged in the
erection of a college for women, near
Egman, in Surrey, England, which is to
cost nearly $1,00O,000. He also intends
to erect two more hospitals In London,
and has announced his determination to
devote the princely sum of $2,OOO,O0O
to such objects Of charity as may be
deemed advisable. So much for pills.
The German Princess Imperial viq-
tied the telegraph Office in Berlin latel~.
There are many women employed theri,
and many have received their positions,
upon the recommendation of her Roya;
Highness. She went to see them and
did not like their toilets. Next day
they received a circular directing less
extravagant style of dress, and forbid
ding them to wear their hair flowing in
the sloven fashion.