Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-11-22
Miscellaneous Notes.


Gas lights were introduced into Lon
don in the year 1907; in Baltimore in
1921 and in New York in 1928.
A MAN was killed in Georgia for kill
ing kicking mule. The mule was
the executioner.
AN agent of a hundred Chicago
families is prospecting Florida for q
settlement.
A TAUNTON, Mass, letter carrier had
pair of shoes and mammoth box of
backing presented him lately as his
tiftleth birth day present.
The Princess Of Wales is one Of the
principal heirs of the late Queen-Dow-
ager Josephine Of Sweden, who left a
fortune of $5,5OO,OOO.
A CANNING establishment at Astoria,
Oregon, made four hundred and fifty
head of cattle into mincemeat in the
month Of September.
VERGENNEs, VT, the oldest city in
Vermont, is called the smallest city in
the world, it's area being less than two
square miles.
A PHILADELPHIA photographer held
woman's baby as security the other
day until she could raise the required
sum to pay for it's picture.
EXPERIMENTS with. dynamite in Eng
land, by dropping of heavy weights and
discharging gunpowder, shows that no
conclusion, however violent, will ex-
plode it.
A NOVEL proposal has just been made
to the project of the Seine by two en-
gineers, who propose to surround all
public building with asphalt as q pre-
servativ e from fire.
The Khedive, who was once worth
millions, now sleeps On the floor. This
is getting down pretty low, but he can
roll over and get as lively nightmare
as he pleases without falling out of
bed.-Norristow7 Herald.
A NEW method of circulating hand
bills in cities is by throwing them from
the upper stories OF high buildings, by
which means an undercurrent of air
carries them q great distance before
they fall to the ground.
A NEWFOUNDLAND dog in Toronto,
sixteen years old, wears three medals,
each representing a human life saved.
He is gray and toothless, and is care
fully provided for by the mother
superior of a convent.
SOMEBODY remarks concerning the
oyster: Nobody knows who ate him
first, but now he is accepted as good.
Four thousand millions (4,OOO,O OO,OOO)
or thereabouts, of him are eaten in
New York City alone in single year.
THREE natives of India called recent
! Iy at Balmoral and demanced an audi
ence with their new Empress. They
stated that they had travelled all the
way from the Punjaub to lay their
grievances before the Queen, but they
were denied the opportunity.
A WEDDING occurred few days ago
at Corinth, Miss, in which the groom
was German Catholic, the bride an
American Presbyterian, the attendant
a Baptist, the clergyman an Episcopal
ian, and the ceremony was perform ed
in Methodist church before a mixed
Assembly.
In 1890, not hundred years ago, at
the sack of Ismail, the Russians were
as atrocious toward the Turks as the
latter are toward the Servians: and
Suwarrow put 5000 persons to death:
as lecture to his soldiers in the art of
massacre.
A Boston woman had prepared to
elope, but when her husband, hearing
of her intention, came forward with
his check-book and offered her money
for her expenses, while his face was IL
Illuminated with unbounded JOY, she
considered the matter and concluded
not to go. It took all the romance
away.
A CALIFORNIA man was married in
double-quick time the other day. TAX
ny his affianced with him, he drove in
g. buggy to the residence of justice of
the peace, where he halted. The JUS
tice then went on with the ceremony,
ordering the twain in the carriage to
join hands, and in a minute from the
time the buggy drew up to the Justices
door, the newly married couple were
off in their equippage again.
AN eminent English physician points
out in the London, Times that scurvy
still prevails in the British mercantile
navy, although lime juice is abundant
ly used, while American vessels are
comparatively free from it. Potatoes,
according to the above auth GRITTY are q
specific against scurvy, and he strongly
urges the carrying of preserved pota-
toes on all long voyages.
AFANCY, originating of course, in Par
is, in the wearing of ball room dress,
made entirely of flowers. The garment
is really an overdress, although it is so
long as nearly to cover the other. From
beneath the edge falls some dropping
flowers, like fuchsias, and entirely COW
ering the upper part, generally made of
muslin, are flowers of one specie or
mixture of all kinds.
A MARYLAND shoemaker has begged
away ever since ne was boy, and al
though he is now rs years old, ard
never possessed $25 at a time, he is
quite happy and industrious.-Ec.
Hell do. He has a contented sole, and
as he wakes to his end the upper feel
ings OF his nature cling to the last
Philadelphia Bulletin.
!" FATHER, did Casca, that helped to
kill julius Caesar, own great many
houses ?" "No, my dear; not that |