Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-30
Freshest Glelnings.


ENGLAND coal mines produce annual
~ 25O,0OOO0O tons. "
STURGEON says $10,OOO,OOO would not
/ tempt him to go to America.
SERvIAN insurgents want their hos
pltal necessities from England. :
BRUSSELS is wrestling with the typhus
fever. Even horses have it.
A DUBLIN doctor says, sfatal cases
of sunstroke cannot be cured"
HAPPY Texas has over 100000
acres of public land.
LOLA MoNTEz once tanned wildcat
by looking it steadily in the eye.
DON'T go west, young man; there are
$4,000 unemployed in Frisco alone.
BosToN CoRBETT, who shot Wilkes
Booth, is a halter in Cleveland, Ohio.
The English iron trade appears to be
in worse condition than ever.
The experiment of sending fresh
beef to Europe in cold air refrigerators
has proved eminently successful
LADY SMITH, of London is 1O4 years
Of age. Her husband was president of
| the Linn@an Society. 1907 sd .a @
An English paper has come to the
conclusion that England can build IRON
ciads that will float.
A SISTER of Sturgeon has entered the
pulpit, and is said to make an excellent
preacher.
| AN official has been imported from
India to direct forest culture and
preservation in New Zealand
FOUR million barrels of flour are re-
CURED to to feed the people of New
| Y ork for one year. dora.
4 Go TO Mexico, in the Main Building,
when you visit the Centennial, and see
the 1000 pound lump of silver. It is
worth $4,000.
SWITZERLAND County, Indiana, has
over $50, 900 invested In the bee bust
ness, producing $4,000 pounds of honey
annually, valued at $4,000.
THERE arrived some weeks ago at
Leith, Scotland, from Norway, with a
cargo of ice, bark which was built in
Philadelphia in 1884.
MIR. GEORGE w. CHILDs of the Phil
adelphia Ledger, at his own expense,
is sending all the boys in the House of
Refuge at Philadelphia to see the Cen
tennial Exhibition. Eaa
The sheriff Of Atlantic county. N. j..
has sent to Philadelphia for blood
hounds, with which to hunt out of the
swamps where they are hiding the
murderers of Farmer Ellwood.
| 'NoHTHAMPToN claims to have been
the first town In Massachusetts to pay
taxes in support of the Revolutionary
government, which she did December
10, 1774. '..' = W
EARLY in September Don Carlos will
retire from America, and, with the
Princess Margaret, his wife, occupy the
spacious residence at Passy, near Paris,
long inhabited by Queen Christina.
Two sons Of Daniel Drew are trying
to erase their sorrows over their fathers
great losses by boarding, fishing and
hunting in the Adirondack region, at
an expense Of $50 per day. er
Mr.. STOKES continues to be deeply
grieved. His hair is almost white and
he seems to be a physical wreck. The
humiliation of being treated as a COM
mon convict is the last straw on his pa
tient back. @
The country papers are beginning to
talk about 6 the $4,000 pound bell of
| liberty at Philadelphia, with its 400
pound clapper." At this rate of in
crease, it will soon outweigh the big
bell at Moscow. $50
The occasional appearance of man
wearing buster, with a small demi-
john in one hand, and a package in the
other containing a copy of ''Songs for
the sanctuary" and euchre deck.
shows that the camp-meeting season
has arrived.-Nwuich Bulletin.
The Servians nave been driven out
of Gurgusoyatz; Harvatovitch has
fallen back on Alexinatz; sSevenyearso-
witch has defeated Crackyerj awawigatz
and Pulldowny ourvestovitch has in
aicted a crushing blow on Wipofyer-
chinoski. Press.
PRESIDENT PORTER, of Yale College,
says that billiard tables should be pro-
vided for the students, whereupon the
Presbyterian exclaims: "Shades of the
Puritan founders! Billiard tables for
Yale College! Men of God, think of
it u"
A MAINE student, on wager, man.
aged to make away with ten ice creams
IN succession recently, but his screams
oOOA O1OuSut ~ UOClOTf on the scene.
The same voracious youth offered to
devour ten mince pies in twenty min
utes, but as nobody was willing to pay
for the pies, the offer was not accepted.
The Shah of Persia has in his palace
a terrestrial globe said to be solid gold.
It is surrounded by circles of the same
metal, and adorned with all sorts of
gems. All the countries are indicated
by incrustations Of diamonds and
precious stones of various colors.
AT the Centennial exhibition, in the
Main Building, is seal finger ring,
beautifully set with diamonds and
pearls in blue stone. This set is
hinged to the ring, and when raised re-
veals, underneath, a watch with dial
as large az the head of led pencil,
and figures thereon SO small as to make
magnifying glass necessity to the
wearer, if he cares to note how the
hours fly.