Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-10
Freshest GIeanings.

| AT the Jardn des Planets, goose
recently died, aged 203 years. :,
GREAT commercial depression is re
ported in Sicily
In ten days three women in St. Paul
gave birth to ten children.
A RUSSIAN princess is to appear as
star at the Grand Opera, Paris,
CARPENTERS are wanted on the Cen
tennial grounds; $3.50 day is offered.
| THURLoW WEED wept during Moody's
| final remarks in New Y ork.
Two Irish sportsmen have built
| Turkish baths for their racers and
blooded cattle.
By a recent decree of the Mikado of
Japan, journalists are not required to
| pay any postage hereafter
ONE of the Cincinnati breweries has
received an order for 10000 barrels of
lager beer to be used at the Centennial.
ALL the Cinnamon employed in the
Empire watch factory in San Francisco
have been discharged.
A SILK dress was worn at a party at
| bennington, Pa. which was $50 years
old.
THE mem bership of the New York
Southern Fire Relief Association is
3,779.
| A BRICKLAYER recently died in Lon
don who was found to have the heaviest
brain on record; it weighed IS ounces.
The man could neither read nor write.
| The March coinage of the San Fran
| CISCO mint amounted to $3,308,OOO,
against So, 542, 900 in the corresponding
month Of last year.
WHILE at work on his last picture,
Melssonier spent days mixing snow
with mud in order to get the proper eff
feet for the surface of bis battlefield.
ONE rumor floating around in Boston
is that Winslows return will cause two
mysterious disappearance from State
street."
THERE has been good deal of fun
made over the Chinese birds nest soup,
but it is said by Americans who have
tasted of the dish say that it viii yet be
served at our restaurants.
The heirs of all who fell at tn
Alamo Or under Fannin at Goliad, and
all soldiers who took part in the battle
of San Jacinto, are entitled to $40 acres
of land in Texas
CHINESE hotels have raised their rates
and 1t costs twenty-five cents day to
stop around frst-class hotel. Of
course comm Ell cial travellers are given
the usual discount
A BOILING lake two miles in circum-
ference, has been found in the island of
Dominica. 1t is on the top of wooded
mountain, and is 1000 feet above the
level Of the sea.
A RUSSIAN paper announces that a
belief in the approaching end of this
world has seized the Cossacks of the
Don. Many, especially aged people,
are given up worldly affairs, wearing a
shroud and ordering their collins.
The gas company of Geneva, N. Y,
intends manufacturing gas from wood
and crude petroleum instead of coal.
It is asserted that the gas thus pro-
duced gives as pure and brilliant 8.
light as coal gas, and can be made and
supplied to customers at greatly re-
duced prices.
The inhabitants of the little village
of Haselmere, England, were some
what startled by woman named Vim
cent, who had an impression That she
must offer up a Spiritual sacrifice.
SEEING cat she decapitated it with a
Ratchet Immediately afterward she
cut off her left hand with the same in
strumen because, as she said, it had
offended Der. When she had severed
it at the wrist, all but small piece of
skin, she ran about with it dangling.
A surgeon was sent for who arrested the
hemorrhage and made proper am,
putation. Next day she was removed
to an asylum, where she still continues
to rave about Scripture.
A REPORTER who called upon Mrs
Woodruff and Tennie Claflin at a Bos
ton hotel, made note of the fact tina
Mrs. WoodhulPs hair was banged
cut square across the forehead, AM
Miss C aflin had evidently tried to d.
the same thing, but finding the cropped
locks intractable, had allowed them t.
curl and twist at will so that the,
formed sort of hirsute clteua,ta de frise
The sisters were indignant because the
had been refused use of every hall i
Boston, although" Mrs. Woodruff RI
marked, "you have stood Iilton tW
nights, and are going to have Beecher
Mrs. Woodruff saps she has been j
vited to Dngland, and will &c there
September.
The tar-covered pavement on Sup
rior street, in front Of the City Ha
Cleveland, slightly melts ON warm day
as an old farmer found out to his cost
few days ago. He hitched his horse
the side of tie street at an early hou
and went off leaving it there for tb
greater part of the day. He returne
toward evening, unfastened his "an
mile and climbed into his buggy. Ell
gave the nag a gentle invitation t
travel, which said party did not accep
with much alacrity. The driver coax
| ed and threatened, but it was all il
vain. The animal made some ineffet
tual attempts, all of which resulted i
dismal failures. The driver finally &C
out for the purpose of locating tn
trouble, and succeeded to his entire sat
isfaction. Tar had melted, and tht
horse had settled into it SO effectualll
that one of it's feet had become so firm.