Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-09
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VIC emperor OF DrAZll TO make C0aE C&EE
the point of his arrival in the Unitna
States.
The trial of Mrs Emma Wimpie taa
the murder of her husband, Charles I'D.
Wlmple, will come off at the February
term of court, at Little Valley, CSstsr
raugus county, N.~Y.> The belief kws
walls that she is guilty as paramoar al
Nelson Il. Cool, who now lies in SeSs
under sentence of death. 20
JOSEPH L1PPMAN, wealthy citizen se
Savannah, Ga, aged IS years, died Ea
Gently and left will, in the foartk,
clause Of which he takes retresposs
of his long life, in which he states that,
with full knowledge that his earthaB
career is about closing, he can reoeIlece
no act of his life to be atoned or reRxx9-
ted by himself or family.
PROFESSOR HoUaHroN, of the Univss.-
sity OF London, advises the use of Che
long drop in executions, and states thas
the fracture of the spinal column cs9l
best be instantaneously effected ~
placing the knot under the chin, anA
allowing fall of at least ten feet. Casp
should be taken in the selection of &
rope. H
BENJAMIN" shouted Mrs. Toodsss
to her husband who was going out Of
the gate, sbring me up Ave cents worth,
OF snuff when you come" "SnuMs
Mrs. Toodles, snuff ?" he calculated, nc
he paused with his hand on the Iatnh=
" No, no, Mrs. Toodles, the times aps
too hard to admit of such extravagsoee
You must tickle your nose with stKsn
when you want to sneeze."
A vEBY large and interesting COLES
ton ee relics of the mound builden.
consisting Of human bones, skulls, cat
ing, cooking and drinking vessels, anN
many other curious things, has beer
MADE by the Centennial Committee s&
st. Louis, No., and is now ready fns
shipment.
THE volume of "Eschylus, which
the poet Shelly was reading when b,
was drowned, is preserved by his fanaa-
~. The book was still held In hE
hand when the body was recovered,
but the action of the water had stripped
off the leather binding and warped tAe
pages round the finger inserted to keep
the place.
e A CERTAIN man walked all over tise
city yesterday trying to find PhiladeH-
phia directory. A friend asked tins
cause of his anxiety and was told that
he wanted to gee if he knew anybody m,
that city, and if so where he lived. I'M
order that he might make him a nice
long visit next summer. And he is mot,
the only man who is looking up that
matter.-Zroy Press.
WILLIAM FITZPATRICK, formerly ems
Chicago, left Kansas City, on Monday.
in charge of friends, for Chicago. He
was attacked by ut of insanity between
that point and Hays City, and insisted
in hugging all the ladies on the train.
He was taken from the train at HAVE.
and sent back.
A PHYs1oGNoMIsT writes that regulsr
white teeth. seen at once upon hes
mouth opening, but not projecting. mar
always entirely seen, denotes acutenes4,
truth and goodness. Small, short teeth
which are seldom pure white, denote
strength long teeth always imply
weakness and want of spirit. Those
which are firm and strong, whatever the
color, denote strength and firmness. M
the upper gum is much seen immedi
ately on opening the mouth it generally
denotes dullness and GOODNESS.
"A CEMENT for covering the joints at
ovens, that has been found excellent IN
practice and does not crack, but be-
comes very hard, may be made by mix
ing equal quantities of finely sifteA
wood ashes and crushed finely sifteI
clay, and adding some salt and suficiea&
water to form it into dough, with whick
the cracks are coated when the oven E
cold. If this cement is employed in
steadaof clay in setting new ovens, they
will, it is claimed, be almost indestruet
ible. .es*a.ss;,.. 'l'7
SCENE at a Virginia railroad depae,
Two warm hearted F. F. We bidding
each other good bye:1 "Percy, thE
parting seems like its very hard. +" ssOhe
it's heap worse than hard, PIantaganee
bitter, its bitter s'.Have you
any last request to make2" s'Yea."
said Percy, the tears coming into h.
eyes, "Give me chew Of tobacco. "
Argus.
i w. D. HowE11s, in his novel of
s. Private Theatricals, says of newly
married couples: 8 The young spouseG
are ever SO willing to have the poM
ghost of friendship. remain; the wise
learns whethe it takes two or three
Jumps of sugar in its tea; the husbauS
bids it smoke anywhere it likes, and
the wife smiles a menacing acquies-
cence; but all the same they turn it oz4
Of doors. They praise it when it II
gone, and they feel SO much more com-
Portable to be alone" Bts8 ~ sfYr.
THE Philadelphia postoffice state
~ ent shows the following totals for
1875: 227 carriers employed. 18. 49,, 913
mail letters delivered, 10, 1874, 667 load
letters delivered; total postal cards and
delivered, 1880, 500; totAk
postal cards ana newspapers collected,
81, 537, 848. The sales of postage stamps
etc., amounted to 1895, 63o.-
96. There were issued in domestzc
money orders $776, 057, 35, and paid
g, 217, 623. 81, and in International o.
iers issued, $65, 971.67; paid, $H,-
go 49, n4egv errY -
The late Mrs. Andrew johnson hax
ong been an invalid. II, early life she
enjoyed much greater advantages than
ler husband, who was indebted to her
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