Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-31
Freshest Gleanings.

FIVE of the new police force of In
dlanapolis are colored.
A TERRAPIN farm has been started
at Mobile and its produce has been en-
gagged for the New York market.
They have a pair of scales in New
York which weigh the millionth part
of a grain.
BEAUFORT. n. c., has captured anoth-
er whale. This one is 80 feet long and
will yield 1000 gallons of oil.
Col. PETER DoNoHUE, the wealthy
Pacific Railroad potentate, in 1850
started a blacksmith shop in tent at
San Francisco.
THE Iowa State convicts are paid
forty-six cents per day. and the aim of
each man is to do forty-fve cents
worth of work in a day.
The Chinaman of Gold Hill, Nevada.
are petitioning the authorities for a
public school, in which they and their
children may learn the English Ian
guage.
The official records of marriage IL
censes in Chicago, during the past two
years, show that only about one in
twenty of the welded couples are ma
tive born Am orleans.
IT is said that California is we'll suited
for the domestication and breeding of
the ostrich, and it is quite probable that
an effort will be made to raise these
valuable birds in that State.
TExARKANA, a town of 200 inhabi-
tants, is claimed by both Texas and
Arkansas, the state line dividing the
town in the centre. Taxpayers are
happy because they don't recognize the
assessment of either state.
A HINT for the doctors. A photo
graph of young lady in France recent
ly revealed spots which which we're not
visible on the lady's face. A little later
the spots did appear, and she died of
smallpox,
The criminal records of Iowa for
1875 show 1917 convictions, attended
with a bill of $199,779 for expenses
and a net loss account Of $167 TIT, for
all which the offset in fines collected
amounted only to $32,6O2.
So great is the superstition of the
southern negro, and so strong his faith
IN the power of witchcraft, that Geor-
gla colored man believes that an At
lanta woman charmed and tricked him,
and that he now has forty-nine live
snakes in his leg.
The San Francisco Chronicle has I'M
earthed new fraud. This time itcon-
sists of smart trick of the importers
who color fine sugar to lower the grade.
A profit of 81 100000 per year has been
made by this species of commercial
THERE is lady living in Richmond.
Ind, who YVES married when twelve
years of age When fifteen years old
she was the mother of two children,
and when thirty her children numbered
ten. Eight of her children are now
living.
ACCORDING to a French statistician.
more than thousand people have per-
lshed by fires in theatres from the be-
ginning of the nineteenth century up
to the present date, while the pecuniary
loss by the same class Of confederation
amounts to about $6O,OOO,OOO.
A MAN called at the Albany Medical
College and wanted to sell his body for
dissection. His price was $75, but he
came down to $40. He said he would
spend the money in last carousal, and
then commit suicide. A bargain was
not cOnsummated.
AN article in the North American
Review sets aside all the romance of
Aztec civilization, repeated by modern
authors and Spanish authors, SAYS
Montezuma was only an ordinary In
dian chief, and that all stories of his
grandeur, of his marble halls and re-
fined luxuries, are lies and moonshine.
MAcAULAY, speaking of a portrait of
himself, said with great candor, cit is
the face of man of considerable men,
tai powers, great boldness and frank
ness, and quick relish for pleasure.
1t is not unlike Mr.. Fox's in general ex-
preston am quite content to have
such physiognomy."
THERE are two hot springs in Pres
ldio County, Texas, near the Rio Grande,
each about ten feet in diameter, in
closed in a natural circular rim three
feet high. The water is clear, and of
an unknown depth, attempts to sound
it with 100 feet of the line having failed.
In one spring there is temperature of
ITO degrees.
A KEARNEY man started with team
to the Black Hills, and the Indians
wanted to interview him on the way.
He whipped up his team, but the In
dams gained on him. He threw out
his load, but they came still nearer.
He finally drew the kingbolt, and rode
the two wheels safely into Custer at
the rate of 20 miles an hour.
A YOUNG lady of Nevada, Iowa, has
recovered damages from the estate of
a sutton who committed suicide upon
being called upon to fulfil his promise
to marry her. The court held that the
suicidal act, under the circumstances,
was a deliberate breach of promise,
for which his estate might be held
liable. There was no plea of insanity!
To obviate the dangers arising from
dampness in brick buildings, French
architect, NJ. Sebille, has patented
simple and inexpensive process for in
jecting brick, tiles and other earthen
with the tarry residue from
the manufacture Of illuminating gas,