Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-05

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, December l.
Samuel Bowles, editor of the Republ-
can, who has been i'll for several days,
suffered this morning paralysis of the
brain, and his physicians say that he
cannot recover. He is now uncon-
scous.
SENATOR Gordon, of Georgia has
introduced in the senate a resolution
that a chime of bells intended for St.
MichaePs church in Charlestown, S.
c., be admitted to this country duty
free. The chime Of bells was present
ed to the old colony of South Carolina
by the English crown. During the
revolutionary war it was captured and
sent to England, where it has remain
ed ever since. An English merchant,
whose name is not given, now intends
to send the bells back to South Carroll
ma.
The sugar production of Cuba is
said to be in danger of ruin. The New
York Sun presents statistics to show
that the Spanish colonial rule has so
burdened the industry as to make it
unrem lucrative. 1t asserts that this
years yield will be deficient, and that
it does not now pay to make sugar in
Cuba. Sugar planters are financially
embarrassed because standing crops are
no longer good security for loans. as
the sugar made will not suffice for tax
eS.
The American Colonization Society
has sent to Liberia since the close of
the war 3.l37 colored persons. 1t is
now preparing to dispatch another ex
petition on tie I'd of January next.
The plumber ofemmigrants will depend
to a considerable extent, on the means
yet to be contributed for the purpose.
The society is constantly receiving ur-
gent applications for passage and settle.
ment. These, with other movements,
especially in South Carolina and Flori-
da, represent, it is estimated, quarter
of million of men, women and chill
dren.
LONDON, Dec IA correspondent in
Rome telegraphs that since the 22d ult
the Pope's legs have been swollen to
an unusual degree, and the discharge
is 80 copious as to cause uneasiness.
Yesterday he received the officers of
the Palatine guard, and chatted and
joked with great vivacity. 1t is now
believed certain that the consistory will
meet in the Pontiff's bedroom, aud the
fact has given rise to considerable spec
ulation. Ga all sides it is looked up
on as significant and as betokening the
beginning of the end. 81
In Neenah there is band of gyp.
sizes numbering ten men and ten WON
en- Ono children), who have rented two
houses and located for the winter.
They have number of good wagons
and carriages, also about twenty horses
The women are good looking and quite
dressy, and are engaged in enlighten-
ing citizens of the future by telling
their fortunes: charging them from
fifty cents to SIS. The men are sloven-
ly dressed. and looking lot, often
seen drunk. They occupy their tim e
in trading" horses, and generally get
the best of the bargain, as they are
sharp jockies.
The PLACE WHERE Tue Sun
JUMPS A DAY.-Chatham Island
lying off the coast Of New Zealand, in
the South Pacific Ocean, is peculiarly
situated, as it is one of the few inhab-
table points of the globe where the
day of the week changes. Its just on
the line of demarcation between dates.
There high II on Sunday, Sunday
noon ceases and instantly Monday
meridian begins. Sunday comes into
mans house on the east side, and be-
comes Monday by the time it passes
out the western door. A man sits
down to his MONDAY dinner on Sunday,
and it is Monday noon before he fin
ishes it. There Saturday is Sunday
and Sunday is Monday, and Monday
becomes suddenly transferred into
Tuesday.