Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-26

Albert Keep, Marvin Hughitt, J. B.
Redfield, M. M. Kirkman and G.. c..
Wheeler, all of Chicago have filed articles
of association in the Office of the Secre-
tary of State as incorporates of the Me-
nominee Railway Company, being a
branch of the Chicago and Northwestern
road, eleven miles to new iron mine
The new road branches at point on the
boundary line of Wisconsin and Michi-
gan.
The annual report of the Secretary of
War is published The actual ex-
penditures of the War Department for
the twelve months ending June 80, 1879
were $42, 1853, 1882. The estimates for
the service for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1881, are $40, $3.50, 1888.
"Brick" Pomeroy and the Wisconsin
Greenbackers have fallen ont "Brick"
went into the Greenback movement en-
tirely as a matter of business, and of
course as soon as the Greenback ship
showed signs of sinking, he fed for the
shore. His dupes now accuse him of
treachery and all that sort of thing.
"Brick'' is one of the few Greenbackers
who has really made greenbacks out of
the operation And now, like the reck-
less adventurer he is, he is ready for
something else.
The total number of convicts received
at the Milwaukee County House of Cor
rection since its organization, December
Is, 1865, up to date is 1910; total num-
Der of inmates, 10Y, of which 81 are m ales
and 10 are females
Patents to Wisconsin men: p. Andef-
son, Racine, corner plate for carriage
body; III A Frambach, Menasha, pro-
cess and apparatus for making paper pulp
from wood; S. Hickey, Sheboygan steam
brake for locomotives; G. Ingersoll, Beloit
corrugated paper dish; 0. 0. Storle, Mil
waukee. cord holder and cutter for grain
binders,
Georgia, by an act of the Legislature,
is pensioning Confederate soldiers to an
extent that will take 100000 annually
from the State Treasury for several years
The loss of leg in the Confederate SER
vice insures $50 per annum, and a lost
arm secures the victim $50 year
GRANT AND THE NICAURAUGA CANAL.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Dispatches from
Washington say that General Grant, in a
letter to Admiral Ammer, acknowledges
the receipt of letter from the Admiral
in regard to the mission of Thomas D.
France, a representative of the Nicaurau-
gan government, who has come to this
country to aid in the formation of a COM
pany to construct the Nicauraugan Canal.
General Grant says hat he will be in
Philadelphia on the 10th of December,
where he would be pleased to meet Mr.
De France, and exchange views upon the
object of his visit. There is considerable
speculation as to whether General Grant
will Immediately accept the task of Or
ganlzing the company. 1t is said that
the salary proposed is $4,000 year till
the Canal is in working order, when it is
agreed to increase it to $4,000.
It is becoming the fashion of distin-
guished weddings in Paris for page boys
to be substituted for bridesmaids. They
are dressed alike, mostly in red or blue
velvet or satin, with silk stockings and
gold buckles; and, for their business, have
to attend on the BRIDE carry her prayer
book and bouquet, support her train and
veil, and generally be at her bidding all
the day. Young brothers or relatives un-
der twelve years Of age are usually select
ed for the office.