Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-03

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ing crowds. In running, jumping and
riding they excel, and they are also clever
at slight of hand. -,1
AN elegant marble shaft, to be erected
as monument to the late Albert Sidney
johnson, has arrived from Italyat Hous-
ton, Texas. The monument was pur-
chased with fund raised years ago by
the. ladies of Houston. 80.
AMONG the ctlriosities displayed at
Faneull Hall market, in Boston. ON
Saturday, were two young sperm whales.
One was eight feet and the other seven
feet long, and they weighed from 125 to
$50 pounds each.
AT Athens Ga, negro who was re-
Gently bitten by mad dog went to the
sheriff and asked to be chained IN cell.
lest he should be attacked BIZ hydropho
bia and bite some one else. The sheriff
complied, and the poor fellow is now in
durance, awaiting death, as he thinks.
Mr.. AND Mrs. TfNbEY were divorced
years ago at Columbus, Ind. Both
made subsequent matrimonial ventures.
he taking four wives in succession. and
she two husbands At length. both
being free, they discussed their varied
experience, admitted that neither had
been happy since their parting, and they
finally were reunited. .-.r---..-
A NOVEL way of catching a swarm of
bees was unintentionally tried at Deca-
tur, Mich. Harry Shoulders ran to them
with a green bough in his hand. The
queen bee poised herself over it, and then
alighted on Harry's hat, and in a twink
ling the whole swarm gathered about
his head and completely covered him
over. So closely were they knit togeth-
er that Shoulders could scarcely breathe.
A box was procured, and Shoulders head
was poked into it, and gradually the
bees worked off and safely hived.
THERE is a family in ST. Louis named
Boogher, who claim to be descendants
of William Richardson, who was COM
panion of William Penn. and who origi-
nally owned about $50 acres of what is
now the City of Baltimore. This land
was leased, it is claimed, for ninety-nine
years, and the leases having expired, the
st. Louis Booghers assert that they are
entitled to the property and are going
to law about it. The property, is worth
about $50, 100000.
toria and the Prince of Wales are being
fashioned for the proposed Temple Bar
memorial, the whole cost of which Will
be $50, 900. The memorial is designed to
stand in the center of the highway on
the site of Temple Bar, and is described
by one of the numerous critics of the
project as bride to the queen to induce
her to confer baronetcy ON the retiring
lord mayor.
IT is narrated that one day Philip Ill,
king of Spain, was standing observing a
young Spanish student, who was reading
a book, and frequently bursting into fits
of laughter. The further the student
read the more his iollity increased, until
at last he let the book fall from his hand
AMI rolled on tie ground In state of in
tense hilarity. The king turned to his
courtiers and said: ''That young man is
either mad orheis reading Don Quixote."
One of the guards picked up the book
and found that his majesty had guessed
rightly.
LADIES who apologize for their dinner
are pot always pleased when their apol-
ogies are received as truthful A Dan
bury man tells a good story of his aunt,
who is a 1aodel housekeeper, and
scrupulous stickler for good table.
The clergyman called near the dinner
hour. and was pressed to stay to the
meal. At the table there was a good
supply of well prepared food, but the
lady felt compelled to make many apol-
ogies for imaginary deficiencies. In the
grace the clergyman asked our Heaven
~ Father to ssbless the frugal meal"
The lady was very angry.
JOHN BUThER, tramp, had seen bet
ter days. Finding himself hungry and
destitute In ST. Clair county, Chic, he
resolved to revenge himself upon those
prosperous farmers who had since morn
ing refused to feed him. Stealing
horse from q stable, and some matches
from BAR room, he rode away to per-
form his strange task. During ride of
two miles he set fire to seven barns, all
of which were destroyed. The line of
incendiarism would doubtless have been
extended mach further, had he not been
promptly pursued. He was. caught
while kindlang the eighth fire.
The Brooks county (Kan.) Record
tells of startling adventure as follows:
/" Last week Mr.. c.. X. Allen, o. Rocks
Center, while sitting at his door during
a thunder storm, saw q ball of fire strike
his foot and break into a shower of
sparks, which covered him completely,
but did not set fire to his clothing. The
ball was of various colors,. composing
rings one within another. He was con-
shocked by the electricity. and
his leg was numbed for some time after
wards. Ekis daughter who was IN the
room, felt the shock very severely, as did
q man who was working on his new
house q few rods away A cat which lay
at AIr. Aliens feet got terrtbly shaken
up and acted in a crazy manner for afew
minutes.
DURING one of the early sorties from
Cawnpore eleven Sepoy prisoners were
taken and lodged in the main guard, and
rs all the available strength of the gar.
rison was required in action, Mrs. Wild
dowson, wife of Private Thomas Wild
dowson, Thirty second, volunteered to
keep guard over them with drawn