Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-06-22
GlEANINGS,

ADMIRAL DAHLaREN's widow is build
ing Catholic chapel on South noun
tain, Maryland.
The evidence in San Francisco di-
vorce suit was all found in diary which
defendant kept.
THERE is a kitten in Providence which
has succumbed to the charms of modern
civilization. It chews tobacco.
The lighting of Akron, Ohio, is salts
factorily done by a powerful electric
lamp placed on top of tower 2O8 feet
high.
ONE Of the Newport cottages has been
fitted up In Oriental style at cost of
$40, 900, $4,000 being paid for one parlor
rug alone.
Com cakes made from dough that had
stood over night in a glazed crockery
dish poisoned an entire New Albany,
Ind, family recently.
A MAN employed to tear down a barn
in Meadville, Penn, is said to have
found box hidden in the foundation
containing 81, 900 in coin and bills
The town of Groton, Mass, has
eclipsed Nahant. The rate of taxation
is So on thousand, the lowest of any
town in the state. Last year the rate
was 81 on thousand.
| The stock of unlicensed Toronto bars
is seized by the police, who take it to the
Police Court, where it's destruction is
ordered by the magistrate. ALI the lager
| beer at picnic was seized the ether
day, and the bungs officially pulled out.
! The whale which recently came ashore
at Rye Beach, N. Fl. yielded twenty-five
barrels of prime oil, 400 pounds of whale
bone, and twelve tons of bone. The oil
and bone have been taken by Boston
parties.
A COTTAGE at one of the seaside re-
sorts has been rented to a California
millionaire, at 81, 500 for the season. A
dozen years ago the same man was a
street-car conductor in the city of San
| Francisco.
ONE end of crochet needle which
Mrs. Henson of Jackson Township, Ind,
had in her dress pocket struck with such
force against nail fence she was climb
ing that the needle was driven into her
side. Surgeons have been unable to
| find it.
| GEORGE LoRILLARD' stable is only
second to that of his brother Pierre.
| Though tneir tobacco business brings
them in a princely income, the elder
brother made his stable pay 100000
last year, and expects to do even better
this year.
In Toronto an escaped bullock made
for the Don river, followed by two
drovers. Just as they had entered the
stream the beast turned, caught one of
the men named Stein, flung him into the
water, and held him there until he
drowned.
The little son of James Baker, Of
Perry, Ga, upset a hive of bees, and
stirred up the bees with a stick. The
children and their parents were badly
stung, ten chickens and dog were
killed, and two pigs were stung nearly to
death by the angry bees.
ABRAHAM LINcoLN's mother is buried
at Lincoln City, Ind, where her grave
was visited the other day by large party
of citizens from Evansville Several
speeches were made beside the grave,
many OF Mr.. Lincoln's old friends and
neighbors giving personal "reminiscences
OF the good man whom they called
"Abe."
In New York street car day or two
ago fight was begun by wife against
her husband, and she would have
whipped him if he had not wakened from
his sleep. The two people fought not
merely in the aisles, but also over the
knees of the passengers. and they final
~ reached corner of the car where
very quiet person was sitting. AS he
rose to make room for the two fighting
people he said, $" Me think they fightee:
Chlnaman must CO."
A NEW swimming device has been re-
Gently patented by William FL. Richard
son, of Mobile, Ala. It consists essen
TALLY Of a light frame carrying float
and longitudinal shaft, having at one
end small screw propeller and provid-
ed with gearing for running the propel-
Ter. The swimmer reclines on the float.
and, grasping one of the hand cranks in
each hand and placing his feet on the
two foot cranks, proceeds rapidly and
easily, with the head far enough above
the surface of the water to be comforta-
bic, without extra exertion.
The board of trustees of the Seventh
Day Baptist Church in Newport have
voted to sell the church property. The
society was organized in 1871, and was
the third established organization in the
state. The church was built in 1929 by
Henry Collins, one of the founders of
the Redwood library. Upon the gallery
hangs clock that was placed there at
the time of the building of the church,
and over the pulpit, underneath the
sounding board, is q set of comments
that were used during the revolutionary
war, and which were the means of saw
ing the building at the hands of the
British. The building and contents
have been offered to the Newport His
torical society.
THE dog stories have all been told aud
retold, Nevada Ananias brings out the
story of a shade-tree that became very
mad at being transplanted. ''Hardly
had it been placed in its new quarters
before the leaves began to stand up in
all directions like the hair ON the tail of
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