Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-05-24
WINNOWINGS.

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rounded by border of closely-set dia-
mOnds."
On tie outskirts of Little Rock they
have genuine case of leprosy. The
victim is negro named Elijah Turner.
His skin is turning from black to murky-
white, and his flesh is dropping off in
spots from his body.
Fort MONROE is the largest single for
LITIGATION ID the world. The fortifca-
tions at Gibraltar cover more ground,
but they constitute seven distinct forts,
while Fort Monroe is one and complete.
1t has already cost over So, 100000.
JOHN McGINNIs, a convicted murderer
in Philadelphia, objects to an effort
making in his behalf for new trial.
You want to drag me over the Goals
again." said he, "when it will only end
in my hanging. Let them stretch me
up at once"
The Marion Rife Corps, of Baltimore,
which was organized by Lafayette, Feb
ruary %, 1924, on the occasion of his
civil and military reception in that city,
has presented to the Maryland Historical
Society its flag for safe-keeping, the sur
vivors of the company being now all old
men,
A ZINC box containing 430 letters was
found day or two ago in the Seine, at
the spot called Port alPAnglais. These
letters had been forwarded from Moulins
to Paris during the siege. All those let
ters the addresses of which are still
legible have been sent to their destina-
tions.
EDWARD BERGMANN, a Philadelphia
baker, attempted to commit suicide by
shooting himself because young woman
had rejected him. He says: ct have
been refused by twelve women, and this
is the last one I'll ask" He will recover
to propose and be accepted by the one
who will make the bakers dozen.
AN Esquimaux and his wife have been
brought from the Arctics to New Lon
don, Conn.,, to testify in the case of a
New London firm against New Bed
ford firm for the recovery of damages for
the alleged appropriation of bone and oil
left on the Esquimaux coast by the New
London firm. Esquimaux interpreters
are in attendance.
CHICAGO is the greatest lumber mar
ket in the world. The single item of
sawed lumber received there in 1881
would lay an inch floor fourteen feet
wide round the earth at the equator.
The amount of lumber manufactured in
the three states of Michigan, Wisconsin
and Minnesota during 1881 would lay
such floor fifty feet wide.
LAND in the more common streets of
New York is worth $3.50, 900 to $780,
900 per acre; In the best part of Broad
way it is 100000 per acre, and the
corner of Wall and Broad Streets, the
most valuable corner on the continent,
was recently sold at the rate of $14 ,000,-
900 per acre. Values are even greater
in London. In New York property is
sold by the foot front; III London by the
square foot.
The course of untrue love never runs
smooth. No sooner was David Carney
of Clarence, Erie County, proceeded
against by town authorities, to secure
support for an illegitimate child, than
the mother brought suit against him for
breach of promise, and the father sued
him for damages, being, under the COM
mon law, entitled to the services of his
daughter, and therefore entitled to dam
ages If the unlawful act of the defendant
had in any way deprived him of those
services.
A STRANGE suicide occurred the other
day at Shellmound, small station
few miles below Chattanooga, Tenn. A
genteel stranger re9ched the town in the
afternoon and, feeling Ill, asked to lie
down in cottage. A few minutes after
ward he handed the lady package and
told her it was hers if he died. Soon
afterward he was found in the room
dead, having severed his jugular vein
with small pocket-knife. The package
was found to contain 500 ia currency.
There is no clue to his identity. It is
thought he is Michigan man, and killed
himself while under temporary aberra-
ton of mind from extreme pain.
A PHYSICIAN writing from Bismarck,
D. T., states that "j0cts den onstrate in
this part of the country that draaU7a fowl
keep longer. Hunting parties here who
90 out in the fall and kill immense num-
bers of prairie chickens, ducks, geese,
etc., always take out the entrails of all
they bring home for use or to ship, for
the reason that they keep longer. l
know from actual experience that birds
shot the same hour and drawn will keep
and remain sweet three days longer than
the undrawn. Have also noticed that
where the viscera are allowed to remain
for any length of time the flesh has de-
eide intestinal flavor, not st all agree
able except to Uery 9Gnaey persons.
SALT oysters are good in summer.
They are eaten straight along by the
seaside without any bad effect; and are
to be had in fine condition in the city.
There are some people, even some ma
lions who cannot abide the oyster. The
Turk, it is said, shudders at seeing a
man swallow one. once knew an cid
teacher of the French, whom the very
word huitre, as his language has oyster,
made positively Ill. His scholars were
not long in discovering this popularity,
and often the poor old fellow was COM
PEELED to leave the room by the repeti-
ton of the word hssitre. They would
ask how to spell it, and a newcomer was
invariably instructed co request what
was the French for oyster.-Progress.