Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-02-07
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JOHN j. AsToR has just paid 81, OOO,-
600 for the Guaranty building, on Broad
way, New York.
,-THE forty-one members of the Cali
fOrnia senate are reported to be worth,
all told; $40. 900, 900.
HOLMES COUNTY, Miss, claims ne
gro baby that weighed twenty-four
pounds when born. i.fEa< Ha
COASTERS on High Street, Fleming
ton, Clinton County, Pa, slide half
mile in forty seconds.
A FINE white clay, which at distance
can not be distinguished from snow,
has been found on farm at London,
Ont.
AN ice boat race of fifteen miles was
sailed IN New Jersey the other day by
thelwinner in twenty minutes and forty
seconds. ......
THE attention of millionairesis called
to the fact that dollhouse cneumbers can
be had for 40 cents apiece, ~. Y. Mat
and ia.
SEVERAL numbering camps on the
Machias River, Maine, report that they
have bought no fresh beef this year,
killing deer when they needed any.
THE Historian (OregoD) says: Upon
our desk lies a strawberry plant, in full
est leaf with nine berries upon 1t in
every stage of ripeness, from palest kerr
mel to scarlet fulness.
RICHARD BUsTEED, of Brooklyn, has
asked the New York Central Park com
missioners for the privilege Of incIosing
the Egyptian obelisk In q glass, case, az
a means Of preserving it. E.r
The Night Medical Service Of Brook
Ign, n. Y, has just gone into effect, and
already the names of fifty physicians are
upon the register, and their services can
be secured through the captains of police.
Ten pastors and folders in the Penn
sylvania house have been paid Sc, 900 for
a session Of one hundred days, and it is
said that by clubbing together they got
all the work done by three men, who
were pad about a dollar and half day
each.
u, HAMBURG LAKE, near Lake City, Fla,
q sheet OF water Of about forty acres, is
being drained by an underground out
let. The wafer rises again in stream
six miles from the lake. Another lake
near by ran dry IN 1852, bus has since
filled up again.
n. A HANDSOME Penobscotsainon. weigh
ing seventeen pounds, which was offered
for sale III the Quincy market day Or
two since at the moderate price Of ST. 50
q pound, found no purchaser, and was
sent to New York, where it readily sold
at an advance on this quotation.
tom Advertiser.
JOSEPH DAVIS, ''tbe cattle king Of
Eastern Texas" SOLD 5000 cattle while
smoking one five-cent cigar IN Austin
the other night. "Pat" Caringle,
ranchman of the Indian Territory, who
was the purchaser, paid cash down in
British gold, for he acted in behalf of
London men of money. ...
JOHN VAN Observation-Disclosures,
German shoemaker, living il Centralia,
Ohio, has applied to the state legisla-
ture 10 change his name to John Ber-
ger. He complains that he is treasurer
of a German singing society, he is
obliged to write his name frequently,
which takes up too much valuable time.
IF it is true, as a Michigan paper
claims to have discovered by actual eX-
pertinent, that crack under door Of
sufficient size to admit of the passage of
an ordinary cent will admit cold enough
to require four hundred pounds Of coal
per month to overcome, it illustrates the
necessity of great care Ia house build
ing. l.s
MRS. ELIZA ADELAIDE CUTLER, of
Westchester, L. l., let the bad boys IN
her Sunday school class match pennies
while the superintendent was leading in
prayer, and now Mrs. Eliza Adelaide
vbo ho7 Gam
600 and did not get it, produce this
fact as proof of enough i2saRityto break
her will.
PEOPLE in Calayeras County, Cali
fornia, complain Of the way the Nevada
Indians are slaughtering the deer this
winter. Piutes from Nevada have in
vaded the country in great force, and
about eighty Of them are La the vicinity
Of West Point. It is certain that they
have killed at least 5000 deer already
this season.
A MONUMENT has been erected by the
town of birmingham, Mass, over the
grave of Peter Salem, the negro soldier
of the revolution, who shot down Major
Pitcairn at the battle of Bunker Hill, as.
he was mounting redoubt, and shout
1nC hCJ II OtA4o S"SA hIDAAC~
had been a slave, and served faithfully
In the war for seven years.
A MAN living near Schoharie, n. Y,
few days ago buried child, aged Il
years, that weighed only IA fourteen
pounds. Ia family of eight or nine
children, four have been extraordinary
unnatural productions. One that is
still living is Is years old and weighs
but 20 pounds. The enormous size of
their heads, hands and feet, was mar
vel. Food was placed IN their mouths
when necessary. They seemed desti-
tute of that intuition to seek for it even
by signs.
THE recent anniversary of Daniel
Webstar's birthday brought out some
new stories of that statesman. To
Boston lady, it is said, he once declared
that of one thing he was proud, name
~, his success in carving and serving
roasted goose to ten persons. He had
fem hungry MarSbf iaid farmers tO dine