Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-12-12

The Rev. DIR. Belts, of st. Louis, who
will be we'll remembered in connection
with the Irish Land League movement,
is mentioned as Tprobable successor to
the late Rev. DR.. Ever in the rectorship
of St. Ignatius Church in New York
City.
The Deputy United States Commission
er of Internal Revenue says the internal
revenue taxes collected during the pres
ent fiscal year are at the rate of $685.
600, 900 per annum. He estimates that
the collections for the entire year will
amount to $130,OO0,0OO.
Mrs. McElroy, the Presidents sister,
and her daughter will spend the holidays
at the White House. President Arthur
has been spending the fall montEs very
quietly at the Soldiers Home Sat his resi-
dence, his companions being Mrs. Nc
Elroy anI Miss Nellie Arthur.
The grandfather ofthe Harper brothers
was Tory during the Revolution, and
good man, too. Nearly all the Rapery's
family sympathized with the British. So
did Phillip and Anthony Van Courtland.
L
was Isaac Low. The De Peysters adher-
ed to the English. And the Baches, the
DeLanceys, the Ogdens, and all the rec
tors of Trinity Church.
Mr.. Carlisle is the fourth Kentuckian
who has been Speaker of the House.
Henry Clay was Speaker in the Twelfth,
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, tx
teenth and Eighteenth Congress; John
White in the Twenty seventh, and Lynn
Boyd in the Thirty second and Thirty
third. From Boyd to Carlisl there has
been lapse OF twenty eight years, the
states meantime having the honor being
Massachusetts, South Carolina, New
JERSEY, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Maine
and Ohio.
A PAPAL LEGATE TO THIS COUNTRY.
Private advices from Rome state that
the Vatican has decided to send Mon
signor Sepiacci to the United States as
apostolic legate to preside over the la
bors of the PleDary Council to be held
here in 1884 Mousignor Sepiacci is a
distinguished member of the Augustin-
ian Order, and has the reputation of be-
ing one of the most learned theologians
of the church. He, with DR. Stanton as
Secretary and adviser, is now presiding
over the commission at the Propaganda,
which is engaged in sprepariDg the sub.
iect matter to be considered in the pro-
jected American council. Itis again re-
ported that the council will be held in
Baltimore. .-Bdltinaore american.
A QUERY FROM THE PRESIDENT OF
THE NATIONAL w. G. 7. U.-Mr. Blaine
thinks that a bill of'ten lines distribut-
ing the revenue from alcohol drinks and
tobacco to the states would be a wise
method of using the surplus in our n a
tion's Treasury But why would not
bill devoting said surplus to the buving
up of all distilleries and breweries be
better still? Then Congress would be
the means of extinguishing those bale
full fires; the smoke Of whose torment
stains and atmosphere four republic,
and alcohol, so far as it is requisite in
manufacturers or the arts, might be
made under Government control. This
plan would meet the grave objection to
ur. Blaine's plan, viz, that it only re-
moves from the nation to the states the
difficult question, ''What shall we do
with our surplus internal revenue?"
FRANCES E. WILLARD.
THE LARGEST WATERFALL.-A para
graph has been going the rounds Of the
papers to the effect that America has
long been the possesser OF the largest
tree, the largest cave and the largest
waterfall in the world. This is quite a
mistake as to the waterfall, and it will
probably surprise many of our readers to-
learn that South Africa possesses water
fall verv much larger in every respect
than the Falls of Niagara. A memoran-
dunn in the handwriting of the late Mr..
Thomas Baines, F. r. @. s., runs as fol-
lows: ''The width of the Victoria Falls
is 1900 yards, or 40 yards more than a
mile; the height is 400 feet, and the.
height to which the spray cloud rises is
about 1900 feet Niagara is $50 feet
high and 1000 yards wide, or 120 yards
more than half mile" So that the
/ Victoria Falls are more than twice as
wide as the Falls of Niagara, and more
than one and half times as high
Scientific american.