Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
FISH, AIT.

NEARLY a million acres of land in
Louisiana have been sold recently to a
Kansas Speculation.
THERE are $50, 900 thieves in London
known to the police, and perhaps as
many policemen known to the thieves.
A SPANISH grandee has an entire bed
room suite of furniture made of glass.
This is evidently mere freak Of eccen-
tricity. Anybody can see through it.
THE Hebrew Standard tells its read
ers that their unpOpula1ity in hotels is
IN a great degree their own fault, being
due to Objectionable manners and GUS
toms and Indifference to the feelings of
others.
A FARMER in De Kalb County, Geor-
gia, has SOW about two years old, and
of medium size, which gave birth to six
teen fine, healthy pigs in one litter, a
few days since. The pigs were all well
formed at birth, and all with the SOW
are thriving.
SODA water dealers in New Orleans
report that ginger and raspberry are the
favOrte syrups Of fashionable ladies, but
that the average run of women call for
cream, mixed with some other syrup.
But few ladies ever take Wichy or
"plain soda.
MILE. PICCOLO, Partisan actress,
drove six burglars out of her house with
a revolver the other night, and kept two
of them, who had climbed up a tree, IN
til the police arrived, It takes some.
thing more formidable than burglar to
brighten French actress.
A POOR matrimonial speculation 81
had nine children to support, and it kept
me busy" said Smith to Jones, as they
met; " but one Of the girls got married.
Now I have Eight, interrupted
Jones. "No, ten," said Smith, with a
sigh which might have been heard afar
off.
ALLIGATOR hunting is ali the rage at
Tavares, Fla. Every night parties may
be seen along the shores OF the lake
with bulfs-eye lanterns, trying to
"shine" the eyes of the saurians. A
party last week killed eleven in one
night. They are killed for their hides
and teeth.
dy visiting in Connecticut, went toonear
swarm of bees, the other day, and the
insects alghted on her, covering her
head and body. They stung her into
Inconsistencies and she was found IL
ing on the grass, her face swollen be-
You'd recognition.
A SPECIAL train on the Bound Brook
IN. J. Railroad, carrying some officials
of the road to New York, and gong at
the rate of q mile minute, passed over
the Neshamin Falls Bridge, the other
day, without decreasing its speed, break
ing the sleepers and drivi- 6 the rails in
several places deep into the wood.
A CALAvERAs (Cal. man asserts that
he killed the largest rattlesnake on
record last week. 1t was nine feet in
length and twelve inches around; it had
twenty four rattles that could be count
ed, besides some that were worn off, and
the rattles were three inches across. He
was killed only after being shot three
times.
JOSEPH W. BENNETT, who died recent
", by his will left to the New Haven
Conn. Historical Society fine model
of full-r'g eyed ship, the Constitution,
about six feet long, which was found in
the British channel in 1T66, and was car
RED in a procession at New Haven July
4, 17SS, the year of the adoption OF the
federal constitution by the States.
A DRIVER for Finnegan, Cincinnati
teamster, while teasing a horse in the
stables, was bitten on the arna by that
animal. This,so infuriated the man that
he seized a whip and commenced a Sc
we're castigation, but the horse let drive
with one Of his hind feet and struck the
whipper square in the face, crushing the
nose and frontal bone.
WHEN you see prominent citizen,
bright and shining light in society, and
an energetic man. in business, and all
that sort of thing, pause liz the middle
of the pavement and gaze about him
with a CLASSY look in his, eve, you needn't
think OF apoplexy and paralysis. He Is
simply trYing,to remember an errand his
wife told him o.do.-Cl5deGgo Tribune.
So far about two hundred cottagers
have arrived at Newport and are COM
fortably quartered at their homes on the
cliffs and elsewhere. The local trades
men. however, are making themselves
very obnoxious by their attempts to Sc
cure trade. Sixty-two wagons, repre-
sentipg butchers, groeeTs, bakers, hay.
and gram dea ers. dealers ~ vegetables.
etc., actually wheeled into the ground
adjoining the estate of Cornelius Van
derbilt, a. few days ago.
AN eel was taken out Of a hydrant pipe,
in Hartford, Conn, the other day,
which measured three feet three inches,
in length and three inches in diameter
1t implicitly flied the pipe, so that it
was impossible. to get any water fronl
the hydrant. 1t was necessary 30 break
the pape in order 10 get the eel cut. His
eelslip must have travelled over the city
through the water-mains for , number
of years, as he originally passed through
quarterback mesh to get into the
pipes.
IN impecunioas couple Of love4s from
Virginia arriveain Hagerstown the other
day, for the purpose of getting married
IN the Maryland style. On inquiring
into the cost of licease, the groom
found himself short of funds, and after
much argument he received an advance
of S., from the expectant bride, who
made the loan upon abe solemn promise
that he wnnld not s. 90 back on her.