Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
FISH BAIT.

EISh DALI
CALIFORNIA has just rec eived from the
federal government over $780, 900 rebate
on her war taxes.
THERE is such glut Of apples in
New York that farmers are selling their
crops as low as Scents per bushel.
ACCORDING to San Francisco letter
the Caucasian is no match for the Mon
golian in cunning or fertility of resources.
SINCE 1900 the total appropriation
for the erection and maintenance of the
White House to date amount to 81 ,700,-
900.
ABOUT $9O,OOO,OO0 in United States
greenback notes were destroyed by the
government during the last fiscal year.
The bald heads of Texarkana, Ark,
are using hair restoratives SO that they
may be caressed by the local female
barber.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand sheets of paper
are daily consumed in printing Uncle
Sans money and international revenue
stamps.
A SILVER star marks the spot in the
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad depot
where Garfield fell when shot down by
Guiteau
THERE are fourteen million cattle in
this republic, one beef creature to every
three men, men, women and children
in the United States.
AMONG 600 representatives in the
Masonic Grand Lodge of Ohio is Ma
thaniel Benjamin, who has attended
every session since 1880.
The Commercial Club of New Or
leans is composed of 400 members. The
club has just moved into elegant new
quarters on Canal Street.
FIRES in the Santa Cruz, CAL, mount
aims have driven deer into the lowlands,
and they have been shot in the streets
of Alma and other towns.
AT recent display of grapes by the
California State Agricultural Commits
sion ninety-three varieties of choice
wine grapes were exhibited.
PHILADELPHIA lawyers are alarmed
by the fact that there has been dimin-
ution of 80 per cent. in law suits in that
city during the past ten years.
BUENos AYREs, Santiago, Japan,
Australia, Calcutta, and Berlin are
heavy buyers of the products of New
York street-car mandatory.
IF Americans would substitute oat-
meal for pies and hot cakes, they would
be calmer, less lively, less speculative,
less bombastic, and happier, according
to the Glasgow Herald.
The floor of the Indianapolis roller
skating rink is made of paper, such as
,1caI hn oF
wheels. 1t is as smooth as glass and
will stand high polish.
A CHILD actress in New York, Mar
garet Terrier, has been taken from the
stage by the authorities and sent to the
Dominican convent. She has been on
the stage since she was years old
The people of Michigan City, Ind,
have presented to Capt. A. D. Campbell
a costly tea service for rescuing the
men of the schooner Early Bird, and
each of his men received gold medal.
One of the largest orange trees in
Florida-if not the biggest-is in a
grove near Tampa. TtI trunk is 6 feet
3 inches in circumference, and it bears
from 10000 to $4,000 oranges every sea-
son.
MISS ELIZA KIDD, of Keene, KY, is
only 20 years of age, but she has i'm
mortalized herself by finishing crazy
quilt containing 58,841 pieces, 562,897
stitches, II spools of thread and 80
yards of cloth.
The cotton trade of Augusta, Ca,
this year has been considerably de-
creased by the low stage of water now
existing in the Savannah River, which
prevents boats from coming within
sixty miles of the city.
The overhead wires having consider
ably dis6gured the new city hall of
Philadelphia, project is on the tapis
for constructing an underground pas
sage for them. The cost will be in the
neighborhood of $4,000.
A CURIOSITY In the shape of cat
with one eye has been found in France.
The single eye is placed in the center OF
the cats forehead, like the eye of the
tabled cyclops, and is large, well-shaped
and of bright yellow color.
A CURIOSITY in the shape of a reptile
about six inches in length and re-
sembling a lizard has been received in
Chico, Cal, from Arizona. 1t has q
sung WHICH Is SdiN W 10 DOlSOu-
GUS than that of rattle snake.
WOODSTOCK, Conn, will soon be a
paradise of trees, the town having re-
Gently accepted an offer by Fl. G. Bowen
to improve and ornament the public
highways and public grounds, by set
ting out trees, for the sum of $1,000.
The commandant of the Norfolk navy
yard has prediction for live stock,