Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
The smallest county in Dakota is Clay,
which contains about 100000 acres

The smallest county in Dakota is Clay,
which contains about 100000 acres.
London has a society to promote win
dew gardening.
Freckles are in fashion ih England.
Labouchere says they are the outward
sign of inward iron,
The London Underground Railway
runs ,l21 trains during its working day
of "a hours.
MRS. Emilia Rawle, young widow of
Philadelphia, intends giving ball this
coming winter, at which no ladies but
widows 80 years of age or under will be
invited. The buds and roses of the
Quaker City are up in arms, and threaten
to ostracise all the young men who may
attend the widows ball.
The money features of the Democratic
judicial decision in Ohio. nullifying the
Scott Liquortax law, is one of decided
importance. 1t leaves half the munici-
palies of that State virtually bankrup
Large sums were collected from saloons
by the tax-gatherers last year under the
law, and taxes on other property levied
this year were but limited in amount,
the liquor tax being regarded as the
main dependence in cities and villages
for many necessary municipal expendi.
lures Not only will cities and villages
be now deprived of this tax, but they
will be required to pay back the vast
sums heretofore collected from saloons.
All the city and village treasures are
now empty and this new demand, in
addition to necessary expenses, will be
made upon them. Every other class of
property, including farms residences,
| dry goods stores, the stock and imple.
ments of manufacturers and household
goods will have to pay an enormous tax
to make up for the amount which the
saloons would nave paid but for this
| decisian, and to reimburse them for their
previous payments under the scott law.
A Democratic victory in Illinois would
be attended bv similar results. The re.
peal OF the Harper High Licence act
would follow, AMI every kind of proper
ty, except saloops, would be burdened
by vastly increased tax to make up the
amount which the saloons now pay into
the local treasures of the people,
Chicago Journal
A New SPECIES OF HoRsE.-A new
species of horse from Central. Asia has
been discovered by the Russian traveller,
Prejevalski. and has been named by
natura!ists in honor of the discoverer,
Equus Prejevalski This animal, apart
from certain pecularities of structure, is
interesting as being the only known
form of living horses which still exists in
naturally wild state, and which differs
especially from the domestic animal
(Equus Caballus.) a correspondent of
Nature points out the very close rAsem-
b,ance existing between the outlines of
this animal and the representations found
incised on aDtlers from the famous cane
La Madelaine, which figure so exten.ive-
ly in works of archaeology. "There is
the same massive head, the same hog
names. absence of forelock, pointed ears,
short body and powerful legs, While there
seems even an indication that the long
hairs OF the tail spring first from the
middle of that organ. In that Drehis-
toric representation from Creswell Crags,
as well as those from La Madelains, the
| jaw is heavier than in :he recent speci-
mems. Boston Herald.
A RELIC OF EARLY METHoDIsM.-rh
Historical society of the Baltimore Con-
ference of the NJ E church has for many
ars La an unexamined pile of books
and papers. 1his being the church
centennial year, interest in this collec-
tion was aroused and committee has
been going through it to classify and
arrange ii. The Baltimore Methodist
states that "on last Friday one of its
members dived into pasteboard box and
brough; forth yellow, creased parch-
ment which when upfolded proved to be
the original certificate of the ordination
of Francis Asbury as first deacsss.,
then elder, and finally bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church. The docu-
ment is upon parchment about foot
square, broken by three longitudinal and
five transverse creases. 1t is, however,
not in the least mutilated. The parch--
ment is yellow, but The ink has very
slightly faded. The signature OF Bishop,
Coke is perfect. A portion of the wax
of the seal has broken away. but the 'tC''
is very plainly Observation-Disclosures
! Sun.
EATEN By SWINE WORMS. LOUIS.
Mo, Oct. 30.-Lena Haberlane, 10 years
of age, died at the Female Hospital
Tuesday of trichiniasis. Ten days ago
Lens and her brother Robert, years of
age, were brought to the city dispensary
suffering from what was at first supposed
to be rheumatism, complicated with
malarial fever. They were sent to the
female hos oi,a', where it was found that
their muscles were infested with the
trichina parasites. On inquiry it was
found that the mother had died month
previous to their sickness, but the cause
IF her death was not clearly defined.
The family resided at Second and De Soto
streets and the disease was supposed to
have been communicated by eating half
cooked pork. The little girl died after
suffering fearful torment, but the boy is
now slowly improving and the physicians
believe that he will recover. A post
mortem examination shows that the
muscles and tissues were fairly alive with
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