Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-26
FISH-BAIT.

BOSTON contemplates spending 1885,
900 this season toward the improvement
of her parks.
HE government tax on the will of
Holloway, the English patent medicine
man was $325,OO0.
The Zani Indians in New Mexico are
said to be dying in large numbers from
the ravages of measles.
The Chicago cable roads draw $50
cars, carrying 100000 passengers
yearly, on twenty miles of roadway.
A LAUNDERING auctioneer at Leroy, n.
Y, the other, day sold $125 colt for
SIS before he realized what bargain he
was giving.
A COMMITTEE of one from each post
of the Ct. a. r. in New Mexico is to be
selected for the purpose of having Kit
Carson's grave placed in a respectable
shape.
BERKELEY COUNTY. Va, has adopted
the Nebraska style of organizing
vigilantes' bands to protect their stock
from thieves, and lively time is ex-
pected.
ONLY seven persons attended meet
ing in San Francisco called for the pur-
pose of organizing a cremation society,
and the movement is not likely to sue
coed there.
SINCE the recent southern cyclone, the
enterprising citizens of the section
through which the storm passed have
been inaustriously engaged digging
refuge caves.
A FARMER Of Fall River, Mass, has
recently sold pair of fowls, dark Brah-
mas, for SAT, to go to Auckland, New
Zealand. The distance is nearly seven
thousand miles.
The Italian societies of New York
have placed memorial tablet of marble
over the door of the house on Staten
Island where Garibaldi lived In exile
from 1851 to 1858.
DURING small tornado near BATON,
New Mexico, recently, the smokestack
of an engine was blown off, striking the
head of colored boy, completely sever
ing it from his body.
A COWBOY recently astonished the
natives in Austin, Tex, by appearing on
the streets clothed in pair of pants
made of Oregon goat-skin, with the
hair on the outside.
A YOUTH is under arrest in Philadel-
phia charged with stealing money from
his mother and geese from his neighbors
for the purpose of purchasing a wedding
ring for his sweetheart.
A NUMBER of Memphis merchants have
signed petition asking that drummers
operating within the taxing districts be
released from taxation when not dis
playing goods for sale.
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Cambria, Pa, recently, the prisoner in
terrupted the proceedings to enjoin that
the pistol be returned to his family,
whatever became of him.
THE Secretaries of State, War, and the
Navy have ordered the removal of all
wires on the roof of the new State, War,
and Navy Department building. The
wires will at once be put under the
ground.
THE London Chemist and Druggist
states that in twenty years the sales of
single packages of patent medicines in
Great Britain have increased from 6, 661,-
657 to Is, 457, $50. The number of vend-
ers, formerly 10, 1913, is now 10, 4O4.
AN Oakland, CAL, tramp entered a
restaurant recently and ordered sump-
tuous dinner. It was brought to him,
and after eating the food he attempted
to escape without paying for the same,
but was arrested and sentenced to thirty
days in jail on the charge of Containing
goods under false pretenses.
JOHN G.. JACKSON, a noted character
In Delaware, posted IN the town of Hook
esein notices protesting against the read
ing of the bible in the public schools.
He maintains that it is contrary to the
genius of American institutions and the
constitution of the state of Delaware.
He expresses his willingness to publicly
discuss the matter.
A BILL is before the Utah Legislature
which requires that ''any person who
shall sell any proprietary or other medi-
cine, except on the prescription of
physician, without first putting on the
bottle or package, containing the medi-
cine formula of the contents of the
bottle or package, in plain English Ian
guage, shall be. guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
A LADY teacher in Sunday-school in
one of our suburban districts had been
trying to induce her scholars to be good,
and had faithfully pointed out the way.
The next Sunday one of the girls came
with white ribbon pinned to her dress
in modest way, with the letters ST,
T. B. g." on it. "What does this
said the teacher. ST have been
trying to do as you said," said the lit
tie one, sand I thought this ribbon
would remind me that I must try to be
good. T. T. B. G. means try to be
good" This was said, not in an osten-
tatious way, but with great modesty and
sincerity.-B0StoR Traveller.
A YOUNG German baker who peddIes
cakes and sweetmeats from cart In To
ga, Pa, got ahead of lot of bad boys
who organized a "Jesse James gang"
each taking an awful and lengthy oath
to remain true to the organization
through every peril. The purpose of
''the gang" was to raid all the candy
shops and strike terror to the inoffensive
back of the counters. After
to their thieving and finding
no redress the baker consulted doctor,
and mixed in some nice looking cakes a