Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-16
NO. 27


there will oil enough exude from the
sheep into the wool to weigh more than
the dirt.
4 verdict of considerable interest to
the railroad companies was rendered in
the Uuited States Court at Indianapolis
lately The widow of A. G.. NVingate
was awarded $4,000 damages against the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company
for the death of her husband, who was
shot on the cars of the company by
drunken passenger.
John Hennessy, of New York, claims
to have the smallest purely-bred bull
terrier IN the world. The dog is clear
white, Is months old, and weighs only
80 pounds His mother wegs 81
pounds. She was presented to Peter
Duryea in England by George Atkinson,
editor of the London Sportsman. Tony
Pastor owns the father of the dog. Mr..
Hennessy values his dog at $143
pound.
The Democrats hold their National
Convention in Chicago this year, just
for luck The last time a Democratic
National Convention was held in this
city was in 1864, when, with Mcclellan
as standard bearer, the party declared
"the war was failure" and in the en-
suing election went to the boHswows.
Their own war for the offices will be
failure this year. The history of 1854
will repeat itself in 1884 Chicago Jour-
nal. a.
Grant smokes medium strength ci>
gar, which he imports from Cuba. He
talks while smoking, never lets a cigar
go out, and smokes the stub on wooden
toothpick. Sherman smokes neryously,
and is always relighting his cigar. Sher-
idan enjoys quiet smoke, but can't do
anything else while he is smoking. But
Ter rarely lights cigar, but carries the
wrong end in his mouth. Logan smokes
only at long intervals, but, when he
smokes at all, it is necessarily.
Judge Brewer, who has just been
appointed United States Circuit Judge
for the Eight District, was the dissent
ing Judge of the Kansas Supreme Court
when it affirmed the constitutional
power of the State to destroy, with pro-
hibitoryilaws and without compensation,
the vineyards, breweries and distilleries
which had been built up in the State
under the encouragement Of faYoring
and protecting State laws. He held
that such taking or destroying of private
property for public use was forbidden
by the fundamental law of the land,
Bishop w. E. McLaren, the popular
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chic
ago, was formerly a journalist on the
Cleveland Plaindealer and afterward on
the old Gazette at Pittsburgh. He
studied theology under Presbyterian
auspices, and his first pastorate was at
Detroit. in which city he made the
change to The Episcopal Church. Three
years of rectorship found him Bishop.
He is man of fine literary ability and
tastes, and as great favorite with his
old associates on the press as be is with
the people of his church.
The Earl of Aylesford, whose career in
Europe was the talk of the world, and
whose adventures among the cowboys of
Texas have been described, has recently
met with a serious misfortune, his rancho
house having been burned to the ground.
The fire originated through the careless.
ness Of a servant handling kerosene oil.
Only little bedding and few articles
of wearing apparel were ssved from the
flames, but the Earls greatest regret is
the loss of his armory, in which were
twenty valuable guns. One of these
guns was formerly the property of the
Prince of Wales, and was carried by him
during the famous tiger hunt in India,
where the Earl was his companion.
The Ohio Senate has passed bill for
a graded liquor tax in place of the Scott
law of the last Legislature. 1t will not
come up in the House until after the
Spring elections. 1t will then no doubt
become law. AS amended and passed
it provides for 500 tax on all liquor
sellers, and when the sales are $4,000 to
$11, 900 there is to be levied 215 per
cent. in addition. When the sales ex-
ceed 81, 900 an assessment of $3.50 is
added. To arrive at the value of liquors
for taxation, spirits are to be uniformly
valued at Sc, vinous liquors at 50, and
malt liquors at 80 cents per gallon.
Persons selling liquor on premises with
out the consent of the owner are subject
to fine and imprisonment 1t is unlaw-
full, by this bill, for saloon-keepers to sell
spirituous liquor on Sunday unless the
Council permits it, but druggists may
sell it upon prescription. Saioon-keepers
on that day, may sell ale, beer and wine
by consent Of the Council Druggists
are required to keep the prescriptions,
and must demand them of customers for
liquor, or pay tax of 1915, the property
being security for the tax. Saloon
keepers are to make cath to their sales.
BLAINE NOT CANDIDATE.-WAsH.
INGToN, D. c., April 9.-One who is
very intimate with James g. Blaine, per-
sonally and politically, informs me that
Mr.. Blaine emphatically said to him
within week that he is not candidate
for the Presidential nomination, that he
has uniformly so told those of his friends
who have consulted with him on the sub
ject, that the use of his name is entirely
without his consent, and that he would
prefer to keep out of active politics Tor at
least two or three years to come, in order
that he might carry out certain import