Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-02

feet long, and it had q mouth ten inches
wide. It weighs 200 pounds.
New Orleans recently had baby show
with ninety-nine infants on exhibition.
The first prize was won ny months
old baby that weighed thirty-one pounds.
Charles White, of Thornhill, Me-, has
three yokes of oxen whose united weight
is 22.2l5 pounds. One yoke measures
eight feet four inches and weighs 1866
pounds
Ellen Terry, the actress, bears most
striking likeness to Natbanial Haw-
horne's only daughter, Mrs Rose Haw-
thorue Lathrop. The resemblance Is so
great as to bewilder even their common
acquaintances.
The Light of Asia" the new white
elephant of Adam Forpaugh, is about
the color of cigar ashes. On various
parts of bis body there are, however, a
number of pink spots. The beast is 6
years cid, feet inches in height, and
weighs 1000 pounds.
The United States Treasury has the
largest spittOon on record 1t is great
obIong wooden box, as big as bed, filled
with sawdust 1t lies in the basement at
the foot Of the flights Of stairs which
lead to the various stories, and accommo-
dates the government employees and oth~
ers.
Charlotte, n. c., was visited by a
plague of muskrats last week. Nearly
200 Of the creatures, all of them as large
as cats, made their appearance and Gre
ated considera ble excitement. They
attacked the farmers while at work and
they were compelled to take refuge in
flight after being severely wounded
" here they came from is a mystery, but
they took possession Of the streets OF the
town
The soft maple tree that was cut down
on the White House grounds recently
had many historic associations. President
Lincoln bad a habit Of stopping at this
tree, when thoughtfully strolling about
the grounds, and pulling and pulling a
twig from it. Then he would take out
his pocket knife and SLOWLY white the
stick as he walked on. The tree was
planted during the administration of
Andrew Jackson
The population of Belgium, now about
$500 900 souls, consumes annually alco
holic liquors to the value of 1000 900
francs. which is &C per cent. more than
thirty wears ago. Compared with forty
wears ago, the number of insane has
increased by 104 per cent, Of suicides
bv so per cent, and of condemned Grim
inaIs by 1856 per cent. In 1850 the num-
Der of places where alcoholic liquors
were retailed was $4,000; it is now 130,
600.
DR.. J. E. Repner left Indianapolis in
the summer of 1878 and rolled up his
sleeves in the cause of humanity at
Memphis His work during the epidemic
was heroic and he fell in the cause, dy-
inc of yellow fever in the latter part of
September that year. Now his grave is
an unmarked spot of desolation, and near
him lie thirty two other volunteer ply
sicisns and forty~two nurses, none hon
ored in marble, though all gave their
lives for the public good.
The most extensive library IN this
country is the Congressional Library in
WASHINGTON, which now numbers 513,
900 volumes of books, 40, 900 pamphlets,
400 900 musical publications, 5000 maps,
and about 100000 engravings. About
5000 volumes of law books are annually
added to the library, and in all 10000
volumes are added to it each year. Under
the present law publishers furnish the
library with two copies of each work for
which copyright has been issued.
Kit Carson, over whose grave the
Grand Army propose to erect a monu-
ment, died at Fort Lyon, Col, in the
spring of 1868, and in accordance with
his diving request his remains were re
moved to the cemetery in Taos, and
were inferred in a lot in the American
Cemetery selected by himself Carson's
grave is surrounded by a picket fence
five feet by nine, and has over it a
wooden semblance of monument
without a visible word or letter upon it,
This wood is rapidly rotting away and
will soon entirely disappear.
A remarkable case of longevity Of
family has come to light in WestYille, o. !
The family is named Cave and consists
of eight men and four women. The
children, grandchildren, great.grandchil-
dren number 1877. The respective ages
of the twelve are as follows: Benjamin
Gave, Sc; Thomas Cave, 90; Jos. Cave,
1O4; Jonas Cave, 100; Rueben Cave, IS;
Noah Cave, 80; John Cave, 81; William
Cave, So; Nancy Jenkins, 80; Lucy
Jenkins, 81; Polly Kizer, 85; Sally Price,
95. Their combined ages are 1.086.
The New York Hour says: "The |
fashionable pastime in society circles
during Lent is fortune telling by palmis-
try and by cards. Mrs. :. Van Renssel-
aer Cruger gave delight ful little party
on Monday, and, being an expert. she
told the fortunes of the many young
ladies present; of course, sending all
away happy. On Wednesday the same
party met at another house on Fifth
avenue, where Mrs. Richard Irwin, Jr.,
acted as priestess of the black art. 1t is
a surprising fact how many of our fash
ionable young ladies desire to have their
fortunes told. Mrs. Seward Webb and
Mrs. Rowland haue also given fortune