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

A DARING ExPLoT.-BATH. Me-,
March 14-Captain rraynor, who cross
ed the Atlantic in the dory City of Bath,
is about to undertake another similar
voyage OF even greater peril. Another
dory called the Randall d. Bibber has
been built for him this winter at George
town. 1t is thirteen feet long on the
: bottom, seventeen feet on top, FIVE feet
wide on top and twenty-five inches
deep. The boat has a cabin eight feet
long and sixteen inches deep and is pro-
vided with two air-tanks made of tin to
float her in case she should fill or cap
size. Traynor intends to start in the
frail craft from New York June 10, for
Bristol, England. He is to row the en-
tire distance, and hopes to accomplish
the journey by September /. His prin-
cipal diet will be cooked oatmeal and
milk, which, he affirms, will stick by him
better than anything else. His only
companion will be cat. His dory will
be on exhibition iD Bath during next
week, after which it will be taken to
New Yotk Captain Traynor is 27 years
old, and says he looks forward with no
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the ocean in small boat.
A TURN OF LUCK For HENRY VII
LARD.-Though Willard was supposed to
have lost everything he had in the
Northern Pacific railroad collapse. there
have been numerous side speculations in
which he was interested, which promise
| to yield such profits as to give him new
! fortune. One of these was real estate
scheme at Portland, Ore. Willard, Jay
Gould and others bought for $4,000
tract of land near Portland, about five
years ago 1t was left unimproved
through all the subsequent railroad
| building and movements at that point.
]. B Montgomery, who built the Will
! lamette river branch of the Northern
Pacific, was interested il the purchase,
and was agent for the property. He
told friend in New York city that
since last fall he had sold lots of the
tract for sums aggregating $265,000,
and had six-sevenths of the tract yet
remaining, comprising the most valuable
portions of it.
Congressman Byron NJ Cutcheon, of
Michigan, is said to resemble Garfield in
appearance. Congressman Lawrence, of
Pennsylvania, might pass for portrait of
George Washington. Congressman
Thos. Williams, of Alabama, is Col
Ingersoll in miniature, round face
double chin, laughing eyes, bald head
and all. Congressman King, OF louisa
na, initiates Napoleon Bonaparte in bangs,
struts and attitudes as we'll as in facial
construction. Congressman Geddes, of
Ohio, resembles Abraham Lincoln, but
is not so large, and has small feet and
hands.
General Simon Cameron, of Pennsyl-
vania, celebrated mis- 85tb birthday at
the DeBary mansion, near Enterprise,
Fla, on the 9Th inst. The host, the
venerable guest and several Pennsylva-
MIA friends had royal time, and the
General was in excellent spirits and
greatly enjoyed his dinner. A little
granddaughter of the host presented Gen
eral Cameron with "a bouquet of roses,
exquisitely arranged and clasped with a
white satin ribbon, on which were
embroidered, rs. C.-85.'
HARBrNGERs OF SPRING.-The trees
are leaving. In fact, many of them have
left
Ice is breaking up and falling all
about us, crushing down our stoveplpe
hats and filing our oyercoat pockets
Telegraph wires look like ships haw-
sers, and where they cross the street en-
masse they resemble the rigging of a
whole fleet, at loose ends.
The birds are singing melodiously
(mostly canaries, warmly housed and
properly fed) The frogs are getting
ready to begin to peep, when there is an
opening in the meadows.
Coal rises, winter overcoats fail to be
marked down." gum shoes are at a
premium, and the penetrating chill OF
the atmosphere calls for more and heav-
Ter underclothing. Oh, yes, spring is
coming, coming, coming right along and
in less than six weeks we shall be plan
ming for summer vacation. But really
it didn't look SO this morning, with snow