Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-04
PICKED UP.

great numbers in some parts of Sono-
ma County, Cal.
A DENVER man has found snake
with three heads, and has refused $175
for the curiosity.
In five years the Chinese population
of Washington Territory has only in
creased from 1927 to $500.
THE Oregon legislature will convene
In special session on November 9, to
elect q United States senator.
A FOUNDING asylum is to be builtin
Philadelphia for the accommodation
of infants under 2 years of age.
In proportion to the weight of it's
body the canary bird has brain bet
ter developed than chat of man.
Los ANGELES, CAL, proposes to APP
propriate 500, 900 for the purpose of
fighting the destructive scale-bug.
a VooDoo woman in North Carolina
actually frightened four negroes to
death by putting the ''evil eye" on
them.
ONLY one Chinaman is employed at
West Point. He is the cook of Col.
Andrews, professor of modern Ian
guages.
THE New York park board has voted
to spend 81 900 more for rare varie-
ties of water lilies for the lakes in Cen
trail Park.
A RECENT census of ST. Johns, New
foundland, shows that since 1857 the
population has only increased from
$4,000 to $4,000.
THE University of Pennsylvania has
succeeded in paying off a debt of $14O,-
600 the present year, and is now free
from incumbrance.
Now that Flood rock is blown up,
Gen. Newton says that it will take
three years and 100000 to remove
the fragments of rock.
ONE of the Cinnamon who was
lynched for murder recently in Idaho
Territory offered his captors $4,000
if they would release him.
A PROMINENT lawyer of Tacoma, w.
T., is said to have refused fee of ST.
900 offered him if he would undertake
to break the anti Chinese ordinances
recently passed there.
POSTERS have been appearing lately
in some of the Pacific coast towns
where difficulties with the Chinese
exist, warning firemen not to respond
to alarms of fire from the Chinese
quarters.
THERE are 15T professors at the
German universities between 20 and
90 years of age. OF these 122 deliver
their lectures as usual. The Oldest is
the historian, Won Ranke, who is now
in his Goth year.
THE property of France, stored in
the Garde-M euble, in Paris, is said to
have value of 100000 francs. 1t
consists chiefly of furniture, glass, and
china, and contains, among other
pieces of historical interest, the bed
and writingdesk of Louis XVI.
MAINE Indians favor game laws.
They say that if Indians and white
men are allowed to kill all the game
and catch all the fish Unfortunately,
IN a short time there will be none left,
and eve no more can get our So per
day and board to act asguides, for the
rich man will not come down this
way"
HITHERTO the works of Heine have
been rather expensive, but next year
the copyright will expire, and cheap
editions will soon be abundant. The
original publishers have wisely re-
solved to anticipate the rival publish
ers, and are now issuing Heine's COM
plete works in twelve bound volumes
at 25 cents a volume.
The advantages Of advertising are
strikingly illustrated in the order just
received by S. r. Niles for insertion
Of an advertisement in one publication
for 1900. This is probably the larg-
est order ever given for single an
nouncement, and shows the extent to
which advertising is done by those
who appreciate it's benefits.
WHEN Custer and his troopers of the
Seventh Cavalry were slain, hefacings
and trimmings of the doorways and
windows at Fort Lincoln, OAK, were
painted black, as sign to all of the
arny's loss. Thus they remained until
a few weeks ago, when the weather
stained woodwork was covered with g.
coating OF less mOllrnful hue.
A LATELY deceased Justice of the
peace of Derby, Conn, made the town
a beQuest of So, 900, on condition that
amounted to $5,O0O,OOO. 1t was cal
tuIaC6N bI6C Gn0U0Qu6SG NOuIO HOG Do-
come operative for two centuries, and
the town has decided to relinquish all
claim TO the gift. The heirs at law
now get the money.
THE mayor of Lincoln, Neb., has
taken a radical stand on the temper
ance question, and thereby bitterly
offended a powerful element of the
population. He received CHASTITY
warning some days ago, a coffin being
left at his door, but, in no way daunt-
ed he promptly sold the coffin and
turned the money over to the local
temperance society.
THE old-fashioned spinning wheel
was introduced a short time ago into
the insane asylum of the Isle of Man,
with the idea of amusing the patients.