Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-07
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY has EIGHT fol-
loWshlps open yearly valued at $500
each. ~'0o
The regular army team have can
tured the Hilton trophy for the best
shooting at Creedmore. ''
NINE. MARIE SEL1KA, the colored
prima donna of Boston, has finished
her studies abroad and is on her wav
home.
The New Hampshire law Furnishing
with fine Of 500 the sale Of a cigar
cite to boy or girl under 16 years of
age has gone into effect
IT may be well for the girls to bear
IN mind that earl marriages make
early OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES our-
ier-JOurna1.
A MONTREAL woman fell in love with
another man, and tried to kill her
husband by administering to him doses
of ground glass.
The total number of cattle sent out
from Ireland last year was about
834, OOOhead. Some 700, 1000 of which
went to England, and the balance to
Scotland.
In Massachusetts drug store it was
found that the opium was adulterated
80 per cent. that the wine was merely
alcohol, and that q quarter of the
sugar was dirt.
IN the new charter received by the
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland,
the council is authorized to admit
women candidates who desire di-
ploma of the college.
A FFGIANT's causeway'' of five sided
basaltic columns, covering many acres,
has been found on Mount ST. Helena.
The columns are Of a pale greenish
yellow color, and are said to be very
beautiful.
A PHILADELPHIA druggist has forty
four prescriptions, received in six
months, in which every one contains
such errors as to seriously menace life
IN case they had been filled as the doc
tors wrote them.
A NEW arrival in Santa Barbara,
from New York State is considerably
exercised over his jaw Every time he
laughs heartily the muscles of his Jaw
are strained in such a manner that he
is unable to close his mouth.
MCNAMARA, the grave-digger at
Staunton, Va. is SO years old, and
has buried seven thousand persons.
Even now he can dig grave skilfully,
and more quickly than any young
man in the Shenandoah valley.
THE editor of the Redding (Call In
dependent had to apologize. He hung
his ink-roller out to dry, when an In
dian and his squaw and papoose came
along and made a meal out of it, and
his paper couldn't appear on time.
NED BUNTLINE has produced four
hundred dime novels, and in none of
them has the redskins ever escaped.
Ned would make good man to carry
out the governments present Indian
policy.
A COLORED washerwoman at Alba
ny, Ca, boasts of two twin daughters
called by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Mary
Magdalene and Virgin Mary. Other
helpless twins at Eldora, Ia, rejoice
in the names Of Gasoline and Kero-
sene.
IT is discovered that Isabella of
Spain has a double in Paris, who
frequently appears at the theaters and
elsewhere in public and is generally
mistaken for Isabella, whom she
strangely resembles in feature and
form.
A JERSEY CITY wedding was inter
rupted Monday night by the arrest of
the groom, who had stolen the suit he
wore from a drunken citizen, taking
the clothes from the mans back and
leaving him lying in the street stark
naked.
A NEW species of bear has been dis
covered on Mount Shasta which is
found in no part of the world. It is
about the size of a shepherd dog, is
white and very ferocious. Three have
been killed lately (CaL)
Union.
A WEALTHY New York lady's will pro-
vides that her numerous dogs, cats,
and birds shall be cremated and that
their ashes shall be scattered upon
her grave. The neighbors are eager
for the provisions of the will to becar-
ried out at once.
CENTIPEDEs, such as abound in New
Mexico, make their attacks at night.
They are armed with about two hun
cred little lances dashed to the toe of
each foot-of which they have several
and at the base of each lance is
tiny sack of venom.
REPORTS from the colleges that have
opened their fall terms indicate that
the freshmen are above the average in
physical strength. That is the opin-
ion, at least of the professor of ath-
letics at Harvard, and he looks for an
exceptional year in sports.
FUR made from feathers is product
of recent years. In many respects 1T
is equal or even superior to genuine
fur. The material is used for the Dor
ders of ladies' cloaks, dresses, etc.,
and even sealskin -cloaks have been
successfully initiated with it.
IT is told of on old-fashioned rail-
road man that, when it was suggested
to him that he ought to put on more
trains to relieve the few which were al
ready IN service, he replied, with fine
show of impatience: "What good
would that do? They'd fill 'em all up,