Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18
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IT is said Cape God Canal will cost
$7.5OO,OOO and consume three years in
digging.
SEVERAL. thousand California trout
have recently been placed in Pennsyl-
vania streams.
1T is said that there are nearly 200
women employed on daily newspapers
in this country.
The actual membership of the Nor
mon church according to the census OF
1880, was 1886.
A CAR. STARTER at the union depot
in Pitteburg, Pa, is said to be the son OF
an English peer.
ELECTRICAL footwarmers for use In
railroad carriages are undergoing ex-
periments in Paris.
''TINY conversation" is the modern
phrase for F'small talk" in fashionable
circles of New York.
IT is estimated that one million of the
cattle in Texas are owned by men who
live outside the state.
THERE are now twenty-three cities in
Massachusetts. The most recently in
corporated is Waltham.
,HoRsE-RAoINa is becoming so popular
in Mexico that it is believed the sport
will soon drive out the bull-fght.
THE Mormon temple at Salt Lake
will yet require more than four years
for its completion, and will cost s., O0O,-
600.
AN eccentric Englishman, who landed
in New York the other morning, took a
steamer for Liverpool the same after
noon. He said he had seen enough.
SMOKERS are warned by a celebrated
optician from reading and smoking at
the same time. The blue of the smoke
imposes unequal work on the two eyes.
The Oldest postmaster in Western
Massachusetts is A. w. Williams of
West Pittsfeld, who was appointed by
President Pierce and is now 81 years
of age.
A Boston doctor who has just retired
with big fortune says ne drew rene
dies for corns and consumption from
the same keg, and most of his patients
got well.
The Sea of Galilee swarms with pis-
catorial life, as in ancient times, but
the fishing industry has greatly run
down, there being but one sailing craft
on the lake.
"THoN." the proposed new pronoun
(impersonal singular number), is being
taught by some of the teachers in the
public schools, the Lewiston (Me.)
Journal says.
AN engraver's mistake lately caused
the brides parents to say on the cards :
"Mr. and Mrs.--respectfull request
your presents at the marriage of their
daughter" etc.
A GOVERNMENT pensioner of Edgar
town, Mass, is the fourth of his line in
direct descent who have drawn pen
sions from the United States by reason
of military service.
A FLOW of hydrogen gas from one of
the Stockton (Cal) Water Company's
artesian wells is to be utilized for illu-
minating and heating purposes. The
well is 1,081 feet deep.
A FARMER of Berkley County. W.
Va. fortified his chicken-house with
dynamite bombs. Now he hasn't any
chickens or house, and colored neigh
Dor is similarly scattered.
ONLY fourteen of the 1923 residents
of Billings, Montana, are now living.
Of those dead four were killed by In
dams, two committed suicide, and one
was killed in the Big Hole battle.
THE run on the New Haven savings
bank brought out several persons with
bank books who have been drawing aid
from the city for years. Their supplies
from that quarter will be stopped.
THERE is fortunate little girl in
Trinidad, Col. When she was bofn-
twelve years ago-her grandfather gave
her COW. She has now $4,000 worth
of cattle, the offspring of her birthday
present.
AMERICAN purchases of French works
of art have recently undergone wonder
full decline. In 1882 we imported from
France art objects to the value of 81 1888,
$50; in 1883, $1,361, 090, and in 1884,
1904, 975.
TWENTY years ago, says an observer
of events, there was not telephone In
existence. Now we can send a message
q distance of over two miles and re-
ceive an answer In about q week. Such
is progress.
THE "real nice" New Yorker of to-
day keeps valet, and cruel critics say
thet the principal use of valet is In
the line of putting his master to bed
when he cannot locate that comfortable
quarter himself.
WHILE praying during recent storm,
says the Natchez Miss. DAILY Democrat.
"old Katie Hightower, who has been
blind for fifteen years, had her sight
suddenly restored, and can now see as
well as when child"
Boston people are sure that cholera
viii visit America this year, and have
begun making preparations by placing
ample means at the command of the
health department to insure safe san
itary condition of the city.
AN anonymous donor in Melbourne,
Australia, has offered the Baptist asso-
citation the supp of $125, 900 toward the
founding of UNCONVENTIONAL college
in Victoria, provided an equal sum is
,o;cad within a sDecifed time.