Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
PICKED UP.

one ward OF Philadelphia, containing a.
population of 10000, there are five
school-houses, seven churches, and
ZIG saloons.
The colonelcy of the English Royal
Horse Guards, made vacant by the
death of Lord Strathnairn, has been
held by ID dukes, three marquises,
four earls, two viscounts, two barons,
one knight and one commoner.
HERE is an agricultural item from
a Georgia paper: "On the acre of
ground where Tom Belts was hung, in
Clayton County, j. D. Graves has
made SO bushels of corn, $50 bundles
OF fodder, and 1874 pounds of pump
kins.'
In the stomach of a 81 pound cod
fish sod In the fish market at Hioer-
ring, Denmark, one day in November,
were found another cod / 5 inches long
and a very large and fat duck, perfect
ly fresh, and apparently swallowed
alive and whole.
A SMALL aquatic bird, known as the
'1it5le aux was picked up in Plym-
outh the other morning. 1t was alive
when found. but died soon after. This
visitor from the far North had proba-
bly, been driven by stress of weather to
make that awkward lancing.
WHEN the king of the New Zealand
Maoris was in England he promised
to work for temperance reform among
his people. He seems to have kept his
word, for it is now announced that
more than II 900 of his subjects wear
the blue ribbon of teetotalism.
A CITIZEN of Georgia had g quack ar
rested for fraud in selling him prepa-
ration for preserving the scalp, during
the use of which he lost all of his hair.
But the quack escaped. 81 did not
pretend" said he, "to sell you pres
ervation for the hair, but for the scalp.
Your scalp remains intact does it
not?
!, A DANGEROUS counterfeit SIS gold
piece, of which hundreds of thousands
are said to be in circulation, is sup
posed to have been made through the
rascality of some ex-employes OF the
New Orleans mint. 1t was made with
the genuine stamp, is fine gold on the
outside, but filled with spelter and
platina.
THERE are sensible widows in Texas.
A rich cattle-owner recently died there
leaving two of them, neither knowing
of the existence of the other until
then. Instead of going to law about
the estate they met on good terms,
came to the conclusion that there was
enough for both, and divided the
money and property equally
THE doorkeeper of the South Caro-
lima Senate has recovered an oil
painted porcelain doorknob which had
> | L l. l. he
, old State House over 35 years ago.
.. The painting represents the coat OF
arms of South Carolina, with a deli
cately tinted sky in the background.
The work was done in France.
.'IN the mountains above Chico, !"
says the Tombstone (Ari.) Tomb
stone, "the residents along lumber
fume have a novel way of getting their
mail. It is started on raft from the
, head of the fume at regular dates, and
the people below watch for it, take out
, what belongs to them, and then send
the raft with its precious cargo on the
way"
A THANKSGIVING dinner was eaten in
, New Orleans by some New England
commissioners to the exposition. Be-
sides turkey there were the oysters
and fish of Louisiana. sauce made
from the cranberries of Cape Cod, pies
from Maine blueberries, mince pies,
plum pudding, sweet new cider from
New York, Creole oranges and Yer
mont apples.
YOUNG French officers whose fathers
happen to have held old titles of no.
, bility, have lately adopted the fashion
of calling themselves counts and
| barons, leaving their military ranks
, in the background. This has deeply
grieved the Republicans, and one stern
old corps commander has issued a
general order forbidding the use of no.
J BILE titles in military correspondence.
THE Charleston, S. c., News and
} Courier has this gloomy picture of the
business situation in that state: "No
one in South Carolina has any money
to spare at this time. The farmers
J are disappointed by reason OF the par
} tial failure of the promise of an
J abundant cotton crop, and the price
| OF the staple is so low that there is no
, compensation there for loss elsewhere"
A SUPERVISOR of schools in a Maine
coast town canvassed the town just
before the March meeting, was nomi-
mated for and elected to the supervis-
orship. He hired himself to teach the
best paying school against the wishes
, of the people of the village, and hired
his daughter to teach the school near
est his house. He ought to think him.
self a rival of the much advertised
} state committee chairman.
! A GEORGIA lady has asuit of clothes
in her possessionthat is 103 years old.
} Her grandfather cut out and made the
suit with his own hands. The suit is
J made of fax, and the buttons are cut
from gourd and covered with cloth.
, The trousers are of the old flap, knee
} brooches style, and the coat is an old
3 fashioned sacque. A pair of flax
stockings, made et the same time,
, completed wedding suit 103 years
ago.
THE people of Mill Cove, New Bruins
wick, are all torn up by discovery in
that place. Some quarrymen found q
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