Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-14
PICK ED UP.

CAPT. CANNON, who sued the Balti-
more American for $4,000 damages
for libel, was awarded one cent.
FULL skirts, richly embroidered, are
worn with double-breasted Jacket
bodices with revers.
GEORGIA has law making death
the punishment for burglary in the
night time.
THE Washington Hatchet says an
inoffensive partisan is about as USE
less as an inoffensive soldier.
A MONSTER benefit for the statue of
Liberty fund will be given in Madison
Square Garden, N. Y, April &c.
WE suppose firm of proof-readers
could be properly called "The houseo OF
correction"
The ''frogs" on some of therailroads
OF Massachusetts, are being filled with
wood IN order to prevent people from
catching their feet in them.
CANvAsBACK ducks have been hard TO
secure on Chesapeake Bay this winter
owing to the prohibition of large, long
guns.
CHlLDREN's colored straw hats are
trimmed with upright loops of gauze
ribbon or with punches of field flowers
or buttercups and daisies.
INDIGO blue and cardinal red en-
brolderies on white grounds will be
be used for children's summer-dresses.
There are a variety Of designs, from
the simplest to the most elaborate.
LAND in Connecticut upon which pine
trees were planted 3 few years ago, is
now worth 800 an acre for it's tim
Der.
DANBURY, Conn.,, has a. 'ssuicide
club" whose avowed object is to furn-
lsh such OF it's members as desire to
put an end to their earthly existence
with any means for so doing that they
may desire.
A REMEDY has been discovered for
that most annoying affection, the hic-
coughs. 1t consists of refrigeration of
the lobe OF the ear. Very slight refrig-
GRAFTON, such as drop of cold water,
is said to be sufficient.
The half holiday movement in New
York has progressed so far as the
holding of public meeting and the
appointment of committee. Unfor-
tunately some of New York's great
est efforts stop just at that point.
''WHAT won't q woman do?" an ex-
change asks. "What she thinks some
other woman wants her to do" is en-
tered, if there are any prizes offered
with the conundrum.-Bingh ton
Republican.
Quail, once 80 plentiful in Illinois,
have become very scarce, and Illinois
farmers, who recognize their value as
insect destroyers, are making arrange
ments to stock their farms with Tenn
essee birds.
A PLAN is suggested for saving lives
at fires by throwing lines into windows
as they are now thrown into vessels
by life-saving crews, A small cannon,
which shoots a line projectile, is to be
used.
The Indiana State University is
without money, owing to the neglect
OF the trustees to draw a $4,000 ap-
preparation five years ago. The
money reverted to the treasury of the
state, and now the university is suffer
ing.
THE London Times urges the estab-
lishment in England of an institution,
like our Smithsonian Institute, which
owes it's foundation to an Englishman.
The writer points especially to the
value 1T would be to students of an
thropology.
WITH the president of the New
York board of aldermen in prison, and
a new law signed the same day pro-
viding for the sale of street railroad
franchises 81 auction, municipal office
in the metropolis is rapidly losing it's
attractions.
A NEW gold country is said to have
been discovered by a shipwrecked
French sailor in Patagonia, between
the Straits of Magellan and the River
Gallegos. The man had collected from
the sands a little fortune when taken
off the coast by a steamer.
THE Mormon newspaper organ an
nounces that Mr.. Cannon went off be-
cause he could not live in prison, and
because he did not think he would
have a fair trial. Either reason is
good enough, provided he could afford
to stand the expense which was large.
FIFTY members of the engineering de-
pdTUIu0uU Ol OOluulU1d OOlIeS0 Will OC-
cupy barracks next summer on Ban
tam Lake, near Litchfeld, Conn, tax
ing their meals at q neighboring hotel.
An instrument house is being built and
a course Of practical study will be fol-
lowed.
THE Lynn Bee was moved to say
that the course OF the Boston Post
had recently been erratic. An able
compositor, however, made the ad-
jective "emetic,' and q highly sensa-
tional paragraph was the result. The
compositor builded better than he
knew.
THE enthusiasm of the American
public in pursuing the studies of it's
pedigrees, in spite of all the fun poked
at the practice, is courageous and per-
sistent to the last degree. One of the
old genealogical books in the Balti-
more Library has been literally worn
out by constant use.
THE Crown Primes of POrtroa1. who