Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-04
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

"A pHySIcIdn VINO nails from Inc
State of Georgia says that the heart OF
turtle will continue to beat until it
gets dry.
"A portable military hospital, which
formed part of the exhibit of Copen-
hagen at the New Orleans Exposition,
has been donated to the United States
marine hospital.
-Coyote-catching is getting to be
quite an industry in Oregon. A bounty
is paid for their scalps, and there are
many people who make living by
hunting them.
In Washington there are goldfish
that have belonged to the same family
for fifty years, and they appear to be
scarcely any larger than they were
when purchased.
james Close, of Walla Walla, W.
T., killed an Indian about a month
ago, and recently was sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary and to pay
fine of five dollars.
The Interesting fact goes on record
that when the infant King of Spain
was being christened Alfonso Leon
Fernando Maria Santiago Isidoro Pas
cual Marciano he protested several
times in very loud voice. No won
der.
White dealers are gradually assum-
ing the trade in pork at San Francisco.
The Chinese formerly had the mo-
nopoly, but since the recent agitation
they have one by one dropped out and
gone into some other business.-San
Francisco Call
The mother of pupil in Massa-
chusetts school sent as an excuse for
the child's absence that "his clothes
were too dissipated for him to attend.
A little girl in the same school gave as
reason for absence that she had
'brown kittens in her throat"
A large wild black bear was killed
five miles east of Jackson, Tenn, the
other evening. His appearance in the
neighborhood created quite sensation,
as he is the first wild bear that has been
seen in that county for many years.
He fought dogs and men desperately
until he was killed. He was shot seven
times.
The oldest house in Stamfordboro,
n. Y, the Rogers house, which is said
to be one hundred and fifty years old,
is being torn down to make way for
business block. Interesting relics have
been discovered in the form of old coins
and a cannon-ball which is supposed to
have been there since the Revolution
N. Y. Sun.
Remarkable accuracy is now at
tanned by engineers in cutting tunnels
through mountains, working from both
ends. Thus at the Musconetcong tun-
mel, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, the
alingment tested to four one-hundredthS
feet, or less than half an inch. In this
case levels were run five thousand feet
long. Chicago Times.
Samuel Adkyns, ex-mayor of Graf
ton, w. Va, while hunting deer re-
Gently, was shot in the side by Thomas
Wymans, who thought Adkyns was a
deer. Several of his companions picked
him up and carried him home, but
were so apprehensive of some one mis-
taking the whole party for a herd of
deer that they kept up constant hal
looing until they reached the town.
The American Association for the
Advancement of Science is doing good,
brave work. In its report last week
it announces the discovery that 1.-The
nouOIOSlcS OI Tue SyHOIHOSdl UOHo III
dictates the posterior half of the zygo-
matte arch The papers which have
insisted that it was developed by the
macrodactyiic oboe of the periphrastic
javel must feel cheap enough. - Wash
tngton Post.
The hotel-keeper at Plumas, Cal,
has received letter from some one in
San Francisco, probably a drummer,
inclosing comb which the writer says
he stole, and adds: ''Since which /
have been converted born of the Spirit
of God & therefore | have become
son of God & God my Father tells me
to be honest & right everything that |
don rong SO far as in me is Possible or
he will disinherit me yet again.
At the rate of increase which has
been going on for the past few years
Java will soon produce as much sugar
as Cuba. The sugar planters of Java
appear to be making money in spite of
the low prices now obtaining, and
claiming that it is more profitable
crop than coffee. There are only about
one hundred sugar mills in Java, but
the land suited to the cultivation of the
sugar cane is practically unlimited.