Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-21
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wick does not exceed one-fourth of
that OF last season.
HUGE apartment houses, at least
those of New York, are said not to-
pay 8 per cent. dividends.
The University of Southern Califor
MIA partitions itself, and has college
departments in six towns.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Canadians are NOV
ing to organize a club in that city on
the model Of the one in New York
city.
THREE young men of Boston recently
rode their bicycles from that city to
New Orleans, a distance of LOO
miles.
ESTATES grow big in Mexico. One
on the line of the Mexican Central, one
hacienda, contains nearly 100000
acres.
The conference committee of Har-
ward recommends expulsion from col
lege as the penalty for cheating at ex
animation.
SAN FRANCISCO, it is estimated, has
q present population of 285, 900, but
has not been growing very rapidly of
late years.
OWING to the drouth, the corn crop
of Louisiana will be so per cent. less
than last year and the oat crop rs
per cent. less.
Four times q month the Catholic
priests of the diocese of New York
meet and discuss theological subjects
in the Latin tongue.
A CITIZEN of the United States has
obtained concession to erect a thea
ter at Panama, which will be exempted
from taxes for six years.
A VALLEJO, Cal, woman recently
burned the new suit OF clothes of her
little son during g. fit OF anger. The
next day she was arrested for it.
THE total number of sheep in Queens
land on the LIST of January last was
8,116,783, as compared with 9,493,-
$50 on the list of January, 1885.
AN energetic lad of Spartanburg,
S. c., cultivated twenty-five acres OF
land this year with horse that he
purchased one year ago for Ocents.
M. PAsTEUR says it is easier to cure
temperate men who have been bitten
by O. mad dog than it is to cure those
who are addicted to the flowing bowl.
MOUNT SAINT MARY's COLLEGE at
Emmitsburg, Md, is styled the nursery
of American hierarchy. 1t had a cardi-
nal for godfather to its striplings this
year.
DURING the year 1884, 1,657 di-
vorces and 1921 separations were
pronounced In France. During the
same year 289, 555 marriages were Gel
ebrated.
A 1aI ha 81 Iox
was followed to the grave by 81 sons
and daughters, and had buried 13.
He was a. father to the grand total of
100 children.
ROSE. GROWING is all the rage now
among those who try to keep up with
the times in Horticulture. The flower
is said to reach it's greatest perfection
in New Jersey.
To visitors at the Edinburgh Expo
sition Mr.. Lloyd's exhibit of five miles
of "News" paper in an unbroken web
is one of the most striking examples of
modern paper making.
THE citizens of Mount Vernon, Wash
ington Territory, recently turned out
and rotten egged strolling minstrel
who had given what they thought g.
very poor performance.
GoETHE's old house at Frankfort-on-
the Main has now been fully reno
waited. In the process q hidden closet
containing many manuscripts and au.
tographs was discovered.
Two novel marriages were cele-
brated at Newburgh, N. Y, recently.
One took place at midnight and the
other occurred on an open lawn in the
,orocoroo IF 4uy0 hy1ndro1 y,oo,o1o
A SOCIETY reporter wrote: Cdr
Jones and wife were present, dressed
in white tulle." This unprofessional
attire of the doctor should be con-
demned generally by physicians.
THE latest gossip concerning the
rupture of the Cairns Grant matrimo-
NAL engagement is to the effect that
Cairns was unable to name the proper
figure in the marriage settlement.
A SOCIETY has been recently formed
in Manchester for the purpose of col
lecting and preserving material of his
torical interest relating to the town,
the 25Oth anniversary of which will oc-
cur in 1896.
IT is estimated that I, 100000, tons
OF paper are manufactured IN Eu-
rope annually. The value of the ma
terials used is placed at about f2O,-
100000, and the value of the paper
s4O,OOO,OO0.
RENTS are high in the City of Mexico
and vacant houses are many. Vacant
houses pay no taxes. An American
company is going in to put up a large
number of wooden houses to let at q
reasonable rental.
The Salvationists claim that their
army now comprises 1852 corps and
1902 officers, and that their newspa.
per is printed in 19 different languages
and their banner waves In 10 different
countries and colonies.