Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-05-05
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THE gross receipts of the San Fran
cisco post-office for the year ending
March 81, 1886, amount to $5Ol,-
093.16.
Gov. SWINEFoRD, of Alaska, be-
lieves there is great opportunity for
development in that territory. 1t
may yet become O state.
THERE is no excuse for communism
in the United States. any more than
there is for burglary and highway rob-
bery-St. Alba'Is Messenger.
IT is estimated that there are more
than 100 clubs In New York City, and
that their total membership COM
prises from 10000 to $4,000.
SIXTEEN THOUSAND bags Object sugar
from Hamburg are being discharged In
Philadelphia from the hold of the Ger
man steamship Prinz Leopold.
THE French ministry of war has
ended the beard controversy by issu-
ing peremptory order for all soldiers
and officers to raise boards lmmedi-
ately.
ONE hundred thousand orange trees
were planted last winter in Southern
California. The crop next winter is
expected to aggregate 100000 boxes
of fruit.
The circus at Los Angeles, in order
to avoid the $1,000 license imposed
by the city authorities, excluded
from it's programme equestrian per-
formances.
AMONG the thea trical treasures that
went down in the Oregon we're the
score of 1.-The Harbor Lights" music
and a transcript of the new play, ISIS
ter Mary"
THREE hundred and seventy-three
cases of canine rabies were reported in
London and neighborhood during
1885, and twenty-six deaths from
hydrophobla.
THE soil Of Northern Virginia, upon
which occurred SO many battles, is
now so poor that it does not furnish
pasturage, and cattle raising there has
been abandoned.
OLEoMARGARINE will disappear from
the markets when grocerymen are
compelled to sell 1t as oleomargarine.
The sale of the stuff depends on fraud.
Rochester Democrat.
IT requires the annual slaughter of
100000 elephants to keep the world
supplied with ivory. England alone
uses up the product of 10000 ele-
plants, or l 100000 pounds.
THE Connecticut legislature, which
has just broken camp, is described as
having been a hard working one,
''with very little accomplished" Mega
tive praise is better than none.
THE new oil fields of Wyoming in
the Bingham Basin are directly south
of Billings, Mon, near the boundary
between Montana and Wyoming.
They are so miles long by 40 wide.
AN earthen pot filled with gold coin
that the cashier of a local bank values
at $4,000 was turned up by the
pillow few days ago by q farmer at
work in his field at Batesburg, S. G.
A HEAVY tax is to be placed on the
miraculous" waters from Lourdes
and other shrines in France and the
gov eminent expects to derive a rev.
enue of 100000 francs therefrom.
THE st. Louis morgue is free to all
corners, and school children are in the
habit of going into that horrible place
to gaze upon the CHASTITY objects ex-
posed to general view for Identified
ton.
THE Dominion franchise act will III
crease the number of electors in Hall
fax city and county by between 1000
and 5000. The new voters will be
the element of uncertainty in the next
general election.
A NEW city water company has been
organized in Los Angeles, with cap
ital stock Of $25O,0OO. It's plan of
operation is to procure a. supply from
several large artesian wells that have
recently been bored.
4 NORMAL institute will be held at
the State Normal School for Women,
in Farmville, Va, to continue four
weeks from June z. There will be no
charge for tuition; board and washing
will cost $12 for the term.
THE Masons of Richmond, Va, have
decided to erect Masonic temple on
the Allen lot, corner of Main and Fifth
Streets. The building will cost from
500, 900 to $125,OOO. They expect
to complete it in about year.
A CANE, once the property of gen.
eral in the Confederate army, and
which came into the possession of the
late senior editor of the Bath Times,
in accordance with wish of that gen.
tleman before his death has been
presented to the Sagadahoc Me-
Historical Society.
AT the foot of Main Street in Dan
bury. Conn, stands a house built by
Elnathan Osborn in 1896. It is a low,
hip-roofed house, studded with enor-
nous beams and lighted by very small
diamond window panes. When the
British under Tryon fired the village
this was the only house spared.
SPEAKING of extravaganza of dress"
writes a correspondent, "the most ex-
pensively dressed man ever saw was
an African chief on the Gold Coast. His
wives had anointed him thoroughly
with palm oil and then powdered him
from head to foot with gold dust. You
never saw IN your life man got up SO
utterly regardless of expense.
THE Belgian "workingmen's party"
saws the Brussels correspondent of
tho Journs1 dos Dabats are orqa ni7inu