Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
PECHED UP.

schottische.
BUT sixty-nine prisoners are con-
fined in the New Mexico territorial
penitentiary.
THE walnut is being planted for Or
namental purposes in some parts OF
Southern California.
ABOUT two thousand cases of MUIR
der were reported to the press IN 1880
in the United States.
LA NATURE claims that a machine
of one-horse power would keep 81
100000 watches going.
THE spring sunshine of the holidays
started the sap, and in Vermont they
are making maple sugar.
A TRAMP in Los Angeles, CAL, stole
a marble slab weighing eighty pounds,
and walked away with it.
THE output of the coal mines in
Washington Territory for the past
year was about 225,0O0 tons.
Ten thousand three hundred and
eighty-three marriage licenses were is
sued IN Chicago during last year.
A TAME cougar followed like dog
at the heels of q wild cowboy in the
streets of Portland, Ore, the other
day.
THE Eastern cigar-makers who went
to displace the Chinese in San Fran
cisco have all been furnished employ
ment.
PROF. LANDMARK, chief director of
the Norwegian fisheries, asserts that
salmon sometimes Jump perpendicu-
larly sixteen feet.
ONE of Uncle Sans n1ail-bags at
Grass Valley, Cal, was destroyed by
the gnawing of some rats which had
keen scent for wedding cake.
GLOUCESTER fishermen are expert
menting with machine which splits
and ''gibs" mackerel quicker and better
than human hands can operate.
THE public school superintendent of
Wyoming reports 4,5O6 pupils, 73
school houses, LAT teachers, and the
total amount paid for salaries as
SIS, 900.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, COM
pany is organizing to explore the ruins
Of vast, ancient city, where it is
thought $4,000, 900 worth OF plumber
may be found.
The wool clip of Oregon and Wash
ington Territory for 1885 was 49,
100000 pounds, which was 100000
pounds in excess of 1884 and 5,O00,-
900 ahead of 1888.
JOHN STEWART, of Braddock, Pa,
while walking in a grove recently,
found a solid silver cup, with q dia-
mond set in the bottom of it. It
bears the date 1885.
ACCORDING to an ancient idea peli-
cans were Matched dead, but the cock
pelican brought them to life by wound
ing his breast and letting one drop of
blood fall upon each.
AT Burlington, n. j., on Christmas
lay, a coal dealer dumped q ton of
,oal on the sidewalk and let the public
cramble for it. In fifteen minutes a
lack spot on the sidewalk was all that
Tas left.
A ROCHESTER clergyman offers this
a sample entry III church mem
er's account book: "Cigarettes, $40;
'e-cream, $3.50; amusements, SIS;
1mmer recreation, $15; for the
lurch, 80 cents
LIVE carp, served on a bed of moss
nd crosses, is q highly esteemed dish
t japanese feasts. Morsels and
axes of raw fish are lifted in the deft-
it way from the fsh's back and
assed to the company.
A THRIFTY little Batavia, n. Y, news
oy, who started in business four
ears ago with a capital of cents, is
ow the proud possessor of q bank
1ok with $3.50 on the credit side, all
armed at his humble calling.
A LARGE band of wild cattle is run
ing on the hills of lower Coos River,
re- They are the offspring of cattle
st by the early settlers, and as they
EAR no brand or marks Of any kind
&c considered public property.
THE largest dog in the country is
aid to be a St. Bernard owned at
len Cove, Long Island. Hemeasures
feet IL inches from the end of his
ose to the tip of his tail, stands 25
lches high, and weighs 1872 pounds.
DR.. HARTWELL, of John Hopkins
University, says that German sol
Ter can scale twenty-foot wall with
is arms and accoutrements, or jump
n iron-spiked fence without getting
aught Gymnastics are compulsory
the German schools.
Two Los Angeles, CAL, champions,
lamed Pierre Collier and Miles Ro-
nero, had an apple-eating contest for
$40 side 1t lasted half an hour,
and Collier ate eight pounds and a
quarter, while Romero swallowed six
pounds and three-quarters.
ST. LOUIS boasts that it is soon to
have the tallest commercial building
IN the world. An insurance company
is soon to addfour stories to it's eight
story structure in that city in order
to provide offices for the Gould
southwestern railway system.
A GLOUCESTER, Mass, fisherman,
who had been cruelty disabled in an
open boat on the banks was given
$500 two years ago by his fellow-citi-
zens. He opened a shop with this
money, and prospered SO well that on
Christmas he returned the $500 to the
city for the poor.
A REMARKABLE Importation at Vic
+oria. British Columbia, lately was