Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-04-11

-''GrOI. sullivan, VINO was called
TO testify to the correct embalming of
General Grants body, in libel case at
Albany, n. Y, was asked where he
obtained the title Of professor" and
replied that ''the dictionary written by
Daniel Webster gave him the right to
use it"
-"Wose, deahp Tell me-ah-did
you make a memorandum Of the-ah-
wemark made to you when [ was here
befoah?' mo, Charlie. I didn't"
That's dweadful. cause, don't yer
know, [ cawn't wecollect myself
whether l pwoposed to you or Clawa."
= WhitehalI Times.
Eleven hundred applications for
State pensions were filed at the State
House in Augusta, Me-, between Janu-
airy 1, 1887. and December 1. 1897
The appropriation for State pensions
for the year was $50, 900. The average
per year TO each family by the above
figures was $4189, or SO. 4S per month.
One of the strange condolences of
nomenclature is that the daughter of
General Logan married Mr. Tucker,
while the daughter OF x-Representative
Randolph Tucker married Mr. Logan
Each couple have son. The name of
one is Tucker Logan and the other is
Logan Tucker. The boys are about the
same age.
"A benevolent gentleman, who is
we'll known for his generosity, says
that he was asked fer a donation by
one woman who would like to be indie
pendent of her wealthy husband. An
other wrote for barrel of salt pork,
and a third wanted lavender silk
dress for reception which was soon
to come off,
Progressive observation is the name
of new game which has become pop
ular in Boston. The players are shown
a large number of articles Of all kinds
on tray. In about half minute the
tray is taken away ana the person who
is most successful in naming the arti-
Giles on the tray scores a point.
--Truckee, Cal, recently celebrated
the second anniversary of the expulsion
OF the Chinese from the place Although
the mercury was fourteen below zero,
a large torchligbt procession paraded
the streets and marched over the ruins
of old Chinatown. There were bio bole-
fires, salutes from cannon, and speeches
by the most prominent citizens in the
place.
Thomas Peterson. of Perth Amboy,
n. j., rejoices in the distiction Of hay
ing been the first coored man to cast
vote in the United States. This i'm
portant bi5 of paper was dropped in
the ballot-box March 81, 1870, the
morning after the adoption of the
Fifteenth amendment. A few years ago
the citizens of Perth Amboy presented
Peterson with II gold medal in COM
memoration of the interesting event.
Woodland, Mich, can boast of the
largest dogs in the State. male and
female, owned by a butcher, and valued
at 500 each. The male weighs $50
pounds, and is the breed known as the
lion mastiff; it is only nine months old.
The female weighs $50 pounds and is
the breed known as the wolf mastitf
The owner of these dogs says that
President Cleveland has ordered 5000
pup, and that he has advanced $25 on
the same
"A prominent citizen of Steuben-
vile. O., has habit of looking very
frequently at his watch. A Sunday or
two ago he was in his regular seat and
every ten or fifteen minutes he would
take out his watch. look at the hour
and close it with snap. The town
clock struck II. and out came the
watch just as the minister was in the
midst of an impressive passage in his
sermon. Upon the appearance of the
watch. and before it was opened, the
minister paused in his discourse long
enough to say, lit is just IL o'clock,
brother" and then proceeded.