Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-01
GATHERED PARAGRAPHS.

pOlltlCal conventions, out mas no nall.
OVER 5000 accident suits are pending
against the electric roads in New York.
A LARGE colony of Scandinavians are
about to locate near Garden City, Kas.
The head of an S2-pound Goldfish is ex
hibited as a rarity in New Bedford, Mass
PLATE glass mirrors, so ornately paint
ed as to be useless, are new thing from
London.
DE BRAZzA, the African explorer, says
the upper Congo, teens with ivory. He
found large quantities of tusks in some
of the villages, which were offered for
small quantities of beads.
Ten large black bears were seen re-
Gently at Weymouth Brook, three miles
from Clean, n. Y. Dogs were sent af-
and broke the back of another, then
took to the woods. s2ssssEh
STATISTICS of the women graduates of
twelve American colleges show that
tWo-thirds of those who have passed the
age at which girls generally marry are
still unmarried. Evidently the college
S not conducive to matrimony.
THERE are 200 private railroad cars in
the United States, representing value
of nearly $5.00Q,000. They are worth
anywhere from 81 900 to $4,000 each,
the most luxurious, probably, being
that owned by George NJ. Pullman.
DURING 1887 eleven and one-half tons
OF postage stamps-nearly 170, OOO, 600 in
number-were sold at the New York
post-office. The total receipts of the
office were 81, sos, 392 and the profit to
the government was nearly s., 100000.
IT is said that the biggest quill tooth
pick factory in the world is near Paris.
1t was originally quill pen factory, but
when these went out of general use the
factory was turned to the toothpick
business, and now makes 20,O00,O0O
annually.
SEVERAL of the colored people in the
Boston evening schools are described as
more than 50years old, and one is nearly
80; but they are patiently and earnest
ly striving to gain the knowledge of
which they were deprived in their
younger days"
GOPHER farming is new industry be-
gun at Auburndale, Fla. Two men
have devoted tract of 1000 acres to
| the purpose. 1t is said that the most
fastdlous epicure cannot tell the flesh
OF the Florida gopher from the famous
Maryland terrapin
3 The secretary of the interior has sent
on to the governor of Colorado a little
bill of some $4,000 for ponies and other
vaIuables taken by the sheriff from Col
GROW and his band and never returned.
with polite note requesting the state to
pay 1T up as soon as convenient.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston proposes to have a
great time next summer, when it will
celebrate the 250th anniversary of its
organization. A lot of persons are ex-
pected to come from England; there
will be trip to Washington, to Mount
Vernon and to Gettysburg: of course
there will be trip to New York and a
sail around the waterways and UP the
Hudson to West Point, and then all will
go to Boston to amuse themselves as
best they may.
A PROMINENT citizen of Steubenville,
Ohio, has a habit of looking very fire.
quently 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 min
lister was in the midst of an impressive
passage in his sermon. Upon the ap-
pearance of the watch, and before it was
opened, the minister paused in his dis
course long enough to say, "It is lust
II O'Clock, brother" and then proceed
ed.
Mrs. MARY HAYNES GILBERT. of Glou-
cester, Mass, is charming old lady of
lOl ears. Her memory is unimpaired.
and she recites poems and hymns learned
In childhood readily and in a clear
voice. One of her fondest recollections
is of dinner given in Quincy to Presi-
dent John Adams. She was then a girl
of and must have been an attractive
young person, for the President, as she
relates, poured out glass Of wine, and,
handing 1t to me with courtly grace,
proposed my health. / blushed to
the finger tips at the compliment, but
Mr.. Adams soon removed my embar-
rassment by his charming manners and
words"
EL1HU STEVENS, of Smithfield, Me-, is
probably at the head of the largest fami- |
appears hale and hearty. He is of
medium height, quite erect, and al
though he complains Of his poor eye
sight, he is still able to go about alone |
Before a recent reunion he drove to |
Oakland, and went about among his
friends, inviting them to attend the cele-
bration. Five generations OF his family |
are now living. He was three times
married, had ten children by his first |
Vile, i've by his second, and SIX by his |
third. His children, Grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, and great-great-
grandchildren who are now living num-
Der 3l9.
a MOST peculiar case ofsuperstition ex-
lists in York Township, Ohio. A we'll
known farmer named Milar has always
kept fine lot of COWS and made a great |
deal OF most excellent butter. Of late
years he has had, as he terms it,
witches in the cream" giving him
self and family great deal OF trouble
and great loss. 1t happens about every
two weeks when they put the cream in
the churn it begins foaming over the
top and refuses to gather. No amount
OF churning has any effect toward gather
ing the butter, and the cream is taken
out and thrown far away. The family
the trouble to witches brought
on through the agency of a woman in
the neighborhood through spite. 1t is
strange case.
SOME misguided person has attempted
to write the history of Russia in wordS