Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-09
BY THE WATSIDE,

BALTIMORE counts on 100000 pOpuIa-
ton ten years hence.
THE Carthage mo. Cider Press is an
advocate of local option.
THE inventor of a sponge to clean
school states has netted $25, OOO.
GAINESVILLE, Ga, has fixed the price
of saloon licenses at S., 900 year.
IT is cited as fashionably odd that no
two Of the new spring bonnets are ex-
actly alike.
Mrs. GRUNDY says that if society did
business on cash basis there would be
less festivity.
A YOUNG lady in New York had on
clothes and jewels at her marriage val
ued at $75, 900.
A VIOLIN made Of clay is now on ex-
hibition in Berlin. It is said to have
strong and full tone
MATTHEW ARNoLD's son-in-law, F. W.
Whltridge, of New York, is secretary of
the Civil Service Reform League.
A MONTHLY periodical, devoted to the
religious interests of Cinnamon in this
country, has been started in New York.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CHRISTOPHER Co.
LUMBUs CLEVELAND is the name of g.
year-old colored boy of Brunswick, Ga.
EXPERIMENTS are being made on Prus-
sian railroads with axle boxes fitted
with bearings of vegetable parchment
In place of brass.
The largest wine cellar in California is
IN course of erection near st. Helena,
Napa County. 1t will cost $3.50, 900 and
have capacity of 900, 900 gallons.
DIR. HENoCQUE, of Paris. has invented
a new spectroscope for investigating the
changes in the blood. 1t is expected to
prove of Importance in studying nutri-
ton.
The Parisians are so dissatisfied with
the weight of the English high hat that
their hatters have invented a silk hat
weighing little more than an ounce and
half
AsUGAR refining company with S., Geo.
coo capital has been started to use Henry
Friends new method of refining by
electricity. The cost will be about Is
cents ton.
WALTER BEsANT finds that there are
$4,000 more women than men in the
British Kingdom, therefore that num-
Der of girls and women must 90 with
out husbands.
DEALERS in hard wood furnishings say
that sycamore wood is rapidly coming
into use. It works we'll, makes an
excellent finish, and is much cheaper
than birch, maple, or oak.
mo meat for dinner, eh p queried
Jacob Wall, as he sat down to his din
ner in Troy. Every we'll; I'll 60 after
some" That was one day eight years
ago, and he has not returned yet.
HAWAIIAN sugar is coming into San
Francisco at lively rate During Jan
ceipts were 100000 pounds, an in
crease of4, 100000 pounds over the same
period last year.
A CINCINNATI woman, who lost her
purse and a sum of money several
months ago, was surprised a few days
since to receive the missing article,
with its contents untouched, in pack
age that came by mail
A BLIND physician of Pensacola, Fla,
has large practice, and is able to find
his way, unaided, about the principal
streets of the town in way that would
not dlscredlt that popular inst tuition,
the oldest inhabitant.
A DRYGooDs merchant in MELVILLE,
Cumberland County, Pa, dreamed on e
night last week that he was selling and
measuring off great quantities of dress
goods, and so realistic was his dIeam
that he actually tore the sheets Of the
bed into pieces.
AN advertisement from Prague Hun
gary newspaper is translated as follows:
"A literary lady would like to meet a lit
erary gentleman with view to matri-
mony. Prose preferred, as the lady is
a pOetess, and contrasts generally har-
monte Fundamentally"
A WIRE rope mile long 81 inches in
circumference and weighing y tons has
been manufactured at Gateshead, En-
gland There are six strands of 19 wires
each In it, the breaking strain of the
whole being Us tons. This immense
rope Is to be used in colliery in North
Wales
The trustees of the parish school in
East Wickham. Kent, met in the church.
During the proceedings quarrel began
between two overseers. They tackled
each other, and Immediately nearly the
whole party were engaged in Wrest-
ling with one another" in spite of the
efforts of the rector.
A MAN in New Y ork lost his little daugh-
ter and applied to police headquarters
to have the authorities search for her.
They did so, and the expenses incurred
for telegraphing in order to find the
child were 81 cents. The father prompt
lY refused to pay that much for the re-
covery of his daughter.
JAMES DONNBLLY, only fifteen years of
age, was arrested in San Francisco the
other day for pocket picking. He is
considered one of the c1everest thieves
In the business-so clever, indeed, that,
although he has been arrested scores of
times, his connection with theft could
never be definitely proved.
Two women in a Corsican village, be-
tween whom a bitter hatred had long
existed, recently fought out their quar-
rel in a duel with stilettos When the
word was given they flew at each 9TH
er like fends and Piled their weapons
with mad energy. After a short strug-
gle one of them fell pierced through the
hnar t