Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-27
INFORMATION IN BRIEF.

way to church.
GEORGIA built more miles of railroad
last year than any other state.
New HAMPSHIRE has made Rhode ISL
and present of 200, zoo trout eggs.
THE average life of an ocean cable, as
at present constructed, is twelve years.
THE inventor of the stylographic pen
is reputed to have made 81, GOO, 900 out
of it.
REDHEADvILLE is the name of -four
ishing settlement in Otsego County,
Mich.
Mr.. TEoFANEs CARRAsco, a Mexican,
has asked for patent on a new inven-
ton in collins.
A WEST VIRGINIA man has patented an
invention for making houses without
the use of nails.
A PEAR tree belonging to S. R. Brig
ham, of Mattapoisett, Mass, was in
bloom last week.
RIFLE is the name of new Colorado
town, and the Sharpshooter is the style
Of its newspaper.
A MAN out at st. John, Kas., whose
wife is woman suffragist, has invented
and patented dish-rag.
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, in New York City,
has an architecture scholarship now,
endowed with $50, 900.
EIGHT thousand pounds of lead ore
in one chunk were taken from the De
Gaf mine at Zincite, Mo-. the other day.
JOHN J. ZUILLE, noted anti-slavery
man, who helped 1l9 slaves to gain
their liberty, is sill living in New York
City.
Two Richie County (W. Va) men got
to quarreling and one spit in the face Of
the other. A $4,000 damage suit has
been brought.
ONE thousand wild geese were pur-
chased at Palmyra Mo-, the other day,
by q Hannibal firm engaged in the
poultry trade.
CURTIS NICHOLS, convicted of murder
in the second degree at Trenton. Mo-,
was sentenced to ninety-three years in
the penitentiary.
A COMPANY interested in the propaea-
ton of buffalo has secured large tract
of land in Utah, where herd of bison
will soon be domiciled.
ACCORDING to an Englishman, politics
in the United States is ''tha art of get
ting rich men to contribute money to
pay poor men tor vCting."
IT is estimated that 100 men and
boys in Southern Ohio county are en-
gagged in hunting skunks. There is a
good demand lor the pelts
So,IE genius has invented a Sunday
'growler." 1t is made in the form of a
gripsack and has tin lining. 1t holds
Just ten cents worth of beer.
The unlooked-for recovery of the
King of Holland has left many ladies of
high social position with useless mourn.
ing costumes on their hands.
The territorial Legislature of the Can
adian Northwest has adopted resolu-
ton in favor of the abolition Of French
as one OF the official languages.
A BEAR encountered locomotive on
the track near Cold Spring, Pa. He re-
fused to yield the right of way and was
killed. He weighed $40 pounds.
A wILD-EYED emigrant who arrived in
New York Monday proclaimed himself
the original. He found himself sadly
out of date and will be sent back.
A HERD of sixty deer was knocked
down at auction for $50 in Henry
County, Mo-, last week. At that rate
venison is cheaper than pork or beef.
IT is said that large hotel is to be
established en- the first platform OF the
Eiffel tower, with concert and ball
rooms and restaurant open to the pub
lie.
A PRETTY girl was the stake in prize
fight at Plymouth, Pa, Monday. The
defeated one lost the girl, several Of his
teeth, and temporarily the use of one
eye.
THE Dowager Empress Victoria Of
Germany sold some New York City
bonds day or so since at public sale.
The royal insignia was stamped on each
bond.
A e C-1
picked up pebble on the beach and
sent it to lapidary in San Francisco.
He pronounced it a true emerald worth
$4,000.
The organ stolen from the Congrega-
tional Church at Green Farms, Conn,
has been found in a music store at
Bridgeport. where the thief had pawned
it for $13.
Dora WILEY says that Miss Todd. of
Bangor, one of her pupils, has the long
est voice in the world" her compass be-
ing from F below the staff B natural
above topC.
BURGLARS have been very bold at
Schuylkill Haven, Pa, and the other
night they ransacked house where
three men were sleeping with guns at
their bedside.
CONNECTICUT has a wickedest town.
1t is Monroe, with 900 inhabitants, a
murder record of ten in fifty years and
the possession Of fifty divorced or sep
arated couples.
LED to the spot by dream, Frank
Stout, of Catasauqua, Pa, recovered the
body of his friend, VIM. Kennedy, who
was swept over dam and drowned
lew days before.
A MAN in Sinner County, CAL, who
killed neigh boris steer to save his own
family from starving, declined counsel,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one
year in the state prison.
IT was once remarked by a certain
professor at Cornell, well-known for his
oft-expressed contempt Of our climate
that "we nerer have any weather in
this country, we have only samples"
THE largest yield of wheat reported
this year In Kansas was by S. E. Strailey.
of Ellis County. He raised Cog bushels
per acre on 81 acres. Several parties in
the state raised 81 bushels per acre.
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