Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-01-02
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was one to about every 5000 of the pop
ulation.
A COUPLE who have been constant
lovers for forty years, were married
the other day at Columbus, Ind. The
groom is 81 and the bride IL years
younger.
MAJ. D. A. Cook, of Atlanta, sold POP
acres of Georgia land to a neighbor last
week for $50 opossums, the opossums to
be delivered in instalments of so annu-
ally for the next five years.
A POST norton examination upon the
body of COW that died at Highland,
Pa, revealed the fact that the animal
had swallowed piece of wire, which
/ pierced its stomach and entered its
heart.
FROM recent archaeological discoveries
it appears that the Romans, at the
height of their civilization and splendor,
had no system of street lighting. No
trace of any thing of the kind has been
discovered.
A TEXAS newspaper says that twenty
five years ago in that state the deaths
from yellow fever averaged nearly one
half of all the cases; this year the per-
centage of deaths from Yellow Jack will
be about ten per cent. of those attacked
by the disease.
MAINE has some nota BILE trees, among
them an apple tree at Boothbay, which
is still in active service and liz years
old. Class day exercises at Bowdoin
are held each year under an oak planted
by member OF the first class of the
college seventy years ago.
DR.. THURsToN, the superintendent of
! the Madras Museum has been commits
stoned to visit various electrical estab-
lishments in Europe in order to select
an electric globe light capable OF illum-
mating twenty tathoms of water.
AMONG recent camera achievements
is portrait copy taken by the light of a
Cuban freely in thirty seconds and
photograph of the aurora borealis To
obtain the latter had been declared an
utter impossibility
A MAN in Nation, New, tipped a
couple of barrels of whisky into natur
al spring which flowed on his premises
and invited all the ranchmen for miles
around to come and see it. The next
day he sold the spring for $40 900 in gold
dust and fled the country.
TIMOTHY KELLY, Of Providence, fell
from hotel balcony some time ago
when on an excursion given by the Con-
tinental Steamboat Company. He
brought suit against the company for
injuries received, and has recently been
awarded $4,000 by the United States
| district court.
The tendency of the better usage now
is now to ignore distinctions of sex in
designations. There seems to be
| growing preference for "author" rather
than "authoress," sculptor is easier
! and more natural than sculptures"
and some 60 even SO far rs to prefer
factor" even when applied to women.
GA FEW days since as one of the west
| bound train was rounding a spur of the
mountain just above Del Rio" says the
! Newport (Tenn.) Citizen, "twc deers
were seen on the track just ahead of
the engine. They did not care to leave
their position, and the train came so
near killing one of them that an ear
was cut Oft by the wheels"
A ST. LOUIS suicide wrote: 81 am SO
years old. In eight years I would be
| have played the world out and it
don't owe me a cent. I've had more
fun than mule in a cornield, and I've
got enough. Therefore, / will cheat the
course Of nature and jump the time to
come"
A BIG-HoRNED owl attacked a rooster
| near Hawkinsville, Ga, and was pre-
pairing to make off with it when a farm
er appeared with his dog. The owl
thereupon turned bis sole attention to
the dog. A desperate struggle ensued,
but the dog came out victorious, killing
the owl and then eating part of it.
IT is said that the trustees of a heavi-
| ly mortgaged church in Lincoln, Neb.,
in order to, raise. money to clear the
debt, sold advertising space on the walls
of the auditorium, and that handsome
advertising cards appear in conspicuous
places, the charge being $5, and the
agreement including an Endorsement
from the pulpit"
An unusual accident happened to a
Cincinnati horse, which stood backed
up against the curb, with its head over
the car track. The animal, having
raised its head to avoid being struck by
car undertook TO lower it before the
vehicle passed, and in doing so thrust
| it through the window. The poor beast
was horribly lacerated and had to be
killed.
WHEN a man dies suddenly. with
out having been attended by DOCTOR"
says popular guide to the law, ''the
coroner has to be called in and an in
quest held to ascertain the cause of
death. But" adds the writer, "when
he dies, after having been attended by
a doctor, then everybody knows why
he died, and an inquest is not neces-
sary."
Paul BoYToN, the swimmer, is about
to establish an aquarium in New York.
Among the attractions brought over
lately for the show are four seals trained
to drive four-in-h hand in the captains
marine excursions and four large dog
faced monkeys, which have been
trained to row boat. These latter are
named O'Connor, Teemer, Ross and
Lee, and are very clever oarsmen in
their line.
Two Good Stories About Twins.