Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-07-03
NEWS ITEMS

OH WHICH was Wltton, IN pencll: ITO,
j. B. Dunkird with Arnold"
At Winchester, Va, few days since.
some workmen engaged in tearing down a
building came upon bottle upon which
was written with~a diamond, "Bottle of
whiskey, buried in 1921" ,-a-
The order of Good Templarss num-
.bered in 1864, 6S, 40 in 1865, 70, 932s;
In 1866. 1853 ,540. It is thought that on
the LIST of May the membership could not
have been less than $40 ,0009 as.}v .5ss
ls General Spinner United States
Treasurer, has decided that the redemp
ton of the mutilated bills of the defurct
National Banks shall come under the same
Ifrule as the redempt nof mutilated Treas
ury notes, viz: reduction in proportion
to the mutilation of the notes. ceee
1t has transpired that not only did
the Emperor of Austria intercede for his
brother, Macmillan, but the courts of
England, France and Russia as we'll, join
ed in interceding for the Archduke,
through Secretary Seward, who promised
to do all that could be done ~" so
Hon. B. f. Hopkins, members. of
Congress from the Madison, Wis, Dis,
trict, left! for Washington last Thursday
afternoon, intending to, be at his. post in
season to aid in blocking any little game
Messrs. johnson and Stanbery may try
to, play on reconstruction All of the
/ Wisconsin members will probably be
present when Congress, opens. ad, s.aal.t
! I'm Congressional circles a general
desire is expressed to make the coming ses :.
sion7a brief one-of pc haps, two or three
weeks. Its probable that no action will
be taken looking to the impeachment of
His Accidency until October, at which
time special session for that particular
purpose is talked of by Governor Bout
we'll and others.apzf aiu,. esg ,tTaa.
| "A credible story is told of Mrs. John
| Morrissey who, while on her way from
Albany to New York, hast week observing
la poor, crippled and deformed boy enter
the car at one. the. way stations below
Chatham, called him to her, and directed
him to the seat in frontrtof her. Here
she folded up her rich shawl for pillow
tor him paid his fare, bought him some
oranges, aud made the little fellow so
comfortable that he soon fei, asleep.
Two Of the twenty grand speci al medals
of the Paris Exposition come to the Uni
| ted States; one to Pr: fessor Hughes Of
Kentucky, for the improved telegraph
and the other to the Sanitary Commits.
Fsion, through its representative, DR.. Ev.
ans OF Paris, than witch there could be
no worthier recipient Napoleon takes
one of the specials. for his vorkmen's
houses, Algeria and Brazil one each for
their cotton, and the Isthmus of Suez
| Cnmpany another for their ship canal -
/ When the cholera was in the south
of England, a, native of Hungary heard
that In certain village it attacked only
men. Hoping to escape the disease, he
disguised himself as a female with the
utmost care aud secresy, and went to live
IA he favored village. Soon. after his
arrival, he was, however. attacked with
the worst symptoms Of disorder, aud In
his agony exclaimed, "Alas, alas! who
could have betrayed my sex?'' o.',i -
! General Sherman has issued an i'm
portant order relative to the manner of
conducting hostilities against the Indians
While wiling to accept the services of
mounted men raised in the menaced
States and Territories and regularly en-
rolled according to act of Congress, no
independent operations will be permitted
by State or Territory, except for the
punishment Of marauding bands of In
dams. lie. particularly warns all con,
cerned that as regards Che reservations,
the old treaty rights are the supreme
law of the land and must be respected" ,.
About ten years ago, citizen of St.
Louis county, Mo-, made will, in which
be provided that certainHofo his slaves, ten.
IN numbar, should each receive $500 on
/ condition OF their 'temigration to Liberia.
or suchGother country as might be set.
apart for free persons of color" The
legatees have never gone to Liberia, but
recently they presented to the Probate
4 Court a petition for an order on the ex-.
ecutor-. compelling him to pay over the
funds.fsg The question, therefore, was.
whether Missouri was foriwas not within
the meaning Of the will 'set apart for
! free PERSONS of color" The Court was
Of o. inien that such was the case and
ordered payment to be made as prayed
for ':''r-s s.5easgsasJ .....t.a a.. = # s...a
ga On the 18th, Weichmau gave the
particulars of his ride with Mrs Sur
on the 18th of April, stating that they
rode to Surrattsville, where she gave d
package to Lloyd. In the evening, Mrs.
Surratt appeared nervous and asked wit
ness to pray for her intentions" Wit
ness went to bed, and was called up about
2 o'clock by officers who searched the
house. Mrs. Surratt, when she was told
that the President had been killed, ex-
claimed only God you don't tell me SOL