Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-03-18

DaiHes.
This GAINESVILLE Gazette learns that
farmers are commencing the work of
blowing IN many localities in that vicinity.
H on. Thad. Stevens IS again confn-
ed to his room, and is SO very weak that
his friends have little hope Of his recov-'
cry -a< s' fe=z-la
Last Friday the Senate Court of I'm
parchment decidedea to give the Prsi :
dents counsel until the 23d instant to
prepare for. the trial, and the court stauds
adjourned until that day. +sts".
--On Sunday oflast week boy about
thirteen years of age, son of Henry
Crap, of West Bend, was killed at.
Hopes saw mill by a log rolling over
him. He was among the logs when by
some means a log got started, and rolling
over crushed him so badly that he died
in less than an hour. .,..-
p T. Barnum is So years of age, and
Charity, the faithful wife of his humber
years, is confirmed invalid. They have
brought up q fine family of daughters, who
are now married AS far as religion is
concerned, Mr. Barnum is Universalist.
''Morn breaketh in the East the purple clouds
Are putting on their gold and violet
| Tolook the meeter' for the suns bright coming"
SO said the poet happily, He had
doubtless been sitting up all night, await
ing, receiving, compiling, arranging and
calculating the returns of the. last Repub-
lican victory in New Hamps hire. -Neao
/ York Tribune. ~. --.......,.. - .....-......
The blood-thirsty organization OF
rebel desperadoes In Tennessee known as
the 'Kuklux Khan" continue perpetrat ion
of outrages upon loyal whites and negroes.
Their deeds of murder, arson and robbery
are becoming so bold and frequent that
| tho State authoritie are about to take
vigorous measures against them, and Gen
| eral Thomas is understood to have instruc-
4 tons from General Grant il render. all
/ the assistance necessary. III.
| Navigation, as far as Lake Michigan
is concerned, may be said to be fairly
open: Vessels have commenced arriving
and departing from Chicago to and from
other ports on Lake Michigan. Old lake
Captains predicw that the ice will break
up in the Straits of Mackinaw, and navi-
I CATION be open to Buffalo, unusually early
this sseason-some think by the middle of
April. ss' -iastaf f.os3 I'll Aesatt
.-~Stanbery has resigned to conduct
Johnson's defence; Andy has accepted
the resignation-th understanding being
that if johnson is acquitted, Stanbery will
) get his office back if he is found guilty
and removed, the retention of the Attor-
ney Gcneralship for few weeks longer
would be of little value. Stanbery
therefore, sacrifces nothing by his resig-
nation, and, while defending johnson, is
really working for his own continuance
in office. ,-s1at"~ go is9"@ tz'. .--,#Fs
The Democrats of New York elected
: the gambler and Prize fighter John Nor
| risey to Congress The Democrats OF
! Philadelphia, envious of their New, York
/ brethren, have placed, at the head of their
delegation to. their National Convention,
/ Alderman Billy McMullen, who was the
referee in the prize-fght between Collyer
and Barney Aaron, at Aqua Greek but
New York is still ahead A referee of a
prize fight is not quite equal, to a prize
i fighter and blackleg combined. The Phi
4 ladelphia Democracy must try again. II
One of Barnum's bears by some
means escaped the flames in the burning
| Museum, and, after two nights and day
of exposure to the pefils of fire in the
burning ruins, made his way out to the
street, and after chase of three. or four
/ squares was captured and led off to the
station house. The giraffe was so badly
/ injured before getting out of the burning
Museum that it died next day = but a
youthful elephant, which was considerably
bruised and otherwise injured, has fully
recovered. The giraffe cost over $40, 600.
The trial Of Jeff. Davis, it will be
remembered, was postponed from the last
/ term of the United States Circuit Court,
at Richmond until March % On Thurs
day of this week, Judge Underwood post
p0hed the case till the l4th. April. It is
not likely that the trial will take place
even then, as the impeachment business
will probably. engage the attention of Chief
Justice Chase till after that date. The
New Orleans Picayune, by the way,
denies the Statement that J eff, had thrust
himself before the people of that place.
He was serenaded by fire company, but
! positively refused to make. a speech, and
only consented, when urgently requested,
to show himself upon the hotel balcony,
where he simply bowed his acknowled.ss