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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-03-31
ALITTLE GOOsEY.

The chill November day was done,
The working world home faring;
The wind came roaring throught the streets
And set the gaslights f1aring;
And hopelessly and aimlessly
The scared old leaves were dying
When mingled with the soughing wind
Iheard small voice crying
And shivering on the corner stood
A child of four or over
No cloak nor hat her small soft arms
And wind-bloWn curls to cover.
Her dim lied face was stained with tears;
Her round, blue eyes ran over
She cherished in her wee, cold hand,
A bunch of faded clover:
And one hand roaud her treasure, while
She slipped in mine the other
Half scared, half confidential said,
"Oh! please, | want my mother"
'sTell me your street and number, pet
Don't cry, I'll take you to it,
Sob bing she answered, 81 forgot;
The organ made me do it.
"He came and played at Miller's steps
The monkey took the money,
And 80 followed down the street,
That monkey was 30 funny.
I've walked about a hundred hours
From one street to another;
The monkeys gone, I've spoiled my flowers
Oh, please, want my mother"
"But what's your mothers name, and what
The street2-now " think minute"
amy mother name is mamma dear
The street-Ican't begin it. ..
"But what is strange about the house,
Or new, not like the others p
81 guess you mean my trundle-bed,
Mine and my little brothers.
"Oh dearl ought to be at home
To help him say his prayers,
He's such baby he forgets, a-..
And we are both such players
And there bar between to keep
From pitching on each other,
For Harry rolls when he's asleep;
O dear I want my mother"
The sky grew stormy; people passed
All muf1ed, homeward faring;
You'll have to spend the night with me,
said, at last despairing. g.. .....
| tied kerchief round her neck
s'What ribbons this, my blossom y
"Why don't you know?,, she smiling asked
And drew it from her bosoU..a .
card, with number, street and name;
My eyes astonished met it !;
"For," said the little one, ''you see
| might sometimes forget it;
And so wear little thing
That tells you all about it; .
For mother says she's very sure
| would get lost without it,"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-03-31

Formerly Straw Goo1row,)
Painters and dealers i'm wall raPef,
Window Shades, Paints, Oil, VarniSh, Glass
Putty, Brushes, sc.
North Of Lindon House, WAterto"n, WIS
:" % ?6
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-03-31

-"You have visited my daughter
long time" said an anxious mother to an
acquaintance of ours the other day. What
are your intentions, sir 2"
Honorable, entirely SO" said the gen
tleman. 81 intend backing out, as the
coachman said"
'You do, do you? Backing out, aud
pray sir, what are your reasons for de-
cciving the poor girl?''
II have several" SAID our friend.
"Well name them if you can, you imp
of satan-you little wasted knock kneed,
carrot haired, pale faced, gimlet eyed,
no-whiskcrcd dolt---you thing-you scrag
YOU fag end Of uothing-you-"
Your daughter" said he, interruptipg
her, ''dont wear her hustle right | have
seen it one-sidel. Her dress makers say
she is padded in dozen places she
wears two pairs of stays; her false teeth
DON. stay in well, ard she puts castor oil
on her wig, madam. l cant endure such
carClessuc2a"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-03-31
JAMES HANRAHAN,

Manufacturer OF
Lsrsber Wagons, Open and Corered
Bagg;es, Sletghs and Cutters.
Custom work promptly attended to, and exc
suted in a workmanlike manner.
chop on Third Street, one block 6outn oi
Mn wotarto,rn Wis. 4+y1
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-03-31

With the COTTAGE
PRESS and the print
ing material accompa.
nying it, every man can
do his own printing
neatly, quickly and
eheaply. They are SO
simple in construction,
that a boy ten years old
can easily manage the
largest size. Printed
Instructions are sent
with each Office, ena.
bling the purchaser to
get at work without a
previous knowledge OF
prir ting. a circular,
containing full dcscrip-
ton, prices, testimoni-
ais, &c, sent free to all.
Our Specimen Sheets of
type, cuts, &C., ten
cents.
DAVID WATSON,
AGENT FOR
ADAMS PRESS co..
20 Cortland ST.,
NEW YORK.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-03-31
WsTERT0WN MARBLE WORKS
=. :. GREEN

Manufacturer of and Dealer IN all xmas
Marble Monuments, Headstones Mantei iect
&c. also Cut Stone for Building purposes
shop on First St, one block south oil hoolnSoi
House. Watertowp, Wisconsin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-03-31
FOR SALE

NNE of the best and most conveniently ar
~ ranged House in the city, situated upon
a fine large lot well stocked with fruit and
shrubbery, is offered for sale on very reason
able terms Enquire of
10 II. s. MAEVILLE,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-03-31
EVERY
MAN
HIS
OWN


NToODARD BRO have the very fines
w fteshOysters.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-19
n.n,h of Rohsrr norri.on.

la the death OfROBERT MORRISON, Esq,
our city has lost one Of her most promi-
nent and useful citizens. Having re-
sided here for more than thirty years,
he was identified with many Of the
manufacturing and commercial enter
prises that have raised Wheeling from
the village of thirty years ago to the
prosperous city of to-day.
For many years Mr.. MORRISON was a
member of our City CuuRcil, and mani
tested tho deepest interest in our hnan
ces and other municipal concerns.
The loss of his calm and reliable
Judgment will be greatly felt by those
accustomed to advise with him in the
direction Of our banks, insurance com
panies and other corporations in which
his services were frequently required.
Singularly retiring and modest in his
disposition, he was most thoroughly
appreciated in the smaller circle OF IN
innate friends, who found him to pos,
sess a rare Judgment. fertile imagina,
tion and unusually extensive range OF
reading.
He wGs nm active member of the
Fourth Street NJ. +. Church, in
which congregation his death will be
productive of deep grief, second only to
that Of his family, who have the SYM
pathy of our citizens in the hour of be-
reavement.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-19
We NIonie Digger.

From the Houston (Texasl Times, Dec. 81.
Monday night, at the witching hour
of u, when the graves yawD, Captain
L. w. Smith, who resides on Franklin
street, near the Catholic Church, was
aroused from his slumbers by the steady
strokes of picks and shOvels near his
residence, and upon his premises.
Dressing himself, he approached the
spot from whence proceeded the sounds,
and to his horror saw two negroes dig
ging a grave-like hole, while third,
holding Bible in his hand, was reading
the scriptures aloud. Captain Smith
proceeded instantly to the bell-tower,
where he informed Marshal Cooper of
the awful sight he had witnessed, and
requested that a detail of policemen
should visit the place and fathom
the mystery. Nearing their desti-
nation they were placed so as to
surround the dusky trio, and at the mar
shaps shrill whistle, moved upon them
and secured them without any resist
ance. When interrogated as to what
they were doing, they replied, digging
gold" In their possession were found
two shovels, pick-axe, two meal-bags
to carry the precious metal, and long,
sharp, steel divining rod, wherewith to
feel for the hard stuff" and also copy
of the Holy Bible. They were locked
up, giving their names as Jim McCul-
loch, Jim johnson, and Wiley Thomp-
son, but upon examination before the
Recorder yesterday they were discharg-
ed. In explanation of the matter they
said an antiquated old Negro woman, ,
while on her death-bed, sew
eral months ago, revealed the
fact that colored woman named Sill
vey Ruth, died in 1889, and having all
enormous amount of meney, which she
obtained in some manner from the cele-
5rated pirate chief, Lafitte, who then
Rad his headquarters on Galveston ISL
asd, buried it in the earth near the
catholic church. She also disclosed to
them the exact spot. Since the dying
revelation of this woman parties bent
upon hnding the money have made fire.
quehI nocturnal incursions upon Cap
tain omlths premises, but all have failed
to lind the hidden treasure.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-19
A Curious Case,

Brief mention has hitherto been made
of the case of Rev. +. Z. Abbott, be-
fore the Supreme Court of New Hamp
shire. We find in an exchange the fol
lowing precise statement of the case:
The Rev. F. E. Abbott, minister ol
the Unitarian Society of Dover, some
months ago announced that he wished
no longer to be regarded as Christian,
and therefore took the name of theist.
Notwithstanding this, majority of his
Society insisted on retaining his SER
vices. The minority, however, alleged
that the Church was organized in 1928
as a christian Society of the Unitarian
Sect" and that Mr.. Alb bott was not eli
gible for the position to which he had
been chosen. They therefore asked the
Court to restrain Mr.. Abbott, and
those agreeing with him from
preaching in the Society's place
of worship. The decision is thus given
by the Dover Enquirer:
The OpiuiUn of the majority of the
Court, pronounced by Judge Sargent,
was to the effect that the Society was
formed as q Society of Christians of the
Unitarian faith; that upon objection of
q minority of the Society no minister
could preach in the Society's church
any ether than Christian Unitarian doc
trines, and that the evidence shows that
Mr.. Abbott was neither a Unitarian nor
a Christian. The Court farther defined
n Christian to be one who believed in
the precepts and teachings Of Jesus
Christ-that the mission OF Christ was
of divine authority-that he was neith-
er an impostor nor self-deceiver-that
he was the Messiah. Judge Doe deliv-
cred q dissenting opinion.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-19
A HorHe HolocnuAt-

a few days ago a livery stable was
burned in New York city, destroying
a hundred and forty horses. The Sun
thus describes the terrible scene:
The fire burned fiercely, and the flames
shot high into the heavens, brilliantly
illuminating the whole region, and car
rying vast flakes of light burning ma
terial in all directions for blocks away.
When the smothered, subdued fire in the
basement burst into flame, it seemed
instantly to fill the entire building, feed
ing upon the very intiammable material
that was so plentiful in its course, jump
ing with lightning-like rapidity from
floor to floor, laughing at all efforts to
stop its wild career, and driving with
precipitate haste all human beings from
it's immediate vicinity. Then arose that
second and more painful and heartsick-
ening scene on the ground floor, whore
were fifty more horses-the choice of the
stables-high bred, aristecratic horses,
whose value in some instances was
computed by the thousands of dollars;
elegant carriage horses, used to the
smooth, we'll kept roads of the Central
Park; gentlemen's select saddle horses,
familiar only with the gentlest exercise
and few less select hack horses. But
the fury of the flames recognized no
difference in these condemned animals,
which, indeed, were only reserved for a
more horrible death than their plebeian
friends who were smothered in the base
ment. AS the flames flew along from
stall to stall, catching on the hay in the
hangers, and feeding on the extra
bedding of clean straw, which
common horses may not enjoy,
the panic-stricken beasts fairly
shrieked in their agony, and tearing
from their fistenings, dashed about in
the widest fury, now huddling togeth-
or where the flames were brightest,
roaring, kicking, moaning, sobbing,
then overcome with pain, dashing away
to another equally bright column of
flame, to meet with only more exquisite
torture; while all the time the fire. fiend
danced and laughed, roaring with de-
light at the havoc he was creating.
Horrible, indeed, was the scene to those
who could give no assistance to the
perishing beasts; and great was the TO-
lief to those pitying gazers as one after
another of the animals sucCumbed to
the inevitable, and fell to rise no more.
Truly it was great mercy that the fire
burned so rapidly, and thus more speed
lily terminated the agony of the poor
helpless brutes.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-19
As:heslius gegistsr
Tuesday,. January H.
The Legislature

The Leg stature Of West Virginia
conveues this morning. An organiza-
ton will doubtless be effected without
delay. Several candidates for speaker
of the Hons, are announced, and their
res .ective friends hayc been doing some
lively work. We are not advised
whether the matter will be settled in
caucus or by open vote
The Senatorship Is the absorbing
theme. All the aspirants 1--WE iorbear
enumeration) are active and visiiant,
and a vigorous contest is going on.
Having no right to intrude in a matter
90 sacred, the Democrats must be con-
tent to watch the struggle with feelings
akin to those Of the penniless chap
who, hearing the dinner bel, know that
it meant square meal for somebody,
bnt not for him.
A novel topic, in the shape OF
the Capital question, will speed
ily be prccipitated upon our law
makers. Tho various combinations not
beiug developed as yet, it is impossible
to anticipate the result. That there
will be 10 lack of competitors for the
honor, there can be no doubt, bat unless
spirit of unusual harmony is mani
tested, the vexed question will not be
settled IN hurry.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-19
Boiler Explosions.

The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
Company has just Published summary
Of inspections made during the month
of December. Wegive it herewith, and
submit that even Mark Tapley could
not be "jolly" in contemplating such a
report:
"One hundred and sixty-two visits Of
Inspection were made, three hundred
and forty-one boilers examined exter-
Rally, seventy internally, thirty-fOur
tested by hydraulic pressure. In these
boilers one hundred and sixty-eight
defects were discovered, thirty-two be-
ing sources of special danger. Among
them we enumerate the following: Six
furnaces out of shape, thirteen fractures
three dangerous, six burned plates,
twenty four blistered-seven danger
Gus, thirty-one cases noticeable incrus-
tation, twenty-seven boilers corroded
externally-fve dangerous, seven boil
ers groovsd internally, five safety
valves overloaded-tkree dangerous,
FIVE blowout apparatus out of order
three dangerous, thirteen water
gauges out of order-three dangerous.
two boilers without gauges, six cases Of
deficiency of water, three boilers had
stop-cocks between safety-valye and
boiler-a dangerous apparatus-one
boiler had no safety-valve, one had no
feed pipe, three were cracked entirely
around the shell. One was blistered so
that the Inspector pushed his finger
through the she'll, after cutting off the
blister. One was corroded through
from accumulation of ashes, combined
with small leak. One gauge-pipe was
completely stopped up. One boiler was
so badly burnt, blistered, cracked, &C.,
as to give out entirely under pressure.
These boilers were all in actual use.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-19

The Hon. Joab Epaminondas Squash
has been elected q member of the Kan
sas Legislature.
An Englishman has invented an ap-
psratus for warming the keys of an or.
gan OF piano.
Savannah is able, happily, to report
that its "wharyes are crowded with
shipping
The Canadians say there is great pros
perity in ship building in the prov
inces.
Wade Hampton now lives in Wash
lngton county, Miss.
Horace Greeley is said to give away
thrice what he spends for himself.
A Georgia cotton factory has declared
a quarterly dividend of five per cent.
Last year 2,432, ,OS6 bushels of wheat
were exported from Wisona, Minnesota.
The pistols used in the duel between
Burr and Hamilton are still in existence
at Newburg, New York.
Kossuth has again turned up; thi.
time as the writer of letter to the
Spaniards, begging them to found re
public.
James Barbour, Esq, of Culpepper
Va, has assumed control of the edltorla
columns of the Southern Opinion, q
Richmond.
The Irish Total Abstinence Society o
Derby, Ct., organized last August, nov
numbers over one hundred members.
A terrific fight recently came off in
Kentucky betweeR a flock of crows and
flock of turkeys. The latter were victo
rious.
A French paper summarizes the re-
suits of the new press law thus: Sixty
six months in prison, five absolute sup
pressions, and l2l ,957 francs 90 centime'
in fines.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-19
Buriesquinx the Overland Mail Ser
vice

The Reese River (Nevada) Reueille
says: Some wags-prompted, no doubt,
by the malice of disappointed con-
tractor-took it into their heads to hit
Wells, Fargo e. Co., the contractors for
carrying the United States mail over
land, a hard blow by burlesquing their
manner Of performing theseryice. They
procured an old stage, which formerly
belonged to the company, and crammed
1t with forty old, tattered, worn-out
canvass sacks, containing papers and
magazines, OF dates running from June
to the present month. The body OF the
stage was not only filled with the sacks,
but the boot and top, and number
were lashed to tho sides and upon the
axles. As the stage rolled down the
street at a snaips trOt, papers and mag
azines fell ont of the gaping sacks into
the road, and were picked up as god
sends. We counted more than twenty
of Harper's Magazines which were TINS
taken out Of the road, and We thought
it woulo be capital pickup for its
"Drawer." The driver Of the make-be-
lieye Wells, Fargo & Co.'S mail coach
behaved IS thoug Oh he were used to the
business Of burlesquing, and whenever
he saw deep rut or big hump in the
road he ran into them and shook the old
stage up, and q greater number of pa
pers and magazines out.
He drove up to the postoffice, where
a large crowd had assembled, and with
a convalescent look and motion, pro-
ceeded to unfasten the empty sacks and
tumble them into the street, at which
some Of them opened entirely and gave
up the last ghost of paper. The post
office clerk dropped slight damn it,"
but the crowd, which did not under
stand the joke of the thing, became in
dignant and cried "shamew Several
sharp business men in the throng (who
were as innocent as the rest that
it was a broad and malicious
burlesque) suggested that a meet
ing be held for the purpose of adopt
ing resolutions setting forth the
hardships of the mail service, the hon
est, extraordinary and untiring efforts
of Wells, Fargo IL Co., to perform it
according to the spirit of their contract,
and the latent dignity of the United
States Government, and asking the Post
office Department to increase their COM
pensation another million. This idea
took the sense of the crowd, and it
crossed over to the Magnolia and re-
solved spiritedly. AS broad as the bur-
lesque was, there was yet some hard
headed people who pretended to believe
that it was part of the regular mail
service of Wells, Fargo & Co.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-19
ChIorotorm New Role.

The New York Express says: Young
Carswell, who was guilty of the double
crime of rape and murder, and was
hanged, was the recipient of a favor
which has not, as yet, been accorded,
within our knowledge, to any other vic
tim of capital Punishment After the
rope was adjusted about his neck, and
he stood ready to be launched into eter-
nity,' as the reporters have it, he was
chloroformed. He had previously de-
clared he could hear the angels sing,
and could see them now coming to watt
him to Heaven; and it is question
whether it was not cruel to rob him of
these supernatural joys by the use of an
aesthetic. Never having been hanged,
either while under the influence of chlO-
roform or in normal condition, we can
not declare positively that the addition
of chlOroform is an improvement upon
Jack Ketch's process; but ii we may
Judge from its effect upon persons in
other positions, and from the fact that
the usual physical manifestations,
struggling, twitchiRg, gurgling,' &c,
were made by the wretched man while
he dangled from the cross beam, the i'm
provement, if any, is scarcely worth the
trouble of applying it. Why not make
death instantaneous in such cases by
submitting the culprit to q powerful
galvanic shock, if it be deemed wise and
humane to kill marderers after q new
and improved pattern ~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-19
L,ouisiaua Iudustry.

From the New Orleans Bee, January g.
The Natchitoches Times is agitating
the need of q railroad between that
point and Nacogdoches, Texas, a dis
tance Of 100 miles, which place, it says,
is the centre of an immensely product
i've agricultural region.
The Baton Rouge 4droedte calls on
the people of Mobile to aid in building
a railroad between the town of Alexan-
der, on Red river, and Mobile, by way
of Baton Rouge. ,
The Bonner, of the 26th, says: Real
estate is Cooking up" in Bosser. Lands
rent to-day for almost as much as they,
were sold for q year age. In spite OF
onerous taxation, q few more good crops
and this will truly be land of wealth
and opulence. Our citizens won't know
what to do with their cash.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-19
FirstL Look nj Grant.

George C. Harding writes to the In
dianapolis Mirror from -Mattoon, Hi
nois, as follows:
It was here first saw General U. s
Grant. 1t was in June Of 1861. had
lust come down from Chicago, where
the dead Douglas was lying m state
and stopped here long enough to wait
an hour or two for train bound cast
Mattoen at the same time didn't onel
many attractions to the stranger, and
strolled ont to field to look at lou OF
wild human beings there corrailed, Iof
the purpose Of being converted into de-
Tenders of their country. In sooth they
were q measly set, the dirtlest ana
barefootedest ever saw--some OF tnem
with pantaloons slit up the leg clear "a
the knee, and the ribbons Tapping In the
breeze as they went through the double
quick. They looked as if they lad
been run down with hounds In the
wilds of Ellingham county, and the
wild men Of BorneO never gave vent TO
such blood-curdling yells as came from
the lungs of these savages. A dead
beat by the name of Goode had been in
command of the regiment, but had been
relieved by Grant, who was reviewing
his ragamuffins when l strolled into
camp. Writing at this late day, and in
the light of after events, / ought to
chronicle first impressions of greatness.
ought to have then and there, in the
countenance of that reticent, stolid
looking man, have seen traces of the
genius which smashed the rebellion at
Vicksburg, and received the capitula-
tien of Lee at Appomattox. l
am ashamed to say / saw moth
ing of the kind. / only saw q
little man with a square jaw, who
stood square upon his legs, was dressed
in shabby suit of slops, and smoked a
cigar-two fer five, could
swear, as / stood near him, and the
wind waited the Internal odor of cab
bage right into my face. The only
thing that impressed me favorably was
his standing square upon his feet, with
put shifting his weight from one leg to
The other, and a certain steel-gray gilt
Ter in his eyes, which argued of nerve
enough to go his last dollar on "queen
'ull." If had been called upon to pick
rom that motley crowd the future hero
Of the war, would as likely chosen any
other man as Ulysses. All Of which
goes to show that appearances are de-
phrenology is humbug,
&c.