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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-06-09
The Pacific Railroad and the Morinons

A correspondent of the San Francisco
Bulletin writes from Salt Lake City, under
date of May goth:
Il hear rumors of approaching trouble
between President Young and the MOrnons
contractors and the Union road The di-
rectors are East, safe out of the reach of
arrest, but the road may be seized by the
persons who BUILT it. President YOung's
patience is nearly exhausted, and the ad-
mitted debt to him is $500, 600, and the
unsettled accounts are $500, 600 more Jen-
nings, Yice-President of the Utah Central
says it is probable all their rails and other
material will come by way of the Isthrnus
and San Francisco. The Unions policy
of fighting everybody will probably lead
them to threaten the MormOns with the
abandonment of Ogden station for freight
so as to leave the Utah Central terminus
without any connection nearer than De-
seret, eight miles on one side, and Corinne,
80 on the other. Every act of bad faith
by the Union Company makes the people
of Utah more warm to the friends of the
Central than ever.
sit is to be regretted that some Califor
mia business men coming through here from
Chicago, where they have heard only one
side, speak as if California had lost the
trade, and it is amusing to hear MormOns
correcting them. The struggle for the
bulk of trade will not be with Chicago
that is oplya secondary place but between
the two great ports of the country, New
York city and San Francisco. Further, II
the Pacific mail and the Panama railroad
company make their tariffs to suit, many
goods bought in New York by Mormon
houses viii be shipped by way Of San
Francisco. The average rate from New
York city to Ogden is about nine cents per
pound" T
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-06-09
GaTgIing Oil.
From st. Louis Correspondence of Lockport
journal.

From st. Louis Correspondence of Lockport
Journal.
few weeks since, when your towns
man. Mr. John Hodge, was in our city, his
object was to ferret out parties who We're
engaged in ccunterfeiting the gargling oil
With the skill of detective, Mr.. Hodge
vent to work at his case. In short time
lie found ont the labratory where the i'm
itation was compounded, and the names
of the parties engaged In it. Temper
ing Justice with mercy, and using great
discretion lie concluded the better course
was 10 take the solemn pledge under
the slnctity of an oath from the par
Ties engaged IN this nefarious practice,
that it shall no longer be continued and
desist for the present from calling in the
aid of the courts. lie broke up the enter
prise. received the wood cuts, engaged for
tbepurpose of printing the wrappers. Still
Ha had Il premonition that all was not right
With his indeiatigablo energy and persist
cncv. lie ascertained that a mold for bot
ties was gotten up at Pittsburg, pennsyl-
vania, and that seventy-five gross of bot
Ties were manufactured by an establish
men. ut New Albany, Indiana. These he
has I'm his possession, and through the aid
af Ills st Louis lawyers had finally squelch-
Ia the whole system of fraudulent manu-
featuring of this Justly celebrated oil, which
has been planned and was ready to be car
riad out ON a scale so extensive as to have
been Of serious damage to the business of
fhe company. The sales made by the COM
many in this city, annually amount to thou
sands of dollars and are constantly increas-
ing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-06-09
DECENTRALIZATION IN VERMONT.
a Chapter OF ViHainies by n First Glass
Citizen n-Gncentiiaris1n- FOrgeries-
Flight. -.---


Citizen n-Encentiiarism- FOrgeries-
Flight.
From the Burlington Free Press, May 26.
The people of Essex have been thrown
into state Of feverish excitement during
the past few days by the astounding dis
closures coming to light in relation to Mr..
Asa Sanderson, formerly and for many
years principal of Essex Academy and later
one of the teachers in the graded school
at Swanton Falls. His pecuniary affairs
have been for some time past in a muddled
condition, eliminating IN the burning of
the academy building just at the close of
the last winter term. The building was
largely insured In the Vermont Mutual and
IN the Putnam insurance companies. The
amount ofinsurance as settled by theagents
of the insurance companies was about seven
thousand dollars nearly all of which was
pledged to individuals as security for debts
owing. A portion Of the money thus
pledged was procured by Mr.. Sanderson on
papers forged for the Vermont Mutual be-
ing ''done" out of one thousand dollars by
the process.
On Saturday last Mr. Sanderson visited
Essex for the purpose Of completing the
transfer of the site of the academy to the
new building association; when on being
confronted with the evidences of his forgery
to the insurance company, he acknowledged
the fact, alleging as an excuse the pressure
of circumstances, and seemed anxious to
make all things right by securing the pay
ment of the money he had falsely obtained
to the rightful person. In pursuance of
this object he eluded the vigilance of the
officer who had him in charge, by prom
ise upon his honor to stay with friend in
town till the whole matter was settled; and
at ten p. NJ, of that evening he he took leg
bail for Canada, via Fairfax and Fairfield,
at which latter place he hired team to car
ry him to Berkshire and another to carry
him to Pigeon Hill, 2. @.
Immediately upon his departure new
evidences Of forgery made their appearance
in the shape Of notes to various individuals
for money loaned, purporting to be signed
by the most responsible men in town. In
some instances forged notes were given to
take up those tkat were genuines in others
large amounts of money were obtained on
notes wholly fraudulent The amount
thus obtained as far as now known is be-
tween s., ,0G0 and 81, 900, dating back to
August, 1868, and "ontinuing at frequently
repeated intervals to the date of his re-
moval to Swanton, and ending, if reports
be true, in the passage of forged notes for
part payment of the place recently pur-
chased by him in that place.
Mr.. Sanderson has, so far as we are
aware, always borne good character for
integrity beyond reproach and stood high
rs a successful teacher The discovery Of
the fraud IN relation 10 the insurance on
the academy cannot fail to arouse suspi-
eion that the burning Of the building was
not accidental. as was at first supposed at
the time; bat that MIR. Sanderson has ad-
ded another grave crime to that of forgery.
The case is melancholy one in every re-
SDact
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-06-09


The report is current in Europe that the
Emperor Alexander has decreed the remov-
al of the capital of the Russian Empire
from st. Petersburg to Kiev, on the river
Dnieper. palace is now building for
him at the latter place, and the Empress
has purchased large estate there.
If this report be true, it is one of the
most important movements which Russia
has made for many years Not only is it a
formal advance upon the grand system of
policy devised and commenced by Peter the
Great for ciyilizing his empire and incor-
pOrating into the family of European ma
tiOns, but il is IN announcement to the
world that the designs of Russia upon
Turkey are henceforth to be steadily and
unrelentingly pursued. kiev is go miles
nearer Coustantinople than St Peters
bmg; it is within 800 miles of the
/ port of Odessa, on the Black Sea; and by
| the aid of the railroads built and soon to be
! built, it is 81 point upon which, IN the
| shortest space of time, the whole military
! force Of Russia can be concentrated, ready
| to march Immediately upon either the Turk
/ ish or the Hungarian frontier. OF course,
! it will speedily be made an immense depot
of military stores, and In the event of a
war would be both convenient as a militia
ry base and as The headquarters of q mill
tary aud civil government.
The selection of the new capital is also
significant in another aspect. Kiey is the
great religious, metropolis of Russia. Be
fore the conversion of the people to Chris
tianity, it WAS the seat of their heather
worship, and the advantages Of location and
association which led to its eminence then,
continue and maintain that enlinence now.
Within its precincts are the palace o1
the Greek Bishop, the venerable cathedral
of st. Sophif., founded in 1887, and nu
merous other churches, the famous Petch
eFskOi monastery the catacOmbs Of St
Anthony and St Theodosius, filed with
i the bones of Christian saints and mar
tyrs, and thousand other objects o
religious respect to the devout Rus
sian. As the Emperor is the heaG
of the Russian Church as well as a eivi
ruler, LIS taking up his residence in spo
hallOwed by so many sacred memories an(
attractions may reasonably be regardeda as
evidence of an intention to do everything IL
his power to strengthen that personal holC
upon the affections Of his subjects which ha
always been so remarkable an element 0
the strength of the Russian Empire.
: FE1GHTFUL ACCIDENT Frank Rules
lad employed in the Staats Zeitung office,
in Chicago, while attempting to ascenC
from the first floor to the composing room
by means of ihe steam elevator, stumble,
as he stepped on the platform, and his fee
caught in the iron, while his body hung sus
pended from the platform. In this way he
was rapidly carried up compressed in 3
hole of not more than four or five inche
space. His piercing screams attracted tn
attention Of the engineer, and the machine
was at once stopped, but notuntil he wa
fearfully smashed III every part of his be
dy. SO thoroughly was he wedged in tha
it became necessary to cut away the part
ton to release him. Heis still alive, bu
in critical condition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-06-09
The Waillng OF the Jews in Jerusalem.

The Jews in Jerusalem have purchased
the right of the Turkish Government to
! assemble every Friday afternoon near one
side of the Mosque of Omar, against asup-
posed portion of their ancient Temple, and
there lament and weep over their fallen city
! and faded glories.
Men, women and children there assem-
| bic, all coming with Bible In hand and
dressed ia their best suit. The men wear
a kind of long dressing gowns, made OF
brOadclOth or merinO, or calico, OF various
colors, having the edges trimmed with fur.
| Their hair is cut short behind the ears, but
hangs in long curls in front. The better
class of women are clothed IN white loose
dress and shawl,
As they approach the place OF weeping
they usually lean first, for short t1me
with their heads against the wall, but soon
begin to swing their bodies back and forth
wringing their hands, while priest or pat
riarch leads off in reading selections from
the Prophet in the most waillng tones.
At certain periods all voices JOIN In the
cry. tears run down their faces, and they
seem to be moved by the most agoniz1ng
sorrow. Old men and women were there
with whitened locks and feeble steps, and
they bowed and wept in deepest grief. Lit
| Tie CQ1lUT6u, LOO, WtlC CuCIC3 pIOl1 CJSE
moistened and voices trembling as they
ioined in the heart-touehing lamentations.
No looker-on can doubt but there is sin
cerity in this service. The Jews feel that
Jehovah hears their cries and prayers, AND
according to prophecy will restore to them,
after long seasons of bitter wailings, then
ost glories; gathering together all the scat
tered children of Israel, and heneeforth
Garn,it them to live and die in the HOLY
City, and be buried among the graves O.
their father -@a
This practice is said to have continued
from the twelfth century, and perhaps from
an earlier period. By the Emperor Adrian
the Jews were driven from the city. Dur
ing the reign of Constantine they were al
lowed to approach only near enough to see
it but at length they succeeded in pur
chasing the privilege of entering it once {
year to weep, and at present they are al
flowed this privilege every Friday.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-06-09

DIVORCE STATISTICS. The statistics Of
divorce in Connecticut are startling. Dur
ing last year the divorces numbered 478, or
moro than one-tenth Of the number Of mar
riages. President Woolsey, of Yale College
has lately been calling attention to this
subject in a series Of able articles in the
New Englander; and the new Governor of
Connecticut has recommended to the Leg
islature modification of the existing d.
vorce laws-the provisions of which are so
lax that there is hardly any application for
divorce which the judges could legally re
fuse The Norwich Bulletin speaks forci-
bly, on the question, saying: 3
cit is a worse admission of rottenness
and corruption than appears upon its face
All the marriages celebrated in the State
during the year are included in the total of
4, 734. A large proportion of these are
marriages between foreigners, eommuni-
cants of the Roman Catholic Church. who,
except IN very rare cases, never trouble the
Courts. The twenty-five unhappy couples
whose names adorn the Superior Court
docket for this county at its last term, are,
without exception native citizens. Add to
this the number who are Jsfactically divorc-
ed, but who from family or other consider
atioDs neglect to obtain legal separation,
and the extent of the evil viii be made ap-
parent. r.e. .1r- e.-Ef
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A Very Singular win.
From the Columbus lohio, Journal, May

From the Columbus tOhiol journal, May %.
Yesterday we heard of and read part of
the most singular will on record The
maker of the will is represented to be q
shrewd, successful business man, who har
accumulated quite large fortune. He ex
hibits no other signs of insanity than may
be derived from the extreme eecentricity of
his will, although it is probable the Courts
will, in due course, be called upon to deter
mine the question whether the testator was
of sound and disposing mind.
The will disinherits all the natural heirs of
the maker OF it, and devises the entire
property in trust for the establishment of
an Infirmary for Cats. A most elaborate
architectural plan for the necessary build
ings is attached to and made part of the
will. It provides areas for that sweet anna
tory converse so dear to the feline heart
and rat holes of the most ravisliing nature,
to be kept well stocked The most inge-
nious contrivances are provided for secur-
ing to the rat a chance of escape, so that
the cat may not lose the pleasures of the
chase by finding his prey comes too easily.
High walls with gently sloping roofs, for
the midnight promenade and other noctur-
nal amusements of the cats. The trustees
are directed to select the grounds for this
novel infirmary in the most pOpulOuS part
of some American city, aud the deyises are
to be protected by competent force of
nurses from the rayages of men and dogs.
No person OF the male sex is ever to be ad-
mitted within the walls, and no female who
has children or is under thirty years old
There are hundreds of minute directions
which we have no time to note
One would suppose that in the fore
going provisions the testator had exhaus-
ted all the eccentricities of one man, how
eqer unique his nature; but the last provis-
on OF the Will seems more outrageously bi-
zdrTe than any that 90 before Saws the de-
visor: 81 have all my life been taught to
believe that everything in and about man
was intended to be useful, and that it
was mans duty as lord of animals. to pro
tect all the lesser species, even as God pro
tects and watches over him. For these two
combined reasons-first, that my body even
after death, may continue to be made use
tul, and secondly, that it may be made in
Strumental, rs far as possible, IN furnishing
a substitute for the protection of the bodies
OF my dear friends the cats=I do hereby
devise and bequeath the intestines of my
body to be made up into fiddlestrinqs,
the proceeds to be devoted To
the purchase of an ACCORDION, which shall
be played IN the auditorium of the Cat In
tirmary by one of the regular nurses to be
selected for that purpose exclusively the
playing to be kept up forever and ever,
without cessationsday and night, in iorder
that the cats may have the privilege of al
ways hearing and enjoying that instrument
which is the nearest approach to their nat
ural voice"
If any journal can give us information OF
a more singular viii than this, we should
like to hear it.
FNTNENT NEW YORK and PhiladeIphia phv.
sicians claim that the Dubois Aiissisquo
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VoetrD
! TURKISH BAG-A-TELLE.

II a
oI3 Hassan was fisherman
Efussul1nan was he
rri4a5lsll clanorous in the market place.
Too selfish he could be.
Fhoucl honest he 'hookcd'' all he could,
with net gains he was gay,
Ana though his hands were filled with scales,
He neverhad his way.
ror lie and other fishermen
Paid t1 the SuItan's parse
4 trfbate-but they turned and said
This is the Bosphor-us.
10 Mecca turning oft he called
The prophets aid in vain,-
Ito make call for profits, that
Ills ueighbors thought insane.
When once about the close of day.
His own clothes nearly gone,
he Thought to Try his nets ard see
If lie should longer mourn.
Taa nets came slowy in to shore,
Filled with heavy weight
Sad IfassaT though no fish are seen,
His hope does not abate.
For ii his net there lay sack
The sultaus seal it bore
WAS t To in-sult-an honest man,
Fate sends this to the shore?
Ete bore il to the monarch straight,
loueh meath the load he bent
Tlfe Sultan in the palace was
on business, though, intent.
Iga heard. old Hassan tell his tale,
And found his story true;
TIE sack that Hass9n bro ght, though old,
The Sultan thought he know.
iIe told him TO bear back the sack.
Though his bare back was sore,
&Hd these two bears now proved 10 be
q most decided bore
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Ne 1E
tNffa - 10

Nervous debility with It's gloomy attend
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loss of power, dizzy head, loss of memory,
and Threatened impotence and imbecility.
find a sovereign cure in Humphreys Homeo--
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Of the most valuable mild and potent cura-
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charges. and impart vigor and energy, life
and vitality, to the entire man. They have
cured thousands of cases. Price S5 per
packake of six boxes and vial, which is very
important in obstinate and old cases, or 81
per single box. Sold by all druggists, and
sent by mail on receipt Of price. Address
Humphreys Specific Hmoeopathic Medicine
Company, 552 Broadway, Ny.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-06-09
A Maine Suicide.
Augusta (0Ie.) Correspondence Boston Herald

Augusta (de.) correspondent ce BOSTON Herald.
The recent suicide IN this city, of Libby,
the Photographic artis;, has not ceased to
be a topic of conversation. The victim wf.s
a good looking young man, six feet in
height, aud of good address. He never
drank a drop of liquor III his life, and
proved himself good soldier in the Union
army When he came here about p
year ago, with his wife, a pretty, well
appearing little woman, he did a good
business in taking pictures. For six
months everything vert well. He was
true to his wife, and Il was supposed he
was laying up money His wife grew jeal-
ous and they separated. He got into debt
about 81, 900, and couldn't pay his bills.
what little property he had IN his business
was turned over into the hands Of his
father He quarreled again with his wife
and she left him. This WAS few weeks
ago. by means OF his father ne promised
better doings. His wife forgot and fofgave,
and came back. On the evening Of the
suicide, he told his wife that she had better
go t. tea. When she left for the hotel
where they boarded, she never dreamed
that in an hour afterward he would be
found q corpse. The poison taken was
cyanide of potassium, used in his profes-
sion. After partalling Of the fatal
draught he must have expired almost
instantly. He was found stretched out on
the floor of his Photographic room, by two
gentlemen who wanted to see him, whom
he was owing, and who, finding his door
locked, had Obtained entrance by means OF
pass key. The medical gentleman tried
galvanic battery to resuscitate him, but
life was extinct. A pistol, with ball cart
ridges, were found on his person, and 9
paper containing cyanide of potassium
enough to kill ten men. A private diary y
which it would have been good Judgment
to have destroyed before he launched him
self into eternity. This sadseHd is q warn
| ing to fast young men.
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A Match to fr0t Three Miles in Seven
Thirty-tWe and a-Haif.

On Wednesday last Mr. Chambers, of the
Fashion Course, and Mr. MeseroIe the
owner of the trotting horse Myron Perry,
drew up the conditions of match for S.
600, and the articles were argued. Mr..
Meserole stakes $4,000 to $4,000 that his
horse Myron Perry can go in harness on
| the Fashion Course and beat Dutchman's S
time, 1921, the race to be at catch-weight,
and come off on Monday, September 20,
good day and good track. Either party
may forfeit by paying 81, 1000. The trotter
can have a running horse to go alongside
of his sulky if desirable. It is now thir-
ty years since Hiram Woodruff rode
Dutchman the race against time, in which
he made the 1929, which has never-been
beaten. Two attempts only have. been
made to beat that time since then, and in
both instances the horses were in harness.
The first was made by Flora temple, but
she failed bya second and quarter. Then
General Butler WAS matched to do it, but
he also failed. Myron Perry is horse of
great speed, and it is thought that he is
possessed of the requisite endurance to
carry him successfully through the task
1t is said that he has been tried two miles
in winning time, and there is no doubt in
the minds of his hackers that he will be
able to pull successfully through the three
miles and win the match. The hackers of
Flora and General Butler were equally san
guine, but they lost their money! Y
Herald " Ut
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FOREIGN.

DR. Ernest William Hen9stenberg, the
eminent theologian, died in Berlin, Thurs
day, aged 81.
Sir Stafford Northcote has nominated
George Pabody to be trustee of the Hudson
Bay Company, vice Sir. j. Emerson Ten
nant. resigned. =
in the House of Lords, Thursday, the
bill for the creation of life peerages was
passed in committee, with an amendment
limiting the number of peers to be created
under It's provisions to two annually.
-Advices from Hong Kong to May II
have reached London. Chinese news is
unimportant. The civil war in Japan con-
tinued. The Mikado had sent powerful
feet against the rebels at Hakadodi. It
was reported that French officers aided the
rebels there.
The Parliament of the Zollverein as
sembled Thursday. The session was opened
with q speech delivered IN the name of the
King The speech announces the exteR-
sion of the Zollverein, assures Hamburg
that her commercial facilities viii be great
| lY improved, and concludes with the decl1-
ration that the vested Government of Ger
many is sure of the zeal and fervor of the
deputies for the promotion of the national
interest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-06-09

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