Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-27
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miscellaneous.

HE recent exposure OF the frauds of the
Tammany ring has caused the failure OF the
Viaduct Railway scheme, which was to be
managed under city auspices.
THE Port Huron Times states that on Thurs
DAY last the anchor of vessel caught the gas
pipe which supplies the south side of the river,
causing the gas company an expense of 50, 900,
besides depriying large portion of the city of
gas.
REPORTS from Wyoming Territory clam
Republican majority in one branch Of the leg
islature, which was largely Democratic last
year. About one-sixth of the votes cast in
Laramie county were by females. The coun-
ty gives a large Democratic majority.
An excursion of about 700 of the business
men along the line of the new railroad between.
Detroit and Lansing, visited the former city on
Tuesday, and were formally welcomed by the
Board of Trade, which gave them a reception
at their rooms, banquet at their hall, and an
excursion on the river in the steamer Union.
In the course of trial at the New York
General Sessions, Saturday, it transpired that
certain officials Of the courts had been guilty
Of holding conversation with prisoners and
witnesses, by means Of which they afterwards
sought to prevent the course of Justice where
upon the presiding judge said that he would
demand their names forthwith. and take stops
to have the officials peTemptorily dismissed.
MAJOR JOHN LEDYARD HODGE, appointed in
January, 1862 as deputy paymaster in the
United States army, and stationed in Washing
ton, has beer found defaulter TO the Gov
ernment in a very large amount, say between
four and five hundred thousand dollars. He
has made full confession, and turned over
his real and personal property, amounting to
about fifty thousand dollars, to a government
agent, Hodge has been making fraudulent
returns and statements since 1866. and the
money thus obtained has been spent in gold
and stock gambling in New York. He is under
arrest and IN solitary confinement at Fort Nc
Henry.
The East.
OVER $15, O00, 000 of the Virginia state deb
has been funded to date, being one-third
the whole debt
TIE Grand Trunk Railway Station at Sarnia
was burned at late hour Saturday night
Loss $40, 900.
Z. G. CowPEB, a Pittsburg dancing master.
committed suicide on Tuesday evening. by
shooting himself
GEN. WaI- Z. SEWARD, JR., has resigned the
Treasurership Of the Southern Central Rail
road of New York.
UNDER the laws of the state of New York
newspapers are prohibited from publishing the
Advertisements Of abortionists.
BEv. A. G. HALL, D. D who has been pas
tor Of the Third Presbyterian church of Roch
ester, N. L, for more than thirty years, died
Sunday morning.
The troubles IN the Catholic Church at Hud-
son, N. Y, continue. The parishioners are
determined to resist the reinstatement of
Father O'Sulliyan
A NUMBER of tenement houses. a barn and
the stables of the Transportation Companv
were destroyed by fire at Whitehall. N. Y. on
Monday. Loss $50, 000
IT IS again asserted that unless Messrs.
Akerman and CresweIl succeed in carving
their states for the party this fail, their remov
al from the Cabinet will be strongly urged.
RICHARD DoALEy, messenger for the North
River Bank. New York, claims to have been
robbed, IN Williams street. Wednesday. bv
three men, OF $1,000 in gold certificates
which he was taking from the sub-treasury to
the bank. "
Tae Vest.
GEN. 7. I. BEAUREGARD, of New Orleans. is
stopping for q few days IN Chicago.
THE Republican majority in California is
about $500. In San Francisco the tax-pavers,
ticket is elected by 2,000
A fREEcHMAN named Napoleon Defoy is un-
der arrest at Davenport, Iowa, on a charge of
incest with his daughter.
TELEGRAM from Denver. Colorado, an
nounces that the Republicans viii have large
majority in both branches of the Legislature
MARIETTA L1EDE, a servant in the family
OF D. W. Gage, at Ames, Iowa. committed sui
eIde Monday morning by taking poison. Cause
unknown.
II. BKIDEIL, Superintendent of Indian Af
fairs IN Arizona, reports that the affairs of the
agency are IN q critical condition as regards an
outbreak upon the reservation.
A Mrs. LOOSELY died in INDIANAPOLIS. ON
Sunday, from the effects Of poison g11Dnosed
to have been administered by Jennie Render
CAST. Both belong to the demi-monde.
HENRY GILLIG, while Iaboring under an at
TACK OF dellrlum tremens stepped from a.
third story window IN Miners Block. Fort
Wayne, on Saturday night, and sustained in
juries which win prove fatal.
HE wooden portion of the agricultural
orks at Jackson, Mich, owned by Senator
Bennett, was burned on Tuesday, with all its
contents, including tools, machinery, and the
stock. The loss is about $4,000: insurance
from S6.eHo to $4,000.
The South.
a. =. STANTON was instantly killed on Satur-
day. by the explosion of an engine near the
Cincinnati water works.
IKE old freight sheds at the bridge DEPOT
at Louisville were destroyed by fire Sunday af-
ternoon. Loss from SO, 900 to $4,000.
TIE Beaufort Is. c. Republican OF Thurs
Gay last mentions i've cases of yellow fever I'D
to that date, two of whice were fatal.
a TRAIN On the Mississippi Central ran off
the track below Grenada, Sunday, killing the
engineer, and badly wounding the fireman.
No passengers were injured.
SATURDAY night. the body of a man, tied nm
IN d coffee-sack, was found in an allev in the
rear of the Louisville Metal Company works.
The corpse has been in BRINE long time. and
was evidently prepared by soma medical pro.
fessor
Foreign.
A COTTON exhibition Is proposed to be held
at Manchester in 1872.
LANaHAM, the noted English pugilist. died
n London on the 1st inst.
A CONSPIRACY has been discovered at Tou-
Ion to burn the arsenal and Iberate the con-
victs
COUNT BoUTEnLE AU1IEz, Vice Admiral of
the French navy, died Saturday, aged sixty
three years.
The people Of Cardiff are intensely indig-
nant that the American ship Loril has put in
to that port with cholera on board.
ADvcEs from Algiers state that the large
town of Lehifka has been destroyed, and the
insurrectonary leaders in the vicinity captured
and shot.
The American institution of street railways
has extended itself to the island of Java. A
line has inst been onened 70 the n1lhlic in the