Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-11-08
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Of election for Congress in Texas
H. 5. FA1RcHnD's auction store in st. Paul
was burned on Friday morning. Loss S15,-
000
THE Haymakers defeated the Chicago White
Stockings at Troy on Monday. Score Is to
T.
THE telegraph poles are set between Manis-
tee and Pentwater, and the wires Will soon be
strung.
A TIMELY fall of rain on the 18th saved To
peka, Kansas, from being destroyed by prai-
RE fire.
TRB grist mill of Whitney Bros, Glassboro,
n. T., was burned Saturday night Loss 520,-
900 insured
". J. SULLIVAN, contractors clerk on the
New Jersey Midland Railway, has disappeared
with 8S9 900,
GENERAL Crook has severely punished the
hostile Indians near Prescott, Arizona, killing
large numbers of them.
THE Louisiana sugar crop for this year gin
fall at least twenty-five thousand hogsheads
short OF that of last year.
LATEST adYices from Salt Lake announce
that the trial of Hawkins, for polygamy, has
resulted in Is conviction.
HEyBY 3NAeNER, a gardener of Ann Arbor
Mich, killed his wife and -year-old son
in fit Of jealousy, Sunday night.
TIE North American Insurance Company
intend to form new COMPANY with the old
title and continue business as heretofore
THF death of Gen. Justin Dimick. of the
regular army, is announced; also of Hon. J.
NJ. Keeney, United States Judge for the South
ern district of Florida
THE losses Of the suspended North Anerica
insurance Company are estimated at from
$500, 600 to 3700000. The assets Claimed are
9800,000 and it is hoped all losses will be paid.
DRUG STORE and an adjoining building
were burned at Augusta, near Little Rock, |
Ark, on Saturday. A mtn named Charles |
Sommers was burned to death. Loss, 81
OO0
KESSTFF WRIGHT, Of Company K, Fifth In
fantry, was killed aC Chicago, Thursday morn
Jag BY railroad train. He was about 80 years
of age, and has sister who lives near Quincy, /
i'll.
The custom officials on Saturday seized over
$50, 0GO worth of Scor's porcelain works of art.
which were being snuggled through Castle |
Garden, New York. The smugglers were ar
rested.
FCII reports Of the last German expedition
to the North Pole are published It is claimed |
that the expedition was successful The Polar
Sea was discovered free of ice, and swarming |
with whales.
The subscriptions in the District Of Column |
bia for Chicago reach $160,OOO Twenty-Five |
thousand dollars of this sum viii be appro- |
prated for the sufferers in Michigan, Wiscon- /
sin and Minnesota.
IT is feared that Prof. James T. Hodge, of
Plymouth, Mass, was lost in the steamber R.
G. Coburn. He was on his way home from
Lake Superior, where he had been engaged in
geological explorations.
DISPATCHES from Metz report that serious
troubles have arisen between the North and
South German soldiers in the garrison there,
and that several encounters have occurred be-
tween members OF the Bavarian and Prussian
regiments,
AT the Colored Convention at Columbia. S.
c., on Monday, a letter was read from Senator
Sumner, urging the colored people to insist
upon the rights still denied, such as equal
rights IN public conveyances, hotels and
schools.
SOLICITOR BASF1ELD decides that the steam
boat laws require an inspection certificate, to
state the number of passengers that anv
and that greater number is not allowed. He
suggests the enforcement of these require
ments.
CONSIDERABLE excitement was occasioned in
Bloomfield, n. j.. on Wednesday. caused by
tie discovery of two women, the wife and
daughter of Frederick Tillman, one dying and
tho other dead. The circumstances point
strongly to the conclusion that they had been
poisoned.
A HORRIBLE epidemic has broken out in
kurdistan. Its symptoms closely resemble the
plague. Tumors under the armpits, charac-
teristic Of the London infection of 1865, pIr-
pie stains on the skin, bIoodahot eyes, and al
most une1ceptional fatality the prominent
Signs.
The Tammany party of New York city and
county have made the following nominations
Justice Of the Supreme Court, Thos A. Led
with Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
Charles z. DAILY; Register, Edward J. Shard-
ley. Judges Jones and Spencer, the present
incumbants, we're nominated as Judges of the
Superior Court.
HE prairie fires have extended into Manito-
ba. Thousands of tons of hay have been
burned, and in many instances the farmers
have lost all their household effects, imple-
neuts. crops, &c , &c The smoke at one |
time was so dense at Winnipeg that the in
habitants could scarcely breathe.
4 SNAKE, said to have been at least five feet
long, anI as thick as a mans wrist, was killed
in the ladies' car of the train going from Nash
vile to Chattanooga, near that place last week
The reptile was discovered crawling along the
aisle, and created a terrible sensation bofore
it was dispatched.
ABDEL KoREE defeated Helmbold in four
mile dash at Jerome Park on Tuesday The
time of the first mile was 1:5715, second mile,
IL. -DTJ
%. The total time, 1888. This is the fastest
tour miles ever made on this course, and tax
Ing into consideration the track and its csndl-
ton, Is probably the fastest ever made.
The committee appointed at the recent |
meeting of the Conference to asc ertain the
losses of the Methodist churches by the f.
in Chicago, report as follows: Loss to the
Garrett Biblical Institute, in buildings owned
in the city, $50. 600; Methodist Church block,
sf00, 600; Grace Church, S1O0 900: Scandina-
Wan and two German churches, SIS, 600. The
amount of insurance that can be recovered is
about $50, 900.
Foreign.
IcE has formed in the Baltic, threatening
navigation.
The coffee crop of Hayti is being gathered. |
The yield will be large.
The Emperor Wilhelm has made donation
Of one thousand thalers FOR the relief of Chi
cago.
THE Governor of the Portuguese colony on
the west coast Of India has telegraphed to the |
Government that a revolt is threatened, and |
asks for assistance.
II is announced that the French Govern
mont owes the Swiss Confederation two million
aud half francs for the maintenance of Bour-
hads army IN Switzerland
AN Havana letter states that, instead of the
insurrection being ended, there have been Sc
tioas defeats of the Spanish forces in the
Eastern district.
In IS asserted that the fire which occasioned
the destruction Of Puerto Plato was caused by
Tie eDnonents Of the scheme of annexatinr, To