Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-13
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Astoria Oregon, causing much excitement.
JOSEPH c. CoGsWELL, for many years libra
nan at the Astori Library, New York. died
Sunday.
ALDERMAN STEWART, of Brooklyn, was shot
and fatally wounded, on Monday night, by a
rough nameu Kelly avs FrssI
BURGLAR was caught on Monday morning
in the act of robbing Tiffany & Co. of SIS. 600
worth of watches. h
LITTLE son of James G. Speer, of Peoria
broke through the ice on the lake at that
place, on Sunday and was drowned. go -
1HE German military authorities at Epernav
executed two Frenchmen who killed a Ger
man sentinel
TIE thermometer at Quebec marked +er
degrees below zero TUESDAY mornine Tba
River st. Charles is frozen. over.
STATE of anarchy prevails throughout the
entre hepubhc of Mexico. The Journals
are filed with accounts of pronunciamentos.
ana the soldiers are growing revolutionary.
IaE body found IN the North River. at New
YORK On Friday, was recognized as that of
Madame Rhodes, wealthy lady Of New Or
leans.
FRED RGMER, proprietor of the Artic House.
Chicago, was severely and probably fatally
burned Monday morning in attempting to kim
die a fire with Diamond oil.
AT Keoeauga, Iowa, on Friday, Craig &
Blaokmore's store, the Republican office, and
Masonic Lodge, all located in Craig's building
were burned. Loss 4s14 ,000-insured for s5,
coo.
A WOMAN named Henslee, wife of farmer
near Minear, Tazewen county, Ills, was found
dead in her house last Friday Her head was
terribly mangled by some murderous instru-
ment.
ANOTHER snow slide is reported in the Cot
tonwood district, by which four men lost their
lives. The snow at Alta City is ten feet deep.
and at last accounts it was still stormine fur
ously The sun has not been seen since the
1eth inst.
len new cases and four deaths from small
pox occurred in New York on Monday. There
were 153 deaths from that disease in PhiladeI-
phla last week, and 80 new cases were reported
there yesterday.
Hor. william MILLvARD formerly mem
Der of Congress from the Fourth District of
Philadelphia, and United States Marshal dur
ing the war, died on Tuesday morning at
Kirkwood, Delaware. "
In the Ku-Klux trials at Columbia. S. G on
Saturday, the grand and petit jurors were or
ganized, the former consisting of eight whitesd
and thirteen colored, and the latter twenty
whites and thirty colored. sa
IN the New York Supreme Court, Judge
Spencer decided that a marriage followed by /.
the cohabitation Of the parties and mutual
public acknowledgment as husband and wife.
IS valid marriage according to the laws of
this state a~
An indignation meeting of the depositors
of the Stiyvesant Bank was held in New York
on Monday evening, at which the President
Mr.. Collamer, admitted that 1885,. 900 was
loaned to Mr. Hartman, the security to meet 5
which was only S3S, coo. - - - s7z@
SENATOR ScoTT, from the Ku Klux Commit
tee, has recommended to the President that
martial law. be at once declared in the eoun-
ties of Jackson and Calhoun, Floraia. anesit is
probable that a proclamation in accordance
with the recommendation will be issued soon.
The Bedford, Ind, graded school building
burned down Friday morning at two o'clock.
Loss, S27, 900. The cause of the fire is IN
known. No Insurance.. The building was II
erected last summer. and was very substan-
tial structure. School had been going only
about two months. = -#--s-. - SE
The Treasurer of the New York Chamber of
Commerce Committee for the relief of theJ
sufferers at Chicago and the Northwest. report
additional subscriptions from the 20tn to the
10Th inst, amounting to s., 1872 making
grand total collection by the committee of
S908, ,473.
The annual reportof the State Treasurer of
Ohio shows that the total receipts of the
State for the year ending November 18th
amounted to 5000, ,223, and the disbursements
to IS. .292 046-52, ,161, ,837 from the general
revenue fund, 81, ,641 ,377 from the sinking
fund, and 81 ,458, 1913 from the common school
fund.
Col. W. F. STOCKING, of New York, and
Miss Hattie Miller daughter of Justice Miller
Of the Z. s. Supreme Court. were married in
Washington On Tuesday. Among those pres
ent at the wedding were the President and
Mrs Grant, the Chief Justice and all the JUS
tces of ths Supreme Court, with their wives.
IT Is said that the prospective arrest of P.
B. Sweeney will result il an investigation by
Jackson Schultz into the affairs Of the Nassau
Bank, from which it would appear that a large
amount was deposited therein to the credit of
JAS. NJ. Sweeney, at the same time Woodward
deposited for Tweed In the Broadway Bank
md that these moneys were really for Peter
3. Sweeney
A GENTLEMAN prominently connected with
the government states that we have no quar-
rel with the Spanish authorities, and that the
return of the North Atlantic squadron to Gu
ba quarters was from prudential consideration +
only. The Government viii hereafter and un-
til better condition of things shall exist in
the Island OF Cuba, keep a strong naval arma-
ment Id Cuban waters.
ELLIOTT, the colored member Of Congress
from South Carolina, while in an oyster sa-
loon the other evening, was grossly insuIted
by young white man, who was taking lunch
when he came IN, and was also under the in
huence Of liquor AscertaIning that this Young
man. who could not eat Ia the presence of a
negro, was government clerk, he made rep-
resentatlons of the latters conduct at the
DEF rartTnenf where he was employed, and the
clerk was discharged.
An action for libel has been brought against
James Gordon Bennett by Andrew A. Smith
damages laid at $4,000 Smith was iury1nan
in recent suit for damages against the Staten
Island Ferry Company, growing out of the
Westfield disaster. He and two other iurv
men stood out IN favor of the company. and
the alleged libel was insinuation that thew
were offered bribe to induce them to stand
out.
Foreign.
The cholera has disappeared from Hall
fax.
LIE N0IllloIS HAVE commenced TO Dulld |
eortidcations in the passes of the Vosges
PRINCE METTERNICH has asked permission
to resign his post at the head of the Austrian
Legation N Paris, which he has held since
1859
A DISPATCH from Luzerne, Switzerland. an
nounoes that Count Gergenfi.s sen-in-law of
ex-Queen Isabella of Spain, has committed
suicide in that city. ..s-
The announcement Of the execution of the
medical students in Havana for profaning the |
cemetery where the remains of Castanon were
inferred, created a profound sensation in
Madrid.
A-coLLIsIoN occurred Sunday night off the
Irish coast between the ships Marmion and
Oceania. The latter sunk very soon after she |
was struck. Several of the crew escaped by |
jumping aboard of the Marmion but nine men
are missing.