Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
hiseeilaneous.

grappled and connected the ends of the
broken 1865 cable.
COMMODORE NJ T. MAURY, of Virgin
: ia has been elected President of the
University of Alabama and will accept.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
given notice that the Treasury Will
commence paying the July interest
without rebate on Monday next at the
sub treasures.
. The body of an unknown man was
found in the river at Cleveland, Friday
morning Checks for two trunks, and
$3.50 in money, were found upon his
person.
GEN. SHERMAN mentions, IN conversa-
tion, that everywhere he went on his
recent tour of inspection he met with
warm reception from the people, espec-
tally in Louisiana and Texas
The East.
The failure of Samuel B. Locke, of
Boston, dealer in iron and metals, is
announced, with liabilities at S24S, 600
and assets at $4,000
/ GEN. SHERMAN has returned to WASH
ington from his tour of inspection
throughout the west and southwest. He
wide spread Indian war along the Tex
as frontier as III q great measure I'M
founded.
GEORGE H. PENpLEToN left for Eu-
rope, to bring back his family, where
they have been for the last two years, a
month earlier than he intended, Id or
der that he may be back early in Au-
gust, and take part in the exciting. cam
| VIII toE MIA n
coming autumn.
| ONE hundred brakes, claiming, to be
| legal heirs of Sir Francis Drake, met in
New York Tuesday. The property is
valued at 1925, 900, 900, but the Secre-
tary reported that he has been unable
| to establish any connection between
the American and English sbranches~of
the family.
! FIVE horses were killed by lightning
Wednesday evening, near iowa City.
! THE Jury in the now celebrated Nc
Gehan murder case at Cincinnati failed
to agree, and were discharged.
THE Democratic Territorial Conven-
ton of Montana met on Wednesday,
| Warren Toole was nominated as dele
gate to Congress.
GENERAL GREGG, commanding the
District of New Mexico, has been in
structed to prosecute the Mexicans
lately captured in illegal traffic with the
Indians on the border of Texas, to the
utmost rigor of the law.
BOOT with half human leg stick
ing out of it, was found in Chicago
river Monday evening, by some boys.
It is believed that the remains are part
of the body found last March, attached
to the discovery of which there is SO
much mystery.
LIEUTENANT MORTON, with twenty
nine soldiers and sixteen citizens, have
returned to Camp Mcdonald, Arizona,
having killed fifty six Apaches and re-
covered large amonnt of stock. Cap
tain Mills, with d large party, are now
on the trail Hon. Rees Smith was
murdered near Rhodes Rancho, Ari-
zona, by Indians.
The south.
A PORTION of New Orleans is again
submerged, the levee having been cut
In four or five places by some miscre-
ants. who succeeded in eluding the
police.
THE crop report from Arkansas is
much more favorable since settled
weather has set in, although the aver
age will be much less than lastfyear.
The prospects for cotton afItf fscoFn are
daily improving The wheat crop is
much injured by the late frosts and
rust.
4 WHITE woman in Wythes county,
Virginia, who has for several months
past lived as the wife of negro man
was treated to coat of tar and feathers
on Saturday last, by persons residing
near her. A positive order was given
the woman to leave the neighborhood
at the earist possible moment.
THIEVES entered the southern-bound
express car on the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, on Sunday morning last,
overcame the messenger, and threw out
the safe, which contained a large
amount of money The sale was sub
seqGently found broken open. Two OF
the thieves were arrested in Mobile,
and portion of the money recovered.
The remainder, it is thought, will be
recovered One of the prisoners is an
escaped convict and desperate char
acter.
WILLIAM PETERSON, the owner and
occupant of the house In which Presl-
dent Lincoln died, was found Saturday
night in the Smithsonian Institute
grounds, insensible, with vial labeled
fslaudanum lying near him. When
reused from his stupor he said he al
ways took narcotics when ending
spree. He died shortly after being re-
moved.
The stables owned by Gus Meyers, lat
Aurora, ILL.,, were burned Tuesday
morning. Fifteen horses perished in
the flames.
A FIRE at Barre, Mass, destroyed
eighteen houses and stores In the cen
tral part of the town. The loss is about
$75, 900; only partially insured.
AN entire block of buildings, includ-
ing the Kilner House and the county
Jail, was burned in Corydon, Ind,
Friday night. Loss estimated at S2O,-
900; insured for $3, 6O0
Grimes and Casualties.
The carriage repository of w. G.
Hess, in Leavenworth, was destroyed
by fire on Friday Loss, $8,000
The wife of Mr.. Schacht, book
keeper in Cleveland, drowned herself
and child" in the lake at that place,
Thursday evening.
Two intoxicated men, named Martin
Morrissey and James Willston, were
run over by a railway train on the leyee
at ST. Louis, early Tuesday morning,
and badly mangled. Both will prob
ably die.
| LOUISVILLE has a mysterious burglar,
who enters the houses, cuts off the hair
Of sleeping young ladies, throws the
contents of bureau drawers about the
room, and then departs carrying oft
nothing.
A TERRIBLE tonado swept over South
western Kansas on Friday evening last.
The town Of Eldorado was nearly de-4
stroyed. Over 100 houses were demol-
ished. Loss about 100000. The