Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
miscellaneous.

The Secretary will not be one of the
arbitrators in the Alabama claims, to
which report recently placed him.
A NEW and fatal disease has lately
appeared among the horses in New
York city. The Second Avenue Rail
road Company has now seventy animals
under treatment, and number have
died within few days.
THE Methodist Book Concern Com
pany has decided to suspend Rev. DIR.
Lanahan from the assistant agency OF
the concern, and appointed June Sth
for the investigation of the charges
presented against him by Rev. DR..
Carlton,
The Secretary of the Treasury has
directed the Assistant Secretary at New
York to sell two millions of gold on the
first and third Thursdays, and one mil
lion on the second, fourth and fifth
Thursdays of June, or seven millions
in all, and to purchase one million in
bonds on each Wednesday in June, or
four millions in ALL
The Olympics of Washington have
inflicted second defeat upon the Bos-
ton BED Stockings 6 to 5.
The Pittsburgh Knights Templars,
who leave next week for Europe, have
declined an invitation to visit Boston.
Mr.. BONNER denies the report that
he has accepted a challenge to trot one
of his horses against the San Francisco
horse, at Chicago, for purse of $50,
00O
SINCE yesterday morning, seven
corpses have been found floating in the
rivers and harbor of New York, and six
sudden deaths have occurred in public
places in that city.
Two DISTINCT SHOCKS of earthquake
were felt in Toronto Sunday morning.
The vibration extended over ten sec
onds. No damage was DONE The
shock was felt in Quebec, Ottawa, and
other places.
IT is rumored that the garrison of
Fort Buford has been massacred by the
Sioux Indians
WILLARD YOUNG, son of Brigham
Young, has been nominated by the
President as cadet to the Military
Academy.
ALFRED ZEIGENMEYER admits taking
possession of the money and effects of
Gumberton, and personating him after
his Disappearance, but denies posi-
lively having anything to do with his
death.
A NUMBER ofprominent citizens worth
over $40, 900, and representing the
banking, mercantile, and real estate in
terests of Chicago, have demonstrated
against the proposed increase in the
taxation by the city government.
RACHEL HARRIS has entered an action
against the city of Chicago, claiming
S5, 900 damages for the death of her
husband, who was killed August 23,
1869, by being thrown from an Archer
avenue car on a pile of rubbish near the
track.
Mr.. FLEMING, engineer-in-chief of
the Canada Pacific Railroad, expects to
start several parties with supplies of
different kinds of the stores required
on the Pacific survey shortly, to impor-
tant points on the route. He expects
to have 800 men on the explorations.
The south.
HE Tennessee Industrial Exposition
has closed. It was o complete success.
HORACE GREELEY is on his way home
via Vioksburg and Memphis
Four THOUSAND Sunday school chill
dren Joined in a procession at Nash
vile on Saturday.
A FREsHET at Hot Springs, Ark,
washed away the Hale House, the Cali
fornia House, and other buildings, be-
sides doing great damage to other
Grimes and Casualties.
EZRA Ours, who murdured Ed West,
in Louis county, West Virginia, has
been sentenced to imprisonment for
life.
A DAUGHTER of DIR. Leavolt, of Mount
Vernon, Ohio, was>burned to death on
Saturday, while attempting to kindle
fire with kerosene.
REV. Jonas WENDELL, a Second Ad-
vent minister, has been arrested and
brought to Ellenboro, near Erie, on
charge Of seduction.
Two Chicago policemen, named VIM
Mitchell and VIM. Patten, were shot
by party of roughs, on Saturday
evening, and dangerously wounded
LORENZO ROGERS, nineteen years of
age, attempted suicide at Galesburg,
H., Friday evening, by shooting him.
self, and lies in a critical condition.
Disappointment in love is said to have
been the cause of the rash act.
A DISPATCH from Salt Lake announ-
ces that Lee Morgan, the last of the
robbers who committed the burglary
on the Central Pacific train, last fall,
was captured at Cache Valley, ON May
21, by Porter Rockwell, and escaped on
the way to Salt Lake. He had 81, 900
in gold coin on his person, which he
had just raised from a cache
Obituary.
The mother of David A. Wells, Spe-
cial Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
died at Springfield, Mass, Monday,
aged eighty-four years.
HENRY D. WENsLER, the we'll known
Danish artist, who has resided in New
York for the last thirty years, in the
practice of his art, died Saturday after
noon, at the residence of his friend, DR..
Samuel W. Francis, at Newport, r. I.
Fires.
The business portion of Bradford,
Ontario, was destroyed by fire on Mon
day. Loss not less than $500, 000
A FIRE in East New York Monday
night, destroyed J. d. Peoples & Co. S
stables, with nine or ten horses and
half dozen carriages. Loss from
$4,000 to $4,000; partially insured.
VERY early on Sunday morning, at
Grand Rapids, Mich, fire destroyed
the 'sBronson House. block, with sew
en- stores on Canal street. Loss, $685.
900.
Foreign.
GEN. LEROY, one of the commanders
of the Versailles troops, was killed III