Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-09
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the basket when it was handed around, when
Reed drew out pistol and shot Sims, NOR.
tally wounding him.
A FIRE broke out in Nickersoff's lumber
yard and planning mill in Bridgeport, Ct, Mon
day night, and before it could be stayed, burn
ed ten buildings and one numbered and fifty
thousand dollars worth of property
A DISPATCH from Eastport, Maine, saws
-Four men, while returning in small boa
from the Pemboke Fair, Friday night, wer,
upset and probably drowned The boat ba,
been found, but the bodies have not been re
covered. Two of the men were sons of Wal
lace Gupit. one OF Nelson Guplit, and thu
other son Of Capt. VIM. Muhlman.
WoRKMEN in clearing away the debris a
the ONO Insane Asylum, at Newburg, found
the bodies of Miss Walker, Benjamin Burgess,
and Of an iron puddIer, of Newburg, who hat
been missing since the fire. Two other per
sons are still missing. Several wards in tht
wings OF the building least injured have bee1
put IN order, and hundred or more patient.
have been placed in them.
AT Tunnel Hill. ILL.,, Saturday night, az
affray took place among laborers employed OF
the railroad tunnel. Three men were stabbed
one died and the other two can hardly recover
Their names are unknown. After the melee
an attempt was made to blow up the residence
ofa saloon keeper named Conor, who had in
CURED the ill-wiil of the crowd but, the fuse
being wet, it failed to ignite the powder.
THE action of the Pennsylvania oil pro
ducers, in shutting down their wells for the
purpose Of fot cling up prices, has caused in
tense indignation in that State.
HORACE GREELEY will attend the State Fair
at Goldsboro N. c., on the Esd of October
EDMUND YATES, the well known English
novelist, delivered his lecture, 6 Modern So
ciety,'' to fine audience in Michigan avenue
Baptist church, Chicago, Monday evening
the occasion being the Inauguration of the
Star Lecture Course, and Mr. Yates's first ap-
pearance on the platform in America. His re-
ception was a very iattering one.
A FIRE occurred in Harper & Ullig's lager
beer brewery, Brooklyn, Monday evening,
caused by the overheating of safting in the
malt mill. Loss $50, 900; insured.
ALL the Norwegian and Swedish ships in
New York haIbor on Monday. had flags dis
played at half-mast il consequence of the
notice of the death OF King Charles Appro-
pirate services were also held in the Swedish
and Norwegian churcnes.
SIX hundred members Of the Chicago Car
penters and Joiners' Union are on strike for
81 per day. Non-union men, to the number
Of three thousand, do not join the strike.
MEssRs. CoNDIT s. Sons extensive paper mill
Shawangunk, Ulster county, N. Y, was de-
stroyed by fire last Friday night. The Icss is
s20O,OO0 insurance $1,000 Seventy-fve
persons are thrown out of Employment.
In the ocean race between the yachts Ram
bier and Madeline, the former won by about
four hours. The owner of the Madeline has
challenged the owner of the Rambler to sail
another race twenty miles to windward and
back
AT Cincinnati, last Saturday evening, a if-
teen year old lad named John F. Conway
hurrahed for Greeley, when drunken ruff1an
struck him with his fist and injured him so
severely that he died The same evening a
colored Grant Club was attacked by rowCies
and fired upon. One of the club named Saun-
ders was hit on the head with pistol, but net
seriously hurt
DURING the storm of Sunday, seven stacks
OF hay were set on fire at Greene Iowa. caHs-
ing loss ofabout 5000. At Wapello lightning
burned the ground wir in the telegraph office,
and set fire to the railroad office, but was ex-
dnguished before much damage was done.
The receipts of internal revenue so far this
month, amount to 81 1888, 600. indicating a to
tai of about S12, 900, 900 for the month. This is
falling off from $14,OOO,O 600 in July and Sill
O0O,000 in August, and is believed to be about
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new law when it is in full and fair operation,
CHARLES SMITH, alias, stole number of
cattIe from R. Child's pasture near Marion
Ohio, shipped them to Pittsburg, Pa, and sold
them for 81, 1000. The cattle were recovered.
but the thief escaped
CORNELIUS DRIscoLL died IN Philadelphia.
on Saturday, asis alleged, from the effects of
blow in d prize-fght with Howard Price.
The principal and seconds in the fight have
been arrested.
PREMATURE explosion at the west end of
the noosac tunnel on Saturday killed man
named Peter Stone, seriously injured John
Smith, and slightly injured two other work
men.
JESSE PoMERoY, fourteen years of age living
with his mother in South Boston, is under ar
restfo decoying boys of five or ten wears to
out-of-the-way places, stripping them naked
gagglng and tying them up, beating and 9TH
efwlse maltreatlng them. In MANY cases he
cut small holes under his victims ewes. dis
figuring them for life, and inficting on others
painful cuts and stabs on various parts of the
body. He confesscs the crimes.
HE attention of the mining public in Salt
Lake City is occupied with the highly import
ant discovery Of silver lod.s twenty-five miles
north of Tecoma, on the Central Pacific Rail
road. Free milling ore is said to be in mex
haustible quantities, assaying from ninety
four to three thousand ounces of silver per
ton. The ledses of the district are well de-
fined. There is great rush Of people to the
new district.
The Treasury officers from Washington ac-
quit the sub-treasury of any blame in regard
to Johnson's defalcation. They say Johnson
did not abstract the stamps, but appropriated
money realized from their sales. The brokers
with whom he did business have made clean
breast of it.
Ex-MAYoR KALBFLEIsCH, of Brooklyn, has
been sued for breach of promise by Mrs. Mary
Francis Wade. Damages laid at S15O, ,00O
VIM. ettach & Sons, tanners, liabilities
100000; and James B. McEdden, jewelry,
liabilities S85, 600.
JOSEPH ORDIsH, of California, was robbed on
train of the Pan Handle railroad of a pocket
hook containing $4,000 IN Treasury notes.
He discovered his loss at Newark, Ohio, and
thinks that he was robbed at Pittsburg.
JAMES FRANCl was shot, and as is supposed
fatally injured, near the corner of Blake street
and Indiana avenue, Indianapolis, Saturday
night by Albert Oberman. 1t appeared that
Oberman had been improperly intimate with
the wife of Francis.
CHARLES r. HENDERSON was arrested Satur-
day night, by the police authorities of Balti-
more. charged with the murder of Dr. Merri-
man Coe on the night of January s, 1872.
Henderson was a tenant Of DR.. Cole up to
within few days of the murder. 1t is stated
that there is evidence very strong against
him.