Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-02-21
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for $4,000
DETAcHAY and his band, of Indiana, are re-
ported to have deserted Camp Mcdowell.
stealing Government and citizens stock, and
taking to the war path
A in New York city, having a frontage of
Is feet on Wall street and 11316 on Broad,
was recently sold for $945, 900. The Messrs.
Drexel were the purchasers.
The subcommittee of Ways and Means
propose to report a bill allowing materials
used lnthe construction of iron steamships to
be admitted free Of duty.
THE receiver of the Guardian Savings Bank
OF New York city, has obtained from Judge
Barnard leave to sue for the recovery of loans
to the amount Of nearly 5000, 900.
THE House Committee on Public Buildings
has agreed tG ,ssrt bill authorizing the pur-
a postofice building in
+ of 100000.
" many years connected
with Ia Northwestern Railway,
has resigned the Superntendency An effort
viii be made to induce him to recall it.
BILL win soon be reported to Congress,
providing for the redemption and reissue of
torn and mutilated currency notes, the ex-
pense to be borne by the national banks.
AN accident the Toledo and Warsaw
Railway, near Smithfeld, resulted in fatal in
JuTies to W. II. CFuger. Vice President of the
road, and an employe named Joseph Elger.
hN infant son of Henry 7. Clarke, of Troy
y. Y, was killed on Sunday by his brother,
aged three years, who threw piece of slate
at him. The child killed was nine months old.
The snow averages about eight inches deep
T1IfpaiS and iS ba5Iv drifta6 co as to ca11Sa
the delay of all trains passing Mattoon,
since Monday night. Good sleighing prevails
MARTIN JOHN SPAULDING, Primate of the
Catholic Church in the United States, and
Archbishop of Baltimore diocese died on
Wednesday. He was sixty-two years of age.
INNew York, Sunday afternoon, Henry Hep
ner, a German, shot his son, aged eighteen,
killing him instantly. He then dangerously
wounded himself. Intemperance was the
cause
The Union School edifce-a fine building
at Schoolcraft, Mich, was entirely destroyed
by fire last Tuesday. The fire caught from the
heating register Loss, $22, 900; insurance
$4,000. xa
The large grain warehouse of Clark, Hanna
& Co., Of Peoria, burst Wednesday and
spilled its contents, consisting of over 10000
bushels of bran, over the premises. The loss
viii not be heavy.
THE government is in receipt Of dispatches
from Cuba which give promise of a better
state of affairs there, and indicate willing
ness on the part of the Spanish authorities to
protect the property of American citizens.
The spotted fever, as it is commonly called,
is prevailing in the neighborhood of Bunkum,
Iroquois county, III. ,and is proving very fatal,
scarcely any one recovering when attacked
with the disease. Four deaths are reported
to have occurred in one night recently
A CONFEDERATION at Jefferson, Texas, on
Monday, destroyed Needham's agricultural
warehouse and square of buildings on the
south side OF Dallas street. next to the steam
boat landing. Loss 100000 L. Blooming
hall was killed by falling wall.
ROSE KELLEY, a beautiful girl and a stranger.
drowned herself in the bay at San Francisco
on Thursday night. Albert Lanmanny, a young
German, shot himself through the heart On
Friday. The supposed cause in both cases is
disappointment in love.
The Chicago Relief and Aid Society reports
the cash receipts to January 9th, 50 335, 7O0 rs,
and disbursements to the same period, ST.
573,636.19, leaving the balance on hand Feb.
8, 1,314, ,209.70. ~ f--
LAURA FAIR has been granted new trial by
the Supreme Court. on the ground that the
court erred in not allowing the counsel for the
defense the closing argument, and permitting
evidence of former bad character for chastity.
New YORK telegram says: 1T is stated
that ten or twelve members of the anti-ring
Grand Jury have been bribed to prevent the
indictment of certain parties; that one indi-
Y1dual who expected to escape had paid out
large amounts, and was still indicted, at which
he is said to be indignant, and threatens to
make astounding revelations +"
A TELEGRAM from New York states that an
attempt was made, on Tuesday, to rob the
residence of John E. Graham, the counsel for
Stokes. The thieves were arrested and COM
m1tted for trial. 1t is believed they were en-
ployed to destroy certain papers in Graham's
possession bearing on the Stokes murder
trial.
The Secretary of the Treasury, under ad
vice of the Attorney General, has directed
that the Hornet, which was overhauled by a
Spanish war vessel, be libeled for a violation
of the neutrality laws. This is, of course, a
tacIt admission that the Hornet was not in
legitimate business on her trip from New York
to Nassau.
SUNDAY evening the extensive livery estab-
ltshment of ]. III. Estabrook, in Denver, Col.
filled with valuable horses, carriages. and
other property, took fire and was entirely des
troyed Forty horses perished in the flames.
valued at about $15, 900. The building was
valued at $4,000; carriages, 81, 900; harness.
es, etc, $4,000; sleighs, $500; hay, $4,000;
corn, 5000; oats, $500; customers carriages,
92,500 making the total loss about 446 900,
A New YORK telegram of Wednesday says:
Something very important has been going on
to-day about the City Hall and Court House,
though it is difficult to tell exactly what it it
is, and the general impression in all newspaper
Offices is that startling developments are about
to be made. 1t is believed that Tweed, Con
molly, d Co., have been refunding about four
millions out of the six millions stolen bodily
from the City Treasury in May and June of
1870, and for which civil suit has been insti-
tuted against them"
THE vine disease has appeared around Mel
bourne.
SIR WILLIAM STERLING MAXWELL was in
stalled, on Monday, as Rector of the Univer-
sity of Edinburgh
ADyIcEs from Sydney, New South Wales
announce the discovery of valuable plumbago
deposits near the Centrefeld gold mines.
The Archbishop of Cologne has ordered four
professors of the University to subscribe to
the dogma of Papal Infalibility, the penalty
IN case of refusal being communication
PoLYNEsIAN faborers murdered a portion of
the crew of the schooner Cambria, and ran
the vessel ashore. The survivors of the Mewa
massacre were arrested after eating three of
their number
CAPT JOHN PHILIP NoLoN, the home-rule
candidate, has been elected to Parliament
from Galway. Mr.. F. s. Powell, the Conserva-
tive'candidatc, is elected from West Riding of
Yorkshire.
A MATAMoRAs telegram states that the party
under Sanchez Uriste which niIIagad Pao1ad