Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-09
VOL. XII.

THE warehouse of VIM. S. Long & Co., in
st. Louis, with its contents of coal, oil, flour,
hemp, hay, salt, sugar, etc. burned Friday
night Loss between $40, 900 and $50, 600.
THE Union school building at Moline, Iowa,
was burned Thursday night. Loss, $40, Geo
insurance, S25, 600.
The Lawrence -four mills, at Appleton Wis,
owned and operated by Charles Morey, were
destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Loss
S14, 900 insurance, $40 ,000 The capacity o
the mill was $50 barrels per day
/ a FIRE at Green Bay, Thursday night, de.
tstroyed the Astor Lumber Company's mill
Loss, $50, ,0O0-insurance, 800. .ss
THE Acting Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue. has directed the suspension of the work
of gauging beer packages, which was being
done under special order 100, until further or
ders.
In sinking shaft for coal at Chaplin Nor
gan county, ILL.,, when depth of $50 feet was
reached vein of lead was reached.
AT Bellevue, Iowa. William Hawkins, an old
man of 50 years, while laboring under fit of
insanity, brought on by long illness, commit
| ted suicide by drowning in mill pond.
A LARGE dry goods firm in West Broadway,
New York, having numerous Western connec-
tons, is reported one Of the suspended. Its
liabilities are represented as very large and its
assets disproportonately small.
! DURING the past two weeks there have beer
in and around New York, about fifty suicides,
actual and attempted, more than have been
known IN the same time for many years. This
destructive epidemic continues.
Abroad.
The Pope, Oh Monday, went beyond the pre-
cincts of the Vatican for the first time since
the occupation Of Rome by the italian Govern
ment. He proceeded to Portadella Zecea, and
walked i'll the gardens.
A GRAND volcanic eruption has burst forth
on the summit of Maunatoa. A column Of fire
200 feet high is constantly playing in the air.
A TIDAL wave was noticed on the 23d of Au-
gust, on Oahu and Kauai, Sandwich Islands.
THERE was a slight shock Of an earthquake
at Shanghai, China.
THE remains of the late King Charles XIV.
were brought to Stockholm on Tuesday, and
taken in solemn procession through the
streets, receiving every mark of respect and
sorrow from the inhabitants. .ss
n WhIIER 4Oi tIl0 lIOIillOA 4NthS pun
hshed graphic description of the horrors of
a steerage passage across the Atlantic, scores
of correspondents are adding testimony to the
abuses and sufferings to which steerage pas
sengers are subject, urging reform.
THE Government of Brazil has granted
Baron Wana a concession for telegraphic
cable between Brazil and the Portuguese
coast.
The Havana Gaceta publishes new and
stringent law compelling the Cinnamon now
there to again make contract for their labor,
for terms not less than six years nor more
than eight years, or leave the Island.
A CoAL-PIT near Herplal, Belgium, on the
Mense, was accidentally flooded recently while
the men were at work. The inundation was
so sudden that twenty-five miuers were drown
ed in the pit.
An Irishman named Navy was shot in the
back in a saloon row at Ishpenning, on Thurs
day night. A saloon-keeper named Anderson
is under arrest for the crime.
A LARGE engineer deputation, under COM
mand of Captain Anderson, of the Royal En-
gfneers, has left London for Pembina, where
they expect to meet an American party, ap-
pointed to designate the 49th parallel bound
ary between Canada and the United States,
from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky
Mountains. It is thought the work will occu-
py three or four years.
SIR ALEXANDER CoCKBURN the British men,
Der of the Board of Arbitation, will deliver
an elaborate opinion on the points where he
differs from the decision of the Court of Arbi-
tration. His secretaries are now engaged in
he work of copying the opinion,