Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-08-14

At Homo.

IHE Car will leave st. Petersburg toward
the close OF August on visit to the Emperor
OF Germany. He is expected to arrive in Ber-
I'm on the 9Th of September.
HENRY H. BEvIER, a prominent and sue
cessful business man of Rochester, died at
Avon on Saturday.
a HEAVY rain fall at Memphis, on Wednes
day, ended the heated term, which has been
the longest and most severe ever known.
Twelve cars of oil are reported burned on
the Erie railway, we.t of Elmira. N. Y. Loss
$4,000. 1t was consigned to parties in New
York.
AT Geneva, N. Y, on Saturday. the steam
saw and planning mill of Conger & Mckay was
destroyed by fire. Loss 5000; Insured for
$1,000.
IHE Walter Scott monument is not expected
to arrive in time to be erected Aug. 18th, and
the ceremonies will be postponed till Novem-
Der Both.
AT Princeton, H.. Peter Ostrom, a Swedish
carpenter, eloped with Belle Coddington,
rich farmers daughter, Society thereis SEN
sationalized.
PASSENGER train from Syracuse, going at
Il
at Auburn, on Saturday, seriously injuring a
baggageman and brakeman.
Rev. DR.. R. R. GURLEY, long connected
with the American Colonization Society, died
In Washington on Tuesday evening, aged IS
years.
AT Crab Orchard, Ky., on Friday, Tucker
Ballard, Town Marshal, shot Martin Delaney
through the heart, causing instant death.
Delaney was drunk and resisted arrest.
HE wall of the upper level of the canal, at
Springfield, Mass, broke on Friday. at New
Massoit paper mill. q breach was made 50
feet wide by 50 deep, extending 200 feet to the
second level of the canal. The mill was par
italy undermined. Loss $25, 900.
MARTIN SEARCH, colored, jumped from a car
on the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad.
and was killed. He was on his waY to Nash
vile and very Ill, partially deranged
The daughter of Count Beaulie, of Belgium
has instituted suit against the murderer of
her father, Carl VoSt, now in prison in New
York, to recover fifty thousand francs.
ID. h. WHITTLEsEY, money receiving clerk
n the Adams Express Company, was arrested
In Cincinnati on Wednesday, and 5000 in
money recovered from him. He is in duress
charged with embezzIement.
WALTER E. JONES, of Somerville. Maine. and
Louville, of DoyerviIle, N H., were drowned
In the latter town on Friday, by slip ing from
the rocks into the river while fishing. Both
have families.
HE Pope will shortly issue an encvclicaI
letter declaring the society of Armenian Gath
ollcs separated from the church OF Rome. ana
placing them under the ban of major eyeom
munication.
a MAN named John Hart, employed as fore
man on the Chicago and Northwestern Rail
road extension, four or five mics south of
Escanaba, committed suicide on FRIDAY. hv
shooting himself near the region of the heart
HE bail and army worm are running the cot
con crop IN Alaoama. One plantation, which
three years ago made one hundred nales of
cotton, will now make but fifty. There j.
great depression among the planters, who
consider themselves ruined.
A GIRL named Dennis, fourteen years old. is
under arrest at Pittsburg, charged with rob
blng various private residences. Two trunks
full OF goods, two fine gold watches and other
property were seized. The property is valued
at several thousand dollars.
SPOTTED 1AL and party paid farewell visfr
to the Interior Department on Wednesday
Commissioner Walker made few remarks,
assuring them their Great Father was pleased
with the arrangements to waich they had con-
sented, and they could rely upon the perform
ance OF all that had been promised.
WITHIN the past week eleven bodies of per-
sons, supposed to have been murdered. have
oeen found III various pa IS of New York bav.
-Four or fVe cases of my terious dfsa par
ances have been reported, under circumscan-
ces Justifying suspicion of murder and abduc-
ton
HERBERT c. BURDIcK, clerk in the New
London, Conn, postofice, has been arrested.
charged with stealing and tampering with let
ters. Several letters containing money and
yaluables were recovered. Michael Davis, not
posteffice employe, was arrested as an ac-
complice
1HE steamer Molle Mohler, commanded bv
captain Jewell, was run into by raft near
the railroad bridge at Winona on "Wednesday
morning, and sunk in fifteen feet of water
She was owned by the Northwestern Tniop
Packet Company. Loss FIVE thousand dollars.
no insurance, aud no lives lost.
The Buffalo Presbyterv on Saturday di.-
posed of the R. Y. N. S. H. Thompson. who
was charged with adultery at Jamestown
nom the Ministry, and indefinitely suspended
nun from communion. Rev. thompson was
suspended some years ago for similar of
fence, In Cincinnati, and on the recommended
tlon OF his Buffalo brethren, that he had re-
Pehted OF his sins, was reinstated
DISPATCH from Saratoga saws that Iono-
IeloW Is completely disabled. The suspensary
hgamants are injured, and there is not the
sh8htest hope that they can ever again per
form their functions He cannot stand firmly
upon his left leg, which is the seat of the dc
aster. Ihe leg Is bathed twice day with cold
water, and his GRIPPING walk to the well. thir-
" yards from his stable, too plainly Indicate
the severity of his injury. John Harper saws
Longfeilow is hopelessly broken down.
A HORRIBLE outrage was perpetrated in the
lower part of Cecil county, Nd, OF Monday
night, ty a band of masked assassins. II
seems that a constable had arrested two ne
groes on charge of burning a house in Kent
county, and was bringing them and a negro
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demanded by the Kent county authorities. A
party of disguised men wayIaid the party and
took possession of the prisoners. The off -ers
came on to Elkton and reported the affair.
Next morning search was made, and one of
the negroes was found hanging ON tree.
The others had not been found at the latest
advices.
Abroad.
The Vienna Industrial Exposition for all
nations, VII commence May 1st, 1873, and close
October 31st of that year. Our government
has as yet, made no appropriation to defray
the expense of commissio ioners.
A TELEGRAM from FRANKFORT states that an
omnibus filed with passengers, while crossing
the railroad track in Kustrin, was run into by
the mail train and dashed to pieces. Eight
passengers were killed outright, and of the
others in the omnibus none escaped injury.
None on the train were hurt.
CONSUL Dill, at AS inwall, has received in
structions from the American State Depart
ment, approving his action in OBTAINING the