Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-04-10

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a RICH gold placer has bean discovered nea
Great Canon, Col. There is much excitement
The President has nominated Joseph Nam
rus Supervising Inspector General of Steam
boats.
The book establishment of Legere Brous-
sian, in Quebec, was burned on Tuesday Loss
sac, 900.
THE New York and Philadelphia Railroad
bill has been defeated in the New Jersey Leg
stature.
PASSENGERS arriving at Salt Lake report the
Union Pacific Railroad in fine order and the
trains on time
SALOON keeper named Tobias Claywou.
was shot and killed in Winchester, Scott coun-
ty, on Saturday.
JOHN BRoDBENT, mechanic, shot d:kill-
ed his wife at Kansas City, Mo-, on THURSDAY.
They had been divorced.
Thirty SIX mash-tubs and worm-tubs were
destroyed by revenue officers in Brooklyn ON
Tuesday, but no Illicit whisky was found.
Tue st. Louis CMo.) Democrat Company is
composed of Geo. w. Fishback, Henry c. Yea
ger, Richard Holmes, and Geo. P. Whitlaw
The capital stock is s50O,00O
A DISPATCH from Wilmington, N C gives
rJlmor that the New York HeraId's cores
pondent, recently captured by the Lowry gang
of antlaws. hazbeen rorrdered
x prgER rfdh1ed George Seaman was uffo
Gated on Thursday, while working on sunk
ca wreck in the North River, New York, by
tie bursting Of fresh air pipe. "a
THE boiler Of locomotive on the Michigan
Central track, at Chicago, drawing heav
train, exploded Saturday morning with great
violence. Only the engineer was injured
The commanders of Posts OF the Grand
Array of the Republic have commenced ar
rangements for the. decoration of the graves
of the Union dead, May 80.
THERE is great excitement in the vicinity of
TiskiIwa, Illinois, caused by the depredations
of gang of horse thieves. The farmers are
forming for a vigilance committee.
IT Is now stated that Minister Sickles will
return to Spain, and, at the special request of
the President, will remain there until his sue
cessor is determined upon.
ELLARD PARK, teller of the Bank of San
Jose, California committed suicide on Mon
day by shooting himself through the heart
and falling into the Guadeloupe River.
THE new drawing-room car Duchess was
destroyed by fire at Poughkeepsie, Monday
morning. 1t a side track. The fire
caught from a stove. Loss S16, ,0OO-unin-
sured.
J. C. OWENS, proprietor of the Bronson
House, St. Joseph, No., committed suicide
Thursday afternoon by shooting himself
through the head with pistol. Financial
e1nbarrassments are the alleged cause.
SECRETARY FISH has sent to Madrid vigor-
GUS dispatch upon the case of DR.. Howard.
the American citizen just transported to a
Spanish penal colony for 20 years, for partici-
patton in the Cuban rebellion
IHE boiler of the Trenton rolling mills in
Jersey City, exploded on Saturday, destroying
the blacksmith shop and portions of the main
building Five men were injured, and Hugh
Bales tender, is missing. Loss Sc, 600.
Thirty EIGHT converts from Romanism, all
Cubans, were confirmed by Bishop Potter, in
New York, on Sunday afternoon, in an Epis-
copal church, which is the first Spanish
Protestant organization in the United States.
The service is in Spanish.
On Saturday man named Clark, in Cold
Spring near OTIS Mass, by the most foolish
carelessness with loaded gun, shot and killed
his sister, aged % years, and wounded her
daughter, years old, so that amputation of
the arm was necessary.
The Secretary of the Treasury has received
for redemption, about $40, 600, 900 of five
twenty called bonds, the interest on the last
$4,000, 600 of which ceased March 20. There
dLe still outstanding nine or ten r,,iion.
of the called bonds, on which the inte rest
ceased last December.
PITTsBUeH dispatch says John Laverty.
crazy man, attempted to stop a passenger
train at Fairyiew, on Saturday. AS the train
approached he seized club and jumped on
the track IN front of the engine, ready for
fight, but, concluding that It would be too
much for him, he turned to fee from its
course, buf too late
MRS EMILY WALTON, proprietress of a
borading-house in Thrty-first street New
York. while on her way to deposit 81. 600 in
United States bonds, and 81, 900 in money in
safe custody, either lost or was robbed of all
the money, which she had pinned in the boz
ON OF Eer dress. A $500 diamond pin is also
missing reward of 81, 900 is offered.
HE Secretary of the Navy informs the Sen
ate that the expenses of vessels employed on
the coast Of San Domingo since the beginning
OF the negotiations for the annexation of
Dom.nlca, amounts to S49, ,O6O-uo greater
thau II they had been in the service elsevhera
In the West Indies; and that nine or ten ves-
sels Is the usual number EMPLOYED in waters
adjacent to the West Indies.
At meeting of the Erie directors, on Tues
day, Edward 81. Green was elected director in
pace OF Jay Gould The New York Post gives
reports that the present Erie directors have
n1ade arrangements with Jay Gould by which.
Tor consideration, all proxies of stock stand
ih8 III hlS name or those Offices of which he
mas been or Is member shall be passed over
to them
TRAINS on the Bellevue and Southern Hin
OILS hallway have been stoned lately and the
hyes OF passengers endangered, by gang of
scoundrels near Pickneyv1lle Thursday night
last TWO men were arrested in the act. and
Whiie being searched by the City Marshal. one
OF tnem stabbed him. inflicting a wound thir-
teen inches long, whereupon the Marshal shot
the desperate dead.
DETAILS of the revolt of the native troons in
CaVlta, Malta, show the conspiracy was gen
eraIfor rising throughout the island. Had
not an accident precipitated the rising at
Caylta before the time arranged, few Euro
peans would have escaped. The prisons are
filled with suspected persons, including many
CTeoles,5 Every Insurgent taken was bayonet-
ed or shot.
AN official statement shows an increase in
the revenue on spirits, tobacco, fermented
liquors, banks and bankers, income, gas and
stamps, between September 1, 1871, and Janu-
ary |, 1872, compared with the same period of
the previous year, of 81, ,6S7, 1872, against a de-
crease from exmept articles and occupations,
of Sc, ,730,617.
CABLE dispatches from Belgium render it
probable that startling diclosures will soon
be made IN the case of Yogt, the alleged mur-
derer OF Count Blanco. Yogt's real name is
suspected to be Carl Stupp, and the woman
passing for bis wife is supposed to have been
mistress of the murdered N an. Both Stupp
and the Counts mistress disappeared from
Belgium soon after the murder. The heirs of
the Count are now on their way across the At
lantic to identify Vogt. II =.
Abroad.
THE vicinity of Tein Tsin, China, is flooded.
Many of the inhabitants are dying of starva-
tiOn d8ifv