Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-12-18
VOL. XIII.

are unWlllIS, uuueT any CIRCUMSTANCES, GnaU
the plan Of a subscription for their personal
benefit should be adhered to. They will join
in contributing for the purpose of erecting
statue Of their father to perpetuate his men,
-ory.
ABOUT half of the business portion of
Wapeua, H., was destroyed by fire on We'd
nesdav. The fire originated at about mid
night in the back part of one of C. C. Smiths
store rooms, and like fash, block of build
| ings was destroyed. W. R. Carle was the
heaviest loser.
| AT Valparaiso, Indiana, on Wednesday, a
man was found hanging by common scarf
from the limb Of a tree quartz .-of a mile
from town. At first it was supposed that he
had committed suicide, out further examin-
alton showed that he had been terribly beat
! en-, stabbed in numerous places, and then,
in al probability, suspended to the tree by
| the murderers. He was a man about 40 years
old, five feet eight inches in height, sandy
| beard, worn full, had butternut-colored pants
gray overcoat, and boots with heavy nails with
| patch on the instep of one of them; also
| checke~ed shirt and bandanna handkerchief
with initials "A. NJ. 81 He had carpet bag
with new suit of clothes, and bottle of med
icine put up at Madison, Wis. A little over
$50 was found on his person.
Two freight trains collided at Clayton,
Iowa, on the Chicago, Dubuque and Minneso-
ia Railroad Thursday, Wrecking half dozen
cars and smashing one locomotive. One man,
named o. X. Neiman, of Gutenberg, passen-
ger. was kilIdd by being smashed to death be-
| tween two cars.
ono Of+ +bo ~
Pullman Car Manufacturing Company in De-
troit was injured by fire to the extent of from
SIS, ,t00to $4,000 Loss chiefly covered by in
surance.
The Reformed Church National Synod has
suspended from the Ministry and from the
| Church, the Rev. Henry Knepper, of Illinois,
on the ground that he married after obtaining
a divorce, which, though legal, was not per-
mitted on Scriptural grounds.
! NEAR Marion, Indiana on Thursday, Elijah
Crevesten, q farmer, went into his barn to
feed his horses, and was assaulted by a man
named Perry Meyers, who had secreted him
self there for the purpose of robbery. During
the scuffie, Meyers stabbed Creviston, infict-
ing wounds which proved fatal Meyers made
good his escape.
|
| Williamstown, in Grant county, KY, General
Leslie Coombs was shot through the heart and
killed by desperate named George Merrell.
but not before he got pistol ball in his own
thigh. The report says that Merreu fired
upon one Alexander Miller, at Williamstown
the night previous.
Rev. n. G. CLARK, one of the pioneers of
the city of Elgin, H., died on Tuesday, aged
II.
THAT part of the Presidents Message relat-
ing to Utah is highly gratifying to the anti
Mormon community Of iSalt Lake City
| Mrs. JOHN f. CLEVELAND, a sister Of Horace
Greeley, is lying dangerously i'll at her resi-
| dence in New York City.
| AN attempt was made on Sunday night to
burn the Court House at Memphis The
building was saved, but large number of val
liable records IN the County Clerks office were
bnrned.
THE steamer Fl. Clay Wilson, with cargo
of rice and sugar, destined to Cincinnati, sunk
120 miles below Memphis on the Mississippi,
on Friday at A. NJ. The passengers and
crew barely got to shore with their lives. The
boats bow dropped in 80 feet of water. caus-
ing severe injuries to one or two of the crew.
The boat and cargo were valued at $50 900,
total loss.
The stokers in the London (England) gas
works are on a strike.
The Will of Mr. and Mrs Greeley leaves all
of their property to their two daughters.
Mrs. DRIVER, who was shot by her husband
Geo. Driver, in Chicago, on Friday last, is
dead
WHILE attempting the arrest of rough on
the corner Canal and Kinzie streets, Chicago.
Monday evening, officer Ole Johnson was shot
in the head and dangerously if not fatally
wounded.
COUNT Won LANGAY, Austrian Minister of
Finance, has resigned.
| The steamer R. G. Gray was sunk by snag
near Evansville on Monday night.
| HENRY GILMAN was robbed and murdered
in Chicago, on Saturday night.
PRINCE SAKE CoBURG GoTHA is at SYDNEY.
and will go 20 China-,his brother accompany
ing him.
SAN Francisco advices state that trouble
with the Madero Indians is more serious than
first reported. The Governor has been called
on for aid, the settlers being short of arms and
ammunition.
The Secretary of me Treasury calls in three
per cent. certificates from November 7th
1868, to November I'd, 1868, of the denomina-
tions $4,000, numbered from 5,178 to 5, 4O3
inclusive. and of the denomination SO 600
and numbered ,8O1 to 1892 inclusive The
amount Of certificates desired is S35U,0OO, upon
which interest ceases January 31st, 1873.
WRIGHT's flour mill at Oswego was burned
on Monday. Loss, $4,000.
KERsLER, half-breed Sioux, is to be hanged
at Cheyenne, Jan. 2, for murder.
The National Democratic Committee do not
regard it as within the scope of the authority
delegated to them to advise the electors of
the several states who favored the election of
candidates nominated at the Baltimore Con-
yention, as to the course which they shall pur-
sue in view of the death Of Horace Greeley.
The President on Thursday sent to the SEN
! ate large number of nominations of variOus
civil and military officers appointed during
the recess, OF which the following are the
most important: s. F. Phillips, Solicitor
| General, Uiee Barstow G. w. Fairman, Post
master at Philadelphia Utce Bingham Lucien
Hawley Supervisor 81 Internal Revenue at
New York; Brigadier General Irwin Mcdowell,
to be Major General; Knowles, Justice of the
Supreme Court of Montana Territory United
States District Attorneys: N. Tauster, for the
! Western District of ofIndlana; VIM. Pound, Da-
kota Territory United States Marshal, J. Fl
Burdick, Dakota Territory.
AT Corsicania, Texas, on Thursday eve
nng, E. Bennett, citizen of some promi-
nence, was fatally shot by Policeman Wallace.
The murderer was killed next morning while
attempting to escape his guard.
Abroad.
VIOLENT storm swept over Naples on
wednesday, doing much damage to the ship
ping in the harbor.
RoNAYEs, Nationalist, has been elected
Member of Parliament for Cork.
! IHE ship Teutonia was abandoned by her