Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-10


Crews, were instantly killed by the explosion
Of an old cannon at Shiald's Mil, near say
mour, Ind, on Christmas day. A Young MAJ
named August lost one of his hands.
THE Commissioner of Internal Revenue is O
the opinion that the amount of taxes paid o.
payable upon dividends, interest, and und
vided profits of corporations for the five
months of the calendar year 1870 is not fan
from S27, 100000.
EARLY Monday morning, Charles Talman
assistant pressman of the Methodist Book
concern in Cincinnati, while intoxicated, shot
and killed saloon keeper named Lorenzo
Dragle, who was leading him home.
JOHN Il. CABLL, the Drummer-boy OF
Shiloh" called at the White House on Tuesday
morning, to tender his thanks to the President
for his appointment to a second lieutenancy
In the Gath infantry.
The residence belonging to G. A. Woods, of
Pittsburgh, at Wheatland, Pa, burned on
Christmas. Two servant girls were burned to
death. Loss on house, $25, 900; insurance,
$15, ,000
WILLIAM A. WHITAKER, postmaster at Bowl
ing Green, Wood county, O., is under arrest
on charge of embezzling money order funds
The Howard sugar refinery in East Cam
bridge, Mass, was damaged by fire on We'd
nesday
SHOOTING affray in saloon in East Ar
Ington, Vt, on Christmas Day, resulted in
the death of two persons, the mortal wound
ing of two Others and serious injury of a fifth
person.
The Order of the United Mechanics will
celebrate Washington's birthday, in New York
city, by grand banquet, ball, etc., at which
delegates from all over the states will be pres
ent.
A FIRE at New York, Saturday afternoon, in
Book & Sehneider's match-factory, damaged
property to the amount of $40, 600.
ENGLISH & Co.. oil cloth factory at Cam
den, New Jersey, was burned Friday night
Loss $50, 900.
An explosion of fireworks in Macon, Ca,
on Christmas day. occas1oned the destruction
of four business houses. Loss $50 000
In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, in New
York city. OF Tuesday, Edward Mahonev and
George Williamson voluntarily confessed that
they were guilty of robbery for which two
other men were convicted. They were re-
manded for an investigation.
Rev. W G. WALLACE was shot and killed at
10th, by man named Shelman The latter
was drunk, and used some insulting language
TO the family of Mr.. Wallace, when the latter
reproved, and Shelman shot and killed HIM
Shelman made his escape.
WANG HoLa, son of the late President OF
the Ming Yung company, was buried with i'm
posing Celestial ceremonies in San Francisco
on Tuesday. Nearly one hundred carriages
were n line, with twenty professional mourn
ers and five wagon loads OF provisions and
flowers.
THE Christmas carnival at New Orleans re-
suited aa follows John Hampton first off
Ger of the ship Success, was accidentally
drowned Mrs. WaIdron accidentally caught
fire and was burned to death; A. Bush was
shot dead by Joel Cannon; two persons were
dangerously shot and two dangerously stabbed
BY an assault; five were accidentally shot. and
nine boys were severely injured by a gun
powder explosion, two dangerously. The po-
lice made 1872 arrests for all mannerof offences.
Drunkenness predominated over all.
On Sunday afternoon, Bill Woods and an
other negro approached the comnissary build
ing of the contractors of the Memphis and
Salem Railroad, five miles east of Memphis
They were ordered away by man named Rey
nolds, in charge of the building, who threat
ened to shoot them if they approached. No
needing the warming they started for tht
building. He shot both through the head
killing them instantly. He then fed
THE Hunton House, at Aurora, ILL.,, waf
burned Saturday morning. 1t is feared thai
some persons perished in the flames Among
those injuredby jumping from the building
are Carl G. Metzer, clerk of the Aurora Cour
of Common Pleas, who, in falling from the
third story on his head and shoulders, is sc
badly hurt that his life is Gespaired of: J. L
Scott, Of Campton, ankle dislocated: Warner
Ashley, of Plato, leg broken, and a Mr. Foote
a tailor IN the employ of C. Fl. Reeves, haC
furniture $4,000.
NEAR Seneca, Neosho county. Mo-. las
week, Louis Swimmes and another desperate
known of Texas Joe," alias % Buckskin.
assaulted German named Henry Solomon
with clubs, and left him for dead, after rob
bing him of twenty-five dollars and watch
Solomon recovered sufficiently to crawl bac
TO town, and reported the affair The desper
ADDE'S were subsequently captured and hun
to a tree Before the execution, Buchskin con
fessed to having murdered eleven men durin
the past year, the total booty obtained bein
only ninety dollars.
DIsPATcHEs from st. Louis, Louisville. lin
diaaapohs, Lafayette, Toledo, Buffalo an
Springfield, ILL.,, announce much damage t
buildings and other property by the high win
Of Saturday. Seven hundred feet of the tres
tle-werk of the railway bridge across the Ohio
near New Albany, were blown dow
Two men IN buggy on the road, were in th
track of the storm, and the horse, buggy an
men we're lifted up and carried forty feet an
escaped unhurt. At Lafayette large numbe
OF buildings were unroofed, including the Sec
ond National Bank, the Postoffice and tele
graph Office buildings. Several persons wer
injured. At Toledo, the spire of the Frf
Baptist Church was blown down, falling upo
and partially crushing an adjoining buildine
At Springfield, H., the wind blew down til
immense skating rink, the new rolling mill {
the Sringfeld Iron Co., and entirely destrovin
the round-house of the Gilman, Clifton an
Springfield railroad, beside doing other dan
age. Loss $50, 600.
Abroad.
A NOTICE is issued from the American Legs
ton in London, to the effect that it is desi
able that all citizens of the United States il
tending to travel upon the continent shou
provide themselves with passp ports.
The smallpox prevails to an alarming exte,
in Bennington. Special hospitals are to
established, the sick are to be quarantine
and other precautionary measures taken !
the authorities to prevent the further spre;
Of the disease.
The recent dispatch from Bismarck to Bare
Won Arnim excites the French to renewed bi
terness against Germany. The tone of Il
journals generally is well expressed by IL
following extract from one of them. whic
says: " The silence of the vanquished is Oh
ut reply to the insults of tho victor. riv
ot blood has divided US. We learn to suff
and to wait"
TIE Germans have seized prominent eli
z2a Of the town of Reyin in the departing
Of the Ardennes, because of the trouble b
tween the Bavarian troops quartered there a.
the French people.