Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-23
GENERAL NEWS.

missioner of Internal Revenue will be
very brief in his annual report. The
late changes in the law work SO salts
factorily that no recommendation for
improvement can be suggested, The
revenue from whisky and malt liquors
has largely increased. The amounts
realized from tobacco are twenty per
cent. beyond calculation The troubles
with the brewers will be left to Con-
gressional action. The present uniform
tax 90 tobacco has been found to work
especially favorable. The number of
distilleries, especially in the Southern
States, has increased in an unprecedent-
ed manner. 1t is estimated that under
the reduced figures the revenue from
internal sources VIII amount to $685.
100000, which is twenty millions
above the figures agreed upon by finan-
cial authorities when the reductions
went into effect.
Mr.. J. B. Barnett, Hebrew scholar,
contends that the Prophet Jere miah,
with the remnant of the tribe of udah,
migrated to Ireland, was no other than
the celebrated Irish reformer and law
giver Olltam Cola.
Robert II. Young, alias Haines, alias
Williams, alias Youngerman, alias Rob-
erts. noted swindler and confidence
operator, was captured near Capoka,
No, on Thursday, by G. W. Stubs, of
indianapolis, and NJ. T. Russell, of Des
Moines. They followed him nearly 200
miles across the country in carriage.
They will take him to Des Mones, and
indianapolis. His last field Of opera
tons was indianapolis, whose merchants
were swindled out of 81 900.
Caleb Cushing who arrived from
Europe last week, expresses himself
eminently satisfied With the award of
the Arbitration Board, not so much for
the the money value of the award, he
says, as for the points settled. AS to
the English claims for damage to pro-
perty Of British subjects counter bal
anceing Alabama claims, he says that
such claims will not reach 100000.
Gushing did not 60 to England, but in
France where he was, the general
opinion seemed to be that the United
States had gained a great victory.
The deliberations of the Judges were
secret simply because they did not
want to have their discussions, which
were of nature similar to those of any
judiciary tribunal boken into by any
body.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, in session at St. Louis, on Sat
urday, passed a resolution favoring the
obolishment of all Sunday trains, and
committee was appointed to confer with
railroad officials throughout the country
on the subject. A clause to be inser-
ted in the act of incol poration provid-
ing for the expulsion Of any engineer
addicted to the use of Intoxicating
liquors, was also adopted.
A Paris dispatch says that the pub
lie feeling in France has been aroused
to high pitch of excitement over the
coming investigation concerning the
late war with Germany. It is believed
that it will be developed that the war
was the result of the rash and head
strong policy of the Cabinet then in
power.
PARIS, October 2l.-Returns from
Algeria of the elections yesterday to
fill vacancy in the National Assembly
are very incomplete. Cremieux is
ahead of all the other candidates. It
is not yet known who are elected in
the Departments Of Calvadas, Indret
and the Loire, but it is believed that
the radicals were successful.
Mr. James Anthony Froude made
his first appearance before an American
audience, last Wednesday evening, in
New York. His style Of delivery is
represented as being anything but agree
able to American ears His sentences
were uttered with that rising and
falling" infexion without which no
English orator speaks, and the regular
flow of bis verbal cadences produced a
sort of soporific effect upon his hearers.
Nevertheless, he was listened to with
uninterrupted attention. He reviewed
the cause of Irish subsection, and his
sentiments could hardly have been
palatable to either English or Irish
men.
Vermont has reelected Hon. J. S.
Morrill, to the United States Senate.