Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-31

heavy loss of freight. No one injured
s TAYLoR's oil refinery, at Wyoming, N. Y,
was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning.
Seven hundred barrels of crude OIL twenty
five barrels of distilled and twenty-five barrels
of refined we're consumed. Loss 800, 900.
LTBBIE GARRABBANT and her lover, Van Win
kle Bogert, were arraigned on a charge Of
murder, by poisoning R. F. Burroughs, at
Paterson, N. J., on Thursday. Both pleaded
not guilty. The trial viii take place in April.
The Senate on Thursday made the following
combinations Postmasters-Abraham Raw-
kins, Rochester Minnesota; Carroll, White
water, Wisconsin; A. J. Gov. Beaver Dam.
Wisconsin; D. K. Noyes, Baraboo, Wiscou-
sin.
"A CINCINNATI telegram says Of The Nilsson
opera season just closed, for size. and character
of the audiences, and success in other re-
ects, is7hparaleled in the history of Gin
cinnati. The receipts for i've nights were ove1
$4,000
LONDON journals in articles on the assassin
alton Of Fisk, cite the cases of Richardson
ami Crittenden, and attribute the frequency of
such deeds to the peculiar civilization Of
America, and denounce the Iaxity of public
sentiment.
PROCEEDINGS have been inaugurated bv q.
s. District Attorney Glover to condemn the
land known as the Postoffice Block, in Chicago.
This, for the present. would seem to settle
the question of the locality of the new govern
ment buildings.
A PETITION has been forwarded to the State
Senate at Albany, setting forth that proofs are
abundant that the election of Tweed was the
result of fraud, and praying that his seat be
declared vacant. Evidence of fraud accom-
pany the petition.
The President has authorized the adoption
of an additional rule by the advisory civil serv-
ice board, allowing temporary appointments to
be made without examination, where necessity
demands it, pending the perfecting of a form
of civil service examination
HUNTING camp has been established near
the Republican River, as a basis of operations
of General Sheridan and the Duke Alexis.
Buffalo and other game are reported plentiful
in the vicinity It lis expected that nearly one
thousand Indians will be collected.
The eZ-Emperor Napoleon, on New Years
day, is reported to have said: "I will give
Thiers six months of the presidency of the
French Republic, and at the end of that time
Gambetta viii be in his place. The change
would be favorable to the imperial cause. :"
The Special Committee of the Senate. to
investigate the charges made against Senator
Clayton, of Arkansas, have entered on their
duties, and the testimony promises to be very
severe. If it turns out represented, it
will undoubtedly lead to the expulsion of Clay
ton from the Senate.
The oil cloth factory of c. NJ. Baily, at Win
throp, Mass, took fire in the varnish room on
Sunday. The fire spread rapidly and before
1t could be checked, an adjoining mill and
three dwelling houses were consumed. One
of the houses consisted of six tenements The
loss will amount to near $50, 900.
The powder house at the granite quarry
near Cedar Point, Yi1al Haven. Me-, contain
ing thirty-two kegs of powder, was accidentally
blown up late on Friday afternoon, killing
Bryan, one of the quarrymen. and probably fat
ally wounding Austin Mink, the oVerseer of the
quarry, besides seriously injuring three others.
A FIRE broke out in Cairo, H., on Monday
evening, totally destroying four tenement
houses occupied by negroes. The cause of
the fire the explosion of a kerosene
lamp, setting fire to the clothes of a woman
named Smith, burning her to DEATH Three
children are missing, and are supposed to
have been burned to death.
Mrs. MARTENS, wife of the Cleveland man
who died few days ago from Treicsi,aa splra-
tis, has also died from the same disease A
boy, aged 6, is in a critical condition. girl.
aged A, it is believed will recover The case
=excltes great interest among the medical men,
and large number of physicians and scien-
hhc men have visited the sick family.
MAX named Stewart, living in Windsor,
Canada, was, on Thursday attacked in the
woods near that city by highway robber, and
was beaten senseless, but not until he had
badly gashed his assailant's throat Stewart
was then robbed Of his watch and money. but
recoveredin in time to give the alarm The ruff
nan was readily traced by his own blood. and
Is now IN jail awaiting trial.
IT is reported that the trustees of the Church
of the Messiah Gate Hepworth's church) have
offered Robert Collyer. Of Chicago, $40, 900
salary, which he peremptorily declined, saying
he would not, under any circumstances, leave
his dear friends and beloved home in the west.
They then asked him if $15, 900 would be any
mducement, and he answered, g Could give
I1y heart for money!"
The absence of Greeley from the meeting
of the National Republican Committee in
Washington on Friday, excites general COM
ment, as he represented the state of New York
upon 1T; while it strengthens the report that
The Tribune will not support the nominees of
the Philadelphia Convention, provided Grant
Is one of the two persons.
The following telegram has been received
by the Committee of the Persian Famine Fund
from Mr.. Bruce at Ispahan Thanks for
$1,000. Famine worse than ever. Our moor
hst-10,000 dependent upon us. Daily deaths
from starvation, 5000. Feridan Christians
starving. In addition Ispahan poor thrown
on us. Jews starving. What can we expect
Three thousand pounds monthly will not feed
ALL"
TUESDAY morning some boys passing
through the pemises adjoining Calvary Gem
etery ten miles north of Chicago. were
Mortified by the discovery of the naked corpse
of man in a brush heap. Investigation
proved that it had been disinterred in Calvary
Cemetery, and removed to the place where il
was found, and left there, either because the
resurrectionists had been frightened away, OF
with the intention of returning for it's removal
TO some Chicago dissecting-room at some
future time.
The Duke de Persigny died on Friday. al
Nice, aged sixty-four.
A MOVEMENT is on foot to raise subscriptions
for monument to DR.. JeHner, the discoverer
of vaccination, at his birthplace.
A MONSTER cannon made in an American
foundry for the Turkish government, has ar
rived at Tophane, the arsenal of Constantine
Ie.
A CABLE dispatch announces the death of
Henry Boggs native of Halifax. He was
prominent merchant of London, and formerly
of tie firm of Cunard & Co. Ho was also a
director of the Bank OF British North America
Ii s reported that the Mordaunt divorce
case will soon be re-opened, with the Prince
OF Wales as correspondent, Another divorce
case has been filed, on the trial of which the
Duke of Edinburgh viii appear as correspon
dent
MArAmoRsR dispatches announce the COM
plete Investment of Mier by Cartina Four OF
hVe hundred revolutionists under Gen. Qui-
hoga have been driven into the plaza, where
they are vigorously defending themselves
oartina 9 troops, being better armed, are in