Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-08-07
GENERAL NEWS.

Daniel O'Connel, died In London on
Monday, July 29th.
Rev. Charles E. Cheney, D. D.,
rector of Christ Episcopal Church of
Chicago, starte d for Europe, Wednes-
day.
Napoleon's son Louis is to become
student at the Military Academy at
Woolwich, England. He is admitted
on the Queens order, without examina-
ton.
Mr.. Seward is making rapid progress
in his narrative of his journey round
the world. He has got through Asia
and Africa, and is now writing the &C
count Of his visit to Switzerland. The
latter part of the work will contain his
general reflections on the countries be
has seen, and summing up of his COM
parlson OF different races and nations,
which, from a man of his ability and
experience, can hardly fail to be
highly instructive and interesting.
The CoMNa ScouReE-NEw YORK
Aug. 2.-The British Medical Journal
says: "The cholera is surely and even
rapidly travelling from the east of Eu-
rope to the west. 1t has already almost
reached the Russian frontier. and Berlin
is growing alarmed. This is not with
out reason, for, owing to the negligence
of the municipal authorities, some of
the broad, navigable water courses of
the city We're, few years ago converted
into open sewers. he unhealthy con-
dition of Berlin is proved by the death
rate having increased one and half
per cent. during the last four years,
and visitation of cholera will be very
severely felt in city where drainage
is so criminally neglected. A CORES
pendent writing from Cork compares
the sanitary system of that city to Der.
lin, and complains that the beautiful
river should be turned into a noisome
and pestilential DRAIN
Official notice has been received in
this country of the outbreak of cholera
in st. Petersburg on July II. There
had been since the appearance of the
disease, on June %, five hundred ard
sixty.fve cases, with ffty-four recover
les, and two hundred and forty deaths.
The number of cases is sufficient to de-
mand from the authorities in this coun-
try immediate steps in supervising YES
sells arriving from the Baltic, and other
wise carrying out similar efficient meas
ures which last year prevented the Gu
trance OF the disease into this country
Diarrhea has alrerdy began to swell the
mortality in the metropolis and in other
towns, and we may expect continued
increase during August and Septem.
Der.
The ALABAMA CAsE-GENEvA.
August There is good authority
for stating that the Board of Arbitra.
ton had the case of the privateer LA.
bama up on Tuesday. The special ques.
ton necessitating the adjournment Of
the court related to that case. 1t is,
however, utterly impossible to obtain
any information as to the nature there
of.
Fl. Parker, member Of the Maryland
Republican State Central Committee
is out in card denying that he has de
clared IN favor of the election of Gree.
ley, as stated in the Tribune and other
Greeley papers. He says 81 am in
favor of the election of Grant and vii
son, and will do all in my power dur
ing the coming campaign to effect thai
object"
A Chinaman in Weatherviller, Cal.
whose life was insured for large
amount, was seriously hurt by falling
from a wagon. There was some doub
of his ever getting better, and at length
one of his friends wrote to the insurance
company, Charley half dead, like
half money"
| PRESIDENT GRANTS MOVEMENTS
-UTICA, N. Y, August 2 -Presiden
Grant left Utica to-day by special trair
MA the Black River Railroad. HI
was escorted to the depot, amid great
| enthusiasm, by the veterans and Fire
Zonaves. The President arrived il
Watertown at halfpast 2. An immense
roncourse of people, estimated at l2.OU0
J were gathered there to see hira. He
was welcomed by the Mayor and Com
mon Council to whom he said 81
gives me sincere pleasure to visit thi;
county of Jefferson. Many years ago
when young man, I was stationed
here, and then localities. and persons
were familiar to me. Coming back
after long absence, [ am glad of ths
privilege to look for faces | knew, aDe
to see again places associated with
Many Observation-Disclosures. beg you
Mr.. Mayor and gentlemen, to accep
for yourselves and ifellow-citlzens my
grateful acknowledgment for your cor
dial assurances of welcome" The
J President was called out upon the bal.
ceny of the Woodruff House. and II
response to the cheers of the crowc
made another brief speech The Pres
ldent proceeded from Watertown tc
Sackett's Harbor. and.thence to Pullman
island, where he meets General Phil
Sheridan. He will return to Washing
ton next Friday.
| CONFLAGRATEON. The lowo Grair
Elevator. located at the junction of the
main river and the North Branch, in
Chicago, containing about 1870 OOC
bushels Of corn and 10000 bushels o
oats was burned to the ground at about
half past o'clock last Monday. The
loss is estimated at S125'0G0 principal
ly covered by insurance. Hugh Maher
was the lessee. and is a heavy loser