Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-08-07
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MAN whose name is supposed to be Thom-
as Reed, and whose residence is thought to be
in Homer, n. Y, committed suicide by hang
ing himself to a tree on the bank of Genesee
river.
Hon. WILLIAM M. CoNvERsE who for twelve
years was a member from Connecticut of the
National Democratic Committee and four
years member of the National Executive
Committee, died in Franklin, Conn. on Friday.
DETROIT dispatch says Alfred Miller. 1.
merchantfrom Cincinnati, fell from the-steamer
Dresden into the river Saturday afternoon, and
received such injuries to his spine that ne cam
not recover.
6EoBGE BECKER was murdered by John C
Carlisle, at Marshall, Mo- recently. The
murdered man was stabbed six times in the
abdomen and the throat cut in several places.
III IlcuIllstances all point to the guilt of Car
hsle, who Is II custody.
NEW and dangerous counterfeit of $40 na-
tlonal bank notes has been discovered in cir
culatlon at the watering places near New York
lt is supposed they were put in circulation by
q gang OF operators, partly from that CITY and
partly from the west
Two young men were buried alive by the
caving of well four miles from Milton, Mus
catine county, Iowa, on Friday last Their
names were Clark and Chamberlain. and the
casualty occurred on farm owned by the
formers father.
AroRN.Do passed over the northern limits
of Chicago aturClay. 5eyenUy-eight trees
the smallest Of them seventeen inches in di-
ameter-were either torn up or broken down
by the force OF the blast; barn near HoI-
stem, ON Armitage road, was blown down, aud
eYeral dwellings, more or less injured.
AGENT ADAMS, of Dosponis Indian Agency.
Col, reports to the Indian Bureau under date
OF July 2d, the rumore that the Indians are
preparing for hostlities, are without anv
foundation whatever. The Utes are perfectly
quiet, and the number at the Agency has been
steadily increasing at the rate of ten lodges a
day.
In Taunton, Mass, on Friday afternoon,
james W. Lacy, mulatto, aged twenty-iyo
years, forcibly entered the house of Mrs. Hsr-
rIet L., widow Of Hon. James L. Hodges, OK
member OF Congress, and committed brutal
assault upon her. Mrs. Hodges is upward of
Io years OF age and resides alone.
The express train going east on the Penn
sylYania railway, Monday, ran over an OK near
Charlotte, Mich. Engineer D. B Mead, in at
tempting to jump of, caught his head between
the brake circle and the cab mashing it and
killing him instantly.
The strikers at Williamsport. Pa. are he
coming troublesome. On Monday thev as
sembled, and despite the efforts of the nolico
moved through the various mills and mill
YARDS. driving out the men at work and clos
ing the establishments. Military has been
called QUIT preserve order.
SEYENrY-FoUR prominent citizens Of Corist
cana' Iexas, were, on Tuesday, arrested for
alleged violation of the internal revenue ts.
and required to give bonds for appearance in
Tyler or Austin the first Monday in Noyem-
per. Warrants are out for $500 citizens of
TINS district, who will thus be taken a four
days journey from theiT homes.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Nebraska
City Sunday night, destroying Mortons block.
with the Postoffice, Midland Pacific Railroad
and Great Western Telegraph office Hsrding,s |
book store, and the photograph gallery of a. |
NJ Smith and several other offices. The fire |
was caused by lightning. The freight honse
OF the Chicago, Burlington and st. Joe Rail |
Toad, at Hamburg, struck at the same
time. ~
IHE New York police are agitated over an
attempt to assassinate musc-teacher named
Muller, Wednesday night, after he had been
lnYa8led from home by decoy letter signed
Fisher, the supposed assailant who is mis-
sing: Muller was shot at, and assaulted in |
,i me laGe w, with pistol after the bullet had
missed the mark. He was not seriously in |
lured. 1t IS believed the cause was revenge |
Iof real or fanclsd wrong on a lady.
HE COMMISSION for the survey of the nortTl- |
west boundary will go direct to St. Paul and
thence to Pembina, where the first point of
the boundary is to be fixed. The
line to be established is about one
thousand miles long, and will require the
erection OF field astronomical apparatus at
about forty stations The work of osob
@ station VIII require, on an average, about two |
weeks, and the whole with the necessary de- |
Iays on account OF winter, is expected to con- |
sumo fully two years.
a TERRIBLE hail storm prevailed in Sioux |
County, Iowa, last Saturday. Crops through |
out an extent of country six or eight miles
square were utterly destroyed; foliage was
stripped from the trees, and windows were
shattered. Two farmers at Sioux RaDids |
lessrs. Lee and Struble lost about one hun
dred and thirty acres of grain each and MANY
others suffered proportionately. On the fol-
lowing morning the hail was found in places
two feet deep.
IHE damage in Brooklyn, by the storm of
fflday, proved very heavy in consequence of
aeIectye and inadequate sewerage. The lower
stores OF houses on Concord street Park and |
rushing avenues, were flooded, and many |
families obliged to leave tenements. 4 large
portion OF the embankment on Fourth avenue
ana on several streets IN the Gowanus district
OF Brooklyn, were washed away entailinp a
oss OF over S100, 900,
The Postofice Department, in answer to |
many inquiries relating to the new postal |
card system, states that business printed |
card VIII be charged one cent for transmission
PfoVldedl5 has an address only written on it, |
For more than this the regular postage will be |
charged. person cannot make postal cards |
OF himself by attaching one cent stamn on a |
blank card and then writing on it, No card |
will be recognized but that one issued bv the |
Dtpartment. The card will be ready for sale |
and distribution by postmasters some time in
September.
AMONG the improve ments contemplated bv |
the new directors of the Erie Railroad Com |
pany is change from the broad gauge of six |
Ieet 10 the narrow gauge of four feet nine |
inches. The alterations will be made e1adu- |
ally, and the third rail viii be placed between |
the old rails, and new rolling stock will be |
supplied as fast the old stock wears out, |
Meanwh1ie the broad gauge Will be used but
all new locomotives and cars will be of the
qhfH pattern Both gauges will be used for
four or Hve years.-Th Tha-Atla1tie- Great |
Western Railway Company is now laying a |
narrow gauge track, and this renders the
chanSe OF the Erie gauge imperative.
The present board of managers of the Erie
Railroad are about to bring snit against |
Daniel Drew, for the 100000 shares of stock
which it IS said he Illegally issued in 1865, |
while treasurer OF the corporation The |
papers IN the suit are being prepared, and the |
matter viii be pushed to an issue as quickly |
as possible. This issue is the one Drew made |
to cover his shorts when Vanderbilt was trv-
ing 10 Obtain possession of the Erie Railway. |
and occasioned the flight of Fisk and Gould |
and Drew to New Jersey. Drew claims to be
innocent of any illegal practices, and alleges |
that he paid the entire proceeds into the treas
ury of the company.
Abroad.
The weather in England is wet, but favora-
bic to crops. The hop crop gives prospect of
large yield.
The price of coal is advancing in England,
and ocean steamers have raised their fares