Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-03-27
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! state of religious insanity.
A ftABFUI storm passed over Helena, Ark,
on Thursday. Hail stones of great size fel
breaking windows and Riding the roofs.
THE lumber yards Of II. R. Deacons, Hunic
ker & Co., and Patterson & Co., in Philadel-
phia, we're damaged by fire on Tuesday night
. to the amount Of $50, ,000- insurance So, 600.
SEVERAL prominent Massachusetts volun-
teers, officers in the late war, have formed an
rganizationfor the purpose of raising funds
We for monument over tie grave of the late
Governor Andrew.
JUDaE CARDozo has made an order in the
suit of Helen Josephine Mansfield VS., James
Fisk, Jr., substituting Mrs. Lucy d. Fisk as
defendant IN his place.
JOHN HENBEI white man. has been ar
rested on charge of poisoning four children
Of colored woman nImed Lbner, in East
Troy. Two died, and The others are diving
HenbeI is believed to be crazy
PART of the LaGrange County, Indiana.
lnfirnary, at LaGrange, was burned on Tues
day. One Of the inmates, who it was neces-
sary to keep in close confinement, was burned
to crisp. He was middle aged man named
Abraham Magundy
GEN. r. ". HEALY, United States Marsha
at Montgomery, Ala, has applied to Attorney
General Williams for troops to aid him IN ar
resting parties indicted at the late term of the
tinted states District Court, held at Montgom-
err Tor the trial ofefzu -k1ux outrages His Ie-
}est NIl be complied with.
HIGHwAYNAN stopped Stage between
Milton and st. Andrews, California. and de
manded the treasure box which was given to
him, when the stage drove on Discovering
that the box was empty, the robber beeame
enraged ana fired several shots at the stage
without effect.
Hsur T7r. trTy-e TJI;,,.=- - -
. . $1,000 to 80 500 that he can kill 500 Ligeons in
six hours AMI forty-five minutes, using muz
zle-loading gun, to load his own gun, use no
cartridge, no tape or oil caps. He will also
bet 500 to S, 600 that he can kill 100 consecu-
tive birds.
FRANCIS G. WARREN was elected Mayor of
Bddefofd, Me-, on Tuesday without opposi
ton The Democrats elected the entire CITY
government, except two councilnen.
The widow of Prof Cherneriers has com
menced one of series of suits against the
owners Of the Westfeld. She lost her husband
and four children, and sustained personal in.
jury.
CARL YoGEL was arrested in Philadelphia
charged with numbering Cheratier Dubois de
Baines, in Brussels. last October. setting fire
to his house ana stealing sundries valued at
t10,0OO. portion of the stolen property was
found on YogeI
GEN b. Q. HOWARD, one of the most es-
teemed and influential citizens of MARYLAND
died on Wednesday. He commanded the Mer-
cantlle volunteers at the battle of North Point
In 1914, and was member of Congress for
several sessions, and chairman of the Commit
teeon Foreign Relations.
The reversal by the Court of Claims Of the
ruling of ex-Commissioner Delano concern
ing percentage paid on the sale of proprietory
stamps by parties having private dies under
1ile internal revenue law, viii render necessa-
" the refundlng by the Government to parties
VINO Ialied to get the proper commission on
their purchases of about $4,000.
II Baltimore, on Monday the Jury in the
case of Townsend Scott g. Son against the
Parkersbufg Branch Railroad COMPANY. in
diving the liability of the company for q
lfaudulent OF oyer-issue of stock by Crawford
late Secretary of the Company. rendered a
verdict for $15,5O0 for the plaintiff
The steamer San Francisco from Bermuda,
reports that the ship Denmark, originally and
better known as the Great Republic, was absn
doned at sea in latitude 80 north. longitude
69:40 west, with fifteen feet of water in her
nod. The captain and crew arrived safely AT
Bermuda ln the ships boats
Early Friday raornirs three negroes broke
into the house of an old man of SO wears
named James Mcneil, near Shelby CITY. Bowie
CO. Ky, and brutaIly murdered him. splitting
his head open with an Ak and stabbing him in
several places. The object of the mdrderers
was piunder, but in this they have failed. Two
OF them are under arrest.
SETH WILBUR PAINE, proprietor of the Utica
Daily Bee, was on Saturday convicted, in that
city, Of libel upon Judge Chas H. DooIittle.
IA charging him with taking or agreeing to |
take money from Milton H Thompson for
refusal to put over the trial of Mrs. McCartv |
under Indictment for murder, and sentenced
20 TOUR months IN the Albany penitentiary
WHEELING has a box mystery A box mark
ed books, shipped from Cincinnati. Ohio, to
Thornton, West Virginia, was found to con
tain the body of a human being The head /
legs, arms, hands, &C., were completely sew |
cred from the body. The head is shaved but
it's believed to be the body of female The
discovery was made by a portion of the lid
haYlnS been broken IN transferring whf n a
portion OF the mutilated body dropped out.
HE celebrated divorce case of DR.. Koecker
ana W1fe came to a romantic conclusion ia |
Phiiadelphia, on Monday by the parties com
promising their difficulties and reunting. The
counsel for the lady acknowledged that TIE
witnesses who testified to the nsin cbaroe
against the husband of his client being at the
NeWyille (Pa-) Hotel with young lady were
mistaken. Mrs. Koecker became deranoed on
becoming convinced that her charge was nm
founded, and she now remains IN critical
condition.
HORRIBLE murder was committed six
miles northeast of Dayton, Ohio on Friday
night woman named Mary Marquard.
thlrty-five years of age and three children.
a6e1 respectively SIX and eight wears and six
months, were. 1t Is supposed, killed bv the
nusoand, Leonard Marquard who is now in
Jai. Inc Wlfe was found in bed naked. ap-
parenty strangled. The children were found
some distance from the house. on fhe banl- oS
creek, the two oldest apparently drowned
and afterwards removed from the water T'ba
infants head was crushed
The case of Chas. H. BurkIin. of st. l,ouis
who shot himself after shooting his wife pre-
sents some strange features. His wound has |
been probed TO the depth of about seven inch !
es, and 1t is believed the ball reached the
back part or the skull. He is not only sensi-
ole, but says he feels well He was taken to
the city hospital this afternoon and when the
oulceIs went to the house to remove him. he
rose from the bed, dressed himself and walked
to the ambulance, exhibiting no signs of
physical weakness or unusual mental excite
ment.
Abroad.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has granted pardons to
the French prisoners ssill held by the Germans
for civil and military offenses
HE Berne newspapers say that Giuseppe
Mazzini IS at Terano, in Tyrol, making pre-
paratlons for revolutionary invasion of Italy
DISPATCH from Melbourne reports that the
British sloop-of-war Rasaue Commander
Palmer, shelled and destroyed village in
habited by the murderers of Bishop Patterson
THE operators in the silk factories of Leet
Ia Staffordshlre, to the number of 3,8OO have
beenlccked out for refusing to accept the
terms offered them by the masters. This
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