Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-03-06
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charging the Rev L. Y. Huston. distin-
guished minister Of tliat civ. with the seduc-
ton OF several young ladies' connected with
Gne sunday school of his church, St. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal.
PRESIDENT GRANT sent the following nomi-
nations to the Senate on Monday: Assistant
Assessor. II. Warren Sixth District of
iowa Appraiser "A. A. Anthony, Second
Iowa District. Surveyor of Distii1eries-W
q. Strake, First Iowa District.
a DETAcHauNT of q. S. troops from Fort
Aoercrombie on Saturday proceeded to Fargo.
Dacotah Territory, and arrested twenty liquor
dealers. The charge against them is.sellino
it4uor on the Indian Reservation that extends
rom IRON Elm river, on the north to Traverse
Lake on the south.
a DUEL was fought at Bay st. Louis Miss,
on thursday afternoon, between Gen. A. s.
DAGGER, Chief Of Police of New Orleans, and
hon. Geo. w. Carter formerly Speaker of the
house OF the Louisiana Legislature They
eAchanged shots with rifles at sixty PAGES,
without effect. The differences were then
amicably settled
CQL'. F0RNEY arrived in Washington on Sun
day and dined with the President in the even
ing. Republicans who have called on him
state that he is going to sustain Grant and
that he Will be allowed to name his successor
as Collector Of Philadelphia. Senator Cam
eron,s s friends are very much displeased at the
new turn affairs have taken
A YOUNG man named Good. while ENGAGED
IN adjusting the belt on a 1y-wheeI of saw
mill at Welton Station, ten miles east of Terre
Haute, on the Indianapolis and st. Louis Rail-
rosfs, thursday morning, was caught by the
arm and reVoIVed about the wheel at a rapid
rate until he was literally torn to pieces, suf-
fering instant death.
OFFICERS of the Northern Pacific Railroad
give the following as the condition of the
work: Three hundred miles finished. reach
ing to the Mississippi river, thence to Red
river, grading down thence nine hundred
miles under contract, reaching into the valley
Of the Yellowstone. The mortgages author
1zed by Congress of lands and the road to Sc
cure bonds, have been executed.
A BARN belonging to William Freeman, liv-
ing about two miles from Darlington Station
ILL.,, was burned on Saturday evening, together
with nineteen head of cattle, six horses, and
large stock of farming utensils. The fire was
caused by the explosion of a . on-explosiye Z"
lantern. The estimated loss is S., 900; insured
in a home company.
A WILMINGTON On. C.) special says the
Lowry gang raided upon the town of Lumber
on, and carried off the safe from the store of
of A. H. Mcleod, with 522, 900, deposited BY
various parties for safe keeping there being
no bank IN the town. Valuable papers were
taken from the sheriff's safe. A posse of
police attempted the. capture of the thieves.
but was too weak
A GRAND poultry exhibition will be held in
st. Louis, at the Mercantile Library Hall, next
Thursday. Besides some hundred GOODS from
that city and state, there will be on exhibition
ten coops from New York, twelve coops from
Connecticut, fifteen from Delaware, forty
from OHIO, fOrty-fve from Pennsylvania fifty
from Illinois and twenty from Iowa. The
Southern States viii also be well represented.
The Halifax Chronicle, in reply to an edi-
torial in the Toronto Globe, ridiculing the
story of the secret treaty, asserts it's authen-
tlclty, and says it is credibly informed that
1t was signed after the conclusion of the Wash
Ington negotiations by Lord DeGray, for the
British government, and Sir John Mcdonald
as Premier of Canada, on the part of the
Governor General.
VIM. Ii. HoLCoAIB was shot and instantly
killed at Columbia, Tenn, by his nephew,
Henry Holcomb, on Thursday evening. Frank
Ayedelett, policeman, subsequently shot and
killed Edward Kuhn, whom he attempted TO
arrest, and who was shooting at crowd near
ms door. Kuhn was q partner of William
Holcomb, whose body had been placed in his
saloon. Both of the men-slayers are regarded
as justifable.
FRANK HEssLER, convicted of arson at
tempted to commit suicide in the Jail at Osh-
kosh Sunday night, in his cell, by severing the
veins of his arms with jack knife The Jail
or discovered him IN time to safe his life al
though he lost about two quarts of blood. He
hn will or 10 NLo+o TD,:,1 7
viii find way to kill himself yet. Two other
lnformatlons have yet to be tried against him
or arson and robbery.
A P RTY of young men and bows who we're
coasting in Binghampton on Saturday evening
last, upon a two-horse - bob sled," came in
collision with team and sleigh, while going
at fearful speed, near the foot of the hill.
Charles B. Williams, age 10, was Instantly
Killed; John Wessler, aged 13, was fatally
injured and four others received serious cuts
and bruises, One Of the horses was killed,
and both sleighs were completely wrecked.
IT appears that the clerk in the Boston Post
Office detected in stealing money and other
valuables from letters, has saved nearly every
thing, and has 821, GOO on hand, and a large
quantity of rings, the result of three years
operations. He has delivered the whole col
lection to the authorities, and the officers are
now arranging plan to try and find the right
fuI owners, SO far as can be done. and restore
the property on proper proof.
New YORK has a gold sensation An auri
ferrous vein has been found in Broome county
The discovery was made by company pros
pecting for coal. First sinking well to the
depth of sixty feet, they struck rich vein of
lead. Then, to ascertain it's width, thev sunk
another well few rods distant. On the 1st
OF January they began sinking a shaft, and
after working some days the workmen struck
rock, and then suddenly dug up bright Jumps
OF gold. The vein is said to be of pure gold,
d fourth of an inch thick.
MOB of several hundred crispins-some
accounts estimate the number at 5,OOO-at-
tackled six shoemakers employed by firm on
Warren street. New York. who, of 80 men,
refused to obey the orders of the leaders to
strike, and a serious riot was prevented bv
the determined attitude of a squad of police
detailed for their protection, the attack having
been expected. The non strikers have armed
themselves, and further trouble is appre-
hended.
The annual meeting of the American Tract
Society was held in Washington Sunday even
ing The statement of the society shows that
the benevolent receipts were $3.50. .311 ::
expenditures 5113,068 The expense for ad-
ministration and collection is met from other
sources. About 157 ,000, 900 tracts and 8.OO0,-
OO0 periodicals were issued during the year
chiefly in the south and west 287 missionary
c9lporteurs were employed, making 287, 900
Christian family visits.
Abroad.
PRINCE FREDERICK CHARLES has gone on a
visit to Egypt.
The French police have information which
leads them to believe that 10000 rifles and
thirty cannon, with large stores of ammuni-
ton. are concealed in Paris. An active search
is being made in all parts of the city.
The revolt Of the native troops in the Phil
pine Islands has been suppressed. The
s-r~7i7ing mutineers were tried by court
martial and eleven suffered death. The lead
er of the revolt has been executed.
ACCOUNTS of fearful weather on the Mexican
coast are received. The English bark Paml1-
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