Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19

banks. About 16 inches OF water now eeoYer-
ing the tracks Of the Pennsyiyania Raifroai il
the vicinity Of the tunnel just west of Colum-
bia, Pa.
The Terra Gotta Works, of John Newcomb
corner Twenty third and Vine streets, Phila-
delphia, were burned Sunday morning. Loss
$4,000 to 100000; fully insured.
WITH the exception ofthe Secretary of the
Treasury, there is no probability of an imme-
diate change in the Cabinet, and this vii de-
pend on the eec ton of Mr.. Boutwell, to the
Senate. ~
MoRI, the japanese Minister, will in few
weeks return home from our country on
leave Of absence. He offere his resignation
but the Government declined to appoint
successor.
THE President has signed the acts making
appropriations for the expenses of the investi
cations in regard to elections in Kansas
Louisiana and Arkansas, and to remove the
disabilities of William A. Graham, of North
Carolina, and A. B. Hardcastle, of Missis-
sippi.
FEARS are felt for the safety of the Austria
Ian steamship Nevada, ten days overdue at
San Francisco.
IF Secretary Boutwell, is elec ted to the U. S.
Senate, Judge Richardson, it is thought, will
become lis successor IL. the Treasury Depart
ment.
II is thought that the Peruvian Minister
viii protest against the Chickamauga leaving
New York as an armed war vessel.
FIVE THOUSAND dollars were subscribed to.
ward securing Cuban independence at meet
ing in New York on Saturday evening.
PRoF. TYNDALL Cyrus W. Field and Minister
Orr sailed for Europe on Saturday.
THE funeral services of Mrs. Horace White,
wife of the editor of the Chicago Tribune, who
died in Germany, took place from the Ply
mouth Congreg gational Church Saturday after
noon.
ONE house of the Georgia Legislature has
passed bill appropriating 1915, 900, with in
terest, to pay Russell Sage for money loaned
the state.
JoHN FLANDERS, farmer near Brocton, n
Y, was brutally murdered on Sunday morning
by a German tramp named Deitzel, who called
at the house and asked for breakfast.
CHAs. H. BABoocK has been arrested at New
Haven fol- distributing obscene matter through
ttsr-
A WASHINGTON dispatch states that it is gen.
orally understood that Chas W. Ford, present
internal United States collector for the St
Louis district. and an old personal friend Of
General Grant, will succeed Delano as. Secre-
tary OF the Interior.
Z. G.. BUsHA, respectable farmer living
near Prairie City, ILL.,, suicided last week.
JOSEPH PENTLAYD, the veteran stage clown
died in New York on Friday
NEWPORT, R. I. special says the Italian
bark ! arie, with merchandise for New York.
sprung a leak and sunk, Wednesday night,
near that place. The captain and four men
being asleep in the cabin at the time, went
down. Two others are reported saved.
Ex-Goy. GEARY died very suddenly at Har-
risburg, Pa, on Saturday.
REV. FREDERICK MARSH, for more than half
a century pastor of the Congreg ga tionaI
church, at Winchester Center, Conn.,, died on
Friday, aged 80.
The American Club OF Liverpool entertained
Luclus Fairchild, the new United States Con-
sui IN that city, at banquet on Friday
IN New York, on Friday, Charles Hay shot
and killed his wife. William Barker, aged IS,
shot and killed John Schaefer, aged 10 yeors,
as he claims accidentally.
SENATOR Wilson viii, on the 18th or 25t b
notify the proper authorities Of Massachusetts,
OF his intended resignation, v hich will not take
place until the expiration Of the present Con-
gress.
A FIRE at Brookfeld, Mo-, on Sunday, de
stroyed $50, 000 worth of property.
TIE suit of Gordon Gordon against ia
Gould for the recovery Of $500, 900, has been
dismissed, the plaintiff not appearing.
The thieves who robbed Isaac Mills, trav-
cling agert OF a New York jewelry house, of
goods valued at $4,000 havesbeen captured,
and $4,000 ofthe stolen property recovered.
AT Monmouth, H., on Tuesday, A. B. Swan
son, the wife poisoner, who was sentenced to
the penitentiary for fifteen years, committed
suicide by cutting his throat with razor.
How Swanson obtained the razor is not
known, but it was supposed it was handed
him by some person from the outside of the
jail.
DIR. PETERS, of Ciintsn. n. Y, has discover
ed a new planet Of the tenth magnitude in de-
clination north niue degrees and sixteen min
utes, right ascension fifteen degrees and
thirty-eight minutes.
The execution OF John Gaffney, at Buffalo,
has been postponed, in order to enable medical
experts to decide regarding his mental condi-
ton.
ALLEN HERMAN LINCOLN, aged IT, a student
in the freshman class of Brown University,
was killed at Newton Centre, Wednesday eve
ming, by sled striking him. Albert Lincoln.
Of Nashville, Tenn, cousin to young Lincoln,
was badly injured at the same time.
McNULTY, the wife murderer, was hung at
Peoria, ILL.,, on Friday.
SPANISH trade with France is interrupted by
the Carlist uprising.
The forces of Gen. Lozadr, the rebel leader
and communist, having been defeated in bat
tie before Guadalajara and Mazatlan, are fee
ing from the presence of the exican govern
ment troops toward Tepic. Peace prevails in
the remainder of the Republic
PRESIDENT GRANT visited Wilmington, Del,
on Thursday, and met with hearty welcome.
JUDGE ANDERSON, OF the Third Alabama
District, viii be impeached.
Two FIRES occurred in Chicpgo on Wednes-
day. The first destroyed the picture frame and
moulding factory Of Caldwell, Latka & Hess,
No. 619 Washington street. Loss s., 900. The
second damaged the stocks of S. B. Davis &
Co, hats and caps, and Mrs. S. II. Gardiner,
Millinery, No 34S Lake street, to the extent
Of $4,000.
IT is understood that the case of Judge Del
shay, Of Kansas, will be taken up in the
House Judiciary Committee at an early day,
and that, unless arrested by resignation. a
resolution of Impeachment will doubtless be
reported and passed. Should this be the
case, it is not certain whether the Senate viii
try it at this or at the next session.
The jury in the case OF the Baltimore Bor-
gis, Mrs. Wharton, on trial for the murdsr Of
Van Ness, vsss unable 70 agrss,