Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-08
Horrors of the Plains.


! Southwestern Kansas, we learn that
the weather has been severe beyond er-
durance, and the suffering among the
hunters beggars description.
A farmer who arrived in Wichita on
Saturday reports having overtaken a
team loaded with buffalo skins, and on
J the wagon. stiff with cold, sat the driv-
er, permitting the team to wander at
will over the prairies, and unable to
help himself. He told the farmer he
was frozen and compelled to remain in
the position he was, and at the same
time beckoned with his head to the
wagon box, thus calling attention to
the contents OF the bed. Upon look
ing ovel the side of the box terrible
sight was before him There, lying
side by side, were two hunters frozen
stiff in death, and as the wagon jolted
over the rough plain they knocked to-
gether like two great icles
The gentleman who brought the
news to Wichita had his hands frozen
SO badly as TO make amputation neces-
sary shortly after his arrival. he was
unable to give the names of any of
the unfortunate parry.
We also learn from the Wichita Bea-
con that party of four went into camp
on Moot's creek, twenty five miles from
timber, who have undoubtedly perish
ed.
At house twelve miles west Of
Wichita, fifteen men arrived during
the night of the 23d ult., all frozen.
Some of them will loose their feet, 9th
ers their hands and fingers
The road between Wichita and the
buffalo range is strewn wi b buffalo
hides and meat, abandoned by their
owners to save themselves and teams.
-LeaveaUorh Commercial
THE SECRETARY OF STATE.-NEw
YORK, January "a special to the
Herald from Washington says, that
"the purpose of Secretary Fish to leave
the Cabinet on the 4th of March is un-
alterable, and that not long ago the
President, seeing this, had a CONVEX
sation with William NJ Evarts. when
that gentleman Was in Washington. or
the subject Of the Secretaryship. AZ
ter expressing his appreciation of Mr.
Evarts' services in the Geneva COME.
ence, the President remarked that he
knew of no one better fitted to succeed
Secretary Fish. Mr.. Evarts did not
decline, Since then the President has
coufdentially informed him that he
could be appointed Secretary of State
on March 4, and Mr. Evarts is now
making preparations to fill his new dig
nifty so as to leave no repining after
Mr.. Fish's hospitality"
MILAUKEE AND ST. PAUL.-The
line between Winona and LaCrescent,
MINI, about 80 miles long, completing
a connection between this company
line from Chicago and Milwaukee to
La Crosse and that from Winona to
St. Paul, was completed by the laying
of the last rail at La Crescent on the
18th of December. This gives the
company a line from Milwaukee to St.
Paul only 328 miles long, which will
probably be reduced by three or four
miles by crossing trains on a bridge
above La Crosse. The old route by
way Of Prairie du CHEN is 406 miles
long. The new route will be about
Ala miles long from Chicago to st.
Pau. - Sentinel
A HUNDRED AND FIVE. Mrs.
Calharine Cahill, of 95 Greenwich
street, aged los, died on Thursday and
was buried in Calvary cemetery. Her
long life was one full of vicissitudes
and memorable events. She was born
in 1857, in Castelar,, county Mayo,
Connaught, Ireland Living there
until she was married, she removed to
Liverpool with her husband She be-
came the mother of eight sons and two
daughters, all of whom but one son
died while she resided in Liverpool
Her husband dying, she continued to
dwell in that city until she was IS
years old, when, with her only living
son, she emigrated to America, landing
in New York in 1852. She is said to
have been at that time remarkably hale
and we'll preserved, lively in DISPOSE
ton, and hopeful of the future. N 2.
| Herald.
STOKES Own SToRY.--In the Stokes
case, the trial of which is now in pro-
gress, on Friday, the prisoner told his
story of the shooting. He admitte d
he shot Fisk, but did not intend to kill
him, and said that the shooting, more
over, was in self defense, Fisk having
drawn his pistol to shoot him H e
had been, he said, in constant fear of
personal violence from the emissarIes
of Fisk Stokes contradicted the evil
dence Of Parker, given Wednesday,
and stated that he had never called
Fisk black-mailer, nor threatened to
shoot him.
Russia AND KHIvA.-WAsHING-
TON. Jan. Sit is stated that advices
are received at the Russian Legation
that an understanding has been arrived
at between England and Russia with
regard to the war against Khivs.
Prince Gortschakof has given assur
ance to the British Minister at st. Pc
tersburg that Russia has no hostile de-
signs on Afghanistan that the Russian
expedition commanded by Gen Kauf-
mann was sent to punish the Khah of
K hiua who still refnsad To snrrandnr