Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-04-02

The United States and British Claims Com
mission expires September 26.
CUBANs are making Preparations for grand
demonstration at Washington
APACHE Indians captured George TAYLOR
near Wickenburg. Arizona and burned him al
the stake.
The Metropolitan Gas Company of New
York wants nearly million dollars now due
"a nom the city, and in case it is not fortheom
ing win cut off the gas from the Streets an6
police quarters.
No DEVELOPMENTS have yet been made as tc
the mysterious death of Charles Goodrich, O
Brooklyn. 1t is now hinted that woman may
have had something to do with it.
Ellis WARD, of Sing Sing, renews the chal
9 ienge to John Bislin, of New York. to row a
Springfield, Mass, in July next, five mile
race, for 500 side.
SENATOR MURPHY, a director of the Eas
River Bridge Company, saws twelve millions
dollars will be required TO complete the entire
work-nine millions for the bridge proper and
the remainder for land and damages in con
structing the approaches.
GEN. SHERMAN, who will act as Secretary Of
War during Secretary Belknap's absence IL
Texas, believes that the Modoc troubles viii
be adjusted without further bloodsbed. He
discredits all the sensational reports concern
ing fl1bustcrng movements on the Ric
Grande, directed toward Mexico
The Treasury Department has commenced
preparing for the payment of the bounties
under tho recent law equalizing and extend
ing them.
SAN Francisco has population Of 1875, ,323
Two schooners have arrived in New York
from Rio Janeiro with yellow fever on board.
COMMODORE VANDERBILT has given $780,
600 for female seminary on the grounds OF
the Moravian church at New Dorf, Staten Is
r land. szHa
e~ i The pigeon shooting match, Saturday at
the old Union Course. Long Island, between
Ira A. Paine, of New York, and Edward W
Tinker, of Providence, fifty birds each for
$500 side, resulted in favor of Paine, who
killed AZ birds to 80 by Tinker.
TWELVE thousand dollars worth OF millinery
goods were seized by New York custom off,
GERS on board the steamship Cuba, on suspi-
cion that attempt was making to smuggle
them into the country. -
e SENATOR KELLoGe, Of Oregon, refuses his
back pay, preferring to retain his mileage,
which is $500 in excess of his back pay.
SEVERAL dams across the Illinois river were
carried away by the recent freshet.
The bagnio of Lizzie Moore, in Chicago,
was entered early Friday morning by three
s masked men, who carried off ieYelry valued at
$4,000. #s #-1E-e&
The Secretary of War has selected Rock
Island, ILL.,, as the site for the National Mill
tary Prison, and has appointed commission
OF three officers and three civilians to examine
the site and prepare plans When completed,
the prison will be in charge of commandant
CHARLES N. DIcKERsoN. County Treasurer
of Ottawa County, Mich, has been discovered
- to be defaulter. to the amount OF Sc, 900. He
s. sunk IS ,00e In the Grand Haven Herald, and
$1,000 is accounted for political expenses.
ROBERT MCFADDEN, Collector of the town of
MartiRsburg, Pike County. ILL.,, absconded two
or three nights since, taking with him about
$4,000 of money which he had collected be-
longing to the town.
ADvICEs from Arizona state that Lieutenant
Rice and company Of the Second infantry
had fight with Apaches and killed six and
captured four squaws.
r. S. HAzEN, the supposed murderer Of
Mrs Alger, old lady of 20, in Clinton
county, Iowa, nearly year ago, was arrested
at Meridian, Neb., few days ago, and brought
back to the scene of the murder for trial
TELEGRAM from Nashville states that
guard at the Ash barracks who had Just been
on duty, was cleaning his gun for inspection,
on Saturday, when it was accidentally dis
charged, the ball passing through him and
killing two other soldiers.
HE body Of J. Weston, lost in the grsa t
January storm was found on Sunday, near
Hersey, within four rods of house.
$50 A MAN named Ingles was shot and killed by
asaloon keeper named BIagdon, at Monona,
Iowa.
ROBERT D. BRYANT formerly paymaster's
clerk in the navy is under arrest in San Fran
CISCO on charge of embezzling $50 600 while
ID the service.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WM H. PETIT Of
Wisconsin, died at his home in Kensha on
Sunday evening.
The bill to abolish slavery in Porto Rico
provides that abolition snail follow imme-
diately upon the pronunciation of it's passage.
The emancipated slaves will, however, be
obliged to serve three years with their present
masters or residents the Island. They
viii enjoy the political rights of Spanish clt;-
zens after FIVE years have elapsed. Indemnity
is to be paid to slave owners, and is to be
charged exclusively to the account of the
Porto Rico budget.
d. W. HoLLsHAUsEN was shot and killed by
his brother John H, near Beardstown H.,
Sunday evening, The murderer escaped.
SOME forged put and call privileges on the
Cleveland Columbus and Indiana Central
Railroad were discovered in Wall street, New
York, Monday morning, amounting, as far as
acertsined, to three hundred ---
A NOTORIOUS forger named Joe. Walters has
been arrested in Chicago and taken to In
dianapolis.
DEMoBEsT's carriage depository and Rey-
nolds hat and cap factory, In New York city,
were burned Friday evening. Loss $24, 900.
GUATEMALA advices say that in the revolu-
ton which exists there and which is headed by
he Polocios Government is exciting Shoot
ing and imprisonng on all sides. =
LETTERS from parties in London express
much concern with regard to the management
of the Utah mines owned by them.
BURGLARS gained admission to the dry
goods store of Thisted & Hueren, No. II Mil
waukee avenue, Chicago, early Thurday morn
ing and carried off silk worth between ST coo
and $4,000.
The dam at Aurora, H., suffered damage to
the extent of SO 600 by the spring breakup.
A Posse of officers had a skirmish with
band of horse thieves headed by desperate
named Stevens, at Oak HILL Ohio, ON Wednes-
day. Stevens escaped, but two of his men
were severely, and a third fatally, wounded.
A FIVE STORY building owned by " B.
Smith and occupied by Geo. H Blanchard as
a book store, was badly damaged by fire on
Thursday night Loss between SIS 900 and
$4,000
e HAHNEMAN MEDICAL CoLLEeE, of Chicago,
graduated thirty-nine students, on Thursday
including eight women. E . -
JAMES ECELHANEY, the wife murderer, was
hung in Boston on Friday. The prisoner
walked firmly to the scaffold. He lett six