Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-06-18
The KANSAS Froon Probably

the heaviest rain storm that ever swept
over our broad praries, visited the ecu
trail and western portions of our
State 90 Sunday and Sunday night
of the 10Th ult. The heaviest
portion of the storm seems to have
fallen in Morris, Marion, Chase, Lyon
and Usage counties. The Burlington
Patriot says the Cottonwood aud Neo-
sho rivers were, on Tuesday morning,
at Emporla, out of their banks, and the
entire valley on both sides of the Cot.
ton wood, from En- poria west as far as
Toledo, a distance of niue miles, was al-
most completely inundated. Many of
the farmers were compelled to move
their families out to the niger lands.
The Kansas, Arkansas, and other
streams have been higher than known
for years, and railroads, culverts,
bridges, and other portable property
has suffered to same extent. We are
glad to learn, however, that the dam
age to crops have been greatly over
estimated, and the loss in this quarter
is comparatively trifing. Fortunately
the food subsidized as rapidly as it
came, hardly interrupting the regular
routine of daily business
The PoLARIs SURvIvoRs.-WAsH-
INGToN, June 24.-The Polaris sur
vivors here say they are willing to I'M
dertake another expedition with such
leader as Captain Hall, and say if
there had been some controlling mind
on board after Halls death they would
have continued the explorations. They
have asked to be allowed to accompany
the expedition of search for the Polaris
which will soon leave for Disco.
Secretary Robson will furnish the
commander Of the Juneatta with let
ters of introduction to the Danish au-
thorities at Greenland asking their
cooperation in the search for the
Polaris. 10 the meantime another
vessel will be fitted at New York pre-
clsely like the Poaris to follow up
the Juneatta.
The STOKES NEW TRIAL. - The
New York World says Stokes has
had two trials already. The first was
vitiated by failure to reach the verdict.
The verdict in the second has been
null6ed. And Stokes stands now
where he stood on the day he killed
Fisk--in the position of an untried
culpit. We say again that there is
radical wrong in system which
takes eighteen months, three juries
and dozen courts to find out whether
nan in killing another has committed
muader or not.
TUE YELLOWSTONE EXPEDITION.
-Advices from the column moving
into the Sioux country represent the
the troops as seriously troubled with
the small pox. The officers report
that the indications point to general
engagement with large force of the
Northern tribes at no very remote
date.
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DR.. TYNG's NEW CHuRcH.-The
corner stone of Rev. DR.. Tyng's new
"Church of the Holy Trinity" at
Forty-second and Madison avenue, was
laid, Sunday, by Bishop Smith, the
senior Bishop of the United States,
officiating. The new edi6ce is to be
magnificent in every respect and will
cost about 100000.
Hardin county. Iowa, is ahead in
monstrosities. The Eldora Ledqcr
says that Daniel Crosser, living on a
classic stream called the South Fork
has SOW which produced a litter of
eight monsters. the head Of each of
which was piggish enough, but the af-
ter parts tapered off into the loathesome
shape aud appearance of lizard.