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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08

UN1TARIAN.-The annual meeting Of
the Wisconsin Unitarian Conference
will be held at GAINESVILLE from Octo-
Der 2lst to 23d, inclusive. A general
invitation is extended by the secretary,
Mrs. 5. G. Jones, to attend and par
ticipate in the exercises. AL Souls
Society will entertain visitors free Of
charge, and committees will be at the
depot upon the arrival Of each train.
Those who intend to be present are
requested to notify the pastor Of Eli
Souls Church, Rev. J. L. Jones, that
provision may be made for them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08

Gilbert butcher SO long and ia
vorably known to the people of Wis
consiu as one Of it's most successful
and popular landloads, formerly of the
Villas House, Madison, and afterwards
Of the Revere House, Chicago, but
more recently of the Metropolitan
Hotel, St. Paul, died suddenly on the
lst inst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08
AUGUST WIGGENHORN,

vEWELER, has recently opened Jew
y elry Store III Johnson's block, corner
Main and lst street, where he will keep
constantly on hand large stock OF
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Pla-
ted Ware, &c. Particular attention paid
10 repairing Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Sc, and warranted to give satisfaction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08
PLY SIClANS s.
v G.. SPALDING.


yyATERTOWNL Lumber Yard: Lumpe,
w OF every description; Lath ana
Shingles constantly on hand and TOR sale at
he Lowest Market Plice, at the Milwaukee
Depot, Hatertown, Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08

STRAW & MURPHY.

DAINTERS and Dealers in Wall Paper,
1 Window Shades, Paints, Oils, Varnish,
Glass, Putty, Brushes, &C. One door west
Of Wisconsin National Bank, Watertown.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08
Sir Edwin Landseer.

LONDON, Oct 2-6 a. m.-Sir Ed
win Landseer, the celebrated painter
died yesterday, aged II.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08

A PRIZE Essay WASHINGTON.
Sept. 30th.-The Department of State
has been informed by General Schenck
that the National Association Of Science
of London, has offered a prize Of G300
sterling TO the person who shall write
the most able essay on the following
subject In what way thought an in.
ternational assembly to be constituted
for the formation Of code Of public
international law, and what ought to be
the principles on which such a code
should be formed 2" The association
invites competitions of Americans for
the prize. The essay should be sent
to the association on or before the Ist
OF June, 1874.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08
NlISCELL NE0US.
A GRITZNER.

rASHIONABLE Barrier and Hair i'res-
L ser. Shop under Post Office, Brook $
Block. Watertown, WIS. The best OF Hair
Dye used, werranted to hold color for eight
weeks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08

The United States national debt
statement for September shows a re-
duetion OF 81 ,20I ,tG7 Not bad for
panic moath.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08

Wilkie Collins will glge 100 read
ings.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08
LA w Y ERS.
ENOS & HALL,
c.. IS. SKINNER,

A TT0RNEY and Counselor at Law
n Has complete abstract OF the rec
ords Of ell titles and membranes on
real estate in jefferson county. Ohce over
Bank of Watertown, Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08
Family Sowing EE&e chime
Goetsch & Borchandt, Az is

The Remington Sewing Machines are
RAPIDLY becoming general fdvoriteS, and
every we'll regulated household should have
one 1t has a straight needle, perpendic
ular action, makes the lock OF shuttle
stitch which will neither rip nor ravel,
and is alike on both sides. Sews equally
well either fne or coarse material The
Remington also gathers and embroiders, and
in fact as family machine it has no su-
perior. In style and finish they are ell that
can be desired. number of articles ac-
company each Family Machine without ex-
ira charge. Call and examine the Reming-
ton Machine before purchasing any other
The Remington Company gives written
guarantee for three years With every ma
chine.
GOETSCH & BORCHANDT, Agts.
Main Street, Watertown, Wis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08

oC1bli Ll-DSCUO OVCI NJ N'LgOOOsOOOs
TTINSURES AGAINST LOSS BY DEATH
il and Weekly idemnity for lost time,
caused by accidents. The Company have
paid an average Of 800 a day for Six Years
for Death and eeily indemnity claims.
Three Death losses and about 80 Indemnity
claims have been paid during the last 4
years at their Watertown Agency.
$500 or $3.50 pays for an Insurance of
$1,000 and So 90 per week for One Year,
which provides against want or embarrass-
Rent by weekly compensation in case OF
disabling accident and secures to his fami
ly sum which will partially recompense-
for loss OF income, Lost to the Family by
the death of one ofits suppo EAxs.
Policies issued and losses Amptly paid
by their agents, FULLER J. LIGETBODY.
Office in Noak's block, 2s st
WatertowE, Wis. Dec. 4, 1871. 8
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-10-08
DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK OF
THE OCEAN BALLOON.

New YoRK, October 6.-At 9
O'Clock this morning the Graphic bal
loon, the largest ever started in this
country, set out for Europe from the
Capiteline grounds in Brooklyn. The
balloon holds 26S,00O cubic feet of
gas, but was inflated with only 100000.
1t is thoroughly equipped with all the
necessary scientific instruments, food
and clothing. At the hour of start
ing the air voyagers were enthusiastic,
and were anxious to get away on their
journey. MIR. Donaldson was especial
ly eager. He expressed himself free
ly, and believed the attempt to reach
Europe would be successful; that the
chances were better to-day than they
had ever been this year. His ascen-
sion the other day, he said, in the bal
loon Magenta only confirmed his
bellef IN the theory of the easterly
current OF wind, AMI he astonlshed his
listener by saying that heshould not be
surprised if he crossed the Atlantic in
thirty hours. He might land in Sweden,
but thought it more likely that the
drift OF the huge air craft would land
them IN France OF Spain He had
the utmost confidence in the balloon.
The advice of the best aeronauts in the
country had been sought in its con-
struction, and believed it could not fail
him in his great undertaking. Every
thing was in bis favor, and be believed
the result would be a grand success.
Mr. Donaldson further said that his
whole soul was wrapped in the enter
prise, and nothing, not even the fear
of death, should deter him from the
attempt.
Its occupants were Washington Fl,
Donaldson, the aeronaut George A
Lunt, son of George Lunt, prominent
citizen of Boston, aud formerly editor
in-chief Of the Boston Courier, who
goes as an artist correspondent Of the
Graphic; and Alfred Ford, journal
ist and correspondent. Both Ford
and Lunt were fearless and confident
of the success of the enterprise.
The balloon rose rapidly from the
starting point, and foated majesticallI
toward the ocean, and when last seen
was moving toward Europe.
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04
PRrGnnaf-

Our friend Thos. Z. Burnes arrived in
the city yesterday evening over the st.
Louis and Southeastern railroad, and he is
stopping at present with his brother, Jas. f.
Burnes, IS Broad street.
DR.. Morrow, State Treasurer, left yester-
day morning for New York.
The Brownsville States says that Gen.
Nathan Adams has Just returned from an
extensive travel in Europe, and adds that
he has taken a new lease of life and bids
fair to delight his friends with his genial
society for many years.
Officer Reed says that he has made but
one arrest in the last three days, and then
he arrested a sick darkey on Broad street
for using hydrant water without license.
An individual whose arrest was publish
ed in our columns lately, expressed the
opinion yesterday that the police reporter
of this paper was ''taking great Liberties"
with his name. He should refrain from
'taking Liberties with the city ordinances.
Mr. D. NJ. HOuk, Superintendent of the
Church and Spruce and Church, Spruce
and Broad lines Of street railway, is one of
the most polite men in the city. In rainy
weather he assists ladies from the cars,
raises their umbrellas, and in some instan-
ces escorts them to the sidewalk, when
alighting from his cars. 1t is pleasant to
observe, too, that his attentions are not be-
slowed exclusively upon the young and at
tractive ladies.
The COTieT-JOlUnGi Of yesterday says:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank ID. Moore, OF Nash
VILE, are registered at the Louisville Hotel
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04
REDUCTION of Auriferous Pyrites.

To show how the minds Of different per-
SONS will run in the same channel, we give
the following account of an invention or
discovery by one of our own citizens, quick
Nv followed by another scientific gentleman
in another part Of the country:
About year ago the attention of Mr.. X.
NJ. Fryer, of this city, was called to the fact
that practical and cheap process for the
reduction of auriferous pyrites (black sui
phurets) had been eagerly sought for by the
chemists Of both Europe and America for
the past century. On this suggestion, MIR.
FRYER went to work. He first learned the
nature of the compound and the difficulties
to be overcome. Laying aside all the fail
ures of others, he struck out into new
theory, which finally solved the problem a
few weeks ago.
Imagine then his surprise, when looking
through the columns of the last Scientific
american, TO find a process of DIR. Ira NJ.
Phelps described, nearly identical in theory
with his own, but very difierentin practical
working, as the process of Mr.. Fryer prom
iSes to be very rapid and positive, and at
the same time economical. According to
Mr.. Flyers calculation, a ton of sulphu-
rets can be reduced in six hours, in each
apparatus, at cost of about SO. Should
this calculation prove true, the importance
Of the discovery cannot be Over-estimated,
for the reason that there are thousands Of
tons of sulphurets in California, only wait
ing for some process TO reduce them, while
the amount of gold contained in each ton
ranges all the way from $500 to $1,000. In
fact, it has been estimated that there is
more gold now lying in these troublesome
sulphurets than has ever been Utilized
Rural Sun.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04
AN ADBERENCE TO ORDERS.

The traditional union of fidelity,
obedience to orders, strict discipline
and stupidity IN the old-fashioned mil
itary servant is wittily illustrated in a
story told by the Gazette de Paris at the
expense of a captain of the Mslun gar
ris0n. This officer, who had been invi-
ted to dine at neighboring castle, sent
his valet with a note of regrets" add
ing, as the boy started, BE sure and
bring NE my dinner, Auguste, when
you have left the letter" The soldier
took the letter to the castle and was
told, of course, Its all right" Eyes,
but I want the dinner said
the lad; ''the captain ordered me to
bringit back, and always obey orders"
The baroness, beinginformed of the good
fellows blunder, carried out the joke
by despatching a splendid repast. The
officer, too amused to make any expla-
nation to his servant, merely sent him
back at once to buy bouquet to carry
with his compliments TO the baroness.
Successfully accomplishing this feat,
the brilliant Auguste was handed a
fve-franc piece from the lady. 'That
won't do" says the honest fellow: Il
paid thirty francs for the flowers. !"
The differencewas made up to him, and
he returned to the fort, quite proud at
having so ably discharged his duty.
We think this incident will fairly match
some of the experiences which our own
officers are fond of narrating regarding
the way in which their servants have
interpreted and executed their orders.
-LippincOt's Magazine for December.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04
Those COal-ROnEmen.

The boatmen who come down the Cum
berland with coal barges return home by
rail, leaving Nashville on the Louisville
and Nashville road. They do not pay reg
ular passenger rates, but reduce their fare
materially by cha-tering secOnd-claSs cars,
into which they crowd until there is no
sitting or standing room left unoccupied.
Tuesday evening shipment" Of ninety
one was made, and Mr.. Mofiatt, the watch
man. requested one of the number to call
roll. or list of names which had been pre-
pared, while he counted the men
as they answered. The man Sc
lected for this duty staggered
through with half a dozen names and then
gave up in despair. Instantly a dozen
voices called out LET Squire - call the
roll. He knows how to read writin." The
Squire took the paper and succeeded in
spelling out the names, though with con-
siderable difficulty, and it is quite prob
able that these two men were the only per-
SONS in that party of nearly hundred who
were able to read or write. it is safe to
predict that the children Of these men will
know more than they themselves do, now
that schools are being established all over
the country.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04
ADJUSTMENTS.
OslPrn HnrnEn

The beautiful play of the Hunchback
was produced last evening, with Mrs Bow
ers as Julia, McCullom as Master Walter.
and Evans in the character of Sir Thomas
Clifford. 1t was unfortunate for the admit
reIs OF Mrs. Bowers that the evening was
so inclement for had the weather permit
ted the attendance, we feel sure, would
have been much larger, and the MANY
would nave been delighted, instead of the
comparatively small number present last
evening. The Julia of Mrs. Bowers cave
pleasing satisfaction, and at the close of
the fourth act, she was called before the
curtain, being received with round of
hearty applause. We have not seen the
character so well rendered since the palmy
days of Julia Dean, in which she had no
equal on the American stage, and it is
complimentary to the gifted lady now on
our boards to say thst her rendition of this
part was in conception similar to that of
the fair Julia. Clifford had a good repre-
sentative in Evans, and McCullom's Master
Walter was very clever. Harry Everett was
cast i'll the hcaracter of Fatnom, and need
we say that he showed himself
to be the fine comedian
that we found him in other days. His first
appearance was the occasion of prolonged
cheering, and he must have felt compli-
mented at the warm reception accorded
him. Mrs. Hamilton, good in everything
she undertakes, was excellent as Helen,
and Knowles got through with M0dus toll
erably well. There was no little cutting
of the piece last evening, and with this eX-
ception the performance passed off most
agreeably. East Lynne tonight.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04
LATEST MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

New ORLEANS, Dec. 3-COtton active;
sales 1900 bales; good ordinary to strict
good ordinary 145a145c; low middling to
strict low middling 15aljsc; middling to
strict middling 16a165c; good middlings Is
aisle. The above quotations are for GER
titled checks; higher for currency. Receipts
1888 bales; exports cOastwise - bales;
to continent - bales; to Great Britain
1866 bales; stock Is, 500 bales. Gold 1854
aloe; currency 1a14 per cent premium;
sight per cent premium for checks and
III premium for sterling bank.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 3.-C0ttOn slightly
lower; middlings 143c; low middlings
143c; strict good Ordi- - 15Sc. Net re-
ceipts $500 bales; exports coastwise 1,4S7
bales; sales 1900 bales; stock 81, 166 bales.
SAVANNAH, Dec. s. Cotton quiet and
steady; middlings 145c. Net receipts 4,592
bales; exports to continent - bales;
to Great Britain 1851 bales; COastwise B.
022 bales; sales 1,4S0 bales; stock los, $50
bales.
GALVESTON, Dec. 3.-COttOn market
dull; good ordinary l4c; ordinary 12jc;
net receipts $3.50 bales; exports COST
wise SIT bales; sales 800 bales; stock A.
G67 bales.
MOBILE, Dec. 3.-COttOn - irregular;
middlings 15c; low middlingS 143c; strict
good ordinary 14c. Net receipts 1881
bales; exports coastwise l ,431 bales; sales
1000 bales; stock %, TO bales.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04
sinful Siftings.

John Daniels was arrested yesterday on
the charge of vagrancy.
Bell Hodge, Lizzie Williamson and Mat
tie Briggs, a trio of colOred maidens re-
siding on Cherry, near Cedar, attacked an
other colored woman yesterday, charging
her with having been the cause Of two other
colored women being arrested the day be-
fore. The party attacked defended herself
with great skill and bravery, and for about
half an hour chairs, pokers, skilletS, dishes,
chunks of coal and other similar missiles
flew around the room in which the tIacaS
occurred at a remarkably lively rate, and
victory grew dizzy as it skipped lightly
from the banners of the asSailants TO those
of the party assaulted and back again. Just
what the termination of the matter would
have been will forever remain mystery, as
a couple Of police officers put an end to the
engagement while it was at its height.
Judge Duling will pass judgment upon the
combattantS this morning.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04
DIR. MunSeY,s Lecture.

OF DIR. Munsey, who repeats his lecture
Oh "The Ideal-Art-NIusic' tonight at
Tulip Street Church, in Edgefield, the
Franklin ReUietg says:
Dr. Munsey lectured here last Monday
night on "The Ideal-Art-Music," and
last nizht on ''Nlan," to large and highly
appreciative audiences. We had heard him
preach on several occasions, and were salts
fled that he was the chief of American pull
pit orators easily. We have seen men who
have heard the English PunshOn and the
American Beecher, and they pronounce DIR.
Munsey their superior. In his lectures lie
develops an element of the orator which
we did not know he posSessed-that Of hui
NOR. His humOr, too, is refined and eX-
quiste. He is our beau ideal # an orator.
He is the grandest man in the realm of
imagination we ever saw or heard Of.
He is the most inexorable logician we
know of. His humOr, as before stated,
is exuberant and frolicsOme as the
laughter of children. His pathos
is melting and oyerpOwering. He is be-
yond comparison the greatest and most
finished orator America has yet produced.
True, some men have equaled him in one
or two points, but as a whole he is without
a rival in our history. Bascom was like a
cataract-but how empty his stately peri
DDS beside the solid links Of Munsey'S
logic. Haskell was an imperial talker, but
with an intellect untamed and unframed as
the steed of the desert. Haskell never
studied. Munsey, when boy started on
his first circuit, three hundred miles in
length, with but three dollars in his pocket
and GOT but two meals on the road. He
Travelled the distance on foot. While going
through the mountains Of East Tennessee
as a Methodist circuit rider, he mastered
the curriculum of the University of Vir-
ginia, a feat which Haskell never would
have performed if he had been blessed with
the longevity of Methuselah.
Munsey is a worker-a glorious worker
"a genius-a glorious genius, most roy
ally endowed with Heavens richest and
rarcst gifts. On account Of his energy
and application he has disciplined intel
lect which none of the above named had.
He is a rare man, we never saw his like,
and we never read of his like. He does
not think like anybody else. If he were to
lecture in the cities of the North he would
please better than Dickens, Collins, Elmer
son, Cough, or any other man who has ever
appeared among them. He OutStripS all
rivalry on the score of thought. He has a
''thought MILL" as expressed by gentle
man of our acquaintance, and he grinds out
the grandest conceptions of any man living.
The base calumnies which were recently
heaped upon him will but make the public
interest much keener; and the large crowds
at Nashville, here, and all along his route,
will stamp the author as villainOus and
foulmouthed slanderer Of a pure and gen.
tie Christian.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04
KEEPING HIS WORD.

Miss Kramer, known on the Ameri-
can stage as Fraule,n Remark, and Mr.
Schumann, a young but well-known
actor, appear to have loved each other
very deeply. They loved SO well that
they were necessarily quarreling and
couldn't help it. Both seemed to get
heartily tired Of that kind of cat-and-
dog-life, and wanted to be together in
peace. Miss Kramer had made two at
tempts to take her life, and
was prevented both times. The
third time was successful. She had
first thought of poison, and finally did
it by pistol shot. Schumann grieyed
for day or two and went to his faith
er's house in Vienna to be consoled.
He was in the family circle, and all his
friends were doing their best to divert
his mind. He gave them a fair chance,
and at length, about four o'clock one
afternoon, when all were together, he
drew a small pocket pistol and shot
himself in the breast, saying as he
fired, Dear one who has gone before,
I'll keep my word He died in few
minutes. 1t was thought from Schu-
mann's last expression that the two had
mutually resolved to die by their own
hands. They left no explanations.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04
A REMARKABLE SURGICAL CASE.


A youth named John Smith, about
Is years of age, lost his sense Of hear
ing about two years ago, and finally
lost his reason, and was placed in the
institution for idiotic and feeble-mind-
ed youth at South Boston. A few
weeks since it was learned that when
about seven years of age he had put
some pebble-stones in his ears whilst at
play, and that these had never been
withdrawn, and acting upon this clew a
woman doctor began experiments.
A syringe was first applied,
and then a probe. AT last the probe
prodrced a grating sound, and further
efforts revealed, as had been anticipated,
a number of small pebbles lying deep
in the ear, beneath the skin. One of
them. about the size OF pins head,
was first got out, then another, and
another, until by successive repetitiOns
of the experiment no less than twenty
nine small pebbles were removed from
the sufferers head. All this was done
without starting a drop of blood, or
causing any distress to the patient. 1t
is believed now that he Will regain his
reason.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04
Putting on a Shirt.

There are things which man can do
with some show Of dignity and even ele-
gance, but the putting on Of clean shirt is
not one of them. Even those faStidiOus
chaps who put one on every week never be-
come so expert and familiar with the pro-
cess that they can go through with it with
any degree of comfort or deXterity, and the
less extravagant individuals who change
only once month, are really to be envied,
The feat is accomplished in this way;
You lay the garment down on the bed,
or across the table or wash stand, bosom
dOwnwards. each rustic of the Stiil1y-Starch-
ed garment striking terror to your soul.
Pulling il open, you make strange draft
on your courage and resolution, and plunge
into it, thrusting your arms here
and there in a frantic and desper-
ate search for the sleeves, finding
which you struggle manfully in an endeay-
or TO draw the garment down so that you
can catch Il glimpse ofthe outer world once
more. BY the exercise of proper amount
of Judgment you are finally successful in
this, and you find yourself gazing out upon
surrounding objects, encircled by stiff,
rustling linen, which rOpsy your chinupinthe
air and gives rise to feeling as though you
were braced round about by CrOwbars, with
no prospect of ever being able to sit down
again, Putting on collar and a tie, you
don your outer garments and sally forth,
feeling as uncomfortable and uneasy as
though you had just sat down on coat
tail pocket full of eggs.