Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-12

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brought to Philadelphia on THURSDAY, from
Baltimore, where they were arrested. The
men swindled many merchants here under the
| firm name Of C. B. Anderson & Co.. by means
E-of forged checks 3 5ta%eaaa@S~A
i THEyesseL ran into and sunk tie en-
grant ship Northfieet in the English Channel,
proves to be the Spanish steamer Murillo.
She was not muclriniured -
AT. meeting of some patriotic Cuhans
"Wednesday, it was proposed to raise, a,fund
for an expedition to the island, 1t is thought
that New Orleans VIII be chosen as the place
whence the next expedition VIII set out.
Il 8 JoHN W. I,FoDIE, New York journalist. an8
we'll known.in- base bal. circles, died on We'd
nesday.a as1s1E sd' se sze EEtEe E.
THE capture of three slayers is reported
| from Africa a 3a' 10 se'e.T -. -e...,
A FIRE at st. P aul on Wednesday, DESTROYED
the three.story brick building occupied by
Goodlind & Mannheiner, dry goods Odd
Fellows hall, St Paul gymnasium, several
law offices, etc, Loss r$15, coo.
/ = The dwelling of Mr.. Reed, near Yinton,
/ Iowa, was burned Wednesday morning. The
family suffered severely from cold, the mer-
Ecry at the time indicating 81 degrees below
zero They saved only a scanty supply Of
clothing, ard were compelled to take refuge
in barn.
FIRST LIEUTENANT J. ". SARTLE, Adiutant
of The Fifteenth United States Infantry, died
suddenly at Santa Fe, the other day.
On Monday morning canister Of powder in
the grocery Of Rudolph Heizel, at Pekin, H.,
exploded, tearing the building down and
damaging the stock Fortunately no one
was hurt. Damage $4,000
THE Directors have decided to put the At
lantic Mail Company in liquidation. The
liabilities viii probably be 100000; assets
about $3.50, 900. re -..-.r-.r
The Stats Zeitung, German Republica II
paper in ST. Louis was sold at sherif's sale on
Wednesday, to satisfy deed of trust held by
| William Eastian, a stockholder. Simon
Mayor was purchaser, for s12, 500.
| IT is reported that Lucca's petition to the
| Emperor of Germany for remittal Of the fine
of $4,000 against her for breaking her con-
tract with the Berlin Opera House, has been
, rejected. -r
CONGRESSMAN r. B. ROOSEVELT has put his
nomination for West Point up for competition
among 1,5OO scholars in the two public gram
mar schools in his district in New York.
Boss TWEED, while reading the evidence of
Oakes Ames. said: 18th ank God [ am not
Congressman. As bad as they say 1 am, they
have never accused me of selling my vote as a
Senator"
The Boston City Committee on Claims have
come to the conclusion that the city is legally.
liable for the destruction by blowing down of
buildings duling the great fire, the matter
coming strictly within The statute law, and not
being subject to the application of the COM
mon law.
Abroad. =Hr=
e TaLEGRAPBIc advces from Europe indicate
that offerings for the new per cent funded
loan of the United States viii be in excess of
the amount Advertised, a part of the loan,
however, having been reserved for sale in this
country. Efs AatAA
By a terrible hurricane, recently, the schoon-
! er Royal Arch and bark were driven through
| the Pacific Mail Company's wharf at Aspin-
wall. Seventy-fiye feet of the wharf, engines.
and quantity of merchandise were Destroy
ed They were afterwards sunk. Other barks
were driven ashore. Three persons we're
killed. The total loss is between s5Oo,e00 and
$1,000, 600. r-srseo4- aff Of
THE British Isles were visited by very Sc
we're storm Saturd ay night, and travel was
suspended in London by six inches Of snow.
O. The Spanish Government II d received inte!-
Iigsnce of the destruction OF Maestranzo'5
band of artists, the defeat of Boball's band,
and the complete rot1t of another force of
1,200 insurgents, with loss of twcnty-eight
killed, including two priests.
ACHNEsE Coolie ship has arrived at Homo
lulu
TIE British Isles were visited by. a very Sc
we're storm Saturday night and travel was
suspended in London by six inches of snow.
THE French ASSEM- 0ly has passed a resOlu-
ton condemning tie parties who raised the
red flag at LyoRs..rE HuH = a-f#
The Hayt got ND an insurrectiOn to pre-
vent the election OF President, but were un-
! successful. $50 szsduuE s9aE
The strike of engineers and sbol1ers on the
Portuguese Railroad has terminated, the Gov
ernment having interfered and compelled
them to resume work ga III lGDg"
The Vienna exposition building is COM
pleted. g.fsa. %. -.ass#H SAT-
The journeyrnen house painters of Berlin
have struck work -aaf-.a5
The Sultan will attend the Vienna exhibi~
ton. He will leave the goYernment.in charge
of Yassef Lzzeddn Ifendi. Before starting
he will proclaim thelatter heir to the throne.
The Russian neWspapars whose ,utterances
are considered official, deny that the Car has
designs on Constantinople, but do not dispnte
thathe seeks an eventual southern CONNER
cial outlet in Asia sr-s O. "a
FIRE at Uxbridge, Ontario, Wednesday
evening, destroyed the Dominion block. Loss
| SAC, O00 -z - s77H'T"H
IT is reported that American bankers of Lon
don loaned Napoleon S2O0.00 to facilitate
coup he was meditating, and that since his
i5eath the money has been returned to them.
AT a public meeting in Glasgow, $z5, 600
were subscribed for a monument to the poet
Campbell. -. Sill.
IT is probable that the present tolls on dis
patches by the ATLANTIC cable viii be reduced
soon. ri
The Queen of Spain has given birth to a.boy.
PUBLIC orinion in ST. Petersburg is in an
excited state over accounts OF atrocious cruel
ties enacted by the Khivans on the Russians
who have fallen into their hands. The people
are heartily in favor of the expedition against
the Khiya, and demand exemplary pu ishment
of Khan. The Russian force will soon be aug
mented to $4,000. AG
a CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch says an en1eate
OF an alarming character occurred on Thurs
day near Ruslichuk fortified city in Bal
ga rla, tifty-five miles east of Nicopatis, In
which thirteen Bulgarians and ten Greeks were
killed. EsE E#E 1E ---
THE Swiss ttpVaTDTOqn+ hac aro1lpip+p pf q
secretary Of the second class to the legation
at Washington. - U#
RANDOLPH RoaERs, an American, has been
made member Of the Roman Academy OF st.
Luke. He is the first citizen of the United
States that has received this honor.
The tate dowaSer Empress of Brazil was
buried at Lisbon on Thursday.
The final protocol Of the treaty Of commerce