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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
TWO THOUSAND MILES ON FOOT.
Arrival fthe Mysterious Female Pedestrian
at San Francisco.

at San Francisco.
From the San Francisco Call, June 49,
The woman concerning whom SO
much has been written, as having
walked from Iowa to California, arrived
in this city yesterday. After all the
trouble and anxiety of mind, she was
forced to submit to the torture of an
interview by a reporter of an evening
paper. It is stated that when the poor
woman was taken to the house of a
Swedish gentleman "she burst into
tears and covered her eyes with her
hands, she sobbed long and loud, but
would not speak" No wonder that she
is grateful for her narrow escape from a
lingering death. The reporter says
"The fact that she hears all that is
said to her dissipates the thought that
she may be dumb" This information
will be received with grtitude by medi-
cal men and grammarians not used to
such examples of incoherency. The wo
man has light wavy hair combed smoothly
back from temples. Hereyes are blue
and have pleasing though wearied ex-
preston. Her calico dress has been
patched with cloth of various colors,
and is tolorably clean considering, the
dusty roads she must have travelled over.
From all that can be ascertained, she
is in search, not of her husband, as was
stated by one in the newspapers, but of
her father. She wrote some incoherent
sentences in the Swedish language and
revealed the fact that her name is
Sophie Auguston, and that she is SO
years of age. Capt. Kentzer took
charge of her and escorted her to the
house of a Swedish gentleman, where,
at last accounts, she was enjoying a re-
freshing snooze. Some shrewd people
suggest that it was the appearance of
Capt. Kentzer that struck the good
woman dumb. Never before could she
have beheld so noble figure. It has
not been ascertained whether she in
tends walking to China; but she is
more likely to find her fatherhere. She
has had long and wearisome tramp
over rough roads, through narrow gaps,
and over dangerous trestlework and
if she be not insane, she certainly dis
plays an amount of filial devotion that
is highly commendable. Many absurd
minors have been set afoat concern
ing her object in coming here Some
newspapers asserted that she wished to
obtain lock of her husbands hair, or
the whole scalp; but this idea is gener-
ally scoffed at. Whether dernented or
not, the poor creature deserves much
sypathy for the sufferings she has I'M
dergODe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
Struck By lightning.

A remarkable escape from death by
lightning occurred in Rockingham
County, Va, recently. Mr.. John Dono-
van went out with his one-horse
wagon on a ridge to haul some rails.
When he had his load nearly on shower
of rain came up, and he stepped under
walnut tree for shelter, leaning with
his shoulder against the tree. In few
minutes the lightning struck the tree,
and coming down it's trunk, struck
his shoulder, passed down his elbow,
ripping open his coat-sleeve as if it had
been done with a sharp knife, passed
across his breast, burning blisters as
large as mans hand, and passed down
his leg and out at his shoes, cutting off
his shoestrings, and then entered the
root OF the tree, which it tore up for
several feet. Strange to say. he
was not knocked senseless or speechless.
but says when his horse started he
halloed "whoa" to him, but his limbs
became motionless, and he could not
stand nor walk. His horse ran home.
and his father and neighbors started out
and found him under the tree in this
condition, and brought him home in a
wagon. He is now doing well, though
his nervous system is much deranged,
and he suffers a good deal from the
blisters on his skin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
About the Comet.

Or is it the comet? Is it not two or
perhaps three comets? From the re-
cent researches of the Swans among
astronomical records, it now seems very
doubtful whether this is Coggia's
comet after all. Several astronomers
writing to morning papers declare that
this must be an entirely different comet
from that discovered by Prof. Coggia
at Marseilles on the 18th of April.
One OF them says that from computa-
lions made of the elements of that comets
for nation, it must have passed it's peri
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
Parting.

If thou dost bid thy friend farewell,
But for one night though that farewell may be,
Press thou his palm with thine. How canst thou
How far from thee
Fate or caprice may lead his feet
Ere that tomorrow comes? Men have been
known
To lightly turn the corner of street,
And days have grown
To months, and months to tagging years,
Before they looked in loving eyes again.
Parting at best is underlaid with tears
With tears and pain.
Therefore, lest sudden death should come between
Or time distance, clasp with pressure true
The hand of him who goeth forth unseen
Fate goeth too!
Yea find thou always time to say
Some earnest word between the idle talk!
Lest with thee henceforth, ever, night and day,
Regret should walk
-GdIdcu.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
r aising a " Row.
From the Virginia City New Herald.


A few evenings, since fellow rushed
into Tinker & Shepherd saloon in ter
rible state of excitement. Throwing his
hat on the counter, he cried to Dan, the
bareeper:
''There'n be the biggest row here in
a minute that you ever saw! Give me
a drink, quick p
Dan sat out the bottle, and while the
fellow helped himself, began to look to
his six-shooter, and got his club ready.
Leaving his hat on the counter, the
fellow ran to the door, looked out, then
rushed back to the bar and said:
eyes; in less than half minute
there'l be HI of time here Give
me another drink, quick p
And, Selling the bottle, he proceeded
to help himself. He then took up his
hat, and was coolly marching off, when
Dan called out:
''See here, you-you fellow there!
What's this all about a row? You come
back here and pay for those drinks, or
I'll club you half to death!''
"There you go!' cried the fellow.
'There you go! Didn't I say there
would be fearful row here in minute :?
[ knew it, and there you go? p
Dan saw the point.
"Look here!' said he, "you come
back, and take another drink, if you
want it, but I wish it distinctly under
stood that that this is the last row you
ever raise in this house."
"Don't care if T do settle up in that
way" said the fellow, grinning amiably,
as he returned to the bar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
A Remarkable Case.

Mr.. John Smith, whose postofice is
Hickory Grove, York county, S. c.,
tells remarkable story. Before the
war he owned 100 negroes, and up to
this day those negroes are living and
working with him, not one having left
after the surrender. They express
themselves as satisfied, and saw they
don't want to live anywhere else. This
state of things is creditable to the good
sense OF the negroes, and shows that
Mr.. Smith was kind and good master.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08

IT is a common practice in Switzer-
land to light large fires with the object
OF shielding the young shoots of the
vines from the effects of the suns rays
IN the early morning in frosty weather
by means of clouds of smoke. During
the recent frosts another and equally
effective method has been adopted
that is, by covering the shoots at sun
rise with paper rolled in the form of a
sugar-loaf. Two men can protect two
thousand plants in two hours.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
Decidedly Personal.

Mr. Ruskin, in a recent number of
Fors Claveriga, says:
cit is quite possible for the simplest
workman or laborer for whom [ write to
understand what the feelings of gen
tleman are, and share them if he will ;
but the crisis and horror of this present
time are that it's desire of money and
the fullness of luxury dishonesty at
talnable by cOmmOn persons are gradu-
ally making churls of all men; and~the
nObler passions are not merely disbe-
ieved, but even the conception of
them seems ludicrous to the ordinary
churl mind; SO that, to take only so
poor an instance of them as my own
hfe-because [ have passed it in aims
giving, not in fortune hunting; because
[ have labored always for the honor of
others, not my own, and have chosen
rather to make men look to Turner and
Luini than to form or exhibit the skill
Of my own hand 4; because [ have low
cred my rent, and assured the comforta-
BILE lives of my poor tenants, instead of
taking from them all [ could force for
the roofs they needed because I love a
wood walk better than a London street,
and would rather watch seagull fly
than shoot it, and rather hear thrush
sing than eat it; finally, because Inever
disobeyed my mother, because I have
honOred all women with solemn wor-
ship, and have been kind even to the
unthankful and the evil therefore the
hacks of English art and literature wag
their heads at me, and the poor wretch
who pawns the dirty linen of his soul
daily for bottle of sour wine and a
cigar talks of the 'effeminate sentiment
tality of Ruskin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08

AN ingenious man in Elmira has in
vented machine which will knock Old
Probabilities higher than kite or a
cloud. 1t is to foretell the weather for
ten days to come, and it is called an
aerograph.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08

helion (point nearest to the SUM- on the
30th ult, and that it is now rapidly
receding from earth and sun. Mr..
Henry Parkurst, who is diligent and
accomplished astronomer, writes as
follows From my own observation
of June II and FL, I have computed it's
orbit anew, and have the following
conclusions: It will pass it's perihelion
about July s, at distance from the
sun of about 60,000,000 miles. On
August 3, when, accordingt to the second
orbit, it was to be the brightest, the
moon will fortunately be out of the
way; but unfortunately, the sun will be
in the way, SO that the comet cannot
be seen in this hemisphere, and instead
of being near Denebola, it will be in
Argo Navis. But, fortunately again,
it reaches it's maximum brightness
fortnight earlier. On July Is it will
be a little above Castor and Pollux,
settling soon after sunset, and with
the new moon above it towards the
South. It will then be about nine
times as bright as at present, comput-
ing it's brightness from the position Of
the nucleus but the tail will have swept
around so near us that it will undoubted-
ly far exceed that. The comet is now
easily visible in the moonlight, with a
small opera-glass, and after the moon
sets, with the naked eye Immediately
after the full moon it will be easily
visible to the naked eye in the north
west, below the Dipper and the time
of it's maximum brightness will be
about July 16, depending chiefly upon
the length Of the tail at the time it
sweeps by us across the elliptic In any
event, within very few days after
that, the comet and it's tail will both
have passed below the horizon.
Spectrum analysis has already been
applied to the comet, and the lines of
carbon detected. This agrees with
spectroscopic observations of other
comets. From these it was inferred
that comets, Cat least their tails) are
composed of some form of carbon at.
tenuated in an inconceivable degree,
SO much SO that one professor of astron-
omy declared that in his opinion the
whole substance of the tail of comet
100000 900 of miles in length could be
compressed into about ten pounds of
carbon, such as we know it, in the form
of charcoal and coke.
The instructions for finding the
comet are as follows: At about nine
or ten o'clock the Dipper is seen with
the handle in the direction from the
horizon. The two lowest stars in the
bowl of the Dipper (furthest from the
handle) are called the pointers, because
they point to the Pole star; the one
nearer the Pole star being called the
Dubhe. The comet forms nearly an
equilateral triangle with the Dubhe
and the Pole star, being situated below
them. The tail is above the nucleus
and inclined toward the Pole star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08

How t,
go to slee
To lear
borrow it.
A STAMP
a gentlema-
A woMAN's
is generally un1Io4
WHEN are eyes not
wind makes them waite
SENTTNJENr for tho 7.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-19

~. II I-.t. l.f- tA4E
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q 81, ,i,.f. str.,tur-. -ylh.ls u al
a. -,.itt.l weakness ia4l~.tri'y, ,',.
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"a. =" - me- VIZ, ar suffering ut ;
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~ liSo.i;fvi,r hon f,r lie happiness q
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il IoI srsTs 1t ltar,nrs, ru2rl.aIs,
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~ -T. horrible. liie-,!. -froyirg La ad;et
az r. are cared Tor ~: cured hotc-t' =
80, ,Tta Srpd them Immediately % Ok.
GInR0V . rhys!cisn Who ass made private
49, :. ss,,,riaI study To-. y,sre, Sua VINO ~.
ar. .,. ,,t MIST ii,,tteia:e case T4fcuL
o'i.',- - -, INV i,,,u,igl,stilrps
! Seminal. Weakness.
seminal Enlselons' lht t'+.>' 4utl 90 ~ -
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-19

.r,tE CcAI. co II PA
Location Of plinei.,,l i'i;. ee' ~, mo o.
ness, Carson City. NeN. ..,,.,,tr- Stale al
49,, T'Ier.. are delinquent upon
~, tsl!uyyicG described Stt",t Cn
...,.,r,,It OF assessment NO - ~" ~
- -, dav - Nay. \ - - ~
.@vsr,, amounts set opposite Li'T s,i,t
= &c rrspes.Iiva shareholders Il. s'ii''
com gIay. a, i"ti'FN.
Name. cert shares
Rarrn,vs. + f.. 10. IL, II.
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clarke. Wra. H.. 66, o. - 10, ~ 90
nries!.:sSh. John. s. =" -
Ellis, \. G., 10, ~ ~
81. Is, -, -, ~. -, -, ,.,,, -, "a
Ems. a. e., trustee, III -im
and u. ----.-.---.----' as
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class. Geo. e. : -. ~
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IG1 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ''-''
And in accordance with Ia" ;''l'. ~,
,fthe Board ~ ftU-t'rs q - f.-t
many Of ~uch G"siE'i;ted hers ~ o..
s, ~ ri. balonsns 10 and star,L.t4 - -, '.,s -.
names Of the Shareholders ''.'''' - ~.
.h.II and viii be necessary Z" -! -
ths,'s uron all the shares i,tl'' an.
;,c, s," ~ sIch s;ryholder Will Re sot'
at publi auction at The IF; Si.rS Kin II III. IN
Company "a the o''ice OF f i,..S.ir lha
M, .l, y, Of august, :. u, ~ l., "a,
AM I.iiuGu|nI ,~Ss-snis.t. t%se;n, :.
viii COS: .. All .,.r.i>in; "Ii't rNi''i'7'' -
sale.
nv order OF tiia Board II Trustees
SAN-I II. KING, Jr-, ;, 80 :
Pancake Coal Company
Iaw.-
, 1874-09-15
DOMINION OF CANADA.
Dominion fScvoMues-1Vfltl Qhfldren.-
Tho Commercial 0utloOlk-Othcr
atoms Of News.


dominion hcvenues-sSta ohsadron--
Aho oonhmercaH1 ouslo0k-Othcr
ftcms or News:
Sptttal Nspatea to 7'ae Chfcdao Tribune.
QuEnEo. Sept. 1l.--At tho titne of writing
nothing dollnito Inns traugpired regarding TIN
uow Miuistry, It IL known H.. sayor,J .o~o
s" .'.". awaaas ~ 10 ".oS" I'M. no.os" n''o
poeh onerea rortionoa, ana declined. Among
tho number To tho Hon. J. e. Banchct.
OTTAWA, Sept. 14.-The DountoeB Dnffetin
will onen Tho Den,n;on H;An Assn.,,t;,,,
uatoca to.7,orrc,y hv u.,,,n t,,a nss. x,sot sSn
nt.or,io,so ,ro,.sa - :, H. .no A''s e"''' 1"o
Tho :" ~ chiid,o, rotr
nj - ~ Teri.n, 1.n. r' eutu.eu e"'o iot'fa'
Fho ~ sAp no,;,,;o,, At ro,,os'a r""ouse 1 n.
A,a"a. roa 20 10 1oa ~ o,,a ~ ~. ano oua "
s13T hSa s ~ '''''' "Ao 'ao 'Ai'"o''''' I'd
ttE,.o f,,,u,, ,,,, ,,.,,,,a
ot w. nas asso%en the aa
,a,os ~ ;rnaa,in. ,rn nSE ~ ann isa'
r6nnc;i mi Tco;s,atiua @| @nsnnhv SL 'u nn ta "rn
Of want OF iurfsdiction ou tho r'art Of tho Mani
vi II, ..t.n,.. g., -, .r,,r., .,,,,, ,..,,
, 1874-09-15
THE CHICAGO DAILY TUESDAY September H.
TINT ho wna drunk had como from No, Four.
tosnth street, aud Ind boon In tho Btod all

ANTONIO DH rERBIA,
OF D9 Woat Polk ssroot, explained tho manner In
which ho discovered that franciaoo waa aconsed
Of tho stnbblng, and how lie wont to 4B Dunkor
Htropt nnd cauBed Lila nrrost.
DH. r. v. nENnp11N, Jn.,
County Physician, tqatilod: naado Il post
norton examination on tho body Of ozzeto
aonnario. now In tho 1torguo. THO organs OF
tho abdominal cavity woro apparently honlthy.
Tho brain md ita membranes were also perfect.
ly normal. In tho client. howoyor, betvoan tho
fourth md tftt ribs. cutting Into tho uppor ctgo
of tho afth rib abont 1llartor Of m finch, was
au extensive penetrating wound, cntoring tho
cavity Of tho Ghost, passing into Tho pprioardial
sae, and penetrating gut Tho heart noar the apex Of
tluood almost instantaneous death 1t must hnyo
been inflicted With 1argo-alzcd knife or dagger,
thrust indorhanl.
Tho investigation was adjourned upou tho
conclusion Of. 1lo Doctors ovidouco until 1880
q. m. to-day, In order to procure tho testimony
Of two oth0r witnesses who wero IN tho party OF
players, and who aro bcliovcd to llavo Witnessed
tho stsbbfng. Tho prisoner WAS romittnd to tho
custody Of tho Fifth Precinct Police. as also
woro tho gitnoa8es.
, 1874-09-15
@-@~--i
UTAH.

A Jndtcluf Ifnfh OH tho Po1Ygnmists.
sAIF LAKE. Utah, Sept. 1.-Two Probate
Courts woro held ut Toolo to-day, ono By Brown,
tic nowlr-clectcd non-AIortnon, tho other by
nowberry, tho former Judge. who refuses to
vacato. Tho Uu!tcd States Marshal attempted
to gain admittanco to tho County CourtI1ouso
for tile purpose OF holding eonrtt Int found tho
door barred on tho iasido, and therefore aban
doncd it. Tho Court was held in tho hotel par
lor.
In his charge to tho Grand Jury Of tho Second
District, Judge Doroman called for tho cuforcc-
nlent Of tho law Of 1862, against bisamy or
polyganly. 11e also asks that tho perpetrators
Of tho Mountain Meadow innssaoro Of 1859 bo
brought to punishment. poygauista aud tl1oso
declaring they did not bolievo poygamy to bo q
crime woro dobartod from serving upon this
jury.
Ths Grand and potit Juries Of tho Third Dis.
triot wero drawn to-day, majority at thon,
being anti-3Iormo1l.
, 1874-09-15

"A writer on English "lising" i'll the Boston
Courier aaya: .'Dinuor, tho Eotemn prandial
oyous OF tho day, is admirably comfortable: Tile
whlto .walstcoated and ornyatcl butler t],rowa
opon tho door and aunouncos it. Tho foot1nen.
III wc,i-i'tt,ng, handsome llyerlcs stand III tho
hall like. guardan.en or parade whilo lug fanlf~
llcH pass Into tho lining-roou,. From beginning
to end alt runs like well-ol1ol wllool. II tho
fainsoat crush Of plate or china be heard. Tho
f1own OF tho butler rnales ln inyr,nilonB tre,n-
bio. Tho host and hostoBs, tttorly FREQ from
caro- about tho failuro Of soup or ent1co. arc as
thoroughly ut oaae as tho mcrricst Of thoir
gltosss. and are nblo to glyo their attention 10
tho conversation nnlisturled by any narrowing
apprehauatona. Tho dinuor consists always of
aoup aud 1lah, eutreos from Ono to four Accord
ing to the number preso.,t roaBt, boiled pieces
do reslatanco from two to four sweet d1ahea.
game, chocao Of two kinds, dossort. and coffeo.
Ion, with dry toast, etc., III soryod III tho draw
ing"room about two hours nftor dinuer. Usually
small tablo ia plaeod In d oornor OF room,
oovereI with whlto olqtl, aud tho beautiful ten
service. often we'll wortha study by tloso curious
in old plate, ia placed thorcon."
, 1874-09-15
Preliminary Consultation fn tue
Chapel Of tho Cathedral.
Tho General Sentiment in Favor Of
Dr., Dc Koven Or Seymour.
Opinions of Leading Church.
men on the Subject.
Thew Are Una1terably Opposed to
DR., Do Koven.
And Favor tho Two Pottors.

THE CoNVENT1oN.
Tho Episcopal Diocesan Convention Will meot
at 10 o'clock this morning In tho Cathedral Of 49,
petor and Paul, at tho cornor Of reorfa and
Washington strcotB. The forenoon HeBsion will
DO doYotctl to religious services, Which will DO Of
On unusually impressive and aolonln nnturo. Tho
sermon, which viii bo preached by tho Rov. Dr..
Locke, will be devoted to tho memory Of tho
late bishop Of Illinois. at 2 O'Clock tho Con-
yonlion will mcot for organization and busincaB.
TIE ORDER or PROCESSION
ct tho morning services will bo as follows:
Tho Cathedral ohor, tho clergy In choir. and tho
o'cIaang clergy will assemble In tho Inner vcstfs-
The, other clergy Of tho diocese wi meet in Tho
chanel at tne same hour The lay delegates VII M aso
formed IN tho following order:
Tho Lay Delegates, two by two.
Lay Diocesan aud Cathedral Onlcers.
Tho Clergy Of tho Diocese two by two. juniors sst.
Tic Rural Dcafs.
Other Clerical md Diocesan OfFcers.
sEcr1"N Il.
Tho caseS,s! neS ssss Dae ef r. H. essy ii co
The cctchrant With attending Clergy.
Upon reaching tho cathedral door, the sst Eccton Of
second acetion led Iy tho ycrgcr mud Cathedral Choir
T ps.s To Tx neegstsst @ n "a osrgy ,o Of n'
TIo eIorstors M - o cIersy It, chor and olcating
clorgy will occupy the seats anu stalls right mud left Of
the choir,
Tho Oe!cbrant and attending clergy will enter tho
Hanrnrtunl.
Tho Clerical Dlocesan OfIiccrs and Rural Deans will
occupy stalls right md left outside OF tho SaCrarum
tho Clergy Of tic Diocese tho front pcs Mt each sao
81 tho nave tho Lny Delegates and Lay Diocesan md
Cathedral onsecrs thoso Immediately behind.
10 Tho chapel IN the following order:
The Yergcr Of tho Cathedral.
Tho Cathedral Choir. Tho Chergy In Choir.
The OnlcintinR GiorRy.
Tho Celebfant, With attending olsrEy.
Tbs Iltral De1n6 un other ClerIca Diocesan Officers.
Tho Clergy Of tho nioceae.
, 1874-09-15

4 lady at 'Hoyen, pcar brighton, Eng, while
m inspection Of her house was being n,ado for
tho purpose Of oxttrpating tho rats, was furi-
ously attacEcd by ono Of thcm. 1t was found
that most OF tue rats camo from Il drain co,,-
nectod with tho house, but among otlor things
rat mud fYe young oucs woro found secrotol In
tho works. THO Gid rnt. Oh finding It's place Of
concoa,nent observed, low at the lady who Was
directing tho Boarch Sho waY Immediately, in
consequence, soizod with q fit, md only re-
covered to find Aeraclt seriously i'll.