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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
A Colorado Pony.

Yesterday, says Southern Colorado
paper, we saw man, woman, a good
sized boy, two babies, five or six blan-
kets, buffalo robe, and two strings of
Chill on single pony. Every availa-
BILE inch from his ears to the root of his
tail was "taken." The poor animal
was very small thin as a towel rack !:
of sickly pale color, and one fore leg
was baout five inches shorter than the
other-the knee joint of the leg was
very large, and we suppose that the
missing part Of the leg was driven in
there by the weight above, so that when
it was relieved the leg would stretch
out again like a turtles head In fact
nearly all his legs were short, and the
crookedest convention of legs that we
ever saw. Taken altogether, it was
the most amusing horse and load we
ever saw. Incredible as it may seem.
the why little animal passed us on a
trot. When he came down ON tbe
short leg, and. the family kerplumped"
with it, it would have made the Oldest
man living laugh. Both the children
were sleeping soundly, for the motion
of the horse served all the purposes of
. cradle. a<a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
An AriStocric at Card Svindler

A London correspondent gives def
mite information about the aristocratic
individual said to have been expelled
from the Marlborough, Turf and other
clubs for cheating at cards. The
person IS by marriage related to a
distinguished Scotch family, and en-
loyed the special friendship of the
Prince of Wales His salary as a
governmental official being small, his
friends were astonished at his luxurious
methods of living. He was an indus
trlous card player, and it was observed
that he never lost. A committee was
appointed to watch him, and the CON-
mlttee reported that at whist he
frequently dropped a court card when
dealing, but that the deal nevertheless
came right, the last card going to him
instead of the right hand player.
After he had taken up his cards he
stopped down and picked up the fallen
card, as if he had just dropped it.
The Marquis of Huntington and the
Hon. 81. Petere were deputed to go to
him and give him the choice of with
drawing his name from the Turf and
Marlborough clubs or of submitting to
a vote Of the members. He chose to
Withdraw. He also retired from tho
official secretaryship which he held, but
receives a retiring DenSiOn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
AggrayatiOn.

A correspondent OF the New York
Mail says:
s. lived in an Eastern city he slut
tered awfully. R lived in the same
city. s. kept corner grocery store.
One day a countryman was driving
down the street, and seeing R, says
he, "Do-do-do you wa-wa want toto
to buy-buy-buy any whi-whi-white
be-be-beans ?"
R.-No, sir, don't: but I'll tell YOU
where you can sell the whole lot. Doyou
see that sign, SIS? Go up there he is
awful on beans. .- w.. ..-
Countryman-Ta-ta thank you.
Then he turned his horse and drove
up to the store. By the time he reach
ed there R., with choice collection
of friends, occupied box seats at the
side door. The countryman entered.
and it didn't take long for each one
to make up his mind the other was
hooking him. The countryman spoke
first.
Says he, "Goo-goo-good mormon
morning, si-si-sir.
S.-Goo-goo-good mor-mor-morning
you-your se-se-self.
C.-Do-do-do you -wa-want toto
to buy-buy-buy any viii. whi-white be-
be-beans? 81 .3f
S.-No-no-no' I do-do-don't. Coco to
toto the-the de-de- devil with -with-wita
your be-be-beans. Who-who-who Won
mock mock-mocking, si-si-sir?
C.-Who-who-who are you-you-you
mo-mo-mocking yoursel- sel-self? &C.
go-gol d-d-darn you.
S.-Ge-ge-get out of my my mystic
sto-store, you-you t-t-thundern' o-o-old
scoun- scoun-scoundrel you-you-you.
C.-I'm-I'm-I'm a goo-goo-good mi
to-to-to kno-kno knock your
dar- dar-darned o-o-old hea -hea-head
off. -.
Here s. seized two pound weight
and rushed for him but R. and his
friends ran in and stopped a fight. The
madden a suffering man gets the
more he shutters, so you can imagine
where the laugh comes in. ...o
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
The Danbury News Man on

II never get tire
London boy, writes w.
man. He is always i'll IND
always in the way. I never So .eh
boy III any other city. He is .--sSs9quar-
relsome, not saucy, not addicted to
smoking, and L never heard one of them
swear, even under the most favorable
circumstances. To tell the truth, I
never heard them say much of any
thing. He is helpless youth, addict
ed to store windows, rubbing against
buildings, and topping over obstruc-
tons. He has dreadful tendency to
Ibe always backing up against some
thing, and always missing it, to the
detriment Of his bones: Only they do
not fall with sufficient force to break
bone. have seen one of them slide
from the side of a lamp post, turn a
part somersault, recover himself, hit
up against the post again, slip off the
curb, and gradually get down on his
back IN the gutter-taking in all some
dozen seconds to do it, while an Ameri-
can boy would go down and stave hole
in the back of his head, and make
doctors bill of eighteen dollars in less
than a second" d. s...Es s.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
A Kentucky Marvel.

This is the story a letter from James
town, Russell County, KY, tells
" A few days ago two Messrs. Pierce.
who live in the Long Bottom, discov,
cred something in the cloudless sky.
just under the sun, that very much
resembled man. They immediately
went to their own or their neighbours
house and told what they had seen.
Pretty soon others went forth to make
observations, but instead of seeing the
man that had been recognized by the
others they plainly discovered two
women emerging from the sky, one
from the left and the other from the
right of the sun. They gradually came
together just under the center of the
sun until they were in the embrace of
each other at which moment a large
eagle came forth and sailed around
the women for fifteen minutes, and at
length rested on their heads and
remained there for some time. The
same evening Mr.. Davis, who lives
two miles from the Pierces, saw the
same sights at the same time of day.
Mr.. Davis says the Pierces are reliable
gentleman, however strange their dis
cOvery may appear"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
The TemDlars.

A writer in Blackwood's says: "The
order Of the Temple was started at Je-
rusalem, in 1118, by nine French gen
tlemen, who united themselves into a
society, under the name of the Brothers
Of Christ, in order to protect pilgrims
and defend the faith. They took the
three monastic VOWS, and although they
began most modestly in a little house
which the second Baldwin gave them.
near the Temple, the usual donations
soon arrived and enabled them to form
themselves into regular military order,
the distinctive Sign of which was the
red cross On white robe. They rap
idly became famous and acquired the
reputation of possessing the gentle
ness OF lambs, the patience of hermits,
and the courage of lions But they
had the misfortune to grow rich, and in
consequence, jumped suddenly from
humility and austsrity to every sort of
valnglory and Righteousness. Richard
Cmur de Lion said of them at this
epoch that, wishing to Danish vice
from his court, he had married pride to
a Templar , the proverb boire CONNIE
I'm zena1laer got into circulation at the
same time. The order grew in wealth,
in strength, in disorder, and in thirst
for domination. Suddenly a coalition
was formed against it; the Templars
were condemned by both Pope and
kings, and were extinguished in 1912
with even more than the usual cruelty
of the period"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
A Horse That Knows Something.

On Sunday last, while two horses
belonging to Mr.. William E. Tune
we're feeding in pasture one of them
fell into ditch, partly filed with water,
at the foot Of Chester avenue, and his
mate, seeing the accident stopped not
to wonder, but started on run for his
masters house, situated some two or
three hundred yards away, whinnying,
half the time. Arriving at the house
he stopped only amoment, still keeping
up the whinnying, and then started
back to see how his companion Jared.
He made four OF five trips to End from
the house before stopping, and not then
till his master appeared, though some
dozen persons were trying to help the
fallen beast. When Mr. Tune arrived
upon the spot, he ran to the stable and
entered his stall. The horse was taken
from the ditch uninjured, but had it
not been for the conduct of his mate,
he would have found watery grave,
as in falling ..one of his fore feet got
through the halter round his neck, and
as he fell in head first, kept his head
under water. t
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
A Famous Agate,

A resident Of Indianapolis has a
moss agate stone, which he picked up
200 miles northwest of Fort Buford, in
Dacotah Territory. It is set in gold
and worn as breast pin, isnearly aninch
long and more than half an inch wide.
The disposition of the moss resembles
very clearly castle with three distinct
towers and long, low wall extending
back III the rear, while beyond is the
sea line very distinctly defined. The
castle seems to be sitting on the brow
of a bold promontory, and the view down
the side IN the foreground is very
much broken, and there are two diff
ferent lines of road leading up to the
gates. The combination of colors is
asserted to be very striking and beau
tiful. a.ii
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22

The loss OF life as far as ascertained,
is as follows: A young man about 25
years of age, name unknown, killed by
falling wall on Wabash avenue; an
an expressman named Mike Degan,
killed by an engine striking his wagon
while crossing its track. Four men are
reported to have been buried in the
debris of falling wall at the corner of
Wabash and Van Buren, streets. An
unknown man was killed by falling
stone thrown by the explosion of a
building. ,':
The most noted buildings destroyed
are the postofice, the Adelphi Theatre,
the Harrison street school house, the
st. James hotel, Continental hotel, and
Woods hotel.
LATER. p. m. on the 10Th, re-
ports were received that fire had
broken out on the West side. Two
blocks of buildings had been consumed,
and the flames we're still raging.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22
DeceDtiOn.

You may remember that [ lectured
lately TOR the young gentlemen of the
Clayon1an Society? During the after
noon of that day, was talking with
one OF the young gentlemen referred to-
and he said he had an uncle who, from
some cause or other, seemed to have
grown permanently bereft of all
emotion, and, with tears in his eyes,
this young man said: ooh, if I could
only see him laugh once more! Oh, if
L could only see him weepw I was
touched. [ could never withstand
distress. said: ''Bring him to my
lecture. I'll start him for YOU" ooh
IT you could but do it If you could
but do it, our family would bless YOU
forevermore, for he is very dear to us.
On, my benefacter, can you make him
laugh? Can you bring soothing tears
to those parched orbs?"
l was profoundly moved. I said ::
" My son, bring the old party around.
1 have got some jokes in my lecture
that will make him laugh, if there's
any laugh in him and, if they miss
fire, I have got some others that viii
make him cry or kill him, one or the
other"
Then the young man wept on my
neck, and presently spread both hands
on my shoulder and looked up forward
heaven mumbling something reverently.
and then went after his uncle. He
placed him in full view, in the second
row OF benches. that night, and [ began
on him: l tried him On mild Jokes,
then with severe ones I dosed him
with bad jokes, and ridiculed him with
good ones; fired old stale Jokes into
him, and peppered him fore and aft
with red-hOt new ones. [ warmed I'D
to my work and assaulted him on right
and left, in front and behind I fumed
and charged and ranted till [ was
hoarse and sick and frantic and furious
but l never moved him once-I never
started smile nor tear! Never ghost
OF smile, and never a suspicion
OF moisture [ was astonished. I closed
the lecture at last with one despairing
one wild burst of humor-
and hurled a joke of supernatural atrocity
full at him! Then I sat down bewii- |
dered and exhausted
The President of the society came
up and bathed my head with cold water,
and said: 'What made you carry on so
toward the last?'
[ said, 81 was trying to make that
confoqnded old idiot laugh, in the
second row."
And he said, "Well, you were
your time because he is deaf
and dumb, and as blind as a badger"
Now, was that any way for that old
mans nephew to impose on stranger,
and an orphan like me ?-lIug.k Tavzin,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22

The value Of the exports from Great
Britain to the United States during the
first three months Of this year was $685.
499, 27O, a falling off of 81, 216, TAO COM
pared with the corresponding period in
1873, when the exports amounted to
$50, 716,O1O.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22

AMERICAN makers of tinware are now
actually undertaking the British in
their own markets. This fact London
publication, the Engineer, announces,
by way of warning, in the following
terms
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22

STEPS have been taken toward estab-
fishing cotton factory ia Mobile.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-22

A COMPANY is forming in Missouri for
working the lead deposits in a tract of
4, ZOO acres in the Joplin District.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-27
THE STATE OF TRADE.
EUROPEAN MARKETS.

LoypoS March 26-12i3O mAt12i5 pm the Bank England
Directors posted their card that change had been made
Of discount Consos for money 9sd92 for the
92d02l United Fye-Twenty bonds 1905 old, l099l
Ten.torles, 104l4; Erie Railway shares 80 1885,
LIVERPOOL March 26-l2:30 m.COtton shade sales
bales including 1000 for speculation and export
l6d cheaper sales the basis OF Mns Upland nothing
low Good Ordinary shipped February 5s do. deliverable May
June Sd
LrsRrooL2 March 26-2 p m.-COtton-MidiIiDg Cpands,
Sisd lad; Midifng Orleans Ssi
LoyDoS March 282 mEne Railway shares 3Sl2 Pans dis
patches quote Rentes At 500 SIC.
LIVERPOOL, March 26-2p mCoOnsss the basis Of Mid
ding Upsds nothing below Good Ordinary shipped March and April
l.l6d do. shipped April and May, s do do
cradle April and NAV 81 The basis Of Midng Orleans.
nothing below Low Mddnss shipped February at s5lG Bread.
stuff. quiet
LyEHPooI, March 263O m-of the Cotton sales to-day 700
bales American
LosDoS 26-sugsr 90 6327 per for No IL Dutch
Standard "a the spot and n for DO. ahoat
LosDOs March 2633O The bullion in the Bank Bng
Bank balance TO-DAY is f46 600 The proportion
the Bank liabilities which last week 467s
"a Paris dispatches quote Reates She
March 20-O:3O m.-Ere Railway 374d3Tla
2Bp mThe the OF
creased % O95OOO during Rentes 75r
LIVERPOOL March 26-53O m-Coon-Saes basis OF
Midng Upands nothing Good Ordinary deliverable Mar and
June Lied do nothing be,os Low Mdngs deliverable May
aud June a, SID.
AsrwERP 25-Ps,roleum S3L for Gne Pale American
LIVERPOOL March 2B-Eenihg Turpenbe 33 6d3i p
LsSDos March 2G-EIeulus Spirit, Turpeuuue 80 Pcvt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-27

aton drfted into duieter channels after the Board
and as Western Union ruled between the extremes
of S1tQ7ei 0Soi, and Eric broke down from 4St
TO 40I ISL In London) the general marker
became quiet at lower prices. In the
afternoon the market began to pick up
again. and closed strong but the day has been do.
void of that excitement and enthusiasm that marked
Yesterday. The leading shares were Pacilc MAIL
Erie. Union Pacific, Northwestern Lake Shore
Rock Island, ST. Paul. aud Wabash. the conspicuous
cmd being Western Union Telegraph. when the
pool permitted to drop nearly three per cent rom
Yesterdays best price. The new cable to connect
ENGLAND and America direct, under the control OF
The Independent Cable Company" Will be ready,
according to London advces. to be placed on board
the new cable steamer Faraday on the 18th prox.
The importance of this new Company cannot be
overlooked when It taken into consideration that
as il is built at a much smaller expense than the old
cable its tolls will be much cheaper OF course It's
advent will be oyfully hailed by those requiring the
use of ocean telegraphy. 1t is understood that the
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company are IN ne
potiation for an independent connection with TINS
company with good prospects of success. Erie was
notably weak and declined from AZ! to 40,. The IN
vestment shares were dull and without feature save
for few sales of Illinois Central at l042, D. Il. and
Lackawanna 109d109l. New-York. NewHaven and
Hartford at 1922, and New-Jersey Central 1851. The
opening highest lowest and closing prices of stocks
I'll.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-27
COTTON MARKETS.

ME~PHrs March 2G-Coou duh unch,rge' Low Miiha.
I41,0lj receipts, o2j bales shipments, $50 baesi stock,
10 ~ bales
rKwORLE.Ss March 2G-Cotton firm Mdihng l6lec;
1902 bses ofne Britain 3 49,
bales $500 bales evening 5,OO bales stocs zoJ ~
PgmaDErpHil March 2G-Cot,on quiet; Midng. lGa Low
Ordinary lie: net receipts 80 bales gross $50 bales 49,
firm hlyes aud sellers apart MI
ding l6c 1880 bales exports Great Britain 23Il
bales sales 659 bales stock b3 5S1 bales
G.LvEsroS 2G-Coton light demand Good Ordnsrr
li5 Mddhng 1879 receipts ALB bales exports 10 or a.
Britain 900 bales the Continent l,612 bs sales IOOO oi'
stock. ~ 254 bales - ..,,. 80, 49,
ceipts ll2 exports coa.twe 100 bales sales 2lb bies
March % Cotton quiet; MilHne - 81 10,
Miihng Good Ordinary IA la II as.i ret receipts lp
baes exports coasse $50 bas 500 bales ocA, 81 SO
bales. amin - .
NORFOLK March 26-Co.ton quiet and firm Low Mlding l5c
sG9 bales exports coastse 20O bes sie' 11D
MOBILE March 26-Co,ton du Miilng, l6e ne, receipts,
1875 be eoaswise, 1877 bales; sales 1OO bales c'
j3.j j3 bales. ,.,r,
ceiDts 1880 bales exports, coastSse, 40 oao' SAFES . O
96i bales ,,,.-
BosroS March quiet; Mdng l6'ic net receipts
81 bales gross 81 bales exports Great Britain S62 bales sales
80 bales; stock. $500 bales
Lows 26-Cotton quiet and unchanged MdihnG
lj3, receipts bales sniDmen 51j ba j3 bales
CisCsSAT March 26Cotton quiet Mding lJ's-i receipts
90 bales: Shipments S29 bales; stock IL 263 bales
AUGUSTA. March 2COttOn dull; hdiug 10 2ri receipts III
bales, sales i6j bales
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-27
Stocks closed strong at the following bids

The foreign advces reported consois IN London
easier. and Erie weak and declining. but United
States bonds were strong and higher. despite more
active money in the open market The Bank OF En-
gland made no change in the minimum rate OF dis
count and it still stands at 81 per cent the Bank
losing f2j 900 in bullion during the week. and gain
ing 900 on balance to-day. Foreign exchange
was steady in tone at the rates of yesterday. but
sales were half cent under these rates at 4Sil@
4s5 and 4S7 PASS respectively for long and short
bills Gold was not directly influenced by either of
these causes but the prospects of imitation gave the
market additional strength and the price made an
other step over yesterday and rose from 1929 open
ing to 1929 on a lively business at the Gold Room,
and an expectation of revival in the speculation in
this department at distant day. Loans cost 4, B,
3d. g. and II per cent for carrying, 10 flat ex-Clearng
house borrowing with later loans at B. |, and q for
carrying again. The days business at the Gold
Exchange Bank covered Gold cleared, Si3,ll4,OO;
gold balances, S15jS,O9O; currency balances,
81 1865.
The Treasury bids for the half million gold adj
veTtised to he sold to-day amounted TO S1G20OCO at
prices ranging from 1920 to 12.57. The good price
ruling for gold in the open market induced the
Secretary to sell million which he did at 1928 TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-27
THURSDAY. March PIP. NJ.

After the excitement incident to the activity Of
yesterdays stock speculation the quiet of to-day
was neither unnatural nor undesirable. For time at
the very start the market was 'ttended by good
deal Of animation and vivacity, but it later sub
ided into comparative tameness. as the Senate
,howod no indication of coming to decision OF
vote on the four hundred million bill SO the mar
ket hsd 70 get along as best it might. without re-
course to Washington adviees for influencing
sideratiOns. After a feyersh but generally firm
market for the first half hour Of business the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-27
DOMESTIC MARKETS

AIB.Sr March 26-Wheat-No movement Rye quiet he'll 81
store Corn hrneF aud higher Western Mixed oil ami new $50
ssc sales 900 bush, store Barley held yrv firmly MIN M
sales Oats less n sales Of No Mrei Ole
BuyyALo March 2Omporis for 300
bills Whe.t o. zoo bush Corn 6235l bu, Oats 20 $50 BUSH
Barley LOO bashi Peas 300 bush as hours
Wheat $1,000 bush Corn ~ 200 bush; bush Flour
quiet, western spring - 1887 Bakers ~ 25aS7 rs Amber
81 10dtS 1 White - 5OdS9 quiet sales 500 bo.h
Waite canada 81 0Oat 75 500 bush Msauke No SprSS a,
81 90 Corn esrs and higher sales 1000 bush New on us
77c hei al 1oc Old a, SOC da ss Esstem held Al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-27
BANKING AND FINANCIAL
FIRST MORTGAGE GOLD BONDS,
VERMONT DIVISION,
PORTLAND AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD,

WITH
TRAFFIC GTARiNTv
EASTERN RAILROAD OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SAFE AND CONSERVATIVE NEw-ENGLAND N
VESTMENT.
The issue is LIMITED to 10000 per mile, and has a
basis of CASH CAPITAL STOCK OF Sl,20OOOO PAID IN
AT PAR.
A limited amount remain unsOld. Bonds issued in
denominations of 81 OOO $500 and $780, and interest
payable in gold May and Novemberl.
For sale by
T.. & T. FAIRBANKs & Co,
st. Johnsbury, Vt;
FAIRBANKs Brown g. CO.,
2 Milk-st Boston;
FAIRBANKs d Co.,
= 81 Broadway, New York;
FINANCIAL AGENTS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-27

To THE FIRST MORTGAGE BJNDHOLDERs OF
THE NEw-YORK AND OSwEiO MIDLAND RAILROAD.
The plan of the committee for reorganization has
been modified TO meet the views expressed by many
of the bondholdcrs Ii now provides for funding
the First Mortgage Bonds n an issue of new .Frsts
of $50 900 per mile. subject TO the priority of 81 ,500-
coo Preferred Bonds for aiding in dIscharGing Re
ceiveT's Certificates, i'll completing railroad, &c.
Subsequent bonds and claims to he funded in
securities in the order of their priority, but not
bearing any interest charge unless the same is
earned.
An agreement embodylng This plan has been pre-
pared for signature, and can be executed at the
Office of GEoIGE OPDYKE N Co.,
No ~ \assan.st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-27

In railroad bonds there very heavy business.
in some instances with sharp advance in prices.
The Union Pacific Issues attracted much attention,
aud the Incomes were in active demand, rising to
ssI-a clear improvement of 81 per cent from the
opening quotation. The following were the bids for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-27
NEw-YoRK AND OswEao MIDLAND RAILROAD

NEw-YORK AND OswEGO MIDLAND RAILROAD
COMPANY,
First Mortgage BOndholders are requested TO de-
post their bonds with the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company prior to the 18th April, and receive in
change Trust Certificates emitting them to repre-
sentation by the Committee of the United Foreign
and Resident First Mortgage BOndhOlders. For
further particulars apply to
HEIDELBACH, FRANK 4 Co,
Bankers, No. 81 Exchang-Place, NewYOrk