Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-25
English Politics.

LONDON, February 1.-Two mem
bers of the late Cabinet. Messrs. Card
we'll and Chichester Fortesque alst
Mr.. Hammond, late of the Foreigr
Office, Sir Thomas Treemaptle and Wis
count Enfield will be called to the
House of Lords
LONDON, February 17.-Gladstone
was received by the Queen at Wind.
sor this afternoon. when he formally
rendered to Her Majesty his resigna-
ton and that of his colleagues. Dis.
raeli has been summoned, and will go
to Windsor Castle tomorrow. He
conferred to-day with several of the
members Of the last Conservative
Ministry. The new Government is
already partially constructed, and will
probably be completed within a week.
All the members of Parliament for
Ireland have been elected, and are
classified as follows Liberals, Is;
Conservatives, 80 i; Home-Rulers, near
ly all Of whom may be considered
Liberals. So.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is
seriously i'll.
SIR Francis Petit Smith, curator of
the Patent Office museum, South Ken
sington, died last night, aged 68.
LONDON. February 1873 a. m.-AlI
the Parliamentary elections have now
been held, except in Wexford. The
House of Commons stands as follows {:
Conservatives, 34S; Liberals and
Home-Rulers, 3O2.
Gladstone has nominated Viscount En-
| field. Messrs. Cardwell, Hammond and
Chichester Fortescue for the Peersge.
The Times this morning says "We
must be prepared for a time to see
Gladstone decline the guidance Of his
party and withdraw from the duties
which he has hitherto discharged.
The final result of the election may be
exactly stated as follows : Conserva-
tIves returned, 35I; Liberals and
Home-RuIers, 302. Of these, 466
were elected after contest. The total
number Of votes polled in the United
Kingdom and Ireland was $4,000, 900
This is a considerable falling off from
the Fl cures Of the last general election,
and indicates that abstentatons from
| voting were numerous
RESULTS OF THE WHISKY WAR.
The Cincinnati Gazette gives the
| following condensed statement Of the
effects of the woman's prayer move
ment against intemperance thus far:
At Washington Court House there
were fourteen saloons: not one remains
open. At Loudon there were eighteen
five Of which have been closed At
Leesburg no whisky is sold. At New
Vlenna Van Pelt's home, nothing but
cider can be bought. AT Morrow
seventeen grogshops have been reduced
to eleven. At Blanchester no LIQUOR
is sold. At Athens, where the work
has but just begun, two saloons have
been closed and seven remain open |
At Hilloboro three saloons and two
drug stores have been suppressed,
while about as many more are selling.
AT Greenfield, six have been closed,
and five remain open. At Shelby
vile, Ind, the movement has begun,
but nothing is, SO far, accomplished
At New Lexington, Ohio, eight saloons
are shut and five open. At Waynes-
vile there is but one left at Cedar
vile one, and at New Holland one.
At Logan every one is closed. At
tiuncie, Ind, four have closed and
three remain open. At Springfield
and Aeula the movement has just start
ed and nearly all the saloons hold out.
At Lebanon the number has been re-
duced to one By legal prosecution.
Columbus starts tomorrow night. |
Daton is waiting for Dio Lewis. Chill
licothe is preparing to move: and Gin
cinnati is threatened. In most of the |
towns mentioned the movement has
been in progress about a month, and |
it is spreading in all directions, and
promises to extend all over the states
OF ONO and Indiana.
DAIRY STATISTICS OF THE VEST
The Northwestern Dairymen's Associa.
ton desires to publish in its annual re-
port to be issued in few weeks-full
statistics of the dairy products of the
Northwest in 1878. Owners or man
ayers of cheese or butter factories, or
private dairies In Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota, are respectfully
urged to send the following facts :
Name and full address number of
pounds of butter or cheese made, or
milk shipped to city markets. Other
facts will be of much interest, but if
the above are given by all, great help
will be given to the dairy interests Of
the Northwest Address the Secre-
tary of the association, G.. E. Morrow,