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4 MYSTERY CLEARED TT.
Mr.. Beach rt.d isragfaIa from tho Official roFt.
I'll b. I'll t. 1 w'nss
tlsetn lstrs sectsed to Ara. Stanton. who isnEy
u. ssautnn's w1le
Interview III Mr.. Moultous study, uuderst,+d tAlt
the r4asBe WAS hat Heocher had made imprper pro.
potals to srs Ti!tou. which had been ropue4. When
Ti!ton stated blu Caee ngatuat usechts, asahwycr
kn9v that no litigation eon grow out Of au,hA charge
auA after this .lloxsa M pledge to staal ietaisi
inc Iy Triton. gave ihls lelso Il tie ,i:e knowing
10 Litigation could grow out Of thcsu elsGes against
AF. DescAet, and when gave 1t lsupptel # Ms h-
understand Tiltou to Da satIous when desired tho
pisdXc, buk aAhusnDd hs waa. ! AeYtr1&sabusc1 ht5
satad Ill Thu snblscs until July. ls7'. iaaas ap my
TO nEcoME 1 w1TE1ss
when this evidence tA1 tesn gives. I'D That matter
iu Il. hsve be%n in consultation al! alouu
With my assoclates in soma dogsec, aud hye hsen 70
W 10 tie rsessut. DO nos ooutsn7Iate HthdE!~ia9
from the case. opened the caso 5ae Ito dieilac, aud
delivered tta opennH to tho jury. To hofn ekttas !
wsn Tho author Of Tho opening. lcotnl'oad most Of
with Wooisun, preceding the Interview With Moutoa
In his study discussed the scandal, 1ut IoodsnH
sbluk Ut tho second tuters!ews scterfsl ths ~
1erx aoulkol had III blu tsasetsion. Woodruff
ILL not te!. us Tln charged tehst With committing
adultery w1tn Ills fT1'on') r.fs. 1y hl3 insauatians
suhatanco tell ne
TlLroN CHARGED ngEcHE1 WITH ApC1nr
with Lila tl1i.uu.) Wife. Tlluro was no ccasr4atlon
lrtwecn III aloit Eeecher having girtu nlucy t1
s!oultun for Tfun. Woodruff did nos rptr That
night 10 payment. Vt money by Deeehef nor II Say
TINT was tho most damaging lastia,uuy against
li4eclas. When Woodruff Aaa = conyersalia With
ne hs said 10 wanted me Ia regard tue communication
II professional. Tncrs are so,no htngs ii !lloAs
Tfus Story" - rubsbHt. which we're not y 10 QUO
read u s.u ty Tuu at thu nssrtsw 81 t!a F1A Ave-
nus Hotel, Tho question Of tls production olIapess
u Mouitot oxscssIun bof1Eu ths Comui!tcn ~ dis
cussed. Two modes Of ptoccdur! wsrs dsslsca tAat
night. suggested two Mays which h1oulto could
lirsuc but dill not put my aaggeatlon III u torl
1f nlyce or so1.sest. weut 70 ta4 Interview Moul
ton's renuess 10 &c, Gen. Butler II to wna routsu
Mou,ton should pursue. ! did not consider rseH ~
sloULIuSH COUNSEL.
vent there 1t Auutoa's request, md ~ frsnd Of
U.ccLCr al NJ trying 70 pIoSsnt al opsn caudll
IN tnc publication Of thS matter This interysw w1a
! M M. D. 1874. had taltod with Dsecac1 lofor1
thit about In Novsmber and December. l8'1. cuu-
suirI With h!ult Gt:t sometimes slYiscA hauAo ~
cuuuseI but ~ frltnd. It'd uot suplltku haought
my alylts because OF my professional Pstta,u lid
uot Iu substance state to us1anln r. nuilas tut ap
txare1 ~ tho representative at ueeches. saw
Uecehes shortly After tf Iut do not Etcol!e II tho
interview With dsu HuGeF wss tho subject Dfonyer.
sation bstvssa u. eanfssrsa viii Butler ice In
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
A TRAGEDY OF THE SEA.
TWO BLENDERS of n Boats Crew Killed and
Eaten by Their Companions.

TWO Fcmbers ola Boats Crew Killed and
Eaten by Their Companions.
The British ship Euxine, bound from
North Shields for Alden, was DESTROYED
by fire in the South Atlantic in August
last. Ihe crew took to the boats, which
soon separated from each other. The
occupants Of one boat lost all their
provisions and water, and, after en-
during the pangs Of hunger for some
time, drew lots to decide which of
them should be killed to preserve the
lives OF his companions. The lot fell
upon an Italian sailor, who was killed
and cut up. Only few hours after
wards the others were picked up by the
Dutch ship Java Packet. The Bative
Handelsblad of o. Dec. 3, says:
For several days they had eaten
nothing, and had endeavored to
quench thirst by sea water, so that one
OF them, wholly exhausted, strove to stab
himself in despair. He was, however,
restrained by the others, who proposed
that, considering the circumstances, it
should be decided by lot which of the
SIX should be the first victim to save his
comrades for awhile from death by hun
ger. In conformity with this plan SIX
pieces Of wood of varying length were
cut; the mate held them in his hand.
and each of the men drew out one; he
who drew the longest was to fall. Fran
CHS Shufus, an italian, was the unfortu-
nate whom the lot assigned for it.
Meekly and without murmur he SUBJ
mltted, and SO he gave up the
ghost under the knife of his hungry
fellows. Some hours afterward, and
when they had just commenced their
horrid meal,a sailwas sighted on the ho-
rizon, whittier their course was immedi-
ately shaped. On the evening of the
same day, Aug. 81, the five rescued per-
sons, completely exhausted, reached the
deck of the Java packet. Capt. Trap
pen and his subordinates Immediately
did all they could, by careful treatment,
to make the five unfortunates forget, as
much as possible, the misery suffered.
Yesterday they were brought here, nat
urally destitute of everything, and are
living in sailors lodging house near
the wharf. Their names are James
Archer, second mate; August Muller,
Victor Sandstrom, Manus Schultz, and
Alexander Vermuelln, sailors. Their
remaining comrades in the two other
boats have, according to Lloyd's tele-
gram, arrived safe at Helena without
accident. 'f#E .v 49,.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
Net in the Bills.

A baby was present when Mccullough
was playing in New Orleans the other
night. The Picayune says: GAS the
misfortunes of Sparticus approached
their elimination the baby gave vent to
various expressions of alarm and dis
content When the gladiator babe his
wife an child farewell, the baby howled
dismally; when the rebel chieftain
swore vengeance and destruction on
Rome, the baby deprecated hisviolence
in moving terms. But when Jessippius
or whatever his name was-rushed in
with a great deal of brick dust on his
throat, and lots of blue plaster distrib~
uted about his head and body; when
he gasped and gurgled and flung his
arms wildly about, and laughed ma
niacal and fiendish laugh, and when
Sparticus tipped out his cleaver and
fell upon the expiring wretch with saw
age fury-then, then we angels and
ministers, of discord! then that baby
burst into a storm Of squeals and
screams and screeches that drowned
the thunder of the stage and raised the
hair of the spectators with horror
never contemplated in the programme.
The house was presently subdued;
there came sound as of strangling,
and a furry suggestive of a baby ohoked
and sat upon; and the play at length
| proceeded" ---.---
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
The Poison of the Oleander.

Permit me to inquire of your readers
If they possess oleander plants. If SO,
my advice is to destroy them ''root and
branch (the surest way to burn them,
which may be thought unwelcome adj
vice, but when the following true in
cident is read they may think other
wise.
A gentleman of our place, after trim
ming off his oleander this winter, threw
the leaves out on the sidewalk, thinking
no harm. Soon after valuable horse
was hitched near by and ate them, no
doubt relishing the green, undried
leaves in the depth of winter; but he
died from the effects of it before the
next morning.
Since the casualty they are being de-
stroyed in this vicinity, though some
are 10th to part with them, and allow
them to stand in a room where small
children are running about, not know
ing that the drop that is left, where a
leaf has been broken off Gas [ have been
told), is sufficient to cause thed ath Of
a person if taken into the ons n.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
Large Religious Beauest.

Father Kinsella, Catholic clergy
man who recently died in New York,
left bequest of 100000 to Archbish-
op McCloskey, for the benefit of his
archdiocese generally, churches, schools
and charitable institutions. It was be-
queathed by the Rev. Jeremiah Kinsel-
la, of Westchester, a clergyman held in
very high esteem by all classes. How
so much money was made by clergy
man ought to be explained, and in this
case the explanation is easy. Twenty
five years ago Father Kinsella was pres
ident of an educational institution in
Chicago, and some friends induced him
to invest in real estate what he could
save out of his salary The investment
was made in land outside of the city.
The land rapidly increased in value
and in few years Father Kinsella was
a rich man. He came to New York
about eighteen years ago, and was SEM
into Westchester, county, where three
or four churcnes built by him during
that time are his monuments now. II
addition to the large bequestt to the arch
diocese, he left about SIS, 900 to thu
church OF which he had charge at thu
time of his death. A more courteous
amiable and unassuming gentleman than
Father klnsella has never been met.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
Tiger CAPTURE in India.

Jamrach, a London dealer in animals,
gives the particulars of tiger capture in
Asia. Full grown tigers are never
brought away for the use of showmen,
as they cannot be tanned, and make
trouble by gnawing and breaking their
cages. Therefore only those under six
months of age are captured. The ma
tives stealthily watch the lairs at the
time of brooding, and upon waylaying
male at distance from the female
and her litter, shoot him. For his head
they get Government reward of fifty
rupees. When the cubs are old enough
to live without their mother, she is also
shot and beheaded. The capture OF the
young ones is then safe and easy. They
are kept at Calcutta until after teething,
and are thence sent to the purchasers.
The Sultan of Turkey buys many, but
most of them go to menageries in va
rious parts of the world. Tigers are
also killed by the natives for their
skins, which, if handsomely marked,
are worth hundred rupees each. The
claws, too, are bought by the Indian
jewellers and sold for ornaments. Jam
rach says that the number of men eaten
by tigers in Singaporeis very great, and
that an average OF. one Chinese wood,
chopper disappears every day,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
A Little Dogs Trip D~'n the River

ga few days ago, says the Niagara
dog was discoyer>d shivering on small
cake Of ice in me rapids, nearly under
the bridge 1eading from the main land
to Bath Rland. tits supposed that the
little s.dow started adult from the vi
ci.,1sy of Tonawanda or Buffalo, and
foated down the river during the day
and night previous. His precarious sit
uation attracted considerable attention
and comment. A boy named Washing
ton finally succeeded with rope and
moose in rescuinS the canine wait from
his dangerous position.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
THE FARM AND HOME.
Bee-Sting Remedy.

A correspondent of the Gardeners
Magazine writes as follows-A young
man employed near bees had the misfor-
tune of being stung. No remedy being
near at hand, remembered MIR. Cor
don's note on the cure of bee-stings. [
recommended him to apply common
soil to the wound, as described by Mr..
Gordon, and it Immediately relieved the
pain and prevented the swelling. Such
a recipe is of more value than gold
to all who have anything to do with
bees. I formerly used common blue
for blessings, but common soil is pref
cradle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
Away Down in Texas.

The following description of dress
worn by young lady at recent ball in
Marshall, Texas, is taken from the East
Texas Bulletin: The dress represented
the first flag of the Confederacy, On
her arm she bore the flag adopted by
the Confederate National Congress. On
the lower skirt were stars for the States,
with the name and seal of each State in
the centre; photographs Of Confederate
Generals were on the upper skirt, to-
gether with pictures of the Alabama and
Sumter; on her shoulders were stream
ers, with the successful battles; mana
cles and chains were on her arms; a cor
onet OF the seeded States was on her
head, and, rising above them, was a
black vail, representing the gloom
thrown over them. This was fastened
with the dagger of oppression.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
they will themselves constitute

they will themselves constitute a
stream. OF course the whey is not in
Guided in the. slops mentioned, but
that must be especially provided for.
Feeding it to pigs and calves ON the
ground is still practiced to some extent,
but the custom cannot be commended.
1t is,aQnch better to have it taken home
by the patrons when they bring milk.
10 this end a vat OF cistern is placed
outside the factory, into which it may
be run, and from which it may be
pumped into the vessel employed to
draw it away; OF, if the descent is stuff
cient, it is better to place the vat upon
platform high enough to obviate the
necessity for using pump.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
AXLE Dissolve half pound

AXLE GREASE. Dissolve half pound
of common soda in one gallon of water;
add three pounds of tallow and SIX
pounds of palm oil. Heat together to
200 degrees, mix and keep the mixture
constantly stirred until it has cooled
down to sixty degrees. This is the
recipe after which one of the most
popular compounds in the market rs
made.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27

RoeERs. the Clay county horse thle1,
is In jail at Fargo, having been caugnt
robbing the Hudson Bay Company s
warehouse at Grand Forks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
Precipitation in Fresh and in Sea Wa
ter

It is curious fact that the DISPOSE
ton Of sediment water is much more
rapid in sea than in fresh water. At a
recent meeting of the Royal Physical
Society, Edinburgh, some experiments
made to determine the comparative rate
of deposition in the two cases were de-
scribed by Mr.. David Robertson. The
reader can satisfy himself that the pre-
cipitation really is quicker in the sea
water by a simple experiment. Let him
take two glass jars of equal size, and ill
the two about four-ffths of their depth,
the one with sea and the other with salt
water say about the consistency of
cream-and stir both we'll up. Set the
jars side by side to settle, and in very
short time the precipitation in the jar
containing the sea water will be seen to
be going on rapidly, while in the jar
with the fresh water little or no change
will be observable. From these results
it is evident that rivers running into the
sea will deposit their sediment nearer
mouths than if they empty into fresh
water lakes, and are therefore, other
things being equal, more likely to be
ObStructed by bars
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27

Miss MARTHA MCNAMARA, OF Hast
ings, has been sent to the lunatic asy
lum.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
Interesting Facts Ascertained by a
$50 '"' t't BallOOnist. .t& % a..

The balloon ascent of M. M Croce
Spinnelli and Sivel has yielded many
facts Of interest. Among these we may
mention the following:a The elevation
reached was 1880 meters. They found
that the temperature steadily dimin-
ished, except when passing through
clouds, and finally reached % degrees
G. AT 1900 meters, crystals Office were
visible floating between them and glist-
eniug in the Sunshine. The lines in the
solar spectrum, indicating the presence
of vapor of water. disappeared when
they reached the greatest altitude, thus
proving that this vapor belongs to our
atmosphere, and not to the sun. At
5000 meters, sensations of discomfort
were removed by the respiration of a
mixture of forty parts of oxygen and
sixty of nitrogen. At 5000 meters the
oxygen was increased seventy-fYe per
cent, and in each instance the physical
and mental weakness was restored, and
the sky, which previously to the inhala-
ton was of q dark hue, again became
blue. NJ. Croce Spinelh has thus re-
moved an old error, and has demon
strated that the blackness of the frma-
ment observed at great heights is due
solely to the effects of fatigue on the
nervous system. Record.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
From the n. Y. Times of Wednesday

gLtFHt% HAaHTHa - a. a. - g
Ihree I.lves Lost and several Peoble
seriously En5uress-A Mothcf's Brave
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-07-11
+. d. GALERAITH'S
Corner FANNY Grocery
= TO n f,

In Dick Ryland's Fire proof Building, oppo-
site Masonic Hall.
MY STOCK, WHICH IS ALL NEW AND
NI constantly arriving. consists of Coffee,
Tea. Ham,. Bacon, Lard, Boneless Goldfish.
Smoked Salmon, Herring. Butter, Cheese,
Mackerel Dried Apples, Peaches Black ber-
rie Pitted pums, Pealed Peaches, Zant
Currants, Comb Honey, Raisins. Figs, Corn,
Buckwheat and Oatmeal. Syrup, Coal Oil,
Cab bage. Potatoes, Onions and good assort-
ment of canned goods, Pick les. Sauces, Sar-
dimes. Oysters, Parched Coffee, Nuts, Candies
and a variety of articles too numerous TO
mention: all of which | will sell cheap for
cash or approved credit.
mhi-tf J. D. GALBRAITH.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-09
THE ONE FALSE STEP.

'Do you know, Walter, it is exact
ly one year to-day since we first met?
Just think of it. One year today"
"Yes, Ella, Darling; one year to-
day hence we'll be marri-"
But here a dainty hand was ap-
piled blushingly to the darling lips.
And the glowing prediction remain
ed incomplete. The subject was
changed with promptness that
seemed simultaneous inspiration,
and along the summer lane the hand
some pair joyously jaunted in their
cosy basket phaeton.
Walter Carlton was rising young
merchant, the junior member of a
New York firm. He was of British
birth, and his dark complexion, crisp
ebon curls, and deep black eyes he
derived from his Castilian mother.
Ella Goodrich was an Una-like
creature, in the first flush of woman
hood. She was a dark-bred blonee,
and the only daughter of wealthy
DR.. Goodrich, of Kirkland.
Walter had received his earliest
heart-wound from the dart of Elias
beauty at Saratoga hop, and since
then the course of their love had run
as smoothly as two enthusiastic
hearts could make it. DR.. Goodrich,
besides closely observing the young
man, had made the necessary in
quiries respecting him, with result of
thoroughly satisfying his amiable
partner and himself on the propriety
of their daughters choice.
1t was really pleasant afternoon
late in the summer-and the gray
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-09
Raising IL Baby by Proxy.
New York Letter.

Amongst other anecdotes picked
up this week is the strangest anecdote
of 4 changeling. One year ago to 4
fashionable mother was born baby
boy. She got a wet nurse who re-
mained with her six months, and
then, rs the child liked the bottle
best, the wet nurse was discharged,
and wcnt-God knows whore. When
the baby was born the grandmother
was there from her distant Western
home, and shortly thereafter return
ed, to come no more till this summer.
In the mean time the young mother
had seen her child sometimes once q
day, sometimes once week, as the
case might be. The first thing on
grandma's arrival was a loud call for
Tommy, and Tommy was torthcom-
ing. lie was kissed and hugged and
praised, and pctted, and grandma
Just lugged him about till finally, old
lady like, she stripped him to see
how much he had grown. Then
came Il shrek. "Where was Tom
my's extra toe?" Tommy was born
with six toes; grandma knew it,
Father and mother knew it, too; in
fact, had heard of it at the time and
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-09
WHOLE NO. 522.

felt rather vain of being equal to six
toes. Here was Tommy with the us
ual complement, and showing plainly
that he had never had any more. To
say CONSERVATION reigned was moth
ing. The family doctor was sent for
and when the examination of Tom
my was made, the NJ. D. unhesita-
tingly pronounced it not the simon
pure Tommy by any means. There
had been a malformation Of the orig
inal Toms feet that time would not
have remedied. Into the world he had
come with six toes on a foot, and a
century's growth wouldn't have worn
away a toe. Then all sorts of specu-
lations were in order. But one SER
want had anything to do with the ba-
by, and she had been six months
away, no one knew in what direc-
ton.
Thomas sets up in dubious posi-
ton. If he amt Tommy, who is he?
And if he is Tommy, where's his odd
toe.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-09
The Burlington Cedar Rapids and
Minnesota Railway.

a few days since we published a
statement of the condition of the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Mime
sofa Railway, and the plan proposed
by John I. Blair and his associates
for the re organization of the road
Mr.. Blair has issued Il circular to the
bondholders proposing basis of ad-
justment of the finances of the road,
including the issuance of Il consoli
dation bond on the main line, the
branches and equipments, in place of
the various kinds of bonds now out
standing. The new bonds were to
be scaled to the different classes of
bondholders upon an equitable valua-
ton of the old bonds, and preferred
stock was to be issued to cover the
discount on the bonds. Mr.. Blair
has obtained the consent Of about
one-half of the bondholders to this
mode of settlement, when certain of
the bondholders who were opposed
to Mr.. Blair's management chose a
committee and took the necessary
steps to have receiver appointed
This interrupted the work of recon-
struction under Mr.. Blair's supervis-
ion, and has brought on 4 conflict
between powerful but diverse inter-
ests. The committee of the bond
holders known as the New York in
terest have issued Il counter circular
to that of Mr.. Blair, urging all hold
ers of bonds to refuse an acquiescence
to Mr.. Blair's proposition. They
claim that Mr.. Blair has no pecuniary
interest in the road except the short
section of twenty-four miles known
as the "Pacifc Division,'' of which
Mr.. Blair is heavy creditor and
holds the bonds with which it was
built. They also charge there was
full fedged Credit Mobilier in the
building of the Pacific Division and
that there was a large over-issue of
bonds-the road costing eightythous-
and dollars per mile, or nearly two
million dollars for twenty-four miles
of road. They object to the consoli-
dation of the Pacific Division with
the main line and other bonds, and
make severe comments upon the poll
cy which Messrs. Blair, Taylor,
Dodge, and associates are trying to
carry out. With such data as we
have before us we are not able to de-
termine the merits of this gigantic
controversy, but it is evident there is
no present hope of a peaceable ad-
iustment of the difficulty of the road.
1t is also evident there has been an
unlimited amount of rascality some
where in the management of road
which ought to-day to be a good pay
ing line and a source of profit to the
original stockholders. That it could
be made first-ciass road under prop
er management and the completion
of its through connections between
st. Louis and St. Paul, there can be
no doubt, and no one understands
this fact better than the thrifty and
populous communities through which
the road is located. The people OF
Iowa want the road completed and
put in condition to do good service
to the country from which it derives
its patronage. In its present condl-
ton its usefulness is seriously Grip
pied. The company ought to be re-
organized and the credit of the road
protected at the earliest possible date.
Hdackeye.