Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-26


North Carolina ....I !, O25I .... 81 1884
District Of Columbia. I..:..I isl 81 los
The above are the states which show
the greatest number of saloons, whole
sale liquor dealers, and brewerles.
These statistics are compiled from the
number of licenses issued by the gov
ernmeht, and of course do not include
the thousands of places where liquor is
sold illegitimately.
The total mum Der of licensed saloons
or drinking places in the United States
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1877,
populationssof 100000, one for every
$50 persons. The total number of
wholesale liquor dealers is 4,604; brew
ers, 1858: rectifers, 1,13O; distillers,
1882
NEW EDITION OF THE REVISED STATUTES.
Ex-Secretary Boutwell,, who has been
engaged for eight or nine months in the
preparation of new edition of the
first volume of the revised statutes, un-
der an act Of congress, has now
completed his work, and will
place i, in the hands of the secretary of
state tomorrow The following infor-
nation concerning the work will be Of
interest to lawyers; Mr. Boutwell, has
pretixed to the new volume the consti-
tuition of the United States fully ammo
tated with references to all the deci-
sions of the United States supreme
court, referring to each section, and to
each clause where a section contains
more than one He has also prepared
an index to the constitution. In the
body of the work he has made three
changes: l. Where congress has enact
ed verbal alterations of sections of the
revised statutes, the addition or altera-
ton is inserted verbally in it's proper
place, but in type different from the
body of the work, and he has added in
each case a marginal note, referring to
the statute authorizing the change.
There are about 1000 changes. 2. He
has reference in the margin against
every section which has been amended
by congress since the revised statutes
were adopted in December, 1873. The
reference points to the statute by which
the amendment has been made, giving
the date, and where no reference is
made the reader knows that the statute
remains unchanged. 3. He has given
marginal references to all the decisions
of the supreme and circuit courts of
the United States bearing on any sec
ton of the revised statutes which has
been interpreted by any of these courts.
Finally, he has revised the index. 1t
should be understood that the act of
we'll to revise or codify the statutes en-
acted since 1873, and he has not there
fore touched them, but has referred to
them in the appropriate places in the
revised statutes, as above stated.
CoNKLING's COMMITTEE.
Washington kilograms of the 10Th
inst, state that Senator Conkling's spe-
cial committee on Mexican relations
heard an army officer from the Texas
border make statement to-day, and
adjourned subject to the call of the
chairman. They will probably not
meet again until after the holidays.
The committee intends to direct their
attention to the Diaz government, and
the intercourse that has been going on
between his representatives and the
state department looking to his recog-
milton. Their intention is to find out
what claims he has for recognition, and
why he has not been recognized. They
do not intend to go into the details of
the border troubles, but merely to in
quire concerning the official conduct
of both the United States and Mex
lean governments toward them, and
the efforts that have been made on
either side to suppress and prevent
them.
JOYCE PARDONED.
The president to-day, signed the par
don for John A. Joyce, convicted Of
conspiracy to defraud the United States
of taxes on distilled spirits The pardon
is full and unconditional. Joyce, it will
be remembered, was sentenced to 81
600 fine, in addition to his imprison-
ment. Uef
FLORIDA TIMBER-THIEVES.
Commissioner Williamson, of the
general land office has received a report
from Special Agent Hester, in Florida,
that writ of replevin has issued from
the United States court, for the posses
sion of nine hundred thousand feet of
sawed lumber, and four thousand pine
logs cut from public lands. Gov. Geo.
f. Drew, Lewis Buck, James Parker,
and Lafayette Dickens are the defend
ants. Suits have also been instituted
for RI pocoocSiOp of fhroo b,,pdrod ho r.