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, 1877-01-02
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CHICAGO, Jan. l.-Alr. Moody oil Thursday
evening made an earnest appeal III behalf Of the
Young sIvp's Chr!siian Association, to wh!c!,
all who heard lin must have lierat!ly respond
ed, II they know anything Of the wat asnount Of
good accomplished by that Institution. Would
not very simple and appropriate way u clear
Ink ofT the indebtedness br, fur each one who
has attended the meetings conducted by afr.
Moody, aud who has derived any benefit from
them, to pay st tuwards that obircti Ger
tainly ttcro must have llecn 75,000 present ut
different ti,nea who should be able anu willing
to make that small return for alt they must
have received. QuEnf.
, 1877-01-02

. = 1S116 fOFE W0T11. II :
It's Christmas Tomorrow" said Capt Jack
Miller to bis ste1atd. " and you tnay put sofan
plum4 IN sho cabin dun, out don't use many,
and put 'cnI Ill In onu end can't afford to
Ktye the mate plutn~du6.'
Plum4 III tho duH to-day, stevardw said
the mata next morning.
ayes, air, said the steward, "but you won't
, 1877-01-02
EVENING MEETING.
LOWER FARwELL HALL

was full last evening. It WIS the mems meet
Ing In charge Of Brother Sawyer, though there
were few women scattered among tho congre-
gatlon. The first part Of the hour was spent III
seriptural exercises, rccitfng texts and explatn-
Ing them. With reference to thu road to Jeri-
clio, Brother Sawyer rennFked that the nan
whom tho Good Samaritan found on TINT road
was going tlown ll!ll II they would consult thu
geography Of that country they would End that
Jericho WIS much lower than Jerusalem, and,
per consequence, this roail to 1t was down
grade, from which he drew the suggestion
that tho men who lsad reached Jerusalem,
OF In other worls had been converted, should
not travel tho rua.l to Jericho lcat they also be
thr1u, mud leave tlctn hnlt dead. .
Mat. Cole spike With lnugh clcafncss and
simplicity On tho topic OF wisdom, showing that
the true Wisdom was not Invented OH earth, but
cane down from Heaven.
Near tho clusc Of tlie hour one Of those men
known ~ "rrayer'1nrcs!nK killers" arose and
braced himself for long, rambling Ispceeh,
I ts poet a Momc1 Brother Sawyer s began To- 10 be IL IL
u hurry, A.Ml right III the midst ot ole OF tbs
woula-bs orators most llowery sentences he
callcti out. "Don't 20 out, brethren; We nre
S9nS 70 G h S SNuw hold laay1Ghy ~ ~
Wien will t,osc brethren learn that since tho
days u l}rotler MDntly as PRESIDENT VI Tie Cl.-
cngn Y. II. &. A. there has been no tnnrcy Tor
long speeches IN praycf.neetlng ut Furwel!
Ilnilt
There wrrc thirty-threc pcrsous who raised
their hands as desiring tho prayers nf Gol's ueo-
l!c OIL their ocl,alf, tes!des euIne WHO Foso to
trn,lcst praysra for thrir friends.
Tho closing prayer VIVA then offered by Nr.
Morgan. ultGr which the work OF inatructnH
the inquircrE was carried OH for aos'c tlmo
longer.
Qnttca number af fricnt1s Eathcrc,! round
Brother Sawyer alter tho meeting was out,
nlf dcsrc,a to know what O'clock it
waa. The secret OF this desire was IN
tho fact lint some OF tis friends
among, tho reconstructed men Of Chicago had
made hin d Chrstsnas PRESENT Of nn elegant
guild wu,cl rs token of thelr eratltute, atlintr-
ntE.,n, anil love. llrothcr Sawyer, Ia nAicst
man, mud tho attention which his hcautlful gift
drew 10 hi.Isclf rrally alarmed him. II don't
need II IN tAls work any moru than need dog,
but they were ~ kind to give 1t to mel
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Hoon;:snectll'g t,t!ay In Farxwrll Hall, led by
Atcasrs Ano1y and Sankey. Wuinnu's temper
a!lrs meeting Ut Lower flrwcll Hall ut . p. IN.
Mems meeting there ut ep. Ill.
, 1877-01-02
SUICIDE
important Decision Of the United
States Supreme Court.
Power Of Insurance Companies to Limit
Liability In Cases Of Suicide.
The Point Raised III the Case Of the Late
II. G. Higclow, OF Chicago.

liz - h'sci""' " en''"6"'
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nons;va Utilization.
FoAsFo o't'6"sa'n'
On tho e,h OF February, 1873, Henry ".
p,ss'ov, w. an no old ! and much respected .''!.en,
committed su!side at NO. stl West Madison
street lie Ind been affected for some tint with
been REGARDED Is scrtout. 4 DC doctor was called
wns not until the evening prior to his dctn''e
MS sGa 1o ,na In
,s. s..., .,~s,tas - ...s,,, snI ... n,,,Sa.,,.,
imprcsss, With tic ilea that .ono one VIA Try:
| Ing to sw!nt!te him. The next day he appeared
| q,,itc cheerful, but when tho family was
hcar'l. They rushci 10 his room
md fnn1 lin, In an fseils,blc condition with nis
TO- t1i N @ % ~. an ~ ood h" ass"g asx 1To,n ,n w9ha ~
te rgnt slNe .. INC neau near t''G temple: ne
returned verdict to thc effect that he had COM
mtttcd snfci,lc while latorinE unttr temporary
slnwn,s tIsur.s' A"' ''"'' - ''' '''A"'t' MAO N''
| in hnd hccn insnrel for n RIM sf;1rrohle ann,
in tic Berkshire Mutual Lite, hui lie payment
tey contained 11n prnsislo" to taat II te insured
| died bT Auic1dc. sane or insane, tho Company
should pay only tt!e SURRENDER value Of tho pol
icIcs at the time Of death Tho administrative
| hro,rht e1It bcfnrr Judge nlrcff VIII, DIR i'll
cti +, Fehruary 1a1I nf|vrrsrir m fhn Y,I,ntiiY
! 'rhe jnst nuiIibrr of thc Lf,1, NAM contains
| 1iaf,' ~ -, ~ u. - @ I' -. '@s .. .Mttsaa"e
4ec.si'i a.s III, " III I'm cmpas"G "pusI, written ~
SuaRc & n,sss' @ m''.E .,, te 1uG!ne1t q the
case III favor OF the Insurance Company, after
about three years and lla' Of litigation:
| defendant on tic life or Henry ~. nrciow. Ensh
| contained contt}ru in avoidance II tho ln.urci
| shnuid ,iic bv amciiC anur ~ fnsunS nrI IN srrh
rasc Tho toninsny ngrceI 10 INV il, thc nMrtv IN ;n
fcre.t tc surfcn|cr ynue Of Tic nncv NJ In tI,n,
| ~ lie trath nj icein,y Thr tr rfcu;1snt niccI"i
thnt E5rrIny ,itrI frn,n t,r ctlrrts If 'nI.tni.
wound. jndle.cG upon his prrson Gy bIs own .,anu.
nnh hit hr intcndei hy ,Ea mrnn. m IT, ,rst,"r H.
own Iifr IN thfr fhr ufajnti1s rcnlIct thaf i}irr
low. nt io time when 1e nllirtcd lie pisso.wound
mind and Wholly uucuusctuus OF thc net. Thc dr.
, 1877-01-02

Tic announcement In Sundays tribune that
the Esslpolr concerts would be given at Nc
Vlckcr's Thcatse was crroneous. They will be
giycn ai the New Chicago Theatre, on Ciark
ssrcct, opposlta the shcrman uousc, Monday,
Wetlncsdar, md Friday, jan. s, 10 and II, and
Saturday afternoon, Jai,. u.
Mr.. Sargent, pgcht for Nr. Roucicault,ts in the
city making arrangements for The production Of
'srhu Sha,lglrann" ut McVickcr's Theatre In
March, and ior tho performances OF " Forbidden
Fruit" NJ lIayerly's Theatre shortly by u
travelling company.
The attendance at all the places Of amusement
last neht was OF eOursn very large. Standing
rom, everywhere was In demand. The Adcaphi
had the largest audience III the AFTERNOON.
'.Jack and the Bcaustalk " still flourish alnaz-
insly.
, 1877-01-02


THO trnIn In whIcl, Mr. eothcrn took passage
from Detroit was delayed several hours, and he
lid not reach this city yesterday until long after
tho hour for tho matinee. He was prcsen. III
full force, however, at the evening performance,
and represented Lord DandrsdrY to the sausfac-
tion Ut q crowded houss. The id!osyncraclcs
of the foollst. Lord seem to have lost nothing
during the years thry hare been stsallEers tn
Chicago, Rarely has tllers been in tleatrs
l,ere vi, audience more leartiy amused than the
Que which listened to Lord Uundrsary's gabble
aud observed Ills peculiar acttons lust night
Thu supporting. Tarts were better taken
than might hayn been expected. Miss
Dlctz ts, as usual, el'ril! lii yoicu
and angular III inotion, and Miss storrs is onlya
clever amateur. II Mr. Chccyvrs has any abill-
ty Us ali aclor, he did not SLOW It last night In
tic part os Uudateo"sb. hut the home-actors
caieI to assist a1T. Sot1lcrn were fur aboyo the
aycrage Of merit usually encountered IN country
companies; and, although gathcre! IN Chlcago
on surt notice, answered very fairly tEu ru-
1nifcncnta ot tbs play. Thy Asa Trehschard, to
lu sure, Wis weak, but thr Flortnet, the Kinney,
tho -NHreots. a1sl tho Coy'e we're adequately por-
traycu. "l)undreary" will bc repeated to-
night. md Tomorrow night and at the Inatinee
Tomorrow, When tickets purchased for ycster-
day afternoon wl be received az equivalents for
the heats to which they correspond.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20
The Last Of Table Rock.

On the Oath ultimo the last of what
was SO long known as table rock, at
Niagara Falls, broke off and fell into
the river. The mass weighed nearly
slxty.fve tons, and up to 1875 over
1900 names of visitors had been carved
upon it. The portion which fell on
the 24th composed only half Of the
original rock, the balance having fall
len IN 1929. On Saturday, January
|, 1929, surface of the rock, sup
posed to be the size of half an acre,
forming the bed of Maiden Walk,
broke loose, and was precipitated into
the immense cilasm below. The crash
was heard for distance of five miles,
and the effects in the Immediate vicin-
ity resembled the shock of an earth
quake. The water running under the
bank is supposed to have caused the
fall On the oath, and the shock when
the rock struck the water was distinct.
ly felt three miles from the fall. Sew
eral of the trees which stood on the
rock are now seen standing in the riv-
er as erect as when in their original
places on the rock. Where the rock
sbelved off from the bank, at a distance
of twenty feet from the top. can be
seen the root of a tree estimated to be
two feet In diameter. It attracts con-
siderable acknowledgements Stand
ard.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20

The Ashland Press announces that,
now that the Central Railway has com
pleted its line, arrangements have been
fully completed, by which the Leopold
& Austrian and Ward Line Transport
tation Companies will rrn their ele-
giant steamers in connection with the
Wisconsin Central Railroad, between
Ashland and Duluth, Prince Artbur's
Landing, Isle Royale, and all north
aud sonth shore ports on Lake Superb
or, during the present season. Close
connections will be made at Duluth
with the Northern Pacific, and at
Prince Arfhur's landing with the Ca
NADIA Pacific railways, thus opening a
new and important route to Bismarck
and the Black Hills, the Canadian
Provinces Of Ontario and Manitoba, as
well as the mining districts of Thunder
Bay and the Peninsula of Michigan.
Through daily trains will commence
running on Monday, June llth; leav-
ing Ashland for Milwaukee and Chica-
go every morning at seven o'clock, and
arriving at Ashland at 1O:3G every
evening. Passengers from Duluth aud
Prince Arthur's Landing will, by this
route, be enabled to reach Chicago in
thirty four hours.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20
The Speed Of the Race Horse.

10 simply say that Ten Brock ran
a mile in 1905 presents rather a bar
rem idea to the ordinary mind. 1t is
something to say that the fastest time
ever made before was l.41a, but even
that basis of comparison does not convey
to ones mind any very satisfactory estl-
mate OF the tremendous pace at which
this rem arkable horse ran the course
at the Jockey Club grounds. We are
accustombed to measuring speed in or
binary travel by the hour, so let US see
what len Brock might do if he could
indefinitely continue the speed which
ne exhibited on Thursday. He made
his mile in | 800; that is, be ran at
the rate of 36,O426G6 miles per hour.
Dropping the decimals, and rating him,
IN round numbers, at thrty-six miles
per hour, he would make 864 miles
per day. He might run over the
Short Line Railroad to Cincinnati in
three hours, three minutes, and nine
teen seconds. He might run over the
Louisville and Great Southern road to
Nashville in FIVE hours, forty.one min
utes, and thirty-three seconds. He
might give the through sleeping car to
New York several hours start and get
In ahead Of it. He might put a girdle
round the earth at the equator in
twenty-seven days, sixteen hours, and
travel the average distance to the moon
IN 276 days and eight minutes.-Lou-
isvilIe Courier Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20

TROTTING RACE.
For horses that have never beaten $3.50,
best three IN five, mile heats, in harness.
Four TO enter and three to 60 Purse
S50-25 to first, Is to second and 10 to
third.
TROTTlNG RACE.
For horses that have never beaten three
minutes, best 3 in 5, mile heats, in har-
ness. -Four to euter and three to co.
Purse $1,000 to first, % to second, Is
to third and 10 20 fourth
TRoTTING RACE.
For horses that have never beaten 2:48,
best in 5, mile beats, in harness. Four
to enter and three to go. Purse $l00-
80 to first, rs to second, ! to third and
10 to fourth
TR01TlNG RACE.
Free to all. Best 3 in 5, mile heats, in
harness. Four to enter and three to 90.
Purse $1,000 to first, 30 to second and
20 to third.
RUNNING RACE.
Best in 3, half mile heats. Four to enter
and three TO go. Purse $25-l2 to first
to second AID to third.
See posters and ha I'd bills for further
pa -tlculars. F. P BROOK, Sec'y.
"atertoS n, June S, 1877.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20

THE celebrated giantess, Fanny
Wallace. whose real name was Mrs.
Ruth Beaton, died at her home in
Bergen, Vernon county, on the lst.
According to all accounts she was a
woman Of substance. Her height was
seven feet: four inches, and weighed
$50 pounds. Her coffin was seven
teet eight inches in length, four feet
wide at the centre, twenty, four inches
at the head, and twenty-three inches at
the foot. The doors had to be cut out
two feet to get the coffin In and out.
1t required sixteen men with block and
tackle to lower the remains into the
grave. She was on exhibition for
many years all over the United States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20
!IQyhe RernbHrar.
JUNE 20, 1877.
The Pension Agency Scramble.

Several weeks ago the Secretary of
the Interior gave notice that the PEN
sion Agencies of Milwaukee, La Crosse,
Madison and St. Paul would be con-
solidated, and that the Milwaukee
office would disburse the pensions in
those districts hereafter, one agent
only to do the work which has hitherto
been done by four, thus saving to the
Government several thousand dollars
In salaries ir this State alone. While
this movement is, no doubt, good
thing for Uncle Sam, it is not so GER
tain that it is equally as good for the
Madison and La Crosse Pension
Agents, and consequently the agents
at these points, backed by their re-
spectiye cities, sought to have the Sec
rotary change his mind and locate the
one pension Office at one or the other
cities named, instead of Milwaukee.
La Crosse early abandoned the field
but Madison is still in pursu it, and at
this writing it is neck and neck race
between the Metropolis and Capital.
The fight is growing very bitter, and
prominent men in the Republican
party are saying things of each other
which will not soon be forgotten.
Either CITY would be satisfactory to
the pensioners and people of the State
at large, and all right minded Repub-
Hcans deprecate this disgraceful scram-
BILE for office, for it is nothing more
1t is, of course laudable in city to
encourage everything that will bring
to it desirable residents, but it should
be done in becoming manner. The
savagely conducted fight now going on
between Madison and Milwaukee in
regard to this pension agency might be
becoming in villages of a few hundred
inhabitants, but to our way of thinking
it is sadly out of place between the
metropolis and capital of state. The
simple truth Of the matter is that al.
most all who are interested in the loca-
ton of the pension agency to any great
extent are the asents-Ferguson and
Reynolds-both of whom have been
remarkably we'll treated as far as Office
is concerned, and would have no cause
Of complaint if they were left to re-
sources other than Office holding from
which to get a living. Therefore the
fight seems about as silly as it is dis
graceful.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20

New DISEASE ATTRIBUTED TO To-
BAoco.-Dr. Baker, Secretary of the
Michigan State Board Of Health, says
''There has come under my notice for
several years, but more particularly
during the last two years, a kind of
rheumatic condition of the walls of the
chest. The patient complains of a
dull, heavy pain in the chest walls.
The disease, in large majority of cas-
es, is confined to the left side. The
pain is circumscribed, and limited to a
space OF not more than two inches in
diameter, just below and a little to the
left of the left nipple At times the
pain is very severe, and always con-
slant, day and night. when the patient
Is awake. | have investigated the dis
ease to some extent, and find it to be
more common among tobacco users, es-
pecially those who use the weed to ex.
cess. Patients suffering from this
complaint invariably come to their
physician with the belief that they
have heart trouble
Hon f. B. WAsHBURNE, our Min
lister at the French Court, had an OPP
portuniiy, during the siege of Paris, to
assist the German residents Of that
city, and did SO most effectually. In
return, Emperor William, of Germany,
has ordered his own portrait to be
painted and presented to Washburne
as royal acknowledgment of his SER
vIees.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20
S 7 e A M
Feather Renovation.

WE THE UNDERSIGNED are located
" Oh Main Street, opposite School
House No. in this city. with Bigger's
Combined Steam and Hot Air Feather Rem
ovator, for the purpose of cleaning and
renovating feathers. Believing that our
process is the only proper way of cleaning
and thoroughly drying feathers, after a
time becoming dead and heavy and badly
matted, and also liable to become moth
eaten. Our process will thoroughly clean
and eniven the feathers, as well as destroy
the moths and separate them. after which
the moths will never work on them. Work
taken from the house and returned the
same day.
Mattresses Done Over
All work warran ted to satisfy or no charge
Give Us q trial
COVE Il FARWELL.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20

The ex- clergyman, S. H. McGhee,
of Ashton, on trial at Dixon, ILL.,, DUR
ing the past two weeks for poisoning
his wife in February last, has been
found guilty and sentenced to the State
Penitentiary for fourteen years. The
verdict and the sentence are fully war,
ranted by the facts established by the
testimony. 1t appears that he deliber-
ate|y administered strychnine to his
wife while she was sick, in place of
medicine, and she died from its effects.
The motive appears to have been de
sire to dispose of his wife in order to
esable him to marry another lady-a
member of his congregation. McGhee
belonged to the denomination known
IS the ''Christians.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20

THE vote in Minnesota against pay
ing off the old State railroad bonds was
largely in the majority at the recent
special election. Practically, it is a
sort Of reputation, but the effort was
defeated principally by the apathy of
citizens who failed to vote The meas
ure took the form of proposed amend
ment to the State constitution, devot-
ing the land grant Of 100000 acres,
originally made for the beueft of in,
ternal improvements in that State, to
the payment Of outstanding railroad
bonds. The amount of the bonds to be
Equidated by this measure was about
s2.OOO,OO0.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20

ADvICEs from Winnipeg state that
Sitting Bull, who is now between
Wood Mountain and Fort Walsh with
$50 lodges, intends to settle down
quietly on British soil. He claims
numerous victories over the Americans
of which the public knows nothing.
Ia proof be shows many trophies, in
GLIDING arms, wagons and the complete
outfit of Clusters party. He justifes
the hostilities on the ground of the
violation of the Treaty respecting the
Black Hills.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20

This Thresher is Easy on Men and
Horses. Saves Grain, Saves Money, is
Durable, and Cannot be Beat.
can Supply You With Steam Engine
and Thresher, or Horse Power and
Thresher. Send for Circular to
j. B. 9ENNETT,
Watertown, Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-20

Two daughters Of farmsr in ST.
Lawrence county, n. Y, desired to pay
the debt OF their homestead, but they
preferred not to do it by hard work
They hit upon an idea that suited their
purpose, and have made enough money
to remove the debt. They had large
quantity of porous stone sawed into
small pieces and thoroughly soaked in
odorous preparation, which impaired to
them durable scent. These they
have peddled throughout the state. at
twenty-five cents each, representing
that they were cut from the rock of a
wonderful perfumed cave in South
America. The girls are so demure
and pretty, and tell their lie with such
an appearance of simplicity, that the
sales are very large. They have ju: t
put fresh lot Of stone in soak, pre-
paratory to an extended western tour.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-22
Interesting TO Horse Men.

At Cedar Rapids on Tuesday trotting
circuit was organized in the following order:
Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Mar
ehalltown, EIdora, Oskaloosa, Creston,
Des Moines. An executive committee, viz:
NJ S. Robinson of Dubuque, o. s. Nc
Neil of Davenport. and Z. Martel of Cedar
Rapids, was appointed, who are to have
charge of all the general arrangements of
the circuit, The meetings on the circuit
open at Dubuque the first week in June,
in Cedar Rapids the following week, Dav.
export the third week in June, and Mar
shalltown the fourth week. Further ap-
poiutments of time for meetings will be
referred to the executive committee, as
Oskaloosa and EIdora both desire the
Fourth of July week for their meetings.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-22
THE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
End of the Fall term--Closed for the
Holidays.

During the past week the class examina-
tons for the term have been in daily pro-
gress, and were closed yesterday with the
exercises usual to such occasions. The
exhition of proficiency among the pupils
was creditable 10 them as we'll as their
teachers, aud ir many instances the per-
formances were particularly interesting.
1t is unnecessary to make mention of in
dividual excellence. as those who were
present are able to judge of that for them
selves, and those who were so little inter
ested in shool affairs as not to be present
would only get an opinion at second hand
instead of their own, if the attempt were
made.
1t is proper, however, to say that the
condition of our city public schools, SO fal
as pertains to the management anC
efficiency Of superintendent and teachers
was never better. nor the progress ant
proficiency of the pupils more NANTES
than at present Our schools are goot
schools Of their kind. ami credit to tn
city.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-22
he Leads the Trade.

Epstein discounts them all in the jeweiry
line. Everything is first class, the styles
are of the very latest, and for elegance Of
finish, superb workmanship and low prices.
cannot be equalled anywhere Encouraged
by the very liberal patronage alreaCy ex-
te1ded he has concluded to make still
further reductions and will sell watches,
jewelry, silver ware, rings, ladies sets,
card cases, jewelry cases, casters, napkin
rings, forks and spoons. and everything in
the jewelry line at prices 25 to 40 per cent.
lower than usual retail rates. In a word
he is selling goods at retail, at net whole
sale prices for cash. The most elegant
stock ever offered. Don't be hoodwinked
into buying your holiday goods elsewhere
until you have examined Epstein's stock
and prices. Remember that these figures
are for the holidays only. l. EPSTEIN,
Star Block, Rock Island.