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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05
A Singular Crime.

On Sunday night as DR.. Bingham. q
Well-known and wealthy citizen of Phil
hpsburg, was sitting at home, his house
was entered by band of desperadoes,
who immediately seized him and took
MN TO room IN another part of the
house. The doctor was alone at the
time. The villains demanded money
and signatures to papers which would
secure to them $4,000. Unless this
was at once complied with, his life
would be the penalty. After considera-
bic delay on the part of the prisoner,
and ruse to get into another room for
necessary papers by which money
could be secured the doctor was tenn
porarily released, and managed to gain
access to an open window in the second
story of the dwelling, out of which he
leaped The desperadoes soon ascer-
tanned the escape. They at once made
an attempt to recapture him but failed.
The doctor reached q neighboring
house and gave the alarm, but efforts
to capture the gang proved futile, as
they had left the premises when the
doctor with others returned. The en-
tire gang are known. Warrants for
their arrest are out; and officers are in
hot pursuit of the scoundrels. DR..
Bingham is reported to be wealthy.
He has for years lived in his house with
nobody but housekeeper, and the
gang have been watching for a favora
BILE opportunity to obtain money from
him alone or murder him for plumber
81. Adams w. Special 18Th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05
The Wonders Of the Telephone.
Boston Herald.

We have described the apparatus now
used in Providence, r. l., for lighting
and extinguishing the street lights. Its
novelty consists in the combination of
compressed air, for performing the me-
chanical part of the operation, with an
electric current for lighting the gas. The
system has been in operation something
more than year, and has resulted in a
very great saving of expense. The con-
nection of the lanterns with a central
office is made through about 10 miles OF
copper wire, which is Enclosed in iron
pipes, laid about eighteen inches below
the surface, and all of them are ignited
or extinguished in less than half min
ute, by the turn, up Or down, of single
lever. Since the introduction of this
system into Providence some further
useful discoveries have been made, by
adapting the electric wires for lighting
to general Geographic fre-alarms and
police signals, by means of which com
municatiou may be made, by any po-
hceman on duty, with every police office
and engine-house with which the wires
are connected, by the use of a simple
hand instrument not larger than a com
mon doorkey, upon the wire at any
lamppost, which, for the time being, be-
comes Geographic station. If po-
liceman wishes to give notice of fire
or a burglary he has only to so to the
nearest lamppost, apply his "key." and
by the use of the ordinary telegraphic
signals, the information is at once con
veyed. But, through this key, the po-
liceman can receive no message back
and cannot ever know that his informal
ton has been received at the point OF
points to which he designed to forward
it. This can only be done through the
use by him Of a regular Geographic IN
strument, the connection of the wires
with it in the regular way, and the
knowledge of trained operator.
Within the past ten days, however
experiments made at Providence with
the wires of the pneumatic-electric sys-
tenn for lighting and extinguishing the
gas used for lights in that city have dem
onstrated in the clearest and most con
vincing manner that the newly discov-
cred principle Of the telephone may be
applied to this system of electric work
and communication with most eXtraOr-
binary results. By the use of the tele-
phone in connection with the perfectly
insulated underground wires of the
Providence lamp-lighting system, it has
been discovered that the human voice
can be employed with great advantage
over the arbitrary Geographic signals
used for communicating intelligence
from one part of the city to all other
parts; and that electrical instruments
and skilled operators may be entirely
dispensed with for instantaneous com
munication wherever the wires extend
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05
Specimens Of the Colorado Beetle in
England

The beetle, as Mr. j. B. Doyle in
formed us last Tuesday, has been
among us already, and has given. good
proof Of his powers, even under the
most unfavorable conditions, of sup
porting an Atlantic voyage. Mr.. Doyle's
son-in-law received, as a present from
New York, eight full grown specimens
of the insect, inclosed in a little tin box
about the size of crown piece. He
carried the box in his pocket for six
weeks, and then handed it over to Mr..
Doyle. The insects, after all they had
gone through in the way of privation of
food and air, were still living and SO
vigorous that it was no easy task to
keep them in their prison. We are
glad to learn that no one of these eight
intruders has been suffered to obtain a
footing in our fields. They have been
immersed in spirits for twentY-four
hours, and are now safe in Mr. Doyles
cabinet. The story of their voyage has,
nevertheless, terrible significance for
our farmers If an insect is SO small
that eight specimens Of it can be shut
up in box of the size which our cor
respondent describes and so hardy that
in can survive uninjured in it for some
two months, how infinite must be the
chances that it will succeed somehow
in getting past any obstacles which dis
lance and the Privy Council can i'm
pose. A few eggs or a single pair of In
sects may be enough to do the mischief
London, Times, August 6.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05
Egypt and England.
Correspondence New York Herald.


The fanaticism of the Mohammedans
is daily becoming more bitter and in
intense The common soldier, the deal
er in the bazaars, the donkey boys even,
all have a defiant expression unknown
here before. The Greeks and Moslems
come to blows now much more fire.
quently than a few weeks since. The
house servants even bear themselves
with a sullen, silent demeanor which
bodies no good to Christians. The Khed-
i've is said to be very much annoyed at
these fanatical symptoms of his sub
jects, and sees in this a serious obstacle
to the wished-for civilization of his do
minions.
Surely England, in tanning this flame
of fanaticism, could not have realized
may ensue She has inaugurated a
measure which, if properly directed.
might have been an effective check to
Russia, but now it may recoil with ten
fold force upon her own head in India.
The Moslem population there is very
restless, and in their bitter hatred to all
Christians they recognize no distinction
between Russians and 'Engishmen. An
Egyptian pacha told me that one thing
might be deemed certain, That should
England attempt to occupy Egypt she
would have to cross swords with the
Faithful, and at that moment a mutiny
would break out in India which would
cause British rule to tremble." And
such Is the unanimous opinion of all
Mussulmans who have recently arrived
here from Asia.
1t will thus be seen that even should
the Turks be driven from Europe the
Eastern question" still remains I'M
solved. Every movement of England is
most attentively watched here, because
it is in her power to plunge Egypt in a
war which might undo all that has been
accomplished towards civilization'in the
land for the last century.
Considerable activity prevails here in
repairing the sea-coast defenses. Guns
of large calibre have been sent to Alex
andria and Suez and the government is
said to be very earnestly engaged with
the torpedo-defenses Of the principal
harbors. The British government has
also considerably strengthened the de-
Tense of Alden
The Khedive will resist the attempt
of any foreign power to control the Suez
Canal. His Highness is reported to
have said that the canal would be of but
doubtful use to commerce should it
cease to belong to Egypt, for then it
might be used by one nation as a means
of destroying the commerce Of another
But as long as it remains in Egyptian
hands it will remain open to all trading
vessels of any nationality whatever.
The officers of the British army or
navy, who are also in the service Of the
Khedive, have been allowed by the
British government to remain in the
present position SO long as they are not
engaged in any warlike purposes
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05
What II Plant Did.

A little plant was given to sick. girl
In trying to take care of it the family
made changes in their way of living.
First they cleaned the window that more
light might come in to its leaves, then
when not too cold, they would open the
window SO that fresh air might help the
plant to grow strong, and thus purify
their own lungs as we'll.
Next, the clean window made the rest
of the room look so untidy that they
used to wash the floor and walls, and
arrange the furniture more neatly.
That lead the father of the family to try
to mend a broken chair or two, which
kept him at home several evenings.
After the work was done, he stayed
at home instead Of spending his leisure
in tavern; aud the money thus saved
went to buy comforts for them ALL And
then, as their home grew attractive, the
whole family loved it and each other
better than ever before, and grew
healthier and happier with their flowers.
Thus the little plant brought a real as
we'll as a physical blessing
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05

When the public have once enjoyed the
advantages of sending messages for Is.
a word you cannot safely raise the price
again to IS. People will not stand it.
We say this in good feeling towards Mr..
Fender and his company, for we have
no sympathy with the stockholders and
gentlemen thimble-riggers already
referred to. But Mr.. Fender and his
friends are on the wrong tack, and will
either have to deal more generously
with the public or pay dearly for their
want of discernment and tact. AS for
anybody saying, with Cyrus Field, that
the United States government or con-
gress cannot do this thing or that, it is
the rubbish which some Americans re-
serve solely for use over here, and
would never have the face to utter in
their own country. MIR. Field would
sing to different tune in New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05

jects about a farmhouse We mean
that land directly adjoining the house,
garden and home grounds.
Art can certainly improve much upon
nature in the attractiveness with which
it can clOthe the almost unthought Of
soil about our homes. Grading, the
grassing over of bare spots, the cutting
of neat walks in turf, the removing Of
inequalities in the surface and making
Just such slope or form as is desired
these will so completely change the ap-
pearance of a home that a very little
outlay in this respect will increase it's
money value and add to it's attractive
ness.
In riding through the country one oc-
casionally sees places that he likes to
study. He passes them slowly and
looks longingly backward to them. He
marks them as places he would like to
own. What causes him to have these
attachments to the place? 1t is the
beauty of their surroundings, the dis
position Of tree and shrub and flower
the rich suggestiveness of half con-
cealed rustic seat Or summer-house, of
a pretty gate leading into a tempting
fruit garden, Of vine clambering over
rude lattice-work- these reach his heart
at once, and although the place is not
his own he has an attachment to it only
second to that which clings to his own,
and the recollection of that beautiful
farmhouse, of which he obtained but a
glimpse while passing, remains with
him. a pleasant satisfaction through
life. Does not the identifying of that
home pay better than that which simply
ministers to utility? And should it not
be an object with every farmer, in some
degree, to contribute to the love of the
beautiful implanted in almost every
mans nature-except in such as cut
down trees and root up flowers?
We counsel then more attention to
the beautiful Plant trees and shrubs
and vines, make your home surround
ings attractive by the help of rustic
administrations, seats, gateways-by
the artistic forming of land, and the
judicious disposition of the various
objects employed. Don't hope to do
all at once; and don't get discouraged.
Do a little this season and more anoth-
er year. A tree grows slowly, but be-
fore you are aware of it, it has out
grown your expectations. Set out trees
therefore-for they will not grow where
you want them if you do not put them
there. How the odd hours of one sum-
mer even, can be made to improve
and adorn ones home with beauty
that will never fade, but be more and
more delightful with each returning
spring time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05
The Cable Ring.
london World, August 18th

There is trouble brewing for the share
holders in the Direct and Anglo-Ameri-
can companies. The two associations
have arranged their differences in way
satisfactory to themselves, but they
have literally reckoned without their
host" the said host being Uncle Sam,
who declares that he allowed the cable
to be landed on his territory upon con-
dition that there should be no monopoly.
The condition having been violated, he
threatens to cut it adrift. This is, OF
course, great news for the dabblers in
cable stock and for Mr.. Penders enc
mics, and for some time to come we
should advise the public to be very care
full about touching cable stocks. The
speculator will be busy Matching lies, es-
pecially the amateur Spectator, who
comes forward to address the public as
their best friend, and who is a far great
er rascal as rule than any of the pro-
fessional brotherhood. We all know
of such men, who make a boast of never
allowing honor or principle to stand in
the way Of their making money They
are simply sharpers, fleeing friend or
foe indifferently, and carrying every
thing off by sheer force of impudence,
or as the vulgar call it, "cheek." This
sort of thing lasts for a time; but the
sly gentleman In the background is sure
to get tripped up in the long run. But
bear movements apart, there is no
Disgusting the fact that Mr. Fender and
his company have very serious difficult
ties to meet; and if they underrate
those difficulties they will very likely
find themselves in an awkward scrape
Mr. Cyrus Field, the American cable
layer" now on visit here, declares that
the United States government never will
and never can interfere with the COM
pany or its cable. Mr.. Cyrus Field is,
to use the language of his country, a
. blower" and oftentimes does not
know or care what he is talking about
His government is able to do anything
it likes with that part of the cable
which is landed in the United States
Mr. Evarts has already instructed Min
lister Pierrepont to notify " Mr.. Fender
and his colleagues that a monopoly will
not be allowed, and we see that the gov
eminent will certainly be warmly sup
ported by the American press. We
need only quote one passage: The
Direct company obtained its privilege of
land its cable upon our shores upon the
explicit pledge contained in its charter
that it would never consolidate with any
, competing line. 1t violates its pledge.
Very well, let the government take
away its privilege of working its line to
the shore end at Rye Beach, n III. 1t
seems to be clearl y within the power of
the president to do this" The Canadian
government may adopt the same ex-
IRENE course, and then what will be-
come of the consultations" The fact
is, we shall probably have new cable
company soon, formed, as we hope, by
Americans with American capital
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05
A Coming Washington Scandal.

A somewhat noted lawyer of Wash
ington getting into financial distress had
his Office, library, papers, furniture and
all that he had, pledged for rent seized
and sold. The purchaser went through
the concern to find if possible some
thing Of value, and came upon mass
of letters, memoranda, contracts, &C.,
connected with the previous mining
case here, in which many attempts to
corrupt congress in favor of probably
the most impudent fraud ever pressed
upon the government. The revelations
made by these papers are exceedingly
rich. They will be published ere the
next congress meets, and will create as
profound a sensation as the Credit Mo
bilier or the Pacific Mai1.--Letter to Gin
cinnati inquirer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05
Russian Tactics - Wholesale M0biliZa.
tiOn

The Vienna sem1-officlal POitische Cor
respondent confirms the statement touch
ing the antiquated tactics of the Russian
troops. According to the Austrian Gov
eminent organ, the depression which
prevailed in the Russian army after the
recent defeat was far too great to be eX-
planned by the loss of single battle, and
this for very grave reason The Rus
slams were not so much dismayed by
the repulse sustained as by the expert
ence that the particular mode of attack
upon which their Generals relied for a
century or two had proved entirely in
efectual now. Indeed, they realized at
Plevna that bayonet charge of massed
columns had become practically imposs-
lille in these breechloadilg days; they
were taught that & system of tactics
which always involved the sacrifice of
thousands of lives, though in former
times it frequently produced good mill
tary result in modern days is likely to
result in nothing but proftless butchery
Coupled with the doubt whether a new
system could be easily adopted, this ex-
perience created a panic altogether out
of proportion to the magnitude of the
rebuff sustained.
This statement of the Austrian Gov
eminent organ is perfectly correct, and
only corroborates the views taken at
Berlin long before the beginning Of the
war However, as the Russians are
now having recourse to wholesale mob
ilization, the chances are that they will
eventually make up for defective evolu-
tons by crushing superiority of num-
bers In addition to the last three avail
able crops modified, gaps in the operat-
ing army are fast being filled up from
the remaining reserve and the general
levy, over and above which the new
conscription will yield 100000 recruits.
In these circumstances, were it not for
the delay incurred by the transport of
troops, operations would have been re-
sumed before this with the help of the
new arrivals. But the Russians have
only one railway line, with one set of
metals at their disposal, and it is be-
lieved cannot transport more than 5000
men per day on Roumanian soil.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05

A TEXAS STORY" You'd hardly be-
ieve now what | am going to tell. In
Texas we use rawhide straps, or thongs,
for traces, and in wet weather they do
stretch amazingly Why, often in damp
weather, at home, I've hitched up two
horses and drove down the hill from my
house into the creek bottom for sled
load of wood. [ have loaded the wood,
and many times driven back home and
unhitched the horses, and the sled
would not be in sight"
"How did you get the wood home,
then?' asked an inquisitive bystander
ooh, just tied the ends Of the traces
together and threw them over post,
went knocking about my work and
waited till the sun shone out. Some
times it would be more than two hours
before that sled load of wood would get
home; but you'd see her crawling up
the hill at last, gradually approaching
as the rawhide traces shrunk up into
their proper lengths. Yes, Texas is a
great country, you bet"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05
Sentencing Her Husband to be Hanged.

Mrs. Morris, a woman Justice of the
Peace in Wyoming Territory, heared a
case of scandalous character, in which
her husband was defendant. She SEN
fenced him to be hanged by the necked
until dead, and was anxious to have the
sentence carried into effect at once, I'M
til the attorneys explained to her that
she was sitting simply as an examining
court She then held him in bonds of
$1S,OO0,00O to await the action of the
grand jury, and said she would shoot
the first man that attempted to raise
the srrities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05

A FREE excursion to Rockaway Beach
was recently given to the sewing girls of
New York and Brooklyn. Nearly 1000
awaited themselves of this opportunity,
and most of their employers took pains
to arrange a pleasant holiday for them
The hotel landlords at Rockaway pro-
vided an abundance Of free chowder,
good arrangements were made for bath
Ing, and altogether the day was long to
be remembered by those whose toilsome
life is frightened by so few such pleas
ant holidays.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05

THERE is not a single dispensation of
Providence which, if properly viewed,
will not afford an excellent lesson. New
er repine at the good fortune of others
for many are they who wish to be raised
to your attention.