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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-03-08
Small Talk.

IS heats 7.
God save the country,
We have met the enemy, and We
are his'n,
Every now and then we hear somC
say, ~ told you 50 | knew it al
the time"
Bat all this has not stopped farm
ing operations, Our farmers can SOW
oats and plant corn,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
A Tricky Bank RObber.

The Indianapolis Journal of Friday
says: Henry Southgate, the convicted
bank robber, who will shortly be taken
to Michigan City for retirement of
seven years from the activities of his
profession, finding that the sick dodge
wouldn't work to his advantage, is now
feigning lunacy. He complains of pains
in his head, and rolls his eyes wildly.
He affects to believe that he is not in
confinement, and the other morning re
quested the jailer to inform him wheth-
er he was really out of Jail or not.
Frank Alrich and Jap Porter, two we'll
dressed crooks who called to have a
talk with him, were arrested as Migrants
by Chief Travis, who dropped in at the
time An elderly but rather comely
lady living in the north part of the city
has taken great interest in Southgate.
She frequently has interviews with him.
and sends him all sorts of delicacies. 1t
is quite likely that Southgate will not
serve out his sentence"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
No More Side-Saddles.

Under q recent date correspondent
writes from London as follows: "There
are few traps for the female sex more
deadly than the side-saddle, and no one
of any sense grieves at the decay of
the noble art of horsemanship,' as long
as the art cannot be practiced except at
the imminent risk Of the ladies doing
SO. English people are devoted horse
men, and the ladies as we'll as the men
take the highest pleasure in galloping
after the hounds. But recently an
English lady, who enjoys what is consid-
cred an enviable fame for skill and dar-
ing in riding close to the hounds, and
who is also a pattern wife ard mother,
4 announced that she will risk her
he in no more riding on a side-saddle,
but in the next season will ride mascu-
line fashion, Her announcement has
set the whole fashionable world to talk
ing, since she is woman Of spirit, and
it IS believed she will do as she says. If
she does she will have followers without
doubt, and it may be that this win in
augurate the long-expected dress revo-
luton"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

IT is considered in administration
circles at Washington that Gen. How
ards victory over chief Joseph has
practically put an end to the Idaho In
dian war Official reports have been
received showing that many of the In
dams are surrendering, and that chief
Joseph and such of his band as would
follow him have gone back In the di-
rection of the Cottonwood country.
The people are quoting down and re-
turning to their homes. The govern
ment has sufficient force between the
Indians and settlements to soon put an
end to any Indian force that will be
brought against them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
More Mexican Outrages.

A San Francisco dispatch, of the 22d,
says A San Diego dispatch states that
a gang of Sonorian horse-thieves, who
have been operating through the east
ern part of the country stealing stock,
all the way from Julian to the line, fin
ally took a horse from the school house
near Campo, on the 18th. The older
boys of the school pursued and over
took two Mexicans near the line. Next
day a fight ensued and both of the
thieves were killed Two of the boys,
brothers, named Elliott, were wounded.
The Mexicans beyond the line arrested
the wounded boys. A party went down
from Campo to see about the matters,
when the Mexicans surrounded and
captured seventeen of them, including
some of the best known citizens of that
part Of the country. Deputy Sheriff
Hensley among the rest. The whole
neighborhood is up in arms. The Next
cans have got the arms of the seven
teen Americans captured besides their
own, and it is feared will prove too
strong for our people. Our men are
concentrating on this side of the line.
The Mexicans are led by one DOWN.,
who heads a bad crowd. They have
arrested their own Alcalde, and are a
mere mob. There is nothing official
about the arrest of our men. This
trouble is mainly owing to the fact that
the soldiers recently stationed here
have been removed for services in
Idaho, and there is now no security
glong the frontier
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
Baltimore as q Market for Western
Grain.

For the year 1875 the receipts of corn
at Baltimore were 1864, $50 bushels,
and for the year 1876, 24,6S4,23O bush
els, showing the enormous increase in
1876, compared with those of 1875, of
Is, III ,0S9. With shorter lines of trans
portation from the great grain centers
of the west-Chicago and st. Louis-to
Baltimore, than to New York and Phil
adelphia, and consequent lower freight
charges, and with equally low rates of
freight from Baltimore to Liverpool,
and other foreign ports, as from New
York and Philadelphia to those foreign
ports, is there any grounds for surprise
in the fact that Baltimore is SO rapidly
growing in importance as a point for
the transhipment of western grain to
foreign ports? With that great thor
oughfare, the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road, directly connecting Chicago and
Baltimore, and, with its connecting
lines, forming direct communication
with st. Louis; and with the advantage
of other and competing lines of railway
between these cities, it may be conf
IDENTITY predicted that Baltimore will, at
no distant day, rival, if not surpass,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
A Mystery of The Sea.

MONTREAL, July 18-J. N. Gregory,
of the marine department., Quebec, has
received the following report from Capt.
Thomas Connel, of the Manyanagan,
light-ship: On the Sd of July, bottle
being observed sealed passing with the
flood-tide close to the ight-ship, / low
cred boat down and picked up the
bottle. When the bottle was brought
on board found that it was sealed
with black seaing-wax, the above being
about half inch thick, and, as it APP
peared, being sealed in frightful
hurry On close examination found it
to contain, as it appears to me, a part
of leaf out of a memorandum book.
| tried to get the leaf out without
breaking the bottle, but couldn't, as it
was stuck around the bottle inside. |
broke the bottle and found that the leaf
was quite rotten, as when taken out OF
the bottle it almost fell to pieces. |
have carefully preserved the leaf, and
will give you a copy Of the words that
are written on it: whoever finds this
bottle let them tell our families we are
burning to pieces. S. S. Picton. |
must run | cannot say no more.
find that the above leaf is scorched, as
it appears, by fire, and has no signature
and no date The writing is quite
legible.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

IT is not safe to give full credence to
all the reports sent from the seat of war
in Europe by the contending parties /;
but enough is known to convince most
people that the Car is permitting some
of his followers to commit outrages upon
the inhabitants of Bulgaria almost, if not
altogether, as heartless as those commit
ted by the Turks upon the Christians
which afforded the basis of the present
war. If his is war in the interests of
christianity it. ought to be conducted with
as few outrages as possible.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

DURING the first six months of this
year, according to the Rail,ouy Age, thir-
ty-two railroads representing a mileage
of 1856 miles have been sold under
foreclosure, of which the Indebtedness
amounted to s7S,71O,OOO and the capital
to $449,O35, 900. In the same period re-
ceivers were appointed to sixteen roads,
representing 2,422 miles, $S1, 100000 of
debt, and ssS, 100000 capital Proceed
ings have been commenced on 2217
more miles, representing $85,O0O,00O of
Indebtedness and $40, 100000 of capital
Thus the total liquidation covers 7,215
miles and $429, 100000, against II ,422
miles and s775,OoO,OOO for the whole
business of 1876.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
A Suit for 81, 600, 900.
New York Tribune.

A suit for 100000 has been begun
against the Universal Life Insurance
Company. This has given rise to the
expectation that there are to be addi-
tional and more startling developments
relative to the management Of the Uni
versal, and especially concerning the
manner in which the Universal absorbed
the Guardian Mutual John B. Bewley,
Secretary of the Universal Life said yes
terday that papers in a suit against the
company were served on Saturday by
the lawyers Of H. r. Person, Receiver
of the Guardian Mutual, but he was not
sufficiently informed on the subject yes
terday to furnish any details.
l. Smith Romans said he was asked
yesterday by lawyer if papers in such
suit had been served on him. This
was the only intimation in regard to the
matter which he had received. He had
been out of the city, and thought it prob
able that the papers had been served at
his residence in Englewood, New Jersey
He supposed that Mr.. Pierson, the Re
ceiver, had made up from the documents
in his possession a list of the assets of
the Guardian Mutual, and was suing
either the old Directors of the Guardian
Mutual or the Directors of the Universal
for these assets. He was Director of
the Guardian Mutual, he said, in 1872,
but resigned just before he departed for
visit to Europe, and was in no sense a
party to the bargain between the Uni
versal and the Guardian Mutual. He
claimed that there was no underhand
dealing In the assignment of mortgages
by him to Henry J. Furber. He said
he sold yesterday an acre of ground for
81 900, which was a part of the property
which Insurance Superintendent Smyth's
Appraisers declared to be worth only
$3.50 an acre. When the Appraiser
asked him what the property would
bring at Sheriff's sale. he replied, "Noth-
ing at ALL"
It is certain that such suit has been
brought, with the venue laid in Albany
county, and that Albany lawyers have
the suit in charge. Among the defend
ants are Henry ]. Furber, J. H. Bewley,
William S. Opdyke, and either /. Smith
Romans or Sheppard Romans. The
suit is to recover from the Universal the
assets of the Guardian Mutual, estima-
ted, it is understood, at $4,6OO,O 900, and
charges of the most serious character
are made against the persons response
BILE for the absorption of the Guardian
Mutual by the Universal. A lawyer
acquainted with the records of the Guar
dian Mutual said yesterday that in his
opinion, when the amalgamation was
made, each side was endeavoring to pull
the wool over the eyes of the other.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
MARKETS..
CHICAGO MARKET

CHICAGO, July Colour light To-
cal demand. Wheat-Fair business do
ing; future steadier; seller August at
%15a; seller September at $1.10a; re-
ceipts II 900 bus; shipments 23,OO0}bhs.
Corn-Rather heavy; 49c asked for cash
seller August at 474c; rejected at 453c;
receipts $4,000 bus; shipments 5000
bus. Oats-Very quiet; seller Aug gust
at .2S3c for cash; rest lifeless; receipts
$4,000 bus; shipments 1000 bus. Bar
ley-Entirely nominal; seller Septem-
Der at 76(07Sc. Rye-New dull; old
nominal at &c; seller August at 55c
Highwines-Nominal at $1.OS. Pork
Dull; seller August at $3.50. Lard
Very dull; seller August &c asked. Hogs
Active and firmer at 81. 9505. 10
Freights-Firmer; 2sc paid on corn to
Buffalo
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

The latest accounts from the seat of
war are any thing but encouraging for
the Turks. The Russians have forced a
large army through the passes in the
Balkan Mountains and have thus almost
without loss of life surmounted the
greatest obstacle in the way of the cap
ture of Constantinople Of course, as
soon as the Russians succeeded in cross
ing the Danube the whole of the Bull
garian country was at the mercy of the
Russian hosts. Anything like military
skill in handling the Turkish troops
would have made the crossing of the
Danube cost Russia 100, 900 men. where
as the loss was scarcely 100. But after
this fatal blunder all was not lost to the
Turks; she had the Balkan Mountains
between her enemy and her capital and
an army of 100000 to defend all the
mountain passes Thus situated mill
tary skill ought to have held half mil
lion of men at bay for three years.
Instead, we have already confirmation
of the dispatches that 10000 Russians
have crossed the mountains without so
much as the loss of one man. Such
bunghng IN military management
would soon destroy the most powerful
nation in the world; it has in all proba-
bility cost Turkey her existance among
the powers of Europe The question
of the complete downfall of the Empire
now only seems to be a question of
time. The rumors of peace are doubt
less founded upon something tangible,
as Russia is now in a position to dictate
such peace as she desires, unless other
powers interfere
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

A SOLUTION of the nitrate of cobalt.
cloride of cobalt, Or cloride of copper
mixed with a little sugar will make a
good magic ink to write confidential
letters on postal cards. 1t will be in
visible after it is dry until the postal card
is warmed. Country people who can
not get any of the above may use the
juice of the onion, which is equally
good, except that it will be well not to
let the clerk in the post-office know who
mailed it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

down the riot and defeating the object
of the railway employees than having
the strike degenerate into athieving mob.
The railway employees who struck to
right one wrong have now brought upon
themselves another and greater wrong
Such is the result of strikes; they often
work great damage to employer, but
more often work the greatest injury to
the strikers. (
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

Crop reports from England and the
old world are anything but encouraging
The prospects are that all the cereals
will fall below one-half the usual yield.
Russia, with her large army to main
tain, will have but half the usual wheat
harvest. This will cause England to
look to the United States for her wheat,
and this will cause heavy demand upon
the good crop now being harvested in
many places in this country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

DURING the Crimean campaign of one
year and a half, says contemporary,
341 900 men were buried in the district
of Taurida, which includes the Crimea.
The Russians lost 10000 soldiers; the
English, French and Turks, 156, 900; and
there were $4,000 Tartar victims. Of
this total, 324, 800 were inferred in the
Crimea, including 100000 in the neigh
borhood of Sebastapol. Those killed in
battle were but $4,000, and, allowing an
equal number for the losses from wounds,
2S1, 900 must have succumbed from dis
ease. The deaths of sick persons sent
away from the seat of war were about
10000 more, which makes the number
of dead from the Crimean campaign
alone over 4O1 600 twill be seen from
the above calculation that, out of some
401 900 soldiers who succumbed during
the Crimean campaign, 10000 only were
killed in battle, some 500, 900 dying from
disease
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

The greatest labor strike ever exper-
fenced in this country has been in
progress during the past week. It be-
gan on the line of the Baltimore &,
Ohio railway in West Virginia, and at
this writing has spread throughout the
entire length of that road as we'll as to
the Pennsylvania, the .Pittsburg, Ft.
Wayne & Chicago, and the Erie rail
ways. The strike is confined to fire.
men, brakemen and roadmen on
freight trains. The immediate cause of
the strike is that of reduction of wag-
es. The railway companies claim that
they are losing money by operating
their roads, and the reduction is a ne
cessity. The record of the railways that
have gone into bankruptcy within the
last six months is pretty conclusive
evidence of the disastrous effect of the
hard times upon railways in this
country, and doubtless affords the COM
panies good reasons for their attempts
to reduce wages and cut off expenses.
But if there was good deal less gamb-
ling and dishonesty among railway
managers they might possibly get along
without cutting the wages of laborers
down to the starvation point The
awfully bad effect of strikes is we'll IL
Illustrated by the work of last Sunday In
Pittsburg. The railway employees are
only responsible in SO far as having start
ed the affair makes them responsible
The burning of hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth Of property and the thiev-
ing mob that ransacked freight cars
and dwelling houses with equal impu-
nifty, was not the work Of railway en-
ployes or of any other class Of laboring
men, it was the work of that large mob
of lazy thieving wretches who infest the
country and who would n5 more work
for ten dollars day than they would
for fifty cents day. They don't want
work, they only ask for some such occa-
sion as that of last Sunday at Pittsburg
SO they can steal with perfect freedom.
Nothing could 60 farther toward putting
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

either New York or Philadelphia or
both in the quantities of western grain
and other products of the great Missis-
sippi valley received and transported to
foreign ports. Correspondent Chicago
Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

A PANAMA paper says that Rutherford
B. Hayes, president of the United
States has consented to act as umpire
in settling the disputed limits between
Paraguay and the Argentine Republic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
MILWAUKEE MARKET

MILWAUKEE, July 20.-Wheat-De
clined 2(05c, closing dull and heavy at
$1.41 for No. 2; $1.1s seller August;
$112 seller September; ST. 2O0122 fol
No. 3. Receipts 25,6OO bus; shipments
4S, 200 bus. Corn-Nominal AZ &c for No
2. Oats-Dull at 81 &c for No. 2. Rye
Quiet at 66c for No. l. Barley
Steady at zoe for No. 2.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
WEDNESDAY,, JULY 25, 1877.

MINNESOTA farmers are talking forty
bushels of wheat to the acre the pres
ent harvest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

There are reported to be three
Counts, such as they are, at Long Branch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
BALTIMORE MARKET.

BALTIMORE, July 2O..,Flour-Steady
and unchanged. Wheat-Active and
steady for choice, easier for low grades.
No. western winter red, for seller July
delivery, at $1.51 do. seller August, at
$141 do. seller September, at ST. 40
Corn--W eak and lower western mixed
spot and seller July at 613c; seller
August at 61Ic; seller September at
6OSc: steamer at SIC. Oats-Dull and
unchanged. Rye-Quiet and steady
prime 73. Provisions-Quiet, firm and
unchanged. Petroleum = Strong
crude, 75@7ac; refined 135(0I4c,
Whisky-Firmer; at $1.113. Receipts,
1000 bbls.; wheat, $4,000 BUSH; corn
$4,000 bus; oats, LOO bus; rye, 4OC
bus. Shipments, corn: Z, 500.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25
NEW YORK MARKET.

New YORK, July 20.-Cotton-Weak
at IL 5-16c for middling uplands
Flour-Declining Wheat-Dull and
5@1c lower. Corn--4@3c lower; heavy
at 5S3(06Oac for mixed western. Bar
ley-Unchanged. Oats-Dull; at 29@
SIC for mixed western. Pork-Steady
at $14.4O(9145O Lard-Steady. al
$9.3O0930! Whisky-At $1.11@
LII. Petroleum-Crude at 74c; re-
fined at 14(0143.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-25

Gam 81 years old; have acted as
night-watch for the company for ten
years; occupy little iron-clad asserting
room, built as a watch-house, III the
companys yard, near the factory, and
in the rear of the office; occupy my
time sorting nails; go out once an hour
and look for fire, ETC.; at 1880, while IN
my room, with door locked, heard d
heavy rap; thought it might be some of
the boys Just returning from fishing, and
trying to alarm me; asked, Who is
there :? answer, quite loud, open this
door, still supposed it was some of the
boys, and unlocked the door, when three
men, with white masks, entered, and in
a low tone said: I'VE have come for
YOU we want you while up at the Of
fice;' they were armed with pistols; they
seized me by both arms, pulled off my
cotton blouse and tied it over my head
so close I could not stand it; I said 1
can't stand this. / might as well die as
be smothered;' they then made a place
for me to breathe; they handled me
very carefully and said. If you keep
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-17
SATURDAY, NOV. II, 1877.
BUSINESS RULES.

In all cases arhere Proof Of Publication e
required, the proof lciU be made out upon er
ptratiOn of each advertisement and filed ~io
Mr.. Z. s. Jeffrey, ChGncery CLERK, 'ch0 rit
file same only upon payment to hSHs Of Gdrertis-
ing fees.
job srork of erqy description is cash Wat
ter, and parties ordering such class Of cork
are expected to pay either at The time Of order
ina or upon delivery Of tGeir cork.
Out of-fo,cn subscribers are requested TO re
nsit or Peg in person, their subscription tHde6t-
aduess at their earliest convenience. WtthOHt
,raitims for bills to Represented by DER collector.
Relyi~g upon tie honor Of each, IRE rarely send
out bills to oOuRtry subscribers.
Obituary, Marriage and other notices oflenJh
(of interest to a ftso persons Only), are Charged
at regular rates, Of 10 cents per lire. Mar
riGge and death notices, Of half dozen lines, in
serted free.
Personal articles and Communications There
admissible, are chGrged20 cents per line, aud
are Invariably GcGsh matter.
Communications on topics Of local interest
or items Of local ne1cs wiH be tcetcomed from
anu qaartcr Correspondents are requested 10
acrite briefly upon one side Of the paper only, 10
end in their farOrs early IN the 'ceek as pos
able, and to gire their fun names and address
es, not for publication, but as guarantee Of
good faith.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-17

The CONFEDERATE SOLDIER S
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In front OF the ruined cottage, tell i.
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are two graves with rude crosses.
on one of which some friendly hand
has hung a garland. The graves
are overhung by weeping willow,
in the shadow of which stands the
returned soldier with bowed head.
as If thinking of the past To the
right the Calm river and the rising
moon indicate peace and rest. The
stars seen through the trees repre-
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over the graves, an emblem of the
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