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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
How Gold Was Discovered in OldtOWn.
Maine.

One OF our recent correspondents
writes that the recent discovery of gold
IN GldtOWn came about somewhat in
this way: The town authorities having
contracted with one of the citizens to
build a town cistern for fire department
purposes, on the island occupied by a
large number Of French families, it oc-
CURED to one of them who was in town
to have little fun, and see how much
of stirring up he could give the in
habitants upon the island Accordingly
he got few pieces Of real gold-baring
quartz from returned Californian, and
taking the builder of the cistern into his
confidence, proceeded to deposit them
during the night in one of the seams
made by blasting in the ledge where the
cistern was to be located, several feet be-
low the surface of the soil. The next
day he was carelessly upon the spot in
good season in the morning, and the
two made wonderful discovery, no less
than the finding Of real gold A few
bits were taken into the shop of one of
the jewelers., and the workmen, on melt
ing it, pronounced it the real article and
no mistake The news spread like wild
fire, and as other small pieces were
found during the day the price Of real
estate began to go up rapidly long be-
fore sunset. A third man, eager to hell
on the fun, was very earnest in offering
So, 600 for q small building lot near at
hand, but the owner would not sell it
short of $4,000. So far all went we'll
Then a piece was sent to Bangor, and
found to be just as represented and the
correspondent of the Commercial, not let
into the secret, however, had glowing
account of the discovery IN the columns
of that paper. AS soon as the facts of
the finding became generally known, a
certain legal gentleman, who never al
lows a fly to stand on the tip of his
nose if it can be blown off, who is al
ways ready to help on good joke, Of
fered, with the aid of an enterprising
merchant Of the town, to get up a stock
co npany, work the mine and Danish
hard times by bringing wealth at half
cost from the boWles of the earth in
quantities to suit, and the two would take
SIS, 900 in stock. Visions of vast for
tunes fitted before the eyes of the look
ers-on, but no one, however, could be
found who was willing to risk much real
money on the present showing, and as
the thing had gone about far enough,
the result aimed at had been accom-
plished, and the news had got into all
the state papers and into some out of the
state, the proprietors slyly let out the
secret little by little, and to-day it is said
not man can be found in Oldtown who
ever believed there was any gold found
on the island at all-Baaagor Wing
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
The Cost of the Strike and Riot.

There have been a great variety Of
estimates of the loss to the country
from the strike and the attendant riots
The New York Journal Of Commerce
thinks SAC, 600 DAY to be fair valua-
ton of the average loss to each of the
five trunk lines, and $4,000 day for
the losses Of the other lines. This
makes the railroad losses for five days
100000. The destruction Of the
property Of the Pennsylvania railroad
at Pittsburg and along the line was
$4,000, 600; the Baltimore & Ohio about
half as much; and the other railroads
and the cities and towns about the
same as Pennsylvania This makes a
total of $26, 25O,O00 How much should
be charged to the loss Of life, limb, la
Dor, time, and interest, to the destruc-
ton of perishable freight and live stock,
to the support and transportation Of
soldiery, and the increased cost of liv-
ing one can calculate as well as anoth-
en- Certainly there has been no profit
in these strikes to the community or
any class Of it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
The War in EurODe.

Inc great battles on the Danube dur
ing the first two or three days of August
have surprised the whole world, and
wholly changed the aspect Of European
affairs, as well as annihilated the pros
poets of an early division of the Turkish
Empire among the other powers. AS
later and more trustworthy accounts are
received the victories of the Turkish
arms seem almost unparalleled in the
history of warfare. Up to the 2eth Of
July the prospect for an early peace
and a complete triumph of Russia
seemed certain Now all is changed
The fighting during the last two days of
July and the first three 10 August was
never more bloody In Europe, and the
success of the Turks seems to have
been complete in each days conflict.
Osman Pasha's Turkish army corps
moved eastward from Widin and Joined
the Turkish forces in and around Plev-
ma, a considerable town situated on the
river Vid, about midway between the
Danube and the Balkan mountains. and
some sixty miles southwest of Rust
chuk. Here the fighting began on
Monday, July 3Oth. For two days the
contest ragged with fury, and the slaugh-
ter was appalling. The most reliable
information gives the strength Of the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

THE report of Dunn, Barlow d Co. for
the first six months of 1877 is not a very
encouraging finance document. For
the six months ending with July LIST, the
number of failures is f. 49, aggregating
1900, III; this is 149 more than for
the same period of 1876, and ], 1S6 more
than for the same period of 1875. I'm
less there is change for the better soon
the wear 1877 will be the most disastrous
since 1857, with the exception of 1873,
and far worse than that year if the
Northern Pacific crash of Jay, Cooke Il
Co. is omitted from the failures of that
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

A GOOD wife is to a man wisdom,
strength, and courage; bad one is CON
fusion, weakness and despair. No con-
dltlon is hopeless to a man where the
wife possesses frmness, decision and
economy. There is no outward proa
priety which can counteract Incidence,
extravaganza and folly at home. No
spirit can long endure bad influences.
Man is strong, but his heart is not ada
mant. He needs tranquil home, and
if he is an intelligent man, he needs It's
moral force in the conflict of life. 10
recover his composure home must be a
place of peace and comfort. There his
soul renews it strength and he goes
forth with renewed vigor to encounter
the labor and troubles of life. But if at
home he finds no rest and there is met
with bad temper, jealousy and gloom, or
assailed with complaints and censure,
hope vanishes and he sinks to despair.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

The strike seems to have nearly sub
sided III all sections, and no further
troubles Of serious nature are antici-
pated. A dispatch from Cleveland of
the Sd inst. says the Lake Shore freight
house men
RESUMED WORK
this morning. The only class of en-
ployes now out are shopmen, about half
of whom have already signifed their
readiness to go to work tomorrow. BY
tomorrow noon freights on the Lake
Shore will be running regularly
The Cleveland and Pittsburg Compa-
ny started freight trains at ten o'clock
last night, and are now running them on
regular time. A dispatch from Chicago
of the same date states that
ALL TRAINS ARE RUNNING
on regular time on all roads leading
out Of Chicago, and that the troubles
are over at that city. Dispatches Of the
same date from points in Pennsylvania
are less favorable. At Scranton the
feeling among the
WORKING CLASSES.
over the affray Of Wednesday is intense
and threats are freely INDUCED in against
the members of the posse conaaatus. The
funerals of the men killed in the riot
took place to-day. There was large
demonstration but no disturbance
Miners manifest no desire to return to
work and several men on their way to
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
car shops were threatened and returned
to their homes Every industry Of any
consequence in the valley is now idle
with no sign of an early resumption.
AT HAZELTON
an attempt was made last night to burn
the Lehigh railroad freight depot there.
The fire was discovered before it made
much progress and extinguished. The
police force has been strengthened and
precautions taken to guard against the
repetition of last nights incendiary
attempt.
Throughout Illinois, Ohio and New
York, work has been resumed in all
shops, and all trains are running on
time without molestation. In Indiana
the outlook is not so good, but no dis
turbance is anticipated and trains are
again moving on all lines.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

are the principal owners of the Bank
OF Nevada and the great bonanza mines
as the richest men in this state, and set
down the four men who are the princi-
pal owners of the Central Pacific Rail
road and connecting roads as ranking
next IN order, with the qualification that
we 90 not hold ourselves responsible for
these calculations. They have at least
the merit of shrewd guesses, with con-
siderable data to fortify the opinion
San Francisco Bulletin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
receipts during the month were $10-
AN INDIAN VISIT.

receipts during the month were $1O-
060,S60
AN INDIAN VISIT
In accordance with the request of
Gen. Crook that a delegation of Sioux
Indians be permitted to visit this city
for the purpose of having an interview
with the officials of the Interior Depart
ment, Commissioner Smith to-day,
after consultation with Secretary Schurz,
telegraphed Gen. Crook giving the re-
quested permission.
THE PRINTING BUREAU.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
issued orders relating to the business of
the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing,
one respecting appointments. and anoth-
er establishing grades with view to q
perfect organization upon a business
basis under system which shall apply
impartially to all.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST s, 1877.

THE excitement, that was being STIR
red up by the particular friends of the
Texas Pacific railway, was smothered in
the excitement over the great strike ;
and now it will be hard to get up anoth-
er war with Mexico in time for the extra
session of Congress. The result will be
that the Texas Pacific railway will not
be constructed this fall.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
MARKETS.
MILWAUKEE MARKET.

MILWAUKEE, August 4.--Wheat-Quiet
at 81 "a for No. /; $1.2S for No. 2; $107
C01.12 for No.3; $1.14 for seller August;
81 064 for seller September Receipts of
wheat, 900 bushels; shipments, So 100
bushels. Corn-Steady at 47ac for No
2. Oats-Steady at 29c for No. 2 Rye
Quiet at soc for new No. l. Barley
Quiet at Csc for No. 2.
CHICAGO MARKET.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-Wheat-Higher at
$111S@1.114 seller August; $1.O45 sell
Ter September. Corn-At 474c cash;
47Bc seller August; 463(046S seller Sep
TENDER. Rye-At 554@553c cash.
Barley-At &c seller September. Pork
Lower at $1345 cash; 1910 seller
September; $13.45 seller October Lard
AT 1886 cash; $3.50 seller September.
Whisky-At 1880. Hogs-Receipts, L.
900; weak and lower Sales: light, s.. 50
@5.4O; heavy, $5.OO05. 20. Cattle
Very quiet. Receipts 5000.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New YORK, August 4-3 P. M.-Cot-
ton-Dull and declining at 115c. Flour
Dull. Wheat-Dull; no sales. Rye
Quiet, at SS(093c for state Corn-A
shade lower; at 59(0604c for mixed
western. Barley-Nominal. Oats
Quiet; 27(05Oc for mixed western and
state; 354(05Sc for white do Pork
Quiet; at $14.4O01435. Lard-Firm-
er; at $50. 3O09.373. Whisky-At 81 .13.
Sugar-Heavy. Petroleum-Crude at
Tic; refined at 134c. Coal-Unchanged.
Leather-Quiet. Wool-Heavy.
BALTIMORE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, August IS P. M.-Flour
Dull, heavy and unchanged. Wheat
Western hrmer and higher; No. 9
western red, spot, at $3.50; do seller
August, at 81. Ali; do seller September,
at $1.37. Corn-Western frmer and
higher; western mixed spot at &c;
seller August at Csc; do September at
60@6Ofc; steamer at 562c Oats
Ruiet; western white old at 41(D43c; do
mixed at 4Oc. Rye-Dull, at 65067c.
Provisions-Dull and lower. Pork-At
$15OO(015.25. Petroleum-Dull and
weak; crude at 7c. Whisky-Quiet at
$115.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08

Plevna. The Russians were routed and
poured across Sistova bridge, retreating
into ROumania.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
HETEROGENEOUS SALARIES.

The letter-carriers waited on Post
master-General Key to-day, with refer
ence to the restoration of their salaries
to ST ,000a year. The Postmaster-Gen-
eral said that he would exercise his good
offices with Congress, and suggested that
the carriers present their case in a spe-
citic form. The present salary is 1919.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The receipts from internal revenue
during the past month were So, 764, 514.
1t is estimated that the receipts were
reduced at least million dollars in con-
sequence of the late strike The customs
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-08
THE STRIKE.

The strike seems to have nearly sub
sided in all sections, and no further
troubles of serious nature are antici-
pated. A dispatch from Cleveland of
the Sd inst. says the Lake Shore freight
house men
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26
Fol tunes Wheel in Gotham.

"Burleigh," of the Boston Journal,
thus concisely tells a story of the times
of vast financial successes, of rJinous
speculation and sudden downfall AS IL
Illustrated by the case Of one of New
York's heaviest real-estate operators =:
He was very successful cotton broker.
All the money he made he put into real
estate. His revenues were very large
His income was 100000 a year. One
building, near Trinity Church, yielded
him rental of $4,000 per annum.
Everything he touched turned to gold.
He was loaded down with cotton. One
day merchant handed him check Of
$500, 900 to cancel contract. He took
it. Within ten days cotton surged up,
and he made fortune. He owned an
elegant house on Fifth avenue. He
crowded it with paintings, statuary, and
works Of art. Not content with this, he
was induced by Spectator to take
hold of a railroad. He bought bonds at
60. Soon afterward they went down to
40, and the gentleman bought all he
could lay his hands on. He took the
road He proposed to run it. He found
it unfinished. He equipped it, spent
$780,, 900 in locomotives and rolling
stock Ruin came to him as it comes
to every one who dabbles in outside mat
ters. The panic completed his demon"
aization. His fine New York property
was mortgaged for more than it was
worth. To-day he has ceased to strug-
gle. Few men will be warned and few
men will be the wiser for all this. Here
is man who, a few months ago, had a
royal income Of $800,000 q year. He
wanted to make it million To-day he
is hopeless bankrupt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26
The Liquor War in New York.

The saloon-keepers Of New York are
greatly excited by an Interpretation re-
Gently given to the new License law
passed at the late session Of the Legisla-
trre, to the effect that licensed saloons,
If not connected with hotels, shall not
sell any beverages except ale and beer.
Several thousands Of saloons are now
daily and nightly dealing out whisky
and other throat-burning liquids, and It
is the sworn duty Of the Excise Board to
take away their licenses and shut them
up. The saloon men are organizing for
protection, with the determination to
make a contest for their "rights " in the
courts, and stave off final action by the
authorities until the election of new
Legislature, when they will make an is
sue at the polls, uniting their influence
and votes in favor Of such legislative
candidates as will pledge themselves to
repeal or modify the present law. The
new Liquor law of that State also pro-
hibits the opening of the front doors of
drinking saloons on Sundays, and it is
anticipated that on next Sunday a vigor-
Gus effort will be made by the authori-
ties to enforce this provision.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26
London Times Spelling.

The Times is original, even in its
spelling. Reproducing one of my par
agraphs last week, I see that, where I
spoke Of farthest," the Times will
have it frlrtherest." Tt is possible, OF
course, that the Times is right and the
MaNf0ir wrong about this word; but
certainly all the dictionaries I have con
suited are in favor Of Mayfair, and ]
know, moreover, that the Times has two
or three odd notions about spelling GER
tain words. remember Prof. Tyndall,
or some other eminent physicist, remark
ing that chemists had not been able to
discover any force of nature that could
compel the Times to spell chemical as
it ought to be spelled. It will put q
where it should be G, and make chem
istinto chynist. It has g queer idea,
too, 'about dioce88, 1t will call a mar
quis marques, and an era an "Cera. .
There is, however, a limit to it's eccen-
tricities. 1t never yielded to the charm
of novelty involved III the new spelling
of the names of classical characters and
countries, and Kikero and Sophokles con
tinue to appear in their old familiar
dress.-IfOYfaiT. ............
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26
French Politics.

The caIdron of politics is boiling furi-
ously in France At Paris banker, who
had promised to furnish the funds nee,
essary for the deposits.of caution money
with the Government on behalf of pro-
iected big Republican daily, received q
visit from an official of the Government,
as a result of which he Withdrew from
the enterprise. At Valence the Govern
ment proclamations were. defaced and
torn down. The Project OF lain has
forbidden the circulation Of Republican
papers In his department, and one Of the
papers is going to sue him for damages
by way Of testing the legality OF his
action in the courts. A Conservative
paper urges the Government to get rid
Of the inviolability of Senators (Which it
alleges certain Republicans are abusing)
by declaring the ordinary session of the
Senate closed. One of the Councillors
Of Beaune has been fined and imprisoned
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26
Down to a Business Basis.

They had been married about three
months. The boy from the store ap-
peared with note from her husband.
She clutched the precious missive with
an eager hand, tremblingly opened it,
and read:
DEAR WIFE: Send me northumberland.
JOHN.
She went slowly to the drawer to get
the desired article, and, while looking
for it she came across the following note,
dated two weeks after the wedding
D SUNLIGHT OF MY SOUL You will have to send
me a handkerchief. Your bewitching eyes SO
turned my head this morning that / forgot to
{ take one with me, for which I shall kiss the
sweet face Of my own a thousand times when
come home. In two hours and twenty minutes
it will be II o'clock, and then can come to my
beautiful rose. long to fly to you. A thou
sand kisses I send thee, my fairy wife.
Y. Yours tenderly, E ~ JOHN
She sighed, gave the boy the handker-
chief, and sighed again.-Donba@y
N22gG .f#. %&H .Ef8fI
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26

for q month for circulating without au-
thorization an address to President Mac
Mahon. There will be no appeal of re-
servists this autumn, on account Of the
general elections. It is possible that
the Government will forego the autumn
maneuvers. And the Project of the
Loire has made everybody laugh-an and
understand how thoroughly NJ. de Four
tou is doing his work by issuing gush-
ing address to the rural police, who are
charged with looking after crops, vlnt-
ages, game and the like, informing them
that every man will be discharged who
"does not render to social order and the
Government all the assistance that he
can in the functions of his position =
NeaU York v ortd.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26
The Rebellion of tho Stomach.

efforts to make it digest superabundant or in
digestihe food. Wien fit of dyspepsia has
been brought on by overindulgence in the pleas
ures of the table, or any other cause, the III
valid can obtain from Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters prornpter and more complete relief than
from any other source. This admirable specific
not only renders digestion active, but regulates
the secretion and distribution of the bile, re-
tiveness exists, restores the appetite, soothes
and invigorates the nerves, and, if taken before
retiring, facilitates sleep. Under these happy
conditions, the dyspeptic Or bilious subject re-
gains lost flesh, his spirits recover their elias
ITCHY, and all the various and harassing bodily
and mental symptoms of chronic indigestion
disappear.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26
A Romance in Real Life.

An extraordinary story has just come
to light at Bath. Some weeks ago there
was received at the Bath Postofice let
ter, addressed to ''The Protestant Min
lister of the Circuit of Bath" The let
ter consequently reached the hands Of
Canon Brook, rector of Bath. It came
from a lady at Bangalore, India, and
stated that in looking through the
papers of a deceased son she found that
he had left two children in the neigh
borhood of Bath, and she asked that
they might be sought for. The inqui-
ries set on foot revealed q highly ro-
mantle little history. The two children
were found-one In Bath Union, and
the other a domestic servant filing
situation to which she had been sent by
the authorities of the Dutton Union.
They had each been left with farmers in
the immediate neighborhood of Bath by
person named Morton, who, twelve
years ago, presented himself first at one
house and then at the other. In each
instance he claimed relationship, and,
after pretty lengthy visit, obtained
permission to leave child which
ne and a woman by whom he
was accompanied, and who passed as his
wife, represented as their only one. In.
introducing themselves they stated that
they had come from India, and produced
references to Anglo-Indian families of
high positionin Bath. They represented
when they left the children that they
were going to Scotland to visit relatives
and would be back in few weeks, and
in one instance they promised to pay 5
shillings per week for the maintenance
of the child They we're never afterward
heard Of, and the two persons with
whom the children had been left, mutu-
ally learning some months afterward of
the manner III which they had been
duped, sent the children to the work
house belonging to the respective dis
tricts in which they resided, and there
they remained for twelve years. On
learning Of their discovery the lady, who
had at first written, sent $40 to Canon
Brooks with request that the children
should be sent to India. The applica-
ton was made known to the guardians.
who. after investigation, consented. Till
the inquiries were set on foot each Of
the children was in ignorance Of the sex-
istence Of the other, and they viii not
only now meet their grandmother for
the first time, but a brother younger
than themselves. - iTn1jnQh0na En-
!92G42dD Post.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-26
A Curious Book.

A remarkable book has appeared in
Germany, written by one Herr Cob
hansen, entitled "Of the Rare Art OF
Prolonging Life till 115 Years by the
Breath Of Young Maidens upon One .
The method recommended is based upon
the inscription of monument said to
have been discovered at Rome by a
Bolognese antiquary, Gommarus. The
inscription runs: ''To Esculapius and
Health, l.. Clodius Hermippus, who
lived 115 years and five days through
the breath Of young maidens, erects this
monument" Rerniippus seems to have
been teacher Of girls in Rome, who at
tributed his unusual length of life to the
breath Of those with whom he was daily
associated. And now his hypothesis is
revived after the lapse of centuries.