Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-25

banks during the last sixteen wears, up-
on S5OO,OOO,OO0 Of capital and $780,
100000 of deposits, is estimated not to
exceed S6,5OO,OOO, an amount probably
not equal to the losses which have fall
en- upon creditors Of savings banks and
state banks the past year.
A THIEF IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
A Washington special of the 18th
says: w. Y. S. Wilson. asserting teller
In the office of the redemption division
of the treasury department., was arrest
ed yesterday afternoon as a defaulter.
wilson was recommended last week
for dismissal by the chief Of bis divis
ion, principally on the ground Of gen
eral ineficiency, and the examination
of his books to-day showed that on the
9th inst. he distracted 81, 900 from a
package consigned to him for delivery
to the custodians Of the vaults in the
general order of business. Wilson has
been fifteen years in the department.
He admits the theft
THE YELLOWSTONE EXPLORING PARTY.
The following special in relation to
the Hayden exploring party was tele-
graphed from Washington on the 18th !:
A letter received from Professor Wat
son, member Of the Hayden surveying
party, gives particulars as to the cap
ture of the mules belonging to that
party by the Bannock Indians. "On
the 25th, Indians surprised US at
Henrys lake at $50 We were
sitting around the campfire, when
we were fired on by the Indians,
who were not more than seventy feet
distant. Strange to say, they hurt none
of us by the fire. We made an ineffec-
tual effort to protect ourselves, and cen
cluded that nothing could be done but
to get away alive. We heard the In
dams driving off four animals, and then
knew that our party was in reality
atoot. Taking provisions for three or
four days, and our blankets and guns.
we got away under cover of night, and
moving off about mile in the woods
we remained there until daylight, when
the Indians re-opened fire on our de-
serted camp, and we started for Upper
Geysers, and after hard walk of three
days we reached there and found Jack
son and Cannot there, and all Safe
WANTED-5 :20's.
A Washington dispatch of September
18th says the secretary Of
the treasury this afternoon is
sued the list call for the redemption of
500 bonds Of '65, consols of '65. The
call is for $5,OO0,O0O-S2, 100000 cou-
pons and 100000 registered-princi-
pal and interest to be paid at the treas
ury the 10th of December and after,
and interest ceases that day The fol-
lowing are the descriptions Of bonds:
COUPON BONDS.
800, No. 138001 10 No. 10000, both inclusive
SO, No. 97,O01 to No. $4,000, both inclusive
1000, No 190,0O1 to No $4,000. both inclusive
Total coupon bonds, S2,OOO,OOO
REGISTERED BONDS.
500, No. 1e, III to No. 1850, both inclusive.
500, No 1897 to No. 1880, both inclusive.
Total registered bonds, So OGO, 600.
Aggregate, S5,UOO,OOG. I'd
THE CORN CROP.
Advices from Washington under date
Of Sept. 10Th state that returns re-
ceived at the departing nt of agri-
culture give the average condition Of
the corn crop at so, against SO in Au-
gust. 1t is slightly above the condition
reported IN September, 1877, which was
81.
In regard to the statement Of DR..
Ramsey, just returned from Memphis,
that white women have to take negro
men for nurses or go without, and that
such negro nurses have taken advan-
tage Of their helpless white victims, Mr..
Kerting, editor Of the Memphis Appeal,
pronounces the statement utterly I'M
true, and adds: "No man. white or
black, would be allowed to breathe
second breath after such crime be-
came known. No such crime has been
committed, and white women have not
been reduced to the necessity of te king
negro men or nurses. The statement
is a libel upon the negroes in Memphis
who have acted nobly as policemen and
soldiers;
WEEKLY TREASURY STATEMENT.
q. S. bonds to secure national bank
circulation. ................. :. ss3349. 49, $50
u s. bonds to secure public deposits! il, 9s3, 400
Bonds held to secure per cent loan - s., 1856 600
U. S. BONDS deposited for circulation ~
for the week ending to-day I, 342, 600
U. S bonds held for circulation, with ~ I
drawn week ending to-day. /, 1906, 600
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