Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-18
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
SILVER DISCOVERIES IN NEVADA.

discoveries is one which was made by
Lieutenant Governor Taber, last
Saturday morning at sand
carbonate vein from which
$500 was taken that day, and the dis
covery of very rich deposits on Ten
Mile creek, where assure vein, sew
enteen feet thick. is reported. By an
examination of the Denver and Red
River Railroad Company's books for
November, it appears that near
ly two million pounds of base
bullion were transported from Leadville
by that route in November, and up
wards of twice that quantity of high
grade by the Colorado Springs route in
November. 1t is very evident that that
produced in silver of the Leadville mines
will very largely exceed any estimates
hitherto published.
LOST IN MID-OCEAN.
A New York dispatch of Nov. 11th
says: A fate like that which the steam
er Chy of Boston met in mid-sea has
probably overtaken the Herman Ludatag
She left this port for Antwerp on Oct.
%, and was never seen after she passed
the Fire island light. No bit of wreck
found on any shore has been identified
as hers, and no fortunate passenger or
sailor has escaped to tell the story of her
wreck. The date of her departure
comedies with series of very severe
gales along the entire Atlantic coast.
The charterer and owners gave up all
hope of her long ago. The captains
wife and Henry Greve, an Antwerp
no ri W
Flemish seamen, composed her entire
ships company. Her cargo consisted
of $15O0O0 worth of general mer-
chandise. She was valued at $40, 900.
There is no list on this side the
water of her crew Her cargo was
largely insured by the shippers, but the
amount lost by the insurers has not
been ascertained. The steamer belongs
to the White Cross line, plying between
New York and Antwerp, of which
Messrs Funch, Eyde & Co. are the
agents. She originally belonged to
British owners. She was built on the
Clyde by John Key, in 1870, and was
taptized the Andes. She almost as
soon AS launched passed under the Bel
gian flag, and was rechristened the Her.
man Ludaoig. She was built of iron, on
the newest models, rated 100 l in
LlOyd's, and was regarded as a patent
freight steamer.
AN ELEVATOR BURSTS.
A Kansas City, Mo-, special Of Dec.
10Th says: The Hannibal and st. Joe
railroad elevator, a large structure In
the bottoms, not far from the Union
depot, literally burst to pelces last night,
and is now a total wreck. Workmen
were engaged unloading cars, when
it was discovered that the foun-
dations ofthe building were giving away.
The southeast side let down first and
filled the structure. During two hours
the settling process went on. First the
top portion broke of, and then the sides
burst out, and the grain ran out, carry
ing the cars IN the immediate vicinity
before the awful tide, and crushing them
to pieces. There were ten cars on the
outside either crushed into atoms or
badly broken. and three inside, which
of course were smashed to nOthingness,
making thirteen cars in all ruined The
building was 124 feet in height,
and was placed on a brick
wall foundation IA feet in height
There we're at time of the accident
stored in the building As 900 bushels of
wheat and $4,000 bushels of corn and a
small quantity of other grain, making
about 10000 bushels in all. The Ca
pacitv of the elevator was 100000 BUSH
els. Loss on building, about $4,000;
on grain $4,000. ot..,
FLOODS IN THE EAST.
Heavy storms prevailed in the Allan
through Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania. New York, and elsewhere. Con-
siderable railroad and mill property
was destroyed.
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATORsHIP.
A Columbia telegram of Dec. 10, says:
The legislature elected Gov Ham D.
ton to the United States senate to-day
The vote in the senate was unanimous.
The house, with two exceptions, voted
for Hampton; the exceptions were Mil
Ter and Simmons, colored members
from Beaufort, who voted for Mackey.
GOV. WADE HAMPToN's LEG.
Says a Columbia, S. c., telegram
Of December 10th: Governor Wade
Hampton had his leg amputated to-day
below the knee. The amputation is the
result of the fall received while hunt
ing. His immediate friends say his
condition is not dangerous
ANOTHER MILL EXPLOSION AT MIME
IT,. APOLIS.
At late hour on the night of Dec.
9th an explosion occurred in the Anchor
mill, Minneapolis, which totally de-
stroyed that property. The loss will
reach $4,000. Insurance So, 500.
The mill Was owned by Gov. J. S. Pills
bury. and operated by G.. A. Pillsbury
d Co., who also operated the other
mills, having 80 run of stone in all.
The opinion that ascribes the fire to an
explosion of flour dust seems to best
substantiated.' A man with a lantern.
attempting to correcd stoppage in the
flour elevator, dislodged the flour, which
fell in a cloud of dust and instantly
flashed into fame. He barely escaped
with severe burns. No loss of life is
reported. :
ABOUT GENERAL. GRANT