Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-20
State Items.

has been arrested by the United States
Marshal on charge Of larceny from the
Government store at the home.
Thomas Herring met with a sad
accident at Tomah, Sunday afternoon.
I In attempting to aid party in boat
with his fowling-piece the gun was ac-
cidentally discharged, the entire
charge taking effect just above the
right hip. No hopes are entertained
of bis recovery.
Lee, the burglar ssin Jail at James
vile, and the one who, it is claimed,
welded the crowbar in the bold at
tempt at jai! delivery .on Sunday last,
has asked the court for change Of
venue, claiming that the people in
Rock county are predjudiced against
him, etc.
W. G. Williams, of Milwaukee, at
torney of Mrs. John Mcdonald. in a
pending divorce suit at Ripon, was on
Monday assaulted by Gen. John Nc
Donald, in the law office Of J. Dobbs,
in that place Williams face was
badly bruised, and his front teeth kick
ed out, before those present could
interfere. Williams was not expect
ing the assault, and those who witness
ed the affair pronounce it an outrage.
General Mcdonald is under arrest.
The search for the body Of Alexan-
der I. Stewart and the thieves who
desecrated his grave still continues,
but the police give no s gn of any de-
cided progress towards success. The
route taken by the thieves In leaving
the cemetry has been ascertained, but
at the point where they reached the
pavement in Tenth street the trail
stops short and all is blank beyond.
The clew about which the Thirteenth
Precinct police made SO much mystery
on Saturday turns out to be no clew at
ALL and SO another ''theory,' whatever
it may have been, disappears. While
We are disposed to give the police au
thorities due credit for energy in their
search, we cannot refrain from calling
attention to the fact that none of the
actors in the startling crimes lately
committed in this city have been appre
hended, and the Board of Police
should clearly understand that the
people are already dissatisfied. Banks
are gutted iu open daylight, men are
stabbed in public places, stores are
robbed in the glare of gaslight and
graves are despoiled in the very heart
Of the city, and yet no arrests are
made. 1t is about time this state of a f.
fairs was changed.
AN ISLAND SETTLEMENT. "A
party Of civil engineers from Canada
are preparing Cockburn Island, in
Lake Huron, for settlement. A good
many squatters have already gone in,
and the sound of the axe is heard on
every side. The land is ceded by the
Indians, and will be sold at so cents
per acre. The payment for 100 acres
will be $40 down. and the balance in
FIVE years. bearing interest at 6 per
cent, and the proceeds will go to the
Indian funds. The land is reported
to be OF frst-class quality, and the Is
land is one Of the most convenient
points for settlement in the district
of Algoma There is already a fine
dock built; also, store and boarding.
house. and five or six fine steamers
call weekly. A resident land-agent
is appointed, and will be on hand in
the spring to give every information
to intending settlers.
The Edison of Hart county, Ca,
is John Laird, boy Of II. He has
whitfield out the best fiddle in the
county, and made himself a photogra-
phic apparatus, with which he takes
pictures superior to those of the ira
Yelling artists. The lenses in his cam
era were taken from an old magic
lantern, and ground upon common
grindstone.
Adam Haber, residing near Oshkosh
visited Germany about three months
ago, and news has just been received
by his friends that he has been
tried and convicted there for speaking
disrespectfully of the Emperor Will
liam, and sentenced to five years i'm,
prisonment. AS he is naturalized
American citizen, the case will be
brought to the attention Of the Ger
man Government by Secretary of State
Evarts.
A large majority of the voters Of
the city of Watertown certainly did
themselves much credit in manifest.
ing SO strongly on election day, their
utter abhorance for an irredeemable
currency. Honest money Republi-
cans and Democrats spoke in language
not to be misunderstood. So plain as
not to be mistaken. n.-Palnyro Enter
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