Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-12
News Items.

Modjeska will play in America all
next season, commencing in New York
in the fall
Clarkson NJ Potter is handsome
man with long side whskers. but all
this will not save him.
The debut of Esther Herndon MAY
Croly), on the New York stage, has
been brilliantly successful.
Seven out of eight giraffes import
ed last year for menageries in the Unit
ed States have died.
History gives Italian merchants the
credit.of being the first to practice book
keeping with anything like system.
In nearly 200 houses in Boston,
where there have been cases of di PHI
liberia, it was found that in every case
there had been arrangement Of the
waste pipes.
The net earnings of the Pennsylvan
la Railroad and its Eastern connection
for the month of April last were near.
ly 100000 more than during the
same month in 1877.
The best instructor in navigation in
New York is woman, who supports
herself by teaching it. She is the
woman who brought ship around
Cape Horn, home to New York, after
her husband and the first mate
died on the voysge.
In Rhode Island foreign-born citi-
zen cannot vote unless be has property
amounting to SI34, But if bis wife
owns the property it will do just as
we'll. BY late decision of the Su-
preme Court the man may vote on the
strength of his wife's property. ~
CHICAGO, June 5.--Dispatches re-
ceived from Gen Crook day confirm
the late news of the revolt of Bannock
Indians, but doubts if the number of
savages first reported making them ag-
gregate 400.
Secretary Evarts has received mott,
fcation that Russia accepts the invita-
ton of the United States to partici
pate in the international silver con-
ference. The Governments which
have SO far accepted are Russia, Hol-
land, Greece and Switzerland. The
Commissioners on the part of the Uni
ted States Will now be appointed.
Secretary Schurz reports that there
are now employed in the Interior De-
partment at Washington 495 honora-
bly, discharned Union soldiers, los
soldiers who were permanently disabled
by the loss of their limbs, Al widows
Of soldiers, and 81 orphans of soldiers.
The statute requires the heads of de-
partments to give the preference to
Union soldiers in making up their list
of subordinates.
The Indiana Republican State Con-
vention last week nominated Judge
Isaac S. Moore, of Warrick county,
for Secretary of State; Gen. A. o.
Miller, of Boone county, for Auditor
Of State; Major George F. Herriott
of johnson county, for State Treasurer
and Judge D. P. Baldwin, of Logans-
port, for Attorney General. A very
strong ticket. The platform adopted
is admirable in every respect.
The statement in a cable dispatch
that DR.. Noblling, who recently at
tempted to assassinate the German
Emperor, is san UItramontane and
Socialist" is virtunlly contradiction
of terms. The Ultramontanists are
those extreme Catholics ..ho adhere to
the doctrine of the temporal power of
the Papacy, while the socialists are as
bitter in their opposition to all forms
of civil government. The Church of
Rome is one of the most formidable
enemies of all forms of socialism and
Communism. No doubt Nobiling is
Socialist, and he is probably also an
infdel
WISCONSIN INDIAN LANDs.-Rep-
resentative Pound. of Wisconsin. has