Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30

secured the promise Of the morning
papers to do likewise, but the associat-
ed press dispatch from New York
spoiled the arrangement and the
reading public of st. Louis will
tomorrow receive such shock
as they have not for some time
experienced the facts in the case, brief
| ly summarized, are as follows: DOdd,
Browne Il Co., who uid business in a
large warehouse on the corner Of
Fifth and St. Charles street, have
done q very large south and south
western business, and it was in their
succeeding in directing the bulk Of
the latter trade from Chicago that they
based their claims to being successful
rivals of the Garden City dry goods
men. The firm which ten years ago
had a capital of not more than $780,
600, made a strong bid for business, and
by granting longer time and
making matters generally easier
for their customers than was
the wont Of other St. Louis merchants,
succeeded in largely increasing their
trade. Of late some of their custom ers
| llttNC pCClI pay Ing NCly 0lo"ly, 'tll't IlIlo
was especially the case with tn cir Texas
trade, their present trouble being, it is
claimed, directly due to the failure Of
their lone star state customers to pay
up.
A LONG RAILROAD LEASE.
Says Chicago press telegram of
October 23rd Particulars have
become known here concerning lease
of the Denver q Rio Grande r. r., by
the Atchison: Topeka e oante Fe road
for 80 years; the lease to take effect
Dec. LIST. The Denver & Rio Grande
receives 43 per cent. of the gross earn
ings, decreasing one per cent. yearly,
and will receive 81 per cent. from the
9TH to the 18th year.
A PROSPECTIVE WEDDING.
The St. Louis GObe-DeD0crM Of
October 23rd announces that
Samuel J. Tilden is engaged to be mar
ried to st. Louis belle, and that the
wedding will take place within three
months.
HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF A SHIPWRECKED
MARINER.
A Boston special Of the 22d gives the
following particulars in relation to q
| shipwrecked mariner whose fearful ex-
periences occurred during the late
storm: Among the vessels wrecked in
the storm of the 10Th inst. was the
schooner Eta Y. Sin1sO1o, which went to
pieces on the dread Nantucket shoals
The mate, Mr. Charles Killeen, alone
survived, and the following sad story is
| from his own lips: cat s P. NJ. the YES
sci, having struck and rolled over, the
second sea which boarded us swept
away two Of the men, The rest hung
on until about 5 o'clock in the morn
ing, when they began to go. The
man on my right became a raving
maniac, and soor succumbed. the rest
followed soon after. leaving Capt. Hart
and wife and myself still clinging. The
sea was washing over Us to the
height of ten or fifteen feet cont inually
and as it dashed against us it seemed
as if it would dash us to pieces. Early
on Sunday morning we saw the steam
| ers Martha's Vineyard and DEXTER come
out, but when we perceived we were not
to be rescued 10y the steamers Mrs.
Hart became discouraged and soon af
ter gave up, slipping from our grasp
about 2 P. NJ, at which time she was
about drawing her last breath. The
sea was washing by us at the
time waist deep. The loss of his wife
completely unnerved Capt. Hart. who
turned to me and shook my hand, say
ing, after / had tried to console him
and get him to hold en- longer, 81 can't
do it; you may; you're a tough man.
[ don't care now whether [ live or die.
He gave me his ring and some money,
with the request that if was saved |
would send it to his parents, and then
handed me his watch, asking me to
keep it as a mementO. At 9 7. M. on
Sunday evening he was wandering in
his mind. and / was obliged to lash him
o keep him from going overheard.
About o'clock on Monday morning
he died, with his head resting on my
knee. Isecured his body and stood up,
awaiting events. My feeling through
all this trying ordeal were far from
pleasant, but something seemed to i'm
press me that was to be saved, and
throughout [ did not despair in the
least. My signal was seen by a party
in boat from Edgartown. and [ was
taken OFT. The boat YVES too small to
take off the captains body too, but
we afterWard returned in a whale-boat
and took it from the vessel. 1 was
afterward transferred to the River Queen,
and arrived home on Monday. The
many little events of my experience
are too numerous to mention in detail,
and the state of my mind during the
whole time [ cannot find words to ex-
press. [ was badly bruised about the
arms by the straps about them, and
feel as if [ was raw internally. It is
impossible as yet for me to eat or
drink without pain.'
., HOPEFUL CHANGES HANDS.
A New York despatch of the 21st says:
Thomas P. Wallace, brewer, has pur-
chased the famous gray-gelding Hope
full. Nj. Wallace, it is said, paid Alfred
Richmond $4,000 for Hopeful. Mr..
Wallace is the owner of Darby, Triomph,
Henry, White-Stocking, and several of