Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-19

ioyment of life, liberty and property,
also, their educational, moral, social
and political condition and the question
of emigration.
The WHITE STAR steamship Celtic,
about whose safety there was wide
spread alarm, finally reached Cork in
safety after being out fifteen days from
New York. She broke her propeller
Jan. Goth, and during the remainder of
the trip was under sail. She was
loaded with passengers, and her safe ar
rival caused great rejoicing.
AN ice gorge in the Missouri river at
Glasgow, Mo-, Feb. 10th, destroyed
span in the new steel bridge being
erected there by the Am erican bridge
company of Chicago. Had the ice
been six hours later in com ing down,
the structure would have been safe. The
loss to the bridge company is estimated
at $35, 900.
THE investigation of the charges
against Judge Blodgett, of the United
States district court, at Chicago, by a
subcommittee of the judiciary COM
mittee of the congressional house of
representatives, closed Feb. 9th, and
the members Of the committee left for
Washington, where they will at once
submit the report Of the testimony to
the full committee.
The committee of the Virginia legis-
lature has decided to submit to the
general assembly without recommen-
datiOn of the renewed proposition of
the American and English Fund
ing Associations 1t is that the
debt be refunded in bonds payable in
forty years, and bearing interest as
follows: 3 per cent for ten years, per
cent. for twenty years, and 5 per cent.
for 80 years. The committee asked
the representatives of the funding as
sociations to show the ability of their
principals to discharge the obligations
they propose.
JUDGE BAXTER, of the United States
Circuit Court, has appointed Thomas j.
Latham Receiver to take charge Of the
effects of the late city of Memphis, in
Guiding taxes unpaid, amounting to
nearly 100000, with power to
sue, collect in any way, by gar
nishment Or otherwise. All credit
ors are ordered to come in, make them
selves parties, and file claims on or
| before the third Monday in May next.
The appointment was made on bill
filed by Myers & Sneed, attorneys, rep
resenting nearly 100000 of claims
against the city. Other creditors have
consolidated their causes, making
total exceeding $2,50O,O0O.
A KANSAS CITY dispatch Of February
11th, says that a terrible accident
occurred at about 7:30 this morning,
at the foot Of Grand avenue, in the
cut being made for the Chicago and
Alton Railway. At that hour, the cut,
with its almost perpendicular walls, 80
feet high, caved in, and buried the
workmen and their teams under 5000
yards of falling earth. There were
four teams IN the cut at the
time, and ten men working
at each team. Besides these
there were the foreman, Jos. Mccarthy,
his clerk, and two men working with
the picks. Mr.. Sodon, the contractor,
was not in the cut. Six persons were
killed outright and several wounded.
A PrTTsBURG dispatch of Feb. 9th
says Captain Paul BoyntOn, who entered
the Allegheny river at Oil City Thurs
day morning, arrived here at half-past
8 o'clock this afternoon, and was en-
Enthusiastically greeted by fifty thousand
people who lined both sides of the river
from the mouth Of the Allegheny to the
eastern city limit. Boynton had ex-
pected to make the trip of 1872 miles
with but one stop, but the weather was
so severe Thursday night that ne had to
70
Thursday, So Friday, 81 yesterday and
81 to-day, and was in the water alto
gether about Al hours. His face was
badly frozen and when ne arrived here
he was greatly exhausted. He regards
this as the most severe experience he
has yet had but expects to be all right
again in few days. The weather was
unfavorable being bitterly cold with oc.
casional snow storms and considerable
floating ice in the river.