Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-21

| COllege In lC0U. Ills Tatner was II on
William Parker, a Boston lawyer of
prominence, and his grandfather was
the Rt. Rev. Samuel Parker, bishop of
Massachusetts. Parker the warden
elect, was classmate of the late DR..
DeKoven at the general theological
seminary, at New York, during three
years, commencing in 1851. After
completing his theological studies he
was assistant rector of St. John 8
church in Wilmington Del, and later
at TIE head of the largest parish in
New Jersey, at Elizabeth. which charge
he will relinquish to accept the impor-
tant Office to which he has been called
by the trustees of Racine college.
AN AWFUL CRIME.-LoUIsvILLE
May IA special dispetch from Pa
ducah, KY, to The Courier J Journal
says two years ago man named Dan
Edmunds, who lived in Livingston Co..
KY, ran off to Arkansas with a neigh
boris daughter, leaving wife and
family behind. A short time ago be
started back to his former home with
the woman and child, and when near
the Mississippi River killed and buried
both. On returning he took up with
his lawful wife, The bodies of the
murdered woman and child were found
and Unidentified, and search was insti-
trted for Edmunds. Yesterday an
officer from Arkansas arrived at the
home of the murderer, arrested and
took him back to the scene Of his
crime.
CITIZENSHIP OF TNDIANs.-WAsH-
INGroN, May l4--The decision of
Judge Dundy at Omaha iu the Stand
ing Bear habeas corpus case, in which
he virtually declares Indians citizens
with the right to go where they please
regardless of treaty stipulations, is ie-
garded by the government as heavy
blow to the present Indian system,
that, if sustained, will prove extremely
dangerous alike to whites and Indians
If the authority of the government to
hold Indians npon their reservations
or to return them when they escape is
denied, the Indians will become body
of tramps, moving without restraint
wherever they please, and exposed to
the attacks Of frontiersmen without re-
dress from the government The dis
trict attorney at Omaha has been in
otr faI RI fob ha cfo ta
carry the question to a higher conrt.
FIRE AND FLOOD BOMBAY, May
14.-There was a great confagration
last night at Poonah, an important
Government and military centre, eighty
miles southeast Of this city. The
Government school, Boodwar Palace,
law courts, Post Office, police Office
and fifty houses were completely des-
troyed.
ST PETERSBURG, May !14.-The
Governor of Orenburg telegraphed on
the 18th inst, that another fire occur
red there on the 9Th instant, put was
quickly extinguished. The fire on the
llth instant half consumed the Cos
sack quarter. Governor Uralsk, of
Orenburg telegraphed on the 18th that
the fire there destroyed considerable
portion Of the town, and that the flames
were still raging.
PEsrH. May 1.-THE town Of Hal
as has been inundated in consequence
of continuous rains. Much damage
was done.
A BIG IRIsHMAN.-The Emerald
Isle has long been famous for produc-
ing giants. The most celebrated Of
these was the well-known O'Brien
whom We first hear of as great raw
youth crying in public house because
unable to pay the bill, having been left
penniless through quarrel with his
exhibitor. A gentleman, taking COM
passion on him, paid his debt, and ad
vised the young giant to set up on his
account. Acting on this recommen-
dation, O'Brien started public house
in Bristol, long known by the sign of
the Giants Castle 4 memorial tablet
in Treuchard Street Roman Catholic
Chapel records his stature as having
been s feet and 3 inches. He was
very anxious that his remains should
not fall into the hands of the anato-
mists and gave directions for securing
| his grave against desecration from
bodysnatchers. 1t has, however, been
disputed whether the giants bones
still rest in his grave, or form one of
the curiosities Of the Hunterian Mu-
scum, though we believe they still lie
undisturbed in a deep-sunken grave
Poor O'Bren had to take bis constitu-
tionals under cover of darkness, to
avoid being .mobbed by the curious
and like most big fellows proved him.
self a simple and inoffensive man,
though once he inadvertently terrified
a watchman almost to death by light
ing his pipe at a street lamp, the sud-
den appearance of which strange ap-
PARTON threw the watchman into fit.
His colossal proportions once saved the
giant from being robbed, the highway