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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
A DIVERS SAD END.
Suffocated Eighty Feet Under Water
The Airline Gets Caught in Hook
on Sunken Wreck.
New York Herald.

NEWPORT, r. l., March 24.-The first
accident in submarine dress which
has occurred in these waters took place
this afternoon off Point Judith. John
Waters, the well-known wrecker, went
off early this morning to the sunken
Block Island mail packet Thomas J..
Lynch, which sunk off that place about
two weeks ago, for the purpose of rails
ing her. His driver, Horace Manches-
ter, 80 years of age, went down early
in the day, and apparently endeavored
to make all the necessary arrangements
to tighten the wreck. Nothing was heard
from him for some time, and the per-
sons on board the wrecking schooner
Young American began to get alarmed.
The air was being pumped and the life
line kept in hands which vainly tried to
feel the least pulsation, but none was
felt from the unfortunate man who was
eightyfour feet below, that being the
depth of water where the craft sank
After he had been down three-quarters
of an hour he gave signal that he was
all right. In few moments he sig
nailed he wanted more air. and then he
signaled that he was having too much.
His signals were faithfully answered by
Capt. Waters, who is known in all
wrecking companies between here ard
New York as man who understands
his business.
The revenue cutter Samuel Dexter
hove in sight, and, seeing the flag at
half-mast on board the Young America,
bore down to her. She was immediate
Ixy n fob, NJ H. 4
gear, and attendant, which was furnish
ed by Capt. Ramsay, United States navy,
commanding at the torpedo station.
The diver, Augustus Feliess. promptly
volunteered to go down in search of the
missing man. He was soon submerged,
but returned after lapse of about
twenty minutes terribly exhausted.
He reported that he saw the man sus-
pended about five feet over the sunken
vessel, the airline having been caught
by a hook on the boat He went down
again and succeed in disengaging the
line. At last the lifeless remains of the
diver were free, and as soon as the sig
nal was given they were hoisted to the
deck of the vessel. The body was
brought here at once by the cutter and
placed in the hands of an undertaken.
The diver, when he came up for the
second time, was found to be extremely
exhausted. 1t is believed that the de-
ceased was engaged in taking out the
ballast when the lire suddenly became
entangled.
Capt. Waters is of the opinion that
the man, who went down with some lit
tie misgiving, owing to the depth of
water, became frightened at some slight
disarrangement, and died in a tit. The
face Of the man shows that he died a
terrible death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
The Great Fire in Hong Kong.

A correspondent Of the Pail Nall Ga
setts gives the following account of the
recent great fire in Hong Kong: ave
certainly have had an exciting year:
first the fearful rain-storm in MAY, then
an earthquake, and now the worst fire
ever known in Hong Kong. I, with
some of our guests, went to the TOP of
the house, where gigantic flame and
smoke rose before us. We soon saw
that many houses were blazing. NV
guests left me, and I remained on the
roof, seeing the circle of hills on which
the city is built become more CHASTITY
brilliant every minute. The shouts.
cries, yells, and crash of the falling roof
became louder and louder; the harbor
was SO lighted up that [ could see the
boats pulling off from the man-of-war.
At last. at half-past 9, [ heard the first
explosion they were beginning to blow
houses; and SO, quitting the house, /
went through streets which by were
blazing ruins, and soon met homeless
crowds carrying their little household
goods; while the streets were as light as
day, and shaking every now and then
as the engineers blew up house after
house.
tx. and the doctor returned at nearly
6 with a fearful tale. No one would
take the responsibility of blowing up
the lines of Chinese houses, and so
most valuable time was lost. till on the
appearance of the governor the order
was properly given. Then the appalling
work commenced. We had barely re-
turned for brief rest when some cool
les rushed into our garden, carrying
furniture, and informed US that the
chief magistrates house had caught
fire. This was awful news. If the
magistracy had gone the jail and the
civil hospital must 60. l reused up x,
when in rushed coolie to say the
Roman Catholic Cathedral was on fire.
X. dressed himself in an instant, leaving
me to follow with coolies CARRYING
baskets of sandwiches and brandy and
soda-water. / trust never to see such a
sight again. The long road shaded with
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
Curious Mechanical Work.

One Of the best exhibitions of me-
chanical skill and ingenuity ever shown
in this city has just opened in the va
can't store in the Lincoln House Block.
1t consists of two models in gold and sill
yer, the value Of which is So, 800, one Of
them being a model of locomotive No.
16, on the Boston & Providence railroad,
with the machinery working; the other
model of the famous and elegant
steamer Rhode Island, on the Providence
and New York line, with the engine
working. In fact, the word "model"
means more in this case than ordinari-
ly, for it is perfect copy both inside
and outW AID of the beautiful steamer,
whose name it bears. It was made
from the same draughts which were used
in building the Rhode Island, and is on
an exact scale Of Is Of an inch to the
foot, being AZ inches long and 9 inches
wide.
Any person who has travelled on this
steamer will at once recognize each and
every part, and will be surprised at the
accuracy with which they are initiated
in gold and silver.
AS one looks through the window, the
ompanionway and dining saloon are
seen, with the carpets, walls and furni-
ture represented to the life, and lower
down, the engine room with machinery
IN motion. The walking-beam and pad
die wheels are also in motion, and the
revolution are the same as in the orig
lnal, nineteen per minute.
The work was done by Mr.. j. D. Ben
ton of Providence, and the model of the
Rhode Island required four months ex-
clusively to complete it. 1t has just been
completed, and Mr.. Benton is now en-
gagged in making model of the great
Corliss engine, exhibited at the centen-
NAL, which will soon be completed. Mr..
Benton is the only person who does this
kind of work, and has been in the bust
ness seventeen years. He has made
tifty-six models, consisting of locomo-
tives, monitors, ships, palace cars and
others, the value of which is estimated
at over $360O0O.
His custome rs have been Commodore
Vanderbilt, Charles Morgan and others.
His first piece Of work was perfect
model of monitor Of the United States
Navy less than two inches in length, for
which he received $14O. <
Mr.. Benton was soldier in the rebel
lion, and had one of his hands disabled.
The models are worthy of visit by al,
and should be carefully examined.
Mr.. w. III. Benton, the brother of the
artist, is the agent, and takes pains to
illustrate all that is SEEM Worcester Ga
gette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
QUICKER THAN THOUGHT,
Promise of Revolution in Telegraphy
---Sixty Thousand Words a Minute
Claimed as the Speed of Transmits
sion

A new telegraph company has been
organized in New York under the laws
of the state, tc be known as the Amerl-
can Rapid Telegraph company. The
officers of the company are ex-Mayor
Edwin Reed, of Bath, Me-, president;
Hon. Thomas Wallace, of Cincinnati,
vice president, and L. S. Hapgood, of
Boston, treasurer. The capital of the
new company is placed at S., 100000.
President Reed stated that it was the
intention to proceed at once with the
construction Of a line Of double wires
connecting Boston, New York. Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington. Chicago
and st. Louis and all important inter-
mediate points. The lines will be built
of cast steel and copper plated conduct
ing telegraph wires. 1t is claimed that
the company is the owner of American
and European patents for machine tel
egraphlng, which, over its own patent
wires, will transmit one thousand words
minute, and over the wires now in
use tive hundred words a minute. It is
stated that the new system has been
thoroughly tested, having been in prac-
teal operation for four months over
circuits of five hundred and one thous-
and miles, and it is claimed for the sys-
tenn that with three. wires it can per-
form the whole telegraph business of
the country. Accuracy, rapidity and
cheapness are the three principal fea-
lures claimed for the new system. The
process, briefly described, is as follows
The message is first written in charac-
tiers Of the Morse alphabet by perfora-
tions in a ribbon Of paper. This ribbon
is then run rapidly through machine
connecting with the telegraph wire, and
the perforations are repeated upon
ribbon at the other end Of the line. AT
ter the matter is prepared for tele-
graphy it is claimed that sixty thousand
words an hour can be transmitted over
a single wire. The great economy of
the invention consists in the very small
number of wires required in the trans
action OF a large volume of business.
The company proposes to dispatch
messages at uniform rate Of twenty
five cents for twenty words to all sta
Their press rates will be ten cents for
one hundred words. Under an arrange
ment with the postoffice department it
is proposed to utilize the street letter
boxes for stamped messages, collections
to be made every fifteen minutes dur
Ing the day. the message to be deliver
ed within two hours from its date. It.
is claimed that the lines to Baltimore
and Chicago will be in operation by
January, 1880. Inquiry leads to the
belief that the invention is readaption
of the automatic principle of d. III.
Craig, which was tried some five years
ago by the Atlantic and Pacific Tele-
graph company and at that time dis
carded as imp-acticable. What may
have been done since in the way of i'm
proving and perfecting the invention
remains to be seen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
A Glass Mountain.
Scientific American.

Mr.. t. w. Norris, the superintendent
of the Yellowstone National Park, on a.
recent visit to the capital gave Il cture
on some Of the natural curiosities Of the
region over which he presides and is
engaged IN exploring. Among these
may be mentioned as the most novel a
mountain of obsidian or volcanic glass,
and road made from this material. o
Near the foot Of Beaver Lake the ex-
plorers discovered this mountain of
glass, which there rises in basalt.like
columns and countless huge masses MANY
hundreds of feet high from kissing
not spring, forming the margin of the
lake, thus forming barrier where it
was very desirable that a wagon road
should be; as the glass barricade sloped
for some 800 feet high at an angle Of 45
degrees to the lake, and it's glistining
surface was therefore impossible, there
being neither Indian nor game tracks
over 1T. To make the road, huge fires
we're made against the glass to thorough.
~ heat and expand it, and then by dash
ing cold water from the lake against the
heated glass suddenly cool the latter,
causing large fragments to break from
the mass, which were afterwards broken
up by sledges and pick, but not without
severe decorations of the hands and fac
es OF the party, into smaller fragments,
with which wagon road one-ouarter
Of mile long was constructed about
midway along the slope, thus making
it, is believed, the only road of native
glass upon the continent
On reaching the grand canon of the
Gibson river, the explorers found the
eastern palisade, for about two miles
IN length, to consist of verticular pillars
hundreds of feet high, of glistening
black, yellow, notified or banded OBJ
sidian or volcanic glass.
This obsidian has been and is still
used by the Indians for making arrow
heads and other weapons and tools, and
the mountain has formed a vast quarry
for the making of such instruments or
weapons of quantity unequaled any
where.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

trees leading from our part of the town
to the populous part was alive with Chi
nese carrying their goods, women hud-
died together over beds, baskets, boxes,
stools, clothes. crockery-anything and
everything in the way ofpersoral goods.
AT last we reached the Gordon of
soldiers; and beyond it blazing mass
was all that remained of the civil hos
pital and eight other large houses. The
Governor and General stood there; and
the Governor said to me: II had to
blow it up to save the JAIL" and then
he whispered, "God knows what we
may have to do; there are nearly 1000
prisoners Now came the shrill blast
of the bugle, Stand back all Out
came from the smoke the engineer Of
ticers, having just laid the charges to
blow up the rear of the hospital, which
adjoined the jail-yard. Another explo-
sion of bricks, blazing bits of rafter, a
shower of sparks and binding smoke,
and a gorgeous cloud CT colored flame
showed the drugs stored in the hospital
were alight.
"Now the block of buildings in front
of the Oriental Bank was to be blown
up. / FASTENED thither, through a new
er-ending scene of distress, to find the
bank hung over with the handsom car
pets soaked with water. Within doors
papers were being packed in safes,
bank-notes in fre-proof boxes, and so
sent down to the harbor escorted by
soldiers, and placed in steam launches.
| watched the blowing up of Ross tail
oring establishment, a fine block of
buildings. Several tifty-pound charges
of powder were laid, the bugle sounded
again, and Ross ceased to exist. This
place was deeply Uttered with broken
glass and shattered vases, burning silks
and gauzes, smashed worries, lovely lac
quer cabinets in fragments"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
agacieus Elephant.

James J. Furniss writes to Nature from
New York: Sin Central Park one hot
day, my attention was drawn to the con-
duct of al. elephant which had been
placed in an inclosure in the open air.
On the ground was large heap of newly
mown grass which the sagacious ami
NAL was taking up by the trunkful, and
laying carefully on his sun-beaten back.
He continued the operation until his
back was completely matched, when he
remained quiet, apparently enjoying
the result of his ingenuity. 1t seems
to me that instinct should have prompt
ed the elephant to eat the grass, and
that 1t was reason which caused him to
use it for the purpose of diminishing
the effect of the suns rays.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

The Cereal Bound to Go Up-NieWs of
E. Ill. Walker. StatiStician of the New
York Produce Exchange.
New York Star

France has smaller crop than she
has mad for fifty years, and England will
want her usual imports, which will be
from 100000 to 1O4,0O0,0O0 bushels
Of wheat. Her principal sources of sup
ply are the United States, Russia, Hun
gary, Australia, and India, which has a
poor crop this season. According to
the report from the agricultural depart
ment the estimated crop in the United
States during the past year was 425, :
100000 bushels, but it would be safer
to estimate it at 375, 100000. We have
exported already from this country, in
Guiding the movement from Portland,
Oregon, from the 18th of August, 1878,
to Feb. 90, 1879, and from San Francis
CO from the LIST Of July to Feb. 26, 1879,
and from the principal Atlantic ports,
including Montreal, up to March /,
1879, an aggregate of wheat, and flour
at its equivalent in grain, of 103, 100000
bushels from all ports Of the United
States, and the exports to all foreign
countries from the crop year ending in
1878 will be about 112, 900, 900 of bushels,
against nearly 100000 for the CORE
spending time in 1877, or the ending of
the crop year. The exports for the cal
endar year of 1873, of wheat and flour
from all United States ports to all for
eign countries, have been equal to "a
$4,000 bushels. against 64,463 900 in
1877. Taking 100 as a totality of the
grains, -four, ETC., in the European
markets, we find the proportion of each
country to be as follows during recent
years:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

REV DR.. INGRAM, who died recently
10 Shetland at the age of 103, is said to
have been the oldest minister in the
world. Four generations of the Ingrams
have lived in the same house in Shet-
land, and they were long generations,
too. The deceased's father died at the
age of 100, and his grandfather los.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

FISK university, at Nashville, &C
knowledges the receipt from the Rev.
w. FL. Wilcox of $4,000. This sum is
but small fraction of the munihcent
gift to the cause of christian education
in this country by Mrs. Daniel P. Stone,
OF Maiden, Mass, the amount donated
aggregating $1,O0OO0O.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
IMPORTING COUNTRIES.

Great Britain and France will re-
quire between 100000 and S0,OOO,-
900 of bushels for the balance of the
crop year, and the other states of Eu-
rope will require considerable supplies.
Germany imports about 100000
of bushels yearly. Germany in 1878
imported $4,000 tons, and exported
638,OOO tons.
'Our chief contest with England is in
the manufacture of flour, the exports of
wheat being "a, 100000 in 1878, while
the export of -four was only 1854, 900
barrels, the English millers may con-
graduate themselves that the quantities
were not equalized. The one serious
drawback to American millers in the
expectation OF flour is the barrel. AS
soon as we adopt the bag system Of
England, we can successfully compete
with English miIlers, as the superiority
of our western new process is now gen.
orally conceded. The export in bags,
instead of barrels, is without a doubt a
difference equal to fair commission on
the scales"
The reporter here remarked: Mr..
Walker, suppose you had 100000
bushels Of wheat and desired to realize
handsomely on it, how would you &C.
complish it?
Mr.. Walker replied (raising his head
with comical look at the reporter):
Some people would wait until they
found the market glutted and then
throw the 100000 on at the highest
price paid. This would reduce the
market six to ten cents a bushel within
twelve hours. If it was bought back at
the reduced price, the party would have
his wheat and a handsome profit in the
bargain"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-10-24
Professional Cards

~ A, RICHARDSON,
u. ATTORNEY-AT-LAw,
II STAUNTON, VA.
Special attention given to the collection of claims,
and prompt returns made.
OFFICR.-N0 Law Building. ,o
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-18
"THE WIDOW.v

r.
sho Makes Her First Appearance In st.
Best Hit of the Season.
"Widow Bedott" was unfortunate in hav-
inga rainy, disagreeable night for her first
appearance at the Opera House. Neverthe-
less there was fair audience in attendance,
and, though without the wind blew in fitful
gusts, and the rain fell in drenching showers,
within oil was merriment and unrestrained
enjoyment. The play, the work of Petro-
leum V. Nasty, is an adaptation of the CO.
centrlclties and absurdities of the Widow
Bedott papers for stage presentation. It
concentrates into couple of hours all the
fun-much of it intensified and newly
polnted-of these serials. 1t was written as
one part play, and Mr.. Locke has been for
tunate IN finding the one man who could
make the most of the part-Nell Burgess.
mr.. burgess succeeds in representing the
widow IN manner that defies imitation,
TOR he makes all the other portions of the
dialogue and all the other actors mere non
entltles-or perhaps at best merely the dyes-
sing OF the fowl. The dialogue is brim full
of fun, but in other hands than those of
Mr.. Burgess would fall fiat upon an audience.
AS it was, we doubt if an audience in St..
Paul was ever more thoroughly amused, or
enjoyed a performance more heartily, than
that of last night. The comedy is clean, the
dialogue clear-cut AID pointed, and the hits
most apt and telling. After witnessing it
one ceases to wonder at the success it has
met elsewhere. There is no doubt bat the
performance this afternoon and evening
will attract crowded houses.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-18
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION

The Democrats Of the county Of Ramsey are 70
qaested to meet Friday, the 18th day OF October,
1879, between the hours of and O'Clock p. NJ. at
the last usual pace of holding elections in tho frst
precinct of each Of said wards excepting the Fourth
ward in the city of st. Paul to elect delegates to a.
tend county convention, to be holden at tho old
court house in said city Saturday. the 18th day of
October. 1872 at l" O'Clock NJ, to nominate candi-
dates to be supported at the fall elections. The
Fourth ward is divided as follows: Those voting in
the first precinct to meet at the engine house, those
voting in the second and third precinct at the last
place of holding eectio in the third precinct also
those voting in the country precincts requested
to assemble at the usual place Of holding elections
the said towns between the hours of and O'Clock
P. NJ. and proceed to elect delegates to attend the
county convention to be holden in St Paul on Sat
rGay, the 18th d,y of October, 1879, at 10 O'Clock
NJ.
The following ie list of officers to be nominated
County Register Of Deeds.
County Treasurer.
County Attor cy.
County Surveyor.
Coroner
Court Commissioner.
Two County Commissioners from the 'g5 enc
from the county.
The following is the number OF delea auuwed
by the committed viz First ward 6, Seco.d ward :,
Third ward 7, Fourth ward first precinct G. second
and third precincts of Fourth ward 4, Fifth ward 6
Sixth ward 5, Reserve 2. Rose 3, Mounds View 8,
Now Canada 3, White Bear 3, Mclean 2.
P. II. KELLY,
Chairman OF County Committee.
Oct IL, 1879.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-18
Is tt q F1oDe9. Thino to no

TO the Editor Of the Globe:
Yesterday, Prof. Richards and the secre-
tary of the Y. M. G. A. visited Neil school
land suppose all the other public schools Of
the city, for the purpose of advertising a
certain lecture, to be given by the professor
at the Plymouth church, for the benefit of
the Y. M. @. A. Now, Mr.. Editor, it don't
seem quite proper thing to do for Prof. r.
to take the time of teacher and scholar in
advertising and discussing the very. wonder
full things he proposes to do, unduly exciting
the children and raising their expectations
to white heat, only to be sadly disappoint-
ed by three fourths of them. NY own chill
dren were in a blaze of excitement, and I
am sure for the balance of the day all thought
OF books or lessons were banished from their
heads, only thinking of the marvellous
things to be seen on the morrow. The pro-
fessor's lecture may be instructive and just
what the children ought to see and hear, and
yet it does seem that the practice of visiting
schools and engaging the attention of teacher
and pupil and arranging for the sale and
purchase of tickets, is one that ought to be
stopped forthwith. Our worthy superin,
tendent certainly cannot be cognizant of
such practice. A.B.G.