Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-30

geo. T.. frlICnell, w. IL. COXey, and w.
A. Lowndes, for falsely certifying the
result of election; M. J. Heidi, A. M.
Moreland, and w. A. Fishburn for re-
fusing to receive votes Of persons entitled
to vote.
A TELEGRAM received at military
headquarters in Chicago On the 22d
instant, states that Lit. Loder with IA
men of the 3rd and 9TH infantry had a
brush with some Sioux Indians in Mis-
selshell Canon, in which eight Indians
were killed and several wounded. He
lost one friendly Indian, who was killed.
CUBA is now suffering from great
drought; HAVANA advices of the 22nd
state that the rains have receded, and
the drought has been aggravated by the
terrible south winds; disastrous con-
| hagrations have resulted from the
drought in the canetields of the district
Of Colon, Mantanzas and Cardenas;
over fifty plantations suffered more or
less; on eight, the crops and buildings
were entirely destroyed. -.
AT a meeting Of the Wabash railway
directors in New York On the 21st inst.
Messrs. Garrison, Post, Billings and
Bliss resigned and Jay Gould, Russell
Sage, Jas. Lawler WEIGH, and Jas. F.
Jay were elected to fill vacancies. This,
it is said gives Gould control of the road
and 81, 900 shares of stock are locked
up to secure him in the perpetuity of
that control.
A V1cKsBURG dispatch ofApril 22d says
arrangements are being made for the &C
commodation of the labor convention
of the Mississippi Valley, which meets
here on the 9th of May. Col. Merrill,
colored, of Carroll parish. La, now at
tending the colored convention at New
Orleans, has given notice that he will
attend with a large delegation from the
river parishes of that state. The object
Of the convention is to take steps to
check the emigration of laborers to
Kansas.
AT Nashville, Tenn, on Sunday the
Goth, one hundred and zen colored per
sons, male and female, were baptized
in the river. The performance COM
menced at IL o'clock and ended late In
the afternoon. It required the services
of several ministers to perform the rites.
The wharf was literally thronged, and
it seemed that the entire colored pOpu-
lation had turned out to witness the
ceremony. A majority of them stood
for several hours without once moving
from their tracks, so absorbed were
they in what was going on.
A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch of the Oath
states that there was disastrous hurri-
cane at the Friendly islands, March 6.
The Roman Catholic Chapel, Wesleyan
Parsonage, English Consulate, Govern
ment warehouse, many business build
ings, and two-thirds Of the dwellings
were RACED to the ground. The cocoa
nut crop was destroyed. The bark
Queensland, forty-two days out from
Newcastle, Australia, for Auckland, is
feared to have been lost with all hands.
The Pacific mail steamer Alaska COM
pleted repairs at Honolulu, and sailed
for Yokohama, April 20.
A DETROIT dispatch of April
% says work commenced to-day
with considerable ceremony on
the Canada Southern railway tunnel to
be built under the Detroit river at
Grass Isle. Special trains ran from
Detroit, Toledo and from Canadian
points on the Canada Southern to carry
invited guests and railway officials.
Ground was broken On the Canada side
for. the approach to the tunnel en-
trance. The parliament act authorlz-
ing the construction of the tunnel was
read by Secretary Kingsmitt, of the
Canada Southern, and dedicatory
speeches were made by W. K. Muir,
secretary, G. A. King, Toledo, Presi-
dent Green, of the Columbus & Toledo
railway, President Hugelt of the Cana
dian Midland railway, and others, after
which the entire party partook OF an
elaborate collation. spread in the Office
of the tunnel company. n - t<-
+ A TELEGRAM received at military
headquarters in, Chicago on the 21st
SAYS: Col. Hatch in command of the
department in New Mexico telegraphs
that Lieut.. Merritt of the Nineth cav
airy reports from Ojo Calciente that Vic
toria and his whole force Of Warm
Spring Apache Indians escaped on the
10Th inst. and have gone to the San
Mateo country mountains. When Vic
toria found he would have to go to
Staunton reservation he said he would
die first. Lieut.. Merritt has ordered q
company of cavalry to Ojo Calciente to
cooperate with the cavalry now there
ard endeavor to capture these Indians
before they begin to commit depfeda-
tons.