Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-16

THE people began leaving Memphis
by the thousands July 10Th.
The eighth annual convention OF the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union CT
Ohio, was held at Tiffin July 9th.
THE New Orleans board of health de-
clared July 10th that the city was never
healthier that at that time.
THE ninth annual convention of the
national bill-posters' association met
at Toledo, O., July 10th.
MANToN MARBLE, of New York, was
married to Mrs. A. Williams Lombard,
July 9th.
A YOUNG lady aged II, daughter of
wel-to-do farmer living near Albany,
Wis, committed suicide by shooting
herself. July Sth.
4 BRIDGEPORT, Conn, dispatch Of
July Sth says the one-hundredth ami
versary of the burning of Fairfield by
the British troops, under Gen. Tryon,
was celebrated to-day on the court
house green. The exercises consisted
of salutes, speeches, prayers and q
banquet.
A DUBUQUE, Iowa, special of July 9th,
says an old man named Foust, living
near Hum boldt, committed suicide by
hanging himself with a fence wire. His
relatives ordered him buried under the
tree from which he swung.
A CHICAGO special of July Sth says
the Times claims to have discovered
that Jim Keene has been in the city
for the past week, quietly directing the
movements OF his brokers on the board
of trade, and that he left for New York
in a private car last night.
a DUBUQUE, Iowa, telegram OF July
11th, states that Judge Reuben Noble,
of McGregor, has written a letter de-
clining the nomination for judge of the
supreme court, recently rendered him
by the democratic state convention.
A VIRGINIA, H., special OF July 18th
says yesterday 81 special fast freight
train of twenty cars Of wheat passed
through this city en- route from
Waverly, ILL.,, to Baltimore. This is
the first shipment of new wheat from
this section.
A BIsMARK dispatch Of July 10th
says: The last steamer reports that
oats in the Valley Of the Yellowstone
are almost waist high, and new pota-
| Fort Custer is Northumberland field
of oats as fine as can be found. There
is every evidence Of bountiful harvest
for the pioneers.
A B1sMARK special Of July 9th says
the steamer Bachelor came down
from the mouth Of the Big Horn river
in fifty-two hours, beating by four
hours the hitherto unprecedented time
of the steamer Far West, when she
carried the Custer wounded to Bis
mark. The Bachelors actual running
time was forty-three hours.
A MEMPHIS telegram of July 9th says
intense excitement prevails over the
! fact that death from well-developed
case of yellow fever occurred this after
noon. The deceased was named Frank
Mulbrandon, shoemaker, residing at
the corner of DeSoto and Pontoe streets.
He was taken sick while at work in his
shop last Saturday, and, although re-
cejving the best medical attention, died
as stated to-day.
A New YORK special Of July 18th
states there Is a report that one Of the
leading Liverpool lines is about reduc-
ing its emigrant fare to SIS. The mat
ter is to come before the next meeting
of the North Atlantic Steamship asso-
citation. The Cunard line tried this
experiment some Years ago. 1t is said
that many thousand unemployed En-
glish farm laborers and miners would
come out here if the rates of transport
tation were cheaper than at present.
The Memphis board of health issued
the following order July 10th: "We
would say quietly to remove
your families to place of safety until
we can at least see whether the few
cases of yellow fever will assume an