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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
FIRES.

A FIRE In Joliet, April 10th, destroyed
the Sloan building valued at So, 500.
A FIRE at Wabasha, Mimi, on the
18th inst, destroyed the Campbell house
block. Loss, $1,000; insurance, $1,000.
A FIRE occurred in Cuero, Tex, Sun
day, April 18th, destroying almost the
entire business portion of the town.
Loss, $4,000; very little insurance.
A FIRE in the old Fulton Market New
York city, April 10th, caused a loss of
$50, OOO-Also on the same day Tucker &
Cooks cotton mill at Conway, Mass,
burned; loss $45,O 900.
A SPECIAL from Ottawa, ILL.,, April
14th says about 3 o'clock this morning
the department was called out to extin-
guiSh a fire that was consuming a pOr-
ton of the defunct Fox river dam. At
ter two or three hours Of hard labor the
flames were so reduced that there was
no danger of communicating with adj
joining property. The work was a por-
ton of the ''great expectations" that
was to make Ottowa a "LOwell Of the
west;" but, between the water Of the
river that would not be damned by it
some years ago and by fire now, all
relics Of that greatness has disappeared,
except the water-power bonds, which
the supreme court has recently decid-
ed the city must pay something over
100000.
A FORT STEVENSON, d. T. special Of
April 18th, says the post was thrown
into intense excitement about three
o'clock yesterday afternoon by the re-
port that prairie fires were raging with
fearful velocity close to the outskirts Of
the garrison. Col. Moore, post COM
mander, ordered out the entire force
with wet blankets, etc., to fight the foe,
and after three hours hard fighting the
fires were subdued. The wind was blow
ing at the rate of thirty miles an hour,
and the flames spread very rapid
ly. Women and children became
wildly excited, and ran to and fro, and
began packing their household goods,
to He conveyed to a point OF safety.
The Ere surrounded the post, and at
one time it seemed as if it must go.
Two soldiers and an officer were badly
burned Fort Lincoln had similar ex-
perience, with a narrower escape.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
VERY LATEST NEWS.
Selected From Every Source and
Boiled Down.
WASHINGTON.

THE cabinet has decided to send a
naval vessel to Samoa.
PROF. CYRUS THOMAS has accepted
the position of entomologist Of the de-
partnent of agriculture.
SECRETARY EvARTs has telegraphed to
the United States Minister to Russia to
convey to the Gar President Hayes
congratulations upon his escape from
assassination.
The regular subscriptions to the 4
per cent. loan on April 18th amounted
So 100, 500. Besides this amount syn
didate, composed ofnineteen banks and
banking firms, of New York and Boston,
made subscription of $15O,00O,-
900 of 4 per cent. bonds and $4,000,
900 of funding certificates, making this
the largest single subscri ption ever
made to a government funding loan in
this or any other country. The heaviest
subscribers are: First National bank,
Fisk & Hatch, Metropolitan National
bank, and J. A. & w. Seligman. The
subscription is made through the First
National bank for itself and it's associ-
ates
The following list Representatives of
the present congress, whose seats are
to be. contested, together with the names
of contestants, was furnished the house
by clerk Adams; Sixth Massachus etts
District, Benton against Loring:
Twentieth Pennsylvania, Curtin against
Yocum; First North Carolina, Yates
against Martin; Second North Carolina,
O'Hara against Kitchen; Second South
Carolina, Mackey against OCOnnor;
Fourth Alabama, HARRISON against
Shelley; Third Louisiana, Herbert
against Acklin; Third Louisiana, Mer-
chant against Acklin: Second Arkan-
sas, Bradley against Stemmard; Second
Florida, Bisbee against Hull; Third
Minnesota, Donnelly against Washburn;
State of Oregon, Mcdowell against
Whitaker
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
GENERAL NOTES.

AN earthquake shock was felt at Nor
folk n. Y, April 18th.
A DISPATCH from New Orleans says
that Mr.. Nichols will resign the gov
efnorship of Louisiana on the Goth in
slant
On the 10th inst, the railroads re-
duced the rate on lumber to $3.50 per
car, between Chicago and the Missouri
river.
The great storm Of April 10th swept
over the whole eastern coast Of the
United States, from the gulf to New En-
gland.
A WELL known craftsman going by
the name Of Smith, was fatally shot
while making off with booty April 18th,
by Chicago policeman.
The Portland, Oregon, board of trade
on April II unanimously adopted a
memorial addressed to President Hayes,
condemning Chinese immigration.
A CONVENTION of representative color
ed men was held in New Orleans April
II to consider the exodus question.
Two hundred and sixty delegates were
present.
A BILL has been introduced in the
New York legislature to prohibit pedes-
TRAN exhibition. 1t is made a misde-
meanor, punishable by fine or impris-
onment, to keep or hire hall for such
shows.
VARIOUS local elections occurred in
Illinois April 10. The license question
was the main issue in several places.
The temperance Or anti-icense people
won the day at Dwight, Nation, Rock
Fails, Kewanee, Rochelle and Delavan.
A New YORK dispatch of April
16 says loan of 100000
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
SUICIDES.

WILLIAM HOLMES, a picture frame
manufacturer, committed suicide by
drowning at Quincy, ILL.,, April 18th.
MARY DEss, living on Prospect
avenue, Milwaukee, committed suicide
by taking poison this morning. Her
lover, one Andrew Smith, had deserted
her for another woman, hence the sui
eide.
JOSIAH BACON, treasul er Of the Good
year Dental Vulcanite Co., Of Boston.
who had shortly before arrived in San
Francisco, was found dead in his room
at the Baldwin hotel, Sunday afternoon,
April 18th. AS no fire arms were found
in the room, and as death evidently re-
suited from pistol shot, the whole af-
fair was profound mystery.
On April 18th Mrs. Christian Marks,
aged 60 years, living near Petersburg,
Ohio, during temporary alteration Of
mind, produced by financial embarras-
ment Of her husband, last night escaped
from the house, and when found this
morning was suspended by rope to
limb of an apple tree near the house,
dead
SAYS Boston special of April 18th.
Edward Penn, q young man until re-
Gently head of the firm of Penn, Bald
win & Co., committed suicide during
last night at Waltham, by shooting.
Dependency was the probable cause.
The body was found Oh bridge at sun
rise.
Two condemned criminals attempted
to cheat the gallows by suicide April
18th. One was Hezekiah Shaffer, at
Chambersburg, Pa, who punctured sew
eral veins and arteri es with wire; the
other was Elisha Gregg, at Wheeling w.
Va, who swallowed dose of strych-
nine. Both were saved to meet a worse
death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

his guilt rapidly accommodating, left the
room and fed
A Sioux CITY, Iowa, dispatch of April
18th says. an old gentleman of eminent
responsibility, from Hardin county, this
state, on his way to visit a married
daughter at Yankton, while waiting for
train in this city, Wednesday, entered
a saloon and drank a glass of whisky,
which he claims was drugged. He re-
manned unconscious until yesterday,
when he awoke in low tavern and
found he had been robbed of all his
money and valuable watch and chain.
The old gentleman was SO ashamed that
he would make no effort to apprehend
the guilty parties.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
Emigration to Kansas.

The incoming tide of immigration is
sweeping everything before it, and right
here the people feel its full force and
power. This city being the central
point for all eastern lines Of railroad
and the terminus as we'll, an oppor-
tunity is here presented of witnessing
in tangible form the hegira of western
The arrivals average
twenty-five hundred day and still the
tidings come that thousands more are
en- route. The effect of this influx of
people upon this section is most salts
factory 10 the people here as we'll as to
the strangers who have chosen this 10
cality for their future home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

AMONG the recent arrivals at the state
penitentiary, at Richmond, Va, were
bridal couple. whose crime consists in
getting married, and for which they
have been sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment. The bridegroom is quite
a respectable colored man, named Ed
ward Kinney, aged about 40 years, and
the bride white woman, named Mary
Hall, aged in the neighborhood of 35
years. Kinney owns farm in Han
oyer county, and was considered we'll to
do. He had been living unlawfully
with the woman Mary Hall for a con-
siderable period, and in October last
was threatened with prosecution for
illegal cohabitation. In order to avoid
this, and to escape the penalties impos-
ed by the state for the above offense,
the pair went to Washington, and were
there united in matrlmony under and
according to existing laws of the Dis
trict of Columbia. They came back
man and wife to Kinney's home, in
Hanover county, believing that they
had conformed to all the requirements
of the law, and were happy at last,
This was a sad mistake, however, for
they were soon afterward indicted by
the grand jury Of Hanover county, and
tried for the violation of the state law
forbidding the intermarriage of persons
of different races. They wore found
guilty and sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment. The action was taken I'M
der decision of the state court of ap-
peals, rendered at Staunton, in case
precisely similar in circumstances last
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
The Tidy Housewife.

The careful tidy housewife, when she
is giving her house it's spring cleaning,
should bear in mind that the dear in
mates of her house are more precious
than houses, and that their systems need
cleansing by purifying the blood, regu-
lating the stomach and bowels to pre-
vent and cure the diseases arising from
spring malaria and miasma, and she
should know that there is nothing that
will do it so perfectly and surely as Hop
Bitters, the purest and best of all medi-
cines. See other column,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

posted at the opening shot the escaping
prisoners as they came up. When the
bulk of the prisoners, terrified by the
noise of the firing. stopped and re-
manned in the tunnel, soldiers were sent
in from behind, and the unfortunate
wretches, caught between two fires,
were all shot down. The proceeding
seemed to give the officials much
amusement. and the director of the
Kief prison was praised and decorated
for having acted with such cleverness
and decision"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

New YORK Tribune: The long-con-
tinued depression In New York real es-
tate is asserted by builders and agents
to be passing away. Many new build
ings are under way and the price for
land and houses uptown have improv-
ed. The beneficial effects of rapid tran
sit upon rents and values in the upper
part of the city are very conspicuous.
Rents have not fallen during the past
year, and indeed in some quarters they
show an increase. People who left the
city to live in New Jersey and Long
Island are coming back in no small
numbers. The demand for Offices down
town is encouraging.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
RUSSIAN nihilists are as INSCRIPTIONS

RUSSIAN nihilists are as INSCRIPTIONS
as they are audacious. 1t would be
difficult to imagine anything more saw
age than the following letter sent to
Baron Drentolon, who escaped assas-
sination short time age: eve know
that you do not fear death; but we also
know that there is in this world a per-
son whom you love passionately. 1t is
your daughter. The committee have,
therefore, decided to kill her in your
stead"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

On recent trip of one of the steam
ers running to San Francisco. bread was
served at dinner one day which tasted
strongly of coal oil. The captain after
ward asked the baker if he did not
know that kerosene had got into the
-four. He admitted that he did. "Why
didn't you feed the flour to the chick
ems, then?' was asked. "Oh," he re-
piled, II was afraid it would kill 'em."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

The Smith will case, involving the
disposal of $4,000 began at New Haven
on Tuesday. The testator, familiarly
known as "Cap'n Jim Smith," was
sketched by Mark Twain in the " limo
cents Abroad" and always hated the
humorist he artily for doing it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

SCENE-Railway arch, Maxwell street,
Glasgow; two street-arabs are quarrel
ling over game of pitch-and- toss; an
old gent interposed. Old gent: "Come,
come, you shouldn't quarrel in that
way; what have you done, my lad, that
be should strike your" First steet-arab:
"Naething, SIR" Second street arab.
Yer lie! Ye cad me bank direc-
tori"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

The Norristown Herald says of the
rich young lady of Providence, who has
falle / in love with and married a New
York street car driver: "From the bride
and the halter he went to the altar and
the bridal, and the only train and switch
to occupy his mind hereafter are those
belonging to his wife. She takes him
for wheel or whoa, as it were."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

A LARGE flock of crows got SO drunk
over lot of brandy-steeped wild cherry
pits. which were thrown away by Will
ton, Conn.,, family recently, that about
fifty were killed or captured
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

DONALD G. MITCHELL ("Ike Marvep')
has been engaged in writing history
of the Republic of Venice, the mate
rial for which was in part gathered by
him while consul in that city in 1853
80. The work is understood to be an
ambitious one and as yet to be only i'll
part completed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

Miss Julia Smith, of Glastonbury, CT,
who, with her late sister Abby, made
such gallant fight for the principle of
"No taxation without representation"
and whose alderney COWS were seized
by the tax collector, was married to
Amos Parker, of New Hampshire, a
lawyer and poet, about her own age, Sc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

Miss HosMER has confessed that her
new motor is failure, and the parties
who accused her of stealing it have
concluded it was not their invention
after all.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

CoMMANDANT DEBERLY, said to be the
last survivor of Austerlitz, has just died
near Bordeaux, in his ninety-fifth year.
He entered the army in 1902 and was
pensiOned off in 1888.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

The leg mania has invaded the sacred
shadows of Bunker Hill. The Boston
Advertiser says Chicago man went up
and down the stairway Of the monu-
ment in three minutes and thirteen and
half seconds. This is the quickest
time on record, and it is said that the
trip was never made before in less than
five minutes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

II HAVE got SO in the habit of being
married by an Episcopal clergyman
that / really don't feel satisfied with
any other kind" said Chicago widow
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

TWICE within a week Wade Hampton
has had portions OF the decayed bone
of his amputated leg removed, and he
is now doing well.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

LIEUT.. WALKER, of the British army,
who is stationed at Halifax, Nova
Scotia, has lost four children by diph-
liberia within five days.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

Mr.. CHRIsTIANCY, ex-senator from
Michigan and now minister to Peru,
passed through Panama April 2, en-
route for Lima.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
PARAGRAPHIC.

IT is the opinion of the New York
Nation that the colored emigration to
Kansas will do both races In the south
good
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

THERE are six Virginiaps and five
Kentuckians in the United States
senate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23

WILLIAM HOLMES, picture frame
manufacturer, committed suicide by
drowning at Quincy, ILL.,, April 18th.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-12
CHIsOLM TRIAL.
The Second Days Proceedings What
F.. C. Sinclair Knows About 1t.

DEKALB, MISS, September 9.-Tbe
trial of Henry j. Gully for the mur-
der Of Cornelia Chisolm was continued
to-day. f. q. Sinclair, witness for
the State, testified that on the 18th of
April, 1877, he was sheriff of Kemper
county; that warrants were placed in
his hands for the arrest of Chisolm
and other parties charged with the
murder of John w. Gully. He depu-
tized several parties to accompany
him and aid in making the arrests.
thinking he might need assistance.
He found Chisolm at his home and
toldhi his business. Chisolm laughed
at it. He placed men to guard CHS
olm. A crowd during the morning
collected about the house; among
them was Henry Gully. Chisolm sent
for him to come to the house. On ar
riying Chisolm said to Gully. "You
think | killed your brother, John
GullyT Gully responded, IF you
didn't kill him, your money hired him
killed. Chisolm did not deny this
but only replied, II don't want to die
just now" Witness objected to Nc.
Lellan, a Scotchman, going as guard
to the Jail, because he feared some
danger would befall him on account of
his being a Republican He knew
Mcclellan to be distasteful to the
crowd.
On cross-examination defendants
counsel attempted to show by this
witness that Mcclellan was distasteful
to the crowd and people generally, not
because OF his being a Republican, but
for other reasons entirely different.
principally on account of his being
bad man. The State objected to fur
ther inquiry into the sheriff's reasons
for apprehending harm to Mcclellan.
and the court sustained the objection
Witness stated the keys of the iail
were twisted from his hand while
.Chisolm and family were in the iail.
Did not see any of the shooting. He
was at the burial of John w. Gully
several hundred people were present.
Their actions caused him to suspect
serious trouble was brewing.
w. A. Hopper, introduced by the
State as counsel for the prosecution.
asked witness if he did not hear some
one say Chisolm was being carried to
the Jail so the crowd could kill him.
Witness replied, No, sir"
Are you afraid to testify here
asked the counsel.
" No, sir."
Didn't you state to me the other
day that you heard this2"
10 this counsel for the defense OBJ
jected.
Counsel for the prosecution" You
can stand aside; we have your private
statement here in writing
Several other witnesses have been
introduced by the State, all Of whose
testimony is to establish conspiracy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-12
Reecher on Sunday LAW.

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
writes from the mountains to the
Christian Union: The fact is. the
sun will shine on the Lords day up
here, birds will sing, the clouds will
travel on Sunday, the grass grows,
children are happy and people are
glad when it comes and sorry when it
goes, which is pretty good evidence
that it is kept in a Christian manner
Modern Pharisees grumble as the
ancient ones did, that men step out of
the ruts of custom to do good, and the
best reply is that of Him who made
the Sabbath for man, and not man for
the Sabbath" " And, therefore, did
the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought
to slay him, because he had done
these things on the Sabbath day. But
Jesus answered them: My Father
worketh hitherto, and l work" John
v, 16, II.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-12
A Small Farm.
n 'IIHEIAN HHUHs
New Orleans Democrat.

New Orleans Democrat
The noted Dalrymple farm, on the
Northern Pacific railroad, employs
four hundred men during the present
harvest, and would use six hundred
more but for self-binders. 1t has one
hundred and fifteen self-binding reap
ers and twenty steam threshers. The
farm contains seventy-fve thousand
more acres in space than the original
District Of Columbia. Ground was
first broke in 1875. This year more
than twenty thousand acres are in
crops. The owner will ship FIVE hun
dred thousand bushels of wheat this
year to New York, at profit of one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
In reaping each machine takes an
eight-foot sweep and cuts fifteen acres
a day. Twenty-one machines work
simultaneously on a square mile patch,
running one after another.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-12
81 The Deer.

The York Star.l
A little time ago a young man died
IN Philadelphia who was popularity
known from his swiltness in running
as Deer. His story was a singular
one. A few years since he was a
ragged, shrewd lad, peddling news
papers about the railway depots. One
day he happened to be on the line at
the Pennsylvania railroad when he
saw an engine rushing down the track
without any driver or tender. By
some chance it had been separated
from the carsa and was driving on alone.
The boy knew it would meet an ex-
press train this side Of the next sta
ton. He had about four minutes
start, and darted down on the track
alter it. The engine was, of course,
not at full speed, yet nobody but Deer
could have won such a race. He did
win was cool enough to remember the
signal to the station keeper necessary
to have the switch placed so that the
engine would be turned on to another
track. 1t was done just two seconds
before the express train went thun-
dering by. Deer, for this service, was
granted by the Pennsylvania railroad
corporation a monopoly of the news
paper and book trade on its trunk
route, and FROM this he derived a
handsome income. 1t was to the boys
coolness, as well as to his feetness,
that hundreds of human beings owed
their lives.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-12
Fight With Kentucky Moon.
sinners.

9AAAMCEHs
WASHINGTON, September 9.-Tbe
commissioner of internal revenue is
in receipt of detailed information re-
specting battle on the I'd inst. be.
tween revenue officers and party of
moonshiners in Barren county. XIV
Deputy collector j. A. Ray and assis-
tant John Brannum left Glasgow
Ky, on the morning of that day to
locate a still, and found it about 3
o'clock in the afternoon. Thinking
that they were not known, they at
tempted to make peaceable entrance,
Brannum remarking, Good evening
gentlemen" This is all that was
said by any one, About this time
Ray saw shotgun passed behind the
still tub to man behind tree As
soon as the gun was passed the man
seized it and hastily fired, taking
away half of Brannum's hat-rim. and
before the man could straighten for a
second shot, Ray drew his pistol and
shot him through the heart. killing
him instantly. Another man then
jumped up from behind the still.tub
with gun, but before he could level
1t Ray shot him down. A third party
behind tree had shot once or twice
at Brannum without effect, and lust
about the time he was preparing for
another fire, which would most GER
tainly have been dead shot, it being
the only fine chance the party had,
Ray fired and shot him down. The
remainder of the party then took
fright and ran. Ray had no time to
make an examination OF the field.
The whole time occupied was about
three miputes, Ray bringing down
three men, though he fred in all
only four shots. 1t was raining hard
and Branpum's pistol was wet and
would not fire, so Ray had to do all
the fighting The only damage sus,
tanned by Ray was a bullet-hole in his
bootleg and one through his pistol.
scabbard. Brannum's clothes were
pretty well filed with buckshot. holes
1t was a hand to- hand fight, all parties
being not more than ten PAGES apart
and by far one of the most desperate
struggles for life that has occurred in
this section between revenue officers
and the illicit whisky men. The man
killed was named Joseph Ashford.