Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09

suicide clause, which can be applied to
criminal selt-destruction only. The
Minnesota supreme court decides for
the widow.
A BELoIr, Wis, dispatch of April 3rd
says:-The Rev. Henry D. Porter, a
missionary to China, was this noon mar
ried to Miss Elizabeth G. Chaplin, daugh-
ter of President A. L. Chaplin, of Beloit
College, at the residence of the brides
parents, DR.. Chaplin performing the
ceremony. After the wedding
numerous friends enjoyed delightful
reception. The bride and groom de-
parted on the afternoon train for the
east. They return in June to spend the
summe r here, and so to China in the
fall.
THE report that gold has been found
at Bushnell, Cowley County, Kan, has
! been verified by recent researches, but
whether in paying quantities is yet to
be determined. Some seem 20 be of
the opinion that Sailing" has been
about to make "barreF of it. Years
ago a silver excitement ragged in the
same locality, but proved to be a gigan-
tic SELL Spectators are prospecting in
J the above locality, and prices of lands
have advanced at a rapid rate.
DUNN & Co. are Philadelphia dry
goods merchants. They became con-
WINGED that somebody was stealing
either goods or money from them, for
their profits were every year less by
about $1,000 than the business should
have yielded. They instructed their
chief bookkeeper, Algeo, to hunt for the
thief; and he made what appeared to
be thorough but Intellectual investiga-
ton. Then junior partner went to
work on his own account, and soon fix
ed the guilt on Algeo, who confessed
having stolen 10000 dollars within six
years.
A DISPATCH from Pittsburg, Pa, says:
| ''The coal-miners along the Panhandle
Railroad are all out on strike for in
creased wages. They have been getting
2! cents. but want 3, the same as the
Monongahela diggers. Mining is also
suspended on the CHARTERS Valley
Road. 1t is reported here this evening
that the Kanawha miners in West Vir
ginia are considering the propriety of
suspending work. 1t looks as if the
coal-diggers throughout this section of
country had combined to force employ
ers to concede the demand for higher
prices. The success of the MOnOnga
.hela miners has greatly encouraged
| them"
A RTDGEWAY, Mich, dispatch Of the
31st says, serious accident occurred
on the Grand Trunk railroad, near
Smiths Creek. AS the night express
was passing a point two miles east Of
that place. it was thrown from the track
and the engine, tender, and three for
ward cars wrecked. Robert Wilson,
the head brakeman, was crushed to
death between two cars. Ben Waters,
engineer, and Jerry Mcclure, fireman,
were fatally scaided, the latter having
since died. Waters case is pronounced
hopeless. Francis kellogg, of Erie,
Pa, has a broken leg: S. P. Willard, of
! Chicago, was cut about the head, and
his right arm fractured. Several others
were slightly injured. The accident
was caused by train-wreckers, who had
taken up a rail. They were traced by
footprints in the mud, and the tools
| found short distance off. Several
persons were arrested. The railroad Of
ticials refuse to give any details, but
claim to have the right parties.
AN Omaha dispatch of March 31st
states that the criminal case Of the state
VS.. |. 2. Olive, one Of the cattle kings Of
Nebraska, and his ten associates, indict-
ed for burning Mitchell and Ketchum,
in Custer county, begins at Hastings to-
morrow. A desperate effort will be
made on the part of the defense to OBJ
tain a pOstpOnement of the trial or a
change of venue, on the ground that a
fair trial cannot be had at Hastings Or
elsewhere in this state at this time.
However, it is pretty generally
understood that Judge Gaslin is
opposed to any postponement, and
he will probably order the trial
to proceed. The prisoners can
be tried together or separately, as they
choose, and, in case of separate trials,
which is likely to be the source of the de-
PENDANTS, then Olive will be tried first
Two or three days will be consumed
in impaneling jury and arranging the
preliminaries, SO that evidence will not
probably be begun until Thursday.
Olives trial will last ten days or two
weeks, and, IN case OF separate trials,
the cases of the others will extend over
two months, thus running up an i'm
mense bill of expenses on both sides.
The prosecution fear that attempts will
be made to tamper with the jury, but
every precaution will be taken against
anything of that kind. Olives aged
father and mother, and his brother,
Ira w. Olive, are here, and another
brother is on his way up from Texas,
with 1000 horses. The Olives are rich
and powerful, and propose to do every
thing possible in behalf of the prisoner.
This case will attract universal atten-
ton, on account Of the nature and mag
natude Of the crime and the large num-
Der who are to be tried, all on the
charge of murder.
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