Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-03
NEWS in BRIEF.

NEWS in BRIEF.
The official report on the fire at lrkutsk,
Russia, which destroyed 200 houses, shows
sixty lives were lost, the greater number
children.
Genital System.
The New York produce exchange has
amended the rules to make them conform
to the GENITAL system, which will go into
, operation January LIST next.
Cholera In Japan.
, The cholera continues virulent in Japan.
Thus far there have been $4,000 cases and
E Is, 900 deaths. The government is using the
: strongest measures to suppress the plague.
Fatal Accident to Tourists.
Geneva, Switzerland, correspondent re-
port, that carriage containing American
tourists driving from Martgny to Chamou-
, nix, was overturned. A Mrs. Wright, of
New York, fell into gorge and was killed.
The Zulu war.
Capetown advices up to the 18th OF Au |
2 gust state that Sir Garnet Wolseley was a |
Ulundi and that the country was quiet, with
the prospect of an early and peaceful set
Element of the conflict.
Buried Alive.
While some children were playing in
sand pit at st. Louis on the 2Sthinst., Sec
ton of the bank caved in, burying Charlie
: Fink, aged years, and Lewis Wilhelm, s
of Tboir
. missed until too late and only their dead
bodies rewarded the searching party.
t The Turf.
3 Robert Bonner, of New York, has pur-
{ chased the celebrated trotter Rarus, and
, added him to his already famous collection
of animals.
The owner of Mollie Mccarthy gives cur
rency TO the report that she is broken down
and will probably never run again.
Failures.
The liabilities of Fish, Sheppard & Co.,
Montreal lumber merchants, lately failed is
SPAS, 900. The Consolidated bank is cred
itor to the extent of s2S5,O00; assets repre-
scented $4,000.
j Mayor Harloe, of Poughkeepsie, in bust
ness in New York city, has failed. Liabili-
ties 100000; $4,000 secured.
For the Inmates.
At cabinet meeting on the Goth inst. the
attorney general read his opinion to the
effect that arrears of pensions under the
late law were to inmates of homes for dis
abled volunteer soldiers, snd not to the
homes, as claimed by the managers.
The decision affects about $4,000 soldiers
L IN
is about 81, 100000. I
Lost ut Sea.
The schooner Stephen Bennett, bound !
from Boston for Baltimore, capsized on the
2Sth. Captain Bennett and crew of five
persons and three passengers sre supposed
to be lost.
A dispatch from Yokohama, dated the
2Sth says: The steamer Nordenskjold, sup
pesed to be the store ship for the Arctic ex.
petition, has been totally lost. Crew saved
Russian Executions.
Two prisoners recently sentenced to be
hanged, were found guilty Of preparing ex.
plosives to kill the car when visiting Nico-
laief. One is deserter from the Black
Sea fleet. Their sentences will be carried
out at Nicolaief Three other Nihilists of
the FIVE sentenced by military tribunal,
were hanged on the race course at Odessa.
These make twelve executions for political
offences in Russia in about year.
Building Undermined.
The Fort Smith, Ark. papers state that
the fine new stone building in that city, ;
owned by John Dodson and occupied by
Kaufman & Bloch's dry goods establish
ment was undermined by the workmen e1-
cavating foundation for the new McKib-
ben building, and the former fell with a ]
crash, burying the whole stock and necessi-
tating the demolition of the entire building
Fortunately the occupants escaped without
personal injury. The damage to the owner
and occupants is very heavy.
The British Crops.
Scott. well.known agricultural authori-
; ty, in an annual letter reviewing the crops
in Great Britain, estimates the outcome of
, the grain crops at third less than the
average, amounting to loss of 100000
pounds to cultivators, and that 100000
quarters of wheat or possibly 1900, 900
quarters will be required from abroad.
Scott also estimates the deficiency in the
potato crop will cause loss to cultivators
of 100000 pounds and deficiency in
beans, peas and rye, q loss of 100000 |
I pounds. Almost famine prevails among
: tenant farmers in the west of Ireland.
ReinstateG.
The secretary of war has reviewed the
s proceedings of the findings of the court
d martial of January 16, 1854, by which Sur.
r geon.General Hammond was dismissed
4 from the service, and recommends that the
Hnd1n orc and santanna he annnllad ard so