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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10
NO. 49,.

LIFE BOATs.-WAsHINGTON, August
29.--The Life Saving Service is having
six life-boats built for use on the lakes
after the most approved pattern, and
modelled after those in use by the Life
Saving Society in England. They are
being built at New York. The first has
been LAUGHED and the others are expect
ed to be completed in very few days.
The boats weigh about one and fouF-
fifths tons, and the dimensions are as fol-
lows: Length, 26 feet inches; breadth
of beam, 7 feet 81 inches; depth from
upper edge Of gunwale to underside of
the iron keel, feet s inches. The keel
is single piece of white oak, and there
is false keel of iron. The planking is
two layers of dressed mahogany, each
plank being three-eights ofan inch thick.
The decks are of cedar, calked, and sup
ported by carlines fifteen inches apart.
The ballast is cork shavings, placed in
boxes, and filling the places between the
deck and bulk-heads Six copper tubes,
extending from the bottom Of the boat
to the surface of the deck, allow any
water that may be shipped to run out,
while valve prevents water entering.
Air cases extend across the ends and
around the sides of the boats. They are
each fitted with one jib, two lug-sails and
the usual life-saving apparatus. Each
boat will carry thirty persons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10

George Francis Train lectured before
a house full of women at the Newark
Opera House. He read long note re-
ceived from "a boken hearted Maiden"
asking MIR. Trains advice in her trouble
Her accepted lover was poor in purse,
and her parents would not let her marry
him. GA broken hearted maidenp' said
Mr.. Train. "Tisn't the heart-it's the
stomach. The reason the girls use the
term heart is because it is easy to get
rhyme for it-and so hard to get one for
the stomach. Dyspepsia is called brok-
Ell heart. Here's one couple to be mar
ried,'' and Mr.. Train personifed the
priest, saying: care you willing to take
this brown stone-front, this miserable
fraud called man, this tobacco-favored,
gin-smelling carcass for your beloved hus-
band?" Then with simper, Mr.. Train
responded "Yes'' for the bride. Turning
to the supposed bridegroom he said fierce
ly: 'And will you take this bunch of
millinery, these false teeth, this false hair
this miserable specimen of affection, for
your beloved wife?' The bridegroom
said yes through the speaker, and
then Mr.. Train blurted out: "What
man has put together, let the next best
man run away with!'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10

A young gentleman happening to sit
at church in pew adjoining one which
a young lady occupied for whom he con-
ceived a sudden an violent passion, was
desirous Of entering into a courtship on
the spot, and the exigency Of the case
suggested the following plan: He polite
ly handed his fair neighbor Bible, open
with pin stuck in the following text
second Epistle of John, verse 5-"And
now beseech thee, lady, not as though
wrote a new commandment, unto thee,
but that which we had in the beginning,
that we love one another" She return
ed it, pointing to the second chapter Of
Ruth, verse 10-"Then she fell on her
face and bowed herself to the ground and
said unto him, Why [ found grace in
thine eyes, seeing that am stranger?"
He returned the book, pointing to the
thirteenth verse of the third Epistle Of
John-"Having many things to write
unto you, would not write with paper
and ink, but | trust to come unto you
and speak face to face" From the above
interview marriage took place.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10
WERE THE APOSTLES MARRIED MEN

WERE THE APOSTLES MARRIED MEN.
Some of the highly cultivated Boston
people who have theory that entirely
too much attention is paid to women in
this day of civilization, are coming to the
front with some puzzling facts. They
want to know whether any of the twelve
Apostles ever married, or whether there
is any record in the Bible or elsewhere
of any of their children. If there was a
Mrs. Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John
nobody ever heard of her. They point
to the fact that Christ had brothers and
sisters but no wife or daughters; there is
no woman in the Trinity. Women were
not permitted to speak in the early Chris
tian churches. The Bible takes no more
account of woman generally than the Ko-
ran or any other oriental book, The an
cient Greeks were the only people who
gave women in those days partnership
in the affairs of life-and they were pa
gans and idolaters. This is really horri-
tying, and the ladies should call an in
dignation meeting in every city in the
land. They might establish the fact that
one of the Apostles was a married man,
for we are told that one of the relatives
of Simon Peters wife was sick of a fever
on certain occasion.-Baltimore Gazet-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10
NOVEL CASE AGAINST A PR1Esr.-Cc

NOVEL CASE AGAINST A PRIEsT.-Co-
LUMBUs, Ind, September IA COM
plant was to-day filed in our Circuit
Court by John Wagner, of Indianapolis,
VS.. Rev. Victor A. Schnell, pastor of the
Catholic Church of this city, alleging
that some months past, while his wife
was visiting in this city, without his
knowledge or consent, their infant daugh-
ter, Katie, was baptized by the said Vic
tor A Schnell into the Catholic Church,
and that the same was duly recorded in
the records of said church, and plaintiff
asks that Father Schnen be required to
bring said church and said baptismal re-
cord into court, and then and there make
"erasure, cancellation and destruction"
of the same and that the court give him
such further proper relief as is thought
''meet and proper" This is certainly a
novel case, and is said to be the second
of the kind ever brought in to any court
in the United States. Messrs. Hoard,
Cooper & Burns of this city, have been
retained by Father Schnell as counsel,
and the case will probably be tried dur
ing the present session.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10
4 World Special from Kingston, r.

A World Special from Kingston, r. l.,
saws Mrs. Sprague has arrived safely at
Jamaica Plain, Mass, where some cou-
sins of hers, who live in Boston, are spend
ing the summer Mr.. Sprague will not
at present take any proceedings for the
recovery of the children.
The report of the Salt Inspector of
Michigan, shows the product inspected
during the month of August to have been
245, 932 barrels, the largest of any month
in the history of the salt manufacture in
the State. The inspection year COM
mences with December, and the total pro-
duct up to September l was l, ,347 ,92O
barrels. against 1,2S8,746 barrels. The
demand has been active, and the Salt AS
sociation has advanced the price 10 cents
per barrel.
Borden, an old, much-respected and
very prominent capitalist in connection
with the manufacturing and banking in
stitutions of Fall River, Mass, is report
ed to be financially embarrassed. The
recently-revealed defalcations of his two
''fast'' sons-in-law-Paine and Durfee,
who speculated away on their private ac-
count of the funds of the companies
with which they were officially connected
are the probable cause Of his troubles.
Il have frequently protested against
the London butchers buying American
meat and selling it as English meat and
at English prices. am told on very
good authority that their are not three
butchers in the West End who do not
practice this deceit But it would appear
that the butchers are not alone in fault.
I understand that considerable portion
of the beef that arrives from America at
Liverpool is sent up to to Scotland, and
from their sent to the metropolis as Scotch
beef. All this arises from the folly of
the consumers, who, instead of insisting
on their butchers selling them American
beef at it's legitimate price, turn up their
noses at this excellent meat, and smack
their lips over it, when it is termed Eng
lish, and paid for as English. .'-London
Truth.
AMERICAN INvENT1oNs.-An English
journal gives credit to American genius
| for at least fifteen inventions and discov-
| cries which, it says, have been adopted
all over the world. These triumphs of
American genius are thus enumerated:
First, the cotton gin; second the planning
machine; third, the grass mower and
grain reaper; fourth, the rotary printing
press; fifth navigation by steam; sixth,
| hot air or caloric engine; seventh, the
sewing machine; eighth, the Indian rub
Der industry; ninth, the machine for
manufacture of horse shoes; tenth, the
sand blast for carving; eleventh, the
guage lathe; twelfth, the grain elevator;
thirteenth, artificial ice manufacture on
a large scale; fourteenth, the electro
magnet and its practical application; fif-
teenth, the composing machine for print
ers.
| CELEBRATED. Two articles have made
the name of Steele & Price celebrated:
their DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder,
and Special Flavoring Extracts. These
preparations are, without question, the
finest of their kinds in the world, and
they will eventually be used as luxury
! from one end of our country to the other.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10
A NEW WAY TO TREAT DIPTHERIA

A NEW WAY TO TREAT DIPTHERIA.-
Quite a discovery in the treatment of
diptheria has been made here. A young
man whose arm had been amputated was
attacked by diptheria before healing took
place; and instead Of the matter incident
to that disease being deposited in the
throat, the greater portion appeared on
the wounded arm, and the diptheria was
very light and easily managed. DR..
Davis, Of Mankato, profted by this, and
in his next case of diptheria blistered his
patients chest, and on his blisterec part
the chief deposits appeared. This was
an easy case of the disease. The theory
of DR.. Davis is that diptheria usually ap-
pears in the throat because of the thin
ness of the lining of the throat. Hence,
when the blister breaks the skin upon
any other part of the body, the disease
appears there.-Minnesote Letter to the
Salem (Mass) Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10
BRITISH GRAIN TRADE.-IONDON,S Sep

BRITISH GRAIN TRADE.-LONDON, Sep
tember 2.-The Mark Lane Express, in
it's weekly review of the British grain
trade, says: The damage done is ire
parable. No subsequent weather can
prevent the outcome of this seasons
wheat crop proving most disasterous both
in quality and quantity. Happily the
weather for the last day or two has been
well suited to harvest operations. Many
fields are still quite green, while in others
wheat, though more forward, has bad
color
The root crops are choked with weeds.
Potatoes have gone from bad to worse.
In fact, in no single instance can agricul
tural prospects be said to have improved
during the past fortnight. In conse-
quence Of foreign supplies, the bad wealth
er had little effect on the wheat trade.
The utmost that can be said is that buy
ers in occasional instances have submit
ted to an advance of ] shilling per quar-
ter, and even that was obtained with
difficulty. 1t is estimated that similar
agricultural disasters ten years ago would
have entailed an advance of 10 shillings
per quarter The supply for the demand,
owing to the energetic outward move
ment from American Atlantic ports.
The trade, however, cannot be expect
ed to remain in it's present inert condition
for any length of time, and a marked adj
vance may be expected when the atten-
ton of buyers, now engrossed by excess
i've foreign arrivals, is given to the fact
diminished acreage sown and the wretch
ed results of the home crop, the amount
of foreign wheat required to supplement
our own deficiency is something like A.
100000, quarters more than is required
in ordinary seasons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10

DIR. A. F. Sterling, famous mountain
climber, is among the guests of the Fab
van House, White Mountains. He car
rries a cane upon which he has cut the
names of AZ mountains that he has clam
ed in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10

POPULAR FAvoRITEs.- Floral
Riches Colonge Water, Alista Bouquet
and Pet Rose handkerchief extracts,
made by Dr. Price, are becoming popular
favorites. DR.. Prices Floral Riches is
the finest cologne or toilet water made,
and is in high repute among clergymen,
public speakers and invalids for its fine,
agreeable and refreshing fragrance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10
Northwestern University
WATER TOWN WIS

The fall term of this Institution will open the
9th of August, 1879 The vacancy in the facul-
ty, caused by the resignation of Prof. Brohm,
has been filled by Rev. Thomas Snyder, of Liver
pool, N Y, a graduate of Yale College and post
graduate of Harvard College. This Institution
offers special facilities to young men desiring a
thorough education. For particulars apply to
the President
40W4 AUG. r. ERNST.
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MYRoN w. REED.-A good story is told
of Rev. Myron w. Reed which has never
yet beer published so far as we know.
While out with hunting party several
years ago his comrades insisted that he
should cook the dinner, and left him in
camp for that purpose, somewhat against
his wish. In fact, he had given evidences
of education and ability as culinary art
list that made his cookery highly popu-
lar with his companions, and led to the
imposition on him of rather more of this
sort Of work than he thought was con-
scionable. So he considered how he
might perpetrate practical joke i'll the
preparation of the dinner and thus get
even with the majority. Providence
favored him, as it always does those who
are trying to do their duty. A large
hawk alighted in the top Of tree hard
by; moment afterwards the sportsman's s
gun had brought him to the ground. He
was ancient and tough and suited
admirably the compulsory cooks pur-
poses. He was duly disrobed and put
in pot with couple of ducks. In due
time the dinner was served and was pro
ncunced excellent with single qualif-
cation that there seemed to be "deuced
big difference in those ducks" But the
innocent looking cook held his peace and
made his own selections, and duck and
hawk quickly disappeared from the table.
'Did you tell them about it?" asked he
who heard the story. 'Tell them!'' an
swered the reverend gentlemen, with an
emphatic shrug, ''they'd have drowned
! me" e."-Indianapolis Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10
W. G.. SPALDING
@ Eugene GOeldner
GIY DENTIST,

Second Door East of Post Offer, WatertoWn,
Wis Teeth extracted without pain; Artlnclal
teeth inserted on gold, silver and rubber plates.
Teeth filled with gold and silver, and all work
warranted to give entire satisfaction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-10
HAMLIN D. FORD,

Uatertown Iumber Yard. Lumber of every
description, Lath and shingles constantly on
hand and for sale at the lowest Market Prlce, at
the Milwaukee Depot, Watertown WIS
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Friday.

At 10 o'clock A. NJ Base Ball Match.
At l:3O O'Clock, ago Race.
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Race.
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-11

AFTER debate running through nine
days. the army appropriation bill passed
the House of Representatives on Satur-
day last. by vote of 14S yeas to 122 nays,
eleven Greenback members voting with
the Democrats, and three with the Re
publicans. Our readers will remember
that the amendment to the bill which
gave rise to so protracted a discussion.
simply strikes from the Act of 1865 the
following seven words, ''Or to keep peace
at the polls, = and means that the Demo-
cratic party is resolved at all hazard to
prevent any interference whatever by
the military power with elections by the
people. 1t is true that under the ad-
mnistration of Mr.. Hayes the troops
have not been used to overawe or control
the elections. nor is there any well
grounded fear that he would permit them
/ to be used for any such Illegal purpose.
But 10 man can tell what might happen
in the future, if the country should un-
fortunately have another President like
Grant. whose constant practice was to
govern by military force and to treat all
civil authority with supreme contempt.
The Democratic party believes that
each state is competent to protect its
! own voters III the full exercise of al
their rights, and to keep peace at the
polls. without any aid or assistance from
the army of the United States, and to
vindicate Democratic faith in that belief
the amendment referred to was attached
to the appropriation bill. This proceed
ing was denounced by the Republicans
as revolutionary, but their own record
was read to them by Democratic speak
ers. showing that time and again they
had forced the very same kind of legis-
latiOn through both houses Of Congress.
They showed, as a special instance,
that in 1867, when Mr.. Hayes himself
was in Congress. the Republican leaders
put an amendment on an appropriation
bill. which absolutely stripped the then
President (Andrew Johnston) of his
legal rights as commandeT-in-chief Of
the army. This was done just at the
close of the session, and Mr.. Johnson
signed the bill under a vigorous and well
written protest
The debate on the bill in the Senate
viii occupy at least on week, and it viii
then be passed and sent to Mr.. Hayes
for his approval, or his veto.
The House isnow engaged in consider
ing the civil and legislative appropriation
bill, with its amendments prohibiting
the appointment Of deputy marshals,
and restricting the powers Of supervisors
of elections.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-11

WAS IT FIRE FROM THE HEAVENS ?
During the thunder storm Of Saturday
night a singular electrical discharge Oc-
CURED in Patterson. New jersey. setting
a boy on fire and burning him badly
The boy. Edward Brain who is fifteen
years old. with boy named Robert
Dur8c. was crossing a vacant lot at Pearl
street. to make short cut to Mechanic
street. Brain had his left hand, in which
was claspcd silver qUarteT-tIOllar, rest
ing against his breast and was trUdging
along with his head down.
At about the middle Of the lot. DurOc.
who was looking upwards, was startled
10y seeing what appeared to he q small
ball of fire shooting from the sky towards
his companion and himself Almost i'm
mediately the mass struck Brain in the
breast. and in moment he was in flames
The boys. who were too much frightened
to put out the flames. ran to grocery
store in Mechanic street. and the keeper
OF the store stripped Brain and smother
ell the fire.
The side Of his body and his hand
were found to be badly burned and bis
tered, and the end Of his left thumb was
burned off. The coin. which he had not
dropped, was partly melted The boy
said that he did not see the ball Of fire.
but heard = Kissing noise and dull thud
which stunned him for a few seconds
There was no sensation as if he had been
struck with a stone or any other solid
substance His coat was almost entirely
destroyed. \ physician who examined
him said his injuries, although painful
were not dangerous.
1t was taken for granted that the ball
OF fire was q meteorite; that it graZed
I r.1T
On this supposition the ground was
searched, but no traces were
found OF any meteorite, nor were there
amy marks on the ground as if any solid
mass had fallen. The ground was wet
and soft. but there were no indications
that a meteOrite had buried itself in the
earth.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-11
Fr-r1-rArs N TEE PESIrENr1AR1

FIVE YEARS N TIE PENITE&TIAR
FOR GETTING MISUNDERSTANDING the
recent arrivals at the state PenitentiaTy
at Richmond, Va. are a bridal couple
whose crime consists in getting married
and for which they have been sentenced
to five years Imprisonment. The bride
groom is quite a respectable cOloTed man,
named Edward Kinney, aged abont forty
wears. and the bride a white woman.
named Mary Hall. aged in the neighbOr-
hood of thirty-iiye years. Kinney owns
a farm in Hanover county and was con-
sidered well-tO-dO. lie had been living
with the woman Mary Hall for a con-
siderable period. and in October last they
went to Washington and were there
united in the bonds OF matTimony under
and according to existing laws of the
District of Columbia. They came back
man and wife to Kinney'S home in
Hanover county. believing that they had
coufoTmeG to all the requirements of the
law. and were happy. This was a sad
mistake, however, for they were soon
afterwards indicted by the Grand jury
of Hanover county and tried for viola
tiou of the State law f0rbidding the in
teImarriage Of persons of different races.
They were found guilty and sentenced
to i've Years imprisonment. rs above
stated,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-11

IN as much as Jefferson Davis and his
dead and buried confederacy are the
prolific subjects of fierce fnvective by
Republican orators in Congress. it has
been appropriately suggested by some
editor of q Democraticucwspap whose
local habitation and name we have for
gotten, that gum elastic image of
Davis, fun size. be placed at the entrance
TO the Senate chamber. and also at the
entrance TO the hall of the House. SO that
each Republican member who feels in
ciined in that way may relieve himself
Of his surplus loyalty, by administering
to the edumbconterpart Of the ..mhuug
traitor a vigorous and well directed
kick before he enters the halls of legfs-
lation. 1t is true that the kick Of a
loyal Congressman would
not hurt the gum corpus Of Davis bit
more than bloody-shirt speech from the
same source. but it would be infinitely
more satisfactory and refreshing to the
man who kicks than TO the man who
speaks. Take Zach Chandler, for in
stance. who is 4 stout, burly specimen
of humanity. IF he could stand off in
the rear of q plastic east of the Cassius-
like-leaH and iauk-rebel chief. and
concentrate all his strength in the toe Of
a heavy boot as ha applies it to the un-
suspecting JEFF, be would breathe frecr
and deeper, and would feel as happy as
Le formerly did after having made one
oI Aia furious assaults upon the hated
british lion. to the mixed terror and
Of the Senate. Give the
Michigan statesman a chance to dis
play his patriotic hatred of a rebel who
was mot anymore guiityof treason toLis
country than Lougstreet, Moseby. or
Key. all of whom now hold Office under
Air. Hayes, by and with the advice and
consent OF "a Republican Senate.