Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-16

A Record Of Important Events.
Domestic and Foreign.
MISCELLANEOUS.


AT the New York bench show 959
dogs were entered for premiums.
A FIRE at Oconomowoc, Wis, April
9TH, destroyed $50, 900 worth of property
The Straits of Mackinac were still
frozen over on April 9th, and teams
were crossing daily.
SENATOR CARPENTER, of Wisconsin
opposed the admission of Bell as sena
tor from New Hampshire
The Vanderbilt brothers have stopped
litigation each against the other, and
have published the amicable agree
ment.
THE largest party that ever left Can.
ada started from Renfrew April Sth
bound for Manitoba.
The business portion Of Coffeeville
Miss, was destroyed by fire April Sth
Loss $40, 600.
MARCH earnings Of nineteen western
railroads show an increase over the
same month last year Of 1868, 900.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the Free
port, OIL, J and Monroe, wis, railroad
were recently filed at Springfield.
A TORNADO passed over a portion OF
st. Louis county, Mo-, April 9th doing
considerable damage.
The report that Sitting Bull was rest
less and insubordinate is contradicted.
He is represented as quietly IN camp.
A FIRE in Philadelphia on Sunday
April 9th, on Race and Crown streets
destroyed property valued at $3.50, 900.
The republican state convention, of
Kentucky, held. in Louisville April
10Th, nominated Walter Evans for
governor.
AT Windsor, VT, April 10th, John P
Phair was hanged in the state prison
for the murder of Mrs. Ann E. Freize,
at Rutland, June 8, 1874.
New ORLEANS has established twenty
days quarantine against all vessels from
Mexican and South American ports as
a preventive against yellow fever.
The ninth annual session of the wo-
mems foreign missionary society met in
Milwaukee on the 9th inst. with $50
delegates present.
JUSTICE CLIFFORD regards the decision
that he rendered in the Chicago whisky
cases as the most important one that he
has ever delivered upon the bench.
The funeral Of Madame Bonaparte
took place at Baltimore April 9TH.
The chief mourners were the grand
sons, Col. Jerome Napoleon and Charles
Joseph Bonaparte and family.
A BILL has been introduced in the
LOT, 70 70
$25O,00O for the relief Of the widows and
orphans, Of those who were killed IN the
Pittsburg riots in 1877.
The Massachusetts house rejected
the bill to secure woman's rights to
vote on municipal affairs in cities and
towns. The bill to give women right to
vote for members of school committees,
passed.
The United States Supreme Court
has rendered its decision in the first
batch of Chicago whisky cases. The
decision is adverse to the whisky men,
and reverses the judgement of the Chi,
cago court.
The Union Pacific, Kansas Pacific
and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
way companies have formed pool on
Colorado business. This ends all COM
petition and places the public entirely
at the mercy Of those great corpora
tons.
The will Of Nine. Elizabeth Patter-
son Bonaparte devises all her real and
personal estate equally to her grand
sons, Jerome Napoleon and Charles
Joseph Bonaparte, who are also
made executors. The real estate is de-
vised for life to her grandsons and after
ward to their children.
A LETTER has been received by Arc b.
Bishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, from Car
dinal Simeoni. secretary to the Pope,
declining to accept the archbishop's re-
signation on account Of his long SER
vice to the church. The archbishop
was instructed to select coadjutor,
with the right of succession to the See
of Cincinnati.
A Cincinnati dispatch of April 9Th,
says Prof. Vaughan, we'll known
throughout the United States and
Europe as an astronomer, lingu st, and
arithmetician, died in hospital to-day,
this city, aged IS. Prof. Vaughan was
born in Ireland, but came to this coun-
try when quite young and for the past
25 years has been resident of this
city.
The decoration of the confederate
monument in Greenwood Cemetery at
New Orleans took place April 9th. Be-
tween 5000 and 10000 persons were
present. Local military organizations
and associations participated. Apron
inent feature of the ceremonies was the
reception of delegations of the Grand
Army of the Republic and Union sail
ors and soldiers, who presented floral
offerings.
A DEADwooD, D. T., special says that
on the 10th inst party OF
seven Indians attacked Sergeant
Kennedy, late signal observer at Dead
wood, and private soldier named Ba-
der, of the Cd cavalry. The two men
were eating lunch at Mispah, As miles
from Fort Keogh, their destination,
when fired uoon. Bader was instantly
killed and Kennedy badly wounded.
The latter crawled into the bushes and
kept the Indians off with q six-shOOter