Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-08

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The mill was the only building remain
ing in the little hamlet of Rockdale on
the morning Of the great flood, July,
1876, in whicl- 40 persons were
drowned. #
A BISMARCK special of Dec. 3Oth,
says, Lieut.. Harry Tiffany. of the 18th
infantry, Fort Custer, who recently de
serted while attending a court martial
at Fort Keogh, Was driven to the step
by the threatened disclosure of forged
pay-accounts sold in Bismarck, and the
proceeds lost by HIM at faro. Tiffany
is a nephew of Gen. Joe Johnston
and the husband of Miss Bar
rett, of Baltimore. whom he clandes-
timely married at the Palmer house,
Chicago, last September. An order for
her arrest is out. Il nt. ta .set.
A CHICAGO telegram Of December
31st says: Considerable excite
ment has been manifested among
Bohemians since last Saturday night,
when they discovered that their ceme-
terry had been violated and the remains
of a twelve year old girl, named Mathil-
da Stuben, taken from the vault The
police tonight discovered the remains
in the rooms of the Chicago medical
college, but nothing is known as to the
perpetrators of the outrage. aa.a LH-.r
A PEORIA, Illinois, dispatch of De-
cember Goth says: An almost in
credible story is told here by young
girl named Maggie Lahre, to the effect
that last Thursday she was kidnapped
by two unknown masked men and
taken in a sleigh into the country, tied
to a tree and her clothes set on fire.
having first been chloroformed here.
The flames burned the thongs with
which she was bound, and restored con
sciousness. She was found by farmer
and brought to her home in this city
where she now. lies unconscious.
A PEORIA, Illinois, dispatch Of De-
cember 29th says: Charles J.. Otto,
who reported Thursday morning that
his jewelry store had, been burg
larized, has confessed that he did the
job himself. The money was found
concealed in the dome of the court
house, which Otto had a key to for the
purpose Of taking care of the town
clock, and box containing the balance
Of the goods was found behind lum-
Der pile two blocks from the store. His
creditors have attached his stock.
A FIRE at Charleston, S. c., on New
Years destroyed the large cotton-press
warehouse of the Union Cotton-Press
company together with 1921 bales of
cotton. The property contained four
cotton presses. Only two presses
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presses were valued at about
100000; insured, 100000. The loss
on cotton is estimated at $40 900.
The insurance amounts to $472 $50.
Several frame dwellings in the neigh
borhood damaged about S, 900, most of
which is covered by insurance. The
fire was the work of an incendiary.
A COMPREHENSIVE review of the pro-
duce trade of Milwaukee for 1878 says:
The receipts of wheat, flour, and coarse
grains show a very considerable in
crease over the two preceding years,
while the receipts and manufacture of
flour aggregate larger amount this
year than ever before. The live stock
tables show an unprecedented increase
in the business done, the receipts of
live hogs being nearly double, and
those of cattle third larger than last
year. The receipts Of cheese reached
the enormous aggregate OF Is, 263, 900
pounds, an increase of nearly 100000
pounds over 1877. The receipts of
wheat were 100000 bushels, and the
receipts Of flour 1866 900 barrels. The
shipments OF -four were 100000 bar
rels. IL ....J ...
BEFORE the yellow fever commission,
sitting. in New Orleans Dec. 31st. Dr.. G.
B. White. formerly president of the
board Of health, testified that persons
may come here from an infected district
and may even die Of the fever without
causing spread of the disease, and be-
lieves yellow fever can be imported;
does not believe in the given theory;
quarantine strictly enforced would di-
mlnlsh the fever epidemic. Here the
fever of the past summer was similar
to the previous epidemics, except a
larger number of children were at
tackled. He gave his experience in re-
gard to disinfecting; favors both quar-
antine and local distinction. Mr..
Hooker requested DR.. White to furnish
llo COuILllItGS Will SUCH CdCd as COulu
be obtained from his reports.
HE Cour1er-Jounal special dispatch
Of December 31st from Harrods-
burg, KY, says alta village called Cards
vile, in Mercer county, on last Satur-
day night, Mrs. Dickerson, in attempt
ing to aid a fire which she had kinded,
seized a keg containing some blasting
powder, and threw a handful on
the fire. The flash reached
the keg, and tremendous
explosion followed, enveloping her in
sheet of flame. She was SO badly burn
ed that she died this morning. Three
of her children, who were in the room
at the time of the explosion, were also
very badly burned; two Of them are
not expected to live.
RESUMPTION day was without notable
features in any Of the great business
circles. A new York dispatch of Jan.
End said that of the $4,000 received at
the custom house no to noon in now