Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-05
HISTORY OF THE WEEK


WIN. E. MoRRICK and John Archey
were hung at Indianapolis, Jan. 29th.
A FIRE at st. Joseph, Mo-, last week,
destroyed $780, 900 worth of property.
The lockout at the Ashland, KY,
iron works throws 1000 men out Of en-
ployment.
I'D. WALKER, demo crat, was elected
u. S. senator by the. Arkansas leglsla-
ture Jan. 10Th. .......-4.
LOUISIANA will indulge in a constitu-
tional convention which will meet April
21st
A LARGE party Of stOckmen have
organized in western Nebraska to re-
capture their stock from the Indians.
EX-GOy. HARTRANFT has been nomi-
mated and confirmed Major-General OF
the National Guards of Pennsylvania.
THE lower house OF the Louisiana
legislature repealed tue charter Of the
Louisiana lottery by vote OF 63 to 20
last week.
THE Delaware legislature have elect
ed Robert J. Reynold state treasurer for
the next two years and John T. Stats
auditor.
The editor of the Courier at Bloom
ington. Ind, is on trial for the murder
| of Countv-Attorney Rogers on Christ
mas night last.
! THE question Of organizing the city
of Nation, H., under TIE general law.
will be voted on February 25, and will
probably be adopted.
THE nomination Of T. J. Robb to be
collector of internal revenue for Ne
braska, has been withdrawn by the
president, and J. L. Mitchell, of Ne
braska City, will be appointed.
A RICHMOND, Va. dispatch says r, L.
! I. Beal, conservative, elected TO the 10th
congress, has Keen chosen to fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of Repre-
sentative Douglas.
THE Idaho legislature is SO nearly
evenly divided in politics that fifty
eight votes were cast for speaker with
out choice The democratic organiza-
ton was declared illegal.
4 DIsGRACEFUL row occurred at Shelby
City, KY Jan. 25th. At a primary
| election the negroes and whites came
| IN conflict and began an indiscrimlnate
war putting the whole town in a state
| of great alarm. .. IL y.s....,..
A FIRE atTurkev City, Pa, on the
night of Jan. 9th destroyed the whole
of the business portion of the city in an
hour and a half. The fire spread rapid
| ~ under strong wind and the water
works being frozen up no water could
be had. 1'f .t 60 95 EHa
AN Elmira, n. Y. dispatch of Jan. 80
says: A new locomotive while making
trial trip to-day on the Clean, Brad
| ford and Warren railway, exploded its
boiler, killing the engineer, fireman,
and four others. The engineer was
torn to pieces, and blown eight miles.
The will of Caleb Cushing has been
admitted to probate. 1t directs hisprop-
erty to be divided into two equal parts,
one part for the children of John n .Cush-
ing and the other part for the children
! of the late VIM. Gushing. The will was
made in Madrid, in 1876. ........
| SENATOR CRRIsTIANCY has accepted
the mission to Peru. He will resign
his seat in the senate, and it is expect
ed that the Michigan legislature, now
in session, will elect ex Senator Zach
ariah Chandler to fill the vacancy. "a
THE magnificent estate owned by ex-
Governor Washburn, in Dane county
Wis, and known as "Edgewood Farm"
which he generously offered last year
as a gift to the state for public charita-
| BILE or educational purposes, has just
been accepted by the legislature. The
property is located near Madison, is
very valuable, and will be used as s.
school for INDECENT boys. .-4E III .
THE committee which went to Texas
with the remains of the late Congress-
man Schleicher say that the funeral in
San Antonio was an imposing one, and
| that people came from distance Of
forty miles on ponies to be present. 1t
is intimated that Mr.. Schleicher's sue
cessor will be his son-in-law, an ex-Gov-
ernor of the state, who is popular in
that section. ....r .....
4 CAPITALIST has lately returned to
Canada from Glasgow, where he formed
a joint-stock company, with a capital of
S2,5OO,OOO, to carry on coppermining
IN Newfoundland on a more extensive
scale than formerly There are but
seven shareholders. The new mines
are considered ahead of all others for
quantity and quality of ore. sa..
News from New foundland brings very
unsa tlsfactory information concerning
the fishery operations on the west coast.
So far the herring fishery has been
complete failure, and little more can be
said of the catches of Goldfish SO far
secured. The fishermen on Placentia
bay are said to be in state of starva-
ton.
The Canadian government will, at
the approaching session of Parliament,
propose the appropriation of sum of
money sufficiently large to defray the
expenses of sending a commission to
the Sydney New South Wales) Inter
national Exhibition, which opens in
August next. All goods which are in
tended to be exhibited must be shipped
at Montreal by the LIST of March next
THE steamship Htu of Para. from Rio