Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-19
Szegedin's Fate.

PESTH, March lZ-lhe latest teIe-
grams announce that the flood, with a
terrible roar. is rushing from two sides
over Szegedin. The horrors of the sit
ua,ion battle all description. The town
is ia fact destroyed. Twothirds is
now submerged, including the Citadel
and the post and telegraph Offices.
Whole rows of houses are falling The
Orphanage and Synagogue are destroy
ed. All the inmates of the former are
buried in ruins. Two manufactures
are on fire. The Inhabitants are flying
to New Szegedin, and the more elevat-
ed parts of the town.
The Municipality of Pesth it making
every effort to send assistance to Siege
din. Two relief-trains have started.
ACCOMMODATIONS for the fugitives have
been provided in the barracks and pub
llc buildings of Pesth.
Senator Edmnnds will attempt,
during the extra session Of Congress,
10 secure the passage of his bi amend
~ the law prescribing the method OF
counting the ELECTORAL votes 1t pass
ed the Senate last December, but was
pocke eted ia the House.
A Portland. (Ore.) dispatch says
that General Howard and Governor
Terry have gone to Yukima City to
see Chief Moses; also to iuves ,gate
the situation of Indiaa affairs. Should
the civil authorities attempt to arrest
Moses, serious trouble will uudoubted-
ly ensue.
A convention of the fne-cut and
smoking tobacco manufacturers, to fix
the price of tobacco under the new tax.
met at Cincinnati yesterday, The price
was fixed at % cents for smoking an
40 cents for fne cut. in packages of
ten pounds. The convention is in ses
sion to-day
The Standards Pesth dispatch says
100 square miles in the neighborhood
of SzegedIn are flooded The crops
in the district are lost The Govern
ment sent 40 900 forms for the relief
of the inhabltauts. The Radicals in
The Diet violently attacked the Govern
ment for negle ting to take precautions
to preven the calamity.
LONDON, March l2.-Tha Daily
Neus special frUm Ssegedin says:
'Sluce the last telegram the water
has risen in the town five feet. The
situation is becoming worse aud worse.
Sky thousand persons are without
a root to cover them 1t is feared the
loss of life has been very great, and it
Will increase during this terrible night
1t is be ieved that Jeff. Davis will
be elected to the United States Senate
next Fall by the Mississippi Legisla-
turc to succeed Senator Bruce. We
are for Jeff. he is our candidate. We
are also for Blackburn for Speaker.
With Jeff in the Senate and a Con-
tederate Brigadier 10 the Speakers
chair, perhaps Republicans would
begin to realize that it las about time
to "raIly around the flag" once more.
-Chicogo Journal.
CATTLE TO CUBA.--NEW York.
March l3.-A Havana letter says:
cit would be we'll for Americans in.
teresred In the cattle trade with Cuba
to study everything connected with
its adaptation to Cuba before Honduras
takes it out cf their hands. The at
tention of the government is continu-
ally called to the injustice of levying
the same duties upon fat cattle coming
from the United States as upon lean
imported from Honduras. 1t is sug-
gested that the subject will be worth
considering when the commercial
treaty projected between Cuba and the
United States comes to be debated
The Ten DOLLAR Four PER
CENTs.-WAsHINGToN March 13.-
The Treasury Department issued to-
day an amended circular, inviting col
lecsors receivers Of public monevs, post
masters and all other public officers TO
become agents for the sale Of ten dol
lar 4 per cent refunding certificates.
Any such officer requesting it will be
promptly designated as depository,
snd upon his filing bond will receiv e
supply Of certificates. A commission
of of l per cent is allowed on sale of
certi fcates, and like commission to
banks and others purchasing them
directly af the Treasurer or some as
sistant Treasurer in sums not less than
thousand dollars.
A LETTERS LONG JoURNEY.-Mr.
Blackfan, Superintendent of the
Foreign Mails at Washington. is in re-
ceipt Of information from Thomas c.
Montgomery, OF Rochester, N. Y.
that letter mailed there on Decem.
ber 9, 1873, has accomplished the cir.
cult Of the Globe in eighty-seven days
1t LETT San Francisco December IL,
Hong Kong January II, London
February %, and arrived back al