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

was not over 200 yards wide.
SITTING BULL has sent to the Uncpapa
relatives on Standing Rock agency the
following: He wants to locate on that
reservation, if the Great Father will
permit him. ."Once / was. strong
and my people had hearts of
iron, but now [ am cow
ard aud will fight no more forever.
| My people are cold aud hungry. Ny
women are sick and my children are
freezing. [ will do as the Great Father
wishes. will give my guns and pom
les into his hands. My arrows are
broken, and my War-paint thrown to
the winds"
a ST.. JOSEPH, Mo-, dispatch of Jan.
25th. says the state lunatic asylum,
adjacent to this city. was discovered on
fire at one o'clock this afternoon, and
was totally destroyed. No adequate
means had ever been provided to ex-
tinguish the fire, and but little resist
ance could be made to the spread
| ing flames. Some Of the en-
pioyes were slightly scorched in
attempting to arrest the progress Of the
fire. The patients, about two hundred
and fifty IN number, were safely re-
moved and now occupy the court house
in this city. Everything is being done
for their comfort but they have suffered
| somewhat from exposure and excite
lnent. The building was erected four
years ago at cost of 800 600. Eigh-
| teen months ago there was 500, 900 in
surance but the state refused an appro-
priation to continue the same, therefore
| the loss is total.
A COLUMBIA, Texas, dispatch of Jan
30th says: A horrible assassination oc-
cured here yesterday. Mr.. Santee
clerk of the county court Of this (Brazo-
rla) county, was, at night, returning
home from his office He perceived
two or three suspicious-looking objects
crouching in corner of the fence
Two. without giving him time to retreat
arose and opened fire. He was shot in
the arm, thigh, and other places. San
tee was found unconscious. Tue doc
tor amputaed his arm but he died from
the effects of the wound. The better
| class are beginning to be alarmed at the
fearful lawlessness, and lynch law be.
gins to be mentioned.
The will Of Bayard Taylor, late For
eign Minister to Germany. has been adj
mitted to probate. 1t bears date OIL
Sept. II, 1875, and directs, as executors
John ]. Plnkerton and Charles B. Lam
born. He beoueathes "the sword oil
Schiller" presented to him by William
NJ. Thackeray, to be deposited in Schil-
ler's house IN Germany, among the other
relics of the poet. He leaves his I'M
published writings to his wife, Katharine
Emile Taylor, and his cherished friend
George II. Boxer of Philadelphia. He
also desires that mementoes of books OF
other articles, such as may be selected
/ by his wife. be given to his friends r. II
Stoddard, George Ii. Boxer, E. c. Sted-
| man, @. Z. Putnam, James LorimeI
Graham, Jr., T. B. Aldrich and George
+. Gourand. The remaining requests
are unpublished because of their per
soral and private nature.
A ROCKFORD, H., dispatch of Jan.
10Th says man coming down town
early this morning was horror-stricke n
to find the body of Marshal Pritchard,
town collector Of Cherry Valley, lying
directly across the road in a pool OF
gore. A bullet-hole had opened one
side Of his mead, while a heavy blow
| from Ratchet had Knocked the brains
out of the other Some $50 or
$40 was found on his person, and
his watch and valuable papers, indi-
eating plainly that he could
not have been murdered for money.
A woman living near where the MUIR
| der occurred heard two shots fired
about 2 o'clock last night. A gentle
| man says that he heard one shot fired
and heard sleigh drive very quickly
away INN ediately after it. A revolver
with all the, chambers empty was found
neal. him, and shows that one cartridge
had recently been fired from it. -
GENERAL SHERIDAN is in receipt
Of communication from Fl. Bel
KNAPP, from Indian agent W. L. Lin
coin, dated Jan. .4th, confirming the
news Of Sitting Bull having crossed the
| border. He says he is reliably informed
| that there are $50 lodges of Pigeons in
Paw mountains, about 40 miles south
west of that post. and that probably
| as many more British Blackfeet
Bloods and Pigeons, on their
| close proximity at last accounts. The
Crees, British Indians, are also on the
mountains. The British Assiniboines
have camped with the American ASSN
iboines. Sitting Bull is on Frenchmen's
creek, this side of the line. with his
whole camp. The ostensible reason
for this influx is the pursuit of buffalo,
which they justly claim are
not now to be found north of
Missouri river. They claim to
be friendly but the agent at Lincoln re-
CARDS their presence in such numbers a
matter of grave import. He is sure of
the Grosventures but not of the Assini-
BONES, who are Influenced for bad by
their British nam esakes. Col. Brooks,
of Ft. Show, in forwarding this 1ntelli-
gence, promises later news from his
scouts IN few days. .-..... ......
FOREIGN. ........
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