Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18
No. "a

49, "oioo hiolo VI COI Ii UuIS yea
than they did in 1878, but insects anc
drouth have in some places enda nge1
ed the yields.
George Kent brother of the vert
ade Ex-Governor Kent, for whom
"Main went hell bent in an mploye
of the Treasury Department at Wash
lngton. He is eighty-three years old.
REDEMPTION OF SILvER.-Secre-
tary Sherman, says Washington dis.
patch; is having prepared regulations
for the redemption Of fractional silver
In accordance with the recent act of
Congress. Thus silver will be redeem
ed in sums of $40 by the treasurer of
the United States, or any Assistant
Treasurer, at the risk and expense of
the sender. No light or mutilated
coin will be redeemed. All coins must
be put up in rolls by denominations.
1t has not ye: been decided whether
the redemption will be made in green
backs or standard dollars.
ILLINOIS CRoPs.-SpRINGF1E1n
ILL.,, June l3.-The June Crop report
Of the State Board Of A griculture will
show an increase over 1873 of293 :
7O6 in the acreage of com in the State
and an increase of 42,351 in acreage
of winter wheat, and decrease Oils
694 in the acreage of oats. The re-
ports from over 500 correspondents OF
the department. show that on June !.
the corn crop was in fair condition.
that there would probably be an aver
age yield of winter wheat, and the
drouth had injured the prospects, to
the extent Of no more than half cron
of oats.
CELEBRATING A REBEL VICTORY.
PETERSBURG, Va, June 60
day was the fifteenth anniversary Of
the repulse of the Federal cavalry. up-
der General Kautz, in their almost
successful attempt to capture Peters
burg In honor of this event, the. 9th
of June has been annually observed as
Memorial Day here. and 10000 peo-
pie gathered in BIandford Cemetery
this afternoon to honor the memory Of
the Confederate dead, nearly $4,000
of whom are buried there. All busi-
ness was suspended, the military of
the city paraded, accompanied by two
companies from Richmond, and artil-
lery and musketry salutes were fired
over the graves. The yards of the
city and adjacent country were strip
ped of flowers and evergreens to deco
rate the graves. The great out pour
ing of people shows that the memory
of their dead is still kept fresh.
THE CINCINNATI SAENGERFEsr.-
CINCINNATI, June II Tonight has
been gala one for the Saeneerfest.
both in quality of singing and attend
ance. Fully 10000 people were seat
ed before the opening of the concert.
and to-day to'al attendance will pro-
badly number some hundreds more.
The chorus seats were packed solidly
by the male singers, and they present.
ed quite contrast, in their absence of
color, when compared with the bright
customes of the lady singers of last
evening. Prof. Carl Barns was direc-
tor for the evening. The concert
opened with "The German Warriors
Oath and Prayer" written by Fred.
Moerhing previous to the breaking out
of the FraDco- Prussian war, and wa,
inspired by the interview between the
King of Prussian and the French En-
voy, Benedith, at Ems. Nlr. Rim
niertz sustained the solo admirably,
and the chorus is exceedingly prompt
In its movements.
GEN. GRANTS Views OF EASTERN
THINGs,-Dr. NJ. j. Cramer, now our
United States Minister at Copenhagen,
writes, in private letter, the follow
ing: Nearly fortnight ago I receiv-
ed letter from General Grant, dated
Rangoon, Burmah, March goth, in
which be says, among other things
We have now been very we'll through
India, and are thus far on our way to
the farther East. [ have been very
much pleased with English rule aud
English hospitality in India. With
that luIe, 250,000,0OO of uucivilized
people are living at peace with each
other, and are not only drawing their
subsistence from the soil. but are ex-
porting a large excess over imports
from it. 1t would be sad day for the
ofpeople India and for the commerce of
the world if the English should with
draw. x *Juia his wife] asks me
to add to tell Mary [my wife that the
English speak in the hi hest terms of
the work being done all through this
country by the missionaries, especially
in an educational way. They are do
ing much good This testimony as TO
the success of the missionary work in
India is very encouraging to the church
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