Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-26

Nov. /, 1876, to March 1, 1879,
the packers cut 1921 hogs,
weighing 97,122,O22 pounds net,
against 81, 9S2 head the previous win
ter. In the summer season, from
March to Nov. l, 1873, the packing
was LOG 1853, against 547S5 in the sum-
mer of 1877. During the year
ending March l the packing
aggregated 55O,5OO head, against
427 900 the year before. The weight of
the hogs packed shows slight falling
off as compared with last season, when
the hog crop was in finer condition.
A New YORK special telegram of
March 10Th says, the condition of the
business interests of the country, as
compared with the outlook a year ago
at this time, gives promise OF q profita-
BILE season, and the beginning of the
return Of national prosperity. This as
surance of general and apparently
lasting renewal of business is obtained
from reports of actual condition Of the
trades, manufactures, and other indus
tries in the states, and from the bust
ness centres In those states
from Massachusetts. Connecticut,
New Jersey, and New York IN the east
to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri
in the west; from Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Michigan in the north, and Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Louisiana in the
south.
A ST.. LOUIS dispatch of March 18th
says: George III. Heafford, gen
eral passenger agent of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad, prior to last
April, was brought here to-day from
New York, by Deputy Marshall Golf, on
charge of embezzling a large sum
of money from the Philadelphia Go.
Indictments to that effect have been
found against him. Chas. II. White,
formerly auditor of the road is also
indicted for the same offence but he has
not been arrested. Heaford has been
passenger agent Of the Pennsylvania
Central road in New York and Boston
during the past years. The amount
alleged to have been embezzled by
Heafford ard White is estimated from
$50, 900 to $4,000.
| A LEAvENWORTH dispatch of March
18th, says that a shooting atiray oc-
Cured at the Planters House, in that
city, this morning, between D. b. Smith
and g. b. Satin, in which the former
was probably fatally wounded. 1t APP
pears that Satin visited the office of
the Planters, and, during a cOnversa-
ton with his son, VINO Is a clerk there,
Smith, who WAS behind the counter, IN
some way got into an alteration with
the elder Satin, threw Ratchet at him
striking him on the side Of the head
and inf1icting slight wound, whereupon
Satin drew a revolver and fired, the ball
striking the top of the counter; Smith
then seized another Ratchet and threw
that, making slight wound in Sattin's
arm; Satin again fired, the ball taking
effect in Smiths stomach; Satin at
once gave himself up, and was released
on 81, 0O0 Smith is in a critical con-
dition.
The following terrible tragedy is re-
ported from Vicksburg under date OF
March 10Th: Last night shooting at
fray occurred between Captain w. f.
Fitzgerald, Captain w. H. Andrews,
and w. L. Greene. Andrews and
Greene were killed almost instantly,
and Fitzgerald dangerously wounded.
The difficulty originated about the Hi
bernian Society meeting at which An
drews was elected president. Fitzger-
aid claimed to still be president of the
Hibernian Society, and denounced the
election of Andrews as farce. Greene
took exceptions to Fitzgeralds remarks
and attempted to draw a weapon. Fitz-
gerald drew first and shot Greene
through the heart. Andrews then shot
Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald shot Andrews.
Andrews was the head of the firm Of II.
Andrews & Bro, and was president of
the Howard Association after Rock
woods death last summer. w. l..
Greene was clerk of Andrews & Bro. S.
Fitzgerald is a prominent lawyer, and
was once the republican state district at
| torney.