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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

4OO-horse-p power. She was surveyed in
November lsst, and classed A I in the
American Lloyds.
S. STAYMAN, Of Urbana, O., travelling
with his wife and daughter on the Gin
cinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland road,
July 16, went into the closet and fast
ened the door and shot himself five
times. Great excitement was created.
The train was stopped and an entrance
was gained by breaking the outside win
dow and opening the door. AS soon us
aroused he drew a knife and began
slashing himself in terrible manner.
He was taken out and still lives in ter
rible agony, begging some one to kill
him. He was taken off the train at
Whartonsburg, 0.
A KANSAS CITY dispatch of July 18th,
says young girl named Mary Ann
Tracy committed suicide yesterday by
jumping into the river near the railroad
bridge. She had been leading life of
shame, but, repenting ana wishing to
return to her parents home. she pre-
seuted herself for forgiveness. She was
spurned away by her mother and
sought the river to hide her shame. She
plunged in about II o'clock, and rail
road hand working near, seeing the
girl struggling in the water, rushed to
her rescue. The girl in her despera-
ton caught the man, and both sank to-
gether. Their bodies have not been re-
covered.
A BUFFALO dispatch of the 18th
inst. says il will be remember
ed that a party of six men started
from Point Colbourne, July Sd, in
sail boat, bound for this city, to spend
the 4th, and were drowned. The bodies
of five of the unfortunates have been
recovered to-day. A party of gentle
men from Buffalo were fishing in the
river near Beaver Island and found a
which was written the following:
"JULY Sd P. M.-We cannot wealth
err it any longer, blowing gale; give up
all hope. Good bye. Six men from
Point Colbourne."
A New YORK dispatch of July
Is says: Anthony Seabriske, q mil
lionaire, living at Central Nor
risania. member of an ancient
historical and very eccentric family,
was instantly killed this morning at
Central Morrisania, by the New Haven
express train. Mr.. Seabriske had just
left the grounds surrounding his house,
which is in the rear of the car repair
shop at Central Morrisania, accom- pa
MED by his sister, Mrs. Martin E. Green.
They intended TO take the train for the
city, which leaves Central Nor
risania depot at $40 o'clock.
AS he approached the track he
saw the train approaching from
the north and supposed that it was the
train he meant to take, which was about
100 yards distant from the depot.
He therefore fastened across the track,
but the train did not stop but rushed
down upon him at the rate of fifty
miles an hour, and the cow-catcher
striking him threw him a distance of
200 feet beside the track where he
struck on his head, and was trightfully
mangled. His property is estimated at
ten millions. His sister was SO shocked
that her condition is considered pre-
carious.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23
CABLEGRAMS.

INTELLIGENCE from abroad July 18th
says China is preparing for war with
Russia
THERE were 119 deaths from yellow
fever in Havana, Cuba, during the week
ending July 18th. .. -
The great temperance jubilee began
at La Porte, Ind, July Is. An immense
crowd was present.
A ROME cablegram of July 18th says
General Garibaldi's application for an
nulling his marriage with Signora Ras-
mandi has been rejected.
A BERLIN cablegram of July 18th
says: The terrible epidemic, diphther-
la, continues its ravages in Bessarabia,
where a rescript Of the governor is pub
lished, ordering the universal fumiga-
tons of dwellings and the clothing Of
the peasantry.
A LONDON telegram Of July 18th
says: After statue of the late prince
imperial has been placed in West
minister Abbey and some other
memorial ected with the fund
contributed by the British army,
it has been resolved to devote a
SUI Plus Ol VIC luuU W Vie oSGbUllSUIlCuC
of a benevolent institution commence
rative of the prince. 1t is computed that
the army fund alone will amount to
$4,000.
A New YORK special of July 16 says:
Among the wheat transactions yester.
day was the sale OF lot Of 100000
bushels of No. 2 Chicago and Milwau-
kee spot wheat, to arrive soon. It will
be taken to the United Kingdom This
is one of the largest lots ever exported,
and the sale involves $1,12O,000. 1t
caused considerable discussion on the
produce exchange, because this is the
second time within ten days that such
an amount has been sent abroad.
Both lots were bought and sold by the
same firms.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE cablegram of July
18th says: Two officers of the United
States steamer Quinne bang, while going
on Saturday in small boat aboard that
vessel, were stopped opposite the
palace by Turkish soldiers, taken before
the police authorities, and detained two
hours. On Monday, on the energetic
demand Of the United States minister,
the Turkish naval commander, in the
presence Of the crew of the Quinne-
bang, made formal excuses, when the
United States minister declared the
anaende complete.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

A RoCK ISLAND, ILL.,, special of July
18th, says the strike among the work
men in the lumber mills of Rock Island
and Moline continues, and all the mills
I'D both cities remain closed. The
hands were paid off this afternoon, and
the employers are determined to make
no concessions. The strikers, who
threatened to close up the Davenport
mills to-day, failed to put in an appear
ance. The whole police force was called
out early in the morning, and was all
day in readiness for trouble. but none
appeared. The hands in this city are
nearly all satisfi ed with their wages and
work, and say they will stand by their
employers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23
GENERAL NOTES.

CARLO suspended all quarantine re-
strictlons against Memphis July 18th.
FIVE new cases and one death of vel
low fever were reported in Memphis
July Is. Mrs. James Hester died and
was Immediately buried.
THE second annual regatta of the
Mississippi valley rowing association at
Keokuk, Iowa, closed July 18th. It
was grand success.
A. MEMPHIS telegram dated July IS,
says wholesale business was practically
suspended on account of the new out
break of the yellow fever.
THE lower house of the New Hamp.
shire legislature by large majority, on
the 18th inst, indefinitely postponed
the bill for the abolition of capital
punishment.
A DISPATCH from Texas July 19stated
that the quarantine regulations of that
state were SO vigorously enforced that
st. Louis mails were not allowed to
cross the border .u#sn
The Western Union railroad sued 8
temporary injunction against tts new
rival, the Am erican Union company,
and several western railroads, to pre-
vent the erection of new lines Of tele-
graph, July 18th.
A ST. PAUL special of July 18th says
the news received here from Washington
that the position of secretary Of war has
been offered to Ex-Governor Ramsey, is
confirmed upon inquiry by those in a
position to know the facts. 1t is also
stated that he has forwarded his accept
ance to the president.
A New YORK telegram of July II
says stockholders of the Northern
Pacific Railway take the whole sub
scription of 100000 for the construc-
ton of $50 miles of road from the
Columbia River eastward to Pend
OReille Lake.
A CHICAGO telegram Of July 18th
says: Fire Marshal Benner, whom the
council recently restored, sent in his
resignation to the mayor this morning,
and it was accepted. His reason for
resigning was his unwillingness to OBJ
struct the mayors administration
Assistant Marshal Swenie is now acting
chief marshal.
SAYS New Haven, Conn.,, telegram
of July 18th: John W. Mans
field, treasurer of the Connecticut Saw
ings Bank, attempted suicide to-day.
His physicians say he is insane from
overwork and heat. His finances are
all right, and Gov. English, president
of the bank, says the depositors can all
have their money. This affair caused
considerable excitement. lg a3
A ST. PAUL dispatch of July
18th says: A telegram from Presi.
dent Washburn, of the Minneap-
oils & st. Louis railway, now in New
York announces that the st. Paul q
Duluth road has been sold to the stock
holders in the Chicago & Northwestern.
This places all the railroad outlets from
here east in the control of the Chicago
combination.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

CAPTAIN JOHN S. MCCULLoCH, an
elder brother of the late ex-confederate
General Ben McCulloch, and the last
but one of the five brothers who fought
for Texan independence and gained
rich laurels in land where laurels run
to wearers of the bold buckskin and the
blinking blade, died at his home in
Ellis county, Texas, a few days ago, in
the 10th year of his age. General Harry
McCulloch, an old man now, survives.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23
FIRES.

A FIRE at MOrgantOwn, Ind, July
10Th, nearly consumed the whole town.
Monks elevator at Lawrence, Kan
sas, burned July Is. Loss SIS: 900; par
tally insured.
A New ORLEANS dispatch of July 10Th
says a fire in Commercial Place caused
a loss of $50, 1000; the He'll jewelry estab-
lishment, adjoining, was damaged by
water. Insured.
A FIRE in Prevost's colliery, Central
la, near Pottsville, Pa, July Is, caused
a loss of more than $25O,0O0. Insured
for about $4,000. By this calamity
$50 men were thrown out Of employ
ment.
A DAVENPORT, Iowa, dispatch of July
Is, says that q fire last night
destroyed the Davenport Gluecase
factory. The loss is $4,000 on the
building and machinery, and 100000
on the stock; the insurance is 100000.
A BUFFALO dispatch of July 16 says
Another disastrous conaagration occur
red in this city this morning, at the Pitts
Agricultural Works, entirely DESTROYING
the immense establishment, with the
exception of the storehouse containing
the finished machinery and the office
building. Supposed cause: Spontan-
eous combustion. The works were es-
tablished in 1851, by John A. Pitts, but
had lately been merged into stock
company, of which Mrs. Mary A. BRAY
ley was president. Total insurance,
100000 no estimate Of the loss yet
obtained.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

A NEW pestiferous insect has made
its appearance in the southern part Of
Chester county, Penn, and is making
havoc with the cornfelds. It is a
beetle, from threeeights to, half an
inch in length, brown, with long, wire
like proboscis, and with wings. Its
depredations are committed beneath
the surface of the earth. With its pro-
boscis it robs the tender shoots of corn
shortly after making their appearance
above ground. egG
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

PRINCE CHARLES NAPOLEON BONA
PARTE. the second son of the eldest
brother of the great Napoleon, is said
to be preferred at Cniselhurst as the
head of the house to Prince Jerome
Napoleon. Prince Charles is 40 years
old and has the true Bonaparte face.
He holds the position of president of
Corsica, where he is very popular.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

The new city of Pipestone, Pipe
stone county, Mimi, lately named a
street "Longfellow," and in return got
a letter from Longfellow, the poet, in
which he says: II wish it were in my
power to accept your kind invitation to
visit you, but that is impossible for
many reasons. I am afraid [ shall
never look with mortal eyes on the
great Red Pipestone Quarry"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

The seasons trade In western cattle
has now opened. 1t is expected that
the "run" will be larger than ever be-
fore. Except in portions Of Colorado,
the cattle on the plains wintered in
good condition, and are ready for mar
ket as early as last year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

A BUTCHER of Des MONIES, Iowa, has
list of regular customers who come
periodically to drink blood for their
health. The beverage is given fresh
from the veins of the slaughtered ami
mails, and is "tossed off" by the patient
with the grace of Teuton in lager
beer saloon. -.....
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

THE tan-cheeked prairie boy whom
Secretary Thompson wants to secure
as "a means of infusing western spirit
into the navy" gazes pensively at the
struggles of the Wachusett in ascend
ing the great river, and says: "Td
rather plow the prairie than the sea-"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

A STEEL steamship, with compound.
direct-acting engines of five hundred
horsepower, has been launched at
Dumbarton, Scotland. It is said that
steel steamships will soon be common.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

The Atlanta university-an institu-
tuition for colored people-has been re-
markedly successful in it's work. Of its
fifty-one alumni forty-two are profess
sional teachers, three have become
clergymen, two are studing theology
and one is studying law.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

The aged congressman, Russell Errett,
fell from load Of hay at his farm near
Pittsburg a few days since and broke
rib. from which injury he is now suffer
ing severely.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

COLONEL FELIX LABAUvE, a citizen OF
De Sofa county, Mississippi, who died
recently, left 10y his will over $4,000 to
Oxford University. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

GENERAL PHIL SHERIDAN is expected
to lead a command in the sham battle
that will be fought by the brave boys of
the northwest in the Aurora reunion On
AIo,lst %
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

THE approaching marriage of Minnie
Hauk to German journalist in Lon
don, and of Carlotta Patti to M. de
Munck, the violoncellist, are among the
matters of European gossip.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

The Boston Journal thinks that the IN
crease of crime is due in a measure
to the too free use of the pardoning
mower
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

EDMUND YATES is savage in his crit
icisms of those mothers who permit
their children to encounter the vanltles
and indecencies of fancy-dress balls.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23
FancIes Regarding the Beard.

Mr.. Darwin, in MS Descent on Man"
inclines to the belief that the beard was
originally ornamental. Ladies liked
bearded man; he was popular in print
tive society, could select the fairest fair,
his offspring resembled him, and so on,
according to the popular statements Of
this theory Of selection. If this view be
true, it must be admitted that woman
soon changed their minds. There is
no wife for bearded man." says the
MAORI proverb. The Mortimer who
settled in Iceland, were entirely of the
opposite way of thinking, and the only
reproach that his foes brought against
Nal was his lack of a beard. The
Egyptians as rule, were clean shaven,
especially the priests, land for this
they gave a certain sacred reason
which, initiating Herodotus, we :'do
not think it lawful to divulge."
The neighboring Libyans, on the
other hand were bearded, and the
northern maritime enemies Of the Egyp-
tians, probably the early Greeks, wore
rather thin yellow boards which they
highly respected. To cut an ENJOYS
beard was a gross insult, and he was
obliged to tarry somewhere till his
beard was grown. Friends might gent
" touch the beard in reverentlal sort
of way, and thus Joab took hold of that
of Amasa and ran him through the
body with his sword. The Assyrian
kings wore enormous boards, IN many
curled tiers or stories, and We have an
impression that some Orientals carried
their boards in box DR.. Doran, IN
writing on the beard, gravely main
rtains that the early Greeks were shaven,
and that they called all bearded ana
alien races "barbarous," connecting the
word with barba, a beard. But
Homer's Greeks, we know. wore their
boards, and the races recognized as
Greek on the Egyptian. monuments are
sometimes bearded. London Ne;Us.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

EVA SCHLEMMER, a young schoolgirl
of Memphis, Tenn, has received gold
metal from the Howards for heroic
conduct as nurse during the yellow
fever epidemic last year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23

Miss LILLE DUER denies emphatl-
cally that she ever entertained the idea
of going OF a lecturing tour.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23
Horrible Mystery Solved.

A BosroN special of July 10Th
says: The mystery which has
so long shrouded the death of
Jennie 2. Clark. whose body was found
in q trunk at Lynn, is now said to be
solved. Late last night, those implica-
ted were arrested and lodged in the
Tombs. The parties arrested were
Madame G. G. Goodrich, female ply
slcian, at 81 Lagrange street, and who
is the alleged abortionist in the case:
DR.. Kimhall, who lived in the same
house with that woman, and is charged
with being one Of the principal Access
sories; Alien n. Adams, of Highland,
at whose house Jennie last worked, and
two women, mother and daughter. liv-
ing IN Som erville, at whose house, in
the south part of that town, Jennie
Clark is said to have died. The two
ladies, however, whose names are just
now suppressed, for obvious reasons,
but who, In this narrative, will be refer
red to as Smith, are held principally as
witnesses in the case. They have al
ways borne good reputation in Somer-
vile, and are thought to have been
guiltless Of anything criminal IN the
share they took in the trans
action though their names
are Included in the complaint
against the parties arrested, charging
completely in procuring an abortion
upon the body Of Jennie Clark. They,
1t appears, were nurses of Jennie at
house in SomervilIe. The facts of the
case, as related by them and corrobora-
4oI Nv fl 1,o
18th of February last, when Mr.. Clark's
girl left her home in Highland, she went
direct to the house Of Madame Good
rich, and there an abortion was per-
formed, and that she remained a few
DAYS, and on the 10Th Of February left
Boston for Somerville. going to the
house of the Smiths. Shortly after her
arrival, she was delivered of a. fmtus,
and for a while exhibited symptoms of
getting we'll; soon, however, her illness
took an unfavorable turn, and on the
25th she died. Dr.. Kimball and the
madame had previously been notified
Of the turn matters were taking, and
the doctor went to Somerville, arriv-
ing there shortly after Jenpie's death
and assisting IN the packing Of the
ONo iloo3 WILL {" peSAA ~ NSAAoA1' ~
ceps, cutting off the nose Of the dead
girl. The body of Miss Clark was then
put into trunk. and on the following
evening, Kimball carried it in a buggy
in the direction of Lynn; he was unable
to sink it, as he desired, as most of the
streams were frozen: but on reaching
Fox Hue bridge, on Saugus river, he put
it overheard through the rails. This is
the substance of the story Of the two
nurses Of Jennie Clark, as told this fore
noon.
Many of the details are yet unknown,
and the principals refuse to divulge any
thing, claiming their entire innocence,
but their denial will be met by strong
evidence in the hands of the officers.
An Indictment Of all the parties by the
grand jury, at its next session, will prob
ably follow. DR.. Joseph Simonds, the
so-called dentist, who owns the building
where the abortion was performed, was
also arrested. He is notorious as the
proprietor of several other dens of SIM
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-08
The Tramp Law.


The following is the full text of the
act "To define and punish tramps,"
as passed finally in both houses of the
Legislature. There may be cases
where this law may work injustice,
butin the long run its provisions will
I've beneficial. Under this law any per-
son who begs from house toulouse can
be arrested and imprisoned:
SECTION l. That any person going
about from place to place begging,
asking or subsisting on charity, and
for the purpose of acquiring money or
n living land who shall have no fixed
place of residence or lawful occupation
in the county or city in which he shall
be arrested, ,sshall be taken and deemed
to be Il tramp and guilty of n misde-
meanor, and ON conviction shall be
sentenced to undergo an imprisonment
by separate and solitary confinement
at labor or in the county Jail or work
house for not more than twelve
months in the discretion OF the Court;
provided that if any person so arrested
can prove by satisfactory evidence
that he does nat make u practice of
going about begging subsisting upon
aims for the purpose aforesaid, in the
manner aboyo set forth, he shall not
be deemed guilty of the oiIense herein
before described and upon proof shall
be discharged from arrest either by the
Magistrate before whom he is COM
mittcd or by the Court upon hearing OF
the case upon writ of habeas corpus
SECTION ?. Any tramp who shall
enter any dwelling house against the
will or without the permission Of the
owner or occupant thereof or shall
kindle any fire in the highway or on
the land dofanothCr without the owners
consent, or shall he found carrying
any firearms or other dangerous
weapon with intent unawfully to do
injury to or intimdate any other per-
son. which intent may be inferred by
the jury trying the case from the facts
that dcfendantisa tramp and 50 armed,
or shall do or threaten to do any such
injury, not amounting to Il felony, to
any person or to the real and personal
estate of another, shall upon convic-
ton be deemed guilty ofa misdemcanOr
and shall he sentenced TO undergo an
Imprisonment by separate and solitary
confinement at labor for period not
exceeding three years.
SECTION 3. Any act of beggary or
vagrancy by Il person not resident of
this state shall be evidence that the
person committing the same Is a tramp
within the meaning of this act, sub
ject to the proviso contained in section
one of this act.
SECTION 1. Any person upon view o.
any otfense described in this act may
apprehend the offender and take him
before any Justice of the Peace or
Alderman, whose duty it shall he after
hearing the evidence, to discharge or
commit the prisoner for trial as in the
caseu Of other misdemeanors.
SECTION >. This act shall not ap-
ply to any female or minor under six
teen years of age nor to any blind
deaf or dumb person, nor shall it be
applicable TO amy manned or crippled
person who is unable to perform man
uul labor.
SECTION G This act shall take effect
on and after August -, 1879, and al
acts and parts Of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-08
List of Jurors.

We give below the list of grand and
traverse jurors drawn on the 18th ult
for the May term of court:
GRAND JURORS.
BENEzETTE-J. w. Barr g. T..
Rothroclz.
BENzINGER-Math Gerg, John
Whitman, j. j. Vollmer, Lewis Han
hauser, John Kroeckle.
FoY-Edward Malone, Lawrence
Mohan, Peter Thompson, Herman
Str@ssley.
HIGHLAND-Jhos. Campbell.
HoRToN- A. s. Horton, WILDER
Meyer.
JAy-John Mum.
JONES'. G. Malone
RIDdwAY-Jacob M'Cauley, Jacob
Butterfuss, Will Dickinson, :. A.
Rote, \. T. Cummings.
ST. MARY 'S-Ebcn j. Russ, Joseph
Jacobs.
SPRING CREEK-D. G. NJ Khaul.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
BENEzETTE-W. l.. G. Winslow,
John Laffoy, John Mulroy, Isaac
Dent, Fl. L. Wilson.
BENZINGER - Paul Bush, George
Leber, jnu, d. Brendle, Jr., August
Flettemah.
Fox - Bernard Canavan, John
Kyler, VIM. Meredith. John Meyers,
Peter Pioneer. Hesekiah Meyer, John
Koch, Thos. Sullivan, James ID. Cuneo,
Jacob Dollinger, c. r. Kelts.
HIGHLAND-Wm. Stubs.
HORROR John MAllister, Chay.
Chamberlain, L. c. Wood, Jacob
Fields.