Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15

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ALoNzo GARCELoN, one of the two
neutrality-suspicious. nominees Of the
lower house of, the Maine legislature for
governor. was elected by the senate by
a vote of 81 to 10, January Sd. At q
convention ofbOth branches forthe cleo
ton of state officers, the nominees Of
the acknowledgements caucus were
elected as follows: Secretary Of state,
Edward III. Cove; state treasurer, Cnas.
A. White; attorney general. VIM. A.
Mcclellan; adiutant general, Samuel
ID. Leavitt.
A LOUISVILLE, KY, dispatch Of Jan
uary 9TH says another notch in the his
tory of Kentucky's dark deeds Was
added last night, the victim being Bob
Malone, storekeeper and postmaster OF
Beckly's Station, sixteen miles east of
Louisville Malone WAS in Louisville
Monday, but returned home in the
afternoon. At p. ~. he separated
from a number ofpersons who frequent
ed his store. and was never again seen
alive This morning Malone was found
murdered, an assassin having killed
him by blow from a Ratchet. Malone's
packets were rifed, and it is suspected
he was slain by tramps, as $4Oin money
are missing. "a ..
THE shipm tents of cheese, made in
Sheboygan county Wis, the past year,
foot mp 101.7S5 boxes, or, 1927, 476
pounds. These figures show an increase
over 1877 of /, 627, 400 pounds. About
100000 pounds were shippedto Liver
pool, nearly 100000 to Chicago, and
the remainder to New York, Milwaukee,
and the South. S. III. Conover, shipped
2,O10,S00 pounds, the largest
firm. w. Z. Tillson being the second
largest shipper, having disposed of l.
20O,340 pounds. Hiram Smith, the
pioneer cheese-maker of this county,
shipped sos, 40 pounds. Sheboygan
is the banner cheese county of the west.
The annual report of the state audi
tor shows that there are 16,714,34S
acres of land assessed in Minnesota at
an average rate of 81 To per acre, and
that the total value of the real and
personal property is $222,791 ,042 upon
which the total state, general and spe-
cial, county, town, and city assess
ment, and assessment for . the sup
port of the state university, is
So, S95, 1889. The average rate of
taxation, exclusive of special taxes for
seed grain, is Is 40 mills. There are
81 ,403, 5S3 acres more land assessed
than in 1877, at 81 cents less average
price per acre, and a total increased
valuation of S10,33S, O41, but there is a
decrease IN the taxable value of town
and city lots of S2,501, 2S2, leaving the
total increase of taxable property at
81 S36,747. .-.. .-."s-
PREPARATIONS for the Inauguration of
q direct steamship line between Balti-
more and Barrow, on the coast
of England, are nearly completed.
A half-dozen iron steamships are
being built on the Clyde, and
will be fitted UP especially with
a view to the prosecution of the cattle
export trade. Each steamer, it is I'M
derstood, will have a transporting ca
pacity for 800 head of cattle. In
anticipation of this new line the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad COM
panyi contemplate the erection of
the extensive stock-yards which
have been projected for several years.
The new line is also intended to devel-
OPP the exporting trade in horses. 1t has
been found, especially since the open
ing-up of the horse railways
throughout the large cities of Europe,
that Am erican horses can be exported
and sold lower than British animals,
and blue grass Kentucky stock espe-
cially have been found adapted to ev-
cry purpose.
The Hunton-A.exand unpleasant
ness" of last summer is revived, in q new
shape. It will be remembered that the
quarrel between them grew out of a
statement alleged to have been made
by Hunton at public meeting in Alex
andria, Va, to the effect that Alexan-
der and others approved of the law re-
lating to the special tax enforcement
act. This assertion Alexander contra
dicted, and the result WAS a
spirited correspondence between
them. Alexander replied caustically,
and Hunton retorted with a chal-
lenge, or what Alexander regarded as a
challenge, the language used by Hun
ton being as follows: ~ ask that you
will indicate some place beyond the
reach of the district police where de-
mand for the PREPARATION which Virgin
ians accord in such cases can be made
upon you" Huntop also posted, Alex
ander as a coward, which is also an in
dictable .offense in this district, Alex
ander now proposes that the correspon-
dence and one of the posters shall be
laid before the Grand Jury, when they
reassemble in January, with the view
of having Hunton indicted. DOE
A CINCINNATI stock journal gives
some interesting figures in relation to
pork packing in the west. Thereport
Shows the total packing at this
date at the six large cities Of Cincinnati,
Chicago. st. Louis, Milwaukee. Indian
.apolis, and Louisville to be 3,545, 900,
or / ,055, 900 more than at the same
date last year. The total at all interior
points is approximately 100000, or
$4,000 more than at the same time
last year, making total increase of
| 430 600 AFT all DOintS The RETURNS II,