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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Two masked burglars entered the house

Two masked burglars entered the house
af Mr.. Albert Prince, at Sandwich, Ont, on
the night of the 21st inst, and got large
quantity of valuable old jewelry and some
money. A young man named Tom Prince
heard the screams of the frightened woman
and attacked the robbers. He fought
splendidly, but was overcome after being
shot three times. The robbers escaped.
F. L. Brantly, marshal of Whitesburg,
Georgia, shot and killed two negro s.-ls on
the night of the 18th. The murder was
wanton and unprovoked. Brantly escaped.
At Bloomington, Ill, on the Goth inst,
William Hogg, an old and respected citizen,
but most eccentric man, who recently has
been unfortunate in business, returning
home at noon, shot his daughter Mary, aged
Is, in the parlor, called his son Willie, aged
IL, who was playing inkthe yard, and fired
a pistol shot through his head, then stepped
into the woodshed placed the weapon to
his own head and fred. Hogg died soon
after the shooting, and at last accounts the
children were lying at the point of death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Self Murder.

Fred Berlekamp, Prussian, was found
hanging to a bed post at his residence, Gin
cinnati, o., on the 25th inst. Cause, remorse
and financial embarrassing
Charles Andrews, proprietor of two So
looms, shot and killed himself in his room
at Cincinnati, o., on the 25th. It's said he
had grown desperate from losses in bucket
shop speculation. His wife and child live
at Irwin, Union county, Ohio.
At San Francisco, Cal, on the 22d inst.
M. E. Mortar, a recently arrived agent of a
New York firm, shst himself through the
head at the Palace hotel. The cause is attri-
buted to losses in stocks in which he invest
ed at a previous visit to San Francisco,
some months ago.
Margaret Hanich, a recent arrival from
Germany, committed suicide at Milwaukee
on the 21st inst, while in fit Of des-
pondency, caused by home sickness. .,..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29

and unchanged; receipts 81, 900 bbls; sales
$500 bbls rye -four unchanged. Wheat
Feverish and unsettled; spring 1@1Lc,
winter A@Ac better; receipts 246,0 bus !;
sales $50, 900 bus; No. spring seller Octo.
Der at $1.37. Rye-Firm. Corn-Active;
receipts 100000 bus; sales $4,000 bus at
41H@42c. Barley-Steady. Oats-Steady;
receipts $4,000 bus; sales $4,000 bus at
42@421ac for mixed western; 4114@45c for
white. Pork-Higher at $11.0O. Beef
Firm. Lard--Stronger at s7O7k. Butter,
Whisky, Sugar, and Eggs Unchanged.
Petroleum-Crude at SIC; refined at 7c.
Tallow-At 6T@7c. Coal-In good de-
mand. Leather-Strong. Wool-Quiet and
firm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Murderous Deeds.

John w. Kendall and VIM. Mcmillan,
outlaws, imprisoned in the jail at Martins
burg, Elliot county, KY, were taken there
from on the night of the Goth and hanged
by mob of two hundred armed men.
On the night OF the 21st inst. an atrocious
murder was committed near Berea, Ohio.
Gottlieb Noller, q farmer, was awakened in
the night by hearing footsteps in the the
house. Before he could arise from his bed
he was shot dead. His wife, awakened by
the firing, was shot twice ON attempting to
get up, and left for dead. An idiot son,
who tried to escape, was shot in the face by
the murderer and left for dead. The latter
coming to Consciousness made his way to q
neighbours and gave the alarm. Lewis
Noller, son aged % was arrested on sus-
picion and contested the crime. He claims
that he was drunk and did not know what
he was doing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29

A VERY simple device for securing
ventilation in sleeping rooms without
causing drafts is suggested by the
Plumber. 1t is particularly adapted to
sleeping-rooms when the weather is too
cold to admit of any open window.
Thus, start both top and bottom sashes of
the window half an inch, which is not
enough to clear the rebate or stopbeads
at top and bottom, but which will leave
an opening of an inch between the
meeting rails, through which a current
enters, but diverted upward by the glass
as it should be, SO as not to fall directly
to the floor, as its GOODNESS might other
wise induce it to. It thus becomes we'll
mixed with the air of the room without
being felt as draft. --........ -..-gr
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
A Sharp Comparison.

In some Louisville business houses
they scale an employees salary if drawn
in advance. At one of them last week
young clerk asked for five dollars in
advance. The treasurer said: sup
pose you know our new rules-when-
ever weadvance any money now we take
off ten per cent. If we did not do it
the scalpers would, and We might as well
have the advantage as they" g You
fellows" said the employee, remind
me of horse thief" "That's an un-
Lucky comparison How onos you tr make
around in Kentucky, and he saw a
stable with doors wide open; no one
around, and horse standing there. He
reasoned this way: CHOW somebody
will steal that horse. In order to
prevent such crime I think will take
it myself 3#
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Wednesday, October 20, 1879.
VARIOUS TOPICS.

The Sisters of Charity in the United
States numbered, at recent enumera-
ton, 1,179 in charge of 106 establish
ments for the care of orphans, infants,
windows, patients, insane and school
children. ALI of these institutions, if we
read correctly, had their origin in the
conservation and labors of one woman.
This to say, Mrs. Eliza Seton, better
known as Mother Seton, began in 1903,
at Emmetsburg in Maryland, the forma-
ton of sisterhood in connection with a
school, and that was the parent of SINH
lar societies now widely scattered
throughout America. .--..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
He Was Angered.

"Look heah, Hammer, you an mes
bin gittin' long TO- nigh onto fawty
yeah an amt never had fuss yit, but,
fo' de Lord, eff eber ketches you pealin'
taters an scrapin' de HAIR often pigs feet
ag'in wild my racer, I'll wipe dis kitchen
flo up so clean an slick wild you dat de
cat can't STAN on hit. Now you heah
Ike preachin' ter yer, en- if you spec
to 60 to heaben wild my good will don't
you poster my racer any mo-. Han me
dem mushroom" And Hammer pushed
the dish of fried hogs ears over to hex
excited lord and lit out for the kitchen,
where she commenced a waltz and song: :
uf AM he used to scrub de handle
And the big front doah.
Louisville CT rier-,TOaYndl,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Invading China.

Intelligence from Yarkand to the 31st of
August announces that $4,000 Andijanis,
and Kipchaks reached Mingyul near Kash-
gar, where they met large force of Chi
nese. Two indecisive engagements were
fought, in which the Chinese lost many
killed. A Kipchak, who was arrested as a
spy, stated the Russians supply stores to the
invaders Chinese troops from Yangihissar
and Var have been dispatched against them.
Another Andijani column is advancing
across the Altai Pamir mountains and has
captured Sir-i-kol. D. So. 81
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Forgery and EmbezzIement.

At London, Eng, on the 25th inst, in the
Central criminal court, VIM, Ringgold
Cooper, the American who committed for.
geries on Glyn, Mills & Co. and the Bank of
England, was sentenced to five years penal
servitude.
Frank Brinton, receiving teller of the
First National bank, Boston, pleaded guilty
on the 25th to embezzling $23,751 and was
sentenced to FIVE years at hard labor.
JAS. b. Riddle, of Riddle. Coleman & Co.,
Pittsburg, Pa, president of the Franklin
savings institution, and his son George,
cashier of the latter concern, were found
guilty of embezzlement and conspiracy on
the 25th inst. Their populations sum up in
the neighborhood of $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
The Official Count.

The vote cast in Ohio on October 18th for
state officers and members of the general
assembly, was officially counted on the 23d
with the following result:
Total vote for governor, 66s, 667, divided
as follows: Foster, Republican, 1856, 1861
Ewing, Democrat, 3l9,1S3; Stewart, Prohi-
bitionist, Alas; Plat, National, 9,129.
Fosters majority over Ewing, 1929.
Total vote for heutenant-govern 66S 500,
divided as follows: Hickenlooper, Repub-
hcan, 335,730; Rice, Democrat, 3l9,462
Sharp, Prohibitionist, 1884; Preyor, Ma
tional, 1856. Hickenlooper's majority over
Rice, 1858.
Supreme judge: Johnson, Republican,
336,0O9; Gilmore, Democrat, 316,994
Hardy; Prohibitionist, 1888; Jackson, Ma
tional, 1881.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
A Church-Going Horse.

We have been told of many intelli-
gent mules and horses. One case we
remember of a mule going into black
smiths shop to have a rail pulled from
his foot is only esualed by a story of
religious horse that we were told of yes
terday. He is owned by Mr.. Alexan-
der, of Oswichee, Ala, who rides him to
church on preaching days, which is
twice month. On other Sundays he
is turned out to Craze, and it is on these
days he is SO religious. He goes down
to church, stops at the tree where he is
generally tied when there is preaching,
and, with his head toward the church,
remains about an hour and half. He
then walks leisurely home. This is a
fact, and will be vouched for by any of
the people of Oswichee.-Columbus { Ga.
HoU7Jlrer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29

IT is announced, with apparent au-
thority, that the plans of the French
company which proposes to build a
ship canal across the peninsula of
Florida have been fully matured, and
that all obstacles in the way Of its con-
struction will soon be removed, ALI
the funds needed for the enterprise have
been raised by subscription in Paris and
New York. All that is now necessary
is special charter from the Florida leg
islature, which will not meet in regular
session until January, 1881, but the
governor will be petitioned to call an
extra session. This proposed canal will
shorten the sailing route from New
York to Vera Cruz and New Orleans
nearly 1000 miles, and admit of the
passage of vessels drawing twenty-five
feet of water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Shot His Bride.

At Embarrass, Waupaca Co., Wis, on the
22d instant, David Dixon paid a visit to his
afianced, named Mary Swinton, who was
preparing her bridal trousseau. At an un-
lucky moment Dixon picked up an old re.
volver and playfully pointed it at his in.
tended with the remark, 81 am going to
shoot you" One of the chambers of the
weapon, which proved to be loaded, dis.
charged, putting the bullet in the brain of
the unfortunate young lady ls.. -.sfa 81
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
DESTROYED nv Fire.


McKendrie's Methodist church, at Nash
vile, Tenn, was consumed by fire on the
goth. Loss $36,000,; insured for $4,000.
About thousand feet of the Bay St.
Louis bridge on the New Orleans and
Mobile railroad, burned on the oath inst.
Twenty houses in the village of St. Jean
the Baptiste, suburb of Montreal, were
destroyed by fire On the 23d. Loss $4,000.
Two hundred persons were rendered home.
less.
Hauck's store at Cincinnati, O., burned
on the 23d. Mr.. and Mrs. Hauck narrowly
escaped with their lives.
An incendiary fire at Bethany, Brooke
county, w. Va, destroyed the north wing of
Bethany college. Loss $4,000.
The Montauk cotton mills at Sag Harbor,
L. l., burned On the 22d inst. Loss $780,.
00G; insured for one-half. Two hundred
operatives thrown out of employment.
The Simon building, at Cincinnati O.,
was dam aged to the extent of $50, 1000 by fire
on the ed.
More than one.ffth part of the town of
Ufa, Russia, has been consumed by fire and
many persons killed. Loss of property
enormous.
The tanneries of Webster Bros, and
Lincoln d Miller, together with several
adjacent stores, at Malone, N. Y, burned
on the Goth. Loss, $15o,o0O; insurance,
$4,000. Two hundred persons thrown out
of employment. eaft ~ }3.rit..i la
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29

agin wild my racer, I'll wipe dis kitchin
foah up SO clean an slick wild you dat de
cat can't stan on it. Now you heah
Ike preachin' ter yer, an if you spec
ter 60 to heaben wild ny good will don't
poster my racer any mo-. Ham nae dem
mushroom" And Hammer pushed the
dish of fried hogs ears to her excited
lord and lit out of the kitchen, where
size commenced q waltz and song:
An he used to scrub de handle
Oh de big front doah.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Steamboat Mtshaps.

The steamer Rapidan, Paducah and
Tennessee river packet, struck a snag and
sunk at midnight, on the 21st, at Diamond
Island Chute, below Eastport, Ky. Dick
Emell, watchman, was drowned. The boat
is total loss. She belonged to Fowler
Bros. OF Paducah, and Captains Gilbert and
Brown, of Evansville, and was valued at
$4,000.
The Spanish steamer Parojo del Oceano
was destroyed by fire off Caibaren. Ten of
the crew and two passengers arrived at that
place, but the fate of the other persons on
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Death on the Rail.

A freight train ran into q COW on the Pitts.
burg and Lake Erie road, near North
Bridgewater, Pa, on the 21st inst, throwing
the engine and train over an embankme emit.
N. c. Lennon, brakeman, was killed, and
II. L. Knorr, engineer, and Geo. Fulton,
fireman, seriously injured.
On the 22d inst, broken rail or axles
wrecked freight train near Counellsville,
Pa, Chester Hymn tramp, was instantly
killed and three tramp" pards" somewhat
bruised. .t
Malicious displacement of switch on
the track of the Marietta and Cincinnati
road, near Athens, o., threw the engine and
express car of the west bound passenger
train off the track, on the night of the Goth,
and tumbled them down the embankment.
c. E. Hawley, express messenger, was
fatally injured. Only one passenger, John
A. Rich, was injured. The switch had the
appearance of being all right, the rail hav.
ing been disconnected from the switch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
ACCORDING to the annual report Of

ACCORDING to the annual report of
Surgeon General Barnes, recently
transmitted to the secretary of war, the
average strength of the United States
army, in September, amounted to 21,716
white and 1888 colored men. During
the year, among the white troops, the
total number of cases of sickness of all
kinds was $3.50, of which SIPS were
from wounds, accidents and injuries of
all kinds; the total number of deaths
from all causes was 266, of which 1O5
were from wounds and injuries. Among
the colored troops the total number of
cases of sickness was 1882, of which AT
were from wounds, the total number of
deaths of colored troops was twenty
eight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29

A DECIDEDLY funny thing in elections
is reported from Glossop, England,
where the town council, consisting of
twelve Conservatives and nine Liberals,
had to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of an alderman. The Conserva-
tives all voted for Mr.. Winterbottom
TWO Liberals voted for Mr.. Rowbottom,
Conservative, by way Of compliment; a
third voted for Mr.. Mcknight, Liberal
the other six abstained from voting.
The vote being concluded it was found
that Mr.. Winterbottom was ineligible,
and, to the immense disgust of the two
Liberals who had voted for him and the
six Liberals that hadn't voted at all, Mr..
Rowbottom was elected. This is proba-
ably the first time on record that two
proved to be majority of twenty. one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
The CHAMPION Rtlltardtst.

The great billiard tournament between
George Slosson and Jacob Schaefer for
$1,000 a side, ended at New York on the
night of the 25th inst, Schaefer winning by
800 points in game of 5000. Fully 1000
people were present to witness the close of
the great match.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Accident at a Horse Race.

During race at Atlanta, Ga, on the Oath
inst, the horse Sallie Pope, leading down
the fourth quarter, stumbled and fell, and
the other animals, Lady Gay, Little Venus
and Mecklenburg, ran on the fallen Sallie,
making a rather ungraceful heap. One
driver was seriously hurt and the rest
slightly. -.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
A FrightfuI Plunge.

At Cleveland, O., on the 21st., while fire
engine, No. was going to FIRE, it plunged
full speed into the river at the Columbus
street bridge, drowning both horses and
badly injuring three men. John Sewel]
was badly cut about the head, and had an
ankle sprained. Oliver Harbell, fireman
was injured in the breast, and Henry
Delany, the driver, had both legs hurt. The
bridge wss swung and the draw.gates out
OF repair. The driver could not stop his
team NV
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
GhOuIS.

Two young medical students Of Cleveland,
o., named Daykin aud Hoyt, were captured
at Ashtabula on the Goth. They had been to
the county inirmary farm, opened the grave
of Mrs. Goodrich, an old lady rs years of
age, packed the body in trunk, and when
arrested were about taking the train for
Cleveland.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Bad Harvest in Hungary.

The distress in Hungary on account of
the bad harvest is very great. The govern
ment has suspended the collection of taxes
until the next harvest has been gathered. In
ffty-seven towns and villages in Temes
county, the greatest distress prevails. IN
Sards county where some cases of starva-
ton have occurred, forty parishes are threat
ened with famine. Frightful accounts have
been received from the counties of Aleani,
Heyes and Zemplin. aa3
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Germany Still Arms.

The German government contemplates
adding to the military resources of the
country by adding seventy.two new batteries
and placing the fifteenth army corps On
permanent war footing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
They are Safe.

United States Peace Commissioner Adams
has informed the department at Washing
ington that the captured women and chill
dren of the Meeker and Price families had
been turned over to him by the Utes. The
captives were unframed and had not been
subjected to any insult or injury.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
A Destructive Flood.

Copious rains prevailed in the island of
Jamaica from the 18th to the 18th instant,
inficting serious damage to property in
Kingston, st. Andrew, Port Royal aDd the
mountains. Some thirteen lives were los
in Kingston, and great distress prevails
among the people. Horses, mules, sheep,
goats, huge trees and timbers, bridges,
houses, sacks of coffee and plantain trees
were swept out to sea.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29

Two very rich Maryland planters,
brothers, died about quarter century
ago, one Of them a bachelor, while the
other left several children, supposed to
be Legitimate. These latter inherited
their fathers estate by the terms of his
will, AID on the death of their bachelor
uncle claimed his property also. as being
heirs at law of a man dying intestate.
Their claim was disputed by a cousin of
the deceased, who himself insisted upon
being recognized as nearest of kin, on
the ground that the other claimants
were illegitimate. These latter proved
their legitimacy, after long legal strug-
gle, by hnding in Europe the priest who
performed the marriage ceremony for
their parents. They therefore obtained
possession of their uncle's estate, but not
until they had reduced themselves to
poverty by series of contests chat ended
only in the highest court of the land,
many of the leading lawyers of the
nation having taken prominent part in
the struggle. The bachelor brother, in
stead of dying intestate, made will in
favor of the cousin who fought 80 hard
the supposed heirs at law, and left it
with Washington lawyer, who went
south at the beginning of the war, leav-
ing with his Office boy box of papers to
be delivered to the persons addressed in
case of the non-return of the attorney,
and the boy probably forgot. A short
time ago the youngster, having presum-
ably come to mans estate, recovered his
memory, the will, the existence Of
which had been unknown, was sent to
the cousins lawyer, and the case is again
TO 20 before tbs Supreme Court.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Fatal Fall.

At Boston, Mass, on the 22d, two painters.
Patrick Thornton and Thomas Burke, were
at work on staging fifty feet from the
ground, when it suddenly gave way. Thorn
ton fell on the pavement smashing his
skull, and breaking his neck. Burke sue
ceeded in catching window sill where he
hung suspended for some moments until re-
leased from his perilous position. 81
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
MerctIess SLAUGHTER by Indians.

Lieutenant VIM. B. Wier, ordnance Of
fcer, while out hunting near the White
river agency, was killed and mutilated by
savages on the ed inst.
In the fight on the 18th, in New Mexico, a
Mesilla and Las Cruces company, number.
ing thirty, were massacred by the Apaches,
only one man escaping. .-. '.a.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
The Lost AerOnaut.

A body found on the 25th inst, on the
shore of Lake Michigan near Miller's Sta
ton, Ind, was identified as the remains of
George Burr, who assembled with Prof.
Wise in the balloon Pathfinder" from st.
Louis about three weeks SINCE. No traces
were discovered Of the balloon or of the
remains of Prof. Wise, who probably met
companion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29

on board is not known. Later.-Seventeen
of the survivors, in a terrible state of ex-
haustion, were picked up from raft of
floating debris in the Bahama channel, by
the steamer Louise H., from Algiers, Africa,
on the night of the 18th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Lost Overheard.

Commander George w. Bailey, of the
revenue cutter Rush, was lost overheard on
the 9th instan i, during heavy gale off Cape
Flattery. The cutter is at San Francisco.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29

The estate and property of the late
Col. B. M. Johnson, of Shreveport,
amount to very nearly 100000. Col.
johnson left $50, 900 worth of bonds and
stock in the Texas and Pacific railway
company. These are to remain as they
are for five years, at the end of which
time the deceased thought they would
be at paryalue.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
Fatal SCum e,

Two colored river hands named William
Jackson and William Hickman, had a
friendly wrestle in saloon at Cincinnati,
Ohio, on the Goth instant. Hickman threw
Jackson, killing him instantly. -