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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08
A PENSION FRAUD PREVENTED.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, November 28.-Major
Poole Pension Agent at Syracuse, IN con-
necti0n with Issac @, Dunn. Special
Agent Of the Pension Bureau at Washing
ton, have unearthed another attempt to
detraud the Government by seeking to
obtain the pension of a deceased pension
er. \ few weeks ago the agent received
letter from man who signed himself
John Near, OF Forrestport, Oneida county
and who stated that he was nephew Of
John Near, pensioner, and requested
That new pension voucher might he
sent 10 him in care OF John Smith, rs his
uncle had lost his voucher. An invest
cation showed that John Near, the pen
aioner, had been dead three months, aud
that lis family had Informed the Pension
Bureau oi that fact The Pension Agent
sent the voucher as requested, and in a
lew days 1t came back apparently duly
executed The agent then. informed
Near by letter that he would send him a
sension check on Saturday, in care Of
John Smith, Forestport. 4 decoy letter
was sent, and about 5 O'clock Saturday
Afternoon John Smith, alias John Near.
called at the Post Office Tor it. lie was
arrested and brought to Syracuse this
morning. He gave his real name as John
Irouin. He will be arraigned before
United States Commissioner NCrthrup
tomorrow morning. Other arrests i'll
this case will follow
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08

Hon. HoRATIo G. BURCHARD, the Uni
ted States Director of the Mint, estimates
the domestic production of gold for the
year at $36,000,OO0, and if silver at $751;
100000. The total coin in circulation
and bullion available Tor mintage is
placed at $s12, 2O4603, of which amount
three-fourths is In gold.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08

THE vote OF North Carolina for State
officers has been officially canvassed.
For Governor it has been thus declared:
Ralph ?. Buxton, Republican, liz, $50;
Thomas j. Jarvis, Democrat, 121, S27;
Jarvis majority, 6,237.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08

Rev. J. B. PRADT, Assistant State Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction, will
retire from the position january Isl, 1881.
His successor will be Major S. S. Rock
wood, now professor in the Whitewater
Normal School.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08

THE winter pork-packing season COM
menced on the 1st ultimo, since which
time Chicago packers have slaughtered
and sailed 100000 hogs, against GAL 900
for the corresponding period in 1879, and
1,0l0, 42S in 1878. Thus far the present
packing season in Chicago exceeds any
of its predecessors
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08

The Land League organization of Ire
land is extending into formidable pro-
portions, and a "counter-irritant, in the
shape of an opposition movement is now
organizing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08

1t is reported that the British army of
occupation in Afghanistan has received
orders to abandon the country. The
Afghanistan campaign, though expensive
in blood and treasure, has proved a very
improbable venture.
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08

WALLACE Ross, OF 81. Jonu, \. B.,
won the great sculling match on t. G
Thames, at London, Saturday. He beat
Trickett by three lengths
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08

siding at No. 1922 East Twenty-fourtn
street. Captain Herman, the clerk oh
seeing the frightful condition Of Carter
without delay led him into the third sur
gical ward A physician was summoned,
who, after all examination, gave. his
opinion that the man was suffering rom
rat-poisoning, and that he was in q crlti,
cal condition. Fears were entertained
by the surgeons that lock jaw would SET
in. Different antclotes were given to the
DO soned man without avail He was
lying last night i'll an unconscious condl-
ton
For some time past Carter noticed that
several of bis horses were annoyed by rats
while eating at the feed-box in the stable
Day after day the animals were bitten
about the mouth by the rats. Yesterday
morning Carter entered the staple, de-
termined to get rid OF the pests Armed
with large and heavy club he quietly
approached the iced-box, where he saw
half d dozen large sized rats hanging
about horses mouth. He struck at
them with his clab but only succeeded III
killing one Of them. The other five
spranS at CartoI's hand and arm and bill
severely several times They then sprang
into large hole ans. escaped. j lev
hours later he noticed that his hand and
arm had swollen to double their size and
that he could not close lis mouth. Fear
ing that he had been poisoned, he rushed
to Bellevue Hospital, where he was at
tended IS above stated.-Ne,o York Her
GYy
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08

CHESTER A. ARTHUR is the seventh
New York man who has been elected
Vice President. The others were Aaron
Burr, George Clinton, Daniel ID. Temp
kins, Martin Van Buren,, Willard Fill
more and William A. Wheeler. The
only President elected from that State
was Martin Van Buren,, though the En-
pire State has been very prolific in Presi-
dental candidates and aspirants.
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08

THE Uuited States Life-Saving Service
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our Western lakes. Out of 1899 lives
imperiled by marine disasters during the
past year, only 8 were lost. The service
on the lakes was nearly paralyzed this
season by the inadequate compensation
of surfmen, who were constantly offered
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08

Mr.. EDWARD MCPHERSON, the Secre-
tary of the Republican National Con-
gressional Committee at Washington, has
prepared a table of the membership Of
the next House of Representatives, show
ing that it will consist of 147 straight
Republicans, 6 Greenback Republicans,
135 straight Democrats, 3 Greenback
Democrats, and 2 Democratic 'Rea4jus-
ters." According to this statement, the
straight Republicans will have MAORI
ty of /. The Washington dispatch max
ing the announcement adds; The Re
publicans are now sanguine of organizing
the next House, and the Democrats. who
have of late been figuring very closely Old
possible results, admit that there is nc
hope for Them
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-07
Proclamation by the President.

Fault-tinding is SO seldom INDUCED
in by those Who use the medicines
manufactured by the Worlds Dispen
sary Medical Association that the Presi-
dent of that corporation, the Hon. II.
V. Pierce, NJ. d., has issued special
request or proclamation to any and
all persons, ii there be any such, who
may have taken or shall hereafter use
any of the family medicines now made
and sold by the said Association, in all
countries Of the world, and who have
not derived full benefit from said
medicines, that if they will write the
said Association description Of their
maladies the Faculty of the Dispensary
Will advise them with respect to the
successful treatment of their diseases.
DIR. .Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery
Is guaranteed TO cure all humors from
the common blotch, pimple or eruption,
TO the worst scrofula or kings evil,
and those virulent poisons that lurk In
the system as a sequel or secondary af-
fection resulting from badly treated or
neglected primary diseases. 1t also cures
bronchial, throat and lung diseases.
Favoritc Prescription is guaranteed to
cure female weaknesses and kindred
affections. Extract OF Smart eed
cures bowel affections, colds, and all
painful, rheumatic and neuralgia affec-
tioDs. Dr. Piercc's Pellets (ittlc sugar
coated pills., arc the little giant cathar-
tic. Address, Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y, or
Great Russell Street Buildings, Lon
don, Eng.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-07
How Screws arc Made.

The process of making a screw Is
very interesting. The rough large
wire in big coils Is, by drawing through
hole smaller than itself, made the
size needed. Then it goes into ma
chine that at one moment cuts 1t q pro-
per length and mahcs head on it,.
Then 1t is put into sawdust and "rat-
tcd' and thus frightened. Then the
head is shaved down smoothly to the
proper size and the nick put In ut the
same time. After "rattling" again in
sawdust, the thread is cut by another
machine and after another rattlinp.
and thorough drying, the screws are
assorted by hand (thc fingers Of those
who do this move almost literally like
lightningD crossed by weight and
packed for shipping. That which
renders IL possible for machines to do
all this isa little thing that looks like
and opens and shuts like Il goosc's bill,
which picks up single screw at a
time, carries 1t where needed, holds It
until graspcd by something else, and
returns for another. This is about the
most wonderful piece of automatic
skill and usefulness l have ever seen,
and 1t has done Its distinctive work at
the rate Of 81 screws minute, although
this rate Is only experimental as yet,
% gross per day, however, mas been the
regular work Of ono machine.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-07

The -Aurora Boredlis. Professor Grone-
man, Of Gottingen, has propounded a
theory of the aurora borealis resting
on the presence Of masses Of iron-dust
In the polar regions. Polar snow has
been found to contain particles Of iron,
evidently prectpitated from the atmos-
phere, and it is Groneman's suppos ition
that these masses or particles describe
path round the sun, and when the
earth crosses it particles are attracted
by 1t, and more especially by its poles
Being carried swiftly through tho at
mosphere, they ignite by friction
against it, and so become luminous, as
is the case with meteorites. Nordensk-
jold has found metallic iron, cobalt
and phosphorus iii snow north Of Spitz.
bergen.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-07

articles made Of initiation amber are
now produced In immense quantities
and of beautiful appearance. and sold
tor the natural material. The resemb-
ling substance thus employed is prin-
clpallv colophony-a resin obtained by
the decomposition Of turpentine-
though many other Ingredients are also
made use of to give it the requisite qua
littes. So perfect Is t. Q imitation said
to be, that the false substance has the
electrical properties of the true, and
some ingenious fabricators have even
managed to introduce into the substance
foreign bodies, insects, etc., to render
the similarity more striking. The
means OF detection are simple. Gen
ulne amber requires heat Of from $40
to 900 degrees Fahrenheit to melt it,
while the spurious substance becomes
LIQUID at much lower temperature.
Again, while the true article is only
slightly attacked, after very long
time, by ether and alcohol, the imita-
ton rapidly loses its polish in contact
with such liqnids, and soon becomes
soft. True amber pieces OF small size
may be formed into lump of much
greater value, by moistening the sur
faces to be united with caustio potash.
and pressing them together while
warm.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-07
DOMESTIC.

WATER AND FRUIT Ice "A II innova-
tion lately adopted In CHOICE circles for
the heated weather is to serve water
and fruit ices as tho opening course be-
fore soup. Before you protest "gainst
this as a violation to which your ex-
cellent taste could never be roconciled,
madame, please to observe tnat the ices
are the pure juice of aoid fruits, pinu-
apple, gooseberry, white currant, rasp-
Derry or lemons, frozen, with very lit
tie sugar. Slowly slipped, 1t is refresh
Ing to the lat degree. 1t satisfies the
craving for acids, and gives ices to the
stomach, when 1t Is best prepared to
benefit by 1t, instead Of bringing them
after full meal to reduce the energies
OF digestion. Following these, the
proper thing for a Summer day is
crawfisl or lobster soup, or one Of the
many other relishing shell-fsh
soups for which our markets have 80
much material. If crawflsh soup is
too much delfcacy, tle humble b..
excellent clam is ever at our doors, and
as good as 1t is cheap, which shows
kind adaptation to the tastes ofcOmmon
humanity. 1t may be remarked, in
parenthesls, that all we want Of the
clam Is Its juice, favored with shreds
OF Drowned onioas, insoup or chowder.
AL that Is of value in 1t Is extracted
oy few minutes boiling, and what Is
left of him is 80 much India rubber, fit
only to be strained out aud thrown
away.