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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
War Dance of the Seneca Indians.
(From The Wyoming County ]

lFrom Inc wyoming county Era.
Moons, it is known, are the medium
by which the untutored sons Of the forest
determine the course of time. AS they
stand at the threshold of new year,
there has been custom among the Sen
eca Indians running back to an indefinite
period of the past, to have season of
thanksgiving and merrymaking. AL
though the Senecas of to-day have long
since turned unwillingly, no doubt from
the pursuits of their more savage fore
fathers, they still retain many customs
and observe the fete days. Yesterday
the Senecas of the Cattaraugus reserva-
ton concluded their New Years celebra-
ton at the Horseshoe Bend or Ale
ghany Council house, about one and
half miles below Carrolton. For the
past three days about three hundred
braves, bucks, maidens and haggard
squaws, arrayed in the tinsel of Seneca
glory, have been holding high carnival
and skipping nimbly all the dances of
their ancient catalogue. Although their
numbers year by year are growing less,
they maintain the sports of the days when
the borders of civilization were far from
the brown hills and forests of this section
and they roamed at will without the
white man to deceive or the engines of
war to make afraid.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Recent Tragedies.

Near Barcelona, Italy, on the 31st ult., rich
land owner, his wife, three daughters, son and
two maid servants were all found murdered in
their beds. The deed was evidently committed
with Ratchet. The house was ransacked of
valuables. A swineherder and his two sons are
under arrest.
Last week sheriff posse in search of Bunch
and Salentine, the men who assaulted N. D..
Sadler in Franklin county, Ark, surprised two
men whom they supposed were their game in
the barn of Squire Wood, in lizard county.
Upon demanding the surrender of the parties
inside shots were fired by them, which were re-
turned by the officers, with fatal effect to man
named Wheat, aged "a. They were innocent of
completely in the Sader murder, but Wheat was
anticipating arrest for former difficulty, hence
the fatal resistance.
Thomas Dryer, a lunatic, at the Worcester,
Mass, hospital for incurables, was killed by an
other unfortunate named Warren Rice. on the
9th
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
The Tay Bridge Victims.

The bodies of twenty 1.-TWO victims of the
Tay bridge disaster had been recovered
when the latest news mail was made up
in London. All but one of these had
been brought to the surface by graphing.
Very few of the corpses showed signs of
mutilation, and in many cases the fea-
lures wore natural look. The body of
woman was hooked by one of the Crap
nels. The irons had caught in the hair
of the head, and just as the body was
pulled to the surface the back comb came
out, and the body was carried away by
the current; it was seen that the woman
had brown hair. Shortly afterward the
body of another woman was caught, but
it also slipped from the irons. A man
who had been hooked by part of his
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04

If the accounts from central and southern
Russia are to be believed, the corn beetle, which
may be ranked as first cousin to the Colorado
potato beetle, has been committing fearful
ravages there, displaying q healthiness of ap-
petite which bodies Ill for the future agricultural
prosperity of that region. The pest has been
spreading ever since 1866, and the damage
wrought last year in the districts of Pultowa,
Ekaterinoslay, Saratoff, Kherson, and the prov
mces of the Dou. was equal to $4,000, 900 roubles
Neglect and idleness have allowed the destroyer
to multiply so fast that it will be very difficult
now to check him Wherever the ground has
been dug up, enormous quantities of chrysaldes
have been found, which in spring viii turn into
beetles
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04

The celebrated pigeon roost in Scott county,
Indiana, is now, as it has been for seventy-fve
years, the roost of millions of pigeons. They
fly away in the morning to their feeding grounds,
many of them going to such distance that they
do not return until midnight. The timber on
thousands of acres covered by this roost is
broken down badly, large limbs being snapped
off like reeds, by the accumulated weight of the
birds Thousands are killed nightly, but the
slaughter seams to make no diminution in the
vast f1ocks that congregate there.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Whites VS.. Blacks.

Shenandoah county, Va. Is convulsed in con-
sequence of collision between white and black
laborers at the Columbia furnace, near Edin-
burg. The proprietors of the works are substi-
tuting colored for white labor, which action
meets with resistance and is likely to cause vio-
lence. The works have heretofore been almost
entirely run by white operative, who live and
own their little homes in the neighborhood of
the furnaces, and have no other means of sup
port than their daily labor, while the negroes
who are replacing them are imported from
other counties. Two negroes have been SEN
ously shot by the whites, and the governor has
ordered militia to the scene to protect them in
future.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04

REPORTS from East Africa state that the slave
trade is reviving on the shores of Lake Nyassa
and along the banks of the river Shire. 1t is IN
this region where the missionary posts of Liv-
ingstonia and Blantyre are situated, and the ma
tive traders appear to pay no regard to the re-
monstrances of the English missionaries.
There is likely, however, soon to be occasion for
interference, for the missionaries are in the
habit of sheltering runaways, and collision
with the man-stealers is certain to be the result
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Wednesday, February 4, 1850.
VARIOUS TOPICS.

EGMoNT KEY is described as picturesque
little isle on the Florida coast. 1t is not much
wider than Boston lassie's belt, only one-haf
mile, and very little longer than her knowledge
of Sanskrit, only one and half miles. Light
house-keeper Moore, its occupant, has heron
rookery that is a novel thing in its way. Last
year he had 500 nests, from which were pro-
duced $500 birds. Moore looks upon them as
his pets, and will allow no sportsmen to go near
the rookery Mullet Key, two miles distant, is
the home of large herd of deer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Obituary.

Paul De Naux, Belgian politician, died on
the 31st ult., aged 70 years.
The Marquis of Anglessy, Liberal member of
the house of peers, is dead, aged SO.
Robert G. Brown, Republican candidate for
sheriff in New York city last fall, died the
night OF the 31st uft.. aged so years.
Stewart Brown, a well-known New York bank
Ell. died on the 9th ult., aged 70.
W. H. Woodyatt q prominent Chicago ocu-
list died in that city of pneumonia, on the 31st
ult.
Intelligence has been received that the Able
de Baize, in attempting to cross Africa, died at
Ujiji.
John Locke, Liberal member Of parliament
for Southwark, is dead, aged U.s.
The Very Rev. Frederick Oakley, Catholic
writer on religious subjects, is dead, aged IS.
Brunreau, a notorious colonel under the COM
mune, died in Florence recently.
S. S. Hayes, formerly comptroller of Chicago,
and for many years leading business man,
died on the 29th ult., aged SO.
Col. Nelson Trusler, United States district at
torney at Indianapolis, fell dead of apoplexy at
the Opera house in that city On the night of the
10Th.
Rev. Adolph Baltzer, president of the German
Evangelical Synod of North America, died at St.
Charles, Mo-, on the night of the 28th ult. He
was a classmate of Prince Bismarck, and came
to this country when quite young.
Sir William Earle, formerly chief justice of
the English court of common pleas, is dead,
aged so.
Edward Middleton Barry, Royal acadeimician,
architect Of the house Of parliament, died in
London on the 29th ult., aged SO years.
Captain John Carson of the u. S. Revenue
Cutter Manhattan, died at Oswego, n Y, on
the 26th
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
In Foreign Chimes.

The two Americans under arrest at Naples for
the robbery of a Russian naval officer at Brr1s-
sells, are John Collins, aged about 49, and one
Cleveland, alias Eyerst, alias Ferguson, aged
about 28. The Belgian government has de-
manded their extradition.
A New York bank clerk, who absconded with
800, 900, has been arrested in Paris with $4,000
on his person. The clerk says he left $4,000 in
New Haven and 50. 500 in southampton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
TIE heating of cities by steam BY the Holly

The heating of cities by steam by the Holly
system is rapidly extending. 1t has been in sue
cessful operation for some time in Lockport
Auburn and Troy, N. Y, in Detroit, Milwaukee
and Dubuque, and it is now, with the consent
of the local authorities, to be introduced into
New York and Cincinnati. Its principal recon-
mendations are its cleanliness, economy, genial
and wholesome temperature and freedom from
risk by fire and explosion. The amount Of
steam used by each customer is measured by
9oatav
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Another Hornets Nest.

On the night of the 30th ult., the st. Peters
burg police raided Nihilist den and surprised
party consisting of five of the incendiaries.
One Deutsch, an important political criminal,
shot himself rather than submit to capture. The
police superintendent, who was wounded, and
his assistants, have been decorated with the
Order of Vladmar. A printing press, a large
number of the last issue of revolutionary
sheet, entitled 'The Wall of the People"
some forged stamps and explosives, were cap
tlIred.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
For a NIOnuNent~

New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts
having raised $40, 900 for monument in COM
memoration of Stark's victory at Bennington,
Vt, over the British, under Gen. Baum, on the
18th of August, TIT, they now petition con-
gress for an appropriation of 100000 toward
the object
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
s1Oh, the Famine and the Fever,

Accounts from Terra de Lavora, Naples, con-
tnue terrible. The population of seventeen
communes especially affected, numbers 92,382
persons. Of this number 81, $40 had been at
tackled by fever up to the 18th of December
last, and 5,028 died. Government aid is not
sufficient and famine is imminent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
The Routed Apaches.

Major Morrow's command, which is pursuing
Victorias tribe of Apaches in New Mexico, were
forced to go into Ojo Caliente from the San
Mateo mountains for rations On the 25th They
rations, fighting continually. Major Morrow
has thus far captured one hundred horses and
mules, besides large quantities of property
stolen in Mexico, consisting of bolts of cloth, ETC.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04

In Norwich (Conn. school, accord
ing to the Bulletin, the teacher wrote
the word sport upon the blackboard, and
called for its definition, and there proved
to be one juvenile mind that could separ-
ate the word from the idea of fun or play
fulness. That one, little girl of less
than summers, astonished the teacher
by saying: "Sport-a man that wears
his hat on one side"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04

abide by their decision as to joining or remain
ing out of the state house legislature. Others
will take their seats among their Republican
brethren. The Fusion governor, Smith, and
Talbot, speaker of the Fusion house, have both
gone home. 1t is the opinion of all that the
contest Is ended
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04

NEW YORK, February $50 P. M.-Cotton-
At 13c for midling uplands. Flour-Dun and
unchanged; receipts $4,000 bbls; sales 5000
bbls; rye flour steady and unchanged. Wheat
Spring quiet and steady; winter without impor-
tant change; moderately active; receipts $4,000
bus; sales $4,000 bus; No. white seller March
at $1.4319@1. 43A. Rye-Firm at 92@95c in
car lots. Corn-Dull; receipts $4,000 bus; sales
$4,000 bus at $1,000. Barley-Dull; sales of
$4,000 bus at 4719@4811sc for mixed western; 48
@511s for white. Pork-Frmer at $12.75.
Beef-Quiet. Lard-Higher at $7.9711a. Butter,
Cheese, Whisky, Sugar, Eggs, Petroleum and
Tallow-Unchanged
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Self Murder.

An unknown man, evidently school teacher
from Ross county, Ohio, suicided at Coyington,
KY, on the Seth, by taking arsenic
Chief of police Benson, of Norfolk, Va,
killed himself on the 28th, owing to domestic
trouble.
Charles Ponder, aged 80, local preacher of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, suicided by
hanging, on his farm, four miles west of New
Albany, Ind, on the 9th. Cause, religious in
sanity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Robbers Punished.

The three persons who robbed the Russian
government Of million and half of roubles
last June have been found guilty by a court
martial and sentenced to fifteen years imprison-
ment with hard labor. The woman who. origi-
mated the scheme was consigned to prison for
life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Fire Damp Again.

In colliery at Weissen, Saxony, an explosion
of fire damp occurred on the 29th ult. Latest
advices state that ten of the dead and wounded
had been removed from the pit, and it was
believed that there were five corpses still in the
Mimi.
Latest reports place the number of dead at
ten, with nine injured. Nine men who were in
the pit at the time of the explosion are unac-
counted for
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
ReSurgaERl.

On the 30th ult., a grave-digger at Ottawa,
Can, had thrown three or four shovelfus of
sand on the coffin Of smallpox victim when
he fancied he heard a noise. The coffin was
raised and it was found the person still lived.
He WAS taken back to the hospital.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
War of determination.

1t is reported from Candahar Afghanistan,
that nearly two thousand families have been an
initiated by the Ghilzais, and that seven vii
lagos of the latter were afterwards captured by
the HAZARDS, and every soul in them slain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Combinations.

The senate has confirmed the following nomi-
nations to be envoy extraordinary and ministers
plenipotentiary: James Russell Lowell, Massa-
chusetts, to Great Britain; John w. Foster, In
diana, to Russia; Lucius Fairchild, Wisconsin,
to Spain; Philip Fl. Morgan, Louisiana, to Mex
leo. To be United States consuls: Lewis Red
mond, r. l., at Belfast; Jos. w. Syler at Maya
gueZ.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04

party of five boys playing on the ice on
Randalls pond, near North Providence, r. L,
broke through on the Goth, and drowned. Two
bodies have been recovered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04

LIFE is put together considerably like
set of harness. There are traces of
care, lines of trouble, bits of good
fortune, breaches of good manners,
bridled tongues, and everybody has to
tug and pull through.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Burned to Death.

Edward Mclaughlin was suffocated by fire
which occurred in the Union Wadding mills, at
Pawtucket, R. L, on the 39th.
Emma Cox fatally burned at her home
near Greencastle, O., on the 28th, by her clothes
taking fire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Appalling Rr.naOr.

An Odessa dispatch of the 29th ult. contained
a rumor that the Russian transport vessel with
1000 troops on board have been lost in the
Caspian sea, and most, if not ali, the soldiers
persisted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
At What a Cost.

During the revolution in Lima, Peru, which
eliminated in the seating of Pierola, as dictator,
three hundred lives were lost.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
The Maine Dilemma.

The Fusion legislature, after q prolonged
session on the 18th, adjourned to meet the first
Wednesday In August next. Many of the mem
bers go home not to return before that date.
others go back TO the people of their districts 10
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
a Duel.

A Pesth dispatch reports that duel has been
fought between Baron Maytheny and Herr Ver-
hovay, member of parliament and editor of
Hungarian political paper, in which the latter
was MORALLY wounded by pistol shot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Gagged and Robbed.

DR.. Gerard Small, physician belonging to
the Anglo-American colony at Rome, was re-
Gently assailed in his own house by two men
who robbed him and left him pinioned and half
Strangled
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
A mississippi Horror.

On the Goth the steamer Charmer, with 2,10O
bales of cotton, was totally destroyed by fire,
fifteen miles above the mouth of the Red River
Two chambermaids, two cooks, two cabin boys.
one fireman and one deck hand-eight in all
lost their lives. Boat and cargo were valued at
$3.50, 0O0
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Severe Weather i'm Europe.

Lake Zurich, in Switzerland, Is frozen over
for the fourth time in the present century.
Lakes Lorat, Neufchatel and Bienne, and the
river Arve, are also frozen over.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Roller Explosion.

Thomas Freeman, a laborer, was killed. and
Henry NIoloy and Pint Timer seriously injured
and scalded by the bursting of boiler in saw
mill in Vernon county, Mo-, on the 30th. Moloy
owned the works.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Lost at Sea.

The steamer Bengore, laden with coal from
Penarth for Gibraltar, foundered when two
days out from port. Thirteen of the crew were
drowned and six saved.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Did Not KNOW IT WAS Eoaded.

A clerk in Syracuse, N. Y, hardware store,
named Elias Gebhart, was instantly killed by
customer who was buying pistol, on the 2Sth.
The revolver contained three balls. 1t was not
known to be loaded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Killed on the Track.

An express tram at Chester, Pa, on the LIST
inst, ran over and killed Henry Grant and Geo.
Adds, who were crossing the track in carriage.
William Rhodes was severely wounded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Ncuplitteds

The trial of Mrs. Smith and Cove Bennett,
for the murder of the formers husband, a
policeman of jersey City, resulted in verdict
of not guilty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.
6srirndSfOne Hurst

A large grindstone at the Scranton file works,
Providence, Pa, collapsed on the 9th, killing
William FAIRIES and SCATTERING the building.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
EnSaInes

The governor of Massachusetts,, on the 31st
ult., issued an order consigning Chas T. Free
man, the Pocasset child murderer, to the state
lunatic asylum.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Out on Bail.

The Rev. Mr.. Hayden, who has had two trials
at New Haven, Conn.,, on the charge of murder
ing Mary Stannard has been released on $4,000
bail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
FOREIGN.

LONDON, Febeuary 2-12:O0 M.-Liverpool
wheat market opens firm; floating cargoes rather
easier; on passage heavy. Mark Lane inactive.
Good cargoes No. spring wheat off coast, Sos;
good cargoes red winter wheat off coast, 53s Sd
ODDS. Arrivals off. coast, for orders, wheat
moderate. English and French country markets
very quiet. Farmers deliveries of wheat during
the week SO, 000@35, 900 qrs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
Work of the Flames.

"OTk Oh INC Fld"eSs
Niemann, LEM & Co.'s furniture factory, at
Chicago, burned on the 31st ult. Loss $4,000.
A Polish boy, who was sleeping in the upper story,
was burned to death.
MaxwelPs rubbing stone works. at Modem
n. Y, were totally destroyed by fire on the LIST
inst. Loss $4,000. A large number of men
are thrown out of employment.
Peck q Streeters saw mill and handle fac
tory, at Detroit, Mich, burned on the LIST inst.
Loss $4,000.
A three story structure used for storing hair
by r. G. Morse, and occupied in part by colored
families, was burned at Boston, on the LIST.
The fire also communicated with and destroyed
Stearns' lumber warehouse. Loss about $780,
900.
At Portland, Mich, Oh the 3Oth ult, Griffin &
Campbelps planning mill and stock of the Hun
ter Tool company, were burned. Loss $15, 900,
Field & Co.'s bakery at Chicago was Quilted
by a confiagration on the 30th. Loss about
$50, 600; insured.
A large spinning factory at Chemnitz, Sax
ony, employing five hundred people, has been
wiped out by fire.
The Saunders house, Portsmouth, Neb- was
consumed by fire on the 29th ult., together with
several adjoining business buildings. Loss $780,
600; partially insured.
A fire was raging fercely in biscuit fac
tory at Dublin on the goth ult., and the damage
had already reached in the neighborhood of
1000
The administrative palace at Jassy, the
ancient capitol of Moldavia, has been entirely
destroyed by fire, believed to be incendiary
A fire at Mason City, ILL.,, on the night of the
18th. destroyed several stores and offices. Loss
500, 900; insured.
The factory of the Weston Electric Light
company, at Newark, N. J., was damaged Sc
riously by fire on the 26th. Many machines and
patterns were ruined
Kits & Wernes jewelry store at Louisville
Nv xyas discovered FL ba on fire. oI, tho r;obt
of the 25th. Damage to stock and fixtures
sos, 900; insurance $25, ZOO. The building was
damaged to the extent of $50, 600.
The shoe shop of Kings county pententiary,
at Brooklyn, N. Y, took fire OH the 18th, and
was entirely consumed. The building was
three story stone structure, and cost 100000,
Notwithstanding the fact that considerable work
was done by the convicts. The Bay State shoe
and leather company, lessees of prison labor,
had stock in the building, upon which they
loss of 100000. Two hundred
women and girls from the outside were employed
in the factory.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
milwaukee,.
MITwAuVFF Eahr11arv a m d M

MILWAUKEE, February 300 P. M.-Flour
Very dull but steady; common extras at $500
@525; good spring extras at $5.50@5.75. Wheat
Quiet and frmer; No. l at $l2011s; No. 2 at
$1.20; No. at $1.061s; No. 4 at $1.00: No. 2
Confirm; new at 36c. Oats-Stronger at 33c.
Barley Stronger at 74e cash; No. 8 at SOC.
Rye-Fnm at 741ac. Pork-DuH but firm at
$12.60 cash. Lard--At $7.45 cash. Hogs
Receipts light; $4.25@4.50.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-04
THE MARKETS.
New York.

Reported by CHANDLER, BROWN & Co., Commission
Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago.