Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-07-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

about corrupt carpet baggers ana the bless
ings of Democratic rule. ALEXANDER G.
LAUGHLrN, an expert employed by the
State Bond Commissioner, has been ap-
propriating large amounts of toe money
passing through his hands, the sum OF his
stealing being estimated as high as $780,
900, and has been committed to Jail in
default of $4,000 bail.
The work of arrestlng, manning, and
killing moonshiners in the mountain dis
tricts of Georgia is proceeding without
serious interruption. Dispatches from
revenue collectors in that state give par
ticulars of recent encounters with the
brigands which were both desperate and
deadly. The authorities have been so
cessful in breaking up the gangs that the
receipts of the Government from that
quarter have largely increased.
GEORGE RIPLEY, for thirty-one years
literary editor of the New York Tribune,
and more latterly President oft Tribune
Association, died Sunday afternoon, aged
rs Mr.. RIPLEY was known to fame
through his prominent part in the estab
lishment of the Brook Farm Community
at Roxbury, through his long and dis
tinguished connection with the literary
department of the Tribune his important
share in the editing of the American
Cyclop@dis, and his lifetime of literary
labor ia other fields. He was brother
of the late Mrs. BRIGHAM, of this city.
The Bishop of the Episcopalian Do
cese OF New Brunswick has taken strong
ground in his annual address to the Synod
against the bill introduced in Parliament
to legalize marriage with a deceased
wife's sister, and recommends that the
clergy decline to solemniz4 unions OF this
sort 1t is proposed to circulate petitions
against the passage of the bill.
There is an excellent prospect that the
Canadian Pacific Railway project will be
theoretically and speedily pushed to
completion. A syndicate of English
capitalists is said to be in course of nego-
tiations at Ottawa with the Canadian
Government with the view to forming a
company with 100000 900 capital to
build that railroad, the plan being that
the Government shall give land subsidy
of sc 900 600 or 100000 900 acres, and be
relieved of all further responsibility in
the matter Sir CHARLES UPPER, the Do
minion Minister of Railways and Canals,
will, it is understood, soon proceei TO
London to ratify with the principals the
agreement already concluded with their
agents at Ottawa.
Canandaigus, n. Y, village about
forty miles east of Rochester, has been
startled from its everyday quiet by the
dIcovery that Mr.. JOHN RANKINE, a
lawyer of the place, of high standing
and good social position, a church men,
Der and gentleman who has hitherto
borne 40 irreproachsble reputation, had
mlsappropriated $4,000 of the funds of
an estate of which he was trustee. Mr..
RANKINE is trustee of several estates, and,
as he is now believed to be bankrupt il IS
feared that the heirs in nearly every ia
stance will be sufferers.
The Lachine canal, near Montreal,
which was seriously damaged few days
ago by an unmanageable steamship, has
been reopened.
HUGH HANNA, q farmer living near
Bryant, Iowa, attempted TO drive across a
Ibid hic hnrpn n a
lumber wagon, in which were also his
wife and six children. The food upset
the vehicle, and of the seven, only Mrs.
HANNA escaped drowning.
4 sailor, who created disturbance at
Wellington British Columbia, the other
day. was chained to post In the barn.
Soon after, the structure was found to be
in flames. and rush was made to liberate
the prisoner, but the fire drove the peo-
nle back, and the poor fellow burned to
death.
Bv the capsizing of yacht on White
Bear Lake, about twelve miles from st.
Paul, seven persons were drowned Mon
day. It appears there were fourteen per-
sous on board the yacht when it was
struck by heavy squat, and as the men
on board were by no means expert yachts
men, they we're unable TO prevent the acct
dent. 1t is sad commentary on the gal
lantry of the unmarried men that OF
seven who were on board all escaped, but
not one made the slightest effort to save
the lives of the women and children who
were with them in the yacht, while the
one married msn on board persisted in at
tempting to save his wife and child.
The President Tuesday, signed the
commission of DAVID NJ. KEY, OF Iennes-
see, to be United States District Judge OF
the Eastern and Middle Districts OF Ten
pessee; also the commission of HORACE
MAYNARD, of Tennessee, to be Postmaster
General of the United States.