Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-07-28

Col. HATCH reports that hostile Indians
are still raiding the New Mexico ranches
near Chihuahua, but not killing anyone.
JOHN KNAEBEL, Brooklyn attorney,
and formerly assistant corporation coun.
sci, has suddenly left the city and gone to
New Mexico; his finances are in a bad
way, and several clients are out large
sums.
Adjutant General DRUM thinks the mil.
ltary prison at Leavenworth, Kas., is one
of the best reformatory institutions in the
country. It has been five years in opers
ton, and contains 354 prisoners soldiers
who have been sentenced by court-martial
for felonies. The prisoners are taught
mechanical trades. The Superintendent
of the prison and his assistants are
officers of the regular army.
The prisoners in the Tazewell. county
Qll) Jail set fire to their bedding, in the
hope that they might gain their liberty,
but as nobody had key but the jailor,
who was at distance, they were com.
PEELED to await his return. When he ar.
rived on the scene the culprits were 80
exhausted that they could not have es
capped if they had been given an opportu.
nifty.
A smart shock of earthquake was ex-
perienced in southern New Hampshire,
Tuesday morning; buildings trembled
and pictures were shaken down. The
motion was rapid, with southeastern
tendency, and lasted several seconds.
Thirty-two grain vessels which sailed
from the ports of New York, Boston,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Portland, and
New Orleans, in the year ending July,
1880, were never heard from again. Ore
million four hundred thousand bushels OF
wheat and $50 lives were lost in these YES.
SIS.
At the Chicago Jockey Club races, Tues
day: Weather fine and attendance nearly
5000. Sport was excellent and contest
close. The feature Of the day was the
magnificent speed Of Monroe Chief, who
won the free-for-all stallion race, Spirit OF
the Times stake; time, 2:201a. In the
Novelty Carriage Works stake, 2:27 class,
John Grant won. In the special race,
800 pacing class, Sorrel Dan made the
fastest first halfmile on record.
Count LOUIS FRANCOIS DE PoURTALEs
is dead in Beverly, Mass. The Count
came to this country about the same time
as did AGAssIz, whose pupil and fellow
worker he became. After the death of
AeAssIz, he was appointed keeper of the
Museum OF Comparative Zoology, which
position he retained to the close of his
life.
AT its annual meeting, Tuesday, the
San Francisco Chamber Of Commerce
adopted resolutions asking the Congress
sional delegation from California to advo.
cato liberal appropriation for extending
the work of the United States geograph-
ical and Typographical surveys west of
the one hundredth meridian, and for a
marine survey of the coast from Califor-
MIA to Alaska.
During the month of June this year
$28,049 $50 worth of breadstuffs were ex-
ported from this country, against $17,210,-
ITO worth exported in 1879. During the
year ending June 80 the value of the
b:eadstuffs exported was $277, 1926 762,
against 1901, TIC, 400 worth exported dur.
ing the preceding year.
Arrangements are necrly complete for
the resumption of work on the WASHING
TON monument, suspended for twenty-five
years.
The colored men of Illinois met at
Springfield, Tuesday; 1877 delegates were
present. An address was adopted, urging
all colored voters to support the Re.
publican party, to which they owed every.
thing and to which alone they could look
for that recognition which they desired.
A State Central Committe was organized.
A report has reached Sioux City that
the surveyors of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway, who started to run
line from the Lower Brule Agency to the
Black Hills, have been driven back by
the Sioux, who object to the railroad
crossing their reservation.
In the Cabinet meeting at Washington,
Tuesday, the Interior Department SUBJ
mitted the information that Spotted Tail,
becoming dissatisfied, had removed his
children from the school where, with sew
eral hundred others, they had been sent
to be educated, and this course led to q
serious disapproval on the part of the rest
of the tribe, who are anxious to depose
Spotted Tail and appoint new chief over
them.
Members of the English cattle trade are
making an effort to secure modification
of the orders of the Council relative to the
importation of cattle. Notwithstanding
the restrictions, the importation of Ameri.