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

lished, shows that the gross revenue of
the united kingdom for the fiscal year
ended June 3Oth, 1880, was eS1, 9e2 .Oe3
against eS2, 220,32S last year, and for the
last quarter of the present year, SO, 619, 05S
against e1S922 $50 for the same period
during the previous year. There is thus
net decrease in the year of 81 ,25S, 1854
and net increase in the quarter OF
e697 ,00S.
Six escaped convicts from the Idaho
penitentiary stopped stage-coach on the
Challis and Utah line, relieved the seven
passengers-five men and two women-of
sill their valuables, and then Invested
them of all their clothing. The unfortu.
mates travelled several miles In state of
nudity, and, procuring some sheets and
blankets, continued their journey to the
railway, where they obtained suitable
apparel.
tits rumored in San Antonio that Gen.
ORD will take years furlough and then
be retired, being succeeded in the depart.
ment of the Rio Grande by Gen. ScHo-
FIELD, now commsndsnt at West Point.
Gen. SHERMAN is in Chicago, on his way
to SITTING BULLS camp. Gen. ORD is
also there, in consultation with Gen.
SHERIDAN as to the establishment of new
military posts in the southwest.
The Cochrane and Connor herds of
short-horns from Canada were sold at
Chicago, Wednesday, the prices obtained
being the best since the New York mills
sale. The sale took place at Dexter Park.
The best prices paid were for the 7th and
9Th Duchesses of Rillhurst, which brought
5000 each, and for the 7th Duke OF
Hillhurst which sold for $4,000. Forty.
three animals sold for $3S .525, thirty.two
cows averaging 1895, and eleven bulls av,
eraging 1862.
An undertaken at Grand Rapids, Mich.
who was directed by the Superintendent
of the Poor to give deceased pauper
Christian burial, sold the corpse to doc.
tor, and, going through mock. funeral
ceremony, received in addition the usual
sum from the county. The chief of pc
lice discovered the swindle, few days
ago, and kindly informed the undertaken
of it. The latter has now gone on a sum
mer tour, holding the boss policeman in
grateful remembrance.
Three deaths, resulting FROM singularly
similar cases, occurred Monday,-one at
Downer's Grove, ILL.,, by team of horses
attached to cultivator running away
with the driver, who had tied the lines
round his body; one at Stewart, H.,
where DR.. MoHANNA was thrown from
the guide-sea of mower in front of the
sickle.bar and almost instantly killed
and the third at Battle Creek, Mich.
where chain attached to yoke of run
away oxen got entangled in the foot or the
driver, who was then pulled through the
brush and several fences, sustaining such
| injuries as resulted In his death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-07-07
The Checker Board.

Up to three evenings ago such thing
as checker board vas never known in
Mr. Grattan's house. lie and his aged
partner have managed to pass the long
evenings very pleasantly, and he sup
posed they We're happy enough, until
friend from the East paid them flying
visit, and asserted lover and over again
that the game of checkers was not only
all the rage there, but that it served 20
quicken the perceptive faculties 9eniarg
the mind, and render the brain more
active. After giving the subject due
thought, Mr. Grattan walked down town
and purchased a checker-board, and
when evening came he surprised his
good wife by bringing it from the wood
shed, and saying:
"Well, Martha, we'll have game or
two before we go the social. expect to
beat you ALI to flinders, but you won't
care"
"Of course not, and if I beat you, why
you won't care" she replied.
They sat down, and he claimed the
first move. She at once objected, but
when he began to grow red in the face
she yielded and he led off, At the fourth
move she took man, chuckling as she
raked him in.
II don't see anything to grin at" he
sneered, as he moved man backward.
"Heret you can't move that wayp she
called out.
Il can't, eh? Perhaps never played
checkers before you were born !"
She saw chance to jump two more
men, and gave in the point, but as she
moved he cried out:
PUT them men right back therei I've
concluded not to move backwards, even
if Hoyle does permit it,"
She gave in again, and when he jumped
a man her nose grew red and she cried
out:
II didn't mean to move there, I was
thinking Of the social"
"Can't help the social, Martha-we
must 60 by Hoyle."
In about two minutes she jumped two
men and went into the king row. "Crown
him |! Crown him I've got king"
Zone would think by your childish
actions that you never played game
before" he grow1ed out.
Il know enough to beat you"
you do, eh? Some folks are awful
smart"
"And some folks ain'tp she snapped,
as her king captured another man.
"What in thunder are you jumping
that way for ?"
"A king can jump any way"
"No, he can't"
Eyes, he can"
"Don't talk back to me, Marina Graf
tan was playing checkers when you
was in your cradle"
81 don't care! I can jump two men
whichever way you move"
He looked down on the board, saw
that such was the case, and roared out.
you've moved twice to my oncem
II haven't"
Cpl take my oath you have! I cant
play againstany such blackleg practices"
who's blackleg? You not only
cheated, but you tried to lie out of it p
Board and checkers fell between them.
He could get on bis hat quicker than
she could find her bonnet, and that was
the only reason why he got outside of
the house first. A Woodward avenue
grocer found him sitting on basket of
cranberries at the door as he was closing
up for the night, and asked him if he
was waiting for his wife to come along?
"Well, not exactly; I stopped here to
feel in my pocket for the key of the
barn. shall sleep on the hay tonight,
and see if it won't cure this cold in my
headW
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But one city (San Francisco)' shows a
loss, and that III. More than one half of
the gain at New York is attributable to
activity in stock speculation. The returns
are not very unlike those of the previous
week. They show very fair increase of
business, In comparison with the CORES
ponding week last year, at most of the
cities, but do not indicate that the prevail
ing uncertainty as to the commercial fu-
ture has lessened, or that the movement
toward healthy condition has become
more steady an even that there is a full
tide of legitimate business for the season,
but there is not full confidence in the fu.
ture nor in any advance of prices upon
which many operations have been based.
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Political Intelligence.
IHILADELPHIA, j uIy I.
The following letter from Senator Cam
eron Is given for publications:


The following letter from Senator Cam.
eron is given for publication:
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
W. Va, June 30. (
L. Montgomery Bond, ESQ
SIR have your letter of the 10th inst. In re-
ply to 1t would say that agree fully as to the
nature of the coming political contest, and as far
as Iny health will permit l will do all 1 can to
keep IN power the Republican party, but as to
taking the Craftsmanship of the National Com
mittee. that cannot do, for the reason that am
physically unable 10 undergo the labors which
necessarily belong to the position I found my
self, after the adjournment of Congress, very
much broken down, and was therefore COM
PEELED to abandon all my business affairs-al-
though they had been neglected during the entire
session of Congress, and came here with
the hope Of having my, health restored. I am
obliged, under advice OF my physician, to remain
here for several weeks. Therefore, you zee that
1t Is Impossible for me to do you, as we'll as
many other friends, think [ ought during the
coming canvass. You may rest assured. how
ever. that as soon as I am well enough I shall
give my entire energy member of the Com
mittee to the great work which is before US.
Yours Truly,
(S1gned) J.AD. CAMERON.
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THE CORRUPT CANDIDATE.
RESOLUTIONS Adapted by Large He'd,
OF sen: Gnraeid's Republican ConstIi-
uenfs, septemher z, fs7a.

Resoleed, Tha, We arraign and depoonee
James A. Garfield for his corrupt connection
with the Credit Mobilier, for his false denial,
thereof before hiseonsiitaen,s, for his periured
denials thereof before committee Of his peer,
in Congress, for fraud upon his constituents
IN circulating among them pamphlet Dur.
porting to set forth the finding OF said com.
miiiee and the evidence against him, when IN
fact material portions thereof were omitted
and garbled.
Resotred, That we farther arrAigu and ebarg,
him with corrupt bribery 10 selling his ofbeia
influence as Chairman OF the Committee on
Appropriations for 5000 To the Do Golyr,
Pavement Ring to aid them in securing a con
tract from the Board Of Public Works OF N,
District Of Columbia; selling his influence Il
The said Ring in imposing upon tho people q
said District pavement which 4 almoS
worthless at price three times its cost, a,
sworn to by one of the contractors; selling NJ,
influence 10 aid said Ring in securing a con
tract, TO procere which Il corrunily spen
Sv7, 1000 for influence" selling his innuenc,
IN q matter that involved no question OF law
upon the shallow pretext that be was actin,
as lawyer selling his influence in a mapne
so palpable and clear as to be so found an,
declared by an impartial and competent cour
upon an issue solemuly tried
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The EnvirOns Of Cincinnati.


The ADVOCATE had representative at
the National Democratic Convention at
Cincinnati, last week, "a locker on. in
Venice, and while he was much pleased
with the Queen City Of the West, its evi.
deucesof business activity. thriftand public
spirit, be was even more pleased With the
ci,ys cnyirons, which arc of SURPRISING
beauty aud logeliness. Nature has done
much TO beautiiy that lovely region, d.
vcrsihed as ii is with hill and valley, pla.
team and dark ravine, but man has second
cd the work Of nature, and nothing that
wealth could procure has been spared to
render it paradise on earth Dense and
magnificent forests, clrpeted with the
richest verduFe Of closely shayen velvet.
like lawns, crowned with superb palatial
villas, built in every imaginable style Of
architecture, and kept in priuocly Gle
gance, surrounded by walks and avenues
laid out and adorned with the perfection
Of taste and the highest order of art, will
arbors. bowers, statues, lakes, fountains
Conservatives, and parterrcs Of rares
flowers and shrubbery, which entrance th'
eye and bewilder the mind. IL IL Difficult
TO eoncsigs Of anything which could en-
nance the beauty Of sbese magnificent sub
urban residences, which surpass anythinI
We have ever seen in any other part of til
country. Each particular section Of thes
ensirOns IS designated BY It's own name
Eden Park, Walnut Hills, AvOndalc, Gil
ton, Burnett Wood, and the zoologiet
Gardens. All these localities are upo
towering eminenees, which overlook th
city and take in extended views or larg
portions Of the adjacent country. On
has not seen Cincinnati who fails to Wis
these lovely sylvan scenes, which seem 1
for the abodes Of The elves aud fairic
They are 10 marked contrast to the smok
and the din and the hustle Of the erowde
streets Of that great mart of trade and il
dustry, which exhibits, not only In be
suburbs, bat everywhere else, the evider
ees Of progress and substantial wealtI
whose Drained aud large-hearted eli
izeus do everything they undertake to d
upon the broad gauge principle, 10 borro'
4 term from railroad parIance.
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The Cincinnati Convention,


The Bard Of Avon has told US that
s.ihere is divinity which shapes our ends,
rough-hew them how We viii, and that
divinity must have fashioned the ends and
worked out the results Of the late Demo
cratic National Convention which assem-
bled at Cincinnati But whether they
we're evoked through the agency Of man
by higher power or not, certain it is,
that they seem to have been dictated by
wisdom and forecast which challenge the
admiration Of the whole country. We
never knew convention that was SO ad-
mirably conducted and whose work met
with such general approval. Its platform
Of principles is admirable and its nominees
have been hailed with q uBanimi.y az d
enthusiasm beyond all precedent. Past
differences were forgotteo, and the bond
Of brotherhood restored in several States
where it had been sundered The party
now presents an unbreken from; 10 the foe
aud victory Is already assured. It's stand
ard-bearers are men of sterling mould,
around whom the entire party will rally
with zeal and irrepressible spirit unsur-
passed in the palmiest days Of Old Hickory.
There was no management, no boom, 20
intrigue Of crafty men to clutch the COW
eted prize, but their nomination was the
Spontaneous offering Of the people, through
the convention, as tribute to their worth
and excellence. They are good men, with
clean hands, pure hearts, and stainless re-
cords; and when the nominations had been
made, scene Of the widest enthusiasm
cnsued which beggars description. We
peycr looked upon the like before, and
never expect 20 again. 1t was proof that
the great deep Of the Democratic hear
bud been stirred to its prolouBdcst depths
and prGsage of union, harmony, zeal aut
activity. which must eulmiaate in tri
umplant victory. Let every power anC
energy Of the Democratic party be ben
towards that end, and IN November mex
its aeliverance from It's twenty years 0
thraldom will be assured
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=. a,,s.ld'. Credit MobilIsr Record
r.,,,,, hts f,un sworn Testimony eSt9iS 'A
Prom MS Go commlilee, January H. ls'S

r,,,, his own sworn Tss,lmonI eS WI ''
fioH' "'' CommIilee January ~ ls''
ta.ar owned. received, or agreed 70 20
.i.s anv Stock Of the Credit Moo',,ei % ~ n
No linton Pacific Railroad, nor any u'''"'"''
~ nro6is arising from either Of iheih.
- - pDisnds Repoft February w. h'e
f'''' Garhelds Testimony feuhigl sIl ~
r.. 6,rts a regard To Nj. GaIheiui es
Cd h. ,he committee, are that nc agfesu
ao .'m ~ ~ Ames 20 take ten shares OF tredt
Mehii;e, stork. but did not pay for the same s
NJ mes received the eighty per cent u'' =
5anh II bonds and sold them tor n'aey,
-, 40, cant and also received me Say
~. nj cash dividend, which, together wah
IL sr;es az Inc stock aud interest, leu pal'
s.,, 81 sa2Q This sum was PAID over W
n GsrSeld by a check on the Sefgean1,.a,'
49, INA M. Garfield then UNDERSTOOD in's
80 800 80 ,bs balance OF dividends after pay
ing for the stock.
30 -, ,ho Ssw yo,t Times, February ~ ls7a
Messrs' Kelley and Garfield present most
Distressing figure. Their parheipahoh ln .ss
cre1;, Mob;lier affair is complicated by he
most unfortunate contradictions OF 1esuh'ohf'
Prom ,he New York Times, February y lh'A
i'he Character OF the Credit Mobiher was
no secret. The source Of it, prot's was Nefy
we'll known at the tune congressman DonsAl ,
h, Though Cakes Aues may have succeeded
In concealing bis own motive when was 70
bride Congressman, their acceptance OF Ihe
stock was not on that account Innocent lno
diShouor Of the act, as participation "a "n
obvious fraud, still remains.
some Of them have INDUCED "a testimony
with reference TO the matter which has been
contradieted. The committee distinctly re-
iects the testimony Of several Of the members.
This can only be done on the ground that II
is untrue. But untrue testimony gwen under
oath Is morally, II not legally, PERJURY.
II Is the clear duty Of Congress TO tisi, WIN
punishment all who took Credit Mobil'eF
stock from Oakes Ames
Frotn the New York Tribune, February " 1873.
James A. Garfield OF Ohio had ten shares
never paid dollar; received $500, which
after tie investigation began, he was anxious
10 have considered as a loan from Mr.. Oaket
Ames to himself ~
Well. tbs wickedness Of all Of 1t Is thai
these men betrayed the trust Of the people
deceived their constituents, and by evasion
and falsehoods confessed the transaction 10 b.
disgraceial.
From the New York Tribune February 81, isla
Mr.. Ames establishes very clearly the poin
that ha was not alone ia this offence. II be
is to be expelled for bribery, the men shI
were bribed should 60 with him.
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Political Notes.

Judge o. 4. Cochrane, Of Georgia, a
Grant man, is out for Hancock. lie says
1.-THE Republicans will 60 into the field at
the South, with knowledge that they are
defeated from the outset.
Mr.. Gar6eld's prophetic allusiou to the
melancholy days Of November seems
more and more likely to be justified by the
event
Mr.. Carl Schuri il the only member Of
the Fraudulent Cabinet who has not yet
completed his plans for summer journey
at the expense of the Government
All the papers are noting the fact that
General Hancock is twin. 1t is inter
esting for the reason that be viii be the
first twin President of the country.
Hancock is 4 conservative by nature
aud education. He has perfect faith in
the system Of government devised By the
fathers, aud has distinguished himself BY
respect for and obedience to the Constitu
ton.
A correspondent Of the World at Du
buque reports Gen. Grant as expressing
his belief that Hancock will certainly BE-
elected President Gen Grant could hole
no other opinion without stultifying him
self--Neao York World
Hon. Horatio King, ex. Postmaster Gen
eral, and Republican, has written to Gen
Hancock congratulating him on his nom
inaiion, In his letter he says Man,
years a quiet 'looker-os 10 Vienna, | hay,
no hesitation in saying that | think it i
high time there should be a change o
administration and that the reins shout,
be placed in other than the hands Of tn
present dominant party The signs of th
times plainly indicate that the people vii
SO decide at the polls
Mr. John W, Forney 10 long ariiel
) in this weeks. Progress, relates how Gen
r Hancock, with Gems. Meade and Reynold.
saved Philadelphia from capture, aud tn,
, Union from destruction, in 1868, and 70
this service, he says, he will support au
: vote for the democratic candidate f.
President, He also asserts that, comm
from the great protective county Of Mont
gomery, be is sure to be true to the indui
trial interests of Pennsylvania, and /
make most worthy Chief Magistrate @
the nation.
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Mrs, surratt's Murder Not an Issue.

Be it said to their credit, very few Of
the Republican journals attempt TO hold
Gen. Hancock ia any manner responsible
for the death Of Mrs Surratt Those who
do, do SO 10 the face of well established
facts to the contrary, This latter class
are attempting 10 ring the changes upon
It, TO detnet from the standing of Gen.
Hancock with Democrats, when every last
one Of them heartily endorses the murder
of that lady
The Democratic party is no champion
of Mrs. Surratt, nor does it propose to
aycnge her death. The incidents of her
condemnation and execution are not issues
in this campaign. Democrats then, aud
Democrats now, believed and believe that
her execution was disgrace to the Amer
lean people, and that opinion obtained
generally then among the people where
reason was not wholly displaced by pas
sion.
Mrs. Snrratt was innocent Of any com.
plieity in the assassination Of President
Lincoln. Her execution was the result Of
the insane clamor aud Juror of the times,
Had the victim of the conspirators been a
private citizen, aud the evidence eonclu.
Z
siye that she had knowledge of the con
spiraey, 10 ordinary times, like the pres.
eat, no jury 10 any well ordered community
would have condemned her 10 death. A
year or two ia the penitentiary would
have been the limit Of her punishment
After commencing her murder, without
evidence to warrant it, it would seem that
the Radical press would gladly let Mrs.
Surratt rest. The issues now include the
fraud Of 1876, the Ceutralizing tendency
of the Republican party, federal interfer-
cnee with elections and with State courts,
Nc, and Mrs Surratt's murder is not now
before the people.
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Tha oIa Tnotio..


At the Garfield ratification meeting IN
Baltimore On Wednesday evening, Mr.
John Andrew Jackson Creswell and Mr..
John 1. Thomas, were the principal speak.
es. Although these gentlemen are adopts
at party harangues, they had nothing new
to say, but went over the old ground Of
abuse Of the Democratic party aud of mis-.
representation Of its purposes and aims.
The polite aud courteous Mr.. Creswell,
spoke of the Democrats as "eopperheads,'
and both he aud MIR. Thomas charged that
Gen Hancock's administration would be
tho control of the 'rcbel brigadiers," that
il would reverse all the achievements Of
tho war, restore slavery by indirect legis.
lation, repeal the constitutional amend
meuis, and reorganize and reinstate the
rebellion. Can it be possible that these
men believed what they said, and thought
the people such fools as to believe it too
No, we would not do such injustice 10
their Intelligence as to affirm it. They
know better than to believe the trashy
twaddle their lips gave utterance. That
they have nothing better than such false
hood and Misrepresentation as this to re-
gale an audience with, IS proofof the strait
to which they are reduced to assail the
impregnable Hancock. Their speeches
were an insult to the intelligence of even
the most stupid of their colored auditors,
who must have felt anew that disgust for
these broken down party hacks, which their
records aud reckless assertions have so often
inspired before. Gen. Hancock aud the
Democratic pa " will enjoy perfect immu-
nifty from harm so long as their assailants
are no more formidable than the Hon.
John Andrew jackson Creswell, and the
Hon John L. Thomas, names odorous 10
party politics "as reek o the rotten fens,
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The Democratic party do not rely for
success in this campaign SO much upon
the dement's of the Republican ticket as
upon the merits Of their own. While
Garfield aud Arthur have both been re.
Gently condemned by leading Republicans
aud leading Republican papers, none have
breathed word of suspicion against ci
Their Hancock or English Prominent
Republicans have testified to the high
character and standing of Gen. Hancock
and all admit that he is worthy aud pa
triotiO gentleman.
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ATLANTlCHOTEL
OCEAN CITY. MD.

& PENED for the reception af guests June
- Xsrd, with greatly increased facilities for
The accommodation OF pleasure seekers. The
capacity Of the house has been increased IL
eoo guests by the addition Of 100 new rooms
new bath houses and pavilion for dancing
wlth eminent musical talent, are among ne
week. ~s-'"o per
Can BE- reached by Philadelphia, wilminv.
,on and baltimore Railroad, aud BY steamer,
leaving loot OF South street, Baltitnugs, aaiIy
way SO round trim e s''"e
for circulars apply 10 the editors Of ,hi.
paper oTto = '"'S
H.. JOHN TRACY, Prom.
guy Ocean Civ. Ma
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No. 1nnl EolIIrY.

10 The Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Francis I, Houek, Andrew ]. Houck and
Ae'ehoaI T. Algitc, Executors and others
", Thomas l.. Algife and others.
( NDkRkD this 18th day june, a. d. lssO;;
~ that the accounts of the Auditor marked
respectively A. b, @. d, and E., hled in tbs
cause, Or such OF them as the said Court may
choose, be finally ratified and confirmed IN
leas cause TO the contrary thereof he shown On
OF before the lsth day Of July next provided
= copy OF this order he inserted for Two sue
eeaAise weeks before the hast named dag ~
some newspaper Published ia Carroll comfy
FRANK r. SHAW, Clerk
ttue copy, A-fesls
June 15.2t FRAxg I. SHAW, Clerk
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srATEs cRRrAIs ron oARFIELD.

hasn ebleiRed 70 replenish De Earnpsas oy-
Cen, 65sn gfasenshoyed 70 Rolkhosed and
4 company has been formed to lay down l5,-
900 g0emQre on The Schleswig- Holstesn coast.