Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-04

A GIFTED HORSE. london TELEGRAPH:
In the pleasant little town of Biberich, if
! the veracity of the Rhenish Courier may
be implicitly relied upon, there lives a
horse of preternatural sagacity, whose
method Of dealing with an inebriate mas
ter has achieved well-merited celebrity
for his gifted quadruped. Itappears that
having contracted deplorable habits of in
toxication, the Yahoo in question may be
frequently seen reeling along the streets
of Biberich wholly incapable of finding
his way from the wine shop to his dwell
ling, and manifesting a tendency to
swerve OBVIOUSLY round the wrong street
corners. His faithful Houhynhym, how
ever, upon such occasions watchfully fol-
lows him hard at heel, and applying it's
forehead to his back whenever he is about
to stagger out of his homeward path,
gently thrusts him forward in the right
direction, nor ceases its timely ministra-
tions until it has succeeded in propelling
him to his own door. With this interest
ing spectacle the inhabitants of Biberich,
according to our contemporary, are fire.
quently regaled. 1t is, indeed, asserted
that for some time past the chief attract
ion of that picturesque burg, to foreigners
as well as natives, has been the surpris-
ing equine feet above described, the per-
formance of which never fails to elicit
copious tribute Of applause from admir-
ing and wonder-striken crowds.
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A BOLD, BAD MAN.-FoRT WAYNE,
July 28.-The city is excited over the
arrest to-day of Charles E. Freeze, form
erly a well-known society man at Fort
Wayne Freeze came here several years
ago flashed up with diamonds and ap-
peared to possess heavy roll He mar
ried a daughter of Mrs Phillips, a
wealthy widow, and the mother-in-law
started Freeze in the drug business, but
he soon went to pieces through neglect
and mismanagement of business. Then
he went to Muncie, where he is alleged to-
have stolen a catheter belonging to a
physician, was arrested and the mother
in-law and others became sureties and re-
leased him. Coming to this city late be-
velopments proved him to have seduced
handsome Jewess, daughter of one of our
councilmen. and she is said to be enciente.
On hearing this fact Feeze's bondsmen
refused longer to act, surrendered him to
the sheriff of Delaware county, and the
prisoner was taken to Muncie this fore
noon. tits said that parties are interesting
themselves and procuring bail for Freeze.
Should the fellow return, his wife S friends
and relatives Of the injured girl threaten
to make it hot for him.
HORSE THIEVES s--OCoNOMoWOC, Wis,
August 2--Horse- thieves visited the town
of Summit, near this city Saturday night,
and secured Two valuable horses belong
ing to two former Chicago sporting men,
James and George CrUmmey, who have a
farm at Waterville, eight miles south of
this city. The thieves first visited the
Crummey place, where they stole span
of horses and harness; then visited Mr..
Nef's where they stole buggy; then
took valuable new harness belonging
to Edwin Frank; then visited the farm
of Mr.. John Hardel, where they stopped
and changed one of the Crummey horses
for one Of Mr.. Hardel's, also here taking
another harness. Mr. B. r. Hinkley, had
a harness taken a few nights before,
which leads to the belief that the thieves
had been looking over the ground for sew.
eral days. Mr.. Neffis member of the
Anti-Horse-Thief Association Can associa-
ton formed for the capture of horse
thieves), which is sending out riders, US
ing the telegraph and making every eff
fort for the capture of the thieves. No clew
has yet been obtained as to the direction
they have taken, but it is supposed to
be toward the south. One horse was
light chestnut, the other a sorrel mare,
with white face.