Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

MATTHEW kRAUsE and ERNEST LAND,
two young farmers residing near Manito-
voc, had dispute Friday evening which
eliminated in the form er fatally stabbing
LAND with apenknite.
Hon. JNo. A. MCMAHON, in a letter to
his constituents, accepts the Democratic
denomination as candidate for Congress
in the Third Ohio District, which he pos
itively declined at the convention week
ago. The Republicans have nomina ted
EMANUEL SCHLITz and are confident of
carrying the district, which gave Gov.
FOSTER 600 majority last fall.
From March 1 to date, the Chicago
packers have slaughtered and sailed
100000 hogs, against 1901 900 for the
corresponding period last year.
A large and enthusiastic public meet
ing was held at Cape Town, to give ex.
preston to the regret felt at the recall of
Sir BARrLE FRERE, and of the conviction
that his policy is the correct one. A copy
of the resolutions adopted have been for-
warded to Earl KIMBERLY, Secretary of
State for the Colonial Department..
A large wool crop will be collected in
Australia this year.
There are now between &c, 600 and 60 600
British troops in AfghaEistan.
The Pope is DESTROYS of pushing the
work of propagating tue faith in Asia
and Africa, and for that purpose will re.
vive the African and Asian branches of
the College of the Propaganda, and will
appoint Vicar Apostolic for Morocco
Violent storms have prevailed for the
last few days In Upper Arragon, Spain,
and communications between that country
and France are interrupted in conse.
quence.
| American meats and American live
stock have been recently shipped as far as
Geneva, Switzerland, and the price OF
Swiss cattle has been considerably dimin
ished In consequence. American preserv-
ed meats are said to have a large sale in
the southern countries of Europe, and
the American Consul at Geneva says that
profitable market for American -four
and American cheese AMI butter can be
found in those countries.
The alleged BENDERs were met at Kan.
sas City on Sunday by larger crowd
than Gen. GRANT drew out The Sheriff
who has charge of them allowed them to
be taken TO theatre and exhibited dur
| ing the afternoon, at % cents admission.
Kansas people are ipcredulous about the
business, and many believe the BENDERs
are dead. At Otsego, Monday. all the old
settlers that called 10 identify the couple,
failed to recognize them. They will prob
ably be released.
JARVIS NELSON PHILIPS, young man
"a years Of age, shot and killed his mis-
tress, SADIE GROVER, aged 10, near Shutes.
burg Centre, in the vicinity of Spring
field, Mass, Sunday night, and then CON-
mitted suicide. SADIE deserted him, when
he was Jailed for bigamy, but on his re-
lease he sought her out, and, on her re-
fusing to live with him again, murdered
her. They leave a child three years of
age. SADIE was a beautiful young woman,
and once the village belle, while PHILIPS
| was formerly the beau of the cross roads
The tragedy creates decided sensation.
The master and the pilot Of the excur-
sion steamer Garland, which ran into the
yacht Mamie, in the Detroit river, recent
ly, causing the loss of sixteen lives, are
blamed for "gross carelessness and crmi-
nal negligence" ty the Coroner's jury.
The next Grand Jury will probably do
Its duty.
By the explosion of threshing-
machine engine at Lakeland, Mimi, Mon
day, the foreman and two men were kill
ed, and six or seven other men seriously
wounded; the dead were horribly man.
gled.
ELIZABETH MoNARAN, cook in the
Barnes Cottage, at Seabright, cut her
finger On Tuesday night of last week.
On Thursday night gangrene set in, and
Dr.. f. CoNovER prescribed two ounces of
magnesium sulphate Epson salts).
Apothecary VAN BRUNT put up two
ounces Of Magendie's solution Of morphine
by mistake. The woman sank rapidly,
and in spite of council of doctors, died
on Sunday night. The apothecary has
been held for manslaughter.
A caisson has to be built before the
bodies of the men killed in the Hudson
River Tunnel can be rescued 1t will take
at least two weeks to build the caisson.
SO far, the various experiments have cost
$50. 1000
Colorado is having disastrous drouth.
No rain for many weeks, and everything
is drying up.
A bark loaded with naphtha was burned
at Williamsburg, n. Y, Sunday evening.
Other vessels were injured by the flames,
the loss aggregating 100000.
In the Georgia Democratic State Con.
vention at Atlanta, Gov. CoLQUITT still