davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Testing Her Innocence.

The following touching scene recently
occurred In court of justice in Paris:
A poor pale seamstress was arraigned
for theft. She appeared at the oar with
her baby of eleven months on her arm.
She went to get some work one day, and
stole three gold coins of ten francs each.
The money was missed soon after she
left her employer, and servant was sent
found her about to quit the room with
the three gold coins in her hand. She
said to the servant, 81 was going to
carry them back to you" Nevertheless,
she was carried to the commissioner Of
police, and he ordered her to be sent be-
tore the Police Court for trial. She was
COO poor to engage lawyer, and when
asked by the Judge what she had to say
Tor herself, she answered: "The day I
went to my employers [ carried my
enid with me. 1t was in my arms as It
Is now. was not paying attention to
IL. Ihere were several coins on the
mantlep1ece, and unknown to me. it
stretched out its little hand and siezed
three pieces, which L did not observe nm
til got home. [ at once put on nv
bonnet, and was going back to nv en-
ployer to return them, when I was ar
rested. This is the solemn truth, and 7
hope for heavens mercy"
The court could not believe this story.
They upbraided the mother for her i'm
pudence III endeavoring to palm off such
manifest lie for the truth. They be-
sought her, for her own sake, to retract
30 absurd tale, for it could have no eff
feet but to oblige the court to sentence
her to much seyerer punishment than
they were disposed to infict on one so
young, and evidently so deep in poverty.
These appeals had no effect, except TO
strengthen the poor mothers pertina-
c1ous adherence to her original story.
As this frmness was sustained by that
look of innocence which the most adroit
criminal can never counterfeit, the Judge
was at some loss to discover what de-
cision justice demanded. To relieve
their embarrassment. one of the judges
proposed to renew the scene described
by the mother. Three gold coins we're
placed ON the clerks table. The mother
was requested to assume the position in
which she stood at her employers house.
There was then a breathless pause in
court. The baby soon discovered the
bright coins, eyed them for a moment,
smiled, and then stretched for it's tiny
hand and clutched them in its fingers
with a miser's eagerness. The mother
was at once acquitted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Tit for T at.
(From The Spectator. I

A friend of mine has rough-haired
collie, wise and exquisite modelled. One
evening a lady of the household, with
whom he was special favorite, stopped
quietly, as he lay half asleep on the rus.
and placing her face close to his head.
blew sharply with slight shout in one
of his ears. Tickled and startled. he
jumped up and moved off, seemingly
somewhat offended. In the course of
the evening the lady happened to be re-
Ginning in an easy-chair, when the collie
was observed by some of the inmates to
rise, and making a circuit, to move stealth
lily toward the chair, put his fore paws
on one of the arms, and placing his nose
close to the lady's ear, to give O sharp
bark and instantly bound off.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Dress ofinfa nts.

DR.. Mercy B. jackson says: ''The
special evil OF which I speak is the
long skirts, dresses and cloaks which
are now the fashion for babies. T feel
the deepest commiseration for delicate
child that has hung upon it's tender
body flannel skirt yard long, and
over that dress to cover both, often
weighted with heavy embroidery, aud
if the child is carried out, double cloak
longer than all, so that the skirts reach
nearly to the floor as the infant is borne
one the nurses arm. The longer the
clothes the more aristocrat the baby,
seems to be the idea of the mother!
Think of all this weight attached around
the waist of the child, and hanging over
the little feet, pressing down the toes
aud even forcing the feet out of their
natural position! Howmuch of deform-
ity and suffering this fashion produces
none can tell, but that it is great dis
comfort to the baby every thinking
mother must perceive.
"High necks and long sleeves are
now fashionable for babies; buthowsoon
they may be laid aside for low necks and
short sleeves cannot be foreseen. That
will depend upon the enlightenment of
women. To expose the delicate chest
and arms of q young child in our cold.
changeable climate is often to bring on
pneumonia, and greatly to lessen the
chances of life. And should life be
spared, there will be sleepless nights
and anxious days for the mother, as well
as great suffering for the child"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
The People Who Chsat Themselves
fFrom the Philadelphia Press


The method oil these seIf-cheaters is TO
stint themselves in those things concern
ing which nature makes the most urgent
demand. At the head of the lists of
these necessaries stands food, warmth,
and sleep. No human being ever made
anything in the long run by deliberately
depriving himself of any OF these three.
| Many people keep up constant fight in
regard to these and execute all kinds of
| sharp lodges on themselves to make
good the deceit Many people who have
no fixed intention Of doing themselves
harm load their tables with the livers
and other inward parts of animals.
Others eat indigestible bread and muf-
fins instead OF throwing these things
away, which would be wiser economy.
There is an article of diet called by some
dried beef and by others I" smoked"
This is prepared from the flesh of the OK
and other quadrupeds by drying out all
the life of the meat and leaving the Juice
less fb1e. It is as useless for food as a
door-mat Or a slab of o1l-cloth. It looks
cheap because little of it goes great
way. People who chip it into very thin
shavings manage to worry it down and
then think they have eaten something.
If left in thick pieces human teeth cam
not master it and it would confuse even
an alligator. To eat such stuff is the
most deceptive economy. To bring
children up on it is to make them puny
and weak and liable to the attacks of
disease. Some people economize on
preserved mackerel, great deal OF which
is as salt as Lots wife and not much
more nutritious. Salt mackerel is
favorite in certain quarters because peo-
pie can eat SO little of It. Because a
breakfast of which fish is a staple costs
but trifing sum, many an economist
chuckles as he cheats himself with it.
He partakes of the unsatisfactory repast
and then sallies forth to his days work.
He is in a half-fed condition and is all
the worse for not realizing it. Perhaps
he added to his regular staple of sailed
fish a few heavy buckwheat cakes and
some wishywashy coffee. He is unfit
for the labor of the day, in which he en-
cages at a sorry disadvantage. There
are other Objectionable articles of diet
which might be named, but these will
serve for present examples.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Roller Explosions.

An explosion in a mandatory on Twenty
sixth street, New York, on the 18th inst, car
RED four-thousand-pound boiler. almost un-
broken, distance of nearly two hundred feet,
dong no damage on the route.
john Longston and Gordon Durfee were
killed, and Henry Daniels, Lemuel Knapp and
Henry Green seriously injured by the explosion
of boiler in Goodschalk's table works at
Garrettsville, O.. on the 18th inst The build
ing was completely demolished
The boiler in Fabel & Sons soap and candle
factory. Louisville, Ky, exploded on the 14th
inst. killing Phillip Hemp, Conrad Spark and
Lizzie OFT, and severely injuring Peter Boten-
bach. fireman. The building was nearly de-
stroyed- Loss, $40, 900 on building and on ma
chiney about $4,000
On the 18th inst, the boiler in Bakers car
works Latrobe, Pa, exploded with terrific force,
fatally scaiding William and John Campbell.
The injured men walked half q mile and had
their wounds dressed, but nevertheless were
dead thirty minutes afterwards.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22

Another explosion at the cage pit, Stellarton.
N. D., occurred Oh the 14th inst. No damage
was done TO the surface works. nor was any one
injured by the explosion. Hopes had been en-
te,ta1aed that til cage pit would be put in oper-
alton, thus employing large number of men,
but the disaster has destroyed this prospect
Gangs of men were engaged in filing the open
mgs in order to smother the fire.
A terrific explosion occurred Oh the morning
of the 10th inst. at the Penygrief new coll1ery
IN the Rhonda valley, Wales. The shock was
felt Tor miles around. In the pit. which is $50
yards in depth, were one hundred men and
eighteen horses. 1t is believed that eighty SIX
of the miners persisted. The latest dispatches
state that twenty-five bodies were recovered,
and that thirty more could be seen in the pit.
The coliery is owned by Messrs. Rowland &
Morgan. It is Within half mile of the
Dinas colhery where the bodies of the victims
of the explosion of January Is, 1878, remain
uncovered
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Gold PiZens

At Scranton, Pa, on the 18th inst, Charles
Sickler accidentally poisoned his wife BY giving
her carboEc acid instead of choral. Sickler
went crazy at the fatal mistake.
William Perdew. an old resident of Lyon, De
catur county, Iowa, helped himself to what he
supposed was whisky, at the village drug store,
that it was poison. He died in few hours
All Yong, a chinese laundryman, ended his
earthly career at Chicago, on the 10th, by con-
verting his stomach into a powder magazine.
The police report him as saying the cause Of his
trouble was ''too muchee gamblee; too muchee
poker: too muchee opium"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Perpetual Ice in a Montana Cave
(From the Montana River Press.]

From the Montana River Press.
One of the most curious and interest
ing of natural wonders is the cave
situated on the Dry Fork of Arrow
Greek, in the belt mountains, and
discovered by Messrs. Lambert and
Caruthers about the LIST of August last.
It is large cave, in which there is a
half acre of solid ice of unknown depth,
and at the time of discovery had about
ten inches of water on top. The cave
is of unknown extent, as the water pre-
vented thorough exploration. The
ice gives every indication of being in
great body, and it is believed, from its
appearance, and from the fact that in
the hottest season only a few inches of
it Is melted, that it is perpetual. The
cave is described as being great resort
for game, as all kinds were killed close
to its entrance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Business Wrecks.

Fl. L. Priddy, general merchandise, Bartlett,
Tenn, made an assignment on the 18th. Liza
b1ities, LOCO; nominal assets, SO 900. The
principal creditors reside at Louisville and
Memphis.
Information isreceived of the failure OF E.
4 A, Freedman, wholesale dealers in tobacco,
st. Louis, with liabilities amounting to $4,000,
and assets $1,000 and of G. T. Often & Son,
tobacco commission merchants and cigar manu-
facturers of Charleston, S. G. The latter's la
hilities are $4,000, principally due to New York
creditors,
Seidenberg & Co., cigar manufacturer, New
York city and Key West. Fla, have suspended.
They were the largest manufacturers of cigars
in the country and had credit unlimited Liza
bilties reported at S500,000. 1t is thought they
will be able to settle III full
Joseph Brown & Bros, wholesale dry goods
dealers, New York city, have joined the band of
bankrupts. Liabilities S92, 600; assets about the
same.
Josiah Caldwell, railway contractor, of Lon
don, Eng, has failed. Liabilities $500, 900.
". 4 W. s. Kemblay, yarn agents and mer-
chants, of Manchester, Eng, have failed. Liza
blities f9O,O00
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Minor Casualties.

The giving way of a cylinder-head in the
Granger foundry at Providence r. L, scattered
the brains OF Timothy Mullen in all directions
A child named Mary E. Gurd was killed by a
street car in Toronto, blow which rendered
her mother maniac.
Thomas Kelly, planter near Smithfeld,
n. c.. has died from the effects of white
powder administered by a eonjuror. The char
latan has fed the country
John C. Calhoun, an inmate of the insane
asylum at Stockton, CAL, who had recovered
his reason and was about to be discharged,
accidentally drowned on the 18th. He was .
nephew of the late Senator Calhoun.
Otto Page, student of the state deaf and
dumb institution at Omaha, Neb., drowned on
the 10Th. white skating with other boys.
The unfinished wall of the Middletown CPa.
car shops fell, on the night of the 18th, burying
the others received severe injuries.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Railway Mishaps.

train on the Nashua and Rochester road
struck broken rail at East Derry, n H.. throw
ing two coaches from the track. Four persons
were more or less injured.
An express and gravel train collided at Cam
den, n. J., on the 18th, at a crossing. Three
train men were badly hurt. An investigation
resulted in the dismissal of John Mckee, engi-
neer of the express, yardmaster Stanbry and
Flagman Burkett.
The Denver express on the Rock Island road
broke an axle near Mokena, ILL.,, on the 18th
inst. Two cars were thrown from the track and
demolished, but only one passenger was injured
An express train jumped the rails near
Eureka, Mo-, on the night of the 14th inst, in
juring several passengers.
Three cars on the Montreal cypress, north on
the Bennington and Rutlands railroad, were
thrown from the track by broken rail at South
Welingford, Vt, on the evening of the 18th.
Several passengers were slightly hurt.
Six freight cars and a locomotive were ditched
at Oconee station, Ga, on the 10th inst The
engineer and fireman were injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22

New York.

New YORK, December 1890 P. M.-F1our-
Dull and strongly in buyer favor; receipts
| SAB bbs; round hoop OHIO at s4.40@5. 50;
! choice do at $5.O5@6.85; superine western 1T
@5O0; choice do at $55O@6.75; choice white
| wheat do at $5.10@G.00. Wheat-Heayy and
| zoe lower; sales 5000 bus No. white seller
December ut $1.1615; $4,000 bus do seller Jan
uary at $1.17@D11718; $4,000 bus No. red
seller January at $1.194@1 100000 bus do
seller May at $1.23A01. "a. Corn-Dull and
without important change; No. mixed western
spot at ssh (059Lc; do futures at 513Ic Oats
| Shade lower; western mixed at 42O47c
Beef-Unchanged and demand light; new plain
mess 1t $3.50: new extra do at $3.50. Pork
Dull and heavy; old mess at $500 for spot
Lard--Opened strong; afterwards weak; steam
rendered at $3.50. Butter-Steady and quiet;
Ohio at 14029c. Cheese-Firm at 7@13c for
poor to fancy. Moasses-Qutet and steady.
Coffee-Fnm. Frejghts-Quieta and firm. Spirits
of Turpentine-Weak at 451sc. Resin-Quiet
ut $3.50. Tallow--Steady at 6CO61Ic for west
ern. Eggs-Firm at 26tO32c for fair to choice.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, December 1870. P. M.-Wheat-
Weak and lower at S1.00 for cash; $1.001S for
seller January; S1.014 for seller February.
Corn-Neak and lower; $500 bid for cash;
1890 for seller January; 391lc for seller Febru-
airy; 1870 asked for seller May. Oats-Weak
and lower at 3O1zc Tor cash; 3OMc for seller
January; 35c for seller May. Rye-At SIC.
Barley-At $1.11@1.13. Whisky-At Sill.
Pork-Weak and easy ct .75012.OO for cash;
$13.10 for seller January; S13.2719 for seller
February. Lard-Eirm at $3.50 for cash;
$S.5715 for seller January; $3.50 bid for seller
February. Hogs-Receipts $1,000 head; active;
5@1Oc higher; light at $4.500D4.70; mixed
packing at "a. 5004.30; heavy at $4.85@5.10.
Cattle--Receipts 1000 he d; slow: no cars; good
to choice shipping at $4.60@5.00; common to
far So. 50G4.30; butchers at $200@D275.
milwaukee,.
MILWAUKEE,, December $500 P. M.-Flour
Dull and weak; standard extras at S3.90@4.10;
choice spring extras at S4.7505.00; medium
extras at $42E@4.50 Wheat-Unsettled and
lower; No. at $1.02; No. 2 at 9914e; No. 8 at
8U19c; No. 2 seller February at $1.U1. Corn
low er as $3.50; new at 35c. Barley-Lower at
3Oc for caeh. Rye-Quiet at 851sc Pork
Steady as $13.25 for cash. Lard-At $3.6 for
cash.
Foreign.
LIVERPOOL, December 1890 P. M.-Bacon
Steady: clear cut at As; short ribs at Ais;
long clear at 58s Sd; short clear at Ais; shout
dels steady at 26s ed. Beef-Extra Indian
mess steady at SOS. Lard-Prime western
steady at 46s Cd. Resiu-Commo. steady at IS
Cd. Wheat Dull. Corn-Firmer. Spirits Of
Tupentine steady at 34s Sd.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Marine Disasters.

The bark Nile, Capt. Dixon from Quebec for
Cardiff, became waterlogged and capsized on
the 22d of November. Part of her crew have
been landed at Flushing, Eng. The captain
and remainder of the crew were drowned.
The schooner England, of Quebec, sailed from
Sydney, C. B., coal laden. the 18th of Novem-
Der, has not since been heard from. Fears for
her safety are entertained. The Windsor ship
Hannah Morris is given up as lost by the own
ers. She left Liverpool September 9th fo1
Philadelphia, with O thousand tons Of iron and
general cargo, and has never been spoken.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Army Assignments.

Thepresident has assigned Brevet Major Gener-
al o. O. Howard to the department of West Point;
Brigadier General G. C. Augur to the department
of Texas; Brevet Brigadier Gen, raj j. Hunt to
the department of the south; Brevet Brigadier
General r. s. Mackenzie to new department
comprising Arkansas, Louisiana and Indian
Territory; Major General John III. Schofeld to
the new military division of the gulf, and Brig
adler General n. A. Miles to the department of
TIE Columbia
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22

The fly-wheel of John Ettle's kidding wood
factory, West Fifty-ffth street, New York CITY,
burst on the 18th. piece struck the boiler.
which exploded, and the proprietor was fatally
scalded.
James Seely. conductor on the Chicago &
Pacific road, was run over at Elgin, ILL.,, on the
17th and his body was cut in twain, killing him
instantly. He formerly ran as brakeman and
conductor between Milwaukee and La Crosse.
John Chew and John Mead, colored men.
while walking on railroad track at Baltimore
Md, were struck by train and killed. Frank
I'll. Shallenberg, aged 70, fagman, was run
over at st. Agnes station, suburb of the CITY,
on the same day and killed,
BY being caught IN the shafting at the PEN
insular car-works, Detroit, on the 10th, George
LaTaway, the night foreman, was killed
John Cunningham, freight conductor on the
Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, fell be-
tween the cars near Bell Buckle station on the
10th inst, and was instantly killed.
At st. Henri village, Canada, on the 10th, while
O number of men were taking down q large
brick house, the whole structure gave way and
men, bricks and timber were thrown together
in complete ruin. Workman Taylor was taken
out dead, both legs and an arm broken. and his
body terribly bruised. Councillor Leblanc was
injured internally, and o number of others were
slightly injured.
Henry Shears and William s. GRAY were
suffocated in well at Arcola, ILL.,, on the 18th
inst. Shears was in the well and struck gas
Gray attempted his rescue, and both lost their
lives.
James Carmichael was killed ct Nickerson.
Kansas, on the 14th inst, by the cars
S. j. Long, brakeman on the Louisville and
Nashville road was knocked from the roof of the
Car at the entrance OF the tunnel near Glasgow,
KY, on the 18th. His head was knocked off.
Henry Thompson, young farmer living near
Cleveland, Ohio, was killed on the 18th inst,
by the accidental discharge of his gun while
| hunting. He was to have been married in the
| evening.
George White, an inmate of the soldiers
home at Dayton, o., was killed on the 18th, near
that city, by being run over by q railroad train.
| Miss Elizabeth Tyler. aged Is, was shot dead
at the gate of her house, at Oakland, CAL, on
the night of the 18th, by the accidental dis
charge of pistol i'll the hands of John Scotch
Ter, her affianced.
| J. Sullivan Hale, father of Eugene Hale,
was struck by lever at Lewiston, Me-, on the
18th inst, and had his skull fractured. His
age is IA.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
Suicidal

DR.. B. Grafton, of Wyandotte, Kan, COM
mitted suicide in his office, by morphine. He
left letter declaring his reasons for the deed.
Joseph Smthers, q prisoner in the county
jail at Columbus, o., awaiting sentence for
arson, committed suicide by cutting his throat
on the 18th inst. He was to have been sentenc-
ed that afternoon.
Mrs. Ewald went into her husbands barn at
Cincinnati, o., on the 18th, and shot herself.
The discharge ignited the building, and it was
destroyed. Mrs. E. had been married but two
months, but had domestic troubles which I'M
settled her mind.
A newsdealer at Adrian, Mich, named Henry
P. Seeley, while standing on the sidewalk, drew
a revolver and sent bullet through his BRAIN
r. 2. Knight, of Shanghai, an American
formerly one of the commissioners for China at
the centennial, committed suicide, on the Sth
inst, while iaboring under alteration of mind.
At Dubuque, Ia, ON the 18th inst, Hiram S.
Holbrook, local agent for the American Express
company, fired bullet into the brain of his
sleeping two-year-old daughter and then shot
himself fatally. The child will die. Cause,
mental depression, owing to sickness.
James Larkin. collector of city and county
taxes at Meadville, Pa, beng defaulter for
$4,000, shot himself fatally on the 18th inst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-22
A NEssrderOssS Record.


Daniel Keith, negro. was hanged at Ruther-
fordton, n. c., for the murder of Alice Ellis
whom he outraged, and killed with stone
Two boys named Turple and Terry fought al
Post Burwell, Ont, on the 1Sth inst, when
Terry fatally stabbed Turple.
Con. Lyon, patrolman, while attempting tc
arrest Geo. W. Carlisle, a sporting man, al
ColrzMbus, o., on the 18th, waS shot in the
bowels by the latter, receiving q wound which
it is thought will prove fatal.
The body Of an unknown man, rautlated was
found n trunk at Newcastle, Pa on the 18th
The gaastly baggage is supposed TO be from
Philadelphia.
John Toole, brotheg of Larry Toede, the come
dian. was fatally stabbed at New York on the
18th inss
William and Charles Mullen, owaing farm
near Santa Rosa, were titled on the 18th inst.
by Albert and Frederick Qnackenbush, also
brothers, and claimants of portion of farm
held by the Mullens'. The Quackenbush both
ers surrendered themselves to the authorizes.
claiming to have acted in self-defense.
Elan hcVeigh and his hired man were nur-
dered by indians at Erfaula, L T., ON the -4th
inst.
Clinton Armstrong and John c. Armstrong,
residing near Carrolton, ILL.,, had dispute
about wagon, which ended by Inc former
killing tbs latter by blsw with neckyoke
At Albany, New YORK., on the night of the
18th inst, Charles A. Burt, anlalster shot Kate
Smith, his mistress, and then killed hinself.
Henry Williams, young man employed in
the Southern railway car shops at Ludlow, KY,
was found in ditch on she morning CT the 18th
inst, fatally injured and with pockets rifed.
The wounds were inflicted with an iron coupling
pin, which was found near him.
1eua of long standing between two brothers.
John and William Pierce, residing near Brlrls--
vile, Ky, terminated On the 18th list, in the
death Cd William who was shot through the
heart by his brother, WAC acted in salt defense.
Two ITALIAN miners were killed at Lead CITY.
III fight with a patty of Irishlmen at the
Homeshake mine.
A pGhtical fcud between Railroad Commits
sioner Beerstecher and Antoine Fisher ended
at Saa Francisco, CAL, on the 18th, when the
former was shot by Fisher. The wounded mar
mo,