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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20

THE winter OF 1S80-S1 in the NORTH
west was the most remarkable one since
white man set foot on this soil. Com
mencing in the early part OF November
one cold day followed another in regular
secession for four steady months, with
little or no variation. March and April
have also been extremely cold, and UP to
the present time we have had few spring
like DAYS. No one year has furnished so
much severe weather within the memory
of the Oldest inhabitant" The snow fall
in the northwest is said to have been
greater than any year of which there is
any record. The signal service estimates
that about nine feet fell during the win
ter, and that the average depth remaining
on the ground was about four feet This
imense volume of snow has been exaspe-
ratinglv slow in taking its leave, and con-
sequently the spring is very backward.
No seeding can be done in this section I'M
til May opens unless the weather takes
more favo,able turn very soon. The
backward state of the season will proba-
bly, deter farmers from sowing as much
spring wheat as usual, for late soWn
wheat does not ripen before the intense
heat of midsummer is upon us, which
almost invariably destroys the immature
crop. 1t may be that this State will have
to depend on the winter wheat crop to a
great extent, for its breadstuffs. There
is, however, great difference of opinion
as to the condition of this crop. A larger
amount was sown last fall in this part of
the state than in any one season for years,
and it is to be hoped that the bad reports
which come from some sections are not
authentic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20
JEFF. DAVIS' BOOK.

Jefferson Davis, the ex-president of the
Confederate States, has written book on
the late civil war, which is now in the
hands of the publisher. Advance sheets
have been furnished to agents, who are
canvassing for the work in the north as
well as the south. Now and then per-
son in the north may subscribe for the
old traitors book out of curiosity to see
what he has to say in vindication of his
many misdeeds, but we apprehend that it
will meet with no general sale. From
extracts which have been published ofthe
work it appears that JEFF. has accepted
none of the results of the war, and is as
much rebel at heart to-day as ever. He
not only approves of the acts of secession
but takes the north to task for prevailing
upon him and his brethren to remain in
the Union. In fact he says, substantially,
that the south was in the right, and that
the north was the violator of the law.
He arrives at these conclusions by taking
the extreme southern view of State SOW
ereignty. The pseudo-president's views
are we'll known, and these startling state
ments will surprise no one. 1t matters
very little to the country what the traitor
Davis says or writes. He does not seem
l e ~,
book is characteristic of jeff, and re-
minds one of the proclamations which he
issued during his flight through the south
ern states, after the fall of Richmond.
Although fleeing for life he could not dis
abuse his mind of the idea that he was
the head of great government, notwith-
standing the fact that almost the entire
territory of his Confederacy was then in
the hands of Union Generals. So it is
with his book He writes as if he was
promulgating for the first time some great
living idea instead IF dishing up an old
theory that was settled in 1868 forever,
OF which fact no man ought to be more
cognizant than jeff himself
One is inclined to laugh over the lam
entations of the old imbecile in that part
of the book which speaks of southern Off
GERS who commanded vessels in the Uni
ted States navy, at the breaking out of
the war. He contends that instead of
taking their vessels into northern ports
and there handing them over to the Uni
ted States authorities together with their
designations, as many of them did, they
should have brought them to the Confed-
eracy, and not come empty handed. Jeff.
deprt Gates the high sense of honor which
impellei these officers to do this, and is
almost moved to tears because they left
their ships behind. Poor jeff; be belongs
to past age. Although conspicuous
figure in the history of this country, the
people of the United States will give his
book but hasty review, after which they
will throw it aside as they would last
years almanac.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20
UP THE ANDES OF PERU ON
IN AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE

EXTRACTS from letter written by Cadet Fngin-
eer, Albert Z. Smith, L. S. n.
The principal event which has dis
turbed the monotony of my life since
last | wrote, was trip up the Andes, on
the Ferro Carille de Callao, Lima-Oroga.
This road was built for the government
by an American, Harry Miggs, with the
intention of penetrating to the valleys on
the other side of the mountains, and
opening up the silver and coal mines of
the Andes. The grading is completed
reaching height of 1860 feet, and a
distance from Callao of 1876 miles but
the road was only laid to Chela, II, $50 #.
above Callao and 81 miles inland, when
Miggs died the money appropriation was
exhausted, and the war with Chill broke
out It is probably the boldest piece Of
railroad engineering on the face of the
earth. The average grade is 4 per cent.
and it often reaches AZ, or four and one
half feet raise in every hundred. At the
highest part the road attains an altitude
of Is, 645 feet, 1O5 miles from the coast,
every foot of the road up to this point be-
ing upgrade. The idea of a train of cars
attaining such height in so short dis
lance seems chimerical, and would never
have been entertained by any but an
American. We started from Lima at
S:15 a. M, travelling the broad and fer
tile valley of the Kimar, and passing
through two large sugar plantations or
haciendas, one Of which sports railroad
of its own to gather in its wealth. At
the end of this plain, 26 miles from Lima,
and $500 feet high. is the town of Cho-
sica. From here to San Bartolome, 4, 949
feet in the elevation, and from 10 to II
miles from Chosica, we followed the more
narrow and rugged valley of the river,
passing by the ruins of cities built by the
ancient Inca race In the rear of San
Bartolome station Miggs planted grove
of trees, hoping that they would serve as
preventative to the Aroyas fever. This
disease, of which more than 1000 men
died during the construction of the road,
was occasioned by the breaking OF the
virgin soil. At this point the assent OF
the mountains really begins. The engine
/ goes on a turn-table, couples on the rear OF
the train, and starts back toward Lima,
but on track which quickly ascends the
side of the mountain. We swing around
a small spur and start out again Tor CHI
| ella, on the side of the mountain, and
soon pass the station again, some 400 feet
| above it. About six mile from San Bar.
| tolome we crossed the Verrugus creek, on
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20
JEFF. DAVIS DULL BOOK

Some time ago we published an account
of JEFF. Davis Rise and Fall of the Con-
iederate Government" containing an
outline of its facts and arguments The
extracts were not prepossessing, but the
subject is an interesting one, and no man
has had better opportunity of gathering
information which would be eagerly
sought by hosts of readers North and
South. The Memphis Appeal to help the
circulation of the book, which is being
sold by subscription, only confirms the
original impression, that the authors
work has been very poorly performed.
The book is dry, and contains very little
not already known to careful observers.
Davis is as great failure in literature as
he was in politics. Had he intrusted his
recollections to some one skilled in book
writing he might have done much better.
His introduction is an assertion of the
federal as distinguished from the national
theory of our Union. In his opinion the
war grew out of sectional rivalries and
differences, slavery being a mere side is
ISSUE Yet the South was previously
wronged 1t only exercised its plain
right of secession in noble and magnan-
imous manner. Yet he confesses to real
Yankee shrewdness in sending Captain,
afterwards Admiral Semmes, to the North
on the day after his Inauguration to buy
arms to be used against itself. The arms
were bought, but the vigilance of the au-
thorities prevented their delivery.
There is little or nothing in the book to
ripple the surface of its stagnant dullness,
except his assertion that Joe Johnston,
and not he himself was responsible for
the failure to follow up the victory at Bull
Run. There are two parties on this ques-
ton at heSouth, and the friends of John
ston may accept the challenge here offer
ed. We might say more about the book,
but thus far nothing has appeared to show
that it is worth much attention. We
wish it were otherwise, for full history
of the rebellion from the extreme South
ern standpoint is disider atum.-Cin-
cinndti Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20

SERGEANT BATES, the man who has
made him ,elf ridiculous in many ways,
since the war, but particularly in his flag
carrying, misunderstanding and let
ter-writing performances is reported dy-
inc at Saybrook, H., in a condition OF
extreme poverty.
ALL the Nihilists except the woman
Hoffman (who is enciente) condemned to
death for connection with the Cars as
sassination, namely, Michelof, Roussa-
koff, Kebottschilisch, Jeleaboloff and Sc
phie Peofsky, were hanged at 10 o'clock
ON the 10th inst Michelof7s rope broke,
twice, but order was not disturbed IN
the immnse concourse ofspectators.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20
A New YORK dispatch says that many

A New YORK dispatch says that many
persons in Garden City and Hampstead,
on Long Island, believe that the body of
A. T. Stewart lies in the crypt in the Stew
art Memorial Cathedral at Garden City.
1t is stated that about twelve days ago
special train arrived at Garden City at
midnight, consisting ofan engine, bag
gage-car and a passenger-car; that Mr..
Hilton, Mrs Stewart, and about dozen
others got off the train and went directly
to the cathedral, while from the baggage
Car was taken a coffin, which was also
taken to the cathedral; and that the party
was there a long time, the cathedral being
lighted and the doors locked. tits further
said that the body was put in the crypt
in the basement of the cathedral beneath
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20

an iron bridge, 600 feet in length and
273 feet in height. AT Surco the track
makes a horseshoe bend with an iron
bridge built on sharp curve in the apex.
Across the river we could see a tunnel in
the side of the mountain, about 800 feet
above u.s. and 300 feet above that still
another, with the Challapa bridge further
on, apparently suspended in mid-air
From this bridge the scene was magnifi-
cent. On either side were rugged noun
tains towering several thousand feet
above us, some of them snow capped a
thousand feet below, the village of Surco,
with its Catholic church, piazza, adobe
walls and matched roofs, looking like a
plaything, and the kimae, mass of foam,
tumbling in its rocky bed. From this
point on, horseshoe bends are out of the
question except at one place, where the
curve was made in semi-circle tunnel a
quarter of mile long. The track ascends
the mountain sides in what are called VS..
We come, apparently, to the end o. the
road, switch off on another track, and
back up steep grade, then go ahead
again on another track. There are four
of these VS. between Surco and Chicla.
About eight miles from Chicla is the
Puente Invernillo, or He'll bridge, the
most wonderful piece of engineering on
this most wonderful road This bridge,
800 feet long, spans chasm at a height of
$50 feet, connecting the tunnels through
two immense rocks, the sides of which do
not incline more than few degrees from
the perpendicular The men had to be
suspended from the tops of the cliffs in
baskets to start the tunnels. The bridge
was built in the tunnel and sent out on
rollers In the course of our ride we passed
through 20 tunnels, varying in length
from 100 feet to "a of mile, and over Is
iron bridges. In coming down we ran at
the rate of mile minute, the speed be-
ing governed entirely by the air brake.
This country has evidently once been
very densely populated, as the sides Of
all mountains not sleeper than % per
cent. are covered with terraces to the
height of several hundred feet, and even
thousands, for the purpose of gaining a
little ground that may be cultivated.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20
9aag:!|y YOUR Grounds and Homes

All who wish to purchase strictly flrst-class nur-
sery stock will do well 10 call on E. O, Finch,
Cor. Main and Ninth streets, agent for Stone &
Van Lieu, Rochester, n. Y. for all the choicest
fruits and ornamentals. Among them, Hardy
" Iron Clad Apple trees. best adapted to this
climate. Pears. Plums, Cherries Evergreens,
Ornamentals-upright and weeping-and a great
variety of small fruits. would call special at
tenton to the new Cur ant Moor's Ruby" and
the new Grapes. Pocklington, Amber Queen and
August Giant, which can be procured from no
other firm. In Roses, Clenatis, Rhododendrans,
Azalias and Camelias they import and grow the
largest stock handled by any firm in this country
and makinga speciality ofthem can do better by
their customers than most other firms.
e. 0. FINCH.
WatertoWn, April, H. 1881. 26m6
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20

SECRETARY Window has issued call
for all the outstanding 6 per cent. bonds
which mature in July next, aggregating
los, 500, 400. Any holder Of these Sc
curities can have them continued at the
pleasure of the government at the rate OF
81 per cent interest by forwarding them
to the treasury department to be stamped,
semi-annual interest payments to be made
by check to the holders address. Thv
government will pay no expense oftrans-
portation on bonds received but will re-
turn such securities by prepaid registered
letter. We shall send every one of ours
in soon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20

IN the e. s. Senate, Wednesday after
noon. Dawes stated that Democrat had
attempted to bride Malone; this raised a
disturbance on the Democratic side, and
the Massachusetts Senator was freely dub
bed falsifer. In the heated discussion
a wordy quarrel ensued, between Hill and
Malone, in which epithets and insinua-
tions were hurled to and fro with liberal
ity; the gallery applauded, but there was
no real sensation created.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20

THE State Agricultural Society decided
last week to hold It's Annual Fair at
Fond du Lac this year, commencing Sep
tember Goth. The Northern fair at Osh-
kosh takes place two weeks earlier. The
Fond du Lac people paldspretty literally
for the State Fair in the hope that 1t might
have something to rival the Oshkosh con
Germ. There will be sharp competition
between the two fairs this summer, and Ii
is highly probable that the State pumpkin
show will get left pretty badly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20

Young Mens month. "t Graduates a e guar ~
anteed paying offices. Address Valentine Bros.
Janesville Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20
authentic.

A CHICAGO Tribune representative Ia
interviewed a number Of local builders,
contractors and architects on the wages
Question. The general opinion was that
wages in Chicago would advance about
% per cent, and that the price of mater
;ol would also advance. In order to
meet the continually increasing popula-
ton the coming season will be very act
i've in the building line. Considerable
activity exists already, and is particularly
,ot;ceable in the suburbs where quite
number of cottages are being erected.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20

SEVEN thousand people have lost their
homes and all their means of subsistence
in the Upper Missouri Valley, in Dakota
Territory, in consequence os the disas-
trous overhows of the river Vast tracts
of country have been submerged and
swept by the food Appeals are made to
the country at large for mediate help
in money, food and clothing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20

the chancel, and that masons then la d
the stones, bolted them, poured lead
around the bolts in the eyeholes, and seal.
ed the masonry with cement. Some
doubt is thrown on the truthfulness of this
account by the statement that Mr.. Hilton
had been confined to his house with ILL
ness Until Tuesday of last week, and even
then he was not strong enough to under
take midnight journey to Garden City.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-20
XgTr 9eFHUiIEaT~
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1881,

R1poN having no-license law, Co
operative supply store to give away
liquor has been started, where sharehold-
ers can fill up as often as they please.
The lawyers say there is no way of pre-
venting the evasion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-06
by CABLE.
The Queens Speech
Relations With the Va
rious Powers.
a Special But Mild Refer
enCe to ireland.
Stronger Force to be Used
If Necessary.
Dublin Gunmakers
Busy.
No More Reinforcemenrs
for Ireland.
Land League Meeting Prohibited.
THE QUEENS SPEECH.

LONDON, January 6.-The follow
ing is the queens speech, delivered on
the opening of parliament to-day
My Lords and Gentlemea-I have
called you at a period earlier than
usual to resumption of your labors
as some affairs of more than common
urgency demand your attention.
My relations with the foreign pow
ers continue to be
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-06
nUEEEswARE
CHARLES N. ERICH
OAers CfOr q short time only
CHINA DINNER SETS
1856 pieces, for eIs.
kN BPEeIALTIKs;
Bar Fixtuss. Mirrors, otc.
ouadruple-plated Knives. 0astors Otc.
Hotel and Steamboat Ware,
BaI MAIN STREET, Memphis, Tenn.
5lt
THE OLD CITY DEBT.

Ifany Of the creditors of the old
city government are disposed to fight
the compromise at % centS,and should
defeat 1t in the legislature, it is likely
they will have cause to regret it.
They bought up the claims at a very
low rate, and there is no reason why
a bondholder should be protected
against common misfortunes any more
than the holder Of other property.
Houses built here at a cost Of
fifteen or twenty thousand dollars
seven or eight years ago, would not
sell for $1,000 to-day. Stores which
rented for four hundred dollars per
month at that time, do not bring one
hundred now. The holders of Men,
phis city bonds recognized this state
of affairs SO fully over two years ago
that they came forward voluntarily
and refunded one million and a half OF
their claims at6fty cents on the dollar.
Since then we have had two epidemics
the charter has been repealed, property
gone down, and the supreme court has
decided that the creditors have no
remedy through any court. The debt
stands there Of course. This is the
argument of the bondhOlder. 1t will
stand for all time to come, like our
continental and Confederate money, if
the bondholders should demand that
the people destroy themselves to pay
the debt. However, we look for no
unreasonable demands. The people
are acting in good faith and will do
the best they can.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-06

when the door was burst open and
Burton entered and began firing,
When Burton entered the wOman's
arm lay about Tate's neck, and the
first bullet fred passed through her
wrist, grazed his neck, and perforated
the pillow. He narrowly missed kill
ing them both at one FIRE. Tate then
sprang out of bed and procured his
pistol from the mantel. His situation
was one of shoot Tate or die. The
room was on the second floor, and had
only two openings, a window and a
door. The window was closed and
Burton stood in the door. Tate COM
pretended the situation in much less
time than has been consumed in say
ing SO, and at once opened fire on
Burton, with what effect has already
been shown.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-06
CAPTAIN EADS.
Returned from Mexico -Whai
He Has Secured.
His Ship Railway Scheme.

New ORLEANS, January Cap
tain James B. Eads has returned
from Vera Cruz, on board a Mexican
war steamer. The Mexican govern
ment gives to Captain Eads' company
the right to build ship railway across
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and
grants it l 100000 acres ofland on the
shore Of the Pacific on which to build
terminus of the railroad and to es-
tablish a harbor also empowers it
to charge and collect a toll of five dol
lars per ton on freight of ships and
cargoes passing over said road,
The right is also given to the rail-
road company to erect a telegraph
line, on which only customary rates
can be charged. In return for this,
Captain Eads agrees to carry on the
railroad all ships of war, ammunitions,
mails, ETC., free Of charge The build
ing Of the road must be commenced
within two years and completed in ten
vears from Nav 1st, 1881.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-06

Eight separate tickets are now post
ed at the cotton exchange to be voted
for at the election of officers next
Wednesday. The last one erected is
called the transportation ticket, and
has NJ. S. Jay for president. Another
is the temperance ticket, and has H..
Furstenheim's name at The head, for
president. Still another, headed by a
booming cannon and the national flag,
limiting strongly at the old flag and an
appropriation" has for president j.
W. Jefferson.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-06
dent, we have deemed it right to put
in use the ordinary

dent, we have deemed it right to put
in use the ordinary
POWERS OF LAW
before making any new demand, but a
demonstration of their insufiiciency,
amply supplied by the present cir
cumstances Of the country, leads me
now to apprise you that proposals will
be Immediately submitted to you for
entrusting me with additional powers
necessary in my judgment, not only for
yindicatiOn Of order and public law,
but likewise TO secure on behalf OF
my subjects protection Of life and
property, and personal liberty Of
action, subject to the primary and i'm
perious obligations to which | have
just referred. continue to
desire, not less than heretofore,
to prosecute the removal Of the
grievances, and the work Oflegislative
improvement in Ireland as we'll as in
Great Britain. The Irish land act of
1870 has been productive of great
benefits, and has much contributed to
the security and the comparative we'll
being of Occupiers of the soil without
diminishing the value or disturbing
the foundation.
GUN MAKING.
LONDON, January Ga dispat Oh
from Dublin says that the gun-mak ers
are doing an enormous business, 2 rim
cipally in reyOlyers.
JOHN RAY,
a fellow prisoner with Daniel 07Con-
nell and a member Of 0'CoD nell's
guard, is dead.
AMPLE FORCE.
The Times says that the rumors
that additional reinforcemenes are to
be sent to Ireland are unfOunded. The
governments is convinced that the force
there is ample to meet amy emer-
gency.
PROHIBITED.
The proposed land league meeting,
at No. 2 Tulley, County Galway, where
Canon Fleming was fired upon, has
been prohibited.
THE BIG TRIAL.
A Dublin dispatch to the Times
says the effect of such anoma ly ant
satire upon the constitution as the
continuance Of criminal trial in the
absence Of the accused can hardly be
favorable to the administration ofjus
tice. The people will only see thai
Parnell and his associates care a:
little for the queens bench avs for the
law itself, and will ignore its authority
when it interferes with the ursuit o.
their political objects,