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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
Horrible Triple Murder.

Perhaps the most horrible massacre that ever
stained Mississippi was enacted three miles from
Aberdeen on the night of the Goth ult., in the
murder of W. A. Walker, Alonzo R. Walker
and younger brother. On the 22d an
emigrant train, consisting of special wagon,
a covered road wagon and sulky, and a party
consisting of four men was seen passing
through Aberdeen. No more was thought of
the travellers until the night of the 9th ult.,
when the whole community was shocked at the
announcement that three of the party had
been found murdered. An officer with a large
posse left for the scene, where they found the
party had camped. Horses and mules tied up
were neighing, and four hounds howinS'. On
a mattress near lay the mutilated remains of
three men. or, rather, two men and a mere boy
some 10 years of age. They had evidently all
retired, and these three were asleep when the
fourth arose and with an axe successfully killed
the three, by striking each blow on the head
leaving most frightful cash. Death was in
Simultaneous, as the cover over them was not in
the least disturbed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
Washington Gossip.

The annual report of the secretary of war is
chiefly devoted to the consideration of the i'm
portant recommendation contained in the an
nual report Of army chiefs. Gen. Sherman's
recommendation that the army be increased to
10000 men receives Secretary Lincoln's earnest
endorsement The attention iaecalled to the
need Of legislation to prevent intrusion upon
Indian lands, especially from Kansas into the
Indian territory. The chief Of engineers shows
that defense by Notifications and torpedoes is
the only one which is at all practical for coast
as extended as ours. Referring to the subject
of the standard Of requirements necessary for
admission to the military academy Fat West
Point, the secretary concurs in the views. of his
predecessor. that it would not be well to raise
the standard of admission. It is recommended
that the course be extended 80 as to cover five
years. The actual expenditures under the war
department for the fiscal yeor ended June 80,
1881. were $43, 1872, POI; appropriations for 1882
were $44, 889, 724, and estimates for 1883 call
for $44, 541, 276.
Secretary Hunt, in his annual report, calls the
attention of congress to the neglected condition
of the navy and says that unless some action
be had in its behalf, it must soon dwindle to
lnsignihcance. He devotes considerable space
to the considerations of reports of bureau Off
cerr and generally endorses the recommends
ton submitted. Secretary Hunt estimates that
500, 0l3, TIC will be needed to defray the ex-
penses OF the department for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1880.
The grand jury found the first indictments
in the star route cases on the 29th. The first
is against Contractor Brott for bribing officials
and defrauding the government. Ex-Deputy
Auditor Liley was indicted for accepting
bride.
In consequence Of the alarm caused in some
portions of the west by the reported spreading
of smallpox, acting Postmaster General Hat
ton has issued an order to the effect that where
postmaster receives official information from
the health officer of any port or town that mail
matter received is liable to communicate conta-
gious diseases, it shall be his duty to refuse to
accept such mail matter. The mail returned
shall be held until the prohibition is removed,
and shall not be forwarded to its destination
until properly fumigated
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
Fatal Explosions

On the night of the 1st inst. boiler expDd-
ed in the Wadsworth mine, near Doylestoyn,
0. John Stineline was fatally and another
man badly scalded. The wounded men had to
crawl half mile before reaching the surface.
The boiler of the Yazon. Miss. oil works ex-
piod0u Thursday, with terrific force, tearing
away the boiler house and eud of the main
building. Seven colored men were wounded,
four fatally.
A boiler collapsed in the mills of Douglass &
Sons, Mud Creek, Texas, on the 10Th ult,
blowing the establishment to atoms. Three
white men were killed and coIored nan fata.-
~ injured.
By an explosion in the barel-works at Sag
NAV. Mich, Charles Utter was MORALLY injured
Ira Nichols right leg was broken and F. Bur
hard was badly bruised
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
Terrible COnflagratiOn at Minne-
apOliSs

= On the 4th inst, a fire broke out in the Pills.
bury 'B" flour mill at Minneapolis, Mimi,
and spread rapidly to the three mills on the
west side of the river, also operated by Pills
bury q Co., and the intervening mill of Croker,
Fisk Il Co. The alarm had been turned in from
the Washburn GA mill, and the fremen were
rendering heroic service in face of great odds
for nearly an hour. Assistant Engineer
Frederick and few of his firemen were stand
ing on the Minneapolis and st. Louis elevator
track. running evenly with the second floor of
the Croker, Fisk & Co. mills, and two firemen
were on top Of the latter building, when a
tremendous explosion occurred in the
Croker Fisk mill, tearing the building into
fragments, and hurting the two men on the
roof. from which point they were recovered a
few minutes afterwards without greater injury
than mere scratches. The front of the ex-
ploded mill was thrown outward in mass Of
flying debris, travelling with the force of a can
non ball, inficting few bodily injuries among
the spectators, owing to the limited number
congregated on the ground where the frightful
incident of the casualty occurred.
The property swept away by the fire consists
of the Excelsior Mill, owned by D. Morrison
and operated by Chas. a, P:llsbury & Co.; the
Pillsbury "B'' Mill, owned and operated by the
same firm; the Minneapolis Mill, owned and
1 ai1 dn1a by h aisi * &c tho E,Iro
and operated by Chas. A. Pillsbury q Co., and
the Cotton Mill, owned by d. Morrison and
operated by Henry Fl. Honkomp. These mills
were totally destroyed and all their contents
burned. The total loss foots up over $780, 900.
Following is a list of the casualties: Cornelius
Fredericks. assistant chief engineer of the fire
department, John Huery, member of Hook and
Ladder Company No. 3, Alex. Burke, sweeper
in the Pillsbury ''B " Mill, and man named
Robinson were killed. Daniel Rarbach. fire
man, member of No. 4, was badly bruised and
cut about the face, Fred. Rolke, fireman badly
injured on leg by flying missile, F. L. Coulter,
fireman, left arm broken and otherwise injured,
and Peter Nelson, fireman, No. 8, hurt by flying
missiles.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07

Magdalen islands with winter supplies for the
inhabitants.
The City of Berlin encountered terrific gale
on the voyage from New York to Liverpool.
Her second officer was swept overheard. The
saloon was flooded to depth of three feet.
The passengers aided the crew, and behaved
well and bravely.
The steamer Jackall foundered in st. Georges
Channel. Ten lives lost.
The Australian clipper Dundee collided with
the steam-yacht Lucerne near Gravesend. The
former was sunk and several persons drowned.
The steamer Hermann put into Southampton,
Eng, in a demoralized state. Two hundred
bales of cotton were thrown overheard and
twenty tons of tobacco used as fuel, the supply
of coal having run out.
The British bark Sare, from Hull fer San
Francisco, burned in the South Pacific. Capt.
Currie, wife, two children and four seamen
were picked up by the steamer North Carolina
and taken to New York Their sufferngs
while exposed to tropical gun in an open boat
for twenty-three days were terrible. Two other
boats are missing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
Railway Wrecks.

A collision occurred at Austin, six miles from
Dayton, Ohio, on the 4th inst, between two
man NJ Sweit1er We're fatally wonn ~1,t
A special train on the New York and New
England Road ran into passenger tram near
Thompson, Conn, by which Conductor ?. w.
Harrington and Engineer Albert Clark we're in
stantly killed and several persons injured.
A collision with cows threw passenger train
from the track at Table Rock. near Madison,
Fla, on the 30th ult. A locomotive and two
cars were wrecked and the engineer and fireman
badly injured.
Seventeen freight cars were wrecked, brake
man killed and the conductor seriously injured
by q smashrp at Greencastle. Ind, on the Goth
ult. A broken axle caused the train to have
the rails
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
A Sneak TRlief,s Prize.

On the Sd inst Dan. P. Eels, president Of the
Commercial National Bank of Cleveland, took
from the vaults pasteboard box containing
$117, 900 in bonds, intending to cut the coupons.
AS they lay on the table, George II. Ely entered
the room for all interview, and the two gentle
men moved over to desk. A young man of
good appearance soon came in and took chair
a few feet away. For brief time Mr.. Ely
stood between Mr.. Eels and the stranger.
When the former whirled around in his chair
he noticed that the box and the visitor had dis
appeared. MIR. Eels offers $4,000 reward for
the recovery Of the property and 81, 500 for the
arrest of the thief.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
Work of the Flames.

The stables of the Crescent City Railway, at
New Orleans, were destroyed by fire, on the Sd
inst, and fifty horses persisted in the flames.
The extensive glass works at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y, were destroyed by an incendiary fire on
the night of the I'd inst. Loss $250,0O0, one
half of which is covered by insurance.
Several valuable presses were destroyed by a
fire which burned out the Evening Post press
room at Montreal on the I'd.
Maxwell Bros. barns, on Bennett farm, near
Geneva, N. Y, burned on the 30th. Fifty Hol-
stein cattle, five horses, fifty hogs and large
quantity of hay were destroyed. Loss $4,000.
The fire was the work of an incendiary
Ballary & Co.'s hardware store at Jefferson,
Texas. was totally destroyed by fire. on the 9th.
Loss $50, 1000.
Mark Hopkins & Co.'s hub and spoke works,
at st. Clair, Mich, furnished food for flames,
on the Both. Loss 10000.
A fire broke out in Newman's mirror and pic
ture frame establishment, Philadelphia, ON the
30th u]t. Causing damage to the amount of
$4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
Mertuary.

Jerry McKibben, manager of the Worlds
Hotel, St. Joseph, Mo-, dropped dead in his
Office on the goth ult
E. A. Clabough died at Baltimore on the 29th
ult. He was well known among turfmen
The death is announced Of DR.. John Bacon,
for many years professor of chemistry at Har-
ward College.
At the Osborne House, Auburn, N. Y, on the
18th ult, W. 81. Whitney, business agent of
Rice's Opera Troupe, dropped dead.
Ex-Unlted States Senator Abijah Gilbert, of
Florida, died on the 23d inst, at the residence
of his brother at Gilbertsville, N. Y. He was
elected senator in 1862 and served until 1875
He was in his 18th year.
Sister Resale, well known throughout the
west, died of consumption at Leavenworth.
Fifty Sisters of Chs rity participated in the
requiem mass, and Xix of the number accom-
panied the body to the grave in the capacity of
pall-b bearers.
Edward E. Preble, formerly lieutenant COM
mander U. S. N, and ensign on the Kearsage
when she captured the Alabama, died at Port
land, Me-, on the 28th ult.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
Minor MiShaDSs

Three daughters of j. J. Furrow, living near
Winterset, Iowa, were burned to death on the
night of the LIST inst, the house in which they
were sleeping being destroyed by fire.
Mrs. George A. Whitney was drowned in a
cistern at Grinnel, Iowa, on the I'd inst. 1t is
believed she lost her footing in lifting pail of
water.
Arnoldus Vanderhoerst, owner of extensive
rice plantations on the South Carolina coast.
was killed. on the LIST inst, on HAWAII Island,
by the accidental discharge Of his gun. He was
q member of the Cincinnati Society.
The steamer Kate Waters upset skiff con-
tanning Mrs. Hattie Jones, Miss Rilda Sherman
and colored man named Lee, who was row
ing, at Madison, Ind, on the I'd inst. Miss
Sherman and Lee saved themselves, but Mrs.
jones was drowned.
DR.. S. C. Norcross' dwelling at Whiteside,
Ga, burned on the 30th ult., and the doctor
persisted in the flames.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
business Troubles.

The Bank of Prince Edwards Island has sus-
pended. The trouble was largely owing to
overdrawn accounts. It's affairs are said to be
in bad condition. The cashier has disappear
ed. The capital of the bank is $4,000 and
the notes in circulation 5000, 900.
The Usage City (Kansas) Savings Bank sus-
pended, on the 28th ult., owing to complica-
tons with the Daneford banks at Caldwell and
HunneweII. which closed on the 25th.
Proctor & ingalls,. leather dealers Lynn,
Mass, have failed; liabilities estimated at from
$50, 900 to 100000; assets considered quite
large. A general shrinkage in values Of stock
and losses by failures have necessitated the
suSpeneinn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
CORRUPT LITERATURE.

While the details of the robbery OF a
railroad train in Missouri several months
ago by coterie of striplings are yet
fresh in the memory of news-readers
comes the pathetic story of the death of
one of the youthful band of law breakers
inside the prison walls. The poor boy
died broken-hearted and the scenes at
his bedside were particularly affecting.
he bewailed his sad fate and charged
his downfall to the corruption of his
mind through constant reading of fresh
publications SO numerous in the present
day. This is not an isolated case. The
superintendent of the House of Refuge
on Randal's Island, New York city,
stated couple of years ago that ma
jority OF the boys in the institution had
been habitual readers of the sentimental
literature of the period and that their
first steps on the downward path could
be traced more OF less directly to such
reading. The same is probably true of
the children In other institutions, and
fash literature should be forced out of
the market and give place to that which
is healthy and not enervating in its ten
denotes.
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, Of the Brook
Ign Tabernacle took occasion to de-
nounce the corrupt literature of the day
in sermon recently. He compared it
to the plague of frogs in Egypt. He
said that these frogs pop up everywhere.
The mail bags in the postoffice shake
out thousands of them in the letter.
trough. It is one of the most CHASTITY of
the ten plaques of our modern cities.
There is vast number of books and
papers which should never be published,
for the literature of a nation decides its
fate. It is a remarkable fact that more
publishers of bad books live in Brooklyn
than anywhere else. They must be
drawn out and exterminatcd from
Christendom. In 1878 grand, potent
Christian law was passed by congress
prohibiting the passage of bad literature
through the mails. Under it many per-
sons were arrested and thrown into the
penitentiary, where they belonged This
law stirred up great many people, and
they sent petition to congress to have
it repealed. The house refused the re-
quest and the matter was referred to the
senate. There the committee on the re-
vision of laws reported adversely to the
petition and the law remains. Accord
ing to Mr.. Talmage, the best way to war
against immoral literature is to enforce
the law. When Rowland Hill spent his
life for healthful intercommunication he
did not mean to make vice easv-Tt
ought not to be In the power of any man
who can raise one-cent stamp to blast
man or destroy home. Mr. Talmage
asserted that the plague should be
driven back by filing the minds and
hands of children with good books of ell
styles. While the publishers of corrupt
literature may live in the city of church.
es the stuff itself emanates, in great part,
from New York city. Flash weeklies,
with sensational stories and shockingly
bad and unnatural pictures, are circu-
lated by the hundreds of thousands and
do more in corrupting the young than
any other single agency
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07

A GRANITE monument has been placed
over the grave of Amos Tuck, in Exeter,
N. A., by his children. It is inscribed:
" Born at Parsonsfeld, Me-, 2 August
1910. Educated at Hampton Academy
and Dartmouth College. Teacher at
Hampton, lawyer at Exeter, member
OF the state legislature. III 1916 he led
that first and successful assault upon
the party OF iron sway, after which New
Hampshire was Free SOIL An anti
slavery member of Congress from 1847
to 1858, and an earnest advocate in the
cause until the final triumph of Emanci-
patton. A member of the Peace Con-
gross, 1861. The personal friend of
Abraham Lincoln, with whose Admins
tration his public service ended"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
The Public Debt.

The public debt statement shows a decrease
of the public debt during November of 81, $780,
1876; cash in the treasury, S245, 042, 1896; gold
certificates, $5207, 900; silver certificates, $685.
669, $50; refunding certificates, 9579, $50; legal
tenders outstanding, 1886, 1,0l6, fractional
currency outstanding, $7,093, 1913; decrease Of
debt since June 80, 1881, $72, 373,471.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07

the amount at which the same was last
appraised by the assessors. If any owner
is unwilling to accept that valuation for
his land, he may apply to the supreme
court, and have it's value assessed by a
jury. Such efforts as the above are truly
commendable and the promoters thereof
will come in for large share of thanks
from generations to come.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07

A strange bulldog entered Mount Olive
colored church, at Memphis, on the evening of
the 9th ult., dragged visiting minister from
the pulpit, and only released his hold when his
brains were beaten out. At the same hour
bench was broken down in Avery chapel. color
ed, and created a panic. The congregation
leaped from windows into the bayou. Many
were injured, one woman fatally.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
NEWS IN BRIEF.
rEhaers Senfenced.

Herbert NJ. Theirs, the Kenosha, Wis, forger
pleaded guilty to one charge, that of George
Youle and was sentenced to seven years in the
state prison. The prisoner received severe
lecture from Judge Wentworth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
WjScOnSinsS Vote

The full official returns from the late Wiscon-
sin election give Gen. Rusk, for governor, IL, =
$50 majority over his democratic opponent.
For state treasurer, McFetridge has 1909 over
his democratic competitor. The total temper
ance vote in the state was 1925; that Of the
greenbackers 6. 974.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07
lPeriJs of the Deem.

Over three hundred fishing boats were de-
stroyed by the late gales on the west coast of
Iverness, Ross and Sutherland. The fishermen
also lost their nets.
A storm in the gulf of st. Lawrence wrecked
seven schooners from Halifax bound to the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07

A COAL fire is a CRATE comfort, but a
nutmeg often suggests crater.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-02
.UCrION sALEs-Fusurs Days.
by w. Goddm,
Real Estate Agent aud Anctiohee''
corner Eleventh and Bank streets.

rpIrsTEEs' SALE OF VALUABLE
rost sSD COKE PROPERTY LYING IN
irxpI, q sSDGOOCHLAND COL NIlEs' Va, rnp'
WIr,n FixTtfREs. nA,HiEERf. &C; -, hv ~
woeKING THE SAME.-By write Oh , nc sfoy
,rn.t from Henry G. spald ng EHd WIFE, r,.a ~
Ia le7S and recorded In the elerks , D re
GoochIand and Henrico eountl na',s vii osfer
guirrd by intermediary IN say" 'e'''
Tor sale ut public auction, on 90,
MONDAY, MAY 2, 1881,
a, 10 o-eios.k NJ In front Of the custom. vI'pY
HANK street IN the city OF RlenInon", IN ihe
VhIUAgIE REAL Estate lylbg p'I 1r,,n ~ ' of
$500 ~ Hsnrico aud partly IN me county 80, w.
c co,',.Ud twelye miles from Richmnnn , Ciy,
,,ou. az - TRENT'S,' containing lOI TO L uyx
s.vpEs more or less with the BUILp NJ !, -,
nnIfRFs MACHINERY, &c, thereon, ic,l,ant
nu.Iity and was worked successfully ~, ~ miles
q \, a. oanuected by branch railroad TOUT i ,n.
49, 49, .,,s The Richmond and Allegheny ra''roaa
ious rrnnjng TO ScOttsville and soon 10 De Sonl
,Ia,od Throughout its entire ie1K'n' ara - a'e a.
- ereott, enhanced In value. TAI nc. al
string 20 purchase are feienee,uo ~ hv My i n
ranort made on the 10ih of May 1871; n on D,h.
Tappes nrscticaI mining eneneer-IO De seen pu 10
Itshed with this adveriisement III hhn,id yIed
,.ticb no estimates that the coal s"hs sho" nj -
no0 OcA TONS or about 3O,0Ot.OOO Dush.ls. w
Tho 1reat III csDerity of this country anu W ~
denand for cOs' aud iron. III j. Delle'eu ~, ~
,,rone rtv os.ers unusual advantages Iof pI1h''D "
pep,nan, on fLe mart Of ca piialists AMI Diners.
TpVMs. fnsh rs to one fourth OF ihe purchasc
,,onev. The balance in equal instaihehts ~ ~
,,ys etohf,- n and twenty -four months the uc-
$500 inst.;meUfs bearing interest 81 per CENT
cor onnnn from the day OF sale. ana eNluehCtu ny
NEGOTIABLE rotes secured by lien 90 ne ptopr,N'
JAMES NJ DUNLOP,
-, q, oo,,x. Trustees.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-02

In yeunor's predictions for toe month OF
March occurs the following: son tue 3otn
the weather will be blustry, with Steet ana
snom poss,bly at MANY points east and
west. Yesterday (wednesdsyl was the
a0ib. and II Is unnecessary TO tell our read
crs that the forecast was verified TO the let.
ter.--Lscsbarg Mirror.
Yes; but his prediction for the next day
was that March would probably end "iamo'
like.v whereas II ended "lion'like." In
other words, vepnor writes many OF DIS
predictions in such way as that they can
fail to be verifed-as, for instance tna'
I" about such a tirne in March there VIII oe
a 81 cold dip" Read this, too:
"Wiih the beginning OF the thlrd week OF
this month general snowfalis from the
lever provinces westward TO Chicago are
l,keIy 10 prevail. They will be succeeded
by mild and spring. like weather"
What became Of that "mild and spring'
like weather" that was 10 come after the
beginning Of the third week In March! II
hanpered TO fail this year; but we have no
,Ioubt that lust such prediction would come
true in the March OF nine years out of ten,
80 general are It's terms.