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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25

CINCINNATI swindle was United States
Home and Dover association, which took in
members on an annual assessment of $40, and
and promised in return 81, 1000 at the end of
twenty-one years. Dupes could not be OBJ
tanned by that device. ana the operators offered
a loan of $500 at low interest to every person
who should pay the dues for three years in adj
vance. This proved attractive, and many per-
sons paid $3.50, only to be put off as long as
possible about the loan, and finally to lose the
money paid. ..-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
Work of the Tames.

Fully quarter of the business portion of
Saline, a village situated eleven miles north
of Ypsilanti, Mich, burned on the 21st. inst.
Loss 100000; partially insured.
A fire which started from a cigar thrown from
a railroad car, burned an area of five miles
square of wheat fields, besides four houses,
near Oakdale, Cal, on the 22d. Several hun
dred acres of wheat were also destroyed by fire
near MERGED. ...- -..s ..t...... g,s-E IL.
Hodgson, MacMaster & Co.'s drug store
Dublin, Ireland, burned on the Dist, causing
loss of ESQ, 600.
Walker & Co.'s barrel factory and feed mills
and Carr, Ryder & Co.'S sash and door factory
at Dubuque, Iowa, were wiped out by fire on
the Goth. LOGS $33, 600. +.. -
Mann's boot mandatory and G. A Summers
boot-tree shop at Milford, Mass, were de-
stoyed on the 18th inst. Loss estimated at
100000. 3dvrHs us 5at -rtt..
AT Milford, Mass, on the night of the 18th,
the Stearns tool factory was destroyed by fire.
Loss $33, 600; insured for $4,000.
The main portion of Gilmour's saw mill,
Trenton, N. j., was consumed on the 18th. In
sured for $4,000.
Douglas stable at Franklin, Tenn, with ff-
teen horses, burned on the night of the 18th.
Enfield and Rhodomanthus, two thoroughbred
Totters, were among the unfortunate animals.
Loss $4,000. l2titt 4Ao'A ~
The works of the Pump County Chair COM
PAW and the threshing machine establishment
at Goshen, Ind, were consumed by fire on the
18th. Loss $4,000; insured.
A fire which broke out in Warren Bros paint
shop, Nashville, Tenn, on the 18th inst, de-
stroyed thirty four houses The loss amounts
to 100000. The insurance will not exceed
100000. ff "a +.- ..-.-t -
The Brooks Edge, Tool company's works
Brookville, Mass, were consumed by fire on the
18th, causing loss of $4,000; insurance $14,-
900. Fa .,rz eragrl a L III. 4 ~ -
An explosion in the Fleming Oil works.
Brooklyn, L. L., on the 18th, ignited the struc-
ture which was destroyed. The loss is estimat-
ed at $50, 600. Tl>t 9fsl az lsyE91 - 3sGmHt
The city of Marietta, Ohio, suffered to- the
extent of $4,000 by fire on the night of the
18th. -...s-.I - 49,.
The ice-house of Hit & MalIet, at La Porte,
Ind, were struck by lightning and totally de-
stroyed by ire. The loss is $50, 600. SdL
A loss Of $50, 600 was incurred by the destruc-
ton by fire of the pulp-mill of Hollingsworth &
Whitney, at Gardiner, Me.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25

PARTIAL records of the live stock interests of
Texas show yearly yield of something over
four hundred thousand head of cattle. Eight
dollars head is about the average market
price at San Antonio,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
Restitution.

Jose M. Macias, naturalized citizen of the
United States, who claimed from the Spanish
government 100000 for the seizure of his
plantation near Matanzas in 1869, was, on the
21st inst, awarded $225,000 by the Spanish
American claims commission.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
VARIOUS TOPICS.

BALTIMORE has quite large-sized congrega-
ton of Mennonites, who meet in a hall over the
old Town bank. They practice the ceremony
of feet washing, the minister waiting on the
men. and the oldest woman on the women.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
PugiIiSRn.

A prize fight occurred on the Hudson river,
nine miles above Yonkers on the 10th inst, be-
tween John l.. Sullivan, the noted Boston
bruiser, and John Flood, of New York city.
Eight rounds were fought, Flood being knocked
out of time and fearfuIly punished.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
An UnfaithfuI Servant.

A prominent German of wheeling, W. Va,
treasurer of an Odd Fellow society has con-
steadily stealing money from the treasury. The
shortage amounts to from $4,000 to $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25

OF the debt of Tennessee, amounting to
S27,OOO,OOO, about 81, 3OO 600 are held by the
national government in trust for the Indians,
$8OO,0G0 in the state of Tennessee, and the
greater part in Europe. One year ago these
bonds stood at % to SO; they are now quoted
at rs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25

On the 18th inst, a direful calamity occurred
at the mouth of Columbia river, Oregon. Three
fishing beats were capsized on the bar and the
occupants drowned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
Destructive Thunder Storm.

The vicinity of Junction city, Kansas, was
visited by severe thunder storm on the 18th
inst, which inflicted considerable damage to
crops. -Four bridges on the Missouri Pacific
railroad, between Camden and White city, were
washed away by freshet. Miss BERTHE Draw
ance was killed by lightning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
The Irish Troubles.

Great excitement prevails at New Pallas, Ire
land. Flying columns with two gums left Linn
erick to assist the sheriff in making seizures for
rent in the district This is the first active SER
vice undertaken by one of five flying columns
at present organized in Ireland. r-Ess,e.zl,g
On the Goth Rev. Father Sheehy, parish priest
of Kilmallock, was taken into custody under the
coercion act, on the charge of aiding in opposi-
ton to legal officers. Several others were ar
rested with the priest, and all conveyed t. jail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
Good Enough.

Two masked men halted stage near San
Marcial. New Mexico, on the 10th inst, and
shot at the driver. Two passengers riding on
the top drew Winchesters and killed the rob-
bers, whose bodies were left in the road for a
day
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
The Army Worm.

Dispatches from New York state that the army
worm is destroying all kinds of vegetation. The
entire northern portion of the state is afflicted
with the pest. KS. -.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
QuaShed.

letter libel suit against Kenward Philip and
others, was ended by the entry of a ,aoue pros
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
money paid.

A NEW notion in way of temperance reform is
going on in Berwick, Pa. Most of the men in
the place are employed IN the carshops of a
great manufacturing company. Recently the
president of the company called the hotel
keepers and other licensed liquor sellers to-
gether and proposed to pay them the amount
they would make by the sale of liquor for one
year, on condition that they would not apply
for licenses nor sell liquors, They fassented,
and the amount to be paid was fixed by agree
ment at about six thousand dollars. The COM
pany believe they can afford that sum to have
the taverns and restaurants kept on temperance
principles for one year. The benefit to their
workmen will be several times six thousand
dollars -zzU .s#
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
Marine Disasters.

The schooner San Jacinto, with cargo OF
grain from Chicago, struck rock in Georgian
bay, Lake Huron, on the 18th inst, and sunk
IN deep water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
A Severe Battle.

The French troops under Gen. Logerot had a
desperate fight with the Kroumirs at Ben Nil
ter, in which the French lost five men and the
natives 400. H.ta.fE -.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25

The New Orleans Pjcdyatrae says that about
twelve years ago Gen. G. T. Beauregard invented
a system Of traction for propeling cars, or
other vehicles, on land or water. This was
effected by means of an endless wire rope deriv-
ing action from stationary engines. The inven-
ton comprises an arrangement of clamping de-
vices for engaging and disengaging the rope,
which is kept constantly in motion, being sup
ported at intervals with rollers, with other es-
pecial features. He still holds the original pat
ent, with the right to use all the improvements
made by William Eppelsheimer, for every state
in the Union except the Pacific slope, where
Eppelsheimer holds the exclusive right. The
system is in operation in San Francisco, and is
about to be put in operation in Chicago. Q
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25

IT is said-the old form-that nearsighted-
ness is rapidly increasing. Out there in Ger
many where they do all sorts of things, thirty
eye doctors recently examined the vision of
10000 pupils in school of all degrees, and found
that, while nearsightedness rarely exists at less
than five years of age, it shows steady growth
in the schools from to IL per cent. in the low
est grades and 80 to so in the highest. In
body of 700 theological students 70 per cent.
were myopic, and 95 out of every 100 medical
students il that country are said by Professor
Virchow to be deficient III sight. The Germans
are nearsighted in far greater proportion to any
other nation, for which they have chiefly their
barbaTous script to thank . ,r--r.+ , -.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
Nominations and Confirmations.

The senate confirmed the following nomina-
tons on the Goth: Wallace r. White, of Maine.
United States attorney of Idaho; James q. Weeks
United States marshal for the western district
of Louisiana; Albert W. Bash. of Indiana, col
Letter Of customs for the district of Puget
Sound; Thomas j. Jordan, of PennsyIvania.
Indian agent at the Ponca agency; Woodford.
Tenney, McDouga1 and Knox for New York at
torneyships and marshalships; Schofeld as
Judge of the court of claims; Chas. A. Gould.
to be collector of customs. district of Buffalo:
John F. brood, surveyor of customs at Pitts
burg, Jonathan Fl. Gray, collector of customs
at Alexandria, Va; Jno. B. Glover, of Indiana
consul at Havre, France; Geo. E. Mosher, of
New Hampshire, at Nice, France; William b.
Wells, of Michigan, at Rotterdam; M. B. Whar-
ton, of Georgia, at Sonneburg; E. Fl. Rogers,
of Nebraska, at Chemnitz. BENZ. Darlington.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
TragicaI Tales.

..= .H. 1Ta&IcaI laleSs
Curly Bill, the Texas cow bow who killed
Marshal White, of Tombstone, and recently
captured church at Charleston, with his
gang, and made the clergyman dance before
the congregation, and raided several towns in
the vicinity at different times, was shot and
mortally wounded at Galeyville, on the 18th, by
Jim Wallace, one of his comrades Wallace was
released on the ground of self-defense.
Sheriff John F. Davis and J. Hatton. collec-
tor of Wayne county, Ark, attempted to arrest
three desperadOes who killed young La Paige
and committed depredations in Madrid county.
that state, last week. The officers surprised
their men at breakfast in house near VIII
liams' Hill. The williams Immediately arose and
commenced firing, mortally wounding Davis
and putting bullet into Hatton's head which
rendered him crazy. A reward of $4,000 is
offered for the arrest Of the miscreants.
S. @. Stevenson, who was in quest of horses
which had been stolen from him was shot down
and killed by party of roughs about seventy
miles west of Dallas Texas, on the Goth.
squad of Texas state rangers had desper-
ate fight with thirteen outlaws in La Sale
county, on the 18th inst. in which one ranger
was killed. Two of the outlaws were captured.
wealthy cattle man named VIM. p. Patter-
son was shot dead by rangers at Colorado City,
Texas, on the 18th inst. while resisting arrest.
Patterson was intoxicated.
A gang of Italians barbarously maltreated
Jennie Wilton at New York city on the night of
tu6 16Uu, dIlU I6IU QoT III Il cellar almost NAKED.
She was found by the police, but died soon
afterward.
On the 10Th inst. Alex McPheeters, Jr, res
ident of Vigo county, Ind, killed his wife, sis
ter-in-law and himself. Temporary insanity is
urged.
jeff. Williams resisted arrest by constable
at Centennial Mills, Fla, on the 10Th and was
shot dead. Williams was wanted for the MUIR
der of Alex. Johnston at the same place and on
the same day.
Deputy Sheriff McKenny killed Bob Edwards,
a famous horse thief at Rattlesnake springs,
New Mexico.
John Hayes shot his wife dead at Hartman,
o., on the 18th last. The murdered woman
kept lewd house. Hayes escaped.
The body of woman found in Gutterburg
wood, N. J., has been identified as that of
Nina Miller. The murderer is supposed to be
one Kettler, who is on the way to Europe.
While farmer named Arnold was engaged
in planting corn on his place near Black Spring,
Montgomery county. Ark, on the 18th inst,
some unknown assassin approached him from
behind and struck him dead with hoe.
j. ID. Ryners who had been conducting q
hotel for the insane, and made failure of it,
killed his wife at Denver, Col, hotel ON the
night of the 10th. It was his intention to COM
NIT suicide but his nerve failed him at the fatal
moment.
Blair, member of the Nevada legislature,
was killed Id quarrel by man named Middle
ton, day or two since
A Cincinnati drawbridge tender was shot dead
On the 18th, by young man named Swallow,
who refused to paw toll
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25

THE men who are taking down the
stove-pipes have all got on their spring
SCOT. Glasgow Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25
minor Mishaps.

Alex Tambarg, workman in a Touring mill
at Rock Island, Ill, was caught in the machin-
cry on the 18th and crushed to death. .au5
Milton E. Marvin, eff Kalamazoo was burned
in farm house near Saugatuck, Mich, on the
night of the 18th. His calcined bones were re-
covered from the ruins -s----.--s--
The sick wife of Frank Thayer, farmer re-
siding near jamestown, N.Y., fell into an open
fire place in front of which she was sitting, on
the 18th inst, and was fatally burned.
Geo. Young and John White, employed in
mine at La Sale, H., were crushed to death by
falling rocks on the 18th inst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-25

postmaster, Pittsburg Pa; D. Watson, Sparta,
ILL.,; PRESLEY @. Lane, Palmyra, Mo-; John F.
Haynes, Round Creek, Texas, and John b.
Nicholas at Denton, Texas. Elijah A. Stone,
Indian agent at Fort Hall agency, Idaho.
The nomination of VIM. E. Chandler as soIic-
itor general of the department of justice, was
rejected by vote of 10 to a.
Among the nominations by the senate
on the 18th were the following: B. K
Bruce, of Mississippi, register of the treasury;
G. B. Loring, of Massachusetts, commissioner
of agriculture Ito take effect June 800; Jere.
NJ. Rusk, charge d'affairs of the United States
for Uruguay and Paraguay: Thos. A. Osborne,
minister to Brazil, vice HI. M. Hilhard recalled.
Horace Taylor, consul at Marseilles, France;
Geo. VANITY, minister resident of the United
States of Colombia; Lew. Wallace, of Indiana,
minister to Turkey; Stephen A. Hurlburt, of
Illinois, minister to Peru; Judson Fitzpatrick of
New Jersey, minister to Chill; John E. Gle
ments, of Louisiana, consul to Guatemala.
The senate in executive session on the 18th
inst. confirmed the nomination of VIM H. Rob-
ertson as collector of customs at New York;
also the nomination of E. A. Merritt as consul
general at London. Other combinations were
made as follows: Alex. Bowman y. s. district
judge for the western district of Louisiana;
Rear-Admiral Edmund T. Nichols as chief of
bureau, yards and docks of the navy.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-07
DIR. MANk GEE.
Chinese p hysician.
OFFICE Chinatown. North o'weii street. 4
few doors below Clark.

nR. MAfR GEE has LATELY AssocIA.
~ ted himself with q M member of the mfdi.
cal fraternity recently from Canton, China.
who has had % years practice ss royal rhyai.
clan. This doctor has choice medicines only
known to the highest medical authority IN the
old country, which effect the most remark able
cures. All chronic cases Of both males and
females speedily and permanently cured.
DIR. MANK GEE.
Eureka. Feb. 81. 1881. feb 22-1m
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-07
AMERICAN LABOR UNION.

ALPHA LODGE NO. I, A. o. U. W..
NEEETs AT THE FOLEY AND RICKARD
M building every Tuesday evening at 7:S0
o'clock. sojonrning brethren in good standing
are invited to attend.
Examining Physician DIR. @. Fl. Thoma.
J. SCHANLANKER, N. W.
10. O. wHrrMoRR, Recorder.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-07
NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS.

DARTIES DESIRING PASSAGE TO RAIL.
L WAY Stations will please procure ticket
at the Jackson House, or at the Fashion Stables
and leave orders to be called.
W. Il. SWEENEY co.,
Bus Proprietofs.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-07

EUREKA LODGE. NO. I6. r. d A. NJ.
rT,HE STATED coMMuNIoATIoNs OF Eu.
i rska Lodge, No. 10, +. b A. NJ. will be
held in Odd Fellews' Hall Saturday. on or be-
fore.the full moon.
Members Of sister lodges, and sojournine
brethren In good standing, are cordially tnvit-
cd to attend. EVAN JONES, W. M
ALEX. d. ROCK, Secretary.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-07

BEATIFYC LODGE. NO. =. X. OF p.
NTEETS EACH FRIDAY OF EVERY
lyl month, at 7: so O'Clock p. NJ, at its CASTLE
Hall, in the Rickard-Folev building.
Ali Brother knights, In good standing, are
fraternslly invited to attend such meetings.
". H. DAVENPORT. O. O.
O. n. CApx. K. OF r. and ..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-06

began the ent ances to the building were besieged
Dy persons without tickets who wanted to gain ad-
mission There was no disorder, however although
many persons entitled to admission rs delegates
were among the outside throug
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-07-14

It is claimed by many that
root crops fed to hogs sre an
antidote to hog cholera. At
the north, where potatoes are
so largely grown and fed to
hogs, the disease called hog
cholera is unknown. The ma
tural food orhogsisroots. They
are provided with a long, strong
snout, and great roofing pro-
pensity to explore the earth in
search of their most natural
food-roots or tubers. Those
who have raised root crops for
hogs claim they have never suf-
fered from hog cholera. 1t is
well to profit by their wisdom
and to raise such crops to feed
them. While we in the latitude
OF St. Louis cannot raise pota-
toes as certainly and abundant
ly as they can be raised in the
cooler climate of the north, yet
we can raise the artichoke more
easily and obtain three or four
times as many bushels per acre
and they are fully as valuable
feed for hogs and for all kinds
of stock. Farmers will make
no mistake in planting them.
They should be cut and planted
very much as potatoes are plan
ted, though the rows should be
made a little further apart
Rural World.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-07-14
Long Life.

If any one could furnish the
world with a medicine which
would insure long life, there
is no end to the demand he
would have for his drug. The
Herald OF Health thinks he
would need many factories to
make it and many banks to
hold the money he would re-
ceive. Fortunately there is no
such medicine, so the world
will have to get along in some
other way. Some time ago the
French government sent a cir
cular letter to all the districts
of that country to collect infor-
nation as to those conditions
of life which seemed to favor
longevity. The replies were
very interesting, but on the
whole rather monotonous; and
the general result was that long
evity was promoted by sobriety,
regular labor, especially in the
open air; short Of excessive
fatigue, easy hours, a well-cff
condition, philosophical mind
in meeting troubles, not too
much intellect, and a domestic
life. The value of marriage
was universally admitted, and
long-lived parents were also
found an important factor. A
healthy climate and good water
were mentioned. All this
agrees with common sense, un-
less the idea that intellect is a
hindrance to longevity be con-
sidered unreasonable, and we
know that some OF the most in
tellectual men have lived to a
great age.
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Do tho Dying Suffer Pain .


N. Y. Express.
People do not like to think of
death. It is an unpleasant sub
ject but it constantly obtrudes
itself, and there has been much
speculation as to whether men
tai or physical pain attends the
last act. Observation teaches
that there is little pain of either
kind in dying. Experience will
come to US all one of these days,
but it will come too late to ben
eft those who remain. 1t
seems to be a kind of provision
Of nature. that as We approach
the dreaded event, our terrors
diminish and the coward and
the hero die alike-fearless. in
different or resigned. As to
physical pain, DR.. Edward H.
Clarke, in "Visions." says: THE
rule is that Inconsistencies, not
pain, attends the final act. To
the subject of it, death IS no
more painful than birth. Pain
lessly we came--whence we
know not. Nature kindly pro-
vides an anaethetic for the body
when the spirit leaves it. Pre-
vious to that moment and in
preparation for it, respiration
becomes feeble, and generally
slow and short, often accom-
! plished by long inspirations and
short expirations, SO that the
blood supply is less and less OK
ygenated. At the same time
the heart acts with correspond
ing debility, producing a slow,
feeble and often irregular pulse.
As this process goes on, the
blood is not only driven to the
head with diminished force and
in less quantity, but what flows
there is loaded more and more
with carbonic acid gas, a pow
erful anasthetic, the same as
that derived from charcoal
Subject to its influence the
nerve-centers lose conscious;
ness and insensibility, apparent
sleep creeps over the system
then comes stupor, and the end
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-07-14
The slandered Hog.
From the Prairie Farmer.

From the Prairie Farmer.
Raising corn is in this section
raising hogs, and raising hogs
presupposes raising corn. five
cannot dispose of our hog pro-
ducts we cannot apply our corn
crop to its most profitable use.
With the hog interdicted, our
corn would be a drug. Hence,
it behooves state and national
authorities and the press of the
country to place the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the
truth before the world, that the
interests ofproducers and would
be consumers may be conserv-
ed. The truth is that the ex-
tent of disease, especially that
proceeding from trichine, has
been exaggerated by sensation
al reporters, who may possess
the mack of writing smart ar
ticles, but who have not the in
tellectual qualifications to raise
hogs successfully. Spectators
may have inagurated the scare
for their own purposes, but that
dealers have confidence in their
stocks is evident from the fact
that, after the first break, hog
products rallied and are now
firm in the market, and that,
too, in the face of the interdict
of France, Italy and Austria and
the threatened interdict of Bel
GUM and England. Let all
sensible men bear in mind the
small proportion of people who
die Of trichinosis in our popu-
lation of 100000. How few
compared with the number that
die Of other diseases. We have
not the statistics, but we believe
more people die of hydropho-
bia or Of lightning-stroke in
year than of trichinosis. Shall
we therefore abolish dogs and
electrical disturbances2 II the
truth were known, more people
every year are choked with
chicken-bones than there are
cases of trichinosis. The world
cannot afford to give the Amer
lean hog a bad name unjustly.