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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Power Of a Pluu Hat.

The plug hat is virtually sort of a
social guaranty for the preservation of
peace and order. He who puts on one
has given hostage to the community
for his good behavior. The wearer of a
plug hat must move with a certain
seGateness and propriety. He cannot
run or jump, or romp, Or get into fight,
except at the peril OF his 'headgear. Ali
the hidden influence of the beaver tends
toward responsibility. He who wears
one is obliged to keep the rest of his
clothing in decent trim, that there may
be no incongruity between head and
body. He is apt to become thoughtful.
through the necessity of watching the
sky whenever he goes out. The chances
are that he will buy an umbrella, which
is another guaranty foor good behavior.
and the care of hat and umbrella, per-
petual and exacting as it must be, adds
to the sweet seriousness of his character.
Then the man who wears plug hat
naturally takes to the society of women.
with all its everlasting accessories. He
cannot go hunting or fishing without
abandoning his beloved hat, but in the
moderate enjoyments of female compan-
ionship, croquet and lawn tennis, he may
sport his beaver with impunity; in other
words, the constant use of plug hat
makes man composed in manner, quiet
and gentlemanly in conduct, and the
of the ladies. The inevitable
result is prosperity, marriage. and church
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
NIurderous NneIalIge.

rough named Mike Murphy, who was in
censed over his defeat in o street-fght at Gin
cinnati on the night Of the Goth ult., Glanced
to meet John Sutton, and just to soothe himself.
shot Sutton dead.
An aged Hebrew named Lazarus Sterl was
murdered in bed at Chicago on the 26th nit,
by parties unknown. The crime was committed
for plumbers sake, but the fact that valubes
were undisturbed clouds the deed in mystey.
colored tiend named James BaInum hur-
dered his wife at Skipwith, Miss. and to on
ceal his crime fired the house. His Sol in
formed the authorities and the murderer vas
arrested.
A mysterious murder was committed at Ert
Worth, Texas. on the night of the oath. A
railroad grader staggered into a saloon exclall-
ing, "My God! I'm stabbedl' and fell ded.
No one could be seen in the street, but reed
ing sound of horse hoofs indicated that the
murderer was fleeing.
In a fight at low Italian saloon in New Yo'k
city, on the 25th inst, Nicolo Sandreze vas
killed and Louis Cicate fatally injured.
John Taylor, steamboat engineer, was SHIT
nooga, Tenn, on the 23d inst.
On the night of the 23d inst, at Tompkins,
vile, KY, stone was thrown against the door
of a house occupied by James Teller. AS Tella
opened the door thlrty-seven slugs were fired
into his body. VIM. Smith is in jail, charged
with the crime, and the murdered mans wifi,
aHu uduSuteT udNe Hlso DeeU aTTeSteu as bcceS
SORES.
A baggage master named Harper and car
penter named harrington, both railway EN-
ployes, qua1relled at Charlotte, n. c., on thu
% inst. In an exchange of shots Harper wa,
killed.
A barroom fight at Bowling Green. Ky OF
the 23d. resulted in the killing of Grubbs, the
barkeeper.
Ned Reagan was shot and killed at hotel il
GTayson, KY. on the Goth inst. by Marsha
Geo. Armstrong, who claims that he acted il
self-defense.
The body of Harvey Russell was found by the
roadside near Somerset, Ky, on the Goth, stab
bed in twenty places, and with skull smashed
His money amounting to $3.50, and other val
uables, were missing. Five men have been ar.
rested. and circumstantial evidence points tc
their guilt.
During drunken quarrel in saloon at
Washington, d. c., on the BED John Barker
was stabbed and killed by Charles Stafford.
Joe Bateman and q negro drayman named
Tom Branch, quarTeled about some cotton at
Little Rock. Ark. on the 22d. Branch threw
an iron skein at Bateman when the latter shot
him dead.
Jack Gilman. Galveston. Texas, fisherman.
was killed by Jenkins on the 22d. who struck
him on the head with pistol.
John Ryan, u bartender, was fatally shot by
Geo. Hall, at Nashville, Tenn. on the Dist, be-
cause he refused the latter credit.
A terrific fight occurred in the township of
Cases. st. CLAIR county, Mich. on the night of
the 18th. between Michael and Louis Bauer on
one side and John Hubbard, Jr.. and Anthony
Meneffer on the other. Hubbard was severely
stabbed in the left side and Meneffer was badly
pounded and also stabbed between the should
.rs. He cannot live.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
THE MARKETS..
New York.

New YORK, February 26-12:3O p. M.--Flour-
Receipts, 1900 bbls; sales, $4,000 bbls; firm;
moderate export and jobbing trade inquiry,
round hoop Ohio at $4.40t05.00; choice do at
$5.05@6.75; superfne western at $3.6O@4.1O;
common to good extra do at $4,000. rs; choice
do at Sd, S0@6.75; choice white wheat at $500
@6.O0 Wheat-Shade better and moderately
active; sales, $4,000 bus No. red seller March
at S1.1S@1.1S14; 10000 bus seller April at
S1.19s@1. 1875; $4,000 bus do seller May at
S1.19. Corn--Quiet and without decided
change; sales. $4,000 bus. Oats-Steady; west
ern at 4315a4sc; sales $4,000 bus. Beef-Quiet
and firm. Pork-Dull and weak; old mess at
$751; for spot. Lard--Quiet and firm: steam
rendered at $10.45. Butter-Dull and weak;
Ohio at 13@27c. Cheese-Dull at s@1314c for
poor to choice. Sugar-Unchanged Molasses
Steady. Petroleum Firm and quiet. Rice
Firm and in fair demand. Coffee-Unchal.g ed
Freights-Firm. Spirits of Turpentine Stong
at 1870. Realistically at $1.70@1.75. Tai
low-Weak at 6as@61zc for western. Eggs
Weak at 221 3@23c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02

China village near Augusta, Me-, is wild with
by son. Mrs. Merrill was missed by her
neighbors and suspicious of murder being
aroused her son Charles was arrested. He
confessed that he killed bus mother, IN the barn,
concealed the body in a hay NOV until frozen
and then cut it TO pieces Part he burned,
throwing the charred remains in a manure
heap. while the remainder he buried in the
snow In the woods. The fiend piloted the au-
thonties to the place of their concealment, and
witnessed the dIsinterment of portions of the
remains. He detailed the circumstance with
great GOODNESS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Obituary.

Hon. P. ". Strander, ex-member of congress
from the First Ohio district, died at Ashtabula,
O., on the 26th.
Francis Carter, a leading physician of Column
bus, o., and dean Of Sterling Medicine College
for many years, died on the 26th ult., of infa-
nation Of the throat, after an illness of forty
eight hours. His age was 81 years.
Thomas ID. Jones, sculptor of note, died at
Columbus, o., on the 9th ult., aged 69 years.
Rev. Father James NJ. Doyle, formerly of
GAINESVILLE. Wis, died of dropsy OF the heart at
st. Mary's hospital at Milwaukee, on the 26tL
inst.
Ex-Governor Henry d. Cooke died at his
residence in Georgetown, d. G. He was q
brother of Jay Cooke the financier.
A. S. Mitchell, an old journalist of st. Louis,
died IN Hot Springs, Ark, on the oath, OF
pneumonia.
Alice Oates, the well-known opera singer
died in Cincinnati.
George Berkeley. brother of the Earl OF
Berkeley, and well-known author, is dead.
James NJ. Ray, one of the Oldest residents OF
Indianapolis, Ind, died on the night Of the 22d
aged 81.
Senator Matt. H. Carpenter, of Wisconsin.
died at Washington on the Oath inst, after a
lingering illness.
William Ellis, the English writer on social
science, is dead. s
c. w. Goyer, one of the Oldest and most
prominent merchants of Memphis, Tenn, died
on the 22d. -
David L. Beatty, ex-mayor of Louisville, Ky.
Is dead, aged 63. @ ~ aG
Oliver Morton Bradford, for twenty-five years
connected with the Associated Press, is dead.
j. w. Hodge, managing editor of the En-
cyclopedia of the New West, died on the 21st
bank, of Cleveland, o., died suddenly on tbs
DIST
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Antiquities.

From Chambers Journal
1t is well known that the vanity of
King James /. never overcame his weak
ness of being unable to look on naked
sword. Sir Kenelm Digby was proud
to relate that when he was knighted at
Hinchinbrooke, near Huntingdon, the
king turned his face away, and nearly
wounded him. This may be accounted
for, as his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots,
shortly before his birth, had O. great
shock given to her on seeing her favorite,
David Rizzio, killed in her presence.
We are told of Uladislaus, king of Po-
land, that he could not bear to see ap-
Piles. Pennant, the eminent traveller,
had a great aversion to wigs, which was
also transferred to their wearers for the
time. Once, In the presence of the
mayor OF Chester, who wore powdered
wig, he got very excited and nervous,
and angrily made some strong remarks
about the mayor to q companion. At
last losing all control over his feelings,
he rushed at the mayor, pulled off his
wig, and ran with it out of the house and
down the street, waving it aloft as he
went. The mayor followed, to the
amusement of the populace; and this
curious race was afterward known az the
Mayor and Mr. remnants Tour
Through Chester" 1t is said
of the Duke of Schomberg, that
soldier he as was, he could not sit
in the same room with a cat; and
we have heard of person with 80 great
dislike to this harmless domestic ami
NAL that he would not even pass under a
signboard with cat painted on it! 1t
will hardly be credited that though the
valorous Peter the Great built fleet.
he yet from his sixth to his fourteenth
year could not bear the sight of either
still or running water, especially If he
was alone. He did not walk in the pal
ace gardens because they were watered
by the river Mosera; and he would not
| cross over the smallest brook, not even
on bridge, unless the windows of his
carriage were shut close, and even then
he had cold perspirations. La Mothe de
Wager could not endure any musical in
strument, although he delighted in thun-
der. Grebry, the composer, and Anne
of Austria we're identical in their dis
like of the smell of roses. The learned
DIR. Beatie tells us of healthy, strong
men who were always uneasy on touch
ing velvet, or on seeing another person
handle cork; Zimmerman, the natural
ist, of a lady who could not bear to touch
silk or satin, and shuddered when feeling
the velvety skin of a peach. One of the
Earls of Barrymore considered the pan
sly an abomination; and the unfortunate
Princess Lamballe looked upon the vio-
let as thing of horror. Scaliger turned
pale at the sight of water-cresses, and
neither he nor Peter Abono could ever
drink milk It is said of Cardan that he
was disgusted at the sight of eggs. We
have heard of valiant soldier fleeing
without shame from sprig of rue. The
author of the 'Turkish Spy" tell us
that, provided he had but sword In his
hand, he would rather encounter lion
in the deserts of Arabia, than feel spid-
er crawling ON him In the dark!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02

A terrible confagration occurred at East Liv-
elpool, Pa, at 3 o'clock Oh the Esd inst, by
which family named Sloan were almost exter-
minated. The mother, aged 81, three daugh-
ters, aged respectively Is, IL and II years, three
boys, the Oldest years and the Youngest eight
cen months, and brother-in-law of Mrs. Sloan,
were burned to death. Mr.. Sloan, with three
year-old daughter, jumped from window and
both were saved. The rest essayed to follow,
but it is supposed they were overcome by the
fumes from the drug store, over which they
lived.
AT fire which destroyed Levy's livery stable,
Nebraska City, Neb., on the 21st., two helpers
named John Jackson and Frank Otto were in
cinerated. 4 hay NOW fell on them while they
were rescuing horses, pinning them down until
the flames overcame them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Almost Another BLACK FRIDAY.

Friday, February 25, was an exciting day on the
New York stock exchange, and for tune a
disastrous commercial panic seemed imminent.
Money advanced to II per cent. per day in adj
dition to per cent. per annum. Foreign ex-
change became thoroughly demoralized so that
bills representing exports of domestic products
could not be sold. Prices for stocks fell i@6
per cent, United States bonds sS@5E and rail-
road bonds 104 per cent. When the outlook
was most threatening, Secretary Sherman sent
word to Assistant Treasurer Hillhouse to buy
ten million and per centum bonds, exclusive
of S25, 600 600 called bonds for which condi-
honal payment has already been made, and the
panic was for the time being avoided. A trif1e
of confidence was restored, but the market re-
9majned feyerish to the close and the anxiety
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Minor NIiSIanS.

In Wilkesbarre, Pa, colliery on the oath
inst, a runaway car killed r. Williams and
seriously injured James Davis, William Davis,
M. Webb and McRae.
A portion Of the cabin of ferry boat was de
molshed by collision at New York on the 23d
inst. L. B. Nissan. railroad ticket agent, re-
ceived fatal injuries.
Thomas Gillens was exhibiting revolver to
some companions in Brooklyn on the 22d, when
it accidentally discharged killing Robert Kelly.
The body of Charles f. Blake, son-ln-law of
the late Gen. Dix, was found floating in North
river, New York, on the 21st. The manner of
bis death is q mystery. His valuables were un-
molested, and no marks of violence were found.
Blake had been in the best of spirits few
hours previous to his death.
Lora Stephens, child six years of age, was
run over by Cincinnati street car on the 21st
inst, and killed.
Mansfield Chouse. prominent citizen of
Williamson county, Ky, was fatally mangled
by train near Franklin. on the Dist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
RObberies and PeculatiOns.

Henry Innes' $4,000 trotter, Mouse, was
stolen from the stable in Brooklyn by two men,
who coaxed the hostler into showing the ami
mails good points, and aliowingone of them to
mount it.
The Olivet, Mich, postoffice was burglarized
on the night of the 23d inst. Quite an amount
of stamps and jewelry were stolen.
p. ". Olmsted, an abstract-maker at Ottawa,
ILL.,, claims that he went from night train to
his Office, where he was robbed of 81. 400 by
three men.
VIM. G. Bradley, late postmaster at Prince
ton, Caldwell county, Kentucky, is under arrest,
charged with embezzling the money order funds
of his Office. His populations amount to $500.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02

Mo-, was damaged TO the extent of aboutsl5.-
600 by fire on the 23d.
The Presumpscot Pulpware company smilI,
north OF Gorham, Me-, was burned on theAth.
Loss 1896, 900: insurance $4,000.
Il. j. Matthews, cheese factory at BarT~ille,
ILL.,, and G. W. Gould's factory at AlgoIauin.
ILL.,, were destroyed by fire. Loss $15, 0OOt
Seligman & Co.'s boot and shoe factey at
Keene, N. H., burned on the 22d, causing iioss
of $43, 900. Insurance $4,000.
Thompson Il Struggles oat meal manufacpry,
Chicago, ILL.,, was consumed by fire on the I'D
Loss about $25.000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Am Appalling Fatality.

j horrible story comes from Scranton, Pa
A Catholic orphanage, under charge of Sisters
OF Charity, took fire on the 9th ult., and out
of its forty youthful inmates seventeen were
suffocated by the smoke, only two of them hay
ing been touched by the flames. The children
had been put to bed by the sisters and locked
IN. Soon after flames broke out and moved
with such rapldity that those free to act could
do nothing. Of those lost fourteen were boys
and three girls. The fremen soon quenched
the fire, when the victims were found beneath
their cots, where they had crawled to escape
the heat and smoke.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Railway MiSh0ns.

Two freight trains were wrecked near Canton.
o., on the 9th ult. An engine and fifteen
loaded cars were dumped down steep embark
ment. Several employees were slightly injured.
Damage $4,000.
A train on the Santa Fe road was derailed
near Larhin, Kan, on the 23d inst, and badly
wrecked. A boy was killed. and one passenger
had his skull fractured. Seven of the injured
were cared for at the scene of the accident.
A mail train on the New Jersey and Middleton
railroad was wrecked by broken rail near Og-
densburg, n. J., on the oath inst. The COM
bined mail and smoking car and passenger
coach went down an embapkment IL feet high,
turning over twice in its descent. Both cars
took fire from the stove and were burned up.
Some were slightly scorched and more or less
hurt, but none fatally.
By the spreading of the rails two passenger
coaches and a baggage car were ditched between
Long View and Glade Waller, Texas, on the oath
inst. Twenty persons were injured.
Unknown miscreants placed an iron bar across
the rails of the Texas Central road near Calves
ton ,on the 22d inst, and two coaches of south
bound passenger train were thrown from the
track. Six persons were injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02

BEAUTIES of moral courage: "You
look so happy that suppose you have
been to the dentist and had that aching
tooth pulled, said Galveston man to
friend with swollen jaw. "It amt
that that makes me look happy. The
tooth aches W orse than ever, but don't
feel it, Chow is that 2" "Well feel
so jolly because have just been to the
dentist aud he was out, and the happy
man cut pigeon-wing on the sid ewalk.
- Galveston Neecs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Beaten by the Beers.

The British have suffered another terrible
defeat in South Africa. The engagement was
between the Beers and the forces under Gen.
Colley. The latter were driven from their posi-
ton at Spitzkop. Gen. Colley was killed, and
only about one hundred Of the British force
escaped. The Beers charged up the hill four
times, with fearful carnage, and only put their
enemy to fight when their ammunition failed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
On the War Path.

News has been received that the Indians are
again on the war path in the vicinity of Chihua-
hua, Mexico, Two hundred of the savages at
tackled a settlement near Carrollas recently,
killing several women and children.
Lieut.. Morey, with a company of the Ninth
cavalry surprised an Indian camp in the Can
delaria mountains on the 18th, capturing three
lodges and 80 horses, but no Indians. The
troops pursued the fleeing hostiles about $50
miles through barren alkah region, and were
without water for two days.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
4 Sanguinary Encounter.

Martin Ross and VIM. Pickett, two young
farmers near Waverly, Lafayette County, Mo-.
quarreled on the Goth Pistols were drawn and
soon death ended the contest, Picket being shot
through the heart. Ross received bullet in
the right lung and one in the thigh. HIS
wounds are mortal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02

CHICAGO, February 26-1:30 P. M.--Wheat-
Steady at CSC for cash; SOC for seller April
Corn-Steady at $3.50 for fresh cash: 37slc for
seller March; 42c for seller May. Oats-Un-
changed at $500 for seller Hay. Rye-at Gle.
Barley-At S1.01. Pork-Steady at $14.621s
for cash; $14.80 bid for seller April. Lard
Unchanged at S810.07 for cash; $10.171a bid fo1
seller April. Hogs-Receipts, $4,000 head
quiet and 10c lower; light at S5.25G5.6 so:
1880 head; exceedingly weak and easier; ship.
ping at S3.S0@500: exports at $5.25@5.6O.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02

In the United States Circuit Court at Chica-
go on the Dist inst, Judge Drummond and
Blodgett refused rehearing in the celebrated
case of the barbed wire fence manufacturers,
IN which immense sums of money are involved.
In accordance with this decision ali the barbed
wire manufactured in the west is an infringe
ment on the patents OF the Washburn and
Mover manufacturing company, of Massachu-
sets. It is stated that most of the manufac-
tuners have already made terms with the Mas
sachusetts company.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
business Wrecks.

James Lyall & Co., London, East India mer-
chants, have failed. Liabilities E250,000.
Pyke & Ford, boot and shoe dealers at La
Fayette, Ind, have made an assignment, with
liabilities of 5000.
Emanuel Morris, wholesale dry goods mer-
chant, with stores i'll New York, Corpus Christi,
and Laredo, Texas and New Laredo. Mexico,
has failed, with liabilities of 100000
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Undoubtedly Lost.

The steamship Bristol City, from Now York
for Europe, long overdue, has been given up as
lost by her owners and agents. Measures of re-
lief are being instituted by friends of the fami-
lies of her officers and crew.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Fatal Explosions.

An explosion occurred in Detwiller's fire.
works establishment near Jersey City on the
22d. A boy named James Gillen was fatally
injured and several others badly burned.
A boiler in the soap factory of T. W. Meyer
exploded on the 22d inst, killing Meyer and
injuring his son William.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
A Biting Blizzard.

a fierce storm of rain sleet and snow. driven
by bowling gale, swept over the entire state Of
Wisconsin on the Goth and 9th, causing much
damage to railroads and private enterprise by
the consequent embargo on traffic of all kinds.
Southern Minnesota was also blocked, the storm
having been especially severe in that district.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Hanged

Two murderers were hung on Friday, the
25th John Vanderheide at Shelbyville, KY,
and E. Chayden at Windsor, VT The former
took the life of Rebecca Johnson, little negro
girl and the latt or murdered his wife.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02

THE eight-year-old daughter of a fam
ily who has the decorative craze the
worst way was discovered daubing the
faces of the photographs of her parents,
brothers and sisters with water colors.
When the little innocent was scolded,
she replied that she was ''only decorat
ing family mugs"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
pepnsvlvania,s New Senator.

The legislature of Pennsylvania succeeded in
eIecting a United States senator on the Oath
INST John I. Mitchell was the lucky man. He
is stalwart Republican, and has served five
terms in the Pennsylvania legislature and two
terms IN the lower house of congress.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Mexican Justice.

An Albuquerque, Mexico dispatch of the goth
ult., says: "Faustine Guilttero, implicated In
the murder of Col. Potter WAS brought in by a
sheriffs posse and jailed, but mob of vigi-
| antes took him out and hanged him to tree. "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
BADLY Shaken.

st. Michaers, in the Azores, experienced
thirty-siK successive shocks of earthquake re-
Gently. Over two hundred houses were wrecked
and several persons killed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Sale of n Wine.

The entire Dolly Warden mining estate, was
sold at Alma, Col, on the 22d INST, by Hell d
Binck to the Boston Gold and Silver Mining
company, for 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
Marine Disasters.

The French bark Fannie, from Philadelphia
for Havre with cargo of crude and refined
petroleum, is regarded as lost with all hands.
The steamer J. NJ. Kerr, bound from Natchez
for New Orleans, with a load of cotton, sunk on
the 21st inst. The passengers were saved.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02

was most intense. The unsettled condition of
tinancial affairs is due to the rapid withdrawal
of national bank calculations, owing to obno1-
ious clauses in the 3 pc cent. funding bill now
pending in congress