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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Th o Fire Fiem6.

The large sugar refinery of III. A. Havemeyer,
at Brooklyn, was entirely destroyed by fire on
the 9th inst. The loss on the building and
machinery will reach $1,500,000. One
thousand men were employed in the works and
will be temporarily thrown out of employment.
Other fires, At st. Louis, Watkins & Co.'s hat
store 100000 at New York, several dry goods
houses 1896, 900; at Shelton, Conn.,, Radcliffe's
wooden mills; at Baltimore, Md, the Westmin-
ster Presbyterian church, 800, 600; at Savannah,
Ga, Lathrop & Co.'s cotton warehouse, $50, 900;
at Sackville, N. b., the Mount Allison Academy,
$4,000.
Fire in the WOODEN mills of E. Schofeld, at
Manayurk, Pa, on the 9th inst, destroyed
property to the amount of $4,000
Whitaker Il Sons pork house burned at st.
Louis, on the 9th inst. Loss 100000; insured
for $40, 900.
The furniture store of John A. Baldwin, at
Williamsburg, N. Y, burned, ON the 9th inst.
Loss 1915, 000 insured for 1886. O00
The Texas Pacific Railroad lost their depot
and Offices at Marshall, Texas, by fire on the Sd
inst. Loss $4,000
An entire square of buildings at Greenville,
Texas, was converted into a mass of smoking
ruins on the I'd inst. Loss $4,000
A number Of stores and dwellings, together
with fourteen horses, burned at Batesville, Ark,
on the Sd inst
New Years blazes: Eight firms suffered by
fire at st. Paul. Mimi, the loss amounting to
$4,000. The Waternall building at Philadel-
phia, Pa, was damaged to the extent of $685.
900. Hendricks livery stable, with twenty-four
horses and accompanying outfit, was swept
away at Worcester, Mass. A lighter and 391
tons of cotton at Jersey City wharf vanished
in smoke.
Hadfield & Ducker's cracker bakery at Brook
lyn, was destroyed by fire on the I'd inst. Loss
$4,000.
John A. Lords steam tannery, at Peabody,
Mass, valued at 1915. 900, was burned ON the 1st
inst.
The steamer Rosa B., laden with 1900 bales
of cotton, burned at Boyou Baritone, on the
Mississippi on the I'd inst. The steward
drowned
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Bro. Gardner on " Niger Minstrels. "
From the Detroit Free Press


[ hev bin axed, began the old man
as the mercury in the thermometer hang
ing alongside the stove began to boil,
[ hev bin axed what relashun de negro
minstrel troupe bars to de Guild race.
To return an off-hand answer, I should
say dat it bars about the same relashuE
dat hasty puddin' does to ten thous-
and-dollar paintin'. If dar's any re-
lashun whatever, I hev never bin able
to diskiver it. De Guild man may dance
an sing, but he nebber trabbles on his
ignorance nor on de JOHN an gags of de
pas ginerashun. Ii twenty Guild men
should put on wigs an paint up to re-
semble twenty white men, an sot down
befo' de public an ask why an elephant
was like gimlet, an what was de differ
ence between a clam on de sand and
sand on de clam, dey would be booted
off de stage. Yet, de public will see
white men disguise dairselves as negroes
and applaud de gags an jokes, an con-
undrums dat de poorest African In De-
troit would be ashamed to acknowledge.
If de public banker for SIGH shows, an
mus hev 'em, let 'em go on, but doan'
let white folks deceive deirselves or be
deceived. Continer to call 'em negro
minstrel shows, but doan' look for de
negroin 'em. He amt dar. He's home
in de busum of his family, warmin' his
feet, learnin' de chill'n to read, an tellin'
de ole woman dat all flesh am grass.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
POSTAL AFFAIRS.

The vigorous war inaugurated against
crooked contractors for star route mail
delivery by ex-Postmaster General
James, during the few months of his in
eumbency, and the subsequent action in
the matter by Attorney General Brews-
ter, has drawn the attention of the peo-
pie to that department of the govern
ment. In reviewing the postmaster gen.
erals report, the Pail Mall Gazette draws
comparison between postal affais in
Great Britain and the United States.
It says: Enormous as the business
of the United States is, and large as is
the postofice revenue, this department
of the federal government does not pay
its way. For the last fiscal year the gross
revenue was e7, 357, 900 and the expendi-
ture ct, $4,000; so that the deficiency
was nearly $500, 900. To that extent the
United States postoffice is a burden
upon the general taxation. With rev.
enue of about the same amount the
English postofice department gives net
profit to the nation of nearly e3, 000,0 900
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per arnum. It would be quite that but
for the heavy cost of the Indian and
China mail services, which are over-sub-
sidized This is, moreover, exclusive of
the telegraph revenue, which is now
sufficient to pay the interest npon the
capital expended in the purchase and
extension of our inland telegraph sys-
tenn. So great contrast naturally sug-
gests inquiries as to the cause. They
lie In manner on the surface, and are
clearly expounded by Mr.. james, the
United States postmaster in his
report. The deficits are chiefly the re-
suit of frauds upon the department.. In
the early days of the postoffice, and down
to 1851, the federal government followed
the wise plan of making the department.
self-supporting, but since that date it
has been the victim of organized gangs
of robbers, who by lobbying and
other disgraceful practices got congress
to pass extravaganza mail contracts, prin-
cipally for routes through the unknown
and unpeopled wilds of the west. To
such an extent had these frauds gone by
1861 that the postofice deficit in that
year reached go, $50, 900 pounds, and al
though the west has been opened up by
railways since then to an extent that has
replaced the old 'star routes-or
routes through regions so unknown that
the mail drivers had only the stars to
guide them in their course-the mischief
still continues. The Gazette then saws
the investigation into the alleged frauds
should be continued, ndal! unnecessary
expenditure cut off so that the depart
ment may be self sustaining.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
FORTY-SEVENTA CONGRESS.
Senate.


THURSDAY, January Bills introduced To
promote the efficiency of the navy; to increase
the efficiency of the signal service of the army:
to provide for the disposition of O. portion of
Fort Hayes military reservation, Kansas
Many petitions were presented, of which n large
number prayed for the exercise of government
control over rail transportation charges.
Adjourned.
FRIDAY, January 6.-Bllls introduced: To fix
the terms of Office of collectors of internal
revenue; amendatory of the pension laws: ap-
proprlatlng money for the selection of q site
ana the location of government buildings in
Minneapolis, Mimi The resolution of De
cember 18th offered by Davis (W. Va relating
topenslon frauds, calling for statements of their
nature and character, what amount of arrears
had been paid, the number of cases added to
the pension roll under the s'Arrears Act" the
number of applications hereunder. the esti-
mated annual expenditures required, the esti-
mated total cost of arrearages paid and to be
paid, and the total regular pension roll after
arrearages had been determined, came up and
was debated by Davis, Edmunds and Hill -.
sherman attempted to call up his per cent.
bond bill but Beck objected The amendment
of Mcpherson makes the bonds redeemable after
January l, 1891, instead OF payable after Janu-
airy l, 1897, and extends the time of payment to
thirty years from date of issue. Plumb gave
notice OF an amendment directing the use of
all funds now held IN the treasury for redemp-
NNOA w
100000 for the redemption Of 81 Der cent.
The amendments were ordered inserted and the
bill reprinted After an executive session the
senate adjourned till Monday.
House
THURSDAY, January 5.-Orth announced his
resignation from the committee on rules. pro-
tested against the present method of appoint
ing committees, and stated that at some future
time he would introduce for consideration a
proposition to change the method of electing
committees Orth's request was granted It
caused quite a futter among disappointed
members. Springer stated that he was about
to make suggestion in regard to the appoint
ment of committees, bat would not do so at
present The apeaker said he did not under
stand that it Was necessary for him to vindi-
cate himself by saying anything in reply. 1t
must not, however, be inferred because the
Chair does not undertake to challenge the
statements charging him with injustice. that
the chair acqulesces in the views taken by the
gentleman from Indiana (Orth). The Speaker
stated Hewitt had requested to be relieved from
service ON the committee on public buildings
and grounds as his private business relations
7-er5 such as might make it impossible for him
to serve. -. The request was granted. A resolu-
ton was adopted thanking the khedlve of
Egypt for the obeisk brought over by Com
msnder Gorringe. Adjourned till Monday.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Burned to Death.

The poor house at Decatur, ILL.,, burned On
the 4th inst, three insane inmates perishing in
the flames. The unfortunates were: Isaac
Franklin, aged 80, Martin Casey, aged so and
Franklyn Fletcher, aged 45. The pecuniary
loss amounts TO $15, 600.
By the burning of the boarding house of Gar
ret Abers, at Richburg, N. Y. on New Years
eve, three children, aged IS, u, and 10 respec-
lively, persisted in the flames, and their mother,
Mrs Abers, who was Frustrated with fever,
was carried out into the snow, and will die
from the exposure. Another inmate of the
house is expected to die of his injuries. An
overheated kitchen stove was the origin of the
fire
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Memory by Association.
from the Detroit Free Press


In one of the Justices court the
other day in suit for malicious tres
pass in entering upon land and remov-
ing a fence, one of the witnesses was
asked: "Did you help build that
fence ?" "I did," "What year was
it?" "Well, let's see. It was the
same year by brother-in law had his leg
broken in wrestling match at Dear
born" "Wen, what year was that !"
"Let's see. It was just six months
after we found the Duggan boy drowned
in Sabin's well. That was-that was in
eighteen hundred and-and" "Can't
you remember" "Why, yes, 1 ought
to. Let's see. That same summer that
we took the Duggan boy out of the well
Tyler's second girl started to run away
with tin peddler, and we caught them
lust the other side of Dearborn. l
squared off on the peddler, and knocked
him eighteen feet into the bushes. :"
"But what year was it that you built the
fence?" "Why, the same year that all
this happened, or, maybe a year before
or after. If I could only talk with my
old woman minute l could get 1T ex-
act" "How?" "Why I was build
ing the last half of that fence when she
was hooked by COW, and she'd hunt mp
the man who owned the beast, and hit
the date square on the head" 1t was
decided to let the exact date remain in
seclusion, although the witness sud-
denly bethought himself that it was
somewhere around" the same year
that Browns horses ran away and
smashed into Deacon Tracy's front gate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
washington Gossip.

Gen. Fitz John Porter has sent letter to
President Arthur, asking that the President ex-
anime his case and take steps 70 reinstate him
in rank and pay in the army. The letter is &C.
companled by one from Gen. Grant and an
case.
President Arther has issued a special mes
sage regarding the alarming spread of small
pox in this country. He urges more stringent
qua rantine regulations at the seaports and
more effective interstate regulations for the
restriction and repression of contagious
diseases.
President Arthur has accepted the resignation
of Private Secretary J. Stanley Brown.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Deadly Dynamite.

While some workmen were thawing out a
can of dynamite by immersing it in a kettle OF
of warm water, an explosion took place, killing
Swede named Quilberg and seriously lnjuring
Charles and S. M. Nelson.
On the 31st ult., King Smith, boss of gang
of railroad constructionists. near Wampum, Pa.
fooiishly placed quantity of dynamite in an
old powder keg near stove In order to dry il.
At noon, and while the men were gathered
about the stove eating their lunch, the deodly
substance exploded, fatally injuring Milford
Cunningham, and seriously wounding seven
others
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Suicidal.

Samuel FL. Ward, prominent and wealthy
citizen of Port Huron, Mich, ended his life on
the 7th inst, by taking strychnine. No cause
is assigned for the rash deed.
At Bradford, Pa, ON the 7th inst, J. Ell.
Smedley, aged 81, member of an oilproducing
firm blew his head off with shot gun. The
deceased was single man and in good circHm-
stances.
J. D. Wolcott, a young man who has been
engaged IN mining and railroad business on
the Pacific Slope, and whose parents reside at
Rome, N. Y, committed suicide in Chicago
no ell, on New Years eve, by cutting his throat.
John FL. Russell, who murdered John T.
Smarr, a few days ago, at Kansas City, died in
jail on the 31,t ult., from the effects of NOR
phine, provided by some visitor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Fearful Stampede.

frightful stampede occurred in the Salem
Church at Quincy, ILL.,. on the afternoon of the
9Th inst, by which forty persons were injured.
several, it is thought. fatally. The funeral
services of minister we're being held, and the
church, which is one of the largest in the city,
was packed to suffocation. seat in the gall
lery broke down, which was the immediate
cause of the panic. Men, women and children
rushed for the doors, and many were thrown
down and trampled under foot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Fatal Explosions.

At Oskaloosa, Ia, on the 5th inst, three boys
caused an explosion of five hundred kegs of
powder. by firing at the wooden magazine con-
tanning it with breech-loading rifle. The boys
plate glass fronts in the business part of the
city were blown out. Many persons were in
jured by falling glass. The damage will reach
$4,000. The names OF the victims are John
Phillips, Gerald Joyce and John Sledman.
boiler in a saw mill ST Winamac, Ind, ex-
ploded on the I'd inst, killing John Helm, and
fatally injuring Daniel Duit o third man was
badly hurt
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Down to Deafh.

An appalling calamity occurred at Shanes-
vile, o., on New Years eve. The Knights of
Pythias were holding festival when the floor
gave way, precipitating about 300 to the first
floor The hot stove fell with the crowd and
the oil from broken chandeliers saturating the
clothing of the unfortunate victims, the whole
mass of humanity was soon enveloped in
flames The widest excitement and confusion
prevailed and the scene which followed is de-
SCI ibed as beggaring description. The first
report was that thirteen were killed, but later
accounts reduce the number to six, with a large
lumber terribly injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Wilmer ylisleapS.

Andrew Gunderson, aged II. and Fred.
Meters, aged 81, residing at Isabella, Pierce
County, Wis, skated into an air hole on Lake
Pepin on the 4th inst, and were drowned.
Edward F. Ryan, Michael Ryan and Richard
Adkins, employed on the Paradise, COL, tun-
mel, were buried one hundred feet deep by
snow-slide, on the 31st ut.
BY collision between freight train and
street car at Indianapolis Ind, on the I'd inst,
Sister Of Mercy was kiledand another person
seriously injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
The Gibbet.

Seven murderers were hanged on Friday, the
10th inst. Joeeph M. Kotoysky and Chas. Ellis,
at ST Louis. John A. Phelps, at Marshall, Mo.
Terence Achilli and Sterling. Ben. at Franklin,
Kankowslzy, at Jersey City. Two more viii be
hung in st. Louis on Friday, the 18th inst
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Che RnrsnspsS Finances.

The public debt statement makes the follow
ing exhibit: During December, 1881. the debt
decreased $40, 1913, 623; cash in the treasury
$253, 377 $3.50; gold certificates, Is. 1873, 100; sill
yer certificates, $68 675, 23O; certificates of de-
post outstanding, &c. 500 900; refunding certifi-
Gates, $575,250 legal tenders outstanding,
1916, 69l ,013; fractional currency $7,075, 926:
decrease since June 80, 1881, $75. 1O7, 094.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11

threatened to expose their doings. Robert,
the boy, attempted to escape but was struck
down and killed by Craft. Then, notwith-
standing the most piteous appeals, Craft killed
Annie Gibbons with an axe. and Neal finished
Emma Thomas with the same horrid weapon.
The two murderers attended the funeral of
their victims, one acting as Eall-bearer and the
other driving the hearse. The prisoners were
lodged in Cattlettsburg jail. Lynching is
almost certain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Explosion i'm n Mine.

On the 7th inst, while over two hundred men
were at work in a mine near Lonsford, Pa,
fall of coal broke lamp in miners hand, and
Immediately a fearful explosion occurred,
caused by the ignition of the accumulation of
gas in the works. Sixteen men were injured,
three fatally. A portion of the mine caved in,
and the gangways and chutes were considerably
wrecked.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
MOrtuarY.

Richard III. Dana, Jr., of Cambridge. Mass,
died at Rome, Italy, on the 9TH inst. The de-
ceased at one time was considered one of the
Oldest jurists of New England. He achieved
literary fame through the production of q
single book, his 1.-TWO Years Before the Mast -
having been one of the most salable works ever
published in this country.
Edwin W. ,StoughtoD, ex-minister to Russia,
is dead.
Judge John P. Putnam, of the Massachusetts
supreme court, died at Boston, on the 4th inst.
The death is announced at Paris of Francis
Michel Pascal, the sculptor.
DR.. William A. Peck, one of the surgeons at
the Indianapolis Surgical Institute, died on the
5th inst
Charles G. E. Prussing, the well-lznown VINE
gar manufacturer of Chicago, died in Germany
on the I'd inst, of Bright's disease, aged Sc
years.
The Hon. G. G. Clay, who was a United States
senator from Alabama, before the war, and q
confederate states senator during the war, died
at Henrietta, Ala, on the Sd inst.
James Isom, los years old, veteran Of the
1872, died in Kentucky, on the 1stinst. Samuel
Beckley, aged 100, native of England, died at
Flint, Mich, on the 4th inst.
DIR. John w. Draper, the eminent scientist
and author, died on the 4th inst, at Hastings,
on the Hudson.
The death is announced of William Harrison
Ainsworth, an English novelist whose works
were widely read in the circulating libraries of
America and England
John R. Circuit, prominent and wealthy
citizen of Detroit, Mich, died on the Sd inst,
aged IS.
Michael McFadden, chief of the Memphis,
Tenn, fire department. died on the Sd inst.
L. f. Burgurs, ex-president of the old Trans
vaal Republic, South Africa, is dead.
Samuel G. Mallette, treasurer of the city of
Omaha, died suddenly of epilepsy, on New
Years day.
DR.. J. w. Allen, one of the leading ply
sicians of northern Indiana, died, on the 31st
ult. at Elkhart, where he settled in 1848.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
Steamer Sunk.

The new steamer Grand Tower, of the Vicks-
burg and St. Louis Anchor Line, sank at Goose
Island, on the Mississippi River, on the 7th
inst, and is total loss together with her cargo.
Cost $150,000. A strong current carried her
against snag.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11

SrAMMERERs are commonly worse off
among strangers than when talking with
friends, the difficulty being in part
nervous affection; but there is peculig
case of an Ohio boy who can speak glibly
at home, when he cannot utter word
anywhere else.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
The Fiends Arrested.

Through the confession of one of their
number the three villains who so cruelty
murdered the Gibbons children at Ashland,
Ky., recently, have been arrested. George
Ellis, in his confession, states that ON the night
OF the murder he was induced by William Neal
and Ellis Craft to join them on Their foul m s.
sion to the Gibbons homestead. They entered
through window, and Neal and Craft outraged
the gwls, who recognized their despoilers and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
T. aiIP6a

The extensive corn, lobster and salmon CAN
ming firm of j. Winslow, Jones d Co., Portland,
Me-, has failed. 1t operated fifteen corn fac
tories and nineteen lobster and salmon factories
Liabilities 1882. 900.
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Railway Wrecks.

On the I'd inst, train on the Boston AMI
Maine Railroad went through an iron bridge at
Coles Corner, Me. -Four cars took fire and
were destroyed. One man was killed, one
fatally injured, and many others more or less
iniurod
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my case" The jury were told they might rest
for the day. but they preferred to remain and
listen
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
SFpinwFPCk.

A schooner sunk off the cape near Gloucester,
Mass, on the I'd inst Two men died from ex-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-23

homeless outcast that he once was,
now stands before you"
She turned ashen white. arose
and staggered toward the door. /
told her to stop, had something to
say to her.
Let me 60" said she; II showed
no mercy to you and / expect none
Then my heart was touched.
Mrs. st. john" I said, 81 will
pardon your husband, but on one
condition only"
She eagerly asked me to name il.
1t is this, said l, that you will
teach your children the folly and
the evil consequences of pride; that
you will guard them against its
wicked and nefarious Influences
through life, and that your husband
will likewise reclaim and lead a
different life"
She readily assented to my re-
quirements, and in few moments
more she was on her way home,
bearing the joyful tidings TO her
little children.
The lesson that 1 taught her 1
hope may be benefit to them
through life.
She and her husband moved TO
distant city, where he reformed and
became a useful and respectable
and often speaks of me, l
with profound graft
tude.
l am a bachelor yet, ,,and there is
but one woman to whose memory
ever drop a tear. And that is 20
the memory of my mother.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-23
An Old Letter,

EDoNIA, December, Year Two
Dear Eve: have been on the ram
page now one month, prospecting
for our new home, and have seen
some ranches that will do pretty
well, but none of them just the
ticket. The old garden is a hard
place to beat, but we have lost that
and are turned out now to root ..hOg
or die. We will fight it out now on
this line if it takes all summer.
Eating that apple was great blum
der, bnt, my dear girl, let bygones
be bygones; there is.hope for us yet.
Just as soon as l strike a good
claim I'll come back to you. Watch
over Cain closely; he is a brick.
The weather is raw and cold. L
feel that 1 am too thinly clad. No
more now; from your loving Adam.
P. S.-Has Cain cut another tooth
vet?