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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28

ard, it would still remain a profitable
pursuit. As Cape Colony and the
Orange states are British possessions, OF
course large preponderance Of their
trade is with the mother country, but it
is satisfactory to find that American
goods are imported in considerable
quantities and are growing In favor. In
1881 no less than So vessels, with car
goes direct from the United States, ar
rived at the ports of the Cape
Colony. American ploughs, thrashers,
reapers, and all manner of agricultural
implements are in demand, and owing
to their hghtness and superior finish are
preferred, notwithstanding the pre]u-
dice which English and German makers
are constantly striving to engender
against them. Omnibuses, wagons, car
riages and buggies are being largely
imported from the United States and meet
with ready market, with good profits to
theimporters. Sewing-machines, clocks,
canned goods and Yankee notions all
command ready sale and good prices.
This trade is worth looking after, and ii
our merchants and manufacturers will
follow up the advantage which they now
have, they will have their full share OF
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
LIVE STOCK IN GREAT BRITAIN.

A grave diminution has taken place In
live stock in Great Britain, says the Bos-
ton Advertiser, while in our own coun-
try decided advance could be reported.
The diminution of the number of sheep
in Great Britain has been set forth elab-
orately by an article in the London
Times. Since 1868 up to 1881, the de-
crease has been 7,712, 900 or twenty one
and two-thirds per cent. The present
number of sheep in the United Kingdom
is In round numbers only 27,S82, 1000,
while in the United States in 1870 there
were %, 478,000 and the tables of the
census of 1880 will show large increase
in stock of this description. There has
been in Great Britain no replacement of
sheep by an augmentation In herds. In
the thirteen years under review, the in
crease in cattle was but nine per cent.
Or, to repeat the figures in another form,
while there was falling off in sheep of
7,712, 900, there was gain In cattle of
49,, ZOO. Reckoning each head of cattle
as equivalent to six sheep, the combined
cattle and sheep stock has diminished in
the whole kingdom during this period
three per cent. The money value repre-
scented by the decline is nearly $35, 000,-
600. All the English counties except
three have less live stock than in 1868.
The decrease in live stock, moreover, has
occurred not merely upon the same,
but upon larger total area of cultivated
land. and on a greater number of acres,
namely, 3,777,000 devoted to food
crops, or more than ten per cent. This
extra acreage means not an accession of
wealth, but an increased expenditure,
since a smaller head of stock is kept.
The decrease in live stock reckoned as
sheep, per one hundred acres of per-
manent pasture, is twelve per cent. for
the whole kingdom. The diminution of
the crop of lands during the thirteen
years was 100000, or twenty-three per
cent. The increase in COWS and heifers
for the same time was but 5000. Be-
sides the falling off in farmers capital,
other causes have aided the decline, the
seasons not favoring an increase, in some
instances, and other reasons, influential
In part, being assigned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
M0H1HRTKa

Louis Godefrey Jadin, the French landscape
painter, is dead.
Joseph Sullivan, belonging to one of the old
est families of Columbus, o.. who for twenty
years was member of the state board of agri-
culture, died on the oath.
Geo. W. Tiff, one of the leading business
men of Buffalo, N. Y, died on the Oath. He
founded the Ingleslde Home for Fallen Women,
which cost $50, 600.
Charles Antobees, the most noted of the
frontiersmen of Colorado, died at the age of
so years, at his home near Fort Raymond. He
piloted John c. Fremont back and forth over
the range.
Archbishop Makary, of Moscow, Russia, died
suddenly on the 22d inst.
David Thomas. who died on the Goth inst, at
Catasaque, Pa, was the father of the anthra-
cite iron business in the United States.
Captain W. III. Lawton custodian of field
notes of the United States survey of the state
of Illinois, died at Griggsvie, ILL.,, on the 18th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
Minor NaiShapS.

A team of horses shyed and sent coach over
cliff at FELTON,, CAL, on the Oath inst. Three
ladies and gentleman were killed and three
boys wounded.
Augustus Rosenberg and W. S. Carpenter
were drowned at Big Rapids, Mich, on the
oath, while bathing.
1t transpires that after the burning of the
steamer Rogers in st. Lawrence Bay on the
Siberian coast, Master Putnam in command of
the supply depot at Cape Serdze, Karmen, pro-
visioned the survivors and started to return to
his post. He was overtaken by severe storm
and carried out to sea on the ice. There is no
doubt but that the faithful officer met his death
M the gale.
Joseph Snyder, living at Georgetown nine
miles from New Albany, Ind, carelessly placed
package of powder In the oven to dry, and
forgot it. An explosion occurred which fatally
injured his two children.
Mr.. Jeffrey, first mate and Clay Jones. fire.
man, of the government snag-boat Woodruff.
were seriously injured at Cincinnati, O.. on fine
goth inst. by the explosion of the "niggern
boiler. The boat was badly wrecked.
In Norwood, Mass, during the night of the
18th, noted veterinary surgeon. Colonel JAWS
Gay, was called to attend sick horse. Being
70 years of age, and quite deaf he became be
wlldered in the fog, and was shot dead as a
burglar at a house where he sought to arouse
the family.
farmer named Edward Carter, his son. his
daughter and his son-in-laW persisted in their
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
TRADE WITH THE DARK CONTINENT

The white race has planted itself firmly
upon the southern end of the African
continent, and In its warfare with nature
and savage beasts and savage men that
have so long held possession, is advanc-
ing with rapid strides. The Province of
Cape Colony is in itself a hourishing
state, with extensive and varied indus
tries. The American consul at Cape
Town reports that last year the imports
in his district amounted to no less than
$40. 130,0 900, showing an increase over
the preceding year of 100000. The
diamond mining of South Africa has
proved to be an active industry which
contributes largely to the support of
other branches of business. Consul
Siler says upon this subject: 'fThe
great wealth annually produced by the
diamond mining industry in this colony
has enriched thousands of persons with
in the last few years and given steady
and remunerative employment to tens of
thousand of natives, and may be justly
regarded as the main trunk to which all
other branches of industry In British
South Africa are merely subsidiary.
Thousands of these precious stones are
concealed from the vigilance of officials
appointed to keep record of the findings
hence an exact estimate of the yield is
not possible. But, from the most re-
liable information, there is every reason
to believe that for several years past
there have been considerably over $15,-
100000 worth of diamonds annually ex-
ported from the colony, and every year
the value increases. Another industry
of more importance than is generally
supposed, is that of ostrich farming. In
1870 the value of feathers imported from
the colony amounted in round numbers
to 1896, 900; in 1880, to Sd, 410,0OG It
is reasonable to believe that this will
continue TO be prominent industry in
South Africa for many years to come, for
it is claimed if values were to decline
eyan so per cent. from the present stand
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
TORNADO PREM0NITIONS.

On commenting on the terrific cyclones
souri, and Iowa, the New York Herald
makes the assertion that they will not
prove unmixed evils if they lead the
western people to view these storms not
as occult phenomena, but as measurably
within the power of science to predict.
The idea usually entertained is that
tornado is an isolated feature of an at
mospheric disturbance, and that the
deadly, whirling meteor swoops down,
without warning, so suddenly that no
precaution is of any avail. The lorna
does of the last ten years, however,
show, as those recently reported from
the west do, that they seldom occur
singly, Ibut are generated in troops nearly
simultaneously along well-defned parts
of a general depression, during clearly
marked alterations of temperature. A
study of the map will show that the re-
cent tornadoes cover belt of country
four hundred miles wide along the
southern edge of a barometric depres-
sion stretching frem Dakota beyond
Lake Michigan. While it may always
be impossible to foresee exactly where a
tornado will descend with fatal effects, it
is far from impossible even now to indi-
cate the belt of country over which, I'M
der given thermometric conditions, a
series of destructive tornadoes may con-
fdently be expected. Such warnings
could not fail to put exposed communi
ties on the lookout for such catastrophes
as recently befen Grinnell, Iowa, and
several towns in Kansas; and, however
flimsily western villages are built up the
premonition would no doubt IN many
cases prove the saving of valuable lives.
Besides having this kind of warnings
based on the remote meteorological con-
ditions, the districts assailed would also
have the local signs of the death-dealing
storm to guide them In their prepare
tons for its onset. But, adds the Her
aid, though the western people may thus
be enabled to dodge a cyclone, they
ought to build their towns in way to
withstand these tremendous forces.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
Representation.

Representation in Legislative bodies is
much smaller in the United States, in
proportion to population, than in any of
the leading countries of the world,
While the United States, with a popu-
lation of so, 900, 900 havingonly 369 SEN
ators and members of congress, Ger
many with 45, 900, 900 has 397 delegates;
England, "a, 900, 900, has 658 members
of parliament; France, $4,000, 900, is
represented by $50 senators and repre-
sentatives; Spain, II, 900, 900, population,
has 397 deputies in the cortes; and
Austro- Hungary with So, 900, 900 people
has legislative BODY of 1000 in the two
houses. If the United States had rep
resentation in congress upon the same
basis as Austro- Hungary, there would
be no less than 2,2S6 members of con-
gress and senators to worry the rail-
roads and other monopolies. The ex-
pense to such law-defying corporations
would be great, and in the end would
have to be paid by the public. There
fore it is probably as well for the general
welfare of the country to leave the rep
resentation at smaller number. It is
more convenient and less expensive in
the long run.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
Wicked Winds.

Severe wind and rain storms were expert
enced at several western points on the Oath
inst. At Emmettsburg, Iowa, whirlwind de-
molshed houses and injured several people.
At Rockford, in the northern portion of the
same state several elevators were blown down
and heavy damage inflicted on other property.
At Omaha, Neb., damage to the extent of
$50, 900 was inflicted, and two brakemen were
killed at Talmadge. At indianapolis, Ind, the
spire of the st. Paul Episcopal Church was
laid low. and colOred boy was fatally crushed
under the ruins of an ice house. Rockford,
ILL.,, was deluged, and crops in the vicinity laid
waste A cherry crop valued at $1,000 was
ruined. Alendale, Dakota, suffered greatly
from midsummer blizzard on the same day,
and Yankton experienced like visitation. In
the vicinity of Lanesboro, Mlnn., horses and
cattle were drowned by a sudden rise OF Root
River and in endeavoring to rescue his live
stock at Udolpho, man named Green was
drowned.
Black Hawk and Buchanan Counties Iowa,
wese visited bya fearful hurricane on the night
of the 22d inst, and the people were fearful of
repetition of the Grinnell experience. A
number of houses were demoralized, trees
blown down and crops laid low. At Indepen-
dence the tent-pole of Sells Bros circus blew
down killing three men. The recently desola-
ted cities of Grinnell and Malcolm, in Powesheik
County were exposed to pitiless rain storm
on the same day, damaging the goods in roof
less houses seriously.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
A Curious Courtship.
[From the Natchez Democrat. ]


The two thousand Choctaws still liv-
ing In their ancestral homes in Mississip-
pi retain IN their pristine vigor many of
the usages of their ancestors. Among
these are the curious methods employed
IN conducting a courtship and the mar
riage ceremony. When a young Choc-
taw, of Kemper or Neshoba County,
sees maiden who pleases his fancy, he
watches his opportunity until he finds
her alone. He then approaches within
few yards of her and gentle casts a peb-
bic toward her, SO that it may fall at her
feet. He may have to do this three or
four times before he attracts the
maiden's attention. IT this pebble
throwing is agreeable, she soon makes it
manifest; if otherwise a scornful look
and decided "ekwah indicate that his
suit is III vain.
When marriage is agreed upon the
lovers appoint time and place for the
ceremony. On the marriage day the
friends and relatives of the prospective
couple meet at their respective houses or
villages and thence march toward each
other. When they arrive near the mar
rlage ground-generally intermediate
space between the two villages-they
halt within about hundred yards of
each other. The brothers of the woman
then go across to the opposite party and
bring forward the man and set him down
on 2 blanket spread upon the marriage
ground. The mans sisters then do like
wise by going over and bringing forward
the woman and seating her by the side
of the man. Sometimes. to furnish
little merriment for the occasion, the
woman is expected to break loose and
run. Of course she is pursued, cap
tured and brought back.
All parties assemble around the ex-
pectant couple. A bag of bread is
brought forward by the voman's rela-
tives and deposited near her. In like
manner the mans relatives bring forward
a bag of meat and deposit it near him.
The mans friends and relatives now be-
gin to throw presents upon the head and
shoulders of the woman. These pres
ents are of any kind that the donors
choose to give, as articles of clothing,
money, trinkets, ribbons, etc. AS soon
as thrown they are quickly snatched off
by the woman's relatives and distributed
among themselves. During all this time
the couple sit very quietly and demurely,
not word spoken by either. When all
the presents have been thrown and dis
tributed, the couple, now man and wife,
arise, the provisions from the bags are
spread, and, just as In civilized life, the
ceremony is rounded off with festival.
The festival over, tie company disperse
and the gallant groom conducts his bride
to his home, where they enter upon the
tolls and responsibilities of the future.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
Suicidal.

A startling and unparalleled case of suicide
took place at Danville, ILL.,, on the 22d INST,
when three young girls deliberately, and by
agreement, swallowed fatal doses of poison.
Allie Mills, aged IA, ended her young life be-
cause her father was living with prostitute,
Mary Ogli, aged II because she was an orphan,
and Mary Jones, aged IL took the fatal potion
because her companions had done so.
Mrs. William Henry, of Constantine, Mich,
swallowed dose of strychnine at Kalamazoo,
Mich, on the night of the 21st inst, and died
from its effects. 1t is supposed she committed
the deed on account of a family quarrel.
Henry Hilderbrand, wealthy and we'll
kno En resident of Polk County, Nebraska,
suicided on the Goth inst, by hanging.
Hoede, the French secretary of control at
Alexandria, Egypt, committed suicide on the
21st inst.
Harry M. Finley, of Bucyrus, O., graduate
of the naval academy at Annapolis, recently re-
signed and returned home. Regretting his
hasty action, he killed himself with revolver
in his fathers bedroom, on the 18th inst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
SlliDWreCk.

The steamer Escambia, loaded with grain,
capsized and sunk shortly after leaving San
Francisco, CAL, On the 18th inst. The captain,
engineer and seven others escaped in a boat and
it is the opinion of Capt. Purvis that the bal
ance-eleven in Advent down with the ship.
In attempting to land in the breakers the cap
tain's boat was swamped and all but four of
the crew were drowned. The capsizing of the
steamer was due to the placing of large
amount of coal on deck while her water-ballast
compartments were left empty. This made the
vessel "cranky and when she got into the
trough of the sea she fell over on her beam
ends.
The American schooner Massasoit is reported
sunk by an iceberg off the Newfoundland
coast, with a loss of five persons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
GVlitRaIIs

Justice Bradley, of the supreme court, on
the 10Th inst, denied writ of habeds corpus to
Guiteau, holding that The court of the District
of Columbia had full jurisdiction N the case
The jaiIer at Washington feels certain that the
assassin will break down before the day set for
execution. Thousands of applications to wit
pess the hanging have been made, but not over
one hundred will be admitted. President
Arthur is about to be handed petition, by
number of leading specialists, for a board of
medical commissioners to examine into the
mental condition of the doomed man. The
prisoner clings to the hope that the President
will come to his relief at the final moment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
MurderOuS Deeds.

Thomas Magoghey, a constabulary pensioner,
was assassinated by a disguised person on the
25th inst, while sitting in the kitchen of the
lodge of wealthy farmer Kilkeelan. County
Meath, Ireland.
At Chico. CAL, on the 25th inst, Herr Smith.
saloon-keeper, shot his wife dead and when
captured and taken to the station it was dis
covered that he had taken poison. Medical
aid was summoned and the prisoners life saved.
The murder grew out of divorced proceedings
between the parties.
James Kigaur living at Belmont, Mo-, man
OF bad repute, killed man named Gardner, of
Columbus, KY, on the night of the Oath. The
murder was unproyoked.
In the yard of the Central School at Hamil-
ton, Alexander Forbes killed his wife, George
Ralston, and himself with revolver, because
the former refused 10 go back to live with him.
George Eddy, a wel-1nown reporter of st.
Louis, had an encounter with a saloon-keeper
on the evening of the 18th inst. and cut him
slightly. The assailed man followed Eddy
home. and fired three times through the door,
inflicting mortal wounds upon Mrs. Eddy.
John w. Iurbeville, of West Point, Miss,
was forced into an affray in barber shop, and
shot IN the neck by Archie Dale.
Three horrible murders occurred at Pitts
burg, Pa, on the 10Th and Goth. The body of
an unknown man was found in the woods on
the evening of the 18th with evidences of a
desperate struggle. The next day the corpse of
duOGuoT uldu Was discovered near the H1CtS-
burg & st. Louis depot with neck broken and
skull smashed. From papers found on the last
body it appears that bis name was A. Roster
The third crime was committed at noon on the
Goth when shoemaker named Werkemuf. a
hard drinker. cut his wife's throat from ear to
ear and then sTIicided.
Twenty Apaches, captured recently by
Mexican troops, were taken out in field at
chihuahua, yesterday, and shot. Each met
his death with calmness.
Luke Hawkins, farmer, shot and killed
Joseph Cummings in Shelby County, Ia., on
the 18th inst, for assaulting female members
of the Hankins family. Cummings was farm
hand.
drunken row occurred at Bowling Green.
Mo-, on the 18th inst, in which John Reynolds,
negro, was killed by Moses Brown.
A fight between cowboys and Indians on the
the border of Indian Territory occurred re-
Gently. The "boys' were employed by COL
Alex. Polk to drive herd of 1900 cattle to
Colorado. and became involved in quarrel as
above. -Four of the cowboys we're killed.
Three men were caught stealing kegs of beer
at the Sixteenth Street viaduct in Chicago on
the morning of the 18th, and in their attempt
to escape Jack Lynch was shot dead by po-
iceman.
Two particularly sad tragedies occurred on
the night of the 18th inst: At Norwood, Mass.
DR.. Joseph Gray was mistaken for burglar
and shot dead, and at ithaca, N. Y, VIM.
Gagler, in a fit of mental alteration attempted
to enter the window of neighbor's house and
was shot
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
Work of the Flames.

John L. Colby's furnace and $4,000 bushels
of coal burned at Plttsfeld, Mass, on the 25th.
Loss $4,000.
The Cadwallader oil well in the new Garfield
Territory, Pa, was burning at last accounts,
destroying at the rate of 800 barrels of crude
oil per day. The owners offer So, 600 to any
one who will extinguish the fire, and strenuous
efforts are being made to accomplish the de-
sired result.
A fire at TobyRanna, Pa, on the 23d inst,
destroyed George q Co.'s shoe peg and clothes
pin factory. Loss $4,000.
Ten families were rendered homeless by fire
in Montreal suburb on the Odd. LOSS $50, 000.
The Home City Touring mills at Toledo, o.,
owned by Vogel q Son., were reduced to ashes
on the 23d. Loss 1897, 600.
A disastrous conflagration occurred at Law
renee, Mass, on the 23d. The immenes store
house of the Pacific Mills, filled with dyes,
chemicals, cloths and raw wool was destroyed.
The total loss will exceed S., 100000. The
walls of the structure remain intact.
Phelps & Co.'s foundry at Elmwood, near
Peoria, H., burned on the Goth. Loss $40, 900.
The Glastonbury Knitting Company's works
at Eagleville, Conn.,, were reduced to ruins on
the 21st. Loss, $70,0 900 Three children were
burned, one it is thought, fatally.
Five million feet of lumber and six dwelling
houses belonging to the lumber firm of Gilmour
& Co., at Trenton, Ont, furnished food for
flames on the 21st.
Johnson's Harvester Works at Brockport, N.
Y, were destroyed by fire on the goth. Loss
$500, 1000. One man lost his Efe Four hun
dred and fifty men are out of employment.
The Montreal Herald building was cleaned out
by fire on the night of the 18th inst. Loss
$4,000.
On the morning Of the Goth inst, a fire broke
out at the wharf in Oakland, Cal, and con-
sumed an extensive warehouse, ship Great
Western and cargo, and seriously damaged
several other crafts. Loss about $75, 900.
The Diamond mine at Wikesbarre, Pa, is
on fire at point directly under the Roman
Catholic convent, and explosions are quite
frequent. All the water which can be obtained
is being poured down the lift.
Lightning fired a 35, 00O-barreI tank of crude
oil, at Olean, N. Y. and the flames speedily ex-
tended to an adjacent tank of the same size.
The loss is estimated at $780, 600, and embank-
ments are being thrown up to prevent the
spread of the fire.
Morrison's extensive paper-millg at Tyrone,
Pa, were destroyed by fire due to spontane-
Gus combustion. The loss is said to be fully
$225,000.
A loss Of $4,000 was incurred at Fargo,
Dakota, by the destruction by fire of the liv-
cry stables of Stephens & Seers.
Sheffarly & Bakers SASH door and blind fac
tory at Detroit, Mich, was reduced to ashes on
the 18th. Loss $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-28
LIEUTENANT VAN V11ET. in charge of

LIEUTENANT VAN VLIET, in charge of
Garfeld's remains at the Cleveland
Cemetery, lately unscrewed the upper
lid of the coffin and found that there was
no change in the appearance of the face
Gov. Sherman, of Iowa, who was pres
ent, says that it looked just as it did the
day of his funerals if in weary, un-
refreshing sleep. CT was surprised, +"
he says, "for despite the emaciation of
those noble features, I was struck with
their likeness to the general as l had
seen him alive"