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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
MurderOus Deeds.

At 5 o'clock on the morning of the 10th inst,
the body of Patrick McAndrews, a miner, %
years of age. was found lying in pool of blood
a short distance from the door of the Keystone
Hotel, Dunmore, on the outskirts of Scranton,
Pa; case of foul play.
The lynching of three prisoners confined in
the Douglass County (Kansas) Jail charged with
numbering David Bausman, of Globe, Kan, on
the night of June 1st, was accomplished by an
armed mob of about one hundred men between
l and o'clock, on the morning of the 10TH
The central figure of the gang was Pete Vine
gar, the head of large family of the most de-
PRAYED type Of negroes, with George Robinson,
a mulatto about 20 years old, and Ike King, a
negro of about % years.
James MacHan, of East Saginaw, Mich, and
John Graves, employed on a railway near Las
Vegas, N. NJ, entered into fight on the 9Th
inst. McHan killed Graves and escaped, but a
party of men captured and lynched him.
John Warnsly, a discharged convict, met his
wife who had been divorced from him and re-
married during his term of incarceration, on
the streets of Los Gatos, Cal, on the night Of
the 9th, and shot her dead.
A laborer named McSteen. in fit of jeal-
ousy, crushed his wife's skull with an are at
Pittsburg, Pa, on the 9Th inst.
tramp killed Edward Hurd, Of Susque-
hanna, Pa, and robbed the BODY. The crime
was committed in the woods near the above
mentioned placed, on the 9th inst.
A saloon keeper at Cairo, ILL.,, struck q switch
man named Vandervoort on the head with a
mallet, the 9th inst, fatally injurlng him.
VIM. McCabe, government interpreter, ia p.
tally shot Ed. Callahan at Rawlins. w. T., on
the 9th inst. Callahan had repeatedly threat
ened to kill McCabe.
A farmer named Peterson was killed by his
neighbor named Anderson at Winnesheik
County, Ia, on the 9Th inst.
J. Tailor shot and mortally wounded his min
ing partner, A. Peterson, at San Bernardino,
Cal, GA the 9th inst. The murderer then shot
himself.
Walter M. Bourke, Galway, Ireland, land
lord, residing at Rohasanne, was shot dead on
the 9th inst. His escort soldier, was also
killed.
John Iibbets, the young man who committed
the double murder at Perham, Mimi, was
arrested at Bismarck, d. T., on the 9th inst,
by Sheriff Butler, of Otter Tail County, Mimi,
He confessed the murder in part by saying he
was not alone in the affair.
A fendish murder was committed near Cairo,
ILL.,, on the night of the 9Th inst. Assassins
overpowered J. W. Bayles, a farmer, while he
was reading, tied the unfortunate man to a
chair, and. after placing the lamp under his
feet and burning them to a crisp, ended the
poor victims sufferirgs by cleaving his head
with an ak.
On the night of the Sd inst, in Billings town
ship, Gladwin County, Mich, an isolated local
ity, Mrs. Anna Stevenson shot and killed her
husband, VIM. Stevenson. They had quarreled
and Mrs. Stevenson barred her husband out of
the house. When he attempted to force an en-
trance she killed him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
A Famine.

Five thousand persons in Patrick County,
Virginia, are said to be almost on the verge of
starvation, on account Of the drought o. last
summer. A load of corn was recently received
at the court house, and hundreds of hungry
women and children crowded around and
begged for peck or quart. The surprising
statement is made that three hundred people
at the courthouse have had no food TO: two
days. The region is almost inaccessible, the
nearest railroad station being forty-fve miles,
People of means have contributed hberslly to
the sufferers, but supplies are exhausted, -four
not being obtainable at 5000 per barrel. Sew
eral wagon loads of food have gone out from
Danville, and will travel constantly until the
starving people are met.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14

cold should eat the carbonaceous, the
heat-supplying food. Butter and fat are
three-fourths carbon; vegetables have
but little, berries none. Hence Green
landers, in their icy homes, luxuriate in
blubber and whale-oil, while the people
of the sunny south revel in oranges and
bananas, on the plantain and the peach,
on dates and figs, on lemons, tamarinds,
pineapples, etc. We who live in lati-
tudes between are permitted the diet OF
the Polar Seas and the tropics in their
season, A wise man will take but little
carbonaceous food on suddenly hot
day; but if suddenly cold it is best for
him to eat more of fuel-making food. An
infinite number of fevers and cold would
be avoided if timely attention were paid
to these things. By the aid of these re-
marks, the following statement may be
used to great advantage, showing the
amount of carbon or heat-forming prln-
ciple, in several al ticles of food. Meats
average 25 per cent of nutriment-t
is, including both carbon and nitrogen.
| Of all meats, mutton is the most nutrl-
tious, 80 per cent; fish, least, 20 per
cent. Of all vegetables, white beans
are the most nutritious, 95 per cent. !;
wheat -four, 80 per turnips, the.cent.;
least, per cent. Of fruits, plums are
the most nutritious, 80 per cent; ap-
Piles, IL; melons and cucumbers, 3, the
rest being water and waste. The more
waste, the more open the bowels are.
The percentage of carbon in apricots is
O; berries, 0; cherries, O; currants, 0;
turnips, 3; artichokes, 9; blood, 10;
milk, 10; potatoes. IL; lean meats, ID;
rye bread, 81; gum arabic, SO; arrow
root, Sc; green peas, 36; starch, 81;
lentils, 81; wheat bread, 40; sugar, ~;
apples, 45; meats, fat, 53; butter, 65;
soup, rs; lard, 80; and beans, SS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14

since died. The husband, wife, and remaining
child are getting better. House and contents
totally destroyed.
The wife of an Ottawa lumberman, named
Richard, hurled into the Montmorency
River by runaway horse on the 10th inst,
and passed over the falls, 251 feet high.
By the fall of partition in a brewery at
Titusville, Pa, on the 9th inst, Little girl
named Sontag was instantly killed and her g.
year-old brother fatally injured.
While school picnic was in progress at
Bodeman's Grove, near ST. Louis, Mo-, on the
9Th inst, Mary Hamilton and Iillie Kruger
went out on the river in a skiff and we're
drowned by the capsizing of the same.
Nine firemen were injured at Baltimore, Md,
on the 9Th inst, by the falling of roof during
the progress of q fire.
Mrs. Dyer, 78 years of age, was fatally in
| jured by vicious ram at Ovid, Mich, on the
| 7th inst.
| 1t is reported that train on the New Haven
Railroad ran into and killed five children of
John lockwood near Coscob, Conn.,, on the
| 9th inst
! Newton Gilbert, postmaster of Austin, H.,
was crushed to death on the 18th inst. while
attempting to couple coach and the dummy.
A runaway locomotive on the elevated railway
| jumped the track at West Brighton, New York
| City. Nine persons were injured, none fatally.
A heart-rending accident, the result of care
lessness, occurred at Harris Station, KY, on
the 4th inst. John Jackson and his wife went
to church, leaving their four children, the cid
est IA years and the youngest years of age,
locked in the house. In the absence of the
parents the house caught fire and was con-
sumed, the children all perishing.
Newton L. Glider, postmaster at Austin, ILL.,,
was killed by the cars on the 9th inst.
A young son of Thomas Wallace was killed
near Centralia, Mo-, on the 9Th inst, by the ac-
cidental discharge of a pistol in the hands of
his brother. It was the same old story:
Didn't know it was loaded"
DR. W. B. Fletcher, of Indianapolis, was dan
gerously hurt by runaway on the 4th inst.
The infant daughter of J. M. Brown, of Fort
Wayne, Ind, fell into a cistern on the Sd inst,
and the mother, unable to rescue her child,
was compelled to stand by and see it drown.
Louis Manickler, mate of the tug E. NJ. Peck.
discovered bear swimming across Lake
George, Sault River, on the LIST inst. Calling
David Plant, fireman, they attempted to get
away from the tug in boat to capture the
animal, but in the confusion the boat capsized
and both men drowned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
Work of the Flames.

A fire at Rockville, Conn.,, caused a damage
of 100000 to the envelope-works of White,
Corbin & Co.
Seven business houses in Osborn, Mo-, were
swept away on the 18th inst. Loss $40, 900.
Joseph Truax's stock and store was valued al
100000.
A fire at Lemars, Ia, on the 18th inst, re-
duced thirteen OF the principal buildings.
Loss $4,000.
The California Silk Factory and four. dwell
ings were swept away by fire at South San
Francisco, CAL, On the 9th inst. Loss $75, 900.
Fifteen empty freight cars and two union
refrigerator cars furnished food for flames at
Hackensack On. j. Meadows on the 9th inst.
A fire early on the morning of the 8th inst,
destroyed twelve ice houses, valued at $40, 900.
The Fourth Ward school house, Manstee,
Mich, was reduced to ashes, on the 9Th inst.
Loss, $4,000.
Boynton & Akely's single mill at Grand
Haven, Mich. said to have been the largest
establishment in the world. was swept away by
fire on the night of the 9Th inst Loss $685.
900.
A fire at Cincinnati, O.. on the 7th inst, in
the district called the ''Mill Creek Valley "
destroyed twenty frame dwellings,. One child
was burned to death. Twenty families were
rendered homeless by the fire. Pecuniary loss
over $25,000.
An elevator at Sioux City, belonging to the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway, con-
tanning $4,000 bushels of grain, principally
corn, was consumed by fire on the 7th inst.
Loss $4,000 Insured.
Henry Rode's Touring mill at Rochester, the
largest establishment of the kind in northern
New York, was reduced to ashes on the 9th
inst. Loss $75, 600; insurance $43,0 900,
A fire on the 9th inst. swept away the entire
town OF Pocahontas, Ark.
Property to the value of $685. 900 was de-
stroyed by fire at Rochester, Pa, on the 5th
inst
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
A Whole Family Poisoned.

Domestic difficulties in poor German family
of Chicago eliminated in horrible tragedy on
the 10th inst. Caspar Seybolt. residing at No.
81 Finnell Street, worked nights in a bakery,
and on going home on the morning of the 10th
inst, he was met at the door by his wife, who
exclaimed: 81 did it, Caspar. They are all
dead. They are all in heaven and [ will be
with them soon. See the flowers in their hands.
How pretty they are;' and with these words
her arm relaxed, her face whitened, and she
fell upon the bed where her oldest child, Tilley
lay i'll the hush of death. The victims were
dressed in white, each with hands folded, in
which were white artificial flowers. and ribbons
in their hair The baby's wrists were tied with
q white ribbon and white wreath was on it's
forehead. She was the first to be sent heaven
ward, and, to that end, was laid in her little
crib upon pillow. Beside her was Al lie, the
second one who followed, similarly dressed.
On the bed in the southeast corner of the room
was the boy, who had been placed under the
coverlets. He was dressed in white, and his
hands closed across his breast. In the other
bed, on the west eide of the room, Matilda was
lying. Several letters written by the eldest
child to her friends show that she coolly joined
with her mother in carrying out the horrible
deed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
NEW FORESTS IN THE WEST.

Many thousands of acres in the tree
less regions of the far west are annually
planted with shoots and saplings under
the provisions of the law, passed by con-
gress few years ago, to encourage the
growth of timber. The wisdom of these
laws says the Boston Advertiser, becomes
more and more apparent as time goes
on. They promise to eounterbalance the
wholesale destruction of forests in the
older sections of the country by creating
new tracts of woodland upon the vast
bare plains of the trans Mississippi re-
glon. They appeal directly to the indi-
vidual self-interest of settlers and to the
desire for landownership which appears
to be a stronger passion in new COM
munities, where the soil is almost the
only visible property, than in places
where an old society has created many
other forms of wealth. The western
farmer who has homesteaded a quarter
section of 100 acres can secure an addi-
tional quarter section by planting and
caring for the growth of ten acres of
trees. If he selects his homestead tract
upon an unoccupied section he can get
800 acres in a body, and if this is not
feasible he can usually find chance for
a timber entry " within short dis
lance of his home and thus obtain Sec
ond farm to give to his sons or to sell
when the denser settlement of the region
has made it worth a good price. Nor are
the benefits Of the tree-culture laws linn
tied to actual settlers. Many claims are
taken up purely for speculative purposes
by non-residents. Considerable areas
of land are thus kept out of the hands of
men who would homestead and cultivate
them, but the object of securing the
rearing of numerous patches of forest in
regions naturally bare of trees is greatly
advanced.
1t is still too soon to tell whether or
not any noticeable climatic changes will
result from the creation of timber tracts
now going on in southwestern Minneso-
ia, Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, but it
is not probable that great benefits may
accrue to those regions. When the trees
attain a fair size the new forests may pre-
vent excessive droughts and destructive
freshets, and break the force of high
winds and tornadoes, as well as promote
a supply of fuel and lumber for future
generations. The timber-c culture laws
afford striking example of how much
can be done to improve natural condi-
tons by wise legislation, and are les
son to the advocates of the let-alone
theory of government. Their success
full working suggests the inquiry, If the
United States can, by two simple stat
utes, cause forests to spring up on hun
dreds of thousands of bare acres in the
new west, cannot the states do some
thing by legislation to regulate and limit
the destruction of timber in the older
sections of the cOnntry2
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
PROGRESS OF THE IRON HORSE.

Contrary to the general impression,
even in what are supposed to be well in
formed circles, the present year gives
promise of unexampled activity in the
way of railroad building. Last years
work was so very great-between 5000
and 10, 600 miles of road being construct
ed-that many who had studied the sub
ject came to the conclusion that this
year must show falling off, even if it
were only because the extension was in
advance of any rational increase in the
| public needs in this regard. The Rail-
way Age, of Chicago, has been at some
pains to get at the figures Oh the subject
and the results are certainly worthy of
note. 1t appears that, for the five
months ending June 1, 1882, there have
| been laid 3, 1870. 10 miles of track for 100
different railway lines in SO states and
territories. During the same period
last year only about 800 miles were re-
ported as laid, or less than As per cent.
of that done during the present year.
On the LIST of June last year only about
Is per cent. of the total mileage of the
year had been laid. AT similar rate
for the present years work the twelve
month ought to show construction of
%, 900 miles. This estimate is hardly q
| fair one, however, for several reasons.
| The ''open nature of the past winter
| and spring have been favorable to rail-
road building, and advantage has been
taken of that circumstance to complete
work projected and begun last year, as
well as to commence new ventures. But
still, much of the old work remains to be
done, and many new enterprises have
| been started. Of the 100 lines referred
to above, 81 are still in process of con-
struction. The Railway Age has since
January LIST referred to 225 companies
"either newly incorporated or in pro-
cess of construction, in addition to the
100 already mentioned. From these
data it is believed "safe to say that there
are at least $50 lines covering, at a
moderate estimate, a total of $4,000
miles, upon which work is now either in
progress or is proposed to be commenced
during the present year." Unless some
thing extraordinary happens, the pros
poets are regarded as quite fair that the
mileage of roads built this year evil
nearly equal the remarkable record of
1881. In the track-laying thus far done
this year Texas heads the list with 734
4
Colorado, with 253 miles for two lines;
then Indiana, with 212 miles for six
lines; Iowa, with 207.5 miles for six
lines; Ohio, with 203.7 II miles for nine
lines, etc. New York shows aconstruc-
ton of 149. 70 miles for ten lines. New
Mexico is last on the list, with six miles
of track for one line.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
FAVORABLE BRITISH CROP PROSPECTS.

A British writer publishes IN Nature
some important meteorological data
which lead him to prognosticate for the
British Isles O good agricultural season.
His statistics show that the winter OF
1882 In these islands was character
lied by a mildness rarely equalled and
but twice exceeded since l764. The ex-
cess Of mean temperature above the nor
mails during the five months from No
vember to March last was nowhere IN
the United Kingdom less than two de-
prees. while in some districts it was three
degrees and even four degrees. Since
1854 the records give only eighteen WIN
tiers in which the mean British tempera-
ture for these five months has been two
degrees or more above the normal.
From table of the thermal data for
these exceptionally warm winters this
writer gathers that these winters which
gave mean excess of three degrees
were Immediately followed by summers
warmer than usual" Indeed, of the
whole seventeen summers only one (that
of 1900 is considered as showing def
cheney of temperature sufficiently great
and prolonged to be regarded unfavora-
BILE to agriculture And the writer fair
lyconcIudes that the table affords strlk-
ing general confirmation of the old
prognostic, which is widely entertained
''that mild winter is the precursor OF
a fine, warm summer"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
The Tariff Commission.

The President has sent the following nomina-
tons to the senate, to be members of the tariff
commission: VIM. A. Wheeler, of New York,
chairman; John l.. Hayes, of Massachusetts;
Henry W. Oliver, Jr., of Pennsylvania; Austin
M. Garland, of Illinois; Jacob Amber. of Ohio;
John S. Phelps, Of Missouri; Robert P. Porter
of the District of Columbia; John W. Fl. I'm
derwood of Georgia, Duncan F. Kenner Of
Louisville.
Hon W. A. Wheeler has declined to serve on
the tariff commission, and the President will
soon nominate successors to Wheeler and
Phelps. 1t is authoritatively announced that
John L. Hayes, of Massachusetts, who is a
wooden manufacturer, will propose a reduction
of so per cent. on the duty on wooden fabrics.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
MOrtuarVe

Angus Morrison, formerly mayor of Toronto
and member of parliament, died in bed of
heart disease.
Hon. Albert G. Burr, one of the judges of
the Seventh circuit of Illinois, died on the 10th
inst.
John Scott Russell, the famous engineer, is
dead. Age IA.
! Prof. Milo P. Jewett, well known in educa-
t1onal and religious circles, died at Milwaukee,
Wis, after lingering illness, in the 74th year
of his age. He was the first president of Vas
sar College.
Hon. Robert Stephenson, of Menominee,
Mich, died on the 9th inst, from the effects
of burns received the day previous in endeavor-
ing to extinguish fire which was destroying
a slab pile.
Hon. Luci1s Robinson died at Boston, Mass,
on the 9Th inst. His illness was brought about
by sore toe; gangreve set in, which necessitat-
ed the amputation of the leg, but the patient
was too weak to overcome the prostration.
John W. Steel, an old resident of Lockport,
N. Y, passed away on the 9th inst.
Col. Geo. W. Lee, Indian agent for Michigan
for the past twelve years, has joined the silent
majority.
| DR.. Alfred N. Young, of the steamer
Samaria, died III hospital at Boston, Mass, on
the 9Th inst, of pneumonia. Age 70years.
William FL. Adams, for many years a mer-
chant in Chicago, and one of tho founders of
Trinity Episcopal Church, died in his garden,
of apoplexy.
Hon. George Ell. Stewart, veteran lawyer of
Alabama, died at Mobile on the 4th inst.
Prof. W. f. Stewart, who died in Boston on
the 9Th inst, was a native of Indiana, served
through the Mexican war and with Walker in
Nicaragua and was known throughout Nevada
as a miner, journalist and state senator.
Abraham De Sofa, rabbi of the Portuguese
congregation at Montreal, died at the residence
of his sister in New York City on the 9th inst
The distinguished scientist and philanthroplst
was born in London in 1926, and consequently
was in his 9th year.
Lieutenant Hewitt, of the Twenty-second U.
S. Infantry, who died at San Antonio, Texas,
on the Sd inst, was married few hours pre-
viously to the eldest daughter of Colonel Blan-
ton Duncan, who is herself in bad health and
not ed To iua
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
Suicidal

young man who has not been identified
entered a cutlery store on State Street, Chicago,
on the 10th inst, selected revolver and had
it loaded. When the clerks back was turned,
he shot himself through the left temple, and
fell dead.
Charles J. GUNNER, receiving teller of the
Bank of California, at San Francisco, CAL,
suieided on the 7th inst. He had speculated
heavily, but his accounts were found to be all
right.
J. A. West, an Englishman, who has been
carrying $4,000 bushels of grain on the Chicago
board of trade. killed himself with chloroform
in the Commercial Hotel. He leaves wife and
four children destitute in Cincinnati Alnote
on the bureau in his room directed that his
body be given to any doctor desiring subject.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
Fatal Explosions.

A boiler in Furnace B., of the Edgar Thomp.
on the 18th inst, dangerously injuring Assist
ant Superintendent Adair. Three others were
slightly hurt.
While the steamer Evansville was discharging
freight at Calhoun, KY, on the 9th inst, one
of her larboard fues collapsed, blowing Engi-
neer Baker, the mate three negroes and a
quantity of freight into theriver. Two negroes
were fatally injured, but the others will survive
The boiler of numbering locomotive col
lapsed at Norrie, Wis, on the I'd inst, hurting
the ruins of the engine distance of 300 feet.
Unfortunately it was a raw, cherries day, and
the men were near the machine to keep warm
while eating their dinners. Fred Otto and an
other German, name unknown, were killed. A
man named Hopkins was seriously injured
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
Nevada Fish.

One of the Nevada fish stories is thus
told by the Virginia Enterprise:
"Among the most peculiar and least
known fish of Nevada is the conewee,
found only in Pyramid and Winnemucca
Lskes. One of the most striking pecu-
liarities is name extending along the
back from head to tail, which renders the
creature so unsightly that 1T is always
sheared by the fisherman before being
sent to market. They swim at the sur
face of the water and in the early days
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
Doyle. the Counterfeiier.

James B. Doyle. a counterfeiter, was arrested
at Chicago some time since with a number of
counterfeit United States bonds in bis possess
sion. He Immediately offered to prove that he
had plate transferred from the originals in
the treasury department at Washington, on
which large number of e's of 1881 had been
printed and put in circulation. Secretary Fol-
ger made searching investigation in order to
prove the truth or falsity of Doyle's statement
and has come to the conclusion that the plate
turned over by Doyle is counterfeit and hat it
was not bought from any of the officials in the
bureau of engraving and printing.