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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
LIABILITY FOR CERTIFIED CHECKS.

A recent decision of the court of APP
peals settles, III New York, at least, a
point of the greatest practical interest to
the mercantile community, touching the
certifcation of checks. The question
grew out of a check for 1854 drawn by a
ing Association. The check was pre-
scented for certifcation to the latter bank
and by it duly certified. Subsequently
ii was "raised to 81, $40 and then Of
fered to broker in payment OF bonds.
Before accepting it the broker sent it to
the bank which had certified it and in
CURED whether " that certifcation " was
good. The teller replied in the afima-
tive, whereupon the broker accepted the
check. When it was presented to the
bank the fraud was detected and pay
ment refused. The broker then sued
the bank, alleging that he had taken the
check relying upon the representation
Of the teller that it was good. The
court of appeals holds that the bank is
liable only for the sum which it CERT
fed-namely, $254-and not for the full
amount of the ''raised check. This
liability, the court decides, was not
varied by the representation made by
the teller, who simply guaranteed that
the certificate was genuine but gave no
assurance that the check had not been
''raised."
This may be good law, says the New
York Herald, but it is question
whether it does not make successful
practice of fraud easier. When a check
is raised after certifcation and is then
accepted by person without inquiry
at the bank the bank cannot reasonably
be held liable beyond the amount which
it certified. But the case is different
when the person to whom the raised
check is presented takes the precaution
of inquiring at the bank as to its genu-
ineness and accepts it on the assurances
there received. In such case it is q
very easy matter for the bank to detect
the fraud. 4 reference to it's books will
check is certified and at once disclose
the fact of its being ERASED" It would
seem to be but reasonable to expect a
bank, when asked whether a certifca
ton is good, to make this comparison
between the certified amount as shown
by its books and the amount appearing
on the face of the check.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11

murderers then escaped, and at last accounts
the sheriff and posse were In pursuit.
John Brooks, a duskv Hbertine, was taken
from jail at Admission, Ala, and hanged.
negro named Henry Holloway was lynched
at Elkton, Tennessee, for all outrage upon a
white woman.
Osceola r. John, of Dayton, o., had quar-
rel with his sister-in-law on the Sd inst, and
shot her dead.
Dublin dispatches announce the killing of
Thomas BGrne, q farmer of Castle Island.
county Kerry, and of another farmer named
Hunt near Boyle, County Roscomnon.
AT Sandy Point, near Houston, Texas, on the
I'd inst, G.. @. Tower and Erwin Thomson, en-
ployed as convict guards on a sugar plantation,
quarreled about O bed and agreed to settle their
differences by duel. They took their stations
few PAGES apart and commenced firing. After
twelve shots had been passed both principals
fell dead from wounds
Il. q. Brane, a plantation manager, was
killed by B. Barksdale near Plum Point, Ark,
on the Sd.
An eight year old boy named Rudolph Kreicb
fatally shot Polish girl called Julia, the
charge almost beheading her. The tragedy
arose from quarrel between the child muir
derer's father and the girls employer, concern
ing the use of q certain well.
Mrs. Benz. Williams of West Chester Ia
killed man named Allison on the I'd inst, and
then suicided. Allison was a boarder and his
attention to Mrs. Williams caused the latter's
husband to leave her.
Jim Rhodes, murderer, was taken from Jail
and hanged at Charlottesville. Va, on the 1st
inst
colored man named Simpson was murdered
by his wife at Rendville, O., on the End inst.
She claims that she acted in self defense.
Gustave Rauch was fatally shot at Moline.
Ill, on the LIST inst, by his own brother; one of
the brothers is a divorced man and the other a
Wldower. Both became enamored with their
pretty Swede housekeeper, but she selected the
younger and a tragedy followed.
Geo. fainter, half-breed Indian; while
riding home with three neighbors near De Witt,
Mo-, on the LIST inst, killed Robert Williams
and shot James Anderson, dangerously. He
was captured and iailcd
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11

A special engine ran into wood train at
Bridgewell, Del, on the 7th INST, killing Ed
ward Webb and injuring twelve train hands.
freight train and a wrecking train ON the
Burlington and Cedar Rapids Railroad, collided
near Cedar Rapids, Ia, on the 9th. Sixteen
cars and two engines were demolished. Loss
$40, 600. No fatalities.
A flagman's negligence caused serious
smash-up at Linden Station, Pa, on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad. A brakeman was
killed and two other trainmen badly hurt. At
Goldsboro, n c., on the same day train was
derailed. killing one man and injuring several.
A passenger train collided with cow near
Chambersburg, Pa, on the Sd inst. One
coach was thrown from the track and nine pas
sengers injured.
A smash-up was occasioned at Salem, Kansas.
on the Sd inst, in which two engineers, their
fremen and baggageman were killed. The
wreckage was consumed by fire and the bodies
of the unfortunates we're charred beyond rec
ognition green brakeman who caused the
accident surrendered himself.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11

their last breath are only adding sec
ond crime to their first.
1t is marvellously strange that men
should wish to set ont on their journey
to another world with a crime as their
last act In this one. It is not needful to
inquire into the theological opinions of
the class of men who commit capital Of
fences, for if some of them disbelieve in
future retribution Though probably very
few of them do), they must acknowledge
that it is an uncertainty into which they
are going, a world ''with clouds and
darkness resting upon it." and whatever
it may reveal or conceal, the very worst
preparation for it is wicked life in this
existence. 1t appears Incredible that
this conviction should not force itself
deep into the mind of every felon wait
ing in the solitude of his cell for the APP
proach of his last hour-if his mind re-
mains In state in which reasoning is
possible. It is sometimes said that
"hope springs eternal in the human
breast, and that every murderer's OBJ
st1nacy is due to a lingering hope
of a pardon or communication; but
this seems to be very made
quate explanation. In works of fiction
we frequently read of pardons received
on the gallows, but seldom or never in
real life. The chance which any given
criminal possesses of getting one by OBJ
stinately denying his guilt after the
noose has been placed about his neck, is
SO miserably small that to suppose he
estimates 1t as of any importance COM
pared with the risk he runs. is to assume
an imbecility of reason which is in itself
as great paradox as the one it processes
to explain. The only explanation at all
satisfactory is that the experiences of
the trial and subsequent solitary con-
finement are sufficient to upset the rea-
son of many men who undergo them; or,
in other words, that large part of all
the criminals who go to the gallows do
SO while partially insane. This is only
a hypothesis, it is true, but if it does
not fit into all the facts of the case, we
know of none other that comes so near
doing 1t.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
MOrEUa CYa

James Thomas Jr., Richmond's wealthiest
citizen, died on the 9Th inst, aged Is.
Admiral Pothuan, of the French navy, is
dead.
The death is announced of the Hon. C. w.
Slayer, of Fairfield, Iowa, one of the leaders of
the bar of that state and formerly president of
the Iowa State University.
Milton Wickersham, an old pioneer of De-
catur, Ia, died from dose of opium admin
istered by himself while intoxicated.
J. G. Coonley, prominent business man of
Chicago and president Of the Union League
Club, died suddenly at Indianapolis, Ind, on
the 9th INST
Hon. Robert H. Baker, of Racine, one of the
most prominent public men of Wisconsin, died
on the 9Th inst He left fortune estimated at
81, 100000.
Adelaide Phillips, the celebrated vocalist
died at Carlsbad, Germany, on the 4th inst,
aged 40 years.
Prof. Chas. Aiken. who was superintendent
of music IN the Cincinnati public schools from
1913 till 1873 died at his residence at COLLEGE
Hill, O., on the 4th.
Duncan @. EIdridge. who built the second
house in Davenport, and was the oldest Odd
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
The Great Irish Tragedy.

In their efforts to discover the identity of the
assassins Of Lord Cavendsh and Mr.. Burke IN
Phoenix Park, the Dublin detectives have made
but little progress. The perpetrators of that
horrible crime have been remarkably successful
in covering their tracks, and the offers of re-
wards amounting to upwards of $780, 900 has
as yet produced no disclosures and elected no
information of value. -Four dissecting- knives,
nine inches long, discoored by human blood,
were found in stable in Dublin used by man
named Kenny, who was recently deported for
intimidation. It is believed that the weapons
were those used in the murder of Cavendish
and Burke, and that Kenny was the driver of
the car Oh which the assassins escaped. West
gate, who made confession of his participation
in the tragedy, is at Kingston, jamaica and
will not be sent to England for lack of evidence
AGAINST him
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
The Flea

This insect belongs to the genus pu-
lex. When flea gets on your arm you
pulexcitedly at your sleeve. You are
anxious also for the insect to leave. The
flea has strong love for man, but he
manages to get over his attachment. He
is leper. In olden times they used to
drive the leper out of the synagogue.
When the flea gets on you, he sees sin
agog in your heart. The flea IS para
site. You have not to cross the ocean,
therefore. to see Paris sight. Fleas are
very plentiful. You remember that
Mary had a little lamb who's feas were
white as snow. In ancient times, how
ever, the golden fleas were very scarce,
and consequently much sought after.
There can be no doubt about the habi-
tant of this social insect, for does not
the Bible Speak of it as the flea, from
the wrath to Gomez And again it is re-
ferred to as the wicked flea which no
man pursueth. But we prefer not to
dwell on this subject. Neither do we
wish to have this subject dwell on us.
We might ere long, have flea IN our
ear should we not stop.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
Women as Spectators.

From the New York Times.
One of the best known women in this
country Is a heavy aud successful opera
tor IN Wall street. And she is not the
only woman who puts up margins and
takes the risk Of their being wiped out In
a tickle, fuctuating course of the mar
ket. Seized with the mania which has
made and unmade many men, women are
plunging into the vortex Of speculation.
There are more places than one would
imagine in New York where women can
consult the "tape" and give their +" or
ders places that were established for
their exclusive accommodation, and where
the sterner sex are not expected to in
trIlde. There are " bucket shops" as
they are called, for female dealers, too
places where no actual transactions are
made, but where money changes hands
on the quotations without making pur-
chases. The Offices intended for the pat
ronage of ladies are up town. There are
"bucket shops in Twenty fourth street,
but bucket shops only thrive among
certain class. Ladies of refinement who
have money to invest, prefer to place it
where they can venture without fear of
exciting adverse comment Thus it is
that behind the walls of a staid and
stately brown stone front in fashionable
neighborhood, the busy ticker jots down
the quotations, and ladies who like to
chance their advances can watch the
course of the market without any one
being the wiser for it. Notwithstanding
the fact that the people who conduct the
better class of offices do pot advertise,
they do large and profitable business.
Their customers prefer absolute privacy,
and they trust to their patrons to in
crease their operations.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
A Pathetic Remonstranoe.
IFrom Progress.1

It was at the shore and gentleman
was chatting on his cottage porch with
two or three guests. His pretty daughter
comes up from the beach, first out of
the surf:
"Oh, papa p she exclaimed, "only
think, [ was nearly drowned"
Papa, turning pathetically to his
friends:
"By the powers, gentlemen, do you
hear that? I have spent more than
S., 900 on that girls education, and to-
day she was nearly drowned. +"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
A Deadly NOSea aYs

A chemical examination of the bouquet pre-
sented to the assassin Guiteau, by Mrs. Sco-
vile, on the day before the execution, has de-
veloped the fact that one bud contained five
grains of white arsenic. far il excess of a fatal
dose, which, if taken, could have been defeated
bv emetics. District Attorney Corkhill is MAX
ing efforts to discover who poisoned the flow
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
TrOubIe in Perm.

AS train was conveying CHILEAN troops from
Pisco, North Peru, to Inca. it was partially de-
stroyed by torpedoes which were planted I'm
der the track by the Monteros. Several sol
diers were killed. Picasco, the italian consul,
who'was on the train is a prisoner and held for
100000 ransom. An italian gunboat will
proceed to investigate the matter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
Sergeant Mason.

The supreme court of the state of New York
has refused to grant writ of babedS corpus in
the case Of Sergt. Mason. At the same time
the news comes from Washington that Gen.
Sherman, acting as secretary of war in the alb
sence of Mr.. Lincoln, has recommended the
pardon of Mason by the president. In this
merciful view 1t is understood that Secretary
Liz coin will concur, he having now returned to
his department.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
Yellow Fever

The number of cases of yellow fever at
Brownsville, Texas, since the outbreak OF the
disease up to the first of October were 1900,
with 107 deaths At Pensacola there was 725
cases with So deaths. The surgeon general
of the United States marine hospital reports
an expense of $4,000 in maintaining quaran-
tine in Texas
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
SRpiIbVVrPckn

The steamship Atlantic arrived at New Or
leans on the 9th inst, from Vera Cruz, with
forty-seven sailors from five Norwegian vessels
and four seamen from the American vessel
Commodore Dupont, all of which crafts were
wrecked on the coast of Mexico in gale onthe
9th of September. No lives were lost by the
disasters.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11

Fellow west of the Alleghenies, passed away on
the Sd inst.
DR.. James A. Mullen, prominent physician
of Baltimore, Nd. ard formerly a surgeon in
the United States army, died on the Sd inst,
from disease of the head and neck caused by
wound received from poisoned arrow in
fight with indians several years ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11

THERE are some evils about which
even a mi mister of the gospel should
hold his peace. An unmarried Vermont
clergyman found this out after his con-
gregation had dispensed with his SER
vices. He had discoursed learnedly
about the evils arising from the use of
the style of corsets now in vogue.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
Suicides

Meyer Marcus. formerly a prominent fur
merchant Of Chicago, H., shot himself Though
the heart on the Sc inst. Cause, financial en-
barraSSment,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
Cholera.

The cholera which has for some time been
prevalent in the Philippine Islands, has ex-
tended to Borneo and Sumatra, in the Malay
Archipelago, where it is now reported cpl
demic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Public Debt Statement.

The September statement of the national
debt shows gratifying shrinkage of $14, $685.,
948. The total debt less cash in the treasury
is ST ,644. 1870. 223.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
SPICE AND ALLSPlCE.

Comfy the tool of designing mem"
A erayon.
ARABS whilom followers are now
known as the Suez Canaille. Graphic.
THEOLOGICAL item: Alas that SO
many people look upon religion simply
as fre-escape!
A DEAR old lady said the other even
ing that she wished the calcium days of
her youth would return.
ARABI has one consolation. England
is left with those 500 Kentucky mules
on her hands to manage.-Boston Post.
A LONG article entitled Chow to Let
Go, is going the rounds of the press. a
fellow can learn In one lesson to let 90
Of mules tail.
"WHAT is the difference between the
hooking bird and politician ?" Answer:
"One pipes his little lay; the other lays
his little pipes" Music by the band.
AMONG the premiums offered at fair
in Texas are a pair Of smoothing irons
to the ugliest woman present. They
will be indeed sad irons to the winner.
GIVE got to be sinnick, and I doan't
cair to live Amy longer" wrote young
man In Cairo before he put the pistol
to his head. It was sad case and a bad
spell.
Ny sole, be on thy guard!
Banana-pee abound:
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-05
Tag JUDGE AND TINE TANNER.

About thirty years ago Judge Cincin-
natus Peoples found it necessary to Or
der tanner out of his law office in Hall
County. The tanner was poor, shift
less fellow named Wilson, aud shortly
after driftcd to Atlanta, where he SO
cured work at 90 cents a day. In 1883
Judge Peoples went To New York On inn
pOrtant financial business for the State.
He was directed to the great banking
house of Il. i. Wilson & Co. He sent in
his card and, after waiting while, was
usherod into al elegant Office. A fine
looking man introduced himself as Viii
son and reminded the Judge that he was
the pO0i tanner he had ordered out of
his Office many years ago. Judge Pee
pies, thoroughly astOnished. never
dreamed that this ex-tanner was at the
head of the bank, but thought he was
probably related TO the proprietor and
had secured clerkship.
Mr.. Wilson invited the Judge to dine
with him, and ut o'clock the Judge
found himself in one of the finest houses
On Fifth avenue. While awaiting his
host superb lady entertained him, and
Judge Peoples was overwhelmed with
the consciousness that the day labOrer
had really become the great banker.
He then became uneasy for fear he
should drop some allusion to the humble
origin of the husband Of the splendid
lady to whom he was talking. At
length she said: Judge Peoples, where
do you think spent the two happiest
years of my lief" The Judge thought
Of Paris, Saratoga, aud Venice, but was
hesitating. when MIRA. Wilson said:
Why, at Papa Wilson's log cabin in
Hall County. where my husband took
mo when We were first married."
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-05

In addition to the splendid British
neets at sea ut present, the following
ships arc ready or nearly 80 at Chat
ham dock yard alone: The Warspite,
BIG feet long, 81 feet broad, 81 feet 10
inches deep; and $50 tons. She carries
four eighteen-tOn guns, six six inch
rifle breech leaders. and twelve torpe-
does. The Calypso, a single screw COR
vette of 2,675 tons, carrying six tsn-inch
guns. The Rodney, representing the
latest development Of tho Barbette prin-
ciple. Her armor is eighteen inches in
thickness; length, 325 feet; breadth, g
feet, tonnage, $40. Carries four sixty.
ton guns, and six six inch guns. The
twin ships Ajax and Agamemnon,
double-.ur ironclads carrying four
thirty-SiRht ton gums, two six. Inch guns,
two seven FOUNDERS, four mitrailleuses,
ten Nordenfeldts, and twelve torpedoes.
They have eighteen inch armor plates,
and are each Of {, 400 tons displacement.
The corvettes Rover and Constance.
The former carries fourteen six-inch
guns and six torpedoes, and the latter
six tOrpedees only. The Conqueror car
ries two forty three ton guns, several
of lighter calibre, and twenty -four tor
ped0es. A startling array for one dock
yard.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-05

The first step made by President
franklin Pierce toward distinction Is
thus related: One man had stabbed
another In an ARRAY, the knife ensering
the left side, below the eleventh rib, and
In consequence the injured man had
died. The murderer was to be tried,
and some tyro could avail himself of the
opportunity to defend the doomed man.
The task fell to young Pierce, just then
entering the profession Of law. The
case was SO clear that most lawyers of
even more experience would have been
content with q moving appeal to the
jury. Not SO the embryo Executive, who
set about IN good earnest, despite all
evidence, to prove the man innocent.
First, he adroitiy managed to have the
trial postponed three months. He then
went TO the office of a physician, and
asked him if he would take student,
intimating his desire ~ pursue a course
of study in physiology. The practi-
tioner started at the proposition. but
responded In the affirmative, and Pierce
began to study, and he persevered for
the intervening three mouths, taking
care to make himself thoroughly con-
versant with the human frame. and
charging his memory with all technical
tiles, 50 that he had every term at his
tongues end. Tie trial commenced in
the usual fern. Three surgeons were
sworn. who testified that the man thus
wounded must have died of the wounds
inflicted. At length Pierce was per-
mitted to cro6s-examine the surgeons.
lilo deman led what tissues and inem-
branes the knife must have passed. The
surgeons, Who had not supposed it in
cumbent upon them to "study up"
could not explain they we're, Of course,
positive that the victim was murdered.
and that the prisoner ought TO be pun
ished but under the CLOSE questioning
of Pierce. they halted and blundered.
This prepared a way for the defense to
make an effective plea. He cautioned
the jury against being swayed by men SO
ignorant that they could not even toll
the names of certain tissues, and thence
cunningly argued that the victim did
not die Of the wound, and that the pris-
0ner was not, therefore, guilty Of muir
der. Thus he won upon the jury, and
to the amazement Of all the guilty man
was acquitted.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-05
DEMOCRATIC
Territorial Convention.

A Convention Of the Democracy Of
Washington Territory will be held at
Vancouver ON
Wednesday, Oeaeher 1Ith, lxSs,
At 10 o'clock A. NJ, for the purpose of
nominating candidate for Delegate to
Congress, and candidates for Prosecut-
ing Attorney in each Judicial District.
The apportionment of delegates to
said Convention will he ono for each
county in tho Territory. and one for
each one hundred votes, or fraction
thereof over fifty, cast for the Demo
cratic candidate for Delegate in 1870, as
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-05

ACX1OWI&DGX
0A1 FaADcmco, June 10Th, i6oR
THUoAs BHxgT, ESQ.
General Agent, Etc.
Dian Sn:-Permit me, through you,
to thank THB TnAvY.x.s' fyrrHANcE Co.
for their promptuess in paying me the
amount Of insurance on the policy held
BY my husband. George B. Reynolds, of
Seattle, w. T., at the time of his death.
also wish to thank Meesrs. Mcclure 4
Taylor for kindness in preparing the
necessary proofs. The amount Of the
policy Was 5000.
Yours truly,
(Signed) MARY l.. REYNOLDS.
The TRAvELERs' INSURANCE. Co. issues
policies running frcn ons day tn one
year: covering every kind of injury from
accident.
McLURE i TAYLOR, Agents,
jy2-dff Buffers Building.