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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
The Opium Habit.

According teea writer inthe British
Medical Journal, the opium habit may
be discontinued with perfect safety and
without discomfort by gradually reduc-
ing the doses of morphia, and SUBSTITUTE
ing bromide of potassium in increasing
doses. The point is to keep up the pro-
per proportion between the two drugs,
and hence the necessity OF medical
supervision. It has been said that such
modes of cure simply substitute one bad
habit for another, but it should be borne
in mind that bromide habit is easily
cured, while the opium habit sticks con.
siderably closer than brother.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22

One of the most pronounced and widespread
electric storms ever experienced in this conn
try swept over the entire country between lew
York and Omaha. on the 18th inst, practically
putting a stop to all Geographic communication
for several hours. Such is the violence ant iu-
tensity of the storm that the switchboard in
many offices throughout the country have Teen
on fire several times during the day, and the
keys of instruments have been melted; duplex
and quadrupex machines have been rendered
useless, and the wires have had such dynamic
power as TO suffice for keeping electric lamps
burning. Between Chicago and New York, at
noon, only one wire out of fifteen was working
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
Minor MiShlans.

Amelia Kohler, a young lady of Washington,
D. c., became deranged and partook of rat
poison, which caused her death.
News was receN ed at Little Rock, Ark, on
the 18th of the death by drowning of two
prominent citizens. namely, J. Alex. Moore and
loaded with lumber which was designed for
the government works at Plum Point, Tenn,
whenit was caught in current, throwing them
overheard. Blehle formerly lived in st. Louis.
Wm. III. Brooks, car-inspector of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway, while crossing the
track at Richmond, Va, was run over and killed.
An explosion of dynamite at a colliery in
Burryport, Wales, on the 18th, killing three
girls aad two men and wounding seven others.
An explosion at the Cold Spring Powder
Works at Allentown, Pa. on the 18th, killed 81.
C. Welsh, superintendent. Thomas and Albert
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22

Williams were instantly killed by the fall of a
portion of the roof of mine at Scranton, Pa,
on the 18th.
Seven persons were killed in the City OF
Mexico by the collapse of the roof of an old
dwelling.
use OF the fire department., was overturned
while being tested, by which two men were
killed.
The wife and daughter of F. A. Wilson, OF
Eddyville, Ky., were fatally burned on the 18th.
The day before colored child was burned to
death at the same place.
Near Higbee, Mo-, on the 18th inst, the
cabin Of negro named James Taylor burned.
Two Of Taylor's children persisted.
Two children of the Rev. Mr.. Gleason, of
Window, Mimi, drowned in the Des Moines
River They we're skating and broke through
the ice.
The passenger elevator in Meningitis CARPET
house, Louisville, KY, fell distance of thirty
five feet on the 10th. There were five passen-
gers on board at the time. Four were injured
seriously. The accident was caused by the
breaking of the couLterbalance cable.
DR.. G. W. Weiner, formerly of Baltimore,
was asphyxiated in his rooms at Denver.
boiler explosion at Cincinnati on the 18th
wrecked Peter Rewhl Co.'s picture frame
mandatory. A panic ensued among the &C.
cupants of the remaining five stories of the
building, and at one time it seemed as if the
structure would be consumed by fire. Louis
Meyer was fatally injured and three others
slightly hurt:
A boom derrick 100 feet high and two feet
in diameter at the base in use on building in
process of erection at Cleveland, broke down
on tie 14th inst, and fell with great crash.
Three men were killed and several badly in
jured. Jacob B. Perks, millionaire, an
nounces that he will provide for the families of
the deceased during life.
VIM. Trimble and two daughters, residing at
Saiina, Ont. partook of supposed herb tea to
relieve cold At lsst accounts Trimble and
one of the girls had died, and the other
daughter was not expected to live.
The dead bodies of Joseph Hughes and
Mark Davis were found Cd the streets of ST.
Joseph, Mo-, on the 18th, the former with a
bullet hole through the head and the latter in
the head and region of the heart. Investiga-
ton developed the fact that they had gambled
during the night and won $75 from two stran-
gers. 1t is supposed the latter murdered the
men to secure their money.
Three brothers named Tanner, notorious
desperadoes, living near Lost Prairie, Ark, be-
came enraged at one Harvey, neighbor, be-
cause he beat them in land suit. On the 18th
inst. the brothers fortified themselves with
liquor and started out to kill Harvey. The lat
ter fled, but was finally cornered in a negros
cabin. The door was broken down when Har-
vey opened fire killing two of the desperadoes
The third fed. Harvey was wounded in the
arm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22

On the afternoon of the 18th inst. the boiler
in the Forest City Iron Works, Cleveland. o.,
exploded with terrific force killing Wn.
Atkins. master mechanic. d. Wright, john Gal
lagher and John Williams. Four or five Others
were more or less injured. The works were
partially unroofed.
A boiler in a mill at Washingtonville, N. Y,
exploded on the 18th. The engineer and three
Italian workmen were badly injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
GeOrRiasS Senators

Two United States senators were elected by
the Georgia legislature-one to fill cut the I'M
expired term of the late Benjamin H. Hill and
the other for the new term beginning March 4,
1888. For the short term Pope Barrow was
elected, his opponent being B. 81. Hill, son of
the deceased senator, while for the full term
ex-Gov. Colquitt was chosen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
EnCinerated.

At Groom. near Guimper, France, on the
ings, schools and postoffice A teacher and
eight children persisted in the flames.
Jim Mccullough, troublesome citizen of
Holgate, Ohio, was placed in the lookup to get
sober, when he fred the structure md burned
himself to a crisp.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
ADYnanniIe Eiend.

One of the firemen of the International Dis
tillery at Des Moines, was on the 18th HANDED
note announcing that the masher contained
fifty pounds of dynamite. He soon discovered
that warnings had been chalked on the wills
at several points in the building. dozen
eight-inch cartridges, weighing half pound
each, were readily found by the engineer.
Suspicion falls upon q contractor for MASKING
apparatus. named Rabbit, for whose arrest a
warrant has been issued.l
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
TroubIesin Alaska.

The accidental killing Of an Alaska chief in
cited the natives to capture launch and two
sailors of the United States revenue cutter Cor
win, and upon refusal to return the prisoners
Captain Merriam destroyed their village and
killed several of the natives. Other host lie
villagers who had taken possession of an
American fur-trading company's station and
held the employees as prisoners were treated in
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
RObherieS.

Burglars in Philadelphia took SO, 900 worth of
laces and gloves from the store of Jones and Nc
Cauily, in Church Street. On a slight clew the
police bagged the offenders, and secured the
deeds recently stolen from the residence of
Edward McSorley, on Staten Island. The lat
ter identified his property, and stated that he
also lost $4,000 in bonds and $3.50 in cash.
Oby e. Owen, formerly teller of the Third
National bank of st. Louis, has been arrested
for the embeZzlement of $168,000
The store of James A. Crosby of Spring
port, Michigan, in which the postoffice wa
located, was robbed of $1,000 in goods and
stamps.
On the evening of the 18th three unknown
persons fastened the doors of Townsend's jew
elry store at Kankakee, ILL.,, from the outside
and tIen deliberately kicked in the front win
doWs and distracted IS, 600 worth of goods.
package which should have contained $50,
900 worth of diamonds was delivered from the
steamship City of Chester to the firm of Louis
Strasburger g. Co., New York, on the 18th. On
breaking the seals and opening the box it was
found to contain only paper scraps,
At Dowagiac, Mich, burglars entered the
premises of W. p. Nichols and secured 81, 800.
Edward Holroyde, the Cincinnati miser, who
was robbed by burglars on the night of the 10th
lies nearly at the point of DEATH He Is 80 years
of age. and is worth over 800, 900. Twenty
five years ago he separated from his wife and
cut eff all communication with the world except
to receive necessary supplies. -Four masked
burglars entered his sleeping apartment, and
after beating him brutally they were handed a
pocket-book containing So They wrenched a
large toe-nail from his foot, when he pointed
out the hiding place of bonds worth $4,000
and roll of currency. After vainly smuggling
his body they ransacked the house and left. A
police lieutenant penetrated to the bedroom
and found the old man in a bed Of greasy
rags.
The office oS the United States Express Com
pany at Lincoln, ILL.,, was burglarized recently
and several parcels containing currency were
carried off. A young man named McGlumphy,
son of the president of the university at Lin
coin, has been arrested for the theft.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
COnquering Heroes.

Eight thousand British troops, lea by Gen
eral Wolseley, who took part in the Egyptian
campaign, were on the 18th reviewed at Bucking-
ham Palace by. Queen Victoria, accompanied
by the crown princess of Germany, the prince
and princess of Wales, and the Duke of Cam
bridge. The duke of Connaught marched
past at the head of the Foot Guards, the queen
standing in her carriage.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22

FI1EGENDE Batter: Priest to tramp
"Why don't you work p "To save
moneJ." "IHow SOP" "Ah, you see,
when I work I become thirsty, and
then I spend more money on beer than
/ earn"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22

Harlan, died in Chicago on the 18th, of malarial
fever. The funeral was held on the afternoon
of the 18th in Washington.
Father Stafford, of Lindsay, Ontario, an
earnest iaborer in the field of education and
temperance, died of neuralgia of the heart on
10Th
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
RaG0Gd.

detective has been for a month following
band of thieves in the lumber regions of Elk
County, Pennsylvania. About midnight on the
18th, with an armed force, he captured thirty
bandits asleep in the forest, and bdged them
in Jail at Driftwood. Their operations have
been mainly directed against freght-cars Of
the Allegheny Valley Road.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Grant and Porter.

General Grant has contributed to the North
American Review lengthy article Dn the case
of Fitz John Porter, recommending that he
should be declared by congress to have been
convicted on mistaken testimony, which would
make him major general of volunteers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-22
TOLEDO,

THE young man who ''went off like a
shot probably found too much powder
on his girls Boston Com. Bel
Betan.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-01-11

tainly gone to Had+s. You ought to be 81 4d.'
II would pc much more glad ven | got my
money pack" resp n led Mo g 1T don't co
me no good ven dot tam rashcal goes to cot
hl'ce, ven | have to pay his travelling ex-
penses outeu my own booklet"
"Whew! Coming up these stairs takes the
wind out OF N remarks the gentleman who
climbs to the editori, Il rooms to give advice
about running the paper. $50 glad" SAYS
the editor, shaking him by the hand, and the
gentleman thinks the editor is delighted 10
see him.
A Newark church member, who says on
Sunday that he is too tired to stand up in
church while the hymns are sung, stood the
other day for an hour on Broad street wait
ing for a circus to come along. His neigh
bore say t6at be did not complain of being
weary on that occasion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-01-11
A Business Matter.

A month ago the owner of a bake shop in
1T. Louis sold it to an employe for his wife,
who was pretty and had fascinated the baker
and $40. The new partners went East,
while the new proprietor thrived and seemed
entirely satisfied with the arrangement. q
day or two since his shop door was suddenly
thrown open and in walked his predecessor
in the baking business and his successor IN
husbandry. Without further ceremony the
former husband exclaimed Here's your
wife. lam tired of her. Give me back my
bakery" The present proprietor looked at
him quietly, and saying he was satisfied, re-
fused to renew negotiations. The returned
proprietor explained that the trade was only
q joke, but, not being Of q humorous turn OF
mind, the other man failed to see II, and I'm
ally, losing patience. fired out bis ex-em-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-01-11
ployer and ex-wife from the bake shop. The
elected man sought q remedy at the hands Of
the law, but at last accounts had failed to
find one.
SfOneWnit Jack Daughter at n Bali
GAtlanta constitutional

[Atlanta Constitution
The ball room of the Kimball House was
last evening devoted to one Of the best and
brightest occasions that has made memorable
the events of the Exposition. Happily this
was not an event heraled by proclamations
or requiring the aid OF general orders, but
WAS a spontaneous ovation from friends and
admirers to the lovely daughter of one Of
the grandest men of all history. The most
significant fact in the course Of the compli-
mentary ball rendered to Miss Julia Jackson.
the daughter os '~'Stonewall'' Jackson. was
that not a State in the Union was unrenre-
senfed among those who came freely to offer
to her their tributes of esteem and reverence
for the valor and memory Of her illustrious
father. Miss jackson was, of course. the
cynosure of all yes and was the recipient Of
many compliments. She is a most charming
young lady and truly the daughter Of the
South.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-01-11
THE TROUBLES OF LOVE.
A Peculiar Meeting Which Old MIR. Pc.
tersOn Adjourned with His Boot.

"Yeu have broken my heart, Vivian"
1t was a fair haired girl who spoke these
words, and as they came from her lips Wv
ian Mahoney. the young man to whom they
were addressed, leaned tenderly over Terida
Peterson and strove to kis away the tears
that were yelling up her beautiful, dreamy
brown eyes.
II do net blame yor," she continued in a
broken voice. "She whom you will one
day wed is fair to look upon, and when her
warm kisses melt upon your lips tt is not
strange that yon forget all else but that she
would gladly become your wife, and that her
father owns a coal yard. But | love You
with q mad, deathless passion that will burn
out my life in the intensity Of its flame. You
have won my scandinavian affections unwit-
tingly, but you have won them all the same.
In the years that are to come, Vivian, when
your children are playing at your knee and
life seems like a fair dream. you will some
times think of me-sometimes let a tender
thought lie in your heart for the little 1,xen-
haired girl that knew no happiness 50 great
as to hear your voice and see the CLEAN OF
the matinee tickets in your vest pocket Tell
me this, and when the leaves have turned
brown under the biighting touch Of autumns
chilly hand, and / shall have been put away
forever in the little dell beyond the meadow,
you will lead to the altar a happy bride and
never know the sorrow | have felt"
''By yon bright moon | awear,' said Wv
ian, taking another kiss on the fly, 'that
your memory shall ever be enshrined in my
heart. Though my life be one OF tempest
and storm, or a succession Of sunny days, [
shall always rem ember that you were my
first, my only love-" He was about TO i'm
press another kiss on her rosy lip', when IA
dull thu was heard at the rear of his pants,
and Vivian lay senseless on the side walk.
Old Mr.. Peterson bad opened the front
do or and adjourned the meeting.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-01-11
The Future of sEfe Mormon System.

In the January Century, illegal Aspects
of the Mormon Problem are discussed by
Arthur G. Sedgwick, who concludes as fol
lows:
The failure of the attempt to break up the
Mormon system by Congressional legislation
does not, by any means, show that the Nor
nor system will ultimately prevail in Utah.
The operation Of natura, causes Is certain, in
the long run, to snap the found atoms Of po-
lygamy. The railroads have brought the
Territory into communication with the rest
of the country, and development Of the sam
must ultimately bring in a large Gentle pope
ulation-alnost altogether male. A strong
tendency in the direction Of marriages be-
tween Gentle men and the daughters Of
Mormon parents must spring up. Indeed,
this is said to show itself already. There is
no surplus Of women in the West from
which TO recruit polyg I'm 'us households ;the
birth Of the sexes are always very nearly
equal and the Mormon population is no long
er being rapidly increased from abroad, as it
was ia the time Of the early persecution OF
the church. II is now stationary, or nearly
so, and being rapidly hemmed 10 by a com
munity having a social system which all ex-
perience shows is the only one permanently
adapted to modern industrial life. As the
Territory fills up and the Mormons are
brought more and more into relations with
the rest of the world, one Of the strongest
internal causes of al Immigration will unques
tionably be the sense of shame operating
upon the younger female generation. La the
natural course of things some of the daught-
ers of Mormon householders must marry
Gsntiles, and others, who do not marry out
side the church, will be made keenly aware
that they are surrounded by a community
which regard the position as a degraded one.
AS long as they could keep themselves sepa-
rated from the rest of the world, this Cen
lille feeling was of very little consequences to
them. 1t did not affect them in their daily
life it was something remote from them,
which they did not even need to disregard.
This cannot continue forever, and indeed a
change must begin, If it has not. already be-
gun already, as soon as the surrounding me-
nogamic Gentle system of marriage has a
fair opportunity to enter into competition
with it's rival. Under these circumstance
there is nothing to be done with the Nor
mons but to let them alone. Persecution
has been tried, and has proved Of no use,
because it has not been enforced. From the
circumstances of the case, il cannot be.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-12-01

How Don TURNED IT OFF.-About
week after the recent election, when
the Pullman cars destined for this city
were detached at Harrisburg, a gentle.
man got in and took a seat beside a
traveller from Nebraska The latter. a
few miles this side of Harrisburg, re-
marked: I'VE had a HI of a cyclone,
didn't we P'' The Harrisourger, seem
ing.y obliyious to the remark, pulled out
his watch and, carefully noting the
time, said:
We are going at tremendous rate,
l know this road, and We have just made
five miles in four minutes"
The Western man took up a paper,
aud in scanning the news, said Worse
and worse, H broke loose Ola them
this time don't you think so 20
"By jingO," said the latter, "ws will
get to Washington on time if we keeI
on this way"
The Nebraska man did not seem tC
understand why his fellow traveller
showed no interest in the election but he
prudently dropped the subject. Landing
in Washington on time, the Nebraska
man Immediately jumped out, and call
ing one of the depot people, and point
ing to his travelling companion, asked
"Who is that gentleman ?' and re
ceived the reply:
Why, that is Senator Don Cameron ,
The mischief it is, )" said the Nebras
ka man, II don't wonder he turned i
off. ~ Washington Post.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-12-01

THIRTY YEARS AGO Thomas NJ. Wal
ler, the "little giant, - as he is called in
Connecticut, OF which State he was
elected Governor on the 7th of NOVem-
Der, was poor, ragged newsboy in New
York. A citizen'of New London, Con-
necticut, who met the boy n..New Y ork,
took him home with him, where he re-
ceived fair education in the school of
the town. He afterwards became q
book canvasser, and accumulated mon
ey enough to enable him to stndy law,
and soon occupied place in the very
front rank of his profession, which he
has maintained up to the present time.
After his election as Governor he deliv-
cred a short speech to a very large
t:rowdo of Democrats who serenaded him
n which, speaking of the victory among
other things he said 1T means that
The boy before me, into whose bright
eyes 1 sm now looking, when he comes
to manhood, if he has the ambition and
his' friends think the abilities, can be
ele eted, If he has not dollar, to the Of
fee sof Governor by the unbought and
unc Orrupted ballot of the voters" In
this sentence the boy before him into
who Ie bright eyes he was looking was
Tom Waller, the New York newsboy of
thirty years ago. and the Governor was
Thorn rs NJ. Waller, of to-day. All hon
or to Tr. Waller aud men like him who
havs n cen the architects ~ their own
fortune =.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-12-01

The chief task of the Labor Congress
at Cleveland at its final session on Fri
day last, was receiving the report of the
Committee on Platform and adopting it
with slight alterations. The character
OF the document differs little from the
one adopted a year ago at Pittsburgh,
except that the plank favOring a pTotec-
tive tariff has been dropped out and
nothing on that point inserted in its
stead. The demand is made that all
laws which make labor organizations
conspiracies shall be abolished and that
such unions shall be given the rights
extended to other lawful organizations.
1t favOrs the passage of compulsory ed
ucation laws, and would make it un-
lawful for children under fourteen years
of age to be employed in factories, mills
or in any capacity. 1t demands uni
form apprentice law. opposes convict
labor, desires that the woTkingman shall
be given a first lien on the product of
his own industry, recommends nation
al bureau Of labor statistics and asks
wOTkinGmen everywhere TO do all they
can TO secure for labor a proper repre-
sentation in all legislative bodies
PjttSblrg Post.