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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
TROTTING HORSES.

How fast can horse trot is q Ques-
ton Professor William 81. Brewer, of
Connecticut, tries to answer from 8
scientific standpoint. From his work it
appears that in 1643 only one horse had
trotted mile In $50 or better; in the
next decade the number increased to
fourteen; IN 1863 there were fifty-nine;
in 1873, 376, and by the close of the sea-
son of 1882 there were /, 64S. The table
shows further that up to 1882, 495
horses had trotted a mile in 2:45 or bet
ter, 275 in 2:23 or better, 156 in 2:21 or
better, 60 IN 2:19 or better, Is in 2:17 or
better, and in 2:15 or better. Z" leave
it to mathematicians, " Professor Brewer
concluded, to plot the curves which
immediately suggest themselves to de-
termine how fast horses will ultimately
trot and when this maximum will be
reached" Mr.. F. E. Nipher came to
the rescue as q mathematician, and has
demonstrated, to his own satisfaction at
least, that the speed of the trotting
horse will never reach 1 80, but will con-
stantly approach it, and in the season Of
222O or $50 years from 1860, which ne
takes as his base line, the record will be
reduced to "a. If somebody now viii
figure out the French pools and the
jockeys and the other adiuncts of race
for 800 or 400 years ahead, the practical
value Of this calculation will be fully ap-
preciated.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
Minor NEenLiOns

John Dinster fell from a wharf boat at
louisville on the night of the 31st and was
dOwned.
ZuIuland is in state OF anarchy and Cete-
Wayo has asked for protection from the British.
Judge Jason Downer died at his residence in
Milwaukee on the morning of the 1st inst.
By the explosion of the boiler of a thresh-
at Frankfort, Dakota, on the 1st
nst., four men were killed and five others Sc
iousIy injured.
The deaths by cholera in Egypt this sum-
Ter number 27,318 of whom 140 were British
Dldiers.
The schooner Yankee Blade, ore-laden,
fundered eight miles south of Skallagala on
tie morning OF the LIST. The crew are safe.
A 75-yoar-old tramp was killed by railroad
slashup at Crescent City. near Council
Hlffs. Iowa, on the I'd inst. The train ran in
t@n open switch.
BY railway accident near Steglitz, Prussia,
o1the I'd inst, forty people were killed or in
jued.
ohm Hart and two unknown men were
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
COAsTING IN SUMMER.

An eccentric Boston genius fearing
that sufficient amount of winter sport
cannot be got from the regular season,
has perfected a unique invention by
means of which boys can have coasting
all the year round. His device consists
of an artificial hill, which may be set
up N parks, gardens, commons, or on
the sea-shore, the length being a mat
ter of choice or convenience, the eleva-
ton sufficient to give the sled the requi-
site impetus for Jolly slide. The run
way is furnished with grooves in which
the runners of the sled move. The in
ventor, who is composition, by the
way, makes the claim that there will be
almost perfect freedom from accidents,
because of the breaks, pulIeys, endless
chains, and varied contrivances of the
patent slide. Now this may be all very
well, but it strikes us this is going it a
little strong in infringement on the nat
ural provision and accomplishments of
seasons. Boston is becoming altogether
too speculative on common credulity.
But it cannot expect to gull the youth
of that sacred city into the belief that
winter has invaded the furnace blaze of
summer because a sled is made to whiz
down patent hill. It is an undue at
tempt to take advantage of the kite and
foot ball season, and could only have
rise In a mind that believes in the
mental procreance of beans.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
The New Jersey Coast.

An Atlantic City. N. J., dispatch of the goth
says: There is not place on the beach front
that has not been damaged to some extent by
the high tide and heavy surf to-day. The to-
tai loss will not be less than $751; 900. Long
before high water, which was at o'clock, the
board walk began to wash away and by high
water, the beach along the center of the city
was mass of debris. Houses, restaurants,
photograph galleries and stores with dwellings,
attached, which were built SO far from the
surf that it was thought no sea would reach
them, were undermined aud carried bodily into
the ocean and beaten by the waves into frag-
ments. Two hours after high wat er tonight
the tide had fallen but little and great anxiety
Is felt about the next high water, as the wind
IS from the northeast and is increasing.
Should it continue until high water tomorrow,
the damage will be more than double that of
to-day. The surf was by far the heaviest ever
seen here
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05

Large bands of peasants, armed with guns
and axes, entered Zalaloeyoe, Hungary, on the
28th, and plundered thirteen Jewish shops
They subsequently left the place, but threat
to prevent further disturbances. The annual
fairs have been forbidden, and a government
commission has been ordered to inquire into
the disorders.
A Vienna dispatch Of the 3Oth says that de-
spite the proclamation of martial law at En-
erszeg, Hungary, the Jewish disorders con
tinue. The peasants now tbreateD to attack
the landlords, and 400 peasants have destroyed
by fire the property of the Jews at Sgoetoer.
They threatened to shoot the fremen who tried
to extingulsh the flames. Acts of incendiarism
are increasing in number. Fortyeight houses
of Jews have been burned at Szepeth and
thirty-six at Bezold, and crops have been de-
strOYed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05

Violent riots against the Jews occurred at
Egerszeg, Hungary, on the oath and 25th.
Two thousand peasants took part in the out
break and wrecked all the houses and shops of
Jews in the place, and shouted, "Murder all
the Jews" The riots lasted three days. The
peasants were armed with muskets and stoutly
resisted the troops. 1t is reported that 20
soldiers and many rioters were killed. Troops
were called out, but were unable to suppress
the violence of the mob until reinforced. The
rioters also released a number of prisoners.
force of infantry and cavalry has been ordered
to proceed to Egerszeg from Budapesth
Riots also occurred at Churgo, Keszthely and
Kanisanagy. At the last named place troops
had to be called out to suppress the dis
turbances.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
Richard Waoner's Children.

When the curtain fell on the last per-
Torrance of 'Parsifal % at Bayreuth,
which brought the celebration month
to close, there occurred touching
incident behind the scenes. The banker
Gross led Wagner's children up to the
assembled actors, and in the name of
their dead father thanked the assembly
for the care and labor OF love expended
by each and all in producing the last
work of the great dead master. Sieg-
fried, Wagner's son, 13 years old, then
in few simple words, stifed with sobs,
thanked the actors personally, and all
the children shook hands with them.
The financial results OF the month be-
inghighly satisfactory surplus IN hand
was declared, and the committee decided
TO repeat the performance next year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05

cans realize: Even the mountains of
Colorado are marvellous, not for their
height-though mountains nearly as
high as Mont Blanc, which Byron
deemed monarch, are numbered by
the hundred-but for their external APP
pearance. Conspicuous among them, if
not unique, is the Mountain of the Holy
Cross. On the slope of this mountain,
when the summer sun has melted the
winter snow, is to be seen huge white
cross of an almost perfect form. The
snow in the clefts which give shape to
the cross never melts. It is not sur
prising that, when Coronado and the
pious Spaniards who discovered this
part of North America first saw the SYM
boil of their faith represented on this
towering mountain slope, they fell
down and worshipped. Next to the
mountains, which form a conspic-
uous feature in Colorado seem
cry, may be ranked the
natural parks. Perhaps no English
word as used in North America is more
misleading than park to English
speaking people IN other parts of
Great Britain. Happily the French
word for meadow has been naturalized,
so that, when we refer to the almost IL
limitable meadows of the Far West we
distinguish them as prairies. By a
park is usually meant an area of
limited extent in which there is fine
mansion, some woodland, and, possibly,
a small sheet of water. But he who ex-
poets park in Colorado to resemble a
park in England will be as much mis-
taken as the visitor to Munich when he
goes to the so-called English Garden
and finds that it resembles a public
park in London or Richmond. The
smallest of the Colorado parks is Estes,
and it is twelve miles long. The North
Park has an area of 1900 square miles,
the Middle Park is a thousand miles
larger, while San Luis Park covers 49,
900 square miles. It is with the Ameri-
can parks as with the lakes. A COM
paratively small park is as large as
very large English county; an American
lake is huge inland sea. For instance,
Lake Superior covers as much of the
earth's surface as England. When
speaking or writing about lakes or parks
in North America it is necessary, then,
to alter preconceived opinions and to
assign different meaning to the words.
This is specially true of one of the latest
additions to the list of natural wonders
on the North American continent.
Among all those to which we have made
brief reference, and others for which
space does not admit of even a passing
notice, none can be singled out as more
noteworthy and marvellous than the
Yellowstone National Park.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1888.
OFFICIAL DANGER.

The feverish fear that possesses Eng
lish officials in Ireland is made manifest
by an incident in Cork recently. Earl
Spencer's train, with that gentleman on
board, through misconstruction of or
ders. left the depot few minutes before
the arrival of Lady Spencer and the
guards. At once a cry was raised that
the trainmen were running Off to assas-
sinate him; Lady Spencer tainted in the
waiting room, the people rushed about in
alarm and kilograms were dispatched all
over the kingdom. A few brief inquir-
les, however, exposed the absurdity of
the report. Such an affair would excite
a great deal of ridicule in this country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05


VIM. F. Kinds, q New York detective, COM
mitted suicide at that place on the I'd inst. by
shooting.
Mack Marsden and Allen Hensley. members
OF notorious gang of horse thieves in Mis-
souri, were Waylald and killed near Antonio on
the night of the 29th.
Esau Smith (colored) was hanged at ST.
Joseph. La, on the 31st, for the murder of
Esau McCan in Augusta, 1875.
Charles Caskey, son of a prominent Illinois
farmer, shot himself fatally while handling
revolver Gu the 10Th.
A negro burglar stabbed an officer and at
tempted to escape at Atlanta on the 18th, but
was shot dead by officers who started in pur-
suit.
Elgin, ILL.,, was startled by terrible tragedy
Q the morning of the Both. Edward T. Joslyn,
II. It of jealousy, murdered Eta Bucking-
han, 20 whom he had been paying his atten-
tons for about year past, and then killed
himself.
Sam Rose was fatally shot by his stepmother
at Houston. Texas, on the 30th in consequence
of a family quarrel.
Paul A. Brazer, of Brooklyn, committed sui
eide on the Both, by shooting himself III the
head. The act was committed at the grave of
his wife. who died few days previous.
DIR. Doris Newell, of Chicago, a slave to
the morphine habit, took an overdose Of his
favorite narcotic on the 18th and laid down to
wake no more.
An insane woman named BirdsalI committed
suicide at Fond du Lac On the morning of the
29th by throwing herself before passenger
train on the Chicago and North Western Road.
Mrs. Jennie Pugh young wife, took fatal
dose of morphine at Missouri Valley, Ia, on
the 28th. No cause is assigned for the sad act.
Mike Keegan, a Louisville sporting charac
ter, was dangerously stabbed in a row at Birm-
ingham, Ala, on the night of the 28th.
Mrs. Josephine Markham, of Terre Haute,
Ind, & bride OF a few months. at er quarrel
with her husband, took a dose of corrosive
sublimate, from the effects of which she died
on the 9th.
Jacob. Bush, an attorney of Indianapolis,
Ind, after few words with former client
named Aldenberg, on the 28th. was shot by
him in the back. Then the murderer went
to shooting wild, the first shot taking effect IN
the abdomen of Sam Campbell, from which
he will die, after which he blew out his own
brains.
Joseph r. Harricks is city editor of Moline,
Ills, who has made himself famous for day,
on the 9th, by shooting q street car driver
with whom he had q personal quarrel.
Caleb Lincoln, an East Saginaw, Mich.
farmer, was shot dead by his son on the oath.
A family quarrel prompted the murder.
A colored boy threw himself before q freight
train at Cincinnati on the morning of the 9th
and was instantly killed.
Parker White, colored, New Orleans, was
stabbed by his father-in-law and instantly killed
on the 9th.
Jno Brown, while drunk, fired at telegraph
operator in the Ohio and Mississippi office at
Milan, Ind. on the night of the 26th, but
missed him and hit David Allen, killing him in
stantly
Henry Jones was hanged at Raleigh, N. c.,
on the 9th, for the murder of Deputy Sheriff
Avis H. Blake last year. The execution was
private.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
A Tidal Wave

a dispatch from Batavia, Java, under date of
August 18th, says: GA tidal wave completely
destroyed AMER, Many persons were killed.
The loss of life among both Europeans and
natives at North Bantam was enormous. Since
noon yesterday everything has been quite.
The sky is clear and Communication with
Serang has been restored. The temperature
fell ten degrees on the 9th, but is now normal.
The lawn is covered with thin layer of ashes,
which was so hot when falling that 1t killed
birds. Telegraph Iinemen report that, while
9th, they saw a high column of the sea
approaching with roaring noise. They fed
without learning the fate of the inhabitants"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05

states that the steamer Obi has arrived there
having on board the members OF the Dutch
expedition to the Arctic which sailed on the
steamer Varna. The Varna foundered July
4th, in latitude 711S north, longitude 63 east,
and the members of the expedition were res
cued near Island Waigatz. The Obi reports
the Arctic steamer Dijmbhna ice-bound near
Waigatz throughout the winter. All on board
are well. The captains confident of reaching
open water. The crew of the Varna left
Dijmbhna August LIST and were rescued by the
Obi August 25th. They go to Hammerfest by
the steamer Nordenksiold.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
TRIAL heats in the professional scull

TRIAL heats in the professional scull-
race were rowed at Newark, n. J., on
the 31st. The course was three miles,
with three turns. For the first heat
there were Geo. Gaisel, Wallace Ross,
George ". Lee and Wm. Elliott. At
the end of the second mile Elliott and
Gaisel stopped rowing, and there was a
desperate contest between Lee and Ross.
Lee won the heat In 1913. Ross time.
was 1851. The second heat was be-
tween James A. Ten Eyck, John Mckay,
Geo. FL. Hosner and JAS. E Riley. At
the end of the first mile Hosmer still
had lead, Ten Eyck second, with
Mckay pushing him hard. It was ev;-
dent that Hosmer was to have an easy
victory. He won by boat-length in
II: SO; Ten Eyck secono in IS: OF.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
Reef Market Lively

On the morning of the 1st inst, Texs
steer broke loose from a herd while crossin
one of the Charlestown bridges to Boston. B
threw one workman into the air and anothe
into the water, and dashed through Charles
town to East Cambridge and back again t.
Boston, finally plunging off a pier into thu
Charles River, whence he was lifted with a
derrick and his throat cut. Several persons,
principally children, were gored and trampled
on, some being fatally injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
A Born Writer

"Charlie," remarked Fogg, "You
were born to be writer "Ah," re-
piled Charlie, blushing slightly at the
compliment, "you have seen some of
the things that l have turned off !"
"No," said Fogg, g wasn't referring
to what you had written; I was simply
thinking what splendid ear you had
for carrying pen. Immense, Char
lev: simply immense.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
Enforced Reform.

The managers Of the Atchison, Topeka md
Santa Fe road gave notice to the peopleof
Dodge City, Kansas, that an effort to refcm
the city must be made or the track and machine
shops would be removed. On the LIST ins.,
while several railway officials waited in q
special car, the council ordered the enfore-
ment of the ordinances relative to gambling
and prostitution, and passed another prohibt-
ing music in the dance-houses.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
Had 'Enl Bad.

James Hurlburt, Mssissippiau afflicted
with delirium tremens, jumped from car
window near Mobile, Ala, on the 3Oth, and
then shot at a conductor who went TO his as
sistance. The bullet struck notebook III the
conductors breast pocket, but failed to pene-
trate farther,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
Trouble in Rhode Island.

Stephen Harris, having been elected pest
Island, went to William Sprague on the1st,
and demanded possession. The ex-senator
said he would kill Harris if he attempted to
seize the mill, and that his men would male
corpse of anyone who went to the propert in
his absence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
Close of the Hill investigation.

The committee charged with the investiga-
ton of the charges against Supervising Archi-
tect Hill have closed their labors. According
ferred by Mr.. Murch, of Maine have not been
sustained, but Hills administration Of affairs
is strongly criticised.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05

4 dispatch from Batavia, Java, of the 18th,
says the towns of Aniier, Tjirigine and Telok-
belong were destroyed by volcanic eruptions.
All lighthouses in Sunda Straits have disap-
peared and where the mountain of Krakatoa
formerly stood the sea now flows. The aspect
of Sunda Straits has been much changed and
navigation is dangerous.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
The st. Louis Sunday Law.

The excitement in ST. Louis over the rGent
rigid enforcement OF the Sunday closing law
has subsidized. Judge Noonan, of the coult of
criminal correction, gave decision in theeast
case on the 9Th. The decision has the eject
Of making it legal to sell all drinks other han
distilled liquors any day in the week. Ego,
the beer jerkers are placidly happy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05


PEORIA, ILL.,, September AT late
hour last night it was learned that war
rants were out for the arrest of Alya
Lucks on the charge Of forgery to the
amount OF $4,000. Lucks is states
attorney Tor this county and he is also
short IN his county account SIS, 900 or,
$4,000, bringing the whole account up
to SlO, 600. This wasall lost.in gambling,
III which promin ent persons in this
community participated.
ANOTHER LAWYERS TRICKS.
COLUMBIA, S. c., September John
l. Price, young lawyer of Pickens
County, who has hitherto stood well IN
the community, has absorbed. He
was postmaster at Prices post. Office in
that county and employed an assistant
to run the office while he remained at
P1ckens, the oounty-seat, practicing his
profession and holding the Offices of
warden, clerk, and treasurer of the town
council. Price also kept the post-ofice
books at Pickens, ordered all stamps.
postal cards and envelopes. and
made returns in his own name. The Of
flee is small one, where the stamps
Cancelled during quarter could not le-
UI+OtA4G W DZOs AS LIS pay
depended on the amount of stamps can
celed, Price would order about $3.50
worth every three months, sell them at
reduced prlce, pocket his commission of
60 per cent. and report the stamps can
celed. Through his influence two other
post Offices were established in Pickens
County, which he manipulated in a
similar manner. He is also alIeg-
ed to have dealt extensively in
lllicitly- distilled whisky, and for this
crime the revenue officers were seeking
to arrest him when he fed. Price had
been carrying on the dJuble scheme of
sWlndling the government for nearly
two years, and made handsome thing
Of it, dressing stylishly, wearing fine
jewelry. and spending money literally.
AS town treasurer he had collected sew
eral hundred dollars Of town taxes which
he carried off with him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
South American revolutions.

News from Columbia, South America, Of the
30th gives details of revolution in that toun-
try during the month of August. Severa bat
ties have been fought between the national
troops and the rebels, who are headed byDon
Pedro Solcar Martinez, and a large number
we're killed on both sides The end is notyet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05

The boiler of the steamer Riverdale, PLYING
between New York and Haverstraw, on the
Hudson, exploded on the afternoon of the 2Sth,
while the boat was opposite Twelfth Street,
New York. Three persons were killed and
eight more or less seriously injured. There
were about 200 passengers on board.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
Adiudged anSanea

Richard Sleep, of Palmyra, WIS, was ad-
Judged violently insane and ordered to be ia
ken to the State Insane Asylum, at Oshkosh,
on the 30th. While on the way to the asylum
Sleep gave the sheriff the slip, and at last &C
counts was still at large.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05

AT Little Rock, Ark, man who was
caught in the act of beating his wife in
the face with his fist was discharged
without punishment upon the plea that
his wife was crazy and needed rough
treatment to make her behave properly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
Wrecks Off Nova Scotia,

A number of vessels were stranded and sew
eral totally wrecked on the coast of Nova
Scotia by the storm on the night of the 29th.
The steeple of church at Cape Breton was
blown down and large building moved from
its foundation
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
TWO LAWYERS.

Ahey are wanted at the Ba" of Justice
One of them, the States Attorney Of
Feoria County, ILL.,, Charged With
FOrgery-The Other Alleged to Have
Swindled the Government in various
ways While Postmaster fn South Care
Olfna.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
The New French King,

On the morning of the 28th, the population
of Paris found the city flooded with posters de-
claring the Count de Paris king of France. The
above named gentleman is the heir of the
crown after Chambord. It is thought the
circulars will have no political significance
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
DOubly Fatal.

Lewis Phillips and Jacob Rosenbeck, of
London City, Mo-, had quarrel which they
decided to settle with pistols. On the 9th,
they met in the woods and exchanged shots.
Both were killed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05

THERE was made III the United
States last year 100000 barrels of
beer. This is an unpleasant item to
read. It makes man feel as though
he didn't get his share. Boston Post.