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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
Fenians at Work.

Lady Florence Dixie, who has of late re-
newed her charges against the Irish Land
League, of transportation of its funds by It's
officers, was attacked at Windsor, Eng, on the
18th, by two men disguised in women's
clothes. Her dress was cut with daggers in
many places, but she received no injury. She
was attack in a secluded spot and struggled to
escape, but swooned on beholding daggers in
the hands of her assailants. The saving of her
life is attributed to her st. Bernard dog,
which, she supposes protected her while she
lay in the swoon. Lady Florence had no rea-
son to suspect danger Immediately although
she had been somewhat fearful since the publ
cation of her letter about the land league. The
last thing she remembered Is one of the men
pushing a quantity of mud into her mouth.
On her recovery she found both palms cut
across and her gloves severed. There were
two dagger holes, two inches apart, in the
right breast of her dress. A broad steel corset
rib had been broken by the weapon, which had
penetrated the inner lining of her dress at its
first stroke and to her corset at the second
stroke. One of the men wore green dress and
large hat with q veil. The yelled man at
tempted the assassination. No arrests have
been made
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
A Wonderful Winchester.

A correspondent of The Boston Her
aid recently visited the great wine vaults
in London and tells of the old wine
graders skill at tasting wine. He blind
folds himself and there Is poured into
8 glass four different kinds of sherry.
He takes mouthful on his tongue and
at once declares d mixture of four cheap
bar-room sherrieS, two of which have
been sweetened with brown sugar and
called by the abominable name of brown
sherry. He is right, and his next ex-
pertinent is with port. which he correctly
tests on each trial. But, when bottle
of imperial champagne from st. Louis
is opened he hesitates and declares it is
a new one for him. but it is good wine,
with more brandy IN it than it ought to
have, and he thinks it is from some
northern grown grape. He was entirely
nonplussed over some apple whisky; but,
when bottle after bottle of champagne
of the standard brands was opened, he
named every one with great accurz cy,
giving the year in each case, Pomery
IA, G.. FL. Mumms TT, Veuve CliquCt
80, Heidsieck '78, King, and SO on
through the entire list without an error.
In each case he simply brought taste
to his lips and spat it out again almost
directly, and then inhaled breath from
some ammonia favored water. am told
that he has an income of nearly 93, 600
a year from this branch of business
alone, but that he is SO Unfortunately vain
of his faculty that he will neglect every
thing to show it off, and even buy the
wine himself to do it with, If he can Sc
cure crowd of admirers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
wATERToWN, WIS.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 81, 1888.
THE ATLANTIC ABYSS.

The remarkable deep sea sounding
made by the coast survey steamer Blake,
reveals the existence of an Atlantic de-
preston which, on further exploration,
may prove as deep as any IN the Pacific,
The greatest depth reached was 4,561
fathoms, about seventy-fve miles north
of San Juan, Porto Rice, and was 686
fathoms lower than the deepest reliable
sounding hitherto reported in the Allan
tic. The latter was made by the Chal-
lenger on March 26, 1878, ninety miles
north of St. Thomas, but unfortunately
the deep sea thermometers were shat
tered under the enormous pressure of
four and three-quarter tons to the square
inch and no temperature record was OBJ
tanned. In the Pacific the deepest sound
ings yet taken are those taken by the
Challenger, near the Admiralty Isles
latitude two degrees north, longitude
one hundred and forty-two east, where
1875 fathoms were found, and by the
Tuscarora, In 1874, off the Japan coast,
where 4, 655 fathoms were recorded. The
officers of the Blake were fortunate in
ascertaining the temperature of the
abyssal water north OF Porto Rico, as it
Is confirmatory of other observations in
dicating that the western half of the At
lantic between the tropic and latitude
forty degrees north is warmer than the
eastern. The bottom temperature of the
profound basin between st. Thomas and
Bermuda, as registered by the Blake's
thermometer (thirty-six degrees), is
slightly higher than that of the deepest
water south of St. Thomas, the GOODNESS
of which, according to DR.. Carpenter,
&c clearly indicates that an underhow of
Antarctic water extends as far north as
St Thomas. 1t seems, however, too
low temperature for Arctic water I'M
derrunning the Gulf Stream and spread
ing out to so low latitude as the vicin-
ity of Porto Rico. IF the Blake's obser-
walton of this bottom temperature is
sustained by other soundings in the
same region it will apparently establish
the views of Sir q. Wyville Thomson
that the An tartic water simply wells up
into the Atlantic, and that "water at
any given temperature below thirty mine
degrees can only occur In the Atlantic
where there Is direct communication
with the belt of water at the same tenn
perature in the Sou thern Sea, without
the intervention of any continuous bar
rier"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21

Cincinnati Spring Works, were damaged to
the extent of S25, 900 By fire at Cincinnati on
the 18th inst
Bower & Mercer's phosphate works, in Bal
tiu,ore County, Md. were swept away by
flames on the night OF the 18th. Loss on
building $4,000; on stock $50, 0U0.
A ire aJ Wabasha. Mimi, on the 18th de-
stroyed the elevator containing S,U09 bushels
Of wheat. and damaged the Herald Office and
Kuhn'5 general merchandise store. Total loss
about 80 900.
Seebod'8 stationery, picture and fancy goods
store, New Orleans, burned on the 14th. Loss
$4,000.
fire at Virginia City 90 the 18th DESTROYED
the Piper Opera House and several adjoining
buildings. Loss S35, 600.
Mayors dry goods store and the buildings oc-
cupied by the American and United States Ex-
press Companies, burned at Hoops.on, ILL.,, on
the 18th. Loss $T5, 900.
Pullman sleeper Taught fire at Wilmore
Station, Allegheny Mountains, on the 18th, and
was consumed, the passengers barely escaping.
Loss $40 600
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
Suicide

Charles G. Ballard, at one time teller of one
of the leading banks of Syracuse, n. Y, took
bis own life at Denver, Col, on the 18TH
In Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 18th, Robert
Jenkins, local agent of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company, killed himself. A deficiency in
his accounts was the cause.
II. Croker, g. notorious horse thief, took his
life IN the jail, Granbury, Texas, few days
ago. He left written statement that he was
native of Georgia, with respectable connec-
tons; that he had been in Texas since 1887,
and during that time had killed three men and
one woman, and that he regretted he could not
kill two more men who had injured him. Be
ing without money and friends he preferred
death to life in prison. He requested that
his body be thrown in the river. and that no
word concerning his miserable end be sent to
his relatives.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21

est on it had ceased over 80 years. 1t
had come back from Europe through
Barring Brothers. The outstanding
principal of the public debt of the
United States last year was nearly two
billions of dollars, chiefly represented
by bonds and treasury notes. 1t would
be, of course, impossible to say how
much of this will never be presented for
redemption, but ssme idea may be
formed from the fact that S57. 665 of it
was issued so long ago that the date is
not recorded. It appears In the report
as " old debt !" that may safely be put
down as profit. There is an item of
$50, 525 of treasury notes issued prior to
1916. Some of them were issued near
~ so years ago, and will not, in all
probability, ever be presented for re-
demption. One thousand one hundred
and four dollars of the Mexican indem-
nifty of 1916 has never been claimed. The
last of the fractional currency was is
sued under the act of June 6, 1854, yet, al
though nearly twenty years have elapsed,
LOTT, 247 has not been presented for
redemption. Some of this Is held as o
curiosity. Some of it is still used by
banks and merchants for transmitting
small sums by mail. Several New York
banks have considerable sums of new
fractional currency which they distribute
for the accommodation of their custom
ers. AS to the COIN, the government de-
The silver in 1000 silver dollars costs,
on an average, about $903.75. The coin
age of silver dollar costs about II cents.
The total cost of 1000 silver dollars to
the government is, therefore, 1916. %.
Since the organization of the mint, in
1893, 127, 100, 618 silver dollars have been
coined, on which the government has re-
ceived preft of over 1913, OOO,O In
the same period 1922, 758, $40 was coined
into half dollars. At the same rate of
cost for coinage the government profted
$40, 395, 769 on these. The total coinage
of the government since 1898 is $347,-
766, 1872. Estimating the profit on the
halves, quarters and subsidiary coins at
the same rate as on the dollars, the total
profit received by the government on its
silver coinage has been about $64, 000,-
900. In the coinage of the five cent
nickels the government reserved to it
self the liberal profit of nearly SO per
cent. This gave to the government last
year the handsome revenueof over $780,
006 in nickels alone. The wide margin
between the intrinsic value Of the five
cent nickel and its face value led to ex-
IRENE counterfeiting. Several years
ago an assay was made of some of the
counterfeit nickels, audit was discovered
that the counterfeiters had put into
their coins more valuable metal than the
government uses in making the genuine
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
ENCOURAGING INVENTION.

In September, 1848, says the Scienti-
fic American, the forerunner of the
clothes-wringer appeared in washing
machine patent which claimed simply
the combination of the conical rollers
with the hinged platform, for the pur-
pose of rubbing clothes and squeezing
the water out of them as herein de-
scribed." This patent expired in 1872,
but the commissioner, under the law as
then existing, in 1852 gave it a seven
years extension, which carried it down
to 1869. In 1861, however, the holders
of this patent surrendered it for re-
issue, which restated the original claim
and added two new ones, the more i'm
portant being "the combination and use
of elastic rollers which shall readily
yield to any inequalities of the clothes
passing through them and thereby pre-
vent injury" etc. Here, as will be OBJ
served, the idea of elastic rollers came
in for the first time. In 1868, only
eighteen months later, this reissued pat
for another, which went further and in
troduced new and broad claim, thus:
she application of India rubber or
other elastic gum inpervious to water,
substan tally in the manner and for the
purpose described, to the rolls of a.
chimes for washing and squeezing
clothes" This, as will readily be seen,
is claim covering broadly and fully the
foundation of the modern clothes wiring
er, and if it could be sustained and have
a number of years to run it would be
worth large fortune. But there was
not even hint of an elastic roller In the
original patent of 1848, and that was for
a washer, and not a wringer; then re-
issue got in a claim for elastic rollers,
and the reissHed reissue ''took In " the
substance of the wringer without even
grimace. Congress has recently been
asked, ostensibly in the interest of the
heirs of the original patent, to revive
and extend it. Congress has not done
SO, and if it had there can be little doubt
that, In the hight OF supreme court de-
cisions on dishonest reissues, the parties
concerned would soon find themselves set
back to the ground covered in 1848. It
is, of course, aggravating to human ma
ture to think of what We lost in Wall
Street last month by not doing what
would have been done had foresight
been equal to hindsight, and it is not to
be supposed that men will refrain from
expanding their patents to cover desira-
bic things which they certainly would
have claimed at the time if they had
only thought of them then, providing the
patent Office will only be accommodate
ing enough. The case related herein,
says the Scientific American, is pat IL
Illustration of one of the mischiefs of en-
couraging invention which has now to
be restricted and reformed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
Alex. stephens Religion.

Some years ago, when the late Alex
ander FL. Stephens was believed to be
dying, an attendant said to him: "Mr.
Stephens, if you have no objection, I
will read chapter In the Bible, and we
will have prayer" Mr.. Stephens said
quickly: 81 do object, and most de-
cidedly. [ have no objections to prayer,
for [ believe in it, but I do object to
death-bed repentance. have raade it
the rule of my life to live each day as If
it were going to be my last. In the heat
of politics may have sometimes forgot
ter myself, but am no better to-day on
my death-bed than l have tried to be
every day OF my lite, and have ne spe-
cial preparations to make and no special
pleas to offer"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
TIE PROFITS OF MoNEY-MAK1EG.

A considerable source of profit to the
United States government is the amount
OF paper money and coin which is never
presented for redemption. Much of this
is destroyed by fire. Some of it is buried
or hid Ill places known to no person
alive. A large quantity of the coin is
melted to make sterling silVerware. Con-
siderable amounts of both paper money
and coin are exported never to return.
Not long ago a United States bond, is
sued about 1919, was presented to the
sub-treasury in New York. The inter
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obituary.

DR.. David O'Farrand. one of Detroit's most
popular physicians, passed away on the 18th
Karl Marx, the famous socialist, died in
London on the 10Th.
Ira Steward, who achieved considerable no
toriety in the United States as champion of
the elght-hour labor principle, died at Plano,
Illinois, on the 18th.
Herbert F. Taylor, prominent founder and
iron dealer of Cleveland, Ohio, died suddenly
on the 18th, aged 40 years.
Chief Justice White, of the supreme court
of Ohio, and who was recently appointed
United States district judge of the southern
district of Ohio, died at bis home in SPRING
field on the night of the 18th.
Thomas S. Flourney, ex-member Of congress-
died at Danvllle, Va, on the 18Th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
A South American Safe.

A mammoth among safes has just been
constructed for the Argentine Republic.
It is of iron boiler-plates, half an inch
thick, with air chambers and noD-con-
Quoting cases, which make the thickness
of the wall five inches. It is nine feet
ten inches high by Is feet nine inches
wide. The doors are of steel, and can be
made to open either by key, which will
go under finger ring, lock without a
key, opening by placing dial at certain
combinations OF figures. or by an electric
time lock, which unlocks itself at any
time for which it is set. The weight is
close on twenty tons.
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Work of the Flames.

The Miami Distillery, Hamilton, O., was re-
duced to ashes on the 18th. Loss between
$75, 900 and 100000.
Hundreds of people have been rendered
homeless by the obstruction by fire on the 18th
inst, of Forest City, Cal. The loss is estimat-
ed at $3.50. 200. Other fires on the 18th: The
Washington, Pa. white lead works; loss $780,
600; an entire block at Jacksonville, Texas;
loss $100, 900; wooden mill at Mexico, Mo. /;
loss $50, 900; cotton compress at Texarkana,
Ark; loss $50, 900; a freight and passenger
depot at Eliot, Me-; the Wabash round house
and two engines, at Detroit, Mich; loss s4O
600; tile factory at st. Johns, Que; loss $780,
600; and large grocery house at Quebec;
steamer Grand Isle, at Wilson'S Landing, La. /;
loss about $25, 900.
Swedesford Bridge, by which the Reading
Railroad crosses the Schuylkill, was destroyed
by fire on the night of the 18th inst, by the
destruction of lamp.
Sixteen buildings in the business portion of
Liverpool, n. S., burned on the 18th. Loss
$35, 900.
aardinger & Miner's hair factory and the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
.Insisce EniIesi.

There is intense popular indignation at
Uniontown, Pa. over the acquittal of Dukes,
on trial for the murder of Captain Mutt. The
presiding Judge denounced the verdict and the
are threatened with mob violence. The muir
dered man, prominent citizen, was the father
of young lady whom his murderer, who is
member of the legislature. had seduced. The
testimony against the prisoner was conclusive
of his guilt, and his acQuttal is an outrage of
Justice
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
Solvent Nations.

There are only four nations IN the
world o-day that are paying their way.
England generally manages tomake ends
meet and show a trifing surplus OF two
or three millions to beapplied to the re-
duction of it's enormous national debt;
the United States, in spite of congress
sional extravaganza, puts by every year
nearly fifty times as much; and Holland
and Belgium both keep about even.
With these exceptions every nation in
the civilized world shows an annual de-
felt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
Minor MTShanG.

O. J. Twooney, formerly of Boston. whole
sale confectoner at Denver, Col, choked to
death eating fish on the 18th.
An incipient blaze caused panic in Tar
anta's Pavilion Theater, New Orleans, on the
18th. Seven prisoners were seriously injured.
One Of the walls of burned building top
pied over on to five people at Bloomington,
Ind, on the night of the 18th. Three of them
were probably fatally injured.
An Erie County, Ohio, farmer left some tar
boiling on the stove. 1t boiled over, and his
wife, in attempting to remove it, dropped the
kettle. igniting the clothing of herself and
child The latter died and the death of the
former is inevitable.
Mrs. Ann Roland, of Bridgeport. Conn. was
kneeling at prayer in front of g. stove when
a coal ignited her clothing, causing her death.
An accidental explosion of dynamite at the
Sterling Mine, near NeWburg, n. Y. blew Nor
ris fitZgibbon into eternity.
Four persons were injured and property
damaged to the extent OF $10.0 900 by an eXplo-
sion of gas in Boston.
Ex-Gov. Kirkwood, of Iowa, was thrown
from his carriage at Iowa City, and seriously,
though not fatally injured.
The cave in the Horn Silver Mine at Salt
Lake City, Utah, is still settling, one man be-
ing killed IN the first cage down after the acct
dent
Workmen will learn aftera while that broiIed
dynamite cartridges are dangerous. While
warming a mess of cartridges at Marlborough,
N. Y, on the 10Th one laborer was killed and
several others fatally injured.
boiler in a sawmill at Abbottsford, Wis,
exploded on the 18th, killing Chas Hogan, ST.,
the engineer, and slightly injuring several
Others
Mrs. Alex. Allan and her son, aged IS, were
asphyxiated by coal gas in their apartments at
Hamilton, Ont. on the night of the 10th.
Two maiden ladies named Judson, persisted
in their burning house at East Hartford, Conn.,,
on the 18th.
On the night of the 18th Col. John S. Can
der, member of the staff of the governor of
Georgia, jumped from moving train at At
lanta and had both Of his legs cut off.
railroad train ran into hack at a crossing
two miles west of Charlottesville, Ind, on the
18th inst. Joseph Green, the driver, and Mil
ton Rusk and Elizabeth Clark. passengers,
were killed. The horses were killed and the
hack reduced to splinters.
A house of ill-repute burned at Luther,
Mich, on the 18th. Two of the inmates
Jennie Goodsen and Luther Myers-perished-
An idiot named John Jacobs playfully point
ed shot gun at Catherine Edwards aged 49,
at CaseyvilIe, ILL.,, on the 10th. The gun ex-
poded as matter of course, fatally wounding
the yonng lady. Jacobs is pin jail almost dis
uacted.
naahS nF ERRnnh
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
A Business Secret
(From the Burlington Hawke

(From the Burlington Hawkeye.l
So Are those cakes new maple sugar %
he asked, as he halted before stand on
Wall street.
"They are sir.
50 Made this winter ;"
eyes, SIR
"From the pure sap 2"
'The pure sap"
"And not adulterated ?"
f'Not in the least. How many cakes
will you have?"
"Not one. / am looking for some.
cakes of old maple sugar-some Mt least
a year old. I think new sugar I'M
healthy"
"I'll tell you what, SIR said the
keeper of the stand, as ne gave his voice
a confidential pitch, "if you want six
cakes at five cents each, I'll admit lied
about it, and this is old sugar polished
up with rag. Come. sir, patronize
Door but worthy man. +"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
DeCanlueds

Emmett O'Neil of Schenectady, n. Y. a
broker who recently failed. las fled after vic
dnizing certain parties to the extent OF $3.50 :
600. Nearly every person in Duanesburg was
swlnded. O'Neill was considered solid finan-
cially and obtained money readily. It trans
pired that the security given consisted of forged
mortgages, and where further proof was asked
even forged assignments to mortgages, inciud-
ing the county clerks certificate and copy of
the record were furnished. 1t is believed
O'Neill has fed to Europe.
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enhaAfIX.

A Hamburg correspondent writes t. q Nur-
emburg paper that the divers who have been
down into the steamship Cimbrla report that
there are over 800 corpses in the wrecked YES
sci, in every Imaginable attitude of sudden
agony; the action of the water causes them all
ner. SO that the scene is one of inconceyable
horror.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
Poisoned

The report that the death of the late Prince
Gortschakofr was caused by poison is con-
tirmed. The aged diplomat died at the house
of his mistress. Notwithstanding the prince
left request that no investigation be made
into the cause of his death, his vitas were sent
to chemist who reported the presence of poi
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
Railway Wrecks.

Two men were killed and one terribly scalded
bvthe dltching CT freight train on the North
Western in Iowa. caused by q misplaced switch.
At Limestone, ninety miles east of Knoxville,
Tenn, on the morning of the 16th the eastern.
bound passenger train came in collision with a
freight train. Both engines were wrecked and
eight cars demolished. VIM. Wbltlock, the en-
g1neer, was crushed beneath the passenger
train and was not extrlcated from the debris
until noon. His injuries are fatal. Others
were injured, but none killed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
a Had A0Gfe

The defalcatious of MarlzofT, president OF the
Society for Regulating the Social Condition Of
the Russian Jews, and who recently committed
suicide amounted to IL, 900, 600 roubleE.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21

THE brother of man who was hanged
on Wednesday at Middleburg, Penn. /,
was executed year ago in that state on
the same scaffold. Blood will tell.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Oxford Wins.

The annual boat race between the crews of
Cambridge and Oxford universities, took place
over the old Thames course OH the 18Th. The
Oxfords Won easily.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
ShiDWreCk.

Fifteen men. besides numberof women and
were drowned by the loss of the
steamer Dunstaffrage, Oft the coast of Aber-
daeushire
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21

To go into society, leave your charae-
ter and brains at home ana take your
bank book with you.-M O. Pia7gssae.