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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
work ofIiie Efanes.

The city of St. Louis narrowly escaped be
coming the scene of a disaster as serious as
that which befeu Milwaukee so recently. The
Planters Hotel. an old and well-known house.
caught fire about o'clock on the morning of
the 14th. Fortunately, the fire did not origin
ate in the main part of the building, although
it extended into it before it was subdued.
great panic was caused among the guests,
each one of whom doubtless had the Newhall
House disaster in mind the moment the alarm
was raised. The morning was bitterly cold
md men w"n,--
i naneu into tie frozen streets -ou>
persons lost their lives and several others were
injured. Damage about $50, 900.
4 destructive fire also visited Neenah, Wis
cOnsin, oh the same morning. 1t swept over
nearly whole block, including a number of
stores and the Russell House Fortunately. it
was unattended by the loss of human life
The loss of property is estimated at about
500, 900.
The extensive wagon works Of I. G.. Marat
at StOughton, Wis, caught fire on the 18th
and before the flames were eXtinguished one
half of the establishment was in runs. Loss
500, 600; insuran &c about one-half.
Other fires on the 14th: First Presbyterian
Church, Memphis. Tenn, $25, COO; Midland
Railway roundhouse, Uxbridge Ont, $50, coo.
! The Smiths mandatory of joiners and
| steam fittings and Gormly's file cutting and
! pattern shop were damaged by fire at Boston
! on the 18th. Loss $50, 0U0.
Fire swept away the linen factory of Rich
| ardson & Niven, at Belfast, valued at $780,
! 600.
Clapp's Block, a magnificent structure, was
! totally destroyed by fire at Des Moines, Ia. on
the 18th inst. The building was occupied by
many fine stores and numerous offices. Ma
sonic organizations, who had hall in the
| building. lost all their valuable records and
over $4,000 worth of regalia. The building
was valued $1O6, 900. The total loss is esti-
mated at 800. 900.
| The Tomah Mill at Tomah, Wis, was de-
! stroyed by fire on the 18th, together with q
! large quantity of stock. Loss about $780, 600.
The North Star Touring mills, Minneapolis
| Mimi, burned on the 9th inst. Loss $4,000
A fire IN Telegraph Block, Detroit Mich, Oh
the 9Th inst, destroyed the two upper stories
and roof. The lower fooers were thoroughly
| drenched. The flames rushing up the elevator
! shaft cut off the escape Of operators and for a
| time their position was extremely critical. The
| fireman succeeded in reaching them with then
| ladders, however, and the scared teiegraphists
| descended amidst the plaudits Of the multitude
NJ. S. Corbltt, chief night operator, was severely
| burned. Pecuniary loss $25, 600.
The business portion of Wayland village, 20
miles south of Grand Rapids, Mich, burned OF
the 9Th inst. Loss estimated at 900,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
Minor MiShapSs

The steamer France lost overheard 207 oxen
and LOT sheep on her last passage for New
York.
Henry Dewey, Chas. Longreau and Henry
Boss, aged respectfully Is. Is and Is, were
fatally injured at Cohoes, n. Y, on the 18th,
by being run down by a railroad train while
sleighing The horse was thrown about twenty
feet and killed.
On the 9th inst, Captain Cobb, of Cobb'S
Island, Va. boarded a stranded schooner with
a Hrecking crew in surf boat. While on the
vessel the boat went adrift and the wreckers
we're compelled to seek refuge in the rigging.
When rescued by hfe-saving party three of
s not expected to live.
The dwelling house Of Henry Pierce, near
Sioux City, Ia, just across the Dakota line,
wife out of the flames and returned for the
children. aged and years respectively. He
was driven back after several desperate at
tempts to enter the building andthe unfortun-
ate children were cremated.
The brig Goldfnder. from San Domingo,
reached the Delaware breakwater on the 18th,
having four men frozen to death.
AT Harms City, Pa on the night of the 9Th,
James and Henry Leonard, aged y and IA,
we're burned to death at Jackson Well, on the
Craig Farm. They were sleeping in the engine
house, which caught fire and burned.
The house Of Henry G. Howard burned at
Easton, Me-, on the 9Th inst. Edwin J. How
ard was burned to death.
James Rowland, wealthy and prominent
citizen of San Francisco, was drowned IN the
bav
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
RnEIrrtau Wrecks.

4 serious railway accident IN which several
several people were killed. occurred at Gamer
lata. Italy, on the 14th.
Two freight trains on the Pennsylvania Road
collided at Clarks Ferry on the morning Of the
9th demolish1ng the engines and number of
cars, and killing Fireman Willis Hagey and
seriously injuring Engineer Richard Lightner
and a brakeman.
The st. Louis express and the MiRneapolis
fast express on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
and Northern Railway, colided near Norris,
four miles north of Cedar Falls, Ia. on the
8th. The engines and several cars were
wrecked. Four property men belonging te a
travelling show were injured, one fatally.
Aight engine ran into freight train on the
Niagara Falls branch of the New York Central
Railroad, killing Daniel Robbins and badly in
turing Frank LamOuntain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
Obituary.

| Col. Greenbury L. Fort, ex-member of con
! gross, died at Lacon, ILL.,, on the night of the
/ 18th inst.
| Judge John Wilder May, chief Justice of the
! Boston municipal court. died on the 18th
! aged 81 years.
| Joel D. Hunter, prominent produce dealer
of New York. is dead.
! Hon. Lot NJ. Morrill,. of Maine, ex-governor.
ex-United States senator, and ex-secretary of
! the United States TREASURY, died at his home in
Portland on the 10th, aged IS years. Mr..
Morrill, has for some years past filed the place
! of United States collector of customs at Port
land. He was governor of Maine from 1853 to
1863, United States senator from 1861 to 1876.
and secretary of the treasury during Grants
second presidential term.
Thatcher Perkins. one of the most prominent
machinlsts and inventors of the United States,
died at Baltimore, Md. on the 9Th.
Michael Campbell Calnan, better known as
NJ. c. Campbell, the protector and proprietor of
the old original Campbell's MINISTRIES and one
of the pioneers of negro minstrelsy in the
United States, passed away at New York on the
9th. Deceased was sc years of age.
Jean Baptiste Auguste Clesinger, tue dis
tingUshed French sculptor, is dead.
Matthew Franklin Whittier, only brother of
John q. Whittier. the poet, died at Boston on
the Sth inst.
Ezra Graves, a prominent humanitarian and
Uniyersalist, died at Het&imer, n. Y, on the
9Th.
Lieut.. Samuel F. Clarkson. of the United
States man-of-war Lancaster. died at Nice,
France, on the Sth inst
William A. Seaver, editor Of "The Drawer"
ID Harper's Magazine. died from acute pneu-
monia at Mount Vernon, New York
Col. Ed. c. Anderson, ex-mayor and presi-
dent of the Ocean Steamship Company died
at Savannah, Ga, on the 9th inst. He was
formerly an offer IN the United States navy
and afterwards q confederate colonel
William Barrett, the famous jockey who rode
Parole in England for Lorillard. and also rode
many other famous horses died at Long Branch
on the 9th inst. of CONSUMPTION.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
An Unassumjmo Man.

Chief Justice Waite, of the United
States Supreme Court, says a correspon-
dent, looks very little older than he did
eight years ago, when he visited Rich
mond, Va, to hold his first term Of court
there. His simple manners then almost
shocked the peole of that aristocratic
city. When the marshal called to in
quire at what hour the chief Justice would
require his service as escort to the court
room he was taken all aback at the quiet
answer: "I guess [ can find my way
alone. I've walked about town some, and
I located the spot while I was out. %
Hardly knowing what to say, the mar
shall let his gaze fall from the judges
face to his boots, and then, seeing a
small patch on the toe of one of them,
beat hasty retreat. For, be thought,
a chief justice independent enough to
wear patched boot i'll Richmond, Of all
places, would certainly not hesitate to
pilot himself to the court house, nor tC
act as he pleased when he got there.
And for week after that the ambition
of all Richmond was to get peep at
Mr.. Waite's boot, to verify the marshal's
cfsQ
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
A Remarkable Fish,

During the scientific cruise of the
Hravailleur there was taken offthe coasts
of Morocco, and from the depth of about
1,27O fathems, a fish of very singular
character. It is about foot and half
long and of deep black color. It's most
distinguished features, however, is a
huge mouth cavity, which is quite dis
proportionate to the small, tapering
body, and capable, through the Arrange
ment of the Jaws, presence of extensibe
membranes, etc, Gas M. Vaillantdescrib,s
in Complies Re1,dats), of very wide enlarge
ment Of the cavity. 1t may be fifty con
pared 10 the well-knoWn pouch Of the
pelican, and M. Valiant thinks it pro
bable that food accumulatedin thepoucI,
and is there partly digested. The loco
motive organs are OF the most rudimer-
'tary nature. The paired fins are repre-
scented merely by two very small appen-
dices, which may be considered pectord
fins; there.no ventral fms, but dorsal and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
Record of Traredies.

James Maynard, riotOus drunkard, wa
killed by an officer at Pikeville, KY, on the
18th.
Indians in Chihuahua, Mexico, killed a
herder and then attacked an escort of six sol
der having in charge four prisoners bound for
San Buena Ventura. Two soldiers and all the
prisoners were killed.
Peter Pehl, a drunken shoemaker, became
enraged at his 16-year old daughter at La
Crosse, Wis, on the 18th, and beat her fatally.
An Irishman named Jack Sheehan, is IN jail
at st. Louis, charged with the murder of his
son, aged II.
John b. Hoffman, New Yorker, went home
drunk on the night of the 18th, and quarrelled
with his son Robert, aged %. In the morning
the besotted fiend hid ehind a door and shot
hls son dead. Five years ago Hoffman killed
another son. but was not convicted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
AuotherCaa1 sTi..ca S5orror,

4 frightful explosion occurred in a coal mine
at CouIterYiIIe, H.. on the 8th inst, which
killed all the men in the works except Foreman
Moss and a boy named Starr. Several at
tempts were made to descend the shaft, but
the smoke was so dense that nothing could be
done until about o'clock, when a party Of
men effected an entrance, and after two hours
Of difficult and dangerous work, the bodies Of
all the dead were recovered and brought to
the surface. Two of the victims are badly
burned, but the remainder were simply suffo-
Gated and were not mutilated in any way.
Twenty-three orphans are left by the sad cal
anlity. The mine worked about forty men.
and had the explosion occurred G3LIe- il Tic
-y ives would
- ueeu lost
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
An Accidental Income.

The case of George Leppert, a young
have had his lower limbs paralyzed by
being struck by projecting piece of
timber on a fat-car in the Erie yard four
weeks ago, is exciting much interest IN
accident insurance circles. He holds ac-
.cident policies IN half dozen compan-
les. in all aggregating $50 900, which
Yields him an income Of S160 a week, or
$500 a year during his disability.
Many efforts have been made to prove
that he is not paralyzed, but he has so
far withstoOd the most trying tests.
In mourning cards the background Is
black and the letteIs in white.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17

A frightful boiler explosion occurred on the
9Th at No l blast furnace of the Bethlehem
(Pa.) Iron Company, resulting in the death of
four men and one woman and in serious injury
to several Others Ten boilers were located
over the engine house at an elevation of thirty
i've feet. Five of these were forty inches in
diameter and thirty-six feet long and the others
We're smaller and were used for heating pur-
poses. Two of the larger boilers exploded with
terrific force, wrecking the interior of the en-
CINE house and demohshing nearly half Of the
pattern shop adjoining the engine house The
damage to the machinery is very great.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
Suicide

Rupert Spencer, who leaped from the fifth
tier Of cells TO the basement of the Baltimore
penitentiary, passed away on the 18th, sur
rounded by his family. The event viii I'M
doubte1ly BE followed by the death of his ven
eraole father. who was lifted from his carriage
5nto the prison. Young Spencer had large
fortune OF his own. In an outburst of passion
be shot political opponent at the polls.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17

Clark Mills. the famous American sculptor,
died at Washington, aged 6S, on the I2th.
An old childless couple, Thomas Thompson
and wife, near Ulysses, Neb., years ago adopted
a boy and a girl from different families. When
the children grew to maturity they dndulged in
undue intimacy. When exposure was made it
was suggested that they marry. The old lady
grew greatly excited about the unfortunate
matter. and finally insane. On the night of
the 7th she prepared tea and put poison INTO 1T
All partoOk except the girl. The old man was
taken sick, and the girl was sent to p ne1ghbOr
for assistance. When she returned all three
were dead.
~Police Officer Snrgel attempted to ,quell q
disturbance at Bohemian Church fair at Chi
cago on the night of the 9th, but was pressed
so hard by the excited crowd that he found it
necessary to use his revolver. This he did with
fatal effect to John Meek, the janitoC of the
church.
The story of a terrible tragedy comes from
Indian Territory. shoemaker named Alex
ander Hampton got jealous of his wife and
concluded to go to Texas. Accordingly he
hired a man named Smith to transport him and
his effects. They travelled about thirty miles
and stopped for dinner, but instead of eatung
it Hampton blew Smiths brains out then
mounted one of the dead mans horses, ne
turned to his wife, whom he shot and KILLED,
and then killed himself.
A. Ct. Wilson, yardmaster of the Western Il
Atlantic Railroad at Boyce Station five miles
from Chattanooga, was murdered and robbed
On the morning of the 9th. The affair is a
mystery.
A negro named Andrew Jackson, who COM
mitted an outrage OH young lady at Hender-
son, Texas, was taken in hand by mob and
hanged on the Sth inst.
John Mauck killed John Gordon during
quarrel st Linden, Pa, on the 7th. The gov
ernor has offered reward of $50 for the cap
ture of Mauck
At Cheney, ". T., on the night of the 9TH, a
mob of eighty citizens took from jail China
man who had murdered and robbed a Chinese
woman, and hung him to a tree.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
Polk Captured.

Four different persons claim to have AZ. 7.
Polk III their keeping at San Antonio and there
viii necessarily be a struggle for the reward
Of $4,000 offered by the state of Tennessee.
The prisoner takes the arrest calmly. He says
he is a defaulter for only $780, 900, and desired
20 reach his MINES in Mexico in order to work
out his shortage and remit. His chief regret
Is the disgrace which falls upon his wife and
ten children. He had but $3.50 III his pockets.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17

anal are present. The respiratory APP
paratus is of unique composition. There
is no swimming bladder. 1t is proposed
to call this peculier fish eetryphGyynr
peIec0noides (the fish with the pelican
like, wide pharynx, SO to speak,.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
SEA-SHELL MURMURS.
BY LEE HAMILTON.

The hollow sea-shell which for years hath stood
On dusty Shelves when held against the ear
Proclaims its stormy parent; and we near
The faint far murmur of the breaking flood.
We hear the sea. The sea? 1t is the blood
In our own veins, impetuous and near
AND pulses keeping pace with hope and fear
ana with our feelings every shifting mood
10! IN my heart hear, as in q shell,
Inc murnur of a world beyond the grave
Disthct, distinct, though faint and far it be
Ihou TOOL; the echo is cheat as we'll
Inc mum OF earthly instincts; and we crave
world unreal as the shell-heard sea.
The Ne10 MsdfLSa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
Foreign Floods.

The Hungarian city of Raab, on the River
Danube, containing population of about 20,
900, has been entirely abandoned by its inhabi-
tants, owing to an inundation. The flood came
suddenly, and there was some loss of life.
Elsewhere along the Danube towns are flooded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
ShiDWFeCks

Gable dispatches report the probable loss Of
French cOasting steamer, with all on board.
The wreckage of a vessel which sailed from
Germany for New York is being washed ashore
on the coast of Sussex. England
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
TntustIy imprisoned.

Reeder Moore, of Waterford, Pa, who COM
mitted suicide recently, left confession that
ms false testimony convicted Charles Stafford
of rape eight years ago, for which the unfor-
tunate man is now serving twenty years sen
tence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
Another Horror.

dispatch from st. Petersburg, Russia,
dated the l4th inst, says: During the per-
Torrance yesterday at the circus in Berdicheff,
Russian Poland, fire broke out, and before
the spectators could escape the whole struc-
ture was ablaze. Three hundred people per-
ishpa y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
EkOhhR6.

Late on the night of the 9th while Or. 5. NJ.
Ballard, of Audubon. was alone and sick III
bed a robber entered his house and carried OF
81, 700. The doctor caught the rcbber, but
was too weak to hold him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.
River Steamer Sunk.

The steamer City of Greenville, loaded with
sugar and other merchandise, was sunk by
COLLISION with the packet Laura Lee. near
Bayou Goula, La Boat and cargo are valued
at 500 600
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17

HE isn't much of man who cannot
find in himself all the symptoms spoken
of IN patent-medicine almanac.-LOsU-
ell Citizen.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-05-05
Non Resident Notice.
In the Chancery Court at Jamestown, Tenn.
A. L. Crawford u.s. VIM. Miller ct al.
AND
G. W. Hufiaker ct al. as. A, L. Crawford.
Bill and Cross Bill.

In this cause it appearing from the Cross
Bill Of c. w. Huffsker that the heirs at aw of
Martin Booty, deceased, whose names ar. uu-
known are tie owners of LIP of the la,d in
what is known as the Big Survey. ly ng IN
Fentress, Scott and Pickett countics. Fem.
containing 1913, 900 acres VIM. Miller. Joseph
Miller and John Miller each own LIZ; Fd-
ward Young Catherine Keeton. Joel keeton.
Elizabeth Phipps. Eli Ihipps. rabiha Young.
Frances Marion. Savannah Parml,y, Joseph
Ryan. Margaret Parnlry. Wyatt Adkins, Polly
Parmley, James Roger, Isabella Parmley.
another Wyatt Adkins. Avis Parmley Robert
Parmey Unas Parmley, Jane Ryon, lhos.
Iiyon. Polly Ann Adkins. ALVIN idk ms, Serena
Hays, Eliza Hays, Evslne Alice Barnes. Dock
Barnes. Lucinda I.ovelace. James l.ovelace,
Nimrod J. Young and Granville Young, all
heirs at law Of Washington You " deceased,
together own an undivided onc-sxth of one
twelfth said boundary Of Ian and that tho
said A. l.. Crawford Owls rs SO and that
they are all non rsidents Of the State of
Tennessee. 50 that the ordinary process of law
cannot be served Oh them.
II is therefore ordered BY the Clerk and
Master that all and each Of said parties DO
required 10 appear before the Chanccry Court
at jamestown. Tenn. on or before. the first
Mo dsv after the fourth Monday in July
next . ID make defense To said Cross Bill. or the
same will be taken tor confessed and the cause
set for hearing CT Ddrtc ~ to them.
1t is further ordered that this notice no
published for four consecutive weeks in the
Plateau Gazette. a newspaper published in
Rugby, Morgan County, Tenn. i'oa''ii
This April 18th. 1883. as-
S. V. BowDEN, e. & NJ.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-05-05
THE MARKETS.

CINCINNATI. May 8. 1883.
Flour--Fahcy s. 40 to S Is. Fan,l, 81 so
to $40. Spring family s. rs to 800.
Uheat-Ao. 2 hard Red ut 81 l6&; No 2
Red at $l.l3.
C"rn--No. 2 Mixed shelled at 55c. /: No.
3 at SIC.
Oats-No. 2 White 47ic. No. Mixed at
f46c.
Rye-No. sold at Csc.
: Hdy- No. | Timothy at $1,000 to IL 50 /;
No. 2. $1,000 to l!OJ. trairIr HAY. $500
to 800. Mixed Hay at So. 90 to $50.
MI Feed-Bran at $li So; >h,pstuffs at
Sl5.OO; and Middings at SIG 90 to 1900 pr
ton in bulk. srttfr,T nN
Potatoes Early Rose at 75c. per bush
Burbanks at o5c. per bush.
Sw.et Potatoes-$2. 40 per Dbl
Cadboge-$2.U0 to - per bJl.
Onions--$2.25 to - per Dbl. r3
Turnips-7Oc TO &C. per bbl. +
Butter-Creanery at Boz. to 32c.; fancy
dairy at l3c. to PIC; prime at l5c to zoe;
common !0r. to lie. sr9s hH T1'
Sorghum-25c. to 35c. per gal. <
Ejgs-l4c to- c:pr dog.
r Pouitry-i.iye turkeys at l2c. to l3c and
dressed At l5c. to C. pr ID. Chickens are
q $i.OU to $50 FER doz. ducks $3.50 to I. so
per s!oz. iTeirEe x
.ippies Good to prime at $500 to $50
per bbl.
Hides-Green at 7c. to TIC. No. Q at &c.
10 &C.; No. green saIt,d at Sc. at SIC;
dry sailed at lie. to l2a. .herps pel,s at
25c. To &C. for sooled and &c. to &C. Tor
shared.
Bacon Short clear sides at lie. to C.;
shoulders at Sc. to C.. breakfast at l2t..
t l3c.; hams al lie. to l3c.
Lard-l lc. tor prime steam.
Cattle Common at 1915 to 375: good tn
choice at 1925 to 6.25; cows at $5.25 to s. IS;
ne.f RS at 1925 to SIS; oxen at 50 10 to 4. 80;
calves at.$3.OO to 4.25.
Hog'-Sepcted at $500 to T. 90; common
at $50 to 700; stock hogs $3.50 to 625.
Sheep-Com,,on to fair at So. rs to $50
cool to choice at 81. 5 to 5 so; stock sheer
| at $2.75 to 3 Is; lambs, common to good, al
| S. to -.