Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-08-08
Minor Mention.

Steins& Fraugh, propIietors Of the Orchard
FIGURING Mills, at Pottsville, Pa, failed for
$4,000 Onthe Sd inst.
A storm on the Sd inst, did damage to the
extent Of about $50, 900 in Monroe County,
New York, principally to crops.
A fourteen-mOnthsO old child named Harter,
was poisoned at Milwaukee on the Sd inst, by
being given vitriol in mistake fer castor oil.
The child died in horrible agony few minutes
after taking the frightful dose.
Austin f. Pike is now United States
senator from New Hampshire. He was
elected on the I'd inst, on the forty-second
ballot.
Green White, a prisoner who resisted arrest,
was shot and killed by a deputy marshal at
Harrisburg, Mo, on the Sd inst.
Tuduc, king of AMMAN, is dead, and has
been succeeded by Rhudac.
Kelly, WOolrich & Co., London merchants,
failed on the I'd inst. Liabilities EGG, 900.
A nine-year-Old boy named Siebel, was
drowned at Taycheedah during storm on the
31st
Negroes IN Banks County, Ca, are dis
turbed by KuklUx raiders.
James COnnertOn, of Philadelphia, took
laudanurn to scare his wife on the I'd. The
joke was such good ore that he died.
The steamer City Of Merida, bound from
Vera Cruz for New York, put into Havana on
the I'd inst, with ten Of her crew stricken by
yellow fever.
Ou tIG "a llSlss join Gulll1pSs CO1OIGCs VI
st. Louis, was instantly killed by an unknown
chicken-stealer whose thieving operations he
sought to intercept.
Ice cream is getting to be q dangerous
luxury. Twelve persons were badly poisoned
by it at Union, S. c., on the I'd inst. The
almond extract was too strong.
Peter Anderson, of Grand Haven, Mich,
on the 1st received injuries by the fall of a
railway bridge upon which he was making re-
paire.
A 2-year-old son of Col. o. G. Linder, of
Indian Territory, was accidentally shot and
killed by his brother on the I'd inst. The
shootist is years old.
Thieves broke into the store Of Peter Wad-
dell, at Hixton, Wis, on the morning of the
LIST inst, and after robbing the place of abOnt
$500 IN money and a small amount of goods,
set fire to the place. The stock is total loss.
A Detroit dispatch says the wOrkmen IL the
Republic Mine, to the number of 400, struck
on the LIST inst, for more paw.
James E. Bailey, foundry employe,
dropped dead on the street in Chicago, on the
31st.
Alfonso has arrived at Madrid with Chris
tina. This punctures the story that the royal
pair have quarreled.
The incident Of whole family being SIM
ultaneously stricken with insanity, occasioned
a local sensation at Charleston, Ills, on the
list.
Rome dispatch of the 1st says: No more
bodies will be removed from Casamicciola, on
account of putrefaction. Disinfectants are
being employed and copiOus earth-coVering
viii make of the once popular resort vast
cemetery.
The poStofice of Little Falls, n. Y, was
raided by burglars on the Both, and $1,000 IN
stamps and currency stolen.
MacOmber & Greenwood, shoe dealers of Bos
ton, failed on the 31st. Assets and liabilities
are not yet known.
Only one American Miss Van Allen, was
injured at Casamicciola by the earthquake. She
was not severely hurt.
The freight steamer Octarara, of the Ericsson
line, plying between New York and Baltimore,
was sunk by collision near Chesapeake CITY, on
the night of the Both.
Joseph Pratt, shoe dealer, Chicago, failed on
the 31st. Liabilities 100000.
Will Hines, IA years old, was accidentally
drowned at GAINESVILLE, Wis. on the 3lst.
George Nelson. aged IS, attempted to sWal-
low piece of Chicsgo restaurant steak on the
night of the 29th, and choked to death.
A reckless driver ran down and killed L. T.
Harris at Chicago, on the 29th.
Mrs. D. Kelley was killed by the cars at Gen
esee, Waukesha County, on the 29th.
The extensive Massachusetts, shoe house Of