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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-20
Minor Happenings.

| Dr. Richard Proctor was instantly killed al
the Merriam Colliery, Ashland, On the 18th, by
the fall of some timbers
Charles Narrow, a performer in Coles circus.
while practicing at Whitew 4ter, received in
JufleS from which he died while being con-
veyed to Milwaukee. on the 10Th inst.
George Rothsack vas convicted at Mantle
VOC, Wis, on the 10Th, of the murder of his
wife, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.
The yacht Hebe was capsIzed IN a squat on
Lake Champlain on the 18th. The captain and
mate were drowned.
Charlie Schirtner brakeman, was run over
and killed while coupling cars at North
McGregor, Ia. He was % years old and leaves
a wife and one child.
James Draw, aged so, and his son, Ru
dolph, aged Is, lost their lives on the 14th by
suffocation from foul air in well near Shrev5-
port. La. The boy started down the well, and
was suffocated. The father started to his
relief, and was also suffocated Both
were dead when brought to the surface.
Beebetown, small place in Harrison
County, Ia, was blown out of existence on the
18th inst. Only Que house was left standing.
The explosion of a tug at Bueros Ayres,
South America, on the 18th inst. killed eight
persons and seriously injured niue more.
At Boston, on the 14th inst. an express mes
Senger named Howe, who was injured by q
collision on the Fitchburg Railroad. obtained a
verdict for $4,000. He was crippled for life
AuS u4n0ICIICGS UGCW60u INC WOTkIQ6n ana
employers at Bay View, Wis, were adjusted on
the 14th, and 1900 men will Immediately go to
work.
A cyclone and water spouts seriously dam
aged crops IN Northern Arkansas on the 13ih
inst.
The wife of J. H. Wheeler. of Bridgeport
Ala, made her exit from this world with the
assistance of hank of yarn and fruit tree
on the 18th.
A tornado passing over the town of Hemp
stead, L. l., on the 18th, did great damage to
structures. No persons we're injured.
Ten persons were killed and several injured
by the collapse Of the barracks at Kaluga, Rus
STA. on the 18th.
A land ship occurred at Kuzurmare. Duchy of
BukOwine, Prussia, on the 18th. One or two
houses were destroyed.
Sable, convicted of numbering and robbing
a mOney-letter carrier IN March last. was exc
cuted at Berlin, on the 18th.
J. FL. Christie was killed by the cars at James
vile. Wis, on the 18th, while attempting to
board moving train. He belonged at New
ark N. j.
Judge Chester H. Krum, of st. Louis, who
disappeared April 26th has been discovered at
last. He is now at Salt Lake City, Utah. He
got there by a round about route, via New
York City, the Isthmus of Panama and San
Francisco.
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SPORTING.

HE membership roll of the Leaone
OF American Wneelmen now contains
2,131 names.
LIE Cincinnati nine, of the American
Association, received S1,26O as their
snare OF Decoration Days game.
W. SHOOK, the well-known English
amateur, is said to have recently run one,
mile on grass course, hard and even.
IN Am. 22s., at Shrewsbury.
A LACROSSE game at Montreal for the
championship OF the world between the.
Shamrocks, the present holders. and the,
Montreal club, was won by the former.
HE University of Pennsylvania de-
feated Princeton In the four-oared she'll
race at Philadelphia on the 18th inst
for the Childs' cup. The time was o
minutes 81 seconds:
JACOB SCHEFER and Maurice Wig
naux played balk-lne game of billiards
at New York, on the 18th inst, for
81 OOO a side and the emblem of cham
P Pdo Vlgnaux won by a score Of
JOHN KENNEDY, the oarsman, saws he
may give Hanlan another chance to
head him before fall. Kenaedy's back
ers are nOwise discouraged at the result
OF the recent race, and are willing to
back him for another any time.
The wrestling tournament at st. Louis
closed on the 18th inst, with the follow
ing results: Whistler took the first
prize, $500, for Greco Roman style, and
second prize, $3.50, catch as-catch-can,
B1bby took first prize, $500, catch-as-
catch-can.
IT is said that "the building OF Iuxur-
lous private stables in New York CITY
has been going on extensively the past
few years among the wealthy horse
owners. Among the most costly estab-
hshnents are Mr.. Rockefeller's, occupy
ing three city lots, costing $45, 900; Mr..
FIagler's, occupying the same num-
Der OF lots, costing $50, 900; Mr.,
William K. Vanderbilt's. costing
$50, OOG; Mr.. William Il. Wander
Butts occupy three city lots, $50. OCO;
Mr.. Isi3or Cornfeld's, S60,G0O; Mr..
Frank Works stable is just receiving the
finishing touches from the workmen and
decorators, and will cost the owner of
Edward and Swiveller over 100000.
These five stables represent total out
lay OF $500, 900, this money being spent
entirely on the construction Of the sta
bles.
The following table shows the stand
ing OF the league clubs at the close of the
games on the 18th inst:
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Entomology in JeWeIrV,

Sad case, that of Tomkins, which was
alphabetically whispered about among
his friends yesterday and gained the
tribute of sigh from all who heard it.
He is a person of somewhat convivial
practices and has been out to the West
Indies all winter, where, as report goes,
he had time which for once seemed
almost too Jolly. When he started for
home he didn't feel well at all, but he
had hopes that the sea voyage would
bring him around all right, and III fact
when he reached New York he felt a
great deal better. On arriving in Boston
he met friend with whom he drank to
his happy return and then started out
tor a stroll. Presently they encountered
a young woman who had hideous cast
iron spider fastened to her cloak and
Tompk1n's friend not ced that he shot an
uneasy glance at it. Soon after they
met a second, who had a frightfully
lOathsome beetle IN the lace at her
throat, and presently a third, about
whose hat was twined lizard foot and
a half long. Tompkins' trepidation Wis
IDLY increased at these unwholesome
sights, but he shook it off as well as he
could and had about recovered himself,
when he broke out into a scream, ''Look
at the snake on that woman's ankle who
is getting into the horse car! Great
Caesar, I've got 'em again!'' and rushed
for doctor. In the ignorance born of
his protracted exile he did not know that
the prevailing feminine taste is toward
reptiles and noxious insects, which they
not only wear upon their outer garments,
but utilize in the embroideries upon their
hosiery.
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WM. Il. VANDERBILT speeded Maud
5. and Aldine at Fleetwood Park on the
18th inst, beating all the previous
heavy top road wagon weighing oil
pounds. Mr.. Vanderbilt himself weighs
200 pounds. So the pair were drawing
81 pounds. Mr.. Vanderbilt drove once
around the track, and then prepared to
put the mares to their speed. About
$50 people had collected on the stoop of
the clubhouse by this time and many
watches were pulled out as Mr.. Wander
bilt drove by. The one quarter was made
in 324 seconds, the half in 1:O51,
the three-quarter in 1: Al and the mile
in 2:151. The time was taken by T. E.
Eastman, William Turnbull, Alex. Tay-
Tor, Allie Bonner and about thirty other
gentlemen. The mile was made without
break on the part of either Of the mares.
Mr.. Vanderbilt came down the home
stretch driving with one hand and wav-
ing his whip over the heads of the
mares with the other amid the cheers of
the crowd. The best previous records
made by double teams were 2:16I MADE
at Hartford last fall by Aldine and
Early Rose, and 2:162 made by Frank
Works celebrated team Edward and
Dick Swiveller at Fleetwood Park.
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PETROLEUM.

The petroleum mines at Baku, on the
Caspian, are proving so productive that
their managers believe they may soon
enter into competition with the oil pro-
ducers Of this country in the supplying
of European demands. At Sarunchi the
earth fairly perspires oil, and it is now
proposed to lay oil pipes for the conduct
OF naphtha all the way from Baku to
Batoum, on the Black Sea, distance of
400 miles. The Russian government
has been petitioned to this effect. Some
of the wells are remarkably prolific, one
fountain having been running at the
rate of %, 900 pools per diem for the
last five years, and the total yield from
the mines of that vicinity is estimated at
loo, 900, 600 pools per annum, a pood
representing about 36 pounds weight.
1t is interesting to know that the most
OF the operations are superintended by
Americans who were originally employed
from the oil region of Pennsylvania, and
it is to their indefatigable energy and ex.
pert direction that Russia in large part
owes the magnitude of the present en-
terprise. 1t has been something of a
grim satire to the operators of Pennsyl-
vania that from their midst was gathered
the material that has grown into a
threatening rivalry, though there may
be some consolation in the fact that the
undertaking wasAmerican, though one
or two important oil masters of the Rus
sian district are Swiss gentlemen.
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Gone Up in Smoke.

Fire in Sterling, Ont. Oh the 18th, destroyed
property to the value of $125O0O.
The Touring mill of Casper Smith, at Osh-
kosh, Wis, burned on the 18th inst. Loss
$4,000.
The village of Valloires, in the department
of Savoy, France, was burned to the glound on
the 18th inst.
Fire at East Saginaw, Mich, on the 18th
Seligman and occupied by J. Y Chapman, a
furniture factory owned by J. A. Weaver, a
hotel building occupied by joseph Slaybook
and two or three other small buildings Total
loss 500, 600; insured for $4,000.
Fire on the 18th inst, destroyed the Dakota
Touring mills at Sank Center. Minnesota. to-
gether with an adjacent elevator. the total loss
amounting to $65,0OG.
A paper mill at Mariuette Wis. burned on
the 18th inst. Loss S15 600.
A fire at Havre de Grace, Nd, destroyed the
saw and lplaniDg mills of John Dubois, to-
gether with other buildings. Loss 1915, 900.
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terrible cyclone struck the town of Beloit,
WIS, on the 1lth,, coming from the south
west, doing damage to the amount of $75. COO
to S100,0U The storm concentrated in the
river, taking first the Chicago and North
Western bridge over Rock River. then the roof
of Browns Block, in which the Outlook office is
located, and hurled it across the street. break.
ing the glass In Carpenters Block RitscEer's
Block, Emerson's drug store, Goodwin's Block
then following the river in a northeastern
direction, demolished the carriage works Of
y. IL. DIngman; thence to the Rock River
Mills part of which were demolished, killing
one man and severely iniuring another In
the west part of the city three houses were
blown down, four persons injured and five
barns destroyed. On the East Side the steeple
of the Presbyterian Church and First Congre-
gational Church were blown down. Or the
East Side the storm damaged Corcoran Bros.
grocery store, tie Second National Bauk P. H.
Craven's cigar store, Frank Trave1s' clothing
store. Smiths JeweJry store. Bart q Bailey's dry
goods store, G. G. Green's grocery store w. S.
Herman's furniture store, A. G. Burpees pho
tograph gallery, Winslow d ROseuburg's hard
ware store; took the roof off H. Reulland's
grocery, J. Zimmerman'5 restaurant W. n.
Van Mattress music store, c. A. EmerSon's drug
store, d. S. Fosters stationery store, D. Car
penter's dry goods store. Ross & Green's boot
and shoe store. On the West Side the follow
ing business houses suffered: f. Fields, gen.
eraI stock; John Kline, saloon; I. Leib, grocer:
c. Newberg, clothing; ]. R. Towle dry goods.
The casualties, so far as known are one killed
and twenty-one wounded. Ed. HalIoran, en-
ployed in the Rock River Mil. was instantly
killed. He was struck in the forehead by
beam.
A small cyclone visited Tlipoli. Iowa, the
scene of the exploits of the Barber brothers on
the 11th. 1t blew down trees and buildings,
and the large machinery warehouse Of J. G.
Garrett was completely destroyed. the loss be-
ing about $500 or $1,000. Several persons
slightly injured, but none seriously.
tornado struck Brush Greek, Iowa, on the
18th, and wrecked one-third Of the town. The
loss Is $50, 900 to $40, 000 No lives are report
ed lost. A schoolhouse was also blown over
between Oelwein and Maynard Station, on
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
road, about the same time.
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Deeds Of RInnh.

Warner, the man whom it is believed out,
ragged and murdered the Lyons girl at Cheboy-
gan, Mich, was hanged by mob on the night
of the 14th.
The wife of Geo. L. Jones, editor of the
Workman, at Bloomer, Wis, took a fatal dose
of laudanum on the 18th, owing to family
troubles.
John Smith was shot dead by negro in a
saloon at Warner Station, Ark, on the 18th.
He interfered in quarrel between the negro
and J. w. Dyer.
At Rockford, Coosa County, Ala, on the
18th, negro named Jordan Corbin murdered
BENJAMIN Garden, his wife and son.
James Mcdaniel, one of the Oldest residents
of Talapoosa, Ga, was murdered on the street
on the 14th, by shooting, by John Skipper. No
cause is assigned.
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Illegal. 1sut IuStigiah,e.

Jordan Corbin, who murdered Benjamin
Garden, seriously wounded his wife and son,
for the purpose of raping Gardens daughter
near Rockford, Ala, on the night of the 18th
inst, was captured by citizens and put IN jail
on the 18th. That night he was taken from
the jail by crowd Of 500 men and hanged.
The crime was the most deliberate horrible
and exasperating conceivable. Corbin staying
around the house an hour. 1t was barricaded
by the wounded wife, with a bed on which lay
her dead husband, shot in the head while
asleep by gun pushed through the window.
The daughter escaped to the woods in her
night clothes, and has since been found almost
dead from fright. She is not expected to live
The mother and son are seriously injured, but
will recover.
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The Indian Troubles.

Reports from Tombstone. Arizona. give the
information that Gen. Crook had returned
from his expedition, and was encamped at Sill
yer Creek, at the south end of Chiricahua,
which he reached on the 10th. Sixty miles
southeast of that place, Loco and Chatto, with
23O hostiles, had surrendered, and were
brought IN by Gen. Crook, who recrossed the
line on the 9th. Among the prisoners were
seventy-five bucks either old or sick the re-
mainder beng women or children II is be-
ieved that Gen. Crook will return and en-
deavor to capture the warriors. His command
Is in good fighting trim, the casualties so far
being nothing.
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LADIES RESTAURAN is.

There are IN Berlin several restaur-
ants patronized almost solely by ladies.
Ii man happens to get into one he is
hardly waited upon, and the guests OF
the fairer sex show by their looks that
they think him an intruder. One who
had been mortified in this way has sent
to journal the record of his observa-
tons. He fancies he can read the his
tory Of those who come there in their
manners and by their orders. This lady.
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The Profits of Silver COINAGE.
From the London News. !

The rapid and continuous fall in re-
cent years in the market price of silver
has raised in curious way the profit
made by the mint on the silver coins
which, as is we'll known, remain of the
same weight and fneness under all vari-
atoms in the intrinsic value of the met
al. In 1870 the profit was only per
cent, in 1875 it was 16 per cent, while
at present it is about % per cent. In
one year it was even higher--namely. in
1878, when it was 312 per cent. In 1881
the total gains of the mint on the coin
age of silver reached the large sum of
9166,8
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1t fight at New York on the 18th between
Daniel Hoy and William Rogers, the former
received injuries from which he died the fol-
lowing morning. Rogers was arrested.
Alex Myatt indicted for numbering John
BIRD, who ran away with his wife, hanged him
inst
Ludovic Stanton, one of the Oldest and best
known civil engineers in the west, committed
suicide at Freeport, ILL.,. on the 9th inst. He
occupied the position Of city engineer of Chi
cago few years since.
A sensational tragedy was enacted at one of
the fashionable residences of Vincennos Ind
on The night Of the 8th inst Charles Pollock
KILLED bis wife, to whom he had been married
but Elk months and then shot himself fatally
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Chastity StiffSs

The dried and shriveled body of a man ap-
parently about As years of age, was found near
San Antonio, Texas. on the 18th. The de.
ceased had evidently succumbed to starvation
and excessive beat.
The body of an unknown woman was pulled
out of the river near Detroit, Mich, on the
14th inst. The feet and hands had been sew
cred from the body and some of the internal
organs had been removed. The body was en-
closed in grain sack, which was carefully tied
up, heavily weighted and fastened to a stump
to prevent it being carried away by the cur
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Not g. Reasonable DoUbt.

A masked mob on the morning OF the Hath
took Henry Coibert, a negro, from the jail at
Hickman, KY, and carried him off TO the
woods with a rope around his neck. 1t is not
known for a fact what was done with the
negro, but it is supposed that the mob hung
him. He was accused with having in company
with another negro (Peter Hart) made an at
tempt, on the night Of the 5th of last March
to enter the house of Mrs. LIZZIE Prather, Ev-
ing about nine miles from Hickman, for the
purpose of outraglng her.
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fSHiCihP.

Henry T. Crane. a travelling salesman for the
Jewell Betting Company, of Hartford, Conn.,.
was found dead in bed at the Pacific House,
Council Bluffs, Ia, on the 14th. Among his
effects was well written letter saving he had
taken poison. No cause was given.
Rev. Edward Chase committed suicide on the
18th inst, by hanging himself at Richfield,
near Minneapolis, MINI. He went to ST. Paul
sixteen years ago and was then secretary of the
\. NJ. c. A., and afterwards president of socie-
ties for the Relief o the Poor and the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Animals. Insanity was
the cause of his self-destruction.
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4 Big Blaze.

five story building IN Chardon Street,
Boston. in which were Gray's opera house and
a number of manufacturing concerns, took fire
on the afternoon of the 10Th about half an
hour before the variety theater's matinee
should have begun, and was speedily burned
to the ground. The theater attaches and the
workmen in the upper stories had barely time
to escape, most of them losing their street at
tire. The total loss is estimated at 100000.
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q life Sentence

The trial at London of Dr. Gallagher. Ber-
nard Gallagher, Whitehead, Curtin, Wilson and
Ansbugh, for participation in the recent dvna-
mite conspiracy, was concluded on the a4tn
INST. After being out short time the jury re-
turned to the court room and announced that
they had found verdict Of guilty againg DR..
Gallagher, Wilson. whitehead and Curtin. and
verdict of not guilty in the case,of Ansburgh
and Bernard Gallagher. The four men found
guilty were then sentenced to penal servitude
for life
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Revenge

FROM UmOntown, Pa, comes''news Of the mur-
der on the 18th inst. of N. L. Dukes by James
Mutt. This crime is the sequel and natural
consequence of the deliberate shooting of the
lauers rather, Capt. A. G. Mutt, by Dukes, 1t
VIII be remembered that Dukes. after clrcula-
ting reports against the reputation of a
daughter of the captain, whom he had seduced
under promise Of marriage, sent for the father
Tor the purpose Of discussing the affair at his
room at the hotel. After few moments con-
yer alton he deliberately drew q revolver and
shot the old man through the head. After a
lar t1lal an lmbeclle jury rendered verdict of
not guilty. ard he was allowed to 90 free.
Popular feeling ran high for time, and some
OF the Jury only escaped punishment at the
hands OF mob by keeping out Of the way.
After short absence from the place Dukes
returned to UniOntown, where he settled down
quietly. On the evening of the 18th. however.
his career was brought to a sudden terrnina-
tom. While passing IN front of the postofice
aust before dark, James Mutt appeared in the
doorway with a revolver, which he
proceeded to empty at his fathers
murderer. Three shots out OF a possible five
took effect in the body of Dukes, within
radius of four inches and in close proximity to
the heart. At the fifth shot Dukes fell and
Immediately expired. On searching the BODY
the Identical revolver with which he killed the
father Of Mutt was found in his pocket, while
suspended from his suspenders under his vest,
where 1t could be easily reached. was a wicked
looking dirk knife. After making sure of the
result of the shooting Mutt quietly gave him
self up to the first policeman he met, and was
taken to jail. In connection with the affair. it
Is mentioned as a significant fact that when
Dukes was arrested for the murder of Capt.
Mutt, he was allowed the freedom of the
sherlf's house. while the avenger of o SISTERS
wrongs and a fathers murder, Is Laced in
four by eight cell in the jail.
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Wholesale MansIauxhter,

placed On trial at paris on the 10Th for r"enl
slaughter, in advertising and selling land on
the island of Port Breton, and causing em1gra-
ton thereto in unseaworthy ships, thirty per
sons dying on the passage, $50 dying from hun
ger after reaching land, and five being eaten
by the cannlbal natives. In all $1,000 600
francs were subscribed to the scheme. of which
the marquis poflzeted 100000.
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EaIl and Nuiei1ie.

William A. Putney, at one time a Chicago
business man, was arrested at Nantasket, IN
Boston Harbor on the 18th inst, for embez-
zling $500 from his employers, Shepard, Nor
well d Co., of Boston. On the way to Boston
the unsuspicious detectives gave Putney the
run of the boat. He improved his opportu-
nifty and jumped overheard. The body was
recovered, but life was extinct.
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HaYtien troubles.

President Solomon, Of Hayti, under date Of
the 10Th inst, telegraphed Lennox. the Hay
tan consul at Philadelphia, that there are no
uprisings..in Hayti, such as reported, and that
the only place where there is trouble is at
Mirogoane, where the rebels are entrenched
He has instructed Lennox to look out for iron
steamships for sale in this country that may
be utilized as war vessels in the attack on Mir
ogoane from the sea-
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Trouble i'm a Female College.

]. Lane Borden, president of a female COL
lege at Mansfield, Louisiana, was killed on the
10th inst, by the Rev. Ben Jenkins, Jr., for
the alleged seduction of young lady friend of
the latter. Borden had like his slayer been a
preacher. and, until the disclosure of his
crime, had borne good reputation.
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The wisconsin NIasens.

The Wisconsin Masonic Gran1 Lodge closed
its annual session at Milwaukee, on the 18th
inst. The following officers were elected
Grand master, Lewis E. Reed, of Ripon; dep
uty grand master, Oliver Libbey, of Green
Bay; grand senior warden, Fl. Fl. Virgin, of
PlattevilIe; grand Junior warden, Fl. W. Saw
yer, Of Hartford; grand treasurer, n. NJ. Lit
tlejohn, of Whitewater; grand secretary. J.
w. Latin, of Oshkosh.