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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Penalty for SWEARING,

In the Office of the pilot commissioners
IN New York is a strong iron box, con-
structed on the plan of the toy savings
bank. It is known among the pilots as
the "swear box" and every person
swearing in the room has to pay ten cents
for each oath, or three for quarter, the
money going into the box. One pilot is
known to have paid over 81 900. It was
not unusual to collect 500 a week for
the first few months after it was put up,
but of late years the contributions have
fallen off heavily. The rule is rigidly
enforced, and no one ever objects to pay
ing the penalty, even if the oath is pure
~ accidental. Old Commodore Wander
bilt was once heavy contributor, and
SO were other large ship and boat own
erS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Judge Story's Clock.
IFrom the Cleveland LEADER

Everything about the supreme court
at Washington is old. The clerks room
and the consultation room have old fur
niture, and the cases are made for books
with green cloth inside of the glass after
the days of the revolution. In the clerk s
rooms great round clock like Brob-
dingnagian watch hangs against the wall
and the legend is that Judge Story, be-
coming Disguised with the difference of
time displayed by the watches of his as
sociate judges, said, 81 will fix time
piece that all shall go by" and he
straightway ordered this from Boston. 1t
was made well, and it goes to this day as
truly as it did when Aaron Burr, Daniel
Webster and Salmon P. Chase set their
watches by it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Killed for Thirty Dollars.

Edward Donnelly, a driver for laundry firm
on State Street Chicago, was found unconscious
and fatally injured in stable on Victoria alley,
at an early hour on the morning of the 9th
inst. His head had been battered in with 2
large iron door hinge, which was found on the
floor of the stable. small quantity of silver
money was also found scattered about the
floor. Investigation showed that when Don
nelly went TO the stable to put up his team the
previous evening he had in his possession about
$50 in silver. When found this was all gone
with the exception of the small amount found
on the floor. AS he did not recover conscious
ness after being taken to the hospital, there is
no clue to his assailant
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
a Horrible Sight,

On the 30th, after the family of Frank Nc
Cormick, miner living near ShanaHdoah Pa.
had finished the evening meal, little 4-year-
old ran out in the yard to play. The little one
wandered into the yard of neighboring house,
where he was attracted by the antics of big
dog chained in the corner, and innocently APP
preached the brute. When within reach, the
huge animal sprang upon him, sinking his long
kennel. The taste of blood made the dog
furious, and he tore the child in frightful
manner, attracting the attention of people in
the vicinity by his growls. When the parents
of the child discovered bis whereabouts the
little one was dead. The savage dog had to be
shot before the body could be recovered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09

days, week, and then returned to New
Street closed and to let, and the gentle
manly custodian of his $200-nowheres
Upon laying the matter before the Pc >
lice authorities they were reluctan DIV
obliged to inform him that under the
law his only remedy was in q civil suit,
and that they we've not author' xed to
give him any practical aid. E,ossibly
his case may be warning to other
young men who are temptedt enter the
employ of polite and vener able gentle
men in need of collectors who can give
good reference and securi .ty,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
THE EFFECTS OF ICE.

People who like to eat things out of
season, when they are brought from
great distance on ice-cannot enjoy such
articles as do those who wait and take
them fresh from the neighboring gar
dens. AS the New York Times puts it,
the practice of preserving food on ice is
rapidly demoralizing the American pal
ate'and rendering us, as nation, inca
pable of dining like civilized beings,
People who buy the early Strawberries
either find them detestable and ever
afterward avoid strawberries at all sea-
sons, or they actually learn to like the
favorless fruit and thus reduce trem-
selves to point in the scale of cJlin-
airy barbarism to which even the native
Indians have never sunk. In like man
ner ice is destroying al capacity on the
part of our people TO appreciate fish.
Nearly all the trout and salmon sold In
the market has been frozen. The flavor
of the trout is totally annihIlated, and
but little of the flavor of the fresh sal
HUI ISGadA&S. HIS pIobdeAo lAdO 10"
of our citizens who consume trout and
salmon have ever, in the course of their
whole lives, discovered how those fish
really taste when uncontaminated with
ice. They eat fish because they under
stand that or occasions it is the proper
thing to eat, but they might as we'll eat
finely com1rinuted sawdust sprinkled
with ffshbOnes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Gone Up in Smoke.

Darlington, Wis, had a $4,000 fire on The
morning of the Sd inst.
Fire in Union City. Ind, on the 4th inst
destroyed property to the value of $3.50, 900.
The Free Masons' Hall, on Queen Street
London, was burned, and all the insignia.
furniture and paintings destroyed on the Sc
inst. Among the paintings were pc rtraits OF
all the past grand masters. The loss is mostly
irreparable
The South Hill car stables at Burlington
Ia, burned on the Sd inst. Loss $29 1000.
A fire at Tullahomo, Tenn, on The Nash
vile and Chattanooga road on the Sd INST, de
stroyed thirty houses, including the railroad
depots and telegraph and express offices.
A fire in Waxahachie, Texas, on the LIST
inst, destroyed property to the value Of $4O,-
900; insurance 500, 900.
The distillery Of Fry & Matthews, near
Manor. Pa, was destroyed by fire on the Isl
inst. Loss $4,000; no insurance. The band
ed warehouse, containing large Quantity OF
whisky, was not damaged.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
A Lacerated Heart.

A suit for 100000 as damages for the alien.
alton of his wlfe's affections was begun on the
LIST inst, by Eli Johnson, a well-known tenn
perance speaker of Brooklyn, against Henry C.
of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, and a grain
and provision broker IN New York. Mr.. John
sons wife, Mrs. Mary G. Johnson is also a
well-known temperance worker and has been
for nine years president of the First Brooklyn
Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She
and her husband recently had a quarrel and
separated. The complaint sets forth that while
the plaintiff was away from his home, the de-
PENDANT was unduly intimate with his wife, and
alienated and destroyed her affections for him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Ratified RAILWAYS.

A passenger train running out of Detroit on
the evening of the 10Th was derailed at La
Sale. Mich, by misplaced switch. Several
persons were seriously injured.
A construction train on the Texas and Pacific
Road, ran over steer on the morning of the
3Oth. throwing two cars from the track. Three
men were killed.
The caboose of down freight on the Con-
necticut River Railroad was run into by pas
senger train near Springfield, Mass. on the
3Oth, killing Mrs. Henry Wilder and seriously
injuring several others.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Keystone Gas.

A fearful explosion occurred az the keystone
Colliery Mines near Ashland, Pa, On the Goth,
by which several lives have been lost ard a
number of miners seriously and probably
fatally injured. The explosion was caused by
the sudden collapse of pillar, causing an i'm
mense fall of coal. The rush Of coal forced
down the gas with such velocity as to cause the
explosion. For time great excitement pre-
vailed at the mouth of the shaft where people
gathered in large numbers. August Welcher.
Patrick Reagan, and Andrew Jones were taken
out from the mine dead, Charles Taylor and
Cooney Walter were rescued, but are seriously
and perhaps fatally wounded. Others were
slightly iniurad
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09

proof of the fact that Arkansaw is no
place for high-toned gentleman or a
fust- class mule, and we are on our way
into Tennessee. This is a purity good
kentry fur mule with stiff knee or a
man with scrub eddication, but when
1t comes down to Greek and Latin and
eatln' with three-tine forks Arkansaw is
fifty years behind the world! Mornin',
gents-mornin', in the three different
langUages!'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
BADLY RANGED.

A prize fight for 800 aside took place near
the Chicago city limits on the morning of the
29th. in which all parties were pretty badly
demoralized. The fight was between one
" Yank :" Cunningham, a bartender, and John
Kelly, lately OF New York. Kelly won the
stakes. but he will need them to pay bis doc
tor. Both eyes were closed. his nose was
broken, and altogether he was pitiable OBJ
5ect. Cunningham lost four teeth and it is
also thought his skull is fractured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
A Piano Mover e. Removed. >,

Matthew Smith, piano mover was found
IN an unconscious condition by the police i'm
front of his home in New York on the morning
of the 9Th inst, with @ wound on lis head,
from which be died in q few hours after being
taken to the hospital. Thomas McLanney, o
truck driver, was arrested for the murder
Smith was Al years old, and leaves large
family
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09

Trouble has been caused in New York by
private parties who have been establishing
private postofices and handling mail matter
at less than those prescribed by law. On the
4th inst, Col. Sharps, chief inspector of the
general postofice. who has been investigating
the matter, made raid on two or three of
the heaviest concerns. capturing about 20 900
letters. The penalty for this offense is a fine
of $50. No arrests were made.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Hit the Wrong Target

John and Martin Hevey run shooting gal
lery at 1O5 West Madison Street, Chicago. On
the 9Th inst. Martin was employed behind an
iron screen across the gallery for few mo-
ments. Through this screen is a hole to allow
OF long range rifle practice at target beyond.
John Hevey was at the stand and not knowing
that his brother was behind the screen, picked
up rifle and took aim at the target through
tins opening. The charge exploded just as
Martin appeared at the opening, and the ball
entered his left breast killing him instantly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
More Trouble Ahead.

Eight officers, including colonel were ar
rested at st. Petersburg, on the Both, on sus-
picion of being connected with the nihlists
Sixteen officers were also arrested at Smolensk.
and it is said that widespread military con-
spiracy has been discovered, the documents
found at Smolensk showing that the coronation
of the car would be undisturbed, but that
something very serious would happen immedi-
ately after the event.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Large EN- ezzIement.

Thomas B. Pheby, ex-superintendeut of the
Indigo Consolidated Mining and Milling Com
pany. of New York, was arrested in that city
ON the Sd inst, charged with appropriat1ng to
pany at a salary of $500 a month, funds to the
amount of $50, 46S. 46.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
a Lfttke Scandal.

The United States patent Office has been
struck. What the consequences will be are not
yet known. Two clerks have been dismissed
so far. 1t appears that Washington LAWYER
told a newspaper correspondent little story
about Commissioner Marble, and instead Of
publishing it the n: G. went to Marble and Of
the lady in the case, who advised kicking the
blackmailer down stairs, Marble procured him
a clsrs,ship. Then the lawyer man, who han
kered for sensation, went to Secretary FoIger
with the whole story. Hence these tears.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
An Ancient Claim.

Samuel Fl. Ruggles, of Cir cleville, O.. fled
a claim against the government on the I'd inst.
for patent to $50 acres of land, now occu-
pied by him. near the Ohio River. He claims
that the land was gwen to one Aquilla Nor
vile, a soldier of the war of the revolution
by the state of Virginia, it then being within
the borders of that state. under law passed
in 1880 giving to soldiers of the line certain
lands. but that no patent was ever issued for
the same. Ruggles claims to have purchased
the land from the hers of Norville.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
The First of His Kind.

A miser named John Russell, born in Eng
laud without friends or home died in Bellevue
Hospital, New York, on the I'd inst After his
death 1t was discovered that he had twelve
bank books, showing an aggregate of $40, co.,
The curious part of the case is the fact that
the deceased was printer by trade.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Cinnamon Drowned.

On the 29th the steamer Grappler, with 100
Cinnamon on board, caught fire off Seymour's
Narrows in the Pacific. AS soon as the fire
was discovered the steamer was headed for the
Vancouver shore and beached. Notwithstand-
ing the nearness of terra tirma, the celestials
became panic stricken and sixty of them were
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Killed and Then Filled with Lead

Early on the morning of the 4th inst, Pa
trolman Francis Malone found Michael SulIi-
van, brass finisher, loafng in front of No, 80
Catherine Street, New York. On being asked
if he lived there Sullivan said he did Then
the officer insisted on his going into the house.
This Sullivan refused to do and the officer
gave him push which upset him on the side
walk. When he got up Sullivan drew revol-
yer and shot Malone through the head, killing
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Had sEnl had.

George Parkman, of Corinne. Me-. who had
been married but a week, on the morning of
the LIST inst. jumped out of bed and through
a window and savagely attacked his wife,
mother-in-law, ana some of the neighbors. He
died in few minutes after being secured. He
had delirium tremens.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Three at n T'inIea

At Dublin or the Sd inst. true bills for muir
der were returned by the grand jury against
Peter lyman NO. y, John Walsh and P. J.
Sheridan, and a bill as accessory to murder,
after the fact. against Fitzharris. lyman,
Walsh and Sheridan are in this country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Declared Nane.

Freeman, the religious crank, who murdered
bus little son four years ago at the COM
mand Of the Lord, and who has since been re-
siding in the Massachusetts, Asylum for the In
sane, has been pronounced sane, and was
placed on trial ut Barnstable, Mass, on the
I'd inst, for murder IN the first degree.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Free for a Moment.

Cab-Driver Fitzharris. on trial at Dublin
charged with being one of the principals in the
Phoenix Park murders, was acquitted on the
LIST inst. No witnesses were called by the de-
tense. The evidence against Fitzharris was
not given by informers. Imme diately after
the verdict had been rendered Fitzharris was
taken back TO jail to await trial on a charge of
conspiracy to murder, the penalty for which
offense is ten years penal servitude.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Boxed and Burned,

covered in a burning box car on the North
Western Road near Chicago. There were no
circumstances to establish the identity of the
remains, nor could anything satisfactory be
ascertained as to the cause Of death. The fire
was discovered and put out and on opening
the car the body was discovered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
A LEGAL Point.
from the Wall Street News.l

He looked Like a rising young lawyer,
as he entered Jersey City bank the
other day and inquired for the cashier:
Has any person presented check
here bearing my signature @.
Smith 2"
"No, SIR"
IF such a check was filed in for 5000
and my name forged to it, would it be
cashed %
"No, sir-noG even if the signature
was genuine and the note filed in for
$10!"
"Ah-eh-yes! was simply making
legal point. bank In my vest pocket!
Good morning."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Something New.

Quite a sensation was caused on the I'd inst,
in the court room in Dublin by Patrick Delaney
and Thomas Caffrey. on trial for the Phoenix
Park murder, pleading guilty to the charge.
They were Immediately sentenced TO be hung
on the I'd of June. Both claimed that they
were obliged to be present at the murder
under penalty Of death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09

Lawrence Hanlon, on trial in Dublin for the
attempted murder of Juror Dennis Field, was
on the 4th inst, convicted and sentenced to
penal servitude fer hfe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
THE Vacancy EiIEed.

On the I'd inst, President Arthur filed the
vacancy in the United States supreme bench
made by the resignation of Judge Gresham,
by the appointment of Chief Justice Woods, of
the Indiana supreme court.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
Fiuancinuv Embarrassed.

The St. Adams Iron and Steel Mills, at st.
Adams. VT, suspended on the Sd inst. Liza
bilaies $500. 900; assets $497, 900.
Dickey Bros, of San Francisco, the largest
shipbuilders on the Pacific coast, suspended
on the I'd inst. with liabilities at 100000
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
PFe#Ged GEIIEty.

On being arraigned before Judge Barnum, in
Chicago. on the Sd inst. Thomas Walsh, who
beat his wife to death, pleaded guilty to an in
dlctment for murder.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09

hisn instantly. After he fell, Sullivan fred
three more shots into the head of his victim.
Sullivan was Immediately arrested
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09

Che Ship Railway,

An official telegram from Minatitlan an
nounces that the Tehuantepec ship railway
was begun ON The Sd inst,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09

OLIVER JOHNSON starts new depart
ment in the May Century, called Open
Lette rs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09

OLD rose and garnet make an admirable
color combination.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-02
Parallel Road Talk.

The same engineers who were recently ac- lively at work near this city, as is supposed for the Connecticut Air Line, are at present making surveys in Greens Farms. One of the company was questioned in the cars while on his way from Norwalk yesterday morning and he replied thus: s'We are surveying two lines, and two men from the Hartford and Harlem gang are with us. We are push ing things rapidly and expect to so continue. The object is to get over all the ground pos sible before cold weather arrives. The Fl. & H. chaps are not along to watch us with the idea that we may take advantage. You needn't believe any such story as that They are set of pretty good fellows, and we like to have them with us. They understand their business. We shall make first-class lay and so will they, and there will be no crossing of lines as be- fore about which, hear, the railroad com nissioners felt so bad when they looked through our maps and compared them with the H. & H. It wasn't the Air Lines fault, that crossing business. You know our stakes had been driven so long that some of them had routed of and when the H. &. H. boys came they couldn't tell whether our folks had been there or not and so drove their owA stakes. They didn't intend to encroach on us, but simply put their stakes top of ours, hammering them deeper into the ground and making our layout more substantial and enduring. The business was simply kind of an oversight. They walked up to the seriousness of their methods when the commissioners wouldn't accept their line It wasn't right for them to get on to us the way they did anyhow, but we forgive lem. We're going to make it impossible for the Hartford and Harlem to err hereafter in enough, and with red chalk figures enough on lem to scare away the boldest competitor. Farmers along the line are pleased, as they intend in the spring to use our stakes for scarecrows."
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-02
Gooa stock to Hol.i..

The question of g two per cent. extr a quarterly dividend on the preferred and common stock of the American Electric and Illuminating company, payable Decem- Der 1st next, seems, so far as we can learn, says the Boston Daily Globe of October s1st, in it's financial article, to have been decided upon. This would make the preferred a six teen per cent. and the common an eight per cent. stock.
 It is said that the company is doing a very large and a very profitable business. The dividends which the company is paying en- title Ithe stock to strong position on the market, and stockholders should be eau tious how they listen to the bear stories of brokers and others who are jealous of the company's success. and are using every means within their power to frighten the holders of it's stock to sell at low prices
 The company is well managed. is doing a very profitable business. and it's light stands today without rival in America. Judging from the market prices of other diyidend- paying stocks and our knowledRe of this company's management, we consider the pre- ferred stock of this infrinsicaIIy worth SIS to @1s per shsrs, and the common 9S to @l0.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-02
A Norwich Clubbing Affray.

Jeremiah COnnen Picked up Insensible
 With His Skull Fractured.
 A young man in Norwich named Jeremiah Cornell had his skull fractured Wednesday evening and was picked up in an uncon- scious condition outside of the mill gate on Yantic street. There was flesh wound on the right side of the head appearing to have been made by some blunt instrument and the skull was cracked from near the right eye to point below the right ear. The skin on the left side of Councils head was bruised from the fall, showing that he was knocked down. He was undoubtedly waylaid and assaulted No outcry was heard by the operatives in the mill in which Council was an employe. The police learned upon investigation that he had an altercation with fellow workman named Lynch. Lynch made up wsds of cotton and pelted Cornell with them after he had been asked to desist Cornell got very angry aad is said to have struck Lynch. It is thought that Lynch followed him out of the mill and coming upon him unawares dealt the blow which fractured Councils skull. The police are after Lynch. It is thought that Councils case is very critical