Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-19
Minor Mention.

Inc canal boat friendship, corn laden, was
sunk by collision in Chicago River, on the
| 14tb.
| Two negro children were cremated by the
! burning Of a dwelling on a plantation near
Macon, Ga, on the 18th.
Three men were killed by fall of three
hundred feet in the Gagnon Mine, near Butte,
| Montana, on the 14tb
| Frank Foster and Charles PRAY, aged 81 and
"a years respectively, were drowned by the
| capsizing of a boat at Portsmouth, N. H., on
the night of the 14th.
The Exchange Bank, of Montreal, closed its
| doors on the 18th, owing to pressure. The
| liabilities are upwards of 50, 800 600 The
| banks last statement showed assets over all
| liabilities to q large sum.
small fire caused quite panic at the Hotel
! Vendomc, Boston, on the night Of the 18th.
Charles Mcconnell, bali player, was fatally
| injured on the 14th by collision in base run
| ming at Wabash, Ind. s'r
Mrs. Robert Martin, an Oshkosh lady, died
on the 18th from the effects of fall on a defec-
! tive sidewalk in that city q few days previous.
| The steamer Queen Victoria, running be-
tween Detroit and Chatham, burned on the
14th. Loss $4,000. No lives lost
Wilhelnnia Heiden, who kept a stand in the
| German market, Milwaukee, was thrown from
Der wagon by runaway horse on the 18th,
dying Immediately.
An old man named James O'Brien, was run
over and killed by the cars at Eden, Wis, on the
| 18th.
Some engineers and firemen of Inman steam
er City of Berlin were arrested on the 18th
| inst, and 80 pieces of struggled lace recovered
by the custom officers.
The quarto-centennary of the discovery of
gold in Colorado was celebrated by the pioneers
| at Denver by banquet on the 18th.
The annual reunion of the famous Iron Bri-
gade began at La Crosse, Wis, on the 18th.
British gun-boats have arrived at Canton to
protect the foreign residents
The body of Alex. Grant, of Chicago, was
found in the river at Muskegon, on the 18th.
Eight cars we're wrecked and brakeman in
jured by a railway smashupat Andover Conn.,,
on the morning of the 18th.
Hugh j. Hastings, editor of the New York
Commercial Advertiser, and a well known
journalist, died at his home at Monmouth
Beach, N. j., on the 18th, from injuries re-
ceIved In runaway accident.
A. Bowen, Cincinnati travelling agent, was
found dead in bed at Cairo, ILL.,, on the morn
ing of the 18th.
Howard Stevens and George Brown were
drowned III Lake Champlain on Sunday by the
capsizing of a sail boat.
Poisoned shrimps caused sad havoc at COL
ored picnic in North Carolina on the 9th.
Three of the participants have died, and seven
are at the point of death
Dispatches from Petersburg, Va, of the
18th, tell of destructive forest fires i'll that
vicinity
Two men named Sykes and Areton were
killed by the cars near Fort Atkinson, on the
18th.
Touto, or crazy fever, prevails to an alarm
ing extent at Guaymas. Mexico.
Right Hon. Hugh Law, lord chancellor Of
Ireland, is dead.
A brakeman named E. R. Branch was run
over by car and fatally injured at Chicago
on the evening of the 9Th.
Two fatal accidents are reported from Hol-
land, Mich, on the 10th. young farmer
named Peter Freeker, was killed by being run
over by a manure wagon on farm near that
city, and at East Sangatuck eight miles dis
tant, a carpenter named Roster fell from a
roof and broke his neck
The schooner Restless was toWed into the
port of Darlington, N. S., on the 10th, with
four dead bodies in her cabin. The rest Of
her crew we're lost overheard.
Daniel Merritt printer, fell down stairs at
Minneapolis on the night of the 9th and broke
his neck.
Thomas Nurke and Herman Pilgrim, labor
ers, We're killed by lightning at St. Paul, on
the 18th.
A little son OF John Whalen was drowned in
a f1ume at Fox Lake, Wis.,, on the 10th.
Andrew Williams, of Scranton, Pa, didn't
know it was loaded on the 10th. His sister
was instantly killed
The dry goods firm of E. W. Holbrook &
Co., New York, suspended on the 10th. Liza
bil1ties $648,646
Fl. s. Benjamin, carriage dealer, of MiIHau-
kee, made an assignment on the 10th for the
benefit of his creditors. His liabilities are
placed at about $4,000.