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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13

Of course the real origin of the Scot
fish dislike of musical instruments as
aids to devotion is the fact that they are
used in the Church of Rome. This ar
gument, however, powerful as 1t may
have been at the time of the Reforma-
ton, has evidently lost its force. If it
proves anything, it proves too much,
and it ought to be sufficient argument
against all kinds of church music. The
organ will undoubtedly triumph, both
in the Free Kirk and among the United
Presbyterians, and the wisest thing tie
advocates of the organ could do would
be to moderate their zeal and trust to
time to vindicate the innocence of church
instrumental music. Or at all events,
they might compromise by abandoning
their efforts in behalf of the organ and
advocating the use of some new instru-
ment with seven strings, to which no de-
vout admirer of David could object.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
Mules in Mines,

From the Philadelphia Times
When the new electric lights in Big
Mountain colliery were lit yesterday
morning, seven dazzled and astonished
mules, who for five years had seen no
light larger than that of a "Davy,"
broke from the cars they were hauling
in the lower gangway, and fed wildly
into the depths of the mine. They sue
ceeded in reaching the old workings of
the colliery, where, two hours later they
were found, trembling with fear. This
is the first time in the region that col
liery mule has been known to ev1nce
any fear. An ordinary mule can not be
induced to enter parts of the mine where
damp exists in dangerous quantities.
There are instances on record, however,
in which mules have been overpowered
by damp. When the mules and rats in
a mine start for the foot of shaft or
mouth of the drift, the miners rarely fail
to follow, as it is considered sure indi-
cation of danger. The confinement of
mules Ia coal mines has no evil effect on
their constitutions. They are always
well. fed and cared for, and the coal dust
gives their coats a gloss rarely seen on
the hair of mules living in the open air.
While mine is worked the mules never
come out.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
CroSS-Examined.

The weakest link In the cable is the
one on which the strain is sure to come.
The point which the teacher has
son is the one which some boy will be
anxious to know about. The petty de-
tail that the lawyer has not mastered is
the one that may trip him up before he
is through with the case. An amusing
illustration of this total depravity in
neglected things occurred some years
ago to Rufus Choate, while he was try
ing a case of assault committed on board
the clipper ship Challenge while the
vessel was at sea. He was cross exam
lining the first mate, Dick Barton, who
had said that the night was "dark as
Egypt, and raining like seven bells"
"Was there a neon that night ?" ask
ed Choate.
eyes, sir.
"Ah, yes a moon
eyes, full moon.'
odd you see it p
"Not mite.
"Then how do you know that there
was a moon?"
"The nautical almanac said so, and
I'll believe that sooner than any lawyer
in Boston"
Even that "shot" didn't warn Mr..
Choate that he was dealing with a smart
craft which might prove dangerous.
"What was the principal luminary
that night, sir p he continued.
"Binnacle lamp aboard the ChGl-
le,age.''
"Ah! you are growing sharp, Mr..
Barton"
What in bIazes have you been grind
ing me this hour for? To make me
dulI?"
BE civil, sir! And now tell me what
latitude and longitude you crossed the
equator in ?"
"Sho! you're joking"
"No, sir, am in earnest, and de-
sire you to answer me-"
ST shan't!"
can! you refuse, do your
Eyes; can't"
''Indeed! You are the chief mate of
clipper ship and are unable to answer
SO simple a question p
Yes, It's the simplest question I
ever had asked me. Why, thought
every fool of a lawyer knew that there
amt no latitude at the equator"
The great advocate concluded the
man was toe sharp for him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
A TALENT FOR CONVERSATION,

i talent for conversation has an ex-
traordinary value for common, everyday
life. Anyone who has this gift enters in
a social circle anywhere. How every
ones face brightens at his entrance.
How soon he sets all the little wheels in
motion, encouraging the timid, calling
out ostentatiously the resources of the
reserved and shy, Substituting the facile.
and making everybody glad and happy.
To converse we'll is not to engross the
conversation. It is not to do all the
talking. 1t is not necessary to talk with
very great brilliancy. A man may talk
with such surprising power and splen-
dor as to awe the rest of the company
into silence, or excite their envy, and so
produce chill where his aim should be
to produce heat and sunshine. He
should seek the art of making others
feel quite at home with him, so that, no
matter how great may be his attainments
or reputation. or how small may be
theirs, they find it insensibly just as
natural and pleasant talking to him as
hearing him talk. The talent for con-
versation, indeed, more than anything
else in life, requires tact and discretion.
1t requires one to have more varied
knowledge, and to have it at instant and
absolute disposal, so that he can use
just as much or just as little as the &C.
casion demands. It requires the ability
to pass instantly and with ease from the
playful to the serious, from books to
men, and from the mere phrase of court
esy to the expression of sentiment and
passion
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
Thunder and lightning.

a heavy rain storm passed over New York
on the 9th inst. Lightning shattered a num-
ber OF tiag-staff5 in the city and Brooklyn, and
the residence of William P4ice. in the latter
place, was struck and burned down. Tank
No. %, at the National Storage Company'8 Oil
works, at Craven Point. jersey City, was also
struck. The tank is fifty feet in diam 9ter and
thirty feet high. 1t contained only about f.
500 barrels of oil. The oil was not fired, al
though the roof was raised INTO the air and
the wooden braces IN the interior fired by the
explosion Of gas. The roof fell back
almost in ITS original position, and thus
acted as an eXtinguisher. The oil was consider
ably lower than the burning woodwork.
and was pumped out from the bottom.
During the heavy thunder storm on the night
of the 9th inst, the Holy Cross College, W
cester, Mass, was struck by Zig tnlng and
fired in two places. One fire was put out
promptly. The other was at the top of the
tower, 140 feet high, and burned over two
hours. Mrs sullivan Dodman's house was
struck and badly damaged. A barn in Ster-
ling was also struck and there was a serious fire
IN Sutton. Mass. large tank of the Tide
water Pipe Line Company at Muncy, Pa, con-
tanning 5000 barrels of oil, was struck bv
lightning and the oil fired. Two or three
buildings IN Muncy were also struck. The
storm caused damage estimated at So 900 at
Albany, n. 7. Houses we're undermined, Gel
lars Hooded, streets torn up, etc. Lightning
struck several places. The derrick on the new
capitol and the flagstaff on the Delavan
House were shivered. No one was in
iured. Weed. Parsons & Company printers.
suffer damage estimated at so, 0OJ by the
flooding of their cellar. Piles of lumber were
blown from the wharves into the river. A
number of houses were unroofed and other
damage done. At Hutchinson. Kas., the HaZ-
ard Powder Company's magazine, containing
1,300 pounds of powder, was struck by light
ming, and the explosion broke nearly every
glass in the city. wTenched several buildings
from their foundations and knocked down
plastering lamps and clocks a mile away. One
dwelling 800 yards away was completely rid
died by flying bricks
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
Minor Happenings

German domestic named Maria Desert
committed suicide at 35 East Twenty-second
Street, New York, on the 9Th inst.
Three powder-mills, owned by Latin & Rand,
at Newburgh, n. Y, were blown up on the 18th
INST, by lightning. One man was killed. Loss
$4,000.
Charles Klyne, aged II, Henry Tunky, aged
%, and William Bonholt, aged 20, all students
OF the Calvin Institute, Cleveland, o., were
drowned on the 9Th inst, while bathing in the
river near the Infirmary.
One man was killed and four probably fatally
injured by the caviDg of the roof Of the phos-
plate mine at West Templeton, Canada, On the
9Th inst.
Sulieman Daoud and Mahmoud Sami, who
fired Alexandria at the time of the British
bombardment, have been sentenced to death.
Three drowning accidents are reported from
st. Louis on the 7th inst, by which seven per-
so ns lost their lives.
Geo. Ruel was caught in the water wheel at
PlumnerS mill, WauSau, ON the 9Th inst, and
fatally crushed.
Isadore Louis, a travelling salesman, was
drowned in a swimming school at Baltimore on
the 9Th inst.
Ira Perdue and Miss Townsend. were
drowned in the attempt TO cross Muddy Creek.
near WarrensOurg, Mo-, on the 7th inst.
Henry and William Temple and August
Kalke, while riding in a skiff in the Missouri
River, opposite Glasgow, Mo-. on he 9Th inst.
were upset, and all were drowned.
An addition to the Northwestern marine ee-
vatOr at Milwaukee, collapsed on the 9Th inst,
under the pressure of It's contents.
The body Of foater was found near Iron
Mountain, Mich, on the 9th inst, by party
of lumbermen in an advanced state of decom-
position, having been in the water ten or
twelve days. The features were those of a
man apparently 80 or 35 years of age. The re-
mains are unidentified.
A gravel train on the New York and New Eng
land Railway jumped the track at the Quincy
Street bridge in the Dorchester District, Bos-
ton, on the 9th inst. Four or five cars went
down the bank One brakeman was killed,
and another train hand seriously injured.
The Sobrente gunpowder mills, near San
Pablo, California, exploded on the 9Th inst.
Two lives were lost.
Edmund L. Gushing, ex chief justice of New
Hampshire, died on the 9Th inst. He was a
brother of the late Caleb Cushing
The schooner Fannie A. Bailey went ashore
at Cape May ON the 4th inst. Four lives lost.
By the explosion of pile driver engine near
Memphis, Tenn, on the 9Th inst, two men
we're killed and two more seriously hurt.
Two respectable young business men of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, were arrested on the 4th
inst, by the postofice authorities for connec-
ton with the Marriage Fund Mutual Trust As
ISOLATION.
A trapeze performer named William LIE
Hare received fatal injuries by falling twenty
feet upon the stage of an INDIANAPOLIS variety
theater, Oh the night of the 4th inst.
A boy named Columbus, aged IL years, was
killed at L'Anse Mich, on the 4th INST, oy
kick from circus horse which he was hold
ing.
A strike of some of the operatives of the
cotton mills at Blackst tone, R. l., on the 4th
inst, caused d shutting down of the works and
800 breadwinners are idle IN consequence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
ALIttle Irregular.

The man Whitney, who murdered young
Burchard some time ago, has been kept in the
Jail at Hermann, Mo-. as it was expected he
would be tried Immediately. A few days ago,
however, it was announced that his trial would
not take place till the fall term. On the night
of the 4th inst, mob of 200 men surrounded
the jail, battered in the doors and took the
prisoner out. Whitney asked to be allowed to
pray which was granted but as he occupied
more time than his captors thought necessary,
they put rope around his waist and dragged
him to the woods ADD swung him up to limb
without ceremony. None of the crowd wore
masks, and many were recognized. The prison
er protested his innocence to the last.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
THE ORGAN CONTROVERSY.

That particular branch of the Presby-
itself the'"United Presbyterian Church"
is just now torn with controversy over
the question of the introduction of in
strumental music into its form of wor-
ship. At the same time the same ques-
ton is agitating the Free Kirk of Scot
land. The latter, although it is sup
posed to be the most progressive body
of Scotch Presbyterians, has fought
successfully against organs, while the
Established Kirk and the United Pres
byterians of Scotland have recognized
the organ as useful aid to devotion.
The advocates of the organ seem now
about to triumph in the Free Kirk, as
the committee to which the general as
sembly referred the matter has reported
IN favor of instrumental music, but it is
probable that should the United Pres
byterian General Assembly IN this coun-
try authorize the use of organs seces-
sion of the more conservative members
of the denomination will follow.
The argument used by those who OPP
pose the use of church organs is that
they are akin to the prayer-wheelsiof the
Buddhists-an attempt to worship God
mechanically. This is answered by the
advocates of organs by referring to the
instruments of seven strings" which,
according to the Psalmist, were in use
in the temple. To be sure. the I'M
known instrument of seven strings was
not an organ, but at the same time both
are musical instruments, and as the
scriptures nowhere speak against or
gans, they may be considered permissi-
bic, as the Newgate chaplain argued in
regard to the use of punch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
The Barber BrotberS inLimbO.

The notorious Barber brothers, outlawed by
pard, of Fayette County, Ia, last September,
and for other crimes, and for whose capture
$4,000 reward is offered in Illinois and $1,000
in Iowa, were discovered near Sumenr, in that
state, on the 4th inst. Deputy Sheriff A. Fl.
Jarvis and posse attempted their capture.
one of the outlaws. An armed body of 200 men
then secured the woods in the vicinity for
them and they were captured on the evening of
the 9Th inst. at about o'clock while eating
their supper in a house about six miles south of
Tripoli, after very desperate fight in which
the BARRIERS shot and severely wounded four
men, two of whom cannot live. III.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
The Sword OfDamOCyeS.

A nihilistic journal published at Paris states
that there were officers in attendance at the
recent coronation ceremonies who were under
orders from the nihllists, and who were close
enough to the car to strike him down if they
had so desired. The whole force of the Rus
sian government and its most intelligent Spies
had been concentrated at Moscow during the
coronation festivities. The nihllsts took the
advantage of the occasion to spread their doc
trines and enroll their supporters in st. Peters
burg and other centers 1t Gays the strength of
the party in st. Petersburg is greatly increas-
ing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
Deeds Of RInnhu

Benjamin Morley, of Syracuse, n. Y. killed
bis stepdaughter, Mrs. Luella Hynes, and then
killed himself on the 10th. Family troubles
were the cause.
Late on the night of the 9Th. while Marshal
Carglle, of Milersbmg, KY, was extinguishing
the street lamps he Was mortally wounded bv
slugs fired from two barrels of a shotgun by
some one in ambush.
While attempting to make an arrest in New
Y ork, on the 10th inst, Policeman John W.
Smith shot and killed Patrick Regain, a saloon
keeper. Regain resisted arrest with a cavalry
sabre.
Three hOodlums named Hanley, Maloney
and Holligan forced their way into the room
of Mary Mcdonald, on Laurel Street. Chicsgo O.
on the 9th and outraged her. She isnot ex-
pected to live. - ~. G..,l. T.
Charles ". Seymour and Mrs. SeIrid L! Web
ster were indicted at Cleveland on the 5tl
inst. for procuring an abortion, causing the
death of Julia Renachere Seymour.
drunken brute at Baltimore dashed ket-
tie Of hot water over bis sleeping babe on the
9th inst, fatally scald1ng it.
Ben BrOOkens killed negro who had seduced
his daughter in Baldwin County. Ga, and on
the 9th inst. tie cOroner's jury returned q YER
dict Of justitable homicide.
At Charlotte. n. c., Thomas L. Shields shot
and killed Joe G. S1ton on the 9Th inst, be-
cause he refused to marry Miss Shields. whom
he had ruined. The dead man was superin-
tendent Of the Maryland and Charlotte copper
mines.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
WARM Armenia.

A dispatch dated at Cattaro. Dalmatia, June
8, says: GA force of 200 Turkish regulars
marching to Sipeanik were attacked and muir
dered on Juue LIST by body of Hollis Ac-
counts have been received here that sanguin-
ary fighting took place on June "a and Sd. in
Albania, between Turkish troops under the
command of Assym Pasha and body of Cas-
traits. The Turks are reported to have lost
1900 men and the Castratis 500. The Turks
defeated the Malisaris. who are in full retreat.
Their villages are in flames.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
a Colorado Excitement.

Silverton, Col, is excited over an alleged
band of incendiaries and robbers. Two at
tempts were made on the 9th inst, to burn the
city, with the evident object OF creating a
stampede of citizens and then to rob the First
National Bank. Seventy-three indictments
have been found by the grand jury against the
gamblers and others connected with these das-
tardly plots. The city is patrolled by bodies
of armed men, and vigilance committee Las
been formed. The city has placarded notice
nected with incendiarism or shooting affairs,
will be hanged
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
Frees for RaYber Poles,

The notorious Barber brothers who were
captured short time ago near Wayerly, Iowa,
after being transferred from Jail to Jail to
avoid a lynchng bee, were taken back to
Waverly on the 9Th INST. The same night the
Jail was attacked by large crowd of men
armed with crowbars, pickaxes and all kinds of
weapons. The doors were battered down and
the two murderers taken about half mile
from the town and hung to a tree.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
Cold RIOOded VTOIxeS,

Carl Williams, a colored man who disap-
peared from his home near Monticello, Arkan-
saw, three years ago, will never return His
body has been found. and it is nov known that
negro named johnson, who afterwards mar
ried his victims widow, killed Williams. cut off
his head and then buried his remains. The
heartless wife stood by and observed the deed
that threw her on the matrimonial market.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
Political Str>pensions.

Timothy Kelly, the fifth and last of the In
v1nclbles sentenced to death for participation
in the Phoenix Park murder was hanged at
Dublin Oh the 9th He exhibited no fear and
made no statement.
Suleiman Daoud Pasha was executed at Alex
andria on the 9th. He almost died of sheer
flight on the gallows. He was convicted of
setting fire to Alexandria during the lombard
ment by the British ---
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
The Regular Dose.

Chicago had its regular Sunday killing b5e
on the 10th inst. James O'Meara aud Henry
Reed got drunk on Saturday night and went to
sleep in box car on the Northwestern track
near the corner of West Water and Dunn
Streets. Early Sunday morning Joseph Pin
dras, alias Shultz, night watchman, being
told that the car was occupied by dodgers, pro-
ceeded to make it lively for the young men by
firing his revolver throush the car window
The fourth shot hit OMeara. mortally wound
ing him. Pindras was arrested.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13

At the inquest INTO the Brooklyn bridge dis
aster on the 5th, the acting president of the
trustees deposed that all the policemen In New
York could not stem t be panic-stricken tide of
the weakest part Of the structure could sus-
tain $4,000 tons, and estimated the greatest
pressure which could be placed on it at II, 900
tons. The jury found that the . officers and
trustees were reprehensible, " and recommended
improvements III the road for foot passengers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13

The remains of John Howard Payne, author
of Home. Sweet Home" were laid to final
rest in Oakhlll Cemetery, Washington on the
9Th, with simple and appropriate ceremonies.
The President, cabinet and others of promi-
nence were present, besides numerous rela-
tives of Payne. A poem was read by Robert
s. Chiffon and an Grafton delivered by Leigh
Robinson.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13

A NEW coachman has been advised to
be scrupulously polite toward his en-
ployer if he wished to keep his place.
Accordingly, when his master visits the
stable the following conversation takes
place: 90 Well, John, how are the horses
this morning?" "Quite we'll, sir, thank
you. And you ?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
Spanish NihfliSts.

The trial was begun on the 18th inst, at
Xeres, Spain, of seventeen members of the
Black Hand Society, charged with numbering
an associate suspected of betraying the organ
ization to the government. The public prose
cutor, in opening the case. claimed that he
would submit evidence sufficient to secure the
execution of sixteen prisoners
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13

Reports received on the 9Th state that Crook
had entered the Sierra Madre Mountains and
was pushing south in pursuit of The renegade
Indians. The Mexican authorities are in sym
pathy with the American general. but are COM
PEELED to act with circumspection, owing to
the clamorings Of an anti-invasion faction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
Killed for Resenring an unsu,,.

George Hathaway was brutally murdered by
John Baker at lockwood, Tenn, on the night
of the Sd inst. Baker insulted him without
provocation and because Hathaway resented it
he was struck on the head with billet of
wood and instantly killed. Baker escaped. All
the parties are well connected.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
With Their Boots on.

Two desperadoes belonging to notorious
Iowa band, terrcrized the little town of Wiota
on the I'd inst, and were shot down bycitizens
One is dead and the other is not expected to
live. This makes six of the gang who have
died with boots on in the past few months
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13

The Essential Distillert ON the, .Lehigh
Mountains, near Emans, Pa, owned by Baum
gartner &:Go,,. was totally dGstroyedb by fire on
the 7th inst. Loss about $40, 900; no insur-
ance, Gauge, incendiary.
Two men were burned to death by the de-
structon Of the cooks shanty in a Saginaw,
Mich, lumber camp on the 9Th inst.
The tug Vulcan, OF Detroit, burned off Yer
million. Ohio. on the morning of the 7th inst
A fire III Oregon ILL.,, on the 7th inst, par
TIA ~ destroyed the oatmeal mill of Sherwood
Forrest. Loss S75, 600.
fire in the main tent of Barnum's circus on
the lake FROM Chicago, on the morning of the
9th inst, d stroyed a the costumes of the
employees and the paraphernaIia of the circus
Barnum's loss amounts TO 1000. Another
tent was erected and performance was gwen
the same evening.
The lath and single mill of Wilson, Luther
Wilson, at Luther, Lake County. Mich. on
the Sd inst, caused loss of $50 600. Fifty
men are thrown out OF employment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
ssDidn,tytxnoxw.., etc

At Troy, N, Y, on the 4th inst; during the
absence of his parents Theo.- Martin, aged 7.
found arevolver, and while he and his l4-year
old brother were examining the weapon, Theo.
brothers throat and the wound is probably
fatal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-13
Cattle Thieves.

ing an exciting time with cattle thieves.
About thirty arrests have been made and
large number of stolen cattle recovered.
Judge Lynch will probably be heard from in
the troubled locality