Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-08-22

several weeks, died on the morning of the 18th
inst, at his home at York, Pa.
A brakeman named Frank Dill, was killed on
the st. Paul Road, between the National Sol
diers' Homo and Spring Meadow, near Mil
waukee, on The night of the 18th inst He
was knocked from the car while passing a
bridge and fell under ire wheels.
The engine and tender # a passenger train
on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad went
through an open dr1w near Mobile on the 18th
inst. The fireman saved his life by Jumping
but the engineer, Edward Brown, was
drowned By his herolsm in staying at his
post, the train and passengers were saved.
Christ Nelson wa drowned in the MenomO-
nee River, at Milwaukee, on the 18th inst,
while bathing.
foundation, distance of three feet, on his
farm at Stanford, N. Y, on the 18th, and
broke his neck.
Moses james fell upon a saw in a mill in
NeTberTy County, s. c., on the 18th, and had
the top Of his head cut off.
The Chicago Milwaukee and st. Paul Com
pany has commenced the construction of the
western extension of the Hastings and Da-
kots Division, from Aberdeen.
Eight thousand weavers are on strike at
Ashton-under-Tyne, Eng. They want more
wages.
A forty-barrel oil we'll has been struck near
Canon City, Col.
The reports that the Apaches have been dep
redating in Sonora since Crooks return are de-
MED.
The body of T. F. Griswold, a prominent
citizen of Troy, N. Y, was found in Lake
Champlain, on the 18th.
A Beolt thief was run over by the cars be-
tween GAINESVILLE and Alton on the night OF the
18th.
An oil well that runs over 2, 900 barrels day
has been struck in Forest County, Pa.
Chattanooga, Tenn, experienced a tornado
On the 18th. One man was killed and many
injured. Roofs and buildings suffered.
A cage containing five men dropped 120 feet
through mine shaft at Braidwood, ILL.,, on
the 18th. Two Of the men were fatally hurt.
Salmi Morse, the Passion Play enthusiast,
made al assignment at New York on the 18th
inst.
At the Rochester N Y, races on the 18th
inst, Jay-Eye-See, the Racine trotter, beat the
best previous five year old record, 2:151l, max
ing mile IN 2:15.
A Galveston. Texas, dispatch of the 10th
says that city is on the verge Of a water fam
inc.
The store of William Dozain, on Union
Square, New York, was entered by burglars on
the night of the 18th and SO, 900 worth of
silks TAKEN
Michael Barnes was lost overheard from the
Canadian yacht Aileen, bound from Chicago to
Toronto.
A twelve-year old boy named Lundstorm
was run over and killed by the cars at Chicago
on the I4th inst.
A manufacturer Of Chicago named Juergens,
died of apOplexy III the Tbiergartep, Berlin,
Germany, on the 18th.
Gardeners Prairie, Wis, reports frost on the
18th inst.
dispatch from Lynchburg, Va, under date
of the 18th inst. says the first rain for five
weeks fell there on that day. The crops had
been greatly damaged by the continued
drought.
A relief engine collided with freight train
loaded with pig iron on the Iron Mountain
Railroad, near Cadet Station, Mo-, on the 18th
inst. The freight was badly wrecked, and
several men killed.
A wagon ran over a five-year-o old child at Chi
cago on the 18th, and fractured IFS neck.
The will of Thompson, the deceased restau-
ranteur of Chicago, has been admitted to pro-
bate. The property Is valued at $3.50 600.
4 st. Paul real estate dealer named Dittman
was arrested on the 14th inst, for making
duplicates of notes. His forgeries, it is said,
Will amount to $3.50, 600.
A prize fight took place at Hunters Point,
New York, early on the morning of the 14th
inst. A Brooklyn pugilist named Dempsey
Worsted New Yorker named Turnbull in
twenty-three rounds.
Hon. Geo. Marston. an ex-attOrney general
Of Massachusetts,, died at New Bedford on the
18th, aged 81 years. Hon. Jos. Cockburn, ex-
speaker of the house Of commons, passed away
at Ottawa.
The commission house of Ballou & Co., do
ing business at Boston and New York, closed
its doors en- the 14th inst, with liabilities
amounting to 1000, 900.
j he propeller Potomac. loaded with rye for
Buffalo. struck rock near ssAhnapee on the
afternoon of the 18th inst, and was beached.
Seventeen men were injured by the fal1 of a
staging in the tunnel at Bozeman, Monontana
the 18th.
circus was wrecked by breeze at Paris,
Kv., on the 10th inst.
The steambarge Nellie Torrent sunk at the
mouth Of Chicago River, on the 18th. Over
loading caused the accident.
Reports of the election In France on the
18th, for members Of the council general,
show net republican gain of sixty-three.
The small steam yacht Charmer found bot
tom on the 18th, off South Chicago. The pas
sengers were saved by passing steamer.
Eddie Carp was killed by base ball while
watching game at Minneapolis, on the 18th
inst.
man named Pat Clancy persisted in burn
ing livery stable at Carlyle, H., on the 18th.
John Bolan walked through the open draw
of bridge at Green Bay. on the night Of the
10Th. and was drowned before assistance could
reach him.
D. f. King, trainmaster, was cut to pieces
by the cars near Wheeling, W. Va, on the
10th inst.
They Wanted Snipe's Feather,