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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Deeds OF BLOOD

David Spence's Touring mill at Guelph,
Ont, is in ashes. Loss 100000.
The hosting works Of the Sumner Mining
Company. at CaIient, Cal. burned on the 25th.
Loss 49, 900.
Fire in the glass works of Thomas Evans q
Co., Pittsburg, on the 25th. caused loss of
$4,000.
Lish Co.'s sash factory, at Warsaw, Ind,
burned on the 25th causing pecuniary loss
of $4,000 and throwing seventy men out of
work.
The Campbell Hotel block at Napanee, Ont,
was damaged to the extent of $50, 900 by fire
on the oath.
Leonard Rossne-, well known Brooklyn
politician, committed suicide on the night Of
the 22d, by scientifically cutting his neart In
two. Business trouble was the cause. He
leaves wife and nine children.
A. B. Johnson. the Utica, N Y, lawyer, who
committed suicide a sborG time ago, has been
fonnd to be detauter to the extent Of nearly
$500 900.
ANDY Taylor. the last of the three notorious
Taylor brothers, WAS hanged at London, Tenn,
on the 23d.
Hllsman King and wife. an old and respect
ed couple living near Hickman, KY, were muir
dered on the night of the 2zd and the house
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28

At A. NJ. on the 21st, the coroner's jury,
after an eight-hour session, agreed upon YER
dict for the causes of the death of the victims
at the Madison capitol disaster. Justice Brown
was at once summoned and the sentence read
in open court. The jury found that " the in
terual construction was such as to contribute
to its destruction during the process of erecs
were known to the contractors. o. Z. Nolan,
of GAINESVILLE. experimenting contractor. by
causing said pier to be improperly repaired
contributed to the falling of the south wing,
and was found guilty of gross negligence and
error. Supervising Architect d. r. Jones, of
Madison, and Consulting Architect HI. @. KOCH
of Milwaukee, were found guilty Of negligence
in designing the internal construction of said
south wing without due and proper regard
for its safety during the erection, and thereby
contributed to it's falling on November 8,
1888"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
a NEW LIGHT.

The most conspicuous light in the vi
cinity of New York is likely to be that of
the iron tower whose erection the light
house board is to begin at Hallet's Point
this week. The tower will be $50 feet
high and its light will have "a, 000-can-
die power, so that it will be both higher
and stronger than the electric lights
above Union and Madison squares. The
statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island is
expected to be 800 feet high, but it is
not probable that the electric torch
which the colossal figure is to hold in
one hand will have anything like the
power of the torch which is designed to
increase the safety of the passage
through Hell Gate at night.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Orion of Billiards.

From the American Sports.l
The game of billiards was invented
about the middle Of the sixteenth CEN
fury by a London pawnbroker named
William Kew. In wet weather the
pawnbroker was in the habit of taking
down the three balls and with the yard
measure pushing them billiard fashion,
from the counter INTO the stalls; in time
the idea of board with side pockets
suggested itself. A black letter manu-
script says: I" Master William Kew
did make one board whereby a game is
played with three balls; and all the
young men were greatly recreated threat,
chiefly the young clergymen from st.
Pawles; hence one of ye strokes was
named cannon having been by one
of ye said clergymen invented. The
game is now known by the name of
'bill-yard, because William or Bill Kew
did first play with yard measure. The
stick is now called kew or 'kue.'
It is easy to comprehend how "bill-
yard F." bad been modernized into "bil-
lizard, and the transformation of kew"
or "kue, into "cue is equal appar-
emit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1888.
THE SUEZ CANAL

The threat of NJ. de Lesseps to build
new canal of his own and g cut rates "
if the English government did not let
him have his own way about the Suez
Canal has had its effect. The English
proposition, as given in cable dispatch
es, is very mild as compared with what
some months ago was the English posi-
tion. It comedies a controlling inter
est in the direction to the French stock
holders, which is the main point, and
the points which are most likely to be
objected to by the French stockholders
have the air of having been inserted in
order to be taken out when the time for
compromises comes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
robbed of 80 1000. A German podler is suspect

A,UU "A
ed of the crime.
Edward Payne, cashier of bank Of Rush
vile. Ind, was ehOt and killed by burglar on
TIE night of the 21st.
John Chisholm, the New JERSEY wife-mur.
derer, was legally choked at Newark, on the
22d inst.
Thomas Kerns, aged II, was brutally shot in
the street at Ashland, Pa, on the 22d inst, by
hard citizen named John Steinhilber.
The bodies of Jacob Crouch, an aged farmer,
his wife aud son-in-law, and visitor named
Kelley, were found In their beds at the house
or crouch, near Transfer. Mich, on the morn
ing OF the I'D inst. Indications point to
murder.
The trial of Porter in New York, for the mur-
deI of John Walsh IN the saloon of 'sShang"
Draper, concluded on the 10th in a verdict of
not guilty.
Two brothers named Pennington, in CLAYTON
County, Iowa. quarreIed on the 21st inst, and
one stabbed the other to death
While attempting to burglarize the residence
OF Mr.. Garrett, at New Providence, Tenn. on
the night of the 18Th, one of the desperadoes
was shot and killed and the other driven away
by Mr.. aud Mrs. Garrett.
Adam w. johnson, an employe in the Wash
lngton bureau of engraving and printing. in q
quarrel on the Goth, struck his father-in-la
u. w. Arnold, from the results of which he
died in few hours.
In quarrel on the 10Th inst, between Geo.
Wilton and James T. Baker. two inmates of the
Soldiers Home at Tagus, Me-, Baker was fatal
ly shot.
Samuel Henry, an old farmer, living near
Toledo, o., murdered his wife and himself at
his home on the 18Th.
William L. Jones, who had been missing
from his home at Ixonia, Wis, since the 17th
inst, was found hanging to o tree near his
house on the morning of the 18th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
SPORTING,

Lew DICKERsoN, of last years Ale
gheny Club, has signed with the new
nine of st. Louis.
The billiard match between DAILY and
GARNER, at Brussels, on the ODD, was
won by the former by q score of 800 to
495.
Ion KEITH FALCoEER, holder Of the two
miles amateur bicycle record 5.36 1.5,
has been appointed lecturer at Cam
bridge, England.
MR.. HAM1TN, of Buffalo. n. Y, re-
Gently bought of Stony Ford, five g
year-old FLIES, by Kentucky Prince,
paying $4,000 for the lot
MISS THERESA JOHNSON and Miss
Agnes Beckwith, the English female
swimmers, have probably arranged
match to swim one mile for $500 side.
The Boston base bali nine has been
strengthened by the engagement of
Moriarty and Barrett, of the Holyoke
Club, and Manning, of the Springfield
Gill; Club.
The London Sportsman says Plunger
Walton WOn the snug sum Of $50, 900 on
Ladislas II the race for the Jockey Club
cup on the last day of the Houghton
meeting at Newmarket.
w. RENsHAw, the English crack lawn
tennis player, recently defeated DIR.
Dwight, of Boston, in three straights,
The game was played at Maiden Vale.
Covered Court, London.
EDWARD BURNHAM, of the Newton
Bicycle Club, of Boston, on Sunday, the
18th, rode 106 miles In hours and so
minutes. The ride was made against
heavy wind and other disadvantages.
On Thanksgiving Day, at Agricultural
Park, Sacramento, there will be purse
of 81, 900, free for all, save that st. JUL
len and Director will be barred, and
that Monroe Chief and Nellie r. are han
dicapped to wagon.
Fl. D. COREY, of the Massachusetts
Bicycle Club, rode 100 go mules In
twenty-four hours. Mr., Corey feels con-
fdent that had he known the Lawrence
Club had made 212 miles in the same
time he could have beaten the record.
THE Queen City Rowing Club, Bufa-
10, is anxious to meet the Shamwuts In q
series of races, one to take place at
Chautauqua Lake, one at Silver Lake,
or some point near Boston, aud one at
Saratoga, each to be for not less than
$3.50 side.
The second game Of the winter series.
at New Orleans, on the 18th, was won
by the st. Louis Combination by a score
eff 3 to g. On the 18th, however, the
Crescent Clues turned the tables on
Missouri'S team, defeating them by a
score Of 5 to 2.
r. d. SEARS, amateur champion at
lawn tennis, will sail for Europe Janu-
aIy 9Th. He goes direct to Rome, and
thence to the south Of France, where he
will meet DR.. Dwight. They will prac-
tice In France before going to England,
where they viii play against the experts.
CALEB SNIFFEN, the first vice-pres-
ident the Atlantic club had in its orig
inal nine, died recently at his residence
in Madison, N. J. He first pitched the
ball in the Atlantic nine, on the old
ground adjoining the Long Island clubs
cricket field, in the summer of 1856,
during which year he was president.
A TURF circuit, to be called the Rocky
Mountain Circuit, IS in pre- gress of or
ganization with capital stock of $780,
900 half paid in. The money is to be
used in purchasing land and building
houses and tracks in the various towns
on the circuit. which will include Butte,
Helena, Denver, Pueblo, Omaha and
San Francisco.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Five Hundred KILLED.

A cable from Caro-, under date of the 10Th
says: - Jeddah letter received here to-day
confirms the report of the death of British
Consul Moncrietf, at Su9kim, in the Soudan,
aud the almost total annihilation of his force of
800 men, but fourteen of them esoa Ding.
Another tribe has revolted, and the situation is
daily becoming moro critical. Hicks Pasha
must return unless be can receive reinforce
ments from Sir Evelyn Wood Immediately.
The whole movement has been instigated by
slavers. The fact that no news has been re-
ceived from Hicks Pasha hos caused consider
able ALARM and it is feared that disaster has
befaIlen HIM"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
A FrightAuI Crime.

A terrible murder was committed at Laconia,
N. H., on the night of the Gath. Thomas Sal
mon took trunk to the house of Joseph
Rudy in the morning, and during the night
killed Rudy and his wife and child. He then
covered the body with feathers and straw
from the beds in the house, saturated them
with kerosene and set them on fire. The fire
was rxtinguished and the bodies found. In
the trunk was found the body Of q Mrs. Ford,
wao is supposed to have died from the effects
of drink. Salmon walked twenty miles to
Plymouth, where he was arrested.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Tbe lest mau5Atec

1t is thought the steamer Manistee, which
left Bayfield,, Mich, On the 18TH for Ontona-
gon, on the way to Duluth, has founderad with
all on board during the gales of the Sunday and
since that dlte. A floating pail and q portion
Of the steamer 4Lanstee'5 cabin, found on Lske
Superior, furnish undoubted evidence for the
supposision that eli on board have persisted
Her passengers and crew number fully fifty
souls. Tugs have gone in search of the lost
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
A Life for a Chew.

In Bedford County. Virginia, on the 22d,
John Spooler, aged 10 years, was shot and
killed by Richard Newcome, aged IA, for asking
for chew of tobacco. Newcone had remarked
that he had made resolution to shoot the
first person who requested chew of his tobac-
co. Spooler took 1t as a jest, and Immediately
made the request. Newcome told him not to
repeat it. He did and received a ball in the
stomach, which caused his death in one hour.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
More K5ndIing wood.

The boiler of the tug Erie Belle, owned by
Odette q Nherry, Of Windsor, exploded near
Ktncardine, Ont, on the 2lst, blowing the
steamer to atoms and killing the engineers,
VIM. Osgood, of Lorraine, O.; Frank Erken-
hurst, of st. Louis, No.; Fireman William
Sales. of Detroit, AND cook, name unknown.
The remaining eight of the crew, who were
struggling in the water, we're picked up by the
life boat crew of Kincardine station.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Conc 10 S1ays

the murder of Captain Pugh. at Racine, Wis,
which ha5 been before the state supreme court
for some tune, was decided on the 2Oth that
body confirming the decision of the lower
court and refusing 10 grant new trial. The
prisoner will consequently spend the remain
der of his days in the WaupuR penitentiary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Weddfng i'm =. E4fgb Iife.,,

There was anoveI wedding ceremony at Pitts
burg on the goth inst, being the marriage OF
Patrick w. o. Brien the Irish giant, and CHS
tiana D. Dunz, the German giantess. This Is
the first marriage of giants on record in this
country and the second in the world. Many
notable people were present.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28

Advices from Madagascar report that q
French man-of-war bombarded tie unfortified
town Of BOhemer. on the north coast of NADIA
gascar. on November Sth, without giving no.
tice. Five British subjects were killed, and
much property belonging 10 neutrals was de-
stroyed or plundered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Observation-Disclosures.

A London dispatch under date of the 21st,
has the following: 1.-The American ship Thorn
as Dana, from Liverpool for New York, landed
at Fayal on the 9Th instant, 81 men. being part
of the crew and passengers of the French brig
Vocoberg from st. Pierre, Miquelon, for ST.
Malo, which was sunk by collision October 30th.
The remainder of the crew and passengers,
numbering 8S, perished"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Ferest Fires

A dispatch from Huntingdon. Pa, Of the
23d says fire has been ranging on Jacks Noun
tain, in the vicinity of Mill Creek extending
over thousands of acres of timber. Ten thou
sand cords of wood and bark are known to
have been destroyed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Too Much Water.

Continuous heavy rains played havoc in and
near Indianapolis, Ind, on the 21st. Part of
the city vas under water and the railroads are
badly damaged by washOuts. The damsge in
and about the city will aggregate $25. COO at
Vlncennes the breaking of dam flooded the
city. The loss there is not given.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
UuseruoI macbines.

A London dispatch of the ga says: "The
police at midnight arrested a man named
Wolf, member of the Advanced Socialists
Club of London, and found IN his house two
internal machines of sufficient power to de-
molish any building. One Of them was large
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28

zinc box nearly filed with coarse blasting
powder and gun cotton, covered with scrap
IRON, with fuse at the bottom. The second
machine was a large tin cooking utensil, SINH
larly prepared VOLTS machines are report
ed to have been intended for blowing up the
German embassy in London.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28

Mrs. Henry Davis, living at Old Sharon Cor
ners WIS, in a fit of temporary insanity, on
the 21st, jumped into seventy five foot well
containing twenty feet of water. Strange to
relate, she was hshed out alive, and with no
apparent injury.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Death Of a Mexican Bandit.

A body Of Mexican troops had a skIrmish on
the Goth inst, near Chiantta, Pueblo, with the
bandit organization under Brisco Sanchez.
The land pirates made desperate resistance,
but their leader was killed. and the band be-
came panic stricken and fed. Sanchez has
been the terror of the ,neighborhood for years
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28

The suit of Mary O'Connor against Samuel
Keely, a Nanyunk, (Pa.) manufacturer, closed
on the 23d with verdict of $10,O for the
girl. Keely's place took fire, and, there beng
no fire escape, she jumped from window, re-
ceiving injuries which crippled her for life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Sank at ShebOygan.

The schooner Guido, bound for Chicago, put
into Sheboyg2p on the morning OF the 25th, on
account of bad weather. In attempting TO get
inside, she struck the wreck Of the schooner
Petrol and Immediately sank.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Ave0Eo VGSAnVp.

A dispatch from Calcutta on the 18th says
the ameer of Afghanlstan has executed several
people whom he suspected of favoring Ayoob
Khan, and banished a large number CT others.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Some Land.

An ejectment suit brought by the United
States to recover 437 acres OF land in Forest
County, Pa, from John Shiney, WIS concluded
on the 18th, by verdict in favor of the gov
eminent
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Who Owns New York ?

A syndicate of the heirs of Waldron Thomas
Delavall has been formed to ightin the courts
for the property in New York City, now valued
at $500, 100000 said to have been granted to
Delavall in 1866, by Gov. Nichols.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
Poole EHust Esanp.

The second trial of Joseph Poole at Dublin
for the murder of John Kenny. closed on the
2O;h with a verdict of guilty. He was SEN
tenced to hang on the 18th of December.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28

New Jersey has passed tramp law, which
was put in operation on the 22d. All tramps
arrested are put into chain gang to work on
the streets
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
30 be KsraGged Again.

A company has been organized, with a CAPT
tai of $4,000 600, to construct a new bridge
over the mississippi about ten miles above the
st. Louis bridge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Winter ChOIer

Dispatches from Madison, Wis, of the Goth
report fifteen cases Of winter cholera, with one
death from the disease up TO that date
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
nrnuvnecr fm S,rirzerInnh

A collision occurred on Lake Geneva, Switzer-
land. on the 23d, between the steamers Cygne |
aud Rome. The latter sank, drowning twenty |
persons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28

THERE are 254 miles of tramways built
abroad with English capital, for which
SO, 584, 700 has been required.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28

A WIDOW in Vicksburg, Miss, has re-
ceived S12, 500 from different orders of
which her husband was member.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28
CHICAGO.
MEW YORK

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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-25
Western Style.

Lo, the poor Indian maiden who
hears music in the winds and sees her
gunny-sack polonaise tluttering in the
clouds, is just now budding in all the
loyeliness of her spring attire. NJ
burdensOme sealSkin sack weighs her
Grecian shoulders. no moccassin drag
giles her step in the trailing dust. Like
Eve, and the prophet, she has not much
on in her own country. The agency
blanket protects her from the damp
western soil, and IA strand of coral beads
and bright smile ornament her fea-
lures, while she is gracefully clothed in
a bit of brief domestic authority and
cavalry pants. 1t is a custom of the
bellies of these featherp tribes to walk
along the railroad tracks of civilization
and gather the black "dope" which
drops from the axles OF the cars. The
styles have changed with these untu-
torpd smoke tanned daughters of the
forest and the old-fashioned rag carpet
bodice has been superseded by ballet
costume that would 60 anywhere by
mail for one cent. The plug hat of the
missionary is still held in high favor,
but the newspaper bustle' of civiliza-
tion has taken back seat and sill off
into the murky frog pond of the immn-
table past. 1t is not considered the
proper caper for the ultra-fashionable
mainens to wear dogs TO match their
complexion. as is the custom in the ore
ide east. The robe "de mutt" is even
less expensive than that worn by their
paleface sisters of the immediate here
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-25

COVER THEM OVER.
BY WILL CARLETON.

Cover them over with beautiful flowers;
Deck them with garlands, those brothers of
ours
Lying 30 silent by night and by day,
Sleeping the years of their manhood away;
Years they had marked for the Joys of the
brave,
Years they must waste in the sloth of the
grave.
All the bright laurels they sought to make
Fell to the earth when they went to the tomb.
Give them the need they have won in the past,
Give them the honor their merit forecasts;
Give them the chaplets they won in the strife
Give them the laurels they lost with their life.
Cover them over-yes, cover them over
Parent, and husband, and brother and lover,
Crown in your hearts those dead heroes of
ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flowers.
Cover the faces that motionless lie,
Shut from the blue of the glorious sky:
Faces once lit with the smiles of the gay
Faces row marred by the frown of decay,
Eyes that beamed friendship and love to
your own;
Lips that sweet thoughts of affection made
known;
Brows you have soothed in the day of dis.
tress;
Cheeks you have flushed by the tender caress.
Faces that frightened at wars stirring cry;
Faces that streamed when they bade you
good bye;
Faces that glowed in the battles red flame,
Paling for naught till the death angel came.
Cover them over-yes, cover them over
Parent, and husband, and brother and lover;
Kiss in your hearts these dead heroes of ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flowers
Cover the hands that a. G re ting half tried,
Crossed on the bosom or low by the side;
Hands to you, mother in infancy thrown;
Hands to you, father, close hid,in your own
Hands where you sister, when tried and dis
mavede ~ ~ it
Hung for protection and counsel and aid;
Hands that you brotherfor faithfulness knew
Hands that you, wife. wIung in bitter adieu.
Bravely the cross OF their country they bore
Wordsof devotion they wrote with their gore;
Grahdly they grasped for garland of light
Catching the mantle of death. darkened night.
Cover them over-yes, cover them over
Parent, and husband, and brother, and lover
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-25
Postal News.

On and after October 1st, 1883. letter
postage will be but two cents for each
half ounce or fractional part thereof
between all points in the United States.
The rate will then be same on dropped
letters and all others. No changes have
been made in rates on other classes OF
matter.
On and after the lat of July, 1883.
you can obtain at any money order
Office, postal notes in sums of SIS and
under, by paying fee of three cents.
These postal notes will be made pay.
able to bearer without corresponding
advices. They will be made payable at
any money order Office within three
months of the date of issue. After the
lapse of that time the holder can obtain
the par value only by applying TO the
post Office department ut Washington.
The postal notes will. no doubt, be
found more convenient IN one respect
| than the fractional paper currency was.
since they can be obtained for any
number OF cents under five edo!lars.