Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-08-01
Minor saappemtRasss

Minor happenings.
Capt. John Griffin, well-kuown lake cap
tain, died at Oswego, on the 9th.
William Wedding, g Fond du Lac boy, was
killed by the cars at Eden. on the 28th.
Gus Howard, Chicago type-setter, expired
| suddenly in a saloon in that city on the 9th.
Barney Fitzgerald, a deck hand on o Fond
du Lac scow, fell overheard and was drowned
late on the night of the 9th.
The old capitol building at Albany, N. Y,
which originally cost $4,000, on the 18th
sold for 81, 900.
An immense air chamber exploded at the
Grace Furnace near Youngstown, o.. on the
morning of the 9th. completely wrecking the
| engine house and badly injuring several work
men.
Joseph and G. Bays and Albert Gordon, be-
longing to the brigantine Olin, were drowned
by the Capsizing of boat at Quebec on the
18th. The former was first officer of the yes
sci.
Dabulmansie, Cetewayo'5 son, has also fallen
victim to the insurgents.
young man had both arms amputsted
by reaper at Grundy Center, Iowa. on the
10Th.
John Stedman, tug fireman. was drowned
IN the river at Chicago on the night of the
25th.
Montgomery Blair, the distinguished poll
tician, died at bis residence in Silver Springs
Maryland, on the morning of the 9th.
The Ward Iron Company of Niles. o., sue
cumbed to financial pressure on the 9th, with
about 81, 900, 900 liabilities.
A Washington dispatch of the 9th says the
daughter of Vice President King, of the Pierce
administration, will soon enter charitable in
stltuton in that city. She is destitute ard over
70 years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Welsh and Miss Alice
Swirtz was killed by railway train at a cross
ing near Lancaster, Pa, early on the morning
of the 27Ih.
A sand drift threw train off the track 100
miles west of Winnipeg on the 26th. The
engineer was killed outright and the fire.
man fatally scalded. No passengers were in
iured.
A drunken trio-a man and two women
endeavoCed to take nap on a railroad track
in Texas on the night Of the Goth, A train
came along and made it interesting for an uI-
dertaker.
1t is reported that the Spanish minister to
Mexico has been recalled and that serious
rupture between the two countries is pos
sible. The trouble is supposed to be
caused by the reputation of the Spanish
debt.
While out riding near Northeast Harbor, Me-,
on the 26th, party consisting of one gentle
man and four ladies was upset, killing Miss
Case, and injuring all the others more or less
seriously.
James Rand and three horses were killed by
lightning near Rich Hill, Mo-, on the 25th.
A colored man named Howard, who died at
BROOKLYN on the Z0UD, ISIU a fortune OF nearly
half million of dollars.
It is now estimated without doubt that the
little schooner McClennan was lost on Lake
Huron. Several bodies have been washed
ashore and identified as those OF her crew.
A heavy frost is reported at the White Noun
tains on the morning of the 26th.
Dispatches of the 26th confirm the previous
Iy received report OF the death of Cetewayo,
the Zulu king.
st. Louis is suffering from water-famine.
Floods have caused great damage in Buenos
Ayres, South America.
James Carey, the Irish informer, has found
a refuge in one of the British colonies.
The deaths from cholera at Cairo, Egypt, on
the oath, reached 55S.
The Canton Lumber Company. of Portland,
Me-, failed on the oath inst, with $50, 900 la
biities.
The late Henry l.. Kendall, of Providence.
r. l., bequeathed 100000 for the establish
ment OF public library in that city.
Capt. Webb, the English swimmer, met his
death in attempting to swim through the whirl-
pool rapids at Niagara Falls on the oath.
Nellie Rosenberg. Of Philadelphia aged IA,
was drowned while bathing at Atlantic City,
n. j., on the oath. Her companion named
Maggie Wasser. was rescued by life-guard.
| NJ. A. Dauphin. of Louisiana lottery fame,
on the oath entered suit for 100000 against
Postmaster-General Gresham, for damages
| sustained through a recent order Of the post
| A man named Robert Roberts was killed by
the cars at New Ross, near Charlottesville, Ind,
| on the 25th. $50
Robert Reed, Samuel Harland and William
| Dunn were shockingly burned by an explosion
of the cinder blast at the Crane Iron Works at
! Catasauqua, Pa, on the 25th.
| Charles Pelton, of Fond du Lac, Wis, was
| found dead in an alley at that place on the.
morning of the 25th. His death Is supposed
| to have been caused by delirium tremens.
| The reported defeat of CetewayO, the Zulu
| king, is confirmed
s. Lightcap, wealthy mll-owner of Hazel
| Green, Wis, is dead.
| A printer named Keyes was beheaded by
railroad train at Chicago On the 23d. -,
The Baltimore and OHIO ticket Office at Pitts
| burg, Pa. was robbed of 81, 900 in cash early
| on the morning of the 23d.
| Richard L. Dugdale, noted literary hight,
| died of heart disease at New York on the 25d
| at the age of 40 years.
| three-year- old child named Casey was
fatally burned while playing with matches at
Providence, r. l., on the 23d inst. .-s.
| locomotive on the Chicago, milwaukee ana
| st. Paul Road, exploded near torreSton, Ill,
! on the morning of the 23d, badly scaldIng the
engineer and fireman.
| a cyclone swept AsbJry Park and Ocean
Grove, in New Jersey on the 25d inst. One
| life was lost-that of waiter named Milan
! knight, who was blown out to sea.
| Five hundred deaths from cholera are re-
ported to have occurred at Cairo, Egypt, on
| fine 23d. The disease has broken out among
the British troops.
! young man named Ship found wallet