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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-10
NO. l3
FORTUNES IN COAL OIL.

The fame of "Coal Oil Jimmy" his
magnificent fortune and reckless extrava-
gance still lives, although the hero is
working on the Tidewater Pipe Line at
Willamsport at $2.50a day. But John
Steele is not the only man who has ac-
quired vast wealth in the petroleum re-
gions There are manv men in the cities
and towns in the oil regions who have
am&ssed princely fortunes and who ara
solid businessmen There are many 9th
ers who have accumulated riches and,
like "Coal Oil Jimmy" been bereft OF
them by the changing fortunes or the pre-
carous business. Captain Vandergrift,
of ?ittsburg, has made $7,000,000 or
$4,000, 900 out of the oil industry. Mar
Gus Hulings and Wesley Chambers, of
Oil City, have each accumulated three or
four millions, and many others have pill
ed up fortunes during the years Of suc-
cessful business, but the present year has
seen more fortunes made in day than
ever before. Oil speculation has reached
a prominence far beyond a year ago.
Suffering for years from an over-produc-
ton, values in the producing regions
reached maximum, when the great
wells of the great Cherry Grove region
began pouring forth their floods of oil.
But suddenly these great wells stopped
flowing and production and consumption
came in close relation to each other. Like
a spring pressed down by some heavy
weight and suddenly released, the price
OF oil bounded upward. Spectators
who had experienced scouts among the
L,,l h. IT
shadowed to them, and bought largely,
while the prices were between so and 90
cents, so that when the boom came and
carried the prices to 81 25 per barrel they
realized fortunes of great magnitude.
All this was done in the space OF two
months. One Oil City broker during the
first week in September bought 1000, 900
barrels at an average of 55 cents per
barrel, and during the first week of No
vember he sold the oil at an average price
of 81 80 clearing the neat little sum OF
$4,000 900 in two months, while others
made $2,000,000 in the same time. Of
course some of the brokers and specula-
tors lost heavily by being short when the
advance began, but they covered as rap
idly as possible the 100000 barrels of
OH III SlOCh UclIiS Ououbh W 60 PiE'IJ
we'll around But when prices reached
the highest points the poor lambs were.
shorn of the fruits of their toll. The in
tense excitement of the great effort OF the
bulls, when prices were sent flying past
the dollar mark, drew into the vortex
hundreds OF laboring men and merchants
who put up their few hundreds at bar
gains and bought, only to be informed
few hours later that the decline in prices
had swept away the earnings of years of
saving and toll. It was the same old
story of poor fools putting their all on an
other mans game. Ofcourse the capital
ist, even if he did buy at the top, could
keep putting up margins and wait for
another advance, but the man who had
his all invested had to be mercilessly sold
out.-AUeghaney NoiI
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GDler 21eiehbors.
LAKE MILLS.

The Favile family had a very pleasant
reunion on New Years day, Mr.. and
Mrs. Updike invited the Fsville family
frem far and near and about nifty re-
sponded The dinner, to which the
many guests did ample Justice, was
served in the basement OF the NJ. Il.
church. Besides all the relatives in this
vicinity, the following came from other
places: ~teven Faville. Delavan, Rev.
John Faville, Waupun, Rev. II. Faville
and family, Evansville, Prot A Favllle,
Milwaukee. John Johnson and wife,
Michael johnson, wife, and daughter, Of
Appleton, Mr.. and Mrs. Wolverton, son
and daughter, of Fort Atkinson, Frank
FIemug and wife, of Jefferson, Mr.. Ran
kin and wife, of Austin, Minnesota.
Mrs. C. H. Phillips returned on Satur
day from a visit TO Chicago and Cham
paign and brought with her from the lat
ter place, specimens ofsugar made from
sorghum.
Gen. Harnden. of Madison, spent sew
eral DAYS here last week with his brother,
VIM. Harnden. While here, the Gen
eral participated in fox hunt, tavOrite
sport of his.
Clark Bemis, twenty years ago resi-
dent of this vicinity, but now of Mime
sofa, returned last week nj succeeded
iu passing himself off for al entire stran-
ger.
1t is amusing to see the taxpayer as
he walks UP to settle. The Lake
Mills taxpayer has reason to rejoice as
compared with the Fort Atkinson citi
zens. One half per cent. less is consid-
able on $4,000. Blessed is the town
that has no bonds or judgments.
Fox-hunting is favorite pastime and
enjoyment with our huntsmen. John
Wilson and VIM. Harnden have caught
five and will claim the bounty, So per
seal alp.-Ledder.
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WATERLOO.

Leonard Booth, Of Watertown son OF
the founder of this paper. spent tf@ Hol-
i,Iavs with his cousins in this village.
The Odd fellows are laying a new car
pet, whitewashing, and otherwise beau
tifying their hall in the Union Block.
Miss Fanny Roormau has taken charge
OF the school at Mauston during the alb
sence of her sister, Nettie, who is at pres
ent unahle to DO the duties connected
Herewith.
The largest load of barley received
here tins season was delivered by John
Norton; 50 bushels.
The Good TempIars will hold forth to
morrow evening instead Of Saturday, as
several members will be absent on the
latter evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Geo Dickinson, formerly
residents of this place, have been made
happy by the arrival Of little boy at
their home.
A. J Roach's largest turkey this St a.
son weighed, when dressed, 81 pounds.
T. G. Huntington has disposed OF his
farm jus1 west OF town, and has departed
for his future home, Amherst, Mass
JourRGL.
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Democrat,

THE LONGEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD.
The land of Calestials still boasts of
the most wonderful bridge in the world,
and this, according to travellers, is the
bridge OF Lagang, over an arm of the sea
in China. 1t is built in a similar way
az the bridges of Babylon. but entirely
of stone.
It's length is said to be $4,000 Paris
feet, and comprises 5000 arches, or rath-
er openings of pillars. These are not
overspread with arches, but there are
placed above them large slabs of stone,
which fern the roadway, seventy feet
broad.
The distance of the pillars is nearly
7416 feet, the latter being 70 feet high
and Is feet broad, and strengthened with
stone facings of the form of triangular
prisms, which extend over the whole
height OF the pillars up to the transversed
slabs. The latter (of course more than
70 feet lrng) extend in breadth to Il
feet, and have 9 feet in thickness. The
, arapet is a balustrade, and every pillar
supports pedestal on whish a lion,
twenty-one feet 10 y, and made OF one
block of marble, is placed.
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LUCKY YOUNG CALIFORNIAN

The luckest young man in California
in point of wealth is James V. Coleman,
of Menlo Park, A few years ago he was
a clerk at mine in Nevada at 800 a
month. But he didn't expect to be al
ways for William T. O'Brien, one Of the
bonanza kings, was his uncle, and Mr..
O'Brien was bachelor. One day Mr..
O'Brien got sick and sent for Jimmie, !"
a he was always called, TO be with him
and care for him. In the last days of his
illness, the nurses said, Uncle "Billie'
and Jimmie were closeted together a
great deal, and one evening "Jimmie"
came out of Uncle Billy's room with a
big tin box which his Uncle Billy had
given him. 1t contained $4,000 in 4
Der cents. A week later Uncle Billy
died, and by his will and all his nephews
and nieces were left 100000 each, in
Guiding Jimmie who got that IN addi-
ton to the ante-mortem gift of $500, 900.
But not content with that, Uncle Billy
made Jimmie" an executor without
bonds and his fees as such amounted to
$464,O00. The whole value of Uncle
Billy's estate was little aver $4,000, 900.
After the legacies were paid the residue
was turned over to Mr.. O'Brien's sisters,
Mrs. Coleman ("Jimmie's" mother) and
Mrs Joseph McDonough. The two la
dies inherited $3,500,009 each. The
lucky young man referred to is 33 years
of age, graduate Of Georgetown Col
lege, d. c., and has just been elected to
the Assembly of California. "Jimmie"
has gone into training for Congress, and
will get there in 1884.--,St Louis Globe
Democrat
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THE STRIFE WHICH WAS OCCA.
STONED BY THE IN INTRODUCTION
OF COFFEE AS A BEVERAGE.

II is veil known that the coffee plant
is not indigenous in Arabia, but was i'm
ported from Abyssinia at date which
cannot he accurately given. The taste
for coffee itself had hard struggle
at first to find general welcome among
the more select circles Apart from the
oldest legend concerning Shadeli's drink, =,
the Medina Shiekh Abd-elKader is the
oldest historical authority on the use of
the "blood red Kaweh," as the Tunnisian
Ibn Waki named the beverage. In the
wear 1887, not 800 years ago, he tells US
that nYeman people made use of drink
which so Iightened the night-watches
that the faithful of the place were able
to sing the praises of God more fervently
and cheerfully than could be done any
where else. According to him the Mufti
Dhabani was the first to Introduce the in
significant little bean on Arabian soil,
having brought with them from Africa.
Certain it is that the districts of Shoa,
Fuarara and Kafa (whence the name,
in the south of Abyssinian highlands,
form the original home Of the coffee plant.
Dhabani was of sickly nature, and
since he belonged to the order of Sof
ultra Panthists) who believed that every
thing on earth and all being emanated
from the Godhead, regarded q means of
excitement of this kind a prOvidential
gift. The Medinese and faithful Meccans
laid their turbaned heads together IN the
public places when first they heard the
news; pious shiek in Alden was the first
to drink the "black juice as a sort of
public spectacle. In Mecca itself, violent
strife arose soon after its introduction as
to the propriety of using it. There were
great meetings of learned and pious men,
who at last probably after extreme pleas
ure from the Mameluke governor, Khair-
BEG, declared that coffee "disturbed the
brain and intoxicated like wine" But
their opponents were of another opinion,
and adduced the authority of the cele-
brated Bagdad physician, Avicenna, in
their defense, which, however, did not
prevent the transgressor of the edict for
bidding the use of coffee from being pub
licly whipped At the same time the
zealots iof the Hedjas proclaimed that all
coffee-drinkers would appear before the
All Merciful on the resurrection day with
black faces. While the great anathema
was being pronounced at Mecca, the
brothers of the order at Cairo, the very
Mamelukes themselves, were already re-
! Yelling in the newly-discovered luxury.
A confirmation of the Mecca decree was,
therefore, not to be expected from the
Sultan, and he, Kanfu Alguris, quashed
the ordinance OF his governor and seat
the latter into exile. Then many holy
shiekhs (for example, the celebrated Mo
hammed Harife, founder of one of the
orthodox schools of Islam,) took the side
Of the cofee-drinkers. Thus was the
precious bean fully rehabilitated, in
Western Arabia at least. - London
Times.
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PALMYRA.

The Free Methdist church made a
good purchase when they bought the BIZ
ble Christian Church.
A telephone will be put up between
the telegraph Office and ice house in a
few days.
John Atkins will very likely be run
ming the ice into the ice house before the
end of the week. He has twenty horse
power engine already IN position, and all
things nearly in readiness for rushing
business.
OF late, reports of several disturbances
in public schuols, on account of disorder
ly pupils, have reached US.
The marriage Of Morris Cottingham
of Palmyra and Miss Ada Edwards came
off week ago Wednesday at the home
of the BRIDES parents in the town OF
Troy.
Miss Mary Gegory, who has for the
past few months been engaged IN millin-
cry work at Shehoygan Falls, returned
home last week.-EnteTprtse.
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FORT ATKINSON.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. d Bullock, and sister
Of Chicago, visited friends in this county
that is part of their misunderstanding
the holidays. OF course we will see them
at Annual Banquet. for how would we
run banquet without John to say "Here
we go."."
A. T. Higbee, of the Higbee House,
has undertaken the task of providing the
supper at the coming Banquet in this city
on the 25th inst He says it is a big job
and he will call Oh the good housewives
of the city for assistance in the shape oi
dishes and other appurtenances
New Years day was the merriest one
of the kind that has occurred tor many
years in Fort Atkinson. In the fist
place, number Of the ladies made pre-
parations to keep open house on that day
and that very naturally encouraged still
larger number of gentlemen to devote
lhe day to the pleasant and civilized Gus
tom of calling.
The tenant house occupied by the hir
ed man of l.. B. Root in Cold Spring, took
ire IIOUl TIE SlONS vi CulluuNN hJSuLJ "lN
was entirely consumed with the contents.
There was no insurance and the loss to
both Mr.. Root and the tenant is about
$500.
S. Cobb and E. Frissell have purchas-
ed of L. B. Caswell the tannery property
near the mill, and will at once proceed
to put the same in working shape.
The New Year Ball given by the City
Hall Co, as decided success. Over
70 couple were in attendance.
Pat McDonough has sold his marsh
property to VIM. Larkin.
A number of the friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. l. Masters met at their home on
Monday evening, January lst, 1883, tO
celebrate their fifteenth marriage ami
versary.
Mrs. Porter, wife of A. G. Porter, OF
Oakland, die d on Wednesday after brief
illness.
A little girl, eight years old, daughter
of the late VIM. Elafeldt, Of Cold Spring,
was severely burned Tuesday, by her
clothing taking fire while standing near
the stove. The little girl was badly in.
iured; the flesh of the loins and back be-
ing burned to a crisp. DR.: Nintzel was
called and did all in his power to alevi,
ate the agony of the little sufferer
UniOR
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dav. The only change made is IN the
office of sheriff Mr. Messerschmidt. an
excellent officer, retires to m Ike room for
Mr.. Cunningham, whom we are confident
will perform the duties ably and fearless
ly. He will retain as under sheriff T..
Hibbard, who has proved himself during
the past two years an able, efficient and
gentlemnly official in that capacity
Arrangements are being perfected by
John Holmes, Post No. 26, Grand Army
of the Republic, for holding public In
stallatiol and Campfire on Monday"even-
ing, January 18th.
FRANK Kispert, George Grimm, Arthur
Buell. and Frank Trucks celebrated New
Years day in goob style by making calls
upon tie young ladies of this city. They
hired tast livery team, put an extra
string d bells ON, hired young man to
drive dressed MIN up To correspond, end
the whole combined made the most fash
ionable turn out ever seen in Jefferson.
Joseph Schwieger, living in the town
of Cold Spring, lost ny fire last Sunday
afternoon all Of his furniture and sixty
bushels of potatoes. The loss is estimat-
ed at $500, insured for $500
c. Stoppenbach ha. seated around his
festive board on New Years day repre-
sentativeS of four generations
Fred Stoppenbach left last Tuesday for
Watertown to attend the Northwestern
University. .-Banner.
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A COOSA PARADISE.

A singular story was told to Bulletin
reporter yesterday by man of veracity.
The story is so strange as to test the
credulity Of the most credible, and yet
coming from the source it does, our re-
porter cannot ignore it or even pretend
to ,llscrelit it. 1t is this: On the plan
tation of Hiutou c. Lee on the Coosa
River, few miles below Rome, there is
ii dense canebrake covering an area of
hundreds of acres. So dense is the cane,
that but few men have ever penetrated
it. Our informant states that on the CEN
ter of the canebreak there is space of
about half an acre, covered with an ever
green growth Of an average of II feet in
height That this singular tree or shoot
is known as the Pentevarian or aqueous
plant it is outrageous, and when the
body of the tree is touched by the hu-
man hand or body III the summer season
or in warm weather, that simultaneous
with the touch a shower of water falls
from the leaves, which continues to fall
as long as the human and vegetable con-
tact continues. Ii this be true it is the
most remarkable thing we have yet heard
of in this remarkable age. We intend to
investigate the matter, and if it is sell we
will increase the undertaker's business TO
the tune of at least one funeral outfit.
This was our firm determination
when we awoke, smiled at the vagaries
of a dreamtul imagination, sighed that
we are alone in the world, turned over
and once more wrapped ourselfin the
arms of Morpheus ROM, G :, Bulletin.
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THE New REPORTER The new re-
porter said he was particularly strong on
reporting lectures. He never took any
notes, he said, but trusted to his memory,
which never failed. Here is a specimen
brick of his first essay: ''Ihere Is no
telling" said the lecturer wherel We might
have been to-day, but for the persistent
study of Newton in astronomical science,
resulting in the discovery of the secrets
of the solar system; the inventive brain
of Fulton. which gave us our knowl
edge of the law Of gravity; the unit ing
energy of Calico, to whom we are in
Gebted to the printing press; the mental
activity of a Franklin, who produced the
first steamboat, and the clear-sighted in-
telligenco of Columbus, who robed the
clouds of their electricity" Although
the editor admitted that the re-
porter had evidently got it all in, the re-
port for prudential reasons, was not
printed The young man is now engag
ed III looking up new place When he
gets it no doubt be will be fitted for it.
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JEFFERSON.

Ghe county officers elect took charge
of their various departments last Mon-
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The Rev. Leonard W. Bacon, of New
Haven, Conn, lectured in the New
Memoria! Church, Detroit. Sunday after
noon on the occasion of the un1eiling OF
a tablet to the memory of his grandfather,
the Rev. David W. Bacon, and his father
and mother, the late DR., Leonard Bacon
and wife. The day was a double ami
versary. Just twelve months before,
Leonard Bacon had drawn the last breath
of long and useful life; and just eighty
two wears before, Davrd w. Bacon had
been married to Alice Parks, and had
with his seventeen-year old bride, set
out from a pleasant nome in the E st
for the wilus of the West to preach to
the savage OJibways.
FISH IN THE NEST OF A SCREECH-OWL.
John Goldlng, of West Bradford Town
ship Chester County, Pennsylvania, cut
down a tree day or two ago, thinking t
was "coon tree, which he still thin 8
it was, az the inner portion of 1t gave sui
ticient evidence of the tact, but the
"coons'' were absent. In their stead he
found snugly enscOnced a screech-owl
and five fish. The latter, to all appear
ances, had not been out of the water q
great while, Mr.. Golding says that he
knew that coons do catch fish, but the
query with him is whether they were
caught by coons or by the owl.
An interesting ceremony took place
in the Vatican on December Il, when
the Pope received 1900 children belong
ing to the fourteen schools established in
Rome by the Society for Promoting Cath
olic Interests. After the children had
sung a chorus of thanks, the Pope spent
two hours walking about among them,
talking to them individually and wing
them his hand to kiss. At the conclusion
of the audience every child received a sill
yer medal, and the Pope handed the Pres
ident of the society 1000 francs to be
spent in buying clothes for the poorer
scholars.
EGambetta's last words took the form OF
a PRAYER of thankfulness that death was
coming to end his suffering: Il am lost;
it is useless to hide It; but ] have suffer
ed so much it will be deliverance."
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Charles May q German bachelor of
Canon, o., 40 years of age, married in
March last, after brief courtsbip, Mrs.
Mary Vile, a German widow, SO years
old, who had money. The pair apparent
" lived happily, and the wife exhibited
strong attachments for her husband.
They were frequently out together. The
chief danger of trouble was the wife hold
ing on to the management of her money
affairs. A couple of weeks ago she yield
ed to his importantly and let him have
81, 200 TO go into business. He went
away and has not returned. She has
abandoned all hopes of seeing him again,
and Expresses satisfaction that she did not
trust him with the larger part of her for
tune.
Mrs. Garfield has been entertaining Z
few friends of the late President at her
home in Cleveland A correspondent
writes from that city to the Louisville
Courier-Journal: Mrs. Garfield looks
much better than she did in the early
summer There is a better Golor in her
face, and she is more feshv. She looks
older and is more careworn, and numer-
Gus wrinkles have appeared in the face
since last saw her Her dress is won
derfullY plain, as is that also of her hus-
bands mother"
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TUFTS
EXPECTORANT

Is composed Of Herbal and MucilagInoUs prod
ucts, which permea the subs tance OF tho
Lungs, expectorates the acrid matter
that collects in the Bronchial Tubes, and forms
soothing coating, which relieves the fr-
ritation that causes the cough. 1t cIeanses
the lungs of all impurities, strengthens
them when enfee bIed by disease, invigor:
ates the circulation of the blood, and braces the
nervous system. Slight colds often end i'm
consumption. 1t is dangerous to neglect
them. Apply the remedy promptly, A
test of twenty years warrants the assertion that
nOrenedy has ever been found that Is as
prompt inits effects as TUFTS EkPEGT0RRkT.
A single dose raises the pkalegm subdues
infiamm alton. and its speedily cures the most
obstinate cough. A pleasant cordial, chill
dren take iG readily. For Group it Is
Invaluable and should be in every family.
In 25c. and 81 Bottles.
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AUGUST WIGGENHORN.
Matchmaker & JeWeIer,

opposite Bank Of Watertown, corner Main and
1st streets.
Keeps constantly on hand a large stock OF
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver end Flateu
ware. &c, Particular attention paid to repair
ing Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &C., and warrant
ed to give satisfaction.
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R<ffes Of AdUertiSi1lg.

uarriages and deaths inserted gratis;
profassionsI and Business Cards $500 year,
business notices in local column IL Genus PEI
;rs for first insertion. and five cents iorsuos
sue1t rtisonpents not accompanied with direc
sons viii be inserted till forbid, ana eh@rseo
kor accordingly.
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business G1aros.
w: G.. SPALDING

Physician and Surgeon and Examing Surgeon
for Pensions Office over Bank of Watertown
Building, up stairs.
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FEWER.

Cold ia tine Head,
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