Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17


named Jette quarreled at Austin, Tex.
The former fatally shot the latter. Jette
seized the pistol and also fatally shot his
adversary. 1t seems safe to assume that
the difficulty arose over the pronuncia-
ton of the first mans name.
The vote for prohibition in Ohio stands,
ayes 32O, O,608, noes 39O,983. These fig
ures are official, except the vote for Ham
ilton County, and are very nearly correct.
United States trade dollars, bought at
IS and 90, have been sent in large quan-
titles to Germany, where they are being
sold at par by sharpers to unsuspecting
emigrants.
TIE American illustrated magazines,
Harper's and The Century, have become
so popular in England. that McMillen &
Co., the London publishers, have estab-
lished new periodical in imitation of
them with the title of The English Illus
trated Magazine. 1t is smaller and cheap
er than its American rivals, containing
about half the number of pages of The
Century, and is sold for sixpence Eng
lish currency.
Mrs. Ida Bancroft, the fat woman, 18
years old, who weighed 400 pounds, with
Orton's Circus. died in the tent during
exhibition at Yankton. It is supposed
she had administered morphine to her
self, probably with suicidal intent. For
several weeks past she has been greatly
depressed in mind. The remains were
buried in the Yankton Cemetery. Mrs.
Bancroft had husband at Medota, ILL.,,
named Bissell. They have not lived to.
gether for several years.
An experimental oyster hatchery is
to be established at Woods Hall, Mass,
bv the United States Fish Commission,
under the supervision of Professor Ry-
der. who discovered the method of fer
tilizing the eggs. A very few parent
oysters will produce many millions of
eggs. In Eng gland where the results OBJ
tained by this new method were placed
last month before the scientific section OF
the London Fisheries Exhibition. 1t was
regarded as the greatest OF all advance
made in ostraculture.
C11RED IN A DREAM.-For lumber Of
wears Miss Annie Sterner has been affect
ed with spinal disease, and for the last
eight or nine years she has been unable
to walk even with the aid of crutches. A
few nights ago she had strange dream,
in which she was informed that she
cured. When she awoGe at the impres
sion of her dream she was still IN the
realization of its truth. Sbe soon demon
strated the fact for herself by getting up
and walking across the floor. Ever since
then she has discarded her crutches and
moves about apparently cured.-Potts-
UiWe Journal.
Upon her last trip the steamer City OF
Rome, now the largest steamship atioat'
brought into New York more human
souls, it is said, then re.before brought
across the ocean in one trip of any vessel.
It was like floating village at sea for
seven days. There was framed notice
at the head Of the saloon stairs showing
that the steamer was authorized to carry
| $50 persons, crew included. The exact
number that she did CARRY was not re-
vealed at any time during the voyage.
There were 480 names of saloon passen-
gers and a number of intermediate pas
sengers, in addition to crew, including
the saloon and bedroom stewards, num-
bering in all about 800. The gossip OF
the ship placed the whole number on
board at between 1000 ahd 2,OOO.