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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
An Astonishing Story.
CFrom "Petland Revisited ~

From "Petland Revisited."l
A dog belonging to the BIS, which
was great favorite of theirs and re-
garded as of thoroughly irreproachable
training, was charged by some of their
nelghbors with worrying sheep at night.
The family rebutted this charge on the
ground that the dog was fastened into
their kitchen at night, and was never
let out until the servants came down in
the morning.
The farmers, however, persisted that
they knew the dog well, and had seen
him going down the sheepfold, though
he had managed to escape them. When
this was urged SO strongly as to make it
imperative on the BIS to take some
further steps, one of the daughters vol
unteered to sleep in the kitchen and
watch the dogs behavior.
When they made up the young lady's
bed, the dog seemed very restless and
strange, but by and by he settled down,
and all was silent.
A little after midnight he got up,
came to the bed and shifted about until
he had satisfied himself that the lady
was not awake. Then he leaped into
the window seat, lifted the catch to the
shutters and opened them. Then he
undid the latch of the window, which
he opened, and then disappeared.
After long interval he came back,
closed and fastened the window and
shutters, and finished by licking his own
feet. and the marks which he had left
by springing on the floor. To the terror
of the seeming sleeper, he now came
and closely scrutinized her, but she
kept still, and he at last crept to his
own bed.
AS soon as she heard the servants
stirring, the lady rose softly and slipped
through the door. But the guilty dog
had marked her. He sprang up and
made dash at her with most undis-
guised fury, for he saw that his secret
was discovered and his character blast
ed by one whom he now regarded as a
hateful spy.
Fortunately, she got the door fast
shut in time, and at once alarmed the
house. But the dog was now SO furious
that no one dared 60 into the kitchen,
and at last gun was brought, pointed
through an aperture, and he was shot
dead,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

L. BIanden & Co.'s -four mill, together with
1000 sacks IF -four and 10000 bushels of wheat,
burned on the 9th, at Fort Dodge, La. Loss
$4,000.
An incendiary fire at Syracuse, N. Y, on the
9th, partially des royed dry goods establish
ment owned by Senator Mccarthy. Loss
1000.
On the 9Th a fire broke out in the planning
mill of G. Zafford, Richmond, KY, and before
it was subdued property to the value of $685.
600 was in ashes.
The game and toy factory of Peter G.
Thompson, at Cincinnati burned on the 9Th,
Loss 100000.
fire ut Bethlehem, Pa, on the 7th. destroy
ed the Grand Opera House. Loss 100000.
A row of buildings one block long burned at
Abilene, Tex, on the 7th, causing loss of
$4,000
The Newton Paper Conpany's mill at Holy
oke, Mass, is in ashes. Loss $150, 600; insur-
ance $45, 900.
The Windsor Hotel, at Kingston, Ont,
burned on the morning of the 6tI. $I.oss
$4,000.
Wsllula Junction. Ore, suffered to the extent
of $4,000 by fire which destroyed seven
buildings on the 9th. Theodore Pfeffer, a bar
tender, lost his life.
Three stole s at Bay Shore, L. I, were burned
by lncendiaries on the 9th. Loss $50, 600.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

THERE is no luxury in which munic-
ipal corporations indulge that is so ex-
pensive as defective sidewalks. Des
MONIES, Iowa, paid $4,000 last year for
accidents from this cause, beside all the
expense of litigation. When city or q
village refuses to pay claim of this
kind, the lawsuit generally costs more
than it would to have paid the demand
and the cost of keeping sidewalks in
sood repair is very small pittance as
compared with the damages to which
the corporation subjects itself by slip
shod policy in this regard.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
What Hurt Him.
From the Detroit Free Press.

He was so hopping mad about it that
he had to swallow the lump in his throat
three or four times before he could
speak English. When the other had
patted him on the back and led him
around in circle he began with:
"Of course, if I make debt I expect
to pay it.
"Of course"
"I'm worth $4,000, and 7 don't owe
5000 in the world"
"Of course not"
"Well, I was sitting in the Office
about II O'Clock this forenoon, when in
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

SECRETARY CHANDLER has very posi-
tive and very commendable views about
drunkenness in the navy. Any officer
guilty of that vice, he declares, should
be summarily dismissed; and the coun-
try will stand by him in the enforce
ment of that excellent doctrine, no
matter how many vacancies may thus
hn ,nodn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Political.

The Prohibition state central committee of
Kansas have placed the name of FL. L. Phillips
at the head of the state ticket, A. B. Jettmore
having declined the nomination.
The Republicans of the Fourth Wisconsin
District. in convention at Milwaukee on the 18th
nominated Isaac W. Van Schaick for Congress-.
S. S. Barney, of West Bend, has been nom1-
mated for Congress by the Republicans of the
Second District.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

TRADEsMEN in Madagascar who give
short weight must pay fine of five
oxen and SIS, or go to prison and work
in chains for year. The high-bottcmed
berry-box is as yet stranger to that
civilization. Penal servitude for life
will probably be awarded to the man
who introduces it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
A Funny Sort of a Wager.
From the Baltimore sn,.l

Prof. @. f. E. Schultz, of the Young
Mems Christian Association, found a
kite on the top of the building on Sat
urday last with the following inscription:
The finder of this kite will please in
form the Sun, as there is bet as 20 the
place where it will fall. Respectfully, the
Towsontown Cleveland and Hendricks
Club" Then followed initials of the
officers, which also appeared upon the
kite.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Smoke

Walton's mill and a number of business
houses at Fairbury. ILL.,, burned on the 18th
Loss 1922, 900.
Gh1mberline's extensive slaughtering estab-
ishment at Allegheny City, Pa, was DESTROYED
by fire on the 18th. Loss $4,000.
The bonded warehouse of J. G.. Roach & Co.
at Uniontown, KY. burned on the 18th, with
1000 barrels of whisky. The loss is estimated
at $17O,00
The Third Presbyterian Church, on Ashland
Avenue, Chicago, one of the finest structures
in the city, was destroyed by fire on the morning
of the 10th. Loss S 1876, 0OO; insured.
D. Mccarthy & Co.'s dry goods store at
Syracuse, N Y, sustained damage by fire to the
extent of $3.50 on the 10Th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Death in the Lake.

A shanty resting on spiles about one mile
from the beach, at the new water works tunnel.
near Chicago, was washed away by the waves
on the night of the 7Uh. Fifteen workmen
were IL the structure at the time One of
them reached shore on a plank and four others
were rescued from the pier by the life-saving
crew. Ten were drowned
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Wading in Molten Metal.

At Warmers furnace, in Hickman County,
Tenn, on the 9th, three men were fatally burned
by molten iron. Contrary to custom, the
furnace was tapped without warning, and the
men were caught in the fiery food Two of
them waded over fifty feet through the lIou1d
fire. They died in frightful agony
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

The forthcoming report Of the
Bureau of Statistics will show that all
the English exports of manufactured
products do not equal the internal
commerce of the United States in like
products. As we thus keep two or
more profits in our own country, the ac-
emulation of wealth is more rapid
here than in England.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
An Intarastinu Case.

A case of considerable interest was decided
by the supreme court, of New York, on the
18th. a citizen of Oswego, named Pardee, sued
the New York Central Sleeping Car Company
for money lost in a coach. He was nonsuited,
on the ground that the corporation was not a
common "a rriar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

WHEN young man first graduates IN
theology, medicine, or law he is very
apt to believe what he doesn't know is
not worth finding out. Ten to one
twenty years later, if he is good
student, he begins to realize how little
he once knew, and how little of all
Efotiroo
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
MOONLIGHT Mechanics.

Burglars raided the wholesale millinery store
of VIM. Swale, on Broadway, Milwaukee.
on the night of the 9Th, and stole 81, 500
worth of silks and satius. One of the thieves
who gave his name as William Raymond, was
arrested the next day with the trunk containing
the stolen goods. His confederate escaped.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

FoR reasons at least satisfactory to
themselves the Chinese on British
American soil are anxious to transfer
their residence to the United States, and,
by brides of from $50 to $50, large num-
bers of them have been able to induce
sea captains to smuggle them across tn e
limo
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
A Michigan Flood.

Reports from Ontonagon, Mich, of the 9Th,
state that the river has risen to an unprece-
denied height, carrying away everything within
reach. The Diamond Match Company's boom
gave way, carrying large number of logs out
into the lake.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Dynamite at Ouebec.

While the workmen on the new Parliament
buildings at Quebec, we're at dinner, on the
18th, a mysterious explosion shattered the
windows and did considerable damage to the
masonry. Dynamite.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
GLE BtpubHrap.


DURING the month of September
there arrived at New York from Europe
26,S72 immigrants. The arrivals at the
same port since January will number
267 900, which is almost 10000 below
the aggregate for the corresponding
nine months of last year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
The soudan Massacre.

The dispatches from Africa of the 18th con-
firm the report of the massacre Of Col. Stewart
and his party in the Soudan. 1t is announced
that Wolseleys forces will advance on the
rebels about the middle of next month.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

The italian army proposes to present
King Humbert with a sword in COM
memoration of his gallant condNct at
Naples during the epidemic of cholera.
That sword will be more valued by
Humbert than such baubles usually are,
for it will represent peoples recogni-
tion of the humanity of king.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Over the Garden Wall.

a thief entered Frank Lorenz's iewelry store
on Reed Street, Milwaukee, on the morning of
the 7th, and made off with tray containing
$500 worth of watches. Mrs. Lorenzo who
was left i'll charge of the store by her husband,
was engaged in q chat with neghbor at the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Financially Embarrassed

The piano and music firm of Arthur Uhlig
& Co., Milwaukee, failed on the 10TH Judg-
ments aggregating 500, 600 were confessed.
The failures for the week ending on the 10th
numbered in the United States. 1856.
J. W. Rosenthal & Co, one of the largest
clothing firms in Rochester N. Y, failed. on
the 9Th. The preferences amount to nearly
$4,000
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
RrutaI Wife Murder

The nude and headless body of woman was
found on the evening of the 9Th in cistern on
the farm of Peter Baskex, near Troy. Ind. A
search Of the nelghborhood resulted in the
finding of the head some distance away in the
woods. The following day the remains were
identified those of Mrs. Hendershot, who
had lived fourteen miles away. The same day
the dead Nomans husband was seen preparing
to leave the country. He was arrested and In
his valise the bloody clothing of the dead
woman was found, wbereupon he confessed the
murder. He was examined at Troy CD the 10th,
and during the trial an effort was made by q
mob to lynch him. This was frustrated by the
officers, but trouble is yet feared, the people
are much excited. No cause is assigned for the
murder
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
A Church in Ruins.

st. Patrick's Church, Eau Claire, Wis.
caught fire OH the 9th, supposedly from de
fective flue. and in an hour was in ruins. The
loss is estimated at $50, 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Cyclone in Sicily.

Intelligence was received on the 9Th, of
cyclone at Catania, on the Island of Sicily.
Trees were uprooted and houses destroyed
Twenty persons were killed and fifty injured
Owing to the severity of the cyclone it was inn
possible to render assistance to the sufferers
during it's prevalence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
The Rritis Protectorate

The British naval commander in Australia
has been ordered to proceed to New Guinea and
proclaim a protsctorate over the southern
coast. The cause of the move is the increased
slave trade along the coast.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
The Act of a Fieud.i

At Allegheny City, Pa. on the 10th, Leo.
Brieget, aged Is. threw mortar into the face of
BERTHE Black, girl aged 4years, destroying the
sight of both eyes. He also seriously burned
two other children.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Stewart Killed.

A persistent rumor prevailed at Wady Halfa,
that Col. Stewart landed after his steamer
struck the rocks IN the cataract at Wady Cana,
in the Soudan, and was murdered by Bedouins.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Shut Out.

The employees in the Oliver Bros. & Phillips
rolling mill at Pittsburg having refused to ac-
cept 1917 per cent reduction in wages the
mill was closed on the 7th against 5000 men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Harrisburg Struck.

disastrous storm struck Harrisburg, Pa,
on the 8Jh. 1t only lasted ten minutes, but
did large amount of damage to roofs, fences,
etc
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Started Up.

Several hundred men have been made happy
at Pittsburg by the resumption of the Front
Pitt Iron and Steel Works.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

GEN. y. s. GRANTS residence in
Philadelphia, worth $4,000, is to be
sold to help pay his debts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

Gen. John B. Murray, an old Grand Arm
man and originator of Decoration Day, wa
fatally stricked with apoplexy at Seneca Falls
N. Y, on the 9Th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Big Fire in South America

The town of Paita, Peru, was visited by a
confagration on the night of the 9th, which
destroyed large part of the place, causing a
loss of about 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Cbarped with Nihilism.

The Russian government has closed the uni
versity at Kieff and arrested 1853 students for
alleged connection with Nihilists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
The Deadly Thresher,

Two men were killed and a number badly in
jured by the explosion of a threshing machine
boiler at Lake Elmo, Mimi. on the 4th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
with Five Lives.

A Hopedale, Labrador, dispatch of the 9th,
announces the loss of a fishing vessel and five
lives.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
Wants Damages.

Richard Kinver, of Whitby, Ont, has brought
suit against an Odd Fellows lodge on account
of injuries received while being initiated.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
The Spanish Army.

The Spanish army in Cubais in a demoralized
state. The government has not paid the troops
for six months.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

The receiver Of the Huron Land dis
trict says on the 9th of October, 1892
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

CHINATOWN, at Nevada City, New, is
being rebuilt.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-09
HEALTH SUGGESTIONS.

Beware of drafts of air at night, or while
you are asleep.
Do not drink icewater when heeted. Cold
drinks after hot meal induce dyspepsia
Sir James Paget says the essential ete-
rnents of healthy recreation are uncertainty,
wonder and the exercise OF skill.
Rest all you can i'll hot weather; do not
stimulate; eat less animal and greasy
food. and more vegetables, ripe and whole
some fruits.
1.-THE stomach" says great authority.
"shonId not be disappointed when 1t ex-
meets 20 be replenished II disappointed,
even diminished amount of food will be
taken without appetite, which causes the
secretion to injure the stomach or else I'M
pair its muscular action"
The attention of physicians is being
drawn to the sanitary wooden clothing
invented by DIR. Jaeger, OF Stuttgart, and
now being extensively manufactured in
London. The clothing" embraces under
wear, outer garments, and even bedcloth'
ing. every article of which the inventor
claims should be made of the purest wool
Boots, and lace for trimmings-the two eX-
tremes of dress-are to be made OF this
same stuff; and certain inspector. who
has examined samples of these, says thai
they are of pure wool and OF q most silky
texture An even warmth will not only bt
given to the body by these wooden goods
| but the weight of the clothing will be ma
| terially leSsenod. The underclQthing !:
| now extensively worn, and meets witt
universal appreciation.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-09
MI Henar.cks, Record.

The louisville (Wis.) Gazette publishes
the following, which it styles, Brief &C
count Of the acts of Thomas 4. Hendricks,
prepared for the readers Of Democratic pa
pers::'
He was pro-slavery politician.
lie was for carrying slavery into Kansas.
He was a rank copperhead during the
war
He abandoned his church because the
minister exhorted the people OF his church
to support the Government.
He denounced Lincoln's administration
and called the soldiers hirelings.
He declared that every regimenfo OF col
ored soldiers was an insult to every proud
man.
He wanted the Government TO stop the
war and compromise with jeff. Davis.
He denied the constitutional right OF the
Government to abolish slavery.
He voted in Congress against the negro
suffrage bill.
He advocated the Reputation Of the pub
lie debt because it was incurred IN an I'M
holy war against the South"
lie was not allowed to speak IN his own
State at banquet given TO General sher-
man because he was pronounced rebel.
He assessed his clerks without mercy for
political purposes.
For further particulars concerning the
loyalty of Thomas Adonis Hendricks, ap-
ply to BENJAMIN F. Butler of Massachusetts.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-09
ATTORNEYS AT-LAW.

w. 5. BEATTY 81 S. C. benson,
A TTORNEYs AND COUNSELORS-AT-LA
n Offices Metropolitan Block, X street. be
tween Fourth and Firth, Sacramento. Entrance
next door to Metropolitan The9ter. ol-u
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-09
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Knight of the Garter.

The rather pretty story which is generally
told to account for the Ancient Order Of
the Garter is, that the Countess Of Sails
bury, happeninsbat the ball to drop her
garter, the King, Edward Ill, picked it
up and handed it to her. saying, H0nl
s5it q1ei mol pe7lsc," which means, Evil
to him that evil thinks" This action was
so gallant and so delicate that it delighted
the mobiles of the court and number OF
them were made Knights of the Garter, and
it became the highest order OF knight
hood in Great Britain. Each OF them wore
on his bosom great star blazing with jew
els, with the words the King had spoken
engraved on it as a motto, and collar of
blue and gold about his neck bearing the
same legend. But another historian says
that at the battle of Cresy the King had
his garter hoisted up as a signal for the
battle to begin, and in honor of his victory
made the garter the emblem of knighthood,
and this writer accounts for the motto by
saving that Edward meant to defy and
shame any one who doubted his claim to
the crown. Still another authority claims
that Richard Cosur de Lion ordered TWEEN
ty-six knights who stood bravely by him at
the famous siege of Acre to wear bands Of
blue leather around their legs, and in re-
memberance of that King Edward institu-
ted the Order Of the Garter-but believe
the first story, don't your
In olden times when the son Of a noble
family became old enough 10 bear arms he
was, with certain ceremonies, made q
knight. These ceremonies began with a
day of fasting and prayer, followed by
keeping watch all night over his armor
and sword in a lonely chapel near the
bones of his ancestors. So, in the hrst
place. YOU see, a knight had to pray and
! practice self-denial, and brave unarmed the
| presence of the dead, which people of thai
| day regarded with supernatural terror
which intellifent persons can hardly un
! derstand and afterwards he knelt before
| his King and received a blow from the fla
! of his sword, and that seemed to mean tina
/ he must humble his pride. Then, wheT
| ne became a knight, he was expected Il
| draw his sword in defense Of the weak anC
Oppressed, to uphold the right and to pun
/ ish the wicked and guilty everywhere
| And to-day these are knightly qualities a
! truly as they were in the middle ages. ii
! who would be n true knight to-day ma.
/ begin his care Ger as soon as his homo
and his manly ambition may suggest
and his birth, however lowly, will be NJ
obstacle TO his winning the highest honors
1t rests with any boy or man TO become al
ideal knight
Who reverences his conscience rs his king,
! Whose glory is Tedressing human wrong,
Who speaks no SANDER, no. nor listens 10 it,
Modest, kindly, gentle, brave,
rs brave and loving as Prince Geraint, pur
and gentle as Sir Galahad, " that just an
faithful knight of God"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-09
OUR NATAL DAY.

Written for the RECORD UNION
Listen time strikes. in times grand way,
The grandest note e'cr struck or rung
Even by time since time was young,
This IS our Nations natal day
The graudest birth in times grand plan,
Life took new meaning ut its rise,
The triumph of the centuries,
1t daWned on earth to crown man man
To crown man man, and that Is why
IT'S welcomed in with grand intent,
A broad. mighty continent,
With cannon strength and bugle's Joy.
For this deep guns again, again,
And siIvcry throats throw welcomes high
rs are its truths, that cannot die
That tyraDts chain not, cannot chain
Give bravest words, 0 lips of age;
For lives this day though cease life.s sands.
Children, sing out, clap joyous hands,
Tours IS glorious heritagei
Greet strongly. sons, your strength secures
Uusuuled those bright folds above!
And, daughters fair, strew flowers aud love
And both rejoice, this day is yours
IT'S yours, It's ours. this blessed day,
Its freedom ours, and ourSa land
BY freedoms purest breeges famed,
a land It's ours to guard Away
A land that S ours-aye yours and mine
A land TO this days spirit won
land one-fGggcd from sun to SUM-
From southern palm TO northern pinel
Oh. she is true who JOYS TO say
Day minei my land. and flag above
He Is unworthy woman's love
Who counts his life above this day
ovation Cal.