Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-26
Deeds of Blood.

At PIttsburg. on the night of the 21st,
Samuel Stewart broke into the house of Katie
Hobson, bis sweetheart, and beat her so I'M
mercifully that is feared she will die.
Patrick McDermott. a Chicago foot-pad. was
fatally shot by police officer on the morning
Of the ODD.
Marauders from Indian Territory SHOT and
mortally wounded police officer at Sherman,
Tex. In a battle that ensued with pursuing
posse, two men were killed and one wounded.
The Apaches who raided Preside County.
Texas, and butchered women and children,
have escaped in to Mexico.
Rachel Russell. wealthy maiden lady, of
Geneva, N. Y, committed suicide on the 22d
by hanging.
George Carter was fatally shot on the street
in Washington on the 23d, by Benjamin
Cox. The shooting was the result of an old
quarrel
Oliver Bateman, young man 20 years of
age, was executed at Savannah, Ga, on the
2lst, for the murder of the two young daugh-
tiers Of Jno. Mclaughlin, on the 31st of August
last.
At Lexington, KY, on the 21st. John Bush,
(colored) was hanged for the murder of Annie
Van Meter, nearly six years ago. He had been
ried ten times in the different courts.
A band of Indians are committing murder
and destroying property in Preside County,
Texas.
M. IL. De Young, proprietor of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, was seriously, if not fatally
shot on the 19th inst, by Adolph Spreckels,
son OF the Hawaiian sugar king. The act was
the outcome of an article in the Chronicle in
regard to the sugar company.
Howard Brighel, aged -, fatally stabbed
Charles Ross, aged Is, in a quarrel during a
baseball game at Pleasant Unity, Pa, on
the 18th.
Hiram Bodine, of Ohio, government clerk,
shot himself through the heart while at his
desk on the 18th.
Fred. Kreuger, aged %, committed suicide,
at Neenah, Wis, on the 18th, by shooting HIM
self through the head.
At Washington on the 18th, John LANCASTER
was sentenced to be hung for the murder of
Police Office Fowler.
Sheriff-elect B. H. Black, of Lamar County,
Tex, was assassinated in the door of his resi-
dence at Blossom Prairie, in that state on the
night of the 18th.
Near Macon, Ca, on the 18th, Ben. Beck and
his son, prominent farmers of Jones County,
we're shot and killed by John and Stephen
Stubs. The murder was the result Of a quar-
rel about a settlement for some cotton.
Minor Mention.
Prof John Goldberg, the well-known magi-
clan, died in an asylum for the insane at New
York. on the 23d.
George Ross an unmarried man, was crushed
to death by pine log while loading a train
near Marshfield, on the 21st
Mrs. Elizabeth Schmidt, of Jersey City,
poured kerosene on some frying sausage, On the
Goth, in mistake for vinegar, and was fatally
burned.
Henry NJ. Stanley, the African explorer, will
represent the United States in the Congo con-
ference as techinal delegate
The German Reichstag was opened on the
Goth, by the emperor, with the usual formal
ties.
Smallpox has made it's appearance among
the British troops in Egypt.
Spain has planted her flag in West Africa.
The eighth annual convention of the Amer
lean Humane Association began it's session at
Pittsburg, on the 10Th.
Forest fires are doing much damage in
Greensvlle County, Va. The protracted
drouth has made everything dry and highly
infammable.
Miss Carrie Aston, daughter of YIN. Astor,
and Orme Wilson were married in regal style
in New York city on the 18th.
A lack of orders has caused the closing of the
mills of the Sharon Iron Company at Sharon,
Pa. The mills employed 500 men.
A workman named John Darragh, was run
over and killed by a car on the Mt. Oliver IN
cline railroad, near Pittsburg, on the 18th.
The national convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union began its session
at Middletowp, Conn ON the 18th.
Chas. Fogelman, while hunting near Terra
Haute, Ind, on the 18th, had his brains blown
out by the accidental dischsge Of his gun.
William Clark and John Clifford were swept
overheard from the schooner Frank Morris, on
Lake Huron, on the 10th, and drowned.