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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
STATE NEWS.

A. r. FAUNT LIE Roy. member of
the ST. Paul Railway engineer CORPS.
fell dead in his room in Milwaukee on
the afternoon Of the Doth.
FIRE broke out in the Court Street
Methodist Church block, GAINESVILLE, on
the 25th, which destroyed larger part
of the grocery stock of A. FL. Behan,
who occupied the first floor. The Sun
day-school and audience rooms of the
church were damaged $4,000 or $4,000,
principally by water. The large organ
was completely flooded with water.
M. B. CLAsoN's fine brick residence,
in the town of Beaver Dam, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 25th. The loss
YVES 81 500 above insurance for S., 800.
A STOVE in the Union depot at Eau
Claire, exploded on the Oath and so in
iured an employe named Peter Multi
gan that he may lose his sight,
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Beloit,
on the morning of the Oath, causing a
Catholic society in the burning of their
church and fine DIV cling adjoining.
The fire originated in the dwelling end
worked into the church.
A CHILD of Patrick Lyons, living on
Fifth Street, Milwaukee, died on the
evening of the Oath, after two days of
agony caused by fire from al exploding
lamp.
EMERSON s. WRIGHT is under bonds
at Durand, charged with an assault upon
John Cameron, with intent to kill.
AN old soldier, named Edward Film
ing, an inmate of the Milwaukee Sol
diers' Home, committed suicide on the
23d. by cutting his throat. He served
in Company E, Fifth Minnesota Volun-
teers.
The Eau Claire Leader was seized
by the sheriff, on the 23d, on writ of
attachment issued at the instance of
Mayor Davis and John S. Smith. Dis
cord among the stockholders is said to
have been the cause of the collapse.
BRANDON has organized skating
club.
The new catalogue of Beloit College
shows that 327 students have been
graduated at that institution since it's
establishment.
AT Wausau, on the afternoon of the
22d, Francis Delaliez, a Frenchman,
went to the house of his brother Isaac,
who was sick in bed, and killed him by
chopping him in several places with an
axe. Only women we're in the house
and they ran for aid. When officers ar
rived the mailman had done his work.
He gives no cause for the deed, but adj
mits that he did it. He was at once
lodged in Jail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
LOGAN'S SPIRIT BROKEN.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Gen. Logan
is much changed since the late elections
and there can be no doubt that his de-
feat presses upon his mind constantly
with disagreeable effect. No sane per-
son is expected to go around smiling
for two or three months after being
whipped in a hard-fought battle, and
that is just what the Illinois senator is
doing every day. His manner is en-
tirely different from any other man in
the Senate. That he is restless and
pre-occupied with trifes, is plain to be
seen. Many and many a half hour he
spends in gazing off into the vacuity OF
space, wholly absorbed in brown
study, and, for the time, oblivious of his
surroundings. He has lost much OF his
brusqueness, even if it has not wholly
disappeared, and that marked character
istic invariably impressed people, even
enough to call him Jack"
But of late he has given himself
over to sm ling. Commencing with
broad grin on the evening Of the recep-
ton rendered him shortly after his ar
rival here, be has kept it up surprising
ly, until it is the common remark that
the late candidate for the Vice-Presi-
dency is trying to laugh away the pain
and remorse of an ambition overthrow
by disaster, and great pride wounded
in degree unknown to men Of common
mould. The compassion and sympathy
of his friends distress him keenly. His
continued smile is unwonted and Ill be-
fits the great warrior statesman whose
leorine mein, beetling brows and sonor-
GUS tones cannot conceal the fate of one
being borne down by the sings and ar
rows of outrageous fortune. He is also
extremely anxious about his seat and
fears that his senatorial toga will soon
fall to new man. But the General
doesn't sulk. He will simply retire to
his immense tract of land la Arizona at
the close of this session and we Will hear
no more of him for several years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
Minor Mention,

In panic caused by a false alarm of fire in
the cigarette factory of W. Duke & Son, New
York. on the Goth, two girls were fatally in
jured. There were 800 employed in the fac
tory. asvs4
At Catholic Church in Brooklyn, on the
27th was held the funeral Of twenty one VIC
Tins of The fire at the orphan asylum.
G. B. Simmons a prominent citizen of Louis
vile, is a defaulter to the Louisville & Nash
vile road for 1874, 698, and has fled to Canada.
He has been local treasurer of the road for
fourteen years.
-Four negroes were drowned at Pine Bluffs,
Ark, on the oath by the upsetting of ferry
boat.
Ed. Tierney was suffocated by smoke from q
fire which destroyed the building in which he
He leaves wife and twelve children.
The blow off pipe connected With the boilers
of the Lincoln (Ill.) Coal Company blew out al
an early hour on the morning of the oath fatal
ly scaldlrg two of party of eight tramps who
were sleeping over the boiler house. The 9th
| ers were mole or less seriously hurt.
Thirteen ladies and rage number of chill
| dren were seriously injured by q panic In Bun.
| nelPs Museum, New Haven, on the 25th The
| trouble was caused by false alarm Of fire.
An aeronaut named McNeal, of Mobile, made
balloon ascension at West Piont, Ala, on the
| 10Th. The balloon fell into the CEattahoochet
| River and McNeal was drowned.
distinctions on the track of the New Orleans
d Northeastern Rail- DAD, near Purvis. Miss.
| threw an entire north bound express
| train from the track. OH the night of the 23d
| Engineer Robert Turner and fireman were
| killed
| By the sudden sinking of canal boat al
| Brooklyn, on the 23d, two children of the cap
| tain, Thomas FlanneIy, were drowned.
Egbert Earl and an infant daughter were
| uffocated by coal gas frorp stove, at Albany
N. Y, on the night OF the Dist. HIS wife anC
| son are alive, but are il a critical condition.
BY wreck on the Chesapeake q Ohio Rail
| road. near Eddyville, KY, on the 22d, VIM
BuddlngUon, fireman, WAS killed, and George
Gore, engineer, badly injured
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
Smoke

A hotel at Warm Springs, North Carolina.
valued at $3.50, 900, YVES burned on the 9th as
we're also the brewery of Oscar GuIick at
Worcester, Mass. and Egbert's knitting mill st
Cohoef, n. Y.
The furniture factory of ANTHONY Waterman
at Medford. Mass, burned on the 9th, Loss
100000.
The Indianapolis Cotton Mills burned on the
9th. Loss 800, 600.
The saddlery and hardware works of Elbel.
Gillian & Co., Canton, o.. were leveled bv fire
on the 28th. Total loss 100000.
Two large Oil tanks at West Junction. near
Elmira, n. Y, we're fred by an explosion on the
26rh and totally consumed The loss will
reach 100000. The blazing oil ESCAPED and
almost flooded the town.
The residence IF q man named Dnfresne
near ST. Elias, Ont, burned on the Goth. The
mother of Dufresne, aged 10, persisted in the
flames.
The grain elevator of Rainwater g. Stearns.
at Dallas, Tex, burned on the Goth. Loss
100000.
The old Academy of Music building. at Min
neapolis, Mimi, was destroyed by fire on the
25th. The building was occupied bv large
number of law offices, and the losses include
many valuable law libraries The sooreoafe
loss is placed at 100000.
Harrigan & Harris Theater Comioue one of
the most popular places of amusement in New
York. burned on the 23d. 1t was situated on
Broadway, just opposite the New York Hotel.
The theater cost 1926, 1000. There was no in
surance on the building or contents, The total
loss will reach 100000.
-Four large business blocks in CAMBRIDGE. n
Y, were completely destroyed by fire on
the 23d. The probable loss is between $50, 900
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
THE CLERKS HOLIDAY VACATION.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.- Strong pres
sure has been brought to bear on
Secretary McCulloch to have the Treas
ury Department closed during the
entire holiday season, from December
"a to January 3, but TO no avail. He
decided to allow the employees a half
day holiday on the oath inst, in addition
to the regular Christmas and New
Years day holidays, and no more. It is
believed that the other departments
will be governed by his action in this
respect. The clerks in all the depart
ments will be paid the balance of their
salaries for the present month on the
Oath inst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

In a conversation recently, on the
wonderful growth of the American rail
way system in this country, Senator
Bayard of Delaware drew forcible
comparison between travelling forty
eight years ago and now, by stating that
his grandfather who was elected to
Congress in that year made the journey
from Wilmington to Washington by
carriage, occupying six days, including
one days rest in Baltimore. Now the
journey is made in luxurious railway
car over smooth track of steel in q
little more than four hours. How many
of us would welcome return of the
olden time?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

In 1867 so much of the late Wabash
system" which some considered the
most unsystematic thing imaginable as
was then organized was the "Toledo,
Wabash & Western Railway" The
road was in running order from Toledo
to the state of Illinois, 243 miles. A
connection was made shortly after with
the Great Western Railway of Illinois
which had been extended to the Mis-
sissippi, making the entire distance 474
miles, which they announced as "the
largest continuous line of road under
the operation of single company in the
United States" How our ideas of
what are great railways have grown in
the last twenty-five yearsI
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

A sIoKENING story of ghoulish work
comes from Omaha. In 1881 Mrs. Eliza
Baldwell died in small clearinghouse
in that city; two weeks ago man
claiming to be her husband put in an
appearance, and, and securing the aid
of a young physician, opened the grave
to secure diamond ring and necklace
of the same precious stones which had
been the woman's bridal present and
buried with her. The grave was robbed
one night about ten days ago, and the
heard from.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

The mystery of the skeleton found
in the cellar of the Carleton House,
New York, is probably as near solu-
ton as it ever will be and a mystery it
will remain to swell the long list of hid
den crimes that can never be traced to
the guilty parties. The latest theory re-
guarding the skeleton is that it is that
of victim of notorious DR.. Brown
who once lived in the house and
had large practice among women OF
the street class. But the doctor took
his own life several years ago to save
going to prison, and the truth will prob.
ably never be known.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

EDWARD EVERETT HALE's suggestion
that half the children of school age
engage in industrial pursuits for twenty
three weeks each year and then ex-
change places with the half who have
spent that time in study, is attracting
much attention, and undoubtedly it
grows out of serious defect in the
present system of education. Children
need to be taught how to do the work
which will be required of them in Life,
and that they do not usually learn until
their school days are over.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

The Arizona miners are somewhat
direct in their interrogations and alb
rupt in their salutations, but no one
finds fault with their lack of earnestness.
A young lawyer from the East stopped
at Steel Plate for his dinner, and his
vis-a-vis at table was big miner, who
accosted him with: Stranger, pass me
that yaller butter" The butter was as
near his plate as the lawyers, who an
swered, "Help yourself" The miner
drew from his boot a long bowie-knife,
and repeated hisrequest to pass the but
ter, but his companion at the point of a
revolver persuaded him to help himself
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

THERE is CONSERVATION in the emf
nently respectable Bank of England,
and in some circles outside, because
the directors have ordered that clerks
who get less than $3.50 a year must not
marry. The indignation is running
over into the newspapers, and even
young women are crushing the direct
ors in angry paragraphs. 1t seems
like an odd order, and yet the question
is a purely economic one, of course
The directors may be able to show that
that it is impossible to live respectfully
and rear family in London on less
than $3.50 year, and they certainly
have a right to demand that their servi-
tors shall not expose themselves to in
creased temptations. But on the other
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

CHOLERA in Europe may be consid-
cred as practically at an end for this
year. It has killed about 1900 per-
sons in Italy. of whom more than half
were Neapoitans. In France the adj
mitted number of victims had been
about $500. In Spain the deaths re-
ported have been between 200 and 800,
but it is impossible to guess what pro-
portion these bear to the total mortal-
ty. Much the same must unfortunately
be said about the French statistics. It
appears to be the practice in France to
conceal outbursts of cholera as long
as possible, and then to rush into panics
over them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

A BODY of well equipped men are
about setting out from Laramie City for
Northwestern Wyoming for the double
purpose of shooting wild horses and
poisoning coyotes. The latter are q
terror to cattlemen and reward OF
$3.50 each is offered for their pelts
Wild horses have increased of late on
the plains, and do damage by enticlne
away tame ones, SO that the loss tc
owners is great every year and is stead
lily increasing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
q Big Coal Strike.

A Pittsburg dispatch of the 22d, says "CoaI
miners all along the Monongahela River, as an
ticipated, went out on a strike this morning for
an advance OF half cent per bushel in the
price of mining. At noon it was known at the
miners general Office of this city, that the strike
had begun in earnest and nearly 1000 men had
quit work. The operators assert that rather
than concsde to the advance they will close
down their pits indefinitely"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

made 81. 40 by filing up skillfulIy the
punched cipher and filing in the word
tour IN the body of the note. One
Office has redeemed ten or twelve of
these raised notes. The work is neatly
done. 1t is impossible to accomplish it
with the latest form of postal note.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
CHE Eepabliraq
WATERFOWL. W1S-

The cigarette antedates the pipe
igar by many years, and, as nearly as
n be determined from history, was the
original method of using tobacco
Christopher Columbus, on his first voy-
age of discovery says the natives on the
Isle of Cuba had a 'sfilthy habit of rolling
up the leaf of noxious weed, setting
fire to one end and inhaling the pun.
gent and nauseating fumes from the
other. which they called tobaccos."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

hand $40 year is generally consid-
cred "preHy tidy" pay for common
man in Loudon, and is equivalent to
about 81, 200 in this country; and it is
worth considering, too, whether the
bank does not increase it's risks of dis
honesty by depriving hundreds Of men
of family influences.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
Iasbed to the Rigging.

Hatteras, rescued on the 23d, the captain and
crew of the barkentine Ephraim Williams, after
they had been dashed to the rigging for five
days without food or water. severe gale
was blowing the whole time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
Shot and Robbed,

On the night of the 25th, W. G. Harvey, sta
ton agent for the Des MONIES & Northern Rail-
way, at Panora, Ia, received package of
$4,000 for the Panoca bank. On his way to
deliver it he was set upon by robber who
shattered his ann with pistol shot. took the
money from HIM and escaped.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
FORGED POSTAL NOTES.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 20.-A number of
small post-ofices in the vicinity of Gin
cinnati have been paying raised postal
notes. Forgery is easily accomplished
by the use of the first issue of the notes,
which had a dollars column to be
punched by the issuing postmaster. A
note for 20 cents could be bought and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
A Horrible Death.

On the afternoon of the 26th, Ed. Hanlop,
aged IS, weigher at Dupont's paper MILL
Louisville, Ky., was caught in the betting,
dragged into the machinery, and literally torn
to pieces. His head was severed from his
body. He was an empIoye of the mills for
fourteen wears
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
A Masonic Temple Gone.

The Masonic Temple, on Walnut Street, Gin
cinnati together with the printing establish
ment of J. R. Mills & Co., was burned to the
ground on the morning of the path. The
Masonic building, with its paraphernalia, was
the most complete III the West The total loss
will reach nearly 5000 0U0
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
Murdered in Parliament.

During discussion in Bulgarian Parliament,
On the 27Jh, SivaceG OF the opposition, re-
preached the government for favoring q
Russian contractor to construct railway, and
limited that the premier's action bordered on
speculation. He was forthwith set upon by a
number of the supporters of the government,
who beat him almost to death and left him
lying Ill pool of blood Oh the floor of the
hOuGe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
Th Dynamiters Sentenced.

At Leipsic, on the 22d, sentence was pro-
nounced on the Anarchists tried for an
attempt to assassinato Emperor William at
Niederwad. Reinsdorf, Rupsch and Kuechler
are sentenced TO death. Holzhauer and Bach
man were condemned 10 ten years, penal serv-
itude. Sohngen, Rheinbach and Toellner were
acquitted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
Another Foreign Ffnancier.

Joseph Zenari, manager of the Discount
bank of Carniola, at Laybach, Prussia, and 3
defaulter for 10000 fioriDs, killed himself in
the bank on the 26th, when about to be ar
rested,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
Publishing Earthouake News.

Madrid dispatch OF the 9th, says: with
the permission of the Spanish government tie
fact is now published that the earthquake last
Wednesday nearly destroyed six towns, il one
of which nearly 200 persons were killed by the
first vibration. The work of recovering corpses
is interrupted by fresh shocks daily"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
One Out of Seven,

Halifax on the 25th, bringing news of the sink
ing of the brig Ash, loaded with fish. near
Salve Island. Out of crew of seven men, six
were lost or frozen to death while clinging to
the wreck
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

An Internal machine containing fifty-eight
cartridges of dynamite and lot OF giant pow
der, was found on the 9th by track-walker
on the jersey Central road, near Westfield.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
Anarchists Sentenoed.

The editor and manager of the Anarchist
paper La Famme, at Marseilles, have been
sentenced, respectively, to Imprisonment of one
year aid eight months for melting to plumber
during the cholera epidemic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
"A Georgia Cyclone.

terrible cyclone passed over the vicinity of
Macon, Ga, on the afternoon of the 3d. car
rying everything before it. A large number
of buildings were destroyed. Five lives are
reported lost in Jones County.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
The Sharon Divorce,

The sensational Sharon divorce suit,
which has been before the San Francisco
court SO long, was on the Oath decided in favor
of the plaintiff. Senator Sharon will appeal the
case.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
Two Persons Killed.

Earthquake shocks were felt at Gibraltar, on
the 26th, and in the northern provinces of Spain
They caused great alarm among the people of
Granada. At Malaga two persons were killed
bv falling walls
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Senate.
MONDAY, Dec 22.-Plumb introduced a bill
TO establish an additional land district in Da
kota. On motion Of Henderson, the bill passed
extending to the port of Omaha the provisions
of the act relating to immediate transportation
of dutiable goods Blair called up the bill pro-
vldlng commission to examine into tine liquor
! traffic The motion was opposed, but the bill
was taken up and passed-yeas, a. nays, 16
After executive session, the Senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, Dec. 23.-Jonas presented q me-
mortal from the joint.commercial associations of
New Orleans protesting against the ratification
of tie Spanish treaty. Vest presented con-
current resolution providing that congressional
speeches be printed as delivered, with the ex-
caption of verbal amendments and when
speeches are withheld for revision for more
than week the speech shall be printed as de-
livered. Referred. The Senate in sec1et
session amended the House resolution provid-
ing for holiday recess by substituting the
24th for the Goth as the date when the recess
should begin. After executive session the
Senate adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24.-After dsposing of the
morning business, the Senate went into ex-
ecutive session. When the doors were re-
opened, the Chair announced bis signature to
the concurrent resolution, providing for holi-
day recess. The Senate then adjourned until
January 5.
House.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24.-About fifty members
were present when Speaker Carlisle called the
House to order. Randall called up the adjourn
ment resolution, and moved concurrence in the
Senate amendment, which provides that the
recess shall begin on Wednesday and last until
January 5. This was agreed to. The speaker
announced the following committee assign
ments: Elections, Smith Qa.); military affairs,
Connolly; pubic lands, Campbell CO.,; terrific
ries, Hill; education and labor, O'FameIl; ,e-
vision of laws, Garrison; expenditures OF the
treasury department, Wallace: printing, Brit
ton; pensions, bounty and back pay, Wallace;
alcoholic liquor traffic, English. The House
adjourned until January 5.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

and 100000. The fire started in Wye & Van
Oatrander's skating rink.
A gas leak in No. Upper Empire Wooden
Mill, at Clayville, near Utica, N. Y, on the 21st
caused its total destruction by fire. Loss, 800
600: ir s1lre0,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Strange Death.

Mrs. James Van Buren, died at Kingston. n
Y, on the 26th, the result of an application of
Paris green on a corn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-31

RIPE tomatoes are hanging on the
vines at Tallahassee, Fla.