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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
A CLEVER SWlNDlE.

ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. 3.-"Do you buy
gold here?" was the question asked
leading jeweler here Saturday, by
we'll dressed gentleman; 81 have some
here 1 want to sell" he continued. as he
drew from his pocket package around
which handkerchief was tied; "It does
not belong to me, but to friend of
mine who is In the hotel" The hand
kerchief was q new linen one, with
peculiar border, and when the dealer
opened it he found that the package
was still wrapped in white paper.
This he removed, and then his eyes
rested upon ten ounces of gold foil.
The foil was put up In
regular style and from it the
dealer took a loaf which he melted
and subjected to every test The test
demonstrated positively the worth of the
gold. "There is 5000 worth of gold
there, the stranger went on, "but my
friend is in a push and will take $125
for It," The dealer offered him 500,
when the gentlemanly stranger took
the packet in his hand and held it re-
fectively in his pocket a moment, then
liking it out again he accepted the
offer, got his money and disappeared.
To-day, IN melting the gold, the dealer
found that it was gold-covered lead, and
that the stranger had evidently changed
the packages in his pocket. On inves-
tigation the police have discovered that
the same game was played On five other
establishments, all of which were vic
timized. The last heard of the swindler
was his departure for Chicago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10

The governments of Russia and Italy
refuse to recognize the right of expatri-
alton. All the other European powers
have made treaties with the United
States, STIMULATING that when native of
the one country renounces his allegiance
to it ;and is admitted to citizenship
in the other, he shall be recognized as a
citizen of his adopted country. The
Rev. Father Lanciotti, of st. Mary's
College, an italian by birth, but a nat
uralized citizen of the United States
desired to visit his native country last
spring. Being of the age when he
would be subject to military duty in
Italy, the state department asked OF the
italian government permit for him to
visit that country with the assurance
that he would be exempted from its
military laws, and the request was re-
fused.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
Deeds of Blood.

Cook Teets. blind man, convicted of muir
dering his wife, was hanged at Owen Sound. on
the 9Th.
Leo Heller, young iron worker of Cincln-
nat on the 5th, attempted to shoot Miss Inn.
in Justices Office where he had been taken to
answer to charge of threatening her life.
Being prevented from killing her by those pres
ent, he shot himself dead.
A sextette of Texans engaged in shooting
match on the streets OF GAINESVILLE, on the 5th.
All received bullets and three will die.
On the afternoon of the 4thy B. T. Hall. of
Saybrook, ILL.,, took strychnine with suicidal
intent He succeeded in his design.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
Minor Mention.


coach on the Grand Trunk Road was set on
fire near Kingston on the 9Th by the explosion
of q mysterious box carried by Prof. Dawson,
of Belleville. Some of the passengers were
nearly suffocated before the train could be
stopped.
Early on the morning of the 7th inst, Rebecca
Stewart, while temporarily insane, disappeared
from the house of her uncle, near Wheeling,
W. Va, and it WAS thought threw herself into
the Ohio River The same afternoon, while
searching for her body, John McMasters was
drowned by the upsettiug of skiff.
Oscar Turner, of Memphis Mo-, while hunt
ing in Buffalo County, Missouri, on the 9th,
was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun.
James Tonkin fell down a mine shaft at Nor
way Mich, on the 9Th and was fatally injured
M. Schenck has been elected president and
NJ. DOUGH e-presldent of the Swiss confeder-
alton.
Frank Mcclure, aged II years, accidentally
hanged himself in bis mothers Kitchen at Cam
bridge, Mass, on the 5tb.
By the caviug of an embankment at Carlton,
Tex on the 9Th, Two men were killed and three
injured.
Frederlka Mandelbaum. her son julius and
Herman Suonde, clerk. charged witt receiv-
ing stolen property. jumped bail amounting to
$1S, 900, at New York
Three boys named John Tully, Anthony
Brockley and Geo. Bush broke through the ice
on pond at Rondout, N. Y, on the 4th and
were drowned
The North Chicago Rolling Mill, at Chicago,
has resumed work after shutdown of two
weeks duration. 1t employs 5000 men.
Minnie Knox, aged II years, living five miles
south of Wellington, Kas,, was burned to death
on the evening OF the I'd, from the effects of a
kerosene lamp bursting in her hands.
George Hart bad his head severed from his
body by the fall of iron girder at Pitts
burg shop on the 3D.
Two men were killed by an explosion of fire
damp in mine near Coal Bluff, Pa, on the
Sd inst.
By collision on the Texas Pacific on the LIST,
two train men were killed and two others seri-
ously hurt.
While handling a shotgun on the 3Oth, John
Rankin, of Woods Run, Pa, accidentally shot
his mother dead.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10

The contract system in the state
prisons of New York has been abolished
by constitutional amendment, but no
substitute has been provided, and no.
body seems to have any clear idea as to
what should be done. Meantime, the
contracts for prison labor are expiring,
one lot of convicts after another is left
idle, and nothing can be done toward
giving them employment until the leg
islature meets.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10

AN old religious sect, with headquar-
tiers at Chicago, are the followers of one
Dora Beekman of Byron, ILL.,, who, it is
claimed, completed the Christian ideal
of life. She died three years ago. Her
disciples meet in an out-of-the-way
room, and their minister is described as
tall, slim, sorrowful-looking person.
with very long coat and very long
face, who talks as if he were preaching a
funeral sermon
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
detected.

The people of Eastern Kentucky are
said to be in truly pitiable condition.
Successive failures of their crops have
resulted in famine and restitution, and
now they are scourged by disease that
has already proved terribly fatal and
which is attributed to poisonous water.
In view of the approaching winter, their
condition calls for general sympathy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10

KATE FIELD, thinks no one ought to
question her patriotism or her earnest
ness in investigating Mormonism,
because she spent eight months in Salt
Lake City, and scarcely got one well
cooked meal in that time. "When a
fastidious FEEDER" says she, ignores
the expostulations of an outraged stom-
ach for eight months, you may know
that the cause is of vital Importance"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10

to deposit, or place, or cause, suffer or
procure to be be deposited or placed
any ballast, stone, slate, gravel, cart
rubbish, wreck, filth, slabs, ed gings,
sawdust or cider-mill waste, in anY
place or station on the shore where the
same shall be liable to be washed into
any navigable waters, either bv ordi-
nary or high tides or by storms or
floods or otherwise.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10

ONE of the most important matters
to come before Congress at this session
is the treaty with Spain, which Minis
ter Foster has negotiated, but which
must be accepted by the Senate before
it can become a fact. The important
feature of this treaty is, it is asserted,
that it removes the duty on Cuban SUI
gar, and that from any other Spanish
possnsciona
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
The Code in Texas,

A dispatch from Palestine Tex, of the Sd,
gives details of hostile encounter on the street
in the village of Nechesville, near that place,
between DR.. Calhoun Lawrence and Lucius v
Simpson. In quarrel over bill of the former
both drew revolvers and began firing. Both
emptied their revolvers, and both were NOR
tally wounded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
gte RepubHrsV.
WATERFOWL MS-

ACCORDING to the report of the United
States Agricultural Bureau, Missouri
has increased her acreage of winter
wheat this fall fully % per cent. while
there is almost that amount OF SHRINK
age in Kansas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10

BURGLARY has certainly reached the
climax of audacity when thieves break
into penitentiary to steal. Yet this
was actually done recently when
burglars forced an entrance into
the Kings County prison, N. Y, blew
open the safe and got away with $1,000
in cash deposited there, without being
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
SufcidR in WaShinp fOn

Prof Alex. Dewolowski, the Washington
music teacher charged with a criminal assault
on his daughter, committed suicide on the 4th.
He left letters to the President and Secretary
Lincoln protesting his innocence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
The Queens Approval.

The announ cement was made in the British
House of Commons, on the 9th, that the Queen
had given her approval to the franchise bill.
The Parpellites expect to return eighty-fve
members under the redistribution of seats.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10

THERE is startlingl increase of in
sanity in the United States. In 1860
we had one native white insane person
to every 1859 of this class. In 1870
the ratio was one to 1858; in 1850 it was
one to 652. In 1860 there was one for
eign-born insane person to every 1,095
individuals of that class; in 1870 the
ratio had become one to 497, and in
1880 one to goo.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
A Sad Case.

Lucy Maclem, the daughter of hero of the
Revolution, once well known in the literary
world and said to have been engaged to Salmon
P. Chase. was on the 9Th sent to BlackwelIs
Island, by q New York police Judge, for beg
cling on the streets
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
Riots on the Gold Coast,

Advices from the Gold Coast Of Africa state
that trade riots had taken place at Winnebah.
Twelve men were killed, and number
wounded. The rioters were finally arrested.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
Gunpowder and Dynamite.

A fearful explosion of gunpowder and dyna-
mite occurred at Stafford, N. H., on the 4th
Eight persons were injured, four of whom will
4
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
KiIIed in Hall.

John Kelly. alias Williams, an inmate of tie
state penitentiary at Joliet III, brutally
murdered his cellmate, William Gains, stab
bling him with shoemaker'5 knife. The muir
der was unprovoked.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
Killed His mother,

George Snyder,'sa farmer, was arrested at
Hamilton, o., on the 9th inst, charged with
his own mother, who was over rs
years old. Snyder says his mother was killed
by robbers who stopped them on the road.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
Smuggling Chinese.

Within short time two boats containing
thirty cinnamon and four whites have been
lost in endeavoriIg to reach the American shore
from Vancouver's Island. The Chinese were
being smuggled over the border.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
The Monument Completed.

The completion of the Washington moru-
ment, after nearly thirty-six years of effort.
was announced on the 9th inst, by salute of
tNenty-one guns from the District artillery.
One of the master mechanics who laid the cor
ner-stone was present at the setting Of the apex.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
A Heavy Verdict.

The jury in the case of John Fitzsimmons
against the Pennsylvania Railroad, on trial at
Youngstown, gave the plaintiff a verdict of
So, 800 on the I'd. Fttzsimmons, who was an en-
gineer in the company's employ, sued for $780,
900 for injuries received. He was crippled for
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
Neville Gets Seven Years.

Neville, the bigamist, who eloped with Miss
Whitney, of Detroit, was refused a new trial at
Toledo on the 4th and sentenced oseven years.
hard labor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10

The first general convention of per-
sons interested in cattle growing held
it's session in st. Louis, the last week in
November. Toere were present hun
dreds of delegates representing this
great interest in all the Eastern and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
All But one Lost.

London dispatch of the I'd says the bark
Clyde was wrecked near Akarao, New Zealand
The captain, his wife and three children, and
all the officers and crew but one were lost.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
a Nice Reward.

Roland Kane, Montreal customs officer, has
received 100000 from the u. S. government
for giving information of extensive smuggling
of diamonds
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
Cutting Wages.

Iron workers at Pittsburg are accepting re-
duction in their wages. A shut down of the
different works of Carnegie Bros. & Co., is
threatened. About 5000 wage-workers are di-
rectly Interested
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
Rr1rnpd I'm Death

five-year-old boy named David Nelson, was
burned to death by the destruction of his
mothers house at Whitehall, Mich, on the I'd
inst. Mrs. Nelson was absent when the fire
occurred
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10

Waldo B. Brigham, of Hudson, Mass, has
failed. Liabilities. $4,000; assets for IN
secured creditors, light.
Hudson & Nance, grocers, Columbus, Miss,
failed for $50, 0OL on the Sd.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
Ran Awav with a Deacon

The wife of the Rev. w. A. Downs of River
head, L. l., eloped ON the 4th, with Deacon
G. Mitchell Terry, leaving behind two children,
aged and years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
The False PrOnhet.

report from Dongoa, Egypt, says Ell
Mahdi, the False Prophet, is dead, and that
his followers are dying fast.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.


E. F. Brooks, chief of police of Waverly,
N. Y, was mistaken for burglar and fatally
shot by policeman, on the night of the 7th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10
The Franchise Bill,

The English franchise bill was read third
time in tie House of Lords. on the 5th, and
passed. 1t had already passed the commons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-10

age in Kansas.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-09-26
Political Points.

Dorsey has at least consented to
forget aud forgive. and turn his un-
divided attention to his boiling soap
kettle.
Gath" in the Cincinnati En-
quirer, telegraphs from New York
that about 30 per cent. Of the Ger
man vote Of New York city is for
Cleveland.
The Republicans never appre-
ciated the value of the services of
Dorsey and My Dear Hubbell" I'M
Ill now. What men they were for
tho soap" business.
The Monongahela City Record.
published within IA miles of Blaine
birthplace, whose editor has hereto
fore been a Republican, has come
out led hot for Cleveland and Hen
bricks.
The news from Michigan is decid.
sdly encouraging. All the disaf-
fected political elements have sided
with the Democrats and are making
joint campaign against the tat
tooed ticket.
Col. Edward Z. Roche of Brook.
Ign has rendered his resignation as a
member Of the Twenty first Ward
Republican Association. He said he
could not support Blaine, whose
election 70 the Presidency he would
regard ~ . national calrmity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-09-26

dca'h. ], Las some features which
seem TO be IN advance in the RIGHT
direction ani possessed by no other
org AVIATION Of wlich the writer las
any knowle se. The advertisement
IN tins Issue Gives some insight into
ITS general features, but to be thor
ouShly posted YOU must call on NJ,
MunSon, the Club Manager, or Mr..
VIZ. ODonnell, tie Agent.
The Cp~-rr says that the STAN
AID " Is very much afraid the coun-
try delegates in the Republican Con-
vention will not get their right! :"
We don't know as this journal has
expressed any opinion on the sub
J ct. bat how tina it is mentioned
Ne h'r" "A IN, Is far that the country
viii hc durcl and ,windled as usual.
The Ring GAINS nearl y as much
repreSet tation from Olympia Is all
me country precincts combined,
while the Democrats and the Peo-
pcs party give the country nearly
double. The reason is Obvious.
The Ring wants to dictate nomina-
tons, while all tie oil err parties aim
TO secure Is fair and equlble repre-
-tntaiIon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-09-26
The a" Last Word"
To Betsy BAKER.

TO BETSY BAKER:
In your somewhat sarcastic letter
that appeared in the STANDARD of
Septem Der 9Th. I am willing to ad-
NIT that you display fine degree of
motherly instinct, combined with
some plain, matter.of-iact, logical
reasoning. yet how sadly you forget
that we live in progressive age,
and however much we may resist
progression. we shall inevitably be
carried along in that tidal wave that
tends to the elevation of woman po-
litlcally. Why should we for mo.
ment shrink from exercising one q
the great American privileges, the
right to vote, and thus help to pur.
ify any imperfections that exist in
our great aud glorious republic :?
Why not have free and brave women
as well as free and brave IN Z?
Forsootb, with your persistent views,
you would render woman q mere
nonentity and consign her to per-
petual oblivion. Believing, as I do,
on prenatal intellectual basis,
how necessary that the mothers
should receive high political train.
ing, the better to enable them 10
discharge the many additional dr-
ties that will devolve upon them in
the near future. What mother
knows but that she may rear son
or daughter (the above theory
complied with that may be endowed
with the mental capacity of states
manship to such degree as to save
this republic upon nearing the throes
of dissolution. Only think of it!
What patriotic and sublime idea!
I will close by calling your atten-
ton to the fact that both of the pre-.
vailing political parties endorse wo-
man suffrage, and SO express it in
their platforms. MARY SARToR1s.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-09-26

One OR MORE SURGEONS. From
the Western Division, $40 Bush
Street, S. F., of the National Surgi-
cal Institute, will be at the Arlington
House, Seattle, Oct. 10th and 18th
at the Tacoma House, Tacoma, Oct.
18th, 1884. Persons suffering from
diseases OF the spine, hip, limbs or
any bodily deformity, paralysis,
piles, fstula, sexual or chronic dis
cases should avail themselves Of
this opportunity. references given
throughout the U. s. Consultation
free.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-09-26

IN I.isluFeF years. ssseh - t<sus u Meess
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sloB Ia toeiety, Dimues~ oI tbslon, uoIses
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served In ths urine, aud many other ~.
eases that lead Ia Insanity end heath.
IN. mtNtoe. vbe y : ruuulas pkyNl.
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asvs essstess fssf cnse of thls kind aho
VITAL nes1OaASsVo Iuwdss ~ 60
etai advice aud treatment, Will ma cole.
o. foe .nyihinq itnpsre az injnrious lossS
In ~. Dn. MtkTiE tsenta Ill pslvste 49,
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snd advice. Including ssslysls 81 ustee.
-. prlse of Veal mssAesss u - ; lsu16lo.
or -four times sh~ quantisy -. ssus " anS
address upan yeceitA Of tfice. ~ q. .. D.,
secure from olsssrsistiea asd In psivelc
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sAneLs s0rrGu vcna
wili 10 ssnt 10 any cUs ssplylna b.
letter, stating svmg<ouns.. seh and -,
tArwt secrecy In regard W bsantesas tsa6e'
actions.
DR., Mlniies Kidesy Remedy, nupu.
earectN. cures ell Kinda of kIlpey eo<
bladder cosnplsints. gcnofshuHa. alsjt sn1
ssG Su.sis. ,s: Ss si 4, ." a'sa1''ss
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druggists tety
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-09-26
Department Officers.
OFFICE: No. Powell St, Cor. Market
San Francisco, Cal.
OF AMERICA.

OFFICE: No. Powell St, Cor. Market
San Francisco, Cal.
HNIIE object of this Association is to
L provide enc Owments for Living Men,
bers, as well as benefit for families of de-
ceased members, at the least cost consis-
tent with perfect security, by issuing en-.
dOwment and death benefit certificates.
The plan embraces two forms-Life and
Death, One pays ut the death of MEM
Der. and the other paws during life at
given Aperiods, in accordance with endow-
ment coupons attached to each certificate
of membership. The association is oper-
ated on the Mutual Plan. There are no
lodge meetings. Where there are enough
members to form club. they select club
manager who collects all dues and assess.
ments. All club managers and agents are
required to give good bonds. This is the
only association which pays members
During Life on the cnstallment plan, and
educatesthe children ofdeceased members
without cest to its members.
The association has now upwards of ten
thousands members, and is only a little
oven two and one half wears old. The
loans at present are over SIS 900 per month,
and increasing every month.
The total business of the Association
exceeds S50000,000, and the monthly bust.
ness apprOXimates So 600, 600 which fully
demonstrates the great popular ity Of our
Endowment Plan.