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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
Financially Embarrassed

l.. A. Engelhardt, merchant, London. failed
on the 10Th. Liabilities $270,00
The failures of the seven days ending on the
18th, were; United States, 1872; Canada, 90;
total, 215: against 1913 last week. The increase
was in the Western and Middle States
The clearinghouse of A. IL j. @. s. Harrison,
of Indianapolis, did not open It's doors on tie
morning of the 18th. A receiver has been ap-
pointed. There are about 400 depostors.
r. B. Sewers and F. B. Finsthwaite, mem
bers of the Pittsburg Petroleum Exchange,
have failed.
VIM. Parks & Son. proprietors of the New
Brunswick cotton mills, st. John, N. b., failed
on the 18th. Liabilities $225,000.
The Pendleton Banking Company, Pendle
ton, Ind. suspended on the 18th, owing to the
failure of Fletcher & Sharpe, at indianapolis.
Levi Hart & Co., of Halifax, have settled
with their creditors on a basis of rs cents on
the dollar. Liabilities 100000.
The Whlssemore Manufacturing Company,
Mansfield, O., failed on the 18th. Liabilities
not stated.
Edward Yard, Jr., lace manufacturer, New
York, assigned on the 10th. Preferences
$55O,OC0.
julius Wettman, Massillon, O., brewer,
failed on the 10th. Liabilities $4,000; assets
$4,000.
The establishment of J. B. Piet & Co.. Cath
Ole publishers, Baltimore, is in the hands of a
receiver. Liabilities, $4,000.
Dawson Bros, manufacturers of mill ma
chinery, Wilmington, Del, failed on the 18TH
Liabilities, 100000. The senior member of the
firm has absconded.
ford Il Co., at Rock Island, ILL.,, assigned on the
14th inst. Liabilities $500, 900; nominal assets
$500, 900.
Burgert & Hart, shoe dealers. Toledo, O.,
suspended en- the 14th. The firms liabilities
are placed at 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
sCarelessness Wrecks Three Trains

q Coney Island Railroad, on the 14th, through
the carelessness of al engineer named Merwin.
He started wild with an engine and car of
coal, and collided with passenger train near
Greenwood Cemetery. Twenty people were
more or less injured, and the passenger. engine
engine was reversed, and running backwards
co1lided with another passenger bound fer
Coney Island. Both engines were thrown
from the track and demolished, and one car
badly smashed. No one was killed. The
the first accident on this read in twenty years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23

A. Martin for governor and A. P. Riddle for
lieutenant governor.
J. M. Allen has been nominated for Congress
by the Democrats of the First Mississippi
District.
The Republicans of the Sixth Mississippi
District have nominated D. E. Robinson for
Congress.
Arkansas have nominated James J. Jones by
reclamation for reelection to Congress. Judge
e. G. Mitchell will oppose him as an independ-
ont candidate
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
STARVED IN THE ARCTIC.
FINDING OF LIEUT.. GREELY'S
PARTY.

Only Seven Survivors Out of an Expedi-
ton Numbering Twenty fve-One of
the Rescued Dies from Frost Bite on
the Relief ship-After Two Years of
Exploration without a Death, the
Brave Men Slowly Starve at Cape Sa
bine-Story of the Finding of the Sur
vivors-Lieut. Greely's Report of the
Expedition and Its Tragic End.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
Insurance SwindIe.

Redding, Ia, is excited over the discovery of
an attempted insurance swindle by Dr. Eli
Quigley, who lately secured policy of $40, 900
in the Northwestern Mutual Life, of Milwaukee,
and one of sc, 900 in the Bankers Association.
The Doctor robbed grave, and after placing
frs was discovered and extinguished and the
attempted fraud exposed by the identification
of the scorched body. Quigley is now wan
derer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
Lynching Bees

About midnight of the 18th, masked mob
of seventy men surrounded the Jail at Owens
boro, KY, and demanded the person of Richard
May, charged with attempted outrage. The
TAILOR, W. }. Lucas, refused to surrender the
prisoner, and fight ensued in which Lucas and
two of the mob were killed. The crowd then
took May and hanged him to q tree in the court
house yard. This is the third iynching at this
place.
Newton Carpenter, q negro living near Stark
vile, Miss, after confessing to having poisoned
two boys in 1882, was arrested near that place
on the night of the 18th, by posse of citizens.
A auack doctor named Mack, from whom Car
penter got the poison was also arrested. On
the way to the jail q mob took the prisoners and
hanged them to convenient trees.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
The ScOurge.

Advices from France of the 18th report nine
deaths the previous night. The mayor of the
city is stricken down. S1xty-eix deaths at Mar
settles in twenty-four hours. The sporadic
cases are reported at Alexandria, one fatal
The plague has shown itself at Pottava, Siberia
A disease known as the Siberian plague has
also broken out in that country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
Disaster in India.

dispatch from Pondicherry, the capital of
the French possessions in India, on the 10th,
states that rocket exploded during the cele-
bration of the fall of the Bastlle in building
which contained large quantity of fireworks.
A fearful explosion resulted. Fifteen persons
were killed and many injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
4 Desperate Prisoner.

ibertine named Sam Gibson from jail on the
night of the 18th, for the purpose of drowning
him. Gibson, although handcuffed, fought
desperately with razor inficting terrible
wounds on five of the lynchers, three of whom
will probably die. Gibson was shot dead dur
ing the struggle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23

Constables Joseph Hincekly and William Nc
Gowan, of Dubuque, Ia, went on the 18th in
search of q party Of thieves. In jumping from
the wagon the pistol of the latter was accident
ally discharged. The ball passed through Nc
Gowan's head, killing him instantly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
Heroic Sacrifice.

Near Boiling, Ala, on the 18th, a north
bound train on the Mobile & Montgomery road
ran over an aged woman named Spence, killing
her instantly. Walking along the roadside with
her little adopted daughter, the latter became
frightened at the approaching train and ran on
the track. The old lady rushed to the rescue.
seized the child and threw it clear off the track.
While in the act the train ran her down, killing
her instantly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23

A LocKPoRT, N. Y, man recently ate
six pounds of baked beans in forty
minutes. Bostonians who wish to Sc
cure his address are respectfully re-
ferred to the cemetery commissioners
at Lockport.-[ Burlington Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23

Ninety Orangemen and Nationalists, arrested
at Belfast, Ireland, for participation in riotous
fenced on the following day to terms of i'm
prisonment ranging from one to nine months.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
The Cash Affair Heard From.

A special from Cheraw, s. c., of the 18th
inst. states that Hawley Douglass, supposed
to have been the leader of the posse that
killed Began Cash, was shot down while in the
field. He claims to know the shootist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
A Little Blow Up.

At Salisbury, England, on the night of the
10th, an attempt was made to blow up the
monument to Lord Herbert with gun powder.
The pedestal was injured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
Yum-Yumi

One thousand gallons of ice cream and
half a ton of cake were consumed by the teach
ers at Gov. Rusk's reception, on the evening
of the 18th inst. The reception was evidently
success.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
The National Game.

The Bostons still lead in the National League
championship by virtue of one game over
Providence. New York is playing :. strong
game and is good third. Buffalo occupies
fourth place. Chicago fifth, Cleveland sixth,
lowing is the schedule:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23

The remains of the Prince of Orange were in
tered with great romp at The Hague, on the
18th inst. Representatives of all the houses of
Europe were present.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
Fire and Life.

A number of ice houses on the Maumee
River, near Toledo, burned, together with a
sand scow at the dock on the 10Th inst. Two of
the crew of the scow were burned to death, and
third SO badly scorched that he will probably
die
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
An Idiots Deed.

1t Baltimore, on the 10Th, Valentine Fritz,
an old man, was Frustrated by the heat. While
in an unconscious condition, he was murdered
by an idiot son, who drove nail into his
narenf,R head.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23

At Iron Gate, Va, on the 10th inst, Thomas
johnson stripped his step son to fog him. The
boy sprang away and dashed into the river.
Johnson followed, and both were drowned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
Eatal Rai1wav Accident,

An express train on the Manchester Shelf
field Railway was wrecked near Permission,
England, on the 10th. Twenty-Five persons
were killed, and forty or more hurt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
Teachers In Convention.

The National Teachers Association began its
session at Madison on the 18th. Over 10000
educators from various parts of the United
States are in attendance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
Who Struck First.

China and France are endeavoring to deter
mine who fred the first shot at Langson. Up
on this point depends the exaction of idemnity
bv France
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
SoIo of a Railroad.

The q. s. district court at Cincinnati, ON the
18th. confirmed the sale of the several divisions
Of the Toledo, Cincinnati & st. Louis Railroad.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23

The t1estle-work of a skating rink in course
of construction on West Washington Street,
Chicago, fell on the 10th, killing two workmen
and injuring dozen others.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
The scourge Spreading.

A London dispatch of the 18th says
steamer has arrived in the Mersey from
Marseilles, on which two deaths from cholera
occurred.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23

A box of explosives, said to have been taken ss
from an American vessel, was discovered 81 tae
London custom-house, on the 10th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Depot Burned .
More Dynamite.

The navigation depot at Tonache, France,
burned on the 10th. Loss 1000, 900 francs.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-01-18
SheriTs Sale.
. O o ID L N

In dS Circuit Court ofd> St1te Of Oregon,
for de County Of Linn
John Davis, Plaintiff.
W.
John II Davidson, susan Davidson and
william Wolfe, Defendants.
DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION
ID and order OF sale issued out Of the
above named Court I'm the above entitled
suit, viii on Saturday the 20th day OF
January, 1884, al the Court House door In
the city Of Albany, Linn County, Oregon,
at the hour Of one o'clock, p. m, sell At
public auction for cash in hand TO tho
highest bidder the real property described
on said execution as follows, to-wit: Be-
ginning at the northeast corner OF block
End In Hackleman's second addition 20
the city OF Albany, as hesaIne II designat
cd and described on the maps and plats Of
said addition now on file In the office Of
the County Clerk OF Linn county, Oregon,
running thence south one hundred and
Ten feet parallel with Jefferson street In
said addition thence west sixty-six feet
parallel with Fifth street thence north
one hundred and ten feet parallel with
Jefferson street; thence east sixty-six feet
parallel with 5th street 10 the place, OF be-
ginning the proceeds arising from the sale
OF saidpremises 70 bS applied first to the
payment OF the costs and disbursements Of
suit taxed at SIS. 40 and the costs and ex-
penses OF sale, second TO the payment Of
the Plaintiffs claim amounting 70 $3.50
and interest at the rate Of eight per cent,
per annum from the 23rd day Of October
1888, and the remainder II sny 10 be paid
over 70 the defendants, John III Davidson
and Susan Davidson.
Dated this 18th day Of December, 1889.
GEO. HUMPHRKY,
Sheriff OF Linn county.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-01-18

J " Rector recently shipped about $50
boxss of apples to Portland. getting sI.So q
box net.
Francis SeepOr and J 8 Churchill started
for the cour D'Alene miaos last Tuesday.
The "Plug Ugly Band" went to scrsnads
the newly married couple, Dir and Mrs War.
rem, but after playing some Of their most
tumultous pieces, found they were not at the
house. and then they went home Chagrined.
and Il Is 10 be hoped wiser. 1but no, the next
night they again tried it. and again went to
the wrong house. So crazy have tho boys
gone over the chivareing business that re-
Gently when an old gentleman and widow
happened 10 60 to Albany and como back ON
the same train they took il 70. granted that
they were married and gave the worthy and
innocent lady : genuine chlyares.
Scarlet fever continues in the Oak Plain
District.
Born-To the wife Of II MsEsary, on Jan.
II, 1854 boy.
The teachers at Halsey will attend the
teachers meeting at Shedd's next Saturday.
The Busle does not blow this week, but
viii be on time next week.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-01-18
SWEET HOME ITEMS.
Mona.

IN GAllikon. rovivAliss. has been labor.
Ing at Sweet Home to bring sinners to sanct-
ifcation. A Holy Band, with 81 members
has been organized, and now our esrrospon-
dent says. there is hopes OF Sweet Homes
becoming civilized.
] L Brooks is teacher in District SIS.
4 sister Of Mrs Brooks who has bean en-
visit 10 Sweet Home. and hAs been very sick.
Is reported better.
Miss Bstty GillilAad was married At the
Depot Hotel In Albany on the 5th. and i'm
msdiAtely left With her husband foe her new
home in California.
Elizabeth Settle has returned home from .
four months visit in the valley.
J. Summer has sold his ranch in Sweet
Home. and viii go east Of ths mountains IN
the spring.
Davis has been very low with infiamma.
tory rheumatism.
VIM McKinnon and E Haner. have chang.
ed places, the former going to Canyon Greek,
the latter coming to Sweet Home.
Sweet Home has good grist mill. 4s
pounds Of good dour are received pOr bushel
after tolling.
Sweet Home has no Smith, no lawyer
and doctors.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-01-18
Kxox BUTTE ITEMS.

I'D aud Mat Chambers are cutting weod
near the Santiam.
Several Of the Knox Butte young mon
are anxious for tho young ladies TO un.
derstAnd that it is leap year.
A yeung man who was In The Albany
hunting match last Friday from Knox
Butte, came to Albany before hand 10 get
q pair Of rubber boots, bat on getting homo
was considerably ohagrIned 70 find both
were for tho Same feet and that was why
he killed 20 many geese.
Mr. Jesse Archibald has number OF
Chinese grabbing for him.
This week J Z Knox and n Cox are
slaughtering % hogs.
Rumor says Knxo Butte will soon be
afiilcted with wedding, which II In hoped
Will prove true.
On Saturday, Jan. 18th, Knox Butte
Grange win mest 10 INSTALL officers for the
ensuing year. A big dinner viii DO pre-
pared and Ane time no doubt be had, as
extensive preparatIonn are being made.
On the 6sh the Council mot at Harmon y
Grange whore . splondld Topast was serv-
cd 10 fall house.
The following officers were Installed by
the A o U T At tho hail on Jan 10:
J e Knox. Past Tempiar,
G Powell, Templar.
Mrs wIlds, Vice Templar.
Mrs Meso Miller, Lecturer.
Geo GeIsendorfer, Recorder,
Mrs J + Knox, Ass't Recorder.
Mr. wilds, Financier.
q ~ Konx, Treasurer.
Frank Trites, Marshal.
Miss Lue Powell, Asst Marshal.
TsyloF Propst, Guard.
Tom McNaliy II visiting friends In Knox
Butte.
There ls no school at the Butte this win.
ter.
Evorclte aud Smith Knox are attending
school At Lebanon. and s 3 Knox at Al
bany.
Fred Lynss Is buyIag calves 10 take 10
Eastern Oregon.
Mr. Aionzo Miller, formerly Of Kno1
Butte, butsnow Of Seattle, is visiting rela.
tivss near the Butte.
Rev Judy, Of Albany will preach q
Trinity church en- next Sunday.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-01-18
Referees Sale.

Notice is hereby given that the undersign-
ed, the duly appointed referees in the suit
now pending IN the Circuit Court Of the
Stateof Oregon for the county Of Linn, where
in II. ID. Burkhart and Nellie o. Royse are
Plaintiffs, and Robert l. BurkhATt, VIII
liam BurkhArt, Bessie Is. Burkhart and M.
A. Burkhart are Defendants, will, on Satur.
day March lst, 1854, between the hours Of
0o'clock, .. m. and ( o'clock p. M, Of
said day. to-wit: at the hour Of one o'clock
p m, Of said day, at the door Of the Court
House in Albany. Linn county. Oregon,
offer for sale At public auction to the highest
bidder the following described real prop
erty. to-wit
Attraction purchased Of j. NJ. Mcconnell,
described as follows
Beginning AZ the northwest corner OF
Claim No. 30 in Township | 1, south range
3, west Of tho Willamette Meridian, and
running thence south i 30 cast 20 o. 100
chains 20 q stake in the center Of the road
leading from Albanyto Salem; thence north
So q east 20 O7-l00 chains to = stake !;
thence south so IS west on the north
boundary line Of said claim "a 30l00 chains
10 the place Of beginning, containing . 80
100 acrcs, less all Of the land on the north
side Of tho creek contained in the above de-
scribed real property sold TO Ann PAyton.
the balance remaining being Il acres more
or less. Also Lots three, four, FIVE and six in
block No. Il9 in HacklemAn's Addition 70
10 the city Of Albany, Linn county, Oregon,
A appears from the map and plat of said
addition now on file and recorded in the
Office Of the County Clerk Of said Linn
County, Oregon.
Terms Of Sale-U S gold coin, cash in
hand on the day Of sale.
Dated this 18th day Of JAN, 1884.
VI. PAYSR,
LOUIS Cox, Referees.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-01-18
SOCIAL And PERSONAL.

Mayor Board. Of Solo. was In Albany. Oh,
FIRST Of tho week,
DR. ] L Hill went to Junction Wednesday
10 attend Dr. Loe, who Is dangerously III.
Hos NJ Shannon, OF Monroe called on us
Wednesday, while on his way to Salem.
Mrs Al Church, Of Portland. il visiting At
her iarthOr's, Mr. Jos Webbsr's In this city.
DR. Edward r Geary, Of Ashland, former.
" of Albany, was in the city tho iirat Of the
week,
Mira r II Raymond and sister. Of Salem,
have been In Albany this week visiting
friends.
Sol Stock. II w Vincent, T. Johnstons
and ! Jacobs, Of Corvallis, woro in the city
Sunday.
Craigie Sharp, agent for tho Res Shore,
has been In the city in the interest Of that
journal lately.
Nr Ala Harris was In Albany the frat OF
the week. He makos live commercial
tourist and serves his employers well.
0P Coshaw and II II Powell, of Browns.
vile, two of the DEMocRAr's most faithful
frieads were in Albany Monday, and mads
us pleasant call.
Judge o NlDenny. Consul General, at
Shanghai, arrived in San Francisco ON Jan.
9th ON bis way to Washington. where II 10
shought he viii resign his Office. He 10 one
Of the best CoHsuls the United States has had
IN foreign countries, and on leaving China
received from tho people Of Shanghai. Of all |
classes. the greatest praises possible.
Mr. F p Cavinoss Is visiting In Albany. |
He has just returned from the East, whore |
40 was received with great favor. particular.
y At Washington. Baltimore, Philadelphia
md Portland. Maine. He Saw everything
md everybody. and never was treated better
a his life. Mr. Caviness reports that there
viii be big immigration hero this year.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-01-18
RRowssvILra ITEMS

| Mrs AIico Tucker who has been visiting
friends In thls city for tho past week win 70
turn 10 her home In McSiinnyills en th,
18th,
Mr. aud Mrs w NJ Cochran will start q
California on the 10th, for Mrs Cochran
health.
Mr. V O Brock got his hand cut very badly
last Saturday night by falling on one Of the
footlights.
Elmer Carrsns iutends starting 10 Port.
land Wednesday, whore ho will spond few
weeks.
The Brownsville Amateur Dramatic Club
gave an entertainment at Crawfordsville last
Saturday night.
Mr. Nate Standish is having hall fitted
mp for . skating rink, over his blacksmith
shop.
The South Brownsville school house has
boen fitted up aud partitionod of into two
rooms, aud Is TO have Prof Brooks wife ~
assistant teacher.
Services were held at the Presbyterian
Church, during. the week Of prayer, conduct
ed by Rev VIM Robe. The Baptists are
holding revival meeting this week. Rev
WIN Robe, assisting Rev @ Sperry.
On last Thursday night State Supt. 4 B
McRlroy, lectnrsd before tho North Browns.
vile Graded Schools. Although there were
other meetings In session yet the City Hall
was we'll filed. Tho Introductory exercises
were something like the following Instru,
mental march by Ida CoshAw Greeting
song. by achool, Clyde Foster. chorist Iva
Templeton. organist Invocation by Rev G
Sperry song. 'Tsll Him 10 Halt" by school.
Iono Arthus aud Sarah Coshaw leaders,
Libbio Kay, orgAnist ; March played BY
cynthia spsrry defamation. "Rangs" BY
Alexander Kirk solo. "Little Brown jug"
By Maggie Anderson quArtstte, Sailing
Down LIES River" Ida Coshaw, Ione Ar.
thurs, Harvey stanard. Clyde Foster,
America Kirk, organist Satisfactory By
Florence Brown solo. ''Oaiy . Panssy
Blossom" by Misses Carrie and Cynthia
Sperry Lecture by Hon e D McElrey, on
the subject, ''Litsrature = parting hymn by |
the school Ida Mckinney and Ida Shack el.
ford leader, Alice HAnsman organist.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-01-18

Rev I G Hershner preached here on Satur-
day evening and Sunday morning Of last
week.
Says that bright paper. the West Side :
ferguson, the Insurance Agent, returned
yesterday, as he told US. from most any
place" This is somewhat indefinite. but we
presume 'Ferg' knows whore he was.
The sorrowful news reached US the other
day that Charlie Doughty, of Monmouth,
dislocated his right arm by throwing at a
COW in that place. DR. T ] Lee, Of Inde-
pendence, re-set the injured limb.
Prof Rigler was in town last week.
Miss Lille Richardson went TO Salem
Friday.
rs Haley, of Portland is In the city.
ProfJ " Buster, went below last Satur.
day on visit.
A.. E.S.