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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02

ing kerosene in the street cars. Such
an odor !" and she glared at the little
man.
81 shall inform the superintendent,
said the first lady aloud.
81 shall inform the president of the
road, !" said her friend with a fixed and
CLASSY stare.
Ladies'" said the little man cheer
fully, hadn't you better move The
kerosene from that lamp in the corner
of the car has been dripping down on ye
ever since we started, but seem We both
know so much I thought wouldn't say
anything"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Struck Oil.
[From the Detroit Free Press,

from the Detroit Free Press.J
It was a Woodward Avenue car. A
lady richly dressed sat in a corner of
the car and said to some one with her:
Sc smell kerosene oil.
$50 do I" answered her friend.
One after another got into the car,
and the lady in the corner shifted sus-
piciously, and at last fixed her eyes up
on quiet looking little man near the
door.
.Ibelieve he's got the oil, y she said
in stage whisper to her friend.
ST know It," replied the friend.
''There ought to be law against carry
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02

The saw-mill of Lombeau & NolI, near New
Orleans, burned on the 9th. Loss 1886, 900.
A shoe factory at Athol, Mass, burned on
the 10Th. Loss $4,000.
Fire destroyed part of the Utica IN. W
Match Factory on the Goth, involving loss of
$15, 900.
The Lafayette Touring mills, at Chippewa
Falls, Wis, burned on the 25th. Loss 1856, 900.
Fire in st. Louis on the night of the Oath re-
suited In a total loss of 1920, 900. Another
confiagration on the morning of the 25th caus-
ed loss of about $4,000.
The flour mill of George @. Thieleman, Cape
Girardeau, Mo-, burned on the oath. Loss
500. 600,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02

AT Newcastle, England, llately, IAN ost-
Ter and his master were charged at the
instance of the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with
ll-treating horse by cutting off por-
ton of his tail. 1t was stated that the
cutting off portion of horses tail to
improve its appearance was a custom
that prevailed all over England, ANDY
known as dressing. Three veterinary
surgeons said that it entailed upon the
animal great suffering. The bench said
that in consideration OF that being the
first prosecution in the North of Eng
land, they would infict only small fine,
but if another case came before them
the penalty would be heavy one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Ghe Bepnbtirau,
WATERTOWN, WIS.
FOREIGN TMMEGRATION.

For the eleven months ending Novem-
Der 30th, the number of immigrants
landed in this country was 536, 430, be
ing $50, 246 less than for the correspond
ing period last year. This years immi-
grants include 1T3, 169 from Germany,
6,207 from England and Wales, 62,627
from Ireland, SO, SOL from Sweden and
Norway, 1885 from Canada, 27,O44
from Italy, 1858 from Scotland, and
1854 from Austria.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02

THE United States boasts the only poi
sonous lizard, the Heloderma, speci-
men of which was recently exhibited at
the Central Park Zoo. Experiments
were tried with it at the Smithsonian,
and the scientist who was bitten was
dangerously affected, but was relieved
by immediate attention. The saliva is
found to be alkaline, and when injected
into pigeon caused death in nine min
utes. They are frequently found in
Montana fighting with snakes, always
coming out victors.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02

"DoN'T you think she is pretty p
said a fond mother to the father, as she
sfroked the baby's silken ha1r. The
father was in a sulken mood, something
had disagreed with him, and he replied
somewhat CURLY, Oh, all babies are
alike. They look like little monkeys;
Just then neighbor entered, and, TAX
inc the baby on her lap, said, " Mercy
on ms. how ike it's father that child is. .
SonerUiJLe Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Is He a, Crank2

Postmaster General Gresham was inter
viewed on the 9th by member of the New
Orleans bar, with the request that the New
Orleans cotton exhibition be placed on the list
of frauds and denied the use of the mails.
The claim was made that directors are in
league with the lottery company.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Sliding Snow.

Two fatal snowslides are reported from
Colorado on the oath. One at the Mendoza
mine carried away the shaft house, killing
eight men. Two men were killed at mine
near Montezuma in the same manner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Lynching and Revenge.

On the night of the oath d party of masked
men took four hard characters from a saloon
at McDade, Texas, and hanged them to tree.
The result of the frscas which ensued was the
killing of two of the avengers and two of the
lunnhnrS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
An Orange Riot.

A riot between Orangemen and Catholics at
Hsrbor Grace, N. F., on the 2Sth, resulted in
the death of five men and the serious if not
fatal injury of number of others.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
yInsnd for the Present.

Owing to pressure from the temperance ele-
ment all the saloons of Lawrence, Kansas,
closed their doors on the Goth. No liquor is
now to be had in the town.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Death on the Rail,

By the breaking of a bridge. near Salem,
Ind, on the oath, a passenger train on the
Louisville and Nashville road was wrecked.
Five persons were killed and large number
wounded. The cars caught fire and were a total
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
FiftY-three Saved.

Intelligence was received on the 9th from
Oporto, Portugal, of the arrival at that place
of fifty-three survivors of the lost steamer
Plantyn. They were rescued by the brig g..
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
After Many Years

Henry Mossis was convicted on the 26th at
Philadelphia for the robbery of a bank in Feb
ruary, 1871. Morris was on the police force at
the time of the robbery.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Confederate Treasure,

A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga, on the 28th,
gives details of the finding of a box of gold
to be part of the treasure of the confederate
cabinet, which was lost during the flight of that
body from Richmond at the close of the war.
The box was found among the roots of a tree
in Wilkes County, Ca, and on road taken by
the officials of the confederacy after their last
r,onofirnc
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02

Frank R. Sherwin, formerly of Milwaukee,
was convicted of contempt Of court at Albany,
n. Y, on the 2Sth, in the trial of the Phelps
defalcation case, and sent to the penitentiary
for two years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Murdnr and Arson

The bodies of Elizabeth Somerield and her
two children were found in the ashes of their
home, near Beverly, W. Va, on the 9th.
They had been foully murdered, and the cabin
set on fire to conceal the crime.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
PnrE No Pork

The decision of the French government ad
hitting the importation of American pork was
rescinded on the 9th, and after January goth
all American hog products will be shut out of
France.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Murder and Suicide.

Henry B. Rathbone, of Albany, New York, in
an insane fit, killed his wife and himself in
Hanover. Germany, on the 9th. They had
been in Europe for several months.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02

Three men quarreled over a girl in Clare
County, Mich, on Christmas The next day
they met and settled their difficulty with pis-
tolls. One, named Atwell, was seriously
wounded
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
A Sad Christmas,

A little 3-year-old-child in Chicago, under
treatment for scarlet fever, was given dose
of carbolic acid in mistake for medicine on the
25th, and died in few hours.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
NaiI Mills Shutdown

On the 29th all the nail mills connected with
the Western Association closed for six weeks,
for the purpose of reducing the stocks and
forcing up the price.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Whit n Fall WAS There.

Gen. Grant fell on an icy sidewalk near his
residence IN New York, on the 9th, injuriug
one thigh in such a manner as to paralyze the
limb
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02

THE life of Brahmin woman is sad
enough to reconcile even a woman's
rights woman to her own peculiar trials.
Cut off from all intercourse and unable
to read and write, they are married at
10 years of age, mothers at Is and old
at %.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Marine EX0IOSiOO,

The steamer Severn exploded her boiler at
Carthagena, Uuited States of Columbia, South
America, on the oath. Seven men were killed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Death of an Irish Nationali

John Mccarthy Scully, prominent Irish
was found dead in bed at his resi-
dence in New York on the 30th. Heart disease.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02

A dispatch from Cairo of the 18th states that
Baker Pasha has started for the front, having
been appointed to command the Egyptian forces
at Suakim.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02

The Ohio liquor dealers, IN convention at
Columbus on the 29th adopted resolutions call
ing for the repeal of the Scott law.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
Deeds of Blood.

Gustavus Wehrl;ch, a prominent resident of
Watertown, Wis, committed suicide on the
29th.
J. L. Brooks, of Ellis Junction. Wis, shot
himself on the 28th with suicidal intent. He
succeeded.
A preacher named Cook at Fort DoneIson,
Ill.,, shot and killed nurse whom he had en-
ployed to care for his wife. He was after
wards captured by q posse of citizens, ana is
thought to have been iynched.
William Fox was executed at Nevada, Mo-,
on the 28th for the murder of Thomas Howard
last May. The execution was witnessed by ten
thousand people.
An escaped Michigan convict named Hatfield
was arrested at Malone, N. Y, on the 25th,
after desperate struggle in which he stabbed
several people more or less seriously.
London reports another harmless Internal
machine explosion on the 25th.
Richard Won Sternberg. German nobleman,
died in hospital on the 25th from the effects
of poison administered by himself
In a difficulty" between two parties Of
white and colored citizens at Yazoo City, Miss,
on the night of the oath three white men were
killed and two mortally wounded.
Minor Mention.
The coroners jury in the case of young
carpenter named Rienow, who died suddenlyin
a saloon at Mazomanie, Wis, on the Both, was
to the point. "Too much whisky
Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Humphreys, U. S. A.,
died at Washington on the 28th.
lighter loaded with 1000 hOgsbeads of
sugar swamped in the river at New York on
the 9th.
Theodore Wise, prominent Milwaukee dry
goods merchant, died on the 18th of consunlp-
ton.
Miss Belle Dodson, of Mclean County, I'll
was run over and killed by railroad train at
Joliet, on the 29th.
Charles Kretchmar. Chicago livery man,
fell near his residence on the Goth in such a
manner as to break his neck
Richard Barrett, laborer living at Cleva-
land, was notified on the 9th that he had
fallen heir to $4,000 worth of property in Ire
land.
Some one attempted to blow up the state
capitol building at Frankfort, KY, on the
Goth, by placing keg of powder with lighted
fuse in one of the corridors The only dam
age was broken glass.
By the breaking of bridge on the Chester
and Lenoir narrow guage road near Charlotte,
N. O.. on the 9th, the engineer and fireman
were killed.
A socialist labor congress is in session at
Baltimore.
John Furlong, pioneer settler of Milwau-
kee, died suddenly at his residence on the
26th.
ma, Ohio, on the 26th, killing two girls,
Two men were killed during the burning of a
furniture factory at st. Louis on the 25th.
An explosion of gas in a Pittsburg livery
stable on the oath killed several valuable AMI
mails.
A locomotive got stuck in snow drift near
New Haven, Conn, on the oath. The boiler
was exploded by snow getting in the furnace,
and the fireman and engineer were killed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.


Death at 10.
Mrs. Lucy Bu1rel, colored woman, aged
ITO years, died at Milwaukee on the 28th.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-02

WaEAT-No. 2, Red. ................
OoRN-Mixed... ........s.......
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-31

DIFFERENCE IN TIME.

AS not more than one person in five
thousand can explain the change Of
time and how the new standard which
has been adopted is regulated, it may
be interesting to know something of
the regulations more definitely. The
meaning of the phrase difference in
timen is too well known to require
explanation. 1t is sufficient to say
that for every Is miles one travels
west he will find his watch Just one
minute too fast; and when he has
travelled 900 miles, or l50 of longitude,
his watch will he one hour too fast.
This difference of time caused endless
confusion to railroads and to every
one who traveled-and everyone does
travel nowadays. Almost the first
difficulty one met with in going any
distance was this difference in time;
and some figuring, quite often under
difficulties, had to be done at each
stopping place. To remedy these
evils the new plan has been adopted,
and is the official time for all towns
and cities. This plan divides the
country into divisions running north
and south each l5o, or 900 miles wide,
and every town or city in each now
has tllt SdIIIt tIiflC. i vi CDIlN tllltlltC
the meridians adopted as the centers
of the divisions are the 60th. 18th, 9Oth,
105th and 120th. The effect of this
plan was to reduce the various stand
ards of time from over fifty 20 five,
and the minute hands of timepieces
are now the same throughout the
country. Many people are opposed
on general principle to anything new,
and probably at first objected to
changing their watches or clocks, but
they soon began to appreciate the
simplicity of the new system and
adopt it. In Il large number of places
the change was very small, and in no
case did it exceed 30 minutes, and as
there are few people that would real
ize that any change had been made if
all the clocks and watches in their
town We're to be changed 30 minutes
during the night without their kuowl-
edge the new plan works no incon-
veniencc. AS time was formerly
reckoned person leaving Boston for
Jacksonville, Florida, would find his
watch differing from local time all
along the route. Msile under the new
plan it would be exactly right at every
place. y person leaving any eastern
city for the west would also find his
watch at variance with the time ofthe
place he went through, but hereafter
the minutes and seconds will always
he right; but after a division is passed
his watch will he eXactlyan hour fast,
Il fact very easily borne IN mind, while
it is utterly impossible to keepin ones
memory the various local times for
meyly in use.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-31

There is a language of umbrellas as
well as of flowers. FOrinstance, place
your umbrella in rack and it will
indicate that it is about to change
owners. TO open it quickly in the
street means that somebody's eye is
going to be put out; TO shut it, that a
hat or two is going to be knocked off.
An umbrella carried over woman
the man getting nothing but the drip
pings of the rain signifies courtship.
When the man has the umbrella and
the woman the drippings, it indicates
they are married. To punch your
umbrella into a person and then open
it, means 81 dislike you" To swing
your umbrella over your head signi-
ties 81 am makinga nuisance of my
self" 70 trail your umbrella along
the footpath means that the man be-
hind you is thirsting for your blood.
70 carry it at right angles under your
arm signifies that an eye is to be lost
by the man who follows you. 70
open an umbrella quickly, it is said,
will frighten IA mad bull. To put
cotton umbrella beside silk one sig
nifies Exchange is no robbery 10
purchase an umbrella means 81 am
not smart, but honest" To lend an
umbrella indicates II am fool" To
return an umbrella means-well, never
mind what it means-nobody ever
does that. TO turn an umbrella in Il
gust of wind pressages profanity. To
carry your umbrella in case denotes
that it is shabby one. To carry an
open umbrella just high enough to
tear out mems eyes and knock off
mems hats, signifies lam a woman"
To press an umbrella Oh your friend
on "a rainy day, saying, "Oh, do take
it; ! much rather you would than
notw signifies you are lying. 70 give
Il friend half of your umbrella means
that both of you will get wet. To
carry it from home in the morning
means ait Will clear off,"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-31
More Wonderful than the Yellowstone.

The wonders of the Yellowstone re-
zion are said To be rivaled, il not eX-
celled, 10y the recent discoveries of
Prof. Pumpelly'S surveying party in
Northern Montana. The region eX-
p!ored is around the upper Medias
pass, west of the Rocky mountain
range, and about $50 miles north OF
Missnula. Aside from the mountain
scenery there are three great amphi-
theatres, in one of which Prof. Pun
pelly counted - Cascades over 500
feet in height. while on n neighbor-
ing mountain i true glacier, having
"A frontage of at least mile, aud in
some places a fall estimated at 500 feet
in height The y. Z. railroad runs
near enough to these new wonders to
make them easily accessible to the Gu
rious.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-31

\ railroad labnrcr, standing at the
bar of II ColfaX saloon, while holding
II glass Of whl>key in his hand, east
his eye along the line of individuals
who had dropped in To take smoke,
aud remarked: "Whiskey is the tyui-
cal American beverage; and it's the
great American leveler. Take II look
at this bar. Look at me, and then at
the class with whom Pm brought in
contact. Standing at my elbow is Il
merchant, next To him is mule
driver. down near the center stands Il
sheep-herder, toward the other end is
n iollicking cowboy, ana at the end
of the counter stands-great Caesar. do
my eyes deceive? Can | be mistaken?
He looks like, and | believe it is, II
lawyer? 70 tins have | come at last?
Drinking with "A lawyer, I'm glad
I'm stranger here. Yes, boys, whis-
key is "A leveler. I'm royal railroader,
aud sometimes take my toddy, but |
never got quite so low down before.
a lawyer if | can believe my eyes.
Well, lawyer or no lawyer, here goes. "
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-31

4 special dispatch from Billings,
Montana territory, says: Jack Mayer
has redscovered the bed of the long
lost Carbon mine in Montana, which
j. immensely rich. 1t is located near
the headwaters of the Big Horn river.
This j. the mine which three old
timers discovered in early territorial
times. Two Of the discoveries were
murdered by Indians and the survivor
became insane, and could never trace
the trail. Since then the discovery
had passed into territorial tradition.
The lode is reported to come out at
the river, at n point where surface
indications show width OF 520 feet,
and n height of sixty feet. Myei
claims to have traced the lode fOl
twenty-five miles, and in places hc
found it 600 feet wide. 1t is free mill
ing quartz and every pan shows q
prospect.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-31

4 Big CITY.-Harry Struve, who
has just made trip down t. Austria
liza on the ship Oriental and back
again, speaks very highly of the city
of Melbourne. 1t has n population of
800 900 souls, and is laid out with un-
failing regularity, every street meet
ing every other street at right angles.
there being no jogs or Irregularities
whatever The streets are all of great
width, and the town is built in the
most substantial manner, with every
desirable establishment. The citi-
Zens claim there j. not "A finer city in
the world than Melbourne, and Harry,
after seeing il, fully believed them.
The trip down on the Oriental was
not enough to sicken Harry Of the sea,
and he anticipates All early return TO
that element. Seattle Post.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-31

The McMinnville Reporter says:
For the past year or more we have
heard reports of their being signs of
coal found in the foothills west of
North Iamhill; but not until recently
has there been prospecting enough to
demonstrate the fact that coal could
he found in sufficient quantities to pu,, :
for working. But recently the mat
ter was taken in hand by Messrs. T..
b. Nelson and Charles English of
Lafayette and judging from the spec
linens handed us that came from the
vein found, their labor and trouble
will he we'll re paid. These gentlemen
have gone To depth of about 5 feet
aud find vein about three feet wide
and of unknown depth, and it is their
opinion that the hill into which they
are at work is one solid body of coal.
The specimen shows il to be Of II SUI
perior quality--better than any we
have seen produced from the various
mines of this coast, being perfect y
clean and pure; in fact, IA gen line n =
ticle. This find situated about y
miles west of North lamhill, on the
Mayhew farm.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-31

Stop that cough, by the use OF
Ayers Cherry Pectoral-the best spe-
cific ever known for all diseases of the
throat and lungs. 1t will soothe the
rough feeling in your throat, give
the vocal organs flexibility and vi
tality, and enable you TO breathe aud
speak clearly.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-31

Hillsboro Independents Jerome
Porter has sold hi- famous race mare,
Trade Dollar, for Sl5oo, to Ayers Il Co,
who have taken her to San Francisco.
She Is about nine years old. Jerome
is one of the best horsemen in the
state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-13
Millions of Oranges.

II is said that tWenty-four steam
ships are kept busy by one firm in
bringing fruit from Mediterranean
ports to New York. Twelve of them
are passenger vessels, the greater part
of whose cargoes are composed of
fruit. The other twelve are freight
vessels, whose westward cargoes are
composed wholly Of fruit. The car.
goes are discharged at Brooklyn
pier near the Wall street ferry.
In the steamships the boxes OF fruit
are piled so that the air can circulate
freely all about them, and strong
currents of air are swept through the
holes by means OF wind mills.
4 box OF oranges landed in Brooks
Ign has cost, everything included. 50.
It brings from 81 to S. according to
its condition and the state of the
market. The ocean freight costs
S1cts. The season here for oranges
lasts from early December until early
June. Tnen the dried fruit trade
begins. This lasts until December.
|. is said that one u1illion boxes Of
raisins are often received in one
month"; New York Sun.