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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14
Irritable MIR. Cook.
Norwich IN. W Cor. New York Times.]

Norwich IN. " Cor. New York Times.]
The recent performance of the Rev.
Joseph Cook at Keene, n. H., has
brought to light performance of his
while on his way to lecture in this vii
lage last January. The night before he
had lectured in Syracuse and left that
city by the Syracuse & Chenango Val
ley Road for Norwich. The train which
left Syracuse at noon was slow accom-
modat1on train, one of the kind of trains
which runs to accommodate the en-
ployes of the road. The train reached
Earlville, station where connection is
made with the New York & Ontario
Road, three hours late, butyet in plenty
of time for the passengers to reach Nor
wich that afternoon. However, it was
necessary to wait some time atEarlville,
place evidently not agreeable to the
Rev. Joseph. In the Earlville station a
man took out his pipe and tobacco and
prepared to while away the time. This
raised the ire of Mr.. Cook, who began
to abuse him and asked "if he was
raised in stable" He continued in
this strain and the man stopped smok-
ing. Yet this action was not sufficient
to quiet Mr.. Cook, who continued his
abuse. Then Mr.. Smoker said he would
smoke anyway, and again prepared for
a smoke. The station agent appeared
on the scene of action and told the gen.
tleman that he could not allow smoking
in the sitting-room. This even did not
satisfy Mr.. Cook. He continued to talk
at the man who had smoked, and found
fault with everything, especially the
railroad. 4 lawyer from De Ruyter,
whose language is much more forcible
than elegant at some times, was in the
sitting groom, and kept quiet until Mr..
Cooks abusive talk became unendura.
BILE. Mr.. Cook told the lawyer what he
thought of him and his conduct, but the
lawyer was full match for him, and
very soon he was terribly enraged. Mr..
Cook called the lawyer a drunkard,
whereupon the lawyer offered to bet that
Cook had bottle of whisky in his
satchel. At this point some ladies en-
tered the waiting-room, and the station
agent told Mr.. Cook to stop his noise or
leave the room. After few words with
the station agent, in which Mr., Cook
found out that it meant business, he
took seat in the corner and kept very
quiet. The best of it was that neither
the station agent nor any others in the
room knew that they had silenced the
Rev. Joseph Cook.
Afterleaving Earlville, upon the train
to Norwich, there was lady with a lit.
tie child. The child, who cried a little,
disturbed the peaceful thoughts of Mr..
Cook. Thereupon he requested the
conductor to have the mother and child
removed to the baggage car. 1t is need
less to say that his request was not com
piled with,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14
Did Not Lose Her Head.
from the Denver Tribune.1

from the Denver Tribune.1
Last Saturday evening, as Mrs. j. G.
Alexander was walking up Welton
Street, she was ordered to halt by two
men who stepped from behind tree in
front OF her. One of the men took hold
of her in a rough manner, attempting
to search her, at the same time demand
ing her money. The villain placed his
hand over her mouth to prevent an
alarm, and he proceeded to search her,
when he was suddenly interrupted by
very painful sensation. Mrs. Alexander
bit through his middle finger, inflicting
serious wound and drawing blood in
streams. Then, with great presence of
mind. she threw the highwayman back
and drew from her pocket purse con-
tanning 81 and handed it to the man, say
ing: "Here is all the money have.
Take 1t" The thief took it, and the
two men walked off without further mo-
testing the lady. Mrs. Alexander had
a gold watch and about $50 in money
concealed in her bosom, which the rob-
bers failed to capture by her quick ac-
ton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14
ANIMAL INSTINCT.
Remarkable Conduct of Horse Belong
ing to a Supposed Assassin.

Remarkable Conduct of a Horse Belong
ing to a Supposed Assassin.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 9.-When
the headless body of Frederick Stahl, a
prosperous butcher, was found in the
Wissahickon Greek three weeks ago
there were wheel-tracks alongside, which
turned away from the creek at the point
where the body was found, showing that
the mutilated corpse had undoubtedly
been brought there by the murderer in
q wagon, Stahls nearest friend and debt
or, Robert Deiteric, was committed to
prison yesterday on purely circumstantlal
evidence to answer for the crime. Yes
terday novel experiment was tried at
the suggestion of DIR. Euidekoper,
professor Of veterinary surgery at the
University of Pennsylvania, who il a
firm believer in animal instinct. Delte-
RIGS favorite horse, which has not been
taken from the stable since it's owners
arrest, was harnessed to light wagon
and driven to Germantown by the sur
geon, Coroner Powers and detective.
At Germantown road the animal was
given free rein and allowed to follow it's
own lead. eff the horse has ever
been in this crooked road BEFORE"
said DIR. Huidekoper, she will fol-
low the same path gone over before un-
less he is directed to the contrary"
There are four forks in the road before
the creek, where the body was found, is
reached. The horse followed the right
road slowly, sometimes walking. The
underbrush was quite thick. Deiteric's
horse took the officers of the law to the
border of the creek, turned toward the
bank, and stopped at the actual spot
where the corpse was found.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14

! ness, close bargainers, ask one another,
"How are you getting on?"
The national salutation of Naples was
formerly, 'Grow in gracei" Atpresent,
in all parts of Italy, they use a phrase
equivalent to, elbow are you?"
The spaniards say, SHOW are you
passing it?'
The French, elbow do you carry
yourself?
The Germans, Chow does it go?"
The Dutch, "How do you travel?"
The Swedes, ''How can you?" mean
ing, care you in good vigor?"
The Russians, "Be well!'
The English-speaking races, in addi-
ton to the juvenile and telephone
"HelloI" say, GLOW are you?" and
"How do you do?"
We also take off the hat, shake hands,
embrace, bow and kiss, as, in other
chimes, people rub noses, touch fore
heads and take off their shoes.
The American in Italy is surprised to
see men embrace and kiss each other, as
in Bible lands.
The Italians In turn look upon our
Misunderstanding as cold and ridiculous,
the bobbing up and down of the arm
having no meaning whatever in their
view.
The touching of thu tips of gloved
fingers, II more graceful than hand-shak-
ing, must also seem to people of the
East as professional and expressionless.
The bow, as a mark of respect, is
custom used by nearly all nations, and
one that had it's origin in ancient times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14
A Colorado SnOW-sIide.
from the Denver NeWs.l

One of the grandest snow-slides that
ever occurred in Colorado took place q
few days ago just back of the Upper
Twin lakes. Judge Harlan, an eye-wit-
ness, says it was the most sublime sight
that he ever witnessed. Just back of
the Twin lakes are Pomeroy, Gordon,
and Francis gulches, on each side Of
which the mountains rise thousands of
feet. The sides of these giants of the
Rockies had been covered during the
heavy and protracted storms with an
enormous depth of snow, until the weight
had become such that it could be sus-
tanned no longer. The Judge says that,
as it happened, he was standing where
he could see the avalanche perfectly.
ALI at once he heard a low rumbing
sound that seemed like the roar of a dis
tant storm, and almost simultaneously
an immense volume of snow began to
move down the mountain side in one of
the gulches toward the road. The agita-
ton seemed to break loose the snow
from it's moorings in the other two
gulches, and almost before one had
time to think hundreds of acres of snow
were coming down the mountain with a
roar like thunder and filing the air with
spray as they tore through the trees and
carried everything before them. AS they
descended their velocity increased, until
the rapidity with which the great
field of snow and debris came down was
something terrific. The distance, he
says, must have been mile from where
the avalanche started to the valley where
it stopped. So deep was the snow that
a grove of quaking asp, whose trees
were from twenty to forty feet high, was
completely buried from sight. Logs
foot and half in thickness that lay in
the way of the slide were snapped in
two like straws. Trees that were too
tall to be covered up were torn from
their rooted places in the mountain side
and carried like leaves with the ava
lanche. The velocity of air produced
by the avalanche blew down trees that
were clear outside of the track of the
slide
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14

the disaster to the steamer. All speak
fayorably of Officer Allen and agree
that the City of Rome refused assist
ance. She was so near that it was I'M
possible not to have seen and under
stood the signals. All corroborate the
bravery of Engineer Balm and Anderson
and testify to the action of the second
officer of the Florida, who was lost.
Capt. Hepburn, of the Ponema, makes
the first statement coming from that
vessels crew. He says he can give no
information as to the cause OF the acct
dent. He retired half an hour before
the collision which knocked him out OF
| bed. Three minutes afterwards he
found himself in the sea without ship.
| All hands were washed off while trying
to lower the boats. The other two
saved from the Ponema are Thomas
Nicholson, of Shetland and Angela
Rosa, of Triste, the lost
are as follows: Williams. mate;
Knudsen, second mate; Fullerton,
steward; Blon, carpenter; and Norman,
Shaw, Davidson, Jacobsen, Paul, Busy,
Lyons, J johnston and two Italians. The
captain saved no papers. Mate William
son was on duty when the accident &C.
Cured. The captain saw some OF the
officers after the collision. Hepburn
did not see the Florida and did not know
she had gone down. He did not know
what struck them. They were in the
boat thirty-four hours. The Theresa
picked them up about half an
hour before it came upon the first OF the
Florida's boats.
Capt. Hansen, of the Theresa, made
the following startling charge: The
steamship City of Rome was sighted
Wednesday, April %. The sea was
smooth and the weather clear-one OF
the finest days since taking the ship
wrecked party on board.
Chow near did she pass ?"
$50 near that you could heave bis
cult. At all events,'' said the
captain, "within three ship lengths.
We had hung our ensign upside down,
the usual signal of distress. She hoisted
an answering pennant, but never slowed
up, and proceeded on her way"
Capt. Hepburn, Capt. Hansen, Miss
MacFarlane, VIM. Hislop and several
others agree to the correctness of the
above. They also deny the possibility
of the signal not having been seen.
When told that the City of Rome re-
ported the Theresa with portion of
shipwrecked crew on board, they insisted
that they never signaled the fact, but
shouted to that effect from the top of
the bark's forecastle. They shouted
"Come back, come back; we have the
crew of the Florida but beyond
hanging out the answering pennant the
steamship took no notice of them.
Thomas Nicholson was on the deck of
the Ponema when the collision occurred.
He was not on duty, but was merely
walking the deck. He says the bark
was on the starboard tack, showing her
port light. There must have been some
thing fearfully wrong about the steam
ship, he says, when she couldn't keep
out of the way. He added that it was
reported among the sailors of the Flori
da that the bark's light was reported
three times that night by lookout on
board the steamship.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14
Keen Observation.
From the Arkansaw Trayeller.1

lFrom the Arkansaw Travelerl
f. man is never so much impressed
with his Wife's powers of discernment as
when he goes home drunk and attempts
to play sober. AS rule, the man has
only taken one drink. He doesn't up~
derstand why one drink should make
him drunk, but after a while he &C.
knowledges that he did take two drinks.
but the last one was so small that he
had forgotten it.
The other night when Mr.. Harvey
Blades, a well-known Official of Arkan-
sas, went home, he had reached that
close observing stage of intoxication
when a man stops and infinitely exam
Ines the most unimportant objects and
makes wise comments. In this state of
drunkenness man takes notice of every
household article. Every chair de-
mands a certain amount of attention.
After sitting down with studied gravity,
Mr.. Harvey Blades noticed feather ~
ing on the floor. He debated for awhile
whether or not it would be an illustra-
ton OF sobrlety to remove it, and re-
membering that he had often seen his
wife pick feathers from the carpet after
having damned the pillows in making
the bed, he arose, took up the feather,
examined it moment, raised a window
and threw it out. This performance
did not entirely satisfy him, for in his
mind there lurked a suspicion that his
wife might fancy him to be drunk. In
looking around for another test he dis
covered the water bucket. He knew
that to bring fresh water, beyond a
doubt, would settle the question of his
sobriety, SO he took up the bucket and
went out to the well. Feeling around
and not finding the ''moss- covered buck
ct, but deciding that it must be at the
bottom of the well, he began to turn
the windlass. For fifteen minutes he
turned the crank. deepest well I ev-
er saw" he unused, and continued to
grind. After awhile his wife came out
and said:
"Harvey, what in the name of COM
mon sense are you trying to do?'
"Try' n to draw bucket water. Deep
est well ever saw. Grindin' for hour,
bucket not up YETI
''Why, don't you know that we had
the we'll cleaned out, and that the buck
ct has been taken off? Come on away.
You are as drunk as fool"
'sKeenes' observation I ever saw. !"
said the gentleman to himself. "Nezer
saw any thing like it"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14
A Sadly Abused Title.
San FRANCISCO News Letter.l

The title professor" has been SO
much used by those SO incompetent that
it has come, IN America, to mean almost
nothing. A man who cannot tell wheth-
er ''The Bold McIntyres" is symphony
or an oratorio styles himself musical
:'Prof." A man who can turn somer-
sault successfully three times out of five
advertises himself as an acrobatic s'Prof. y
The barber who can cut off one hair
while he pulls out two is tonsorial
Prof." and there are culinary and
prestidigatory ''Profs.," chiropodal
"Profs. "-"Prof. anything you-want,
till the man who has rightly obtained
and really merits the title feels cheap
when he is addressed as professor"
and yearns for plain Mister.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14
Queen VictOria'S Bed.
from the London Truth. !

[FrOm the London Trutn.I
Two beds which have been manufact-
ured at the Castle Works were dis
patched last week from Windsor to Ports
mouth and Darmstadt. One was to be
placed in the Queens cabin on board the
Osborne, and the other in the bedroom
which she is to occupy in the Neue
Schloss at Darmstadt. Her majesty in
variably sleeps on a bed made after a
certain pattern, and one is always sent
in advance for her use when she is going
to a strange place.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14

A LITTLE 4-year-old said to his
mother last week: "Mother, believe
God thinks I'm dead" "Why?" asked
the mother, somewhat astonished at the
remark. '''Cause I haven't said my
prayers for week."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14
THE HAND UPHELD.
By PHOEBE CARY

WIN her white face full OF agony,
Under her dripping locks,
hear the wretched restless sea
Complaining to the rocks.
lis pitiful thus to see her lie.
With her beating, heaving breast
Here where she fell when cast aside
Sobbing herself to rest.
Alas J alas FOR the foolish sea.
Why was there none to say
The wave that strikes on the heartIess stono
Must break and fall away.
why could she not have known that this
Would be her fate at length
For the hand upheld must slip at last,
Enough 1t cling with loves own strength.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-05-14

QUEBEC, May 12-The bark Their
esa, with the remainder of the survi-
vors of the State of Florida, has arrived.
The agent of the steamer refuses to talk
about the accident. Officer Thompson
is much depressed. The seamen are
less reticent than the officers, but are
unable to throw light upon the cause of
the disaster, having been abed when the
collision occurred. The Theresa had
small accommodations and spare rations.
Those saved from the Ponema are Capt.
Mayburn, Angela Rosa and Thomas
Nicholson. The Ponema was in ballast
from Liverpool for Miramichi. The
sailors of the Florida were secured by
the agent and kept away from newspaper
men. They seem impressed with the
idea Thompson was to blame for the
collision. One of the sailors of the
bark persisted from exposure IN the boat.
Capt. Hepburn lost everything. Mich
olson was on the lookout at the time of
the collision. He ascribes the fault of
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-21
Irving Hall Caucus.

SARATOGA, June 18.-lrvlng Hall
and the county democracy held a
caucus and selected their delegates
in accordance with the agreement OF
their chairmen with Tammany. Ir-
wing Hall instructed their delegates
to vote for Cleveland. A caucus OF
the county democrats ana state dem.
ocracy was held this morning and
adopted the following resolutions:
Whereas, New York County dem
ocracv meeting with the democracy
of the state to name candidates who
shall receive the vote of every demo-
crat and of a majority of the people
for president and vice-president OF
the United States, is prepared to make
ali necessary efforts and concessions
to assure the democracy of the state
and nation that the regular organlz,
ation in the city of New York has at
heart the largest interest OF the party
everywhere;
of this organization upon the slate
COMMITTEES be, and they are hereby
appointed, . committee Win luIl
1ower to use all reasonable efforts to
Secure q harmonious representation
for the city of New York.
At the Tammany caucus General
sn;noIa said that VIM. G. Whitney,
The chairman of the county dem
ocracy, would report to the conven.
ton the appointments agreed % upon y,
nv the democracy of New York
County aud would offer q short reso.
intion that that appointment ~
agreed upon. His remarks were
o1dly applauded.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-21
n, Y. Democratic Committee.

SARATOGA, June 1.-THE demo-
cratic state committee met in the
United States hotel tonight, with
Daniel Manning in the chair: The
resolutions of the Tammany hall COM
mittee on organization was read,
claiming a representation in the con-
vention equal to that of any other
democratic organization from New
York. In the course of long de-
bate, William C. Whitney offered the
following resolution:
"Resolved, That the action OF the
last state convention in appointing
the representation of New York, be
adopted in making up preliminary
roll" A resolution was finally carried
that the repres entation of New York
county was: Democratic, 80; Tam
many, "a; Irving hall 10. One OF
John Kelly's most trusted friends
AYERS that Kelly has declared his In
tentiOn to make Tammany bolt
from the convention. owing to the
action of the state committee tonight
in the appointment of representa-.
ton from three democratic bodies
from New York City, but s. Ander'
son. the editor of Kelly's New York
paper declares the rumOr untrue.
John Kelly declared positively to
an associated press reporter tonight
that if the convention opposed the
appointment of delegates from New
York, the Tammany hall delegates
will not enter the convention, but
will take the train for home.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-21
DAY DISPATCHES,
FlOwers' Follower.

SARATOGA, June 1.-THE quiet
ness this evening was broken at $40
by the marching of large BODY of
men to the United States hotel. where
Flower has his headquarters. They
6egan singing songs in favor of
Flower, which event caused consid-
cradle merriment and enthusiasm,
The procession was headed by Super
visor COstigan and ex-senator Fitz-
gerald, who arrived with valises in
hand and headed by the 69th regi-
mental band thew marched from the
station down Broadway and back to
the United States hotel, where the
procession broke up amid cheers. The
resilient population of Saratoga came
out, and the scene became hourly
more animated. At o'clork the
Tammany delegates and their hench-
men formed, and preceded by the
band, marched up and down Broad
way. The procession was headed by
Charity Commissioner Brennan, and
in the ranks were Police Justice Cor
man, Police Commissioner Lynch,
ex-County Clerk Gumbelton, ex-Reg-
lister Delhanty, and General Spinola.
Purcell, of Rochester is here and he
will make determined fight against
the Cleveland delegates. Purcell will
20 before the state committee tonight
and that on contested seats tO-mor-
row. and make his claim.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-21
President Adams Of the U. p.

NEW YORK, June lit is stated
that Sidney Dillon will to-day resign
the presidency of the Union Pacific
and that Charles Francis Adams will
be chosen to fill the vacancy. New
England stockholders favor this
change. The impression on the street
is that the July dividend will be
passed and that a recommendation
will be made at the directors meeting
rot to pay any dividend during the
remainder of the year. then resume
one of six per cent.
LATERAL a meeting Of the
Union Pacific directors Dillon re-
signed as president and Charles
Francis Adams accepted the position.
1t was voted that in lieu of divi'
dend payable July 1st, the sum $718,-
8l4 be paid from moneys into the
United States treasury for payments
under the Thurman act for the year
ending December 81.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-21
Ohio PrOhibitiOnists.

COLUMBUS, O., June l9.-The State
prohibition convention met to-day
with one hundred delegates pre-. ent.
The declaration of principles was re-
hearsed and the liquor traffic asserts
the inability of the old parties to
remedy the evils and reiterates the
assertion of alleged false count of
votes in the second amendment last
fall. The Womans' National Tenn.
perance Union is invited to cooper
ate with the following nominations:
For Secretary of State, E. J. Morris,
of Cincinnati; supreme judge, J.
w. Roseborrough, of Fulton county;
member of the board Of works. J. Il.
Kirkendall of Jackson. The electors
at large are s. G. Payne, A. Franklin
and Ferdinand Schumacher. The
Woman Suffrsgists State Association
elected Ezra B. Taylor as president.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-21
Personal.

Mr.. Albert Johnson of Trout Greek
is in the city spending a few days
with friends.
Mr.. D. Driscoll, one of Walkerville's
most enterprising business men,
left for the east last Monday to be
gone a short time. Mr.. Driscoll will
bring his family with him when he
returns.
Miss Cleo Liscomb leaves for her
home in Anaconda this morning.
The young lady leaves many friends
to regret the shortness of her visit
among them.
Mr.. John Kelley, the great violin
ist, and Mrs. Kelley, his wife, arrived
in the city yesterday and are regis
tered 1T the Mount Vernon. The
MINER acknowledges a pleasant call
from Mr.. and Mrs. Kelley.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Duffy leave for
Missoula this morning. Mrs. DIS
health necessitates change OF
climate.