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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-02-17

Al Of your Cuticura Remedies eive verv
good satAfaction. The Cut,cura I especially
used. know from experience ia ysine. ~ =
DR. II. j. PRATT, Montello, Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04

ONE result of the dynamite explo-
sions is, that hereafter strangers can
only be admitted to public buildings
in London through the medium of the
chief of police, or, in the case of the
galleries of the House of Commons,
through the speaker. This will con-
vince travellers of the folly of the dyna-
mite campaign. People with unmarked
American accent" indeed, may have
great difficulty to avoid arrest, if
they manifest any conspicuous ten
dency to avoid the highways for the
byways of London. The English pub
lie can hardly be blamed for trying to
protect itself, but such stringent regu-
lations will be a serious inconvenience
Oh all sides.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
The Bottle Business.

"Here is one of the neatest things
that has ever been brought out in the
glass line" said the clerk as he
handed the Boston Globe re-
porter q small medicide glass Tea
and tablerpoonfuls were marked off on
it by lines, and on one part was the
name Of q business firm and it's adj
dress. 'EYOu see q druggist can have
his name etched on here by hydrofour-
ic acid, and whenever he sells bottle
of medicine he can give away one of
these little tumblerS with it."
The huge bottles which filled With
colored liquids, are seen in every drug
store window are all blown, it was
learned, and not moulded They are
In three styles-the Roman, so-called
from it's resemblance to the old Ro-
man pedestals; the pineapple, also
named from its shape, and the Wayne,
from Wayne County, Pa, where it is
made. These show bottles are plain,
engraved, or cut, the cut glass, of
course, the most expensive. The diff
ference between cut glass and engraved
glass, which may not be understood,
is Just this: The work upon each is
uOuG ny .lucdllS vi Id pIUly -I0NOlNIIlS
wheels, varying in size from one-eighth
inches to five inches in diameter But
the cut work. is doneby wheels made of a
Scotch stone called "oredlief, and has
to be polished up before it is finished,
while engraving is done with copper
wheels moistened with emery powder
and oil, and is not polished The chief
reason why America cannot compete
with Europe in the manufacture of
glass is because of the difference in the
price of labor. Just as artistic work
can be done here, but in Bohemia, for
instance, the peasantry, who are
taught the glass business from the era
die, visit the manufacturing towns in
the valleys in summer and take aload
of goods to their mountain homes.
They are charged with this, and dur
ing the winter they cut the glass with
their little foot-wheels and 90 again
the next summer for fresh stock.
But, curiously enough, notwithstand-
ing the general excellence of foreign
work, the finest bottle-ware usually
has one defect. The glass shoppers
are nearly always loose. They seem
to fit tightly, but they do not, and
very often this point is of the highest
Importance in preserving liquids from
evaporation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
Deeds of Blood.

At Syracuse, n. Y, on the 2Sth, Antonio
Riego was sentenced to hang on April 10,
for the murder of Michael McGovern
At Indianapolis, on the 9th, Charles
DEAN, a mason, committed suicide by
shooting in the abdomen. He was in trou-
BILE over a real estate trade, but his wife
didn't notice any unusual action prior to
the shooting
At Grayson, KY, on the 9th, difficulty
took place in which Wesley Newman was
killed and Charles Baker MORALLY wound
ed by Samuel, Jesse and Richard Kiser.
The weapons were knives. The quarrel
rose out of an old grudge.
At Elida, Ia, on the 9th, Frank Madi-
son shot and killed Joseph Woods, whom
he suspected of undue intimacy with his
wife.
At Bloomington, ILL.,, on the 9th, VIM.
WEIGH was convicted of the murder of Lew
is Fodder, January 3, and sentenced to
prison for life
On the 23d, VIM. Haun, aged 80, was
murdered in his house seven miles south of
Knoxville, Tenn, where he lived with a
married son. 1t is suspected that the son
who lived in the old mans house murdered
his father.
State Senator William G. Montgomery, of
Indiana, committed suicide at Gosport on
the oath, by hanging.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04

Inc woman stands cool, with q
strange glitter in her eye, her quick
perception of danger causing her to be
Watchful. The switch is set and, seiz-
ing the red flag, she gives the signal TO
the engineers and the trains pass bv
safely, the passengers little dreaming
that their safety has been directed bV
the hand of woman. Her life story
is romantic. She has had three ms
bands and is the mother of five chill
dren. One Of her husbands. John
Carroll, was switchman at that noint
in 1869. When he died Mrs. Carroii's
name was put on the roll, and during
the time she has held the place twentT
night brakemen have been DISCHARGED
She has never had any accidents. II
come here at daylight and leave at
dark, " she said; II use tobacco as a.
stimulant. Pm Methodist and read
the Bible regularly. l have the full
vlgor OF youth and have lately had a
proposal of marriage. | noticed aman
laying around for some time. One dav
| asked him in to the fire. He GOT to
liking me and"-Here the shrieks of a,
coming locomotive cut off her re-
marks
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04

A GENTLEMAN residing in Quebec was
interviewed in New York city, and said
that when he left home John c. Emo,
the fugitive New York banker, was
residing there, occupying a house which
rented for 81, 800 year, but would
rent for $4,000 in New York; that he
kept a stud of horses and had sleighs
with robes of unimaginable costliness
that he drops into the club-rooms oc-
casionally, where heplays the best game
of billiards of any amateur in the city,
and that he is planning to build a sum-
mer hotel on the st. Lawrence near
Quebec, for the accommodation ofNew
Workers. In the meantime, many OF
the unfortunates who deposited their
money in his bank sleep at the police
station, and take their meals at a
sOup-house.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
Vanderbilt's PIucky Daughter.
from the Syracuse Journal

William Seward Webb, ason of Gen.
James Watson Webb, the journalist,
married Leila Osgood Vanderbilt, the
last remaining unmarried daughter of
William I'll. Vanderbilt, the richest
man in America. 1t was lovematch,
too, and the young couple are as hap
ply as turtle doves in each other
society. Webb was young sprig and
Vanderbilt did not like HIM Figura-
lively speaking he kicked him out of
the house several times, but in this
instance love laughed at kicks, and
doubtless would have taken cuffs at
the same time with perfect composure.
The fact is, Mr. Vanderbilt forbade
him the house, but the young girl was
in love with young Webb, and when q
girl is in love therei is one of two things
she will either get over it or 60
through with it. Miss Leila had set
her heart on the young doctor, and if
the stern father had surrounded his
domicile with fence bristling with
spikes, scattered broken bottles at the
approaches and populated the enclos-
ure with hungry bulldogs the Romeo
of my story would have braved all the
dangers, with the additional one of
the Vanderbilt boot, to basl1 in the
light of his lady-love's eyes. The old
gentleman was unrelenting, and verify
believe there would have been an
elopement but for the interference of
Mrs. Vanderbilt. She was the daugh-
ter of clergyman, you know. She is
good-hearted and sensible, and with a
woman's foresight saw how things
were going and told her husband that
he must not try to prevent the match.
He respects his wife, who is all that a
helpmeet implies to him, and bowed to
her will They were married with a
good deal of pomp. Mr.. Vanderbilt
made the young man a junior partner
in a firm ofbrokers, togive him Wall
Street education, and then set him up
in business for himself.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
Minor Mention.

An excursion train from Boston, bound
for Mexico, on the Grand frank road, was
partially wrecked near Charlotte Mich on
the 2Sth. This is the third mishap since
the excursion left Boston.
A London dispatch of the 2Sth says the
British admiralty has invited proposals for
seven new war ships.
A sleighing party of sixteen persons, with
drunken driver, were upset near the vii
lage of Fritz, Pa. on the night of the 9th.
The entire company were imprisoned under
the capsized vehicle and dragged long dis
lance. The driver was killed, and every
one OF the passengers more or less hurt.
British Columbia has re-enacted it's anti
Chinese law.
Samuel Osborn was terribly crushed by
the elevator in the new Pullman building in
Chicago on the 9th. His injuries are con
sidered fatal.
A brother Of the late DR.. Damrosch was
arrested at Kansas City on the 9th
charged with embezzling $500.
Capt. Edward Pollock, of the regular
army, fell down a fight of stairs in the In
ter-Ocean Hotel at Cheyenne, w. T., on the
26th, and was instantly killed
Frank Steele and Joe Richie two
farmers, living near Chattanooga, Tenn,
were drowned early on the morning of the
goth, while attempting to cross the Chicka-
manga Creek. The bodies were recovered
Charles d. Paddock, one of the oldest
engineers on the New York, Pennsylvania
& Ohio Railroad slipped and fell beneath
the wheels of his engine, on the oath, at
Mahoming Station. Both legs were cut off
and he will probably die.
Glenmore NJ. Todd, bookkeeper of the
Philadelphia Provident Life & Trust Com
pany, charged with embezzlement of $115,-
900, pleaded guilty, on the oath, and was
sentenced to two years and eight months
in prison.
A passenger train on the Transconti-
mental division of the Texas Pacific Road,
struck a tree lying across the track. En-
gineer Gabe Gebel was killed. Engineer
Ed. Turner, who was riding on the engine,
badly bruised. Two passengers named
Moore and Bishop, of ST. Louis, were in
iured.
The boiler in a saw mill at Kenneth, Tex,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04

CREMATION is gaining ground even in
the Massachusetts Legislature, a body
by no means noted for readiness to de-
part from the narrow paths of the
fathers, or to subordinate prejudice to
reason; and bill to incorporate a
cremation society has been favorably
reported. The cremation idea seems,
indeed, to be rapidly gaining advo-
Gates throughout the country If
cholera should visit the land the COM
ing summer, this form of sepulture
might easily become a sanitary neces-
Sity
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04

THE condition of the winter wheat
crop in Illinois is said to be good, so
far as an examination has been made
under the snow by which it has been
covered for several weeks. The severe
cold weather has affected it less than
would have been the case but for this
protection. The acreage is reported
at about Is per cent. less than that of
last year. The same general state
ment would apply to the winter wheat
crop throughout the Northwest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04

KoRTI, the head quarters of Gen.
Wolseley, is situated on the left bank
of the Nile, 1000 miles south from
Cairo. That point is just south of the
Big Bend in the Nile, which there runs
to the westward, turning soon, how
ever, to the northward. Ascending
the Nile from Korti, the direction is
northeast to Abu Haned. where the
direction is again southerly. To this
point Gen. Brackenbury' command
was ordered en- route to Berber. He
has about 1,5OO men, but his prog
ress is opposed at every point. His
losses have been severe, and he has
been directed to return to Korti.
Gen. Buffers commands at Abu Klea
Wells, about ITO miles across the des-
ert southeasterly from Korti. This
was the command originally ordered
to advance on Khartoum under Gen.
Stewart, who was killed. 1t went as
far as Gubat, on the Nile, about sew
enty miles from KhartOum, and there
news of the fall of that place and the
death of Gordon was received. The
command then returned to Abu Klea.
It was originally about 1,5OO strong,
but is now reduced to about 1920.
Gen. Butler sent 800 of his men back to-
ward Korti, under thegeneral order to
retreat, intending to follow them in de-
tachments. But he isnow surrounded
by Ell Mahdi's desert troops, and is in
extreme peril. The retreat of Wolse-
ley's entire expeditionary force from
the Soudan is expected, but whether
he will be able to withdraw his whole
command without heavy losses, is a
serious question.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
STATE ITEMS.

The Eau Claire Daily Leader has
been suspended.
THE building at Bay View. occlpied
by the North Chicago Rolling Mill
Company for the storage of merchant
iron collapsed on the 28th. No one
was injured, but there were several
marrow escapes.
In family row in Milwaukee on the
2Sth, Charles Mueller was severely
stabbed by his brother-in-law, Fred.
Olshefski.
The trial of Nellie Koran, for the
murder of her sister Annie last, Deem
Der, was begun in the circuit court at
Elkhorn, on the 9th. Nellie appeared
IN court accompanied by her sister
Gertie. The whole day was taken un
IN efforts to obtain a jury.
The chemist of the agricultural de-
partment, at Washington, says his
analysis Of sugar canes the past season
shows that the sorghum of Wisconsin
is much richer in total sugars than
the Southern cane is.
W. E. FERGUSON is at La Crosse sui
ferlng from conclusion of the brain,
caused by his being knocked off a freight
car few miles north of La Crosse.
A MAN giving the name of John
Wright, and claiming Racine as his
home, was fatally shot few days
ago at West Lafayette, O., while at
tempting to rob a residence. Wright
was an employee of Fish Bros, but not
much is known Of him.
MINNIE HANSON, the little Racine
girl who was SO terribly burned while
fighting fire to save the life of her
infant sister, will have to suffer the
amputation Of both of her hands.
DIR. ALEXANDER MCLEAN, an old and
respected resident of Chippewa Falls,
died after a long and painful illness on
the goth, from cancer in the face
JOHNNIE DAVIS, the 12-year-old son
of VIM. G. Davis, of 1877 Michigan
Street, Milwaukee, while skating on
thd lake on the 21st, broke through
the Ice and was drowned
DEAN HOWARD, of Prairie du Chen,
has in his possession a genuine piece
of continental script, bearing the date
of February II, 1776, and Of the de-
nomination of L of a dollar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
The Mystery OF a Catfish.
From the West Chester pa, Record.

From the West Chester (Pa.) Record
The drop-gate at the upper chamber
of Tricks locks, on the SchuylkilI
canal, in East Coventry Township, is a
heavy wooden structure, made water
taut by closely-ftted planks on each
of its sides, between which is a space
about one foot wide, that is filled with
stone ballast to keep it lying flat on
the bottom Of the canal bed while
boats are passing over it in going in or
out Of the locks. The gate being an
OLD one, and needing some repairs, a
force Of carpenters went to work on it
on Friday morning, intending to re-
place the planks on the sides of the
gate with new ones. While they were
at work tearing off the old planks
they were much surprised to find on
the inside Of the gate. where for more
than a month there has not been a
particle Of water a live catfish, some
six or seven inches in length, Tapping
its tail with as much energy as one
just caught IN water, among the stones
forming the ballast. The fish was ta-
ken out, and, after being exhibited to
a number of persons in Hause's store
near by, was put into small pool of
water below the locks, where it com
menced to swim about as naturally
as though it had never been out of wa
ter, in it's life. The mystery now is
how the fish ever got on the inside of
the gate, what it subsisted on while
there, and how it lived during the last
month or more that the water was
out of the canal Osias Neiman. the
carpenter who found the fish. stated
that he was quite sure the gate had
not a hole or crevice in it which the
fish could have made its way to the
inside while the canal was filed with
water, and thinks it had gotten into
it when very small minnow. He also
felt certain that there has been no wa
ter inside the gate since the water was
drawn off the canal, as there were
plenty of small crevices on the under
side of the structure through which it
could escape The stones were, how
ever, covered with frost, and this fact
makes it also seem wonderful that
the fish was not killed by the frost.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
A Woman at the Switch.
from q Macon fGa.) Special

From q Macon (Ga.) Special
There is living in this city one of the
most remarkable women in the world,
Mary Carroll by name, whose occupa-
ton for fifteen years past has been
that of switch tender at the junction
of the Southwestern and Central Rail
roads. She lives in a house in the
junction, in the center of which is a
large switch with crank and windlass.
Her duty is to change the rails for diff
ferent trains by this windlass. She
saw the first bar of iron laid on the
road in 1888, and has been PERSONAL
ly acquainted with every engineer on
the road since that time. Her work
may be watched thus: Here comes
the train from Atlanta She puts
aside her pipe and knitting, removes
the pin from the windlass, grasps the
handle, throws herself forward and,
with a grunt, puts the switch in posi-
ton, when the train comes by. Away
down the Southwestern track is seen
a train, delayed, and in another direc-
ton there is the Central train on time.
1t looks as if there is to be a collision.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04

PHILADELPHIA has its back up at
last. The Common Council has not
only refused years respite to the
electric companies, which have done
nothing toward putting their wires un-
der ground, though they had three
years notice, but it has ordered the
solicitor to Sue them for the recovery
of the imposed penalty of $50 a day
or each of the 1900 poles that have
been above ground since January /.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
A Household Incident.
from the Pittsburg telegram

rIOAl OiIC 4lbSONAg 16ISSfdpD.I
The mother stood by the gas let
reading a scrap of paper incidentally
picked up off the floor Through the
open door out from the shadow re-
cesses Of a small adjoining room came
a quaint, sleepy little voice, ''Now l
lay ME down to-to-s' eep-," and
then stop, as the little head of the
little white-robed figure sank deeper
and deeper in the cots side. 'Well, !"
said the mother, expectantly, go on,
Lilly" neutrality-suspicious.
'eep-s' eep-s'-." Then another
stop, and there was no response to
the mothers soft ''Well?" But as the
drowsy little figure inwhite, with angel
locked eyes, cuddled up on the pillow
where mothers arms placed it, the
little lips parted and, all-asleep, came
the murmured word, 'Dood night,
Dod."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
He Got Lett.

Alvin Dixon, tax collector of Blount
County, Ala, after collecting money to the
amount of S1,70O, which he left with his
wife, went out for the evening. During the
night his wife heard a noise at the window,
and opened fire on a colored man who had
entered the room. On procuring light it
was discovered that the robber was her
husband in disguise. 1t is thought Dixon
intended to rob himself. He is dead.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
Smoke

Charleston, w. Va, on the night of the 9th,
caused a loss of about $70,000
The whole southern portion of Albany,
n. Y, was threatened with destruction by
fire, on the LIST. The loss will reach $780,
600.
Rousseau's foundry, Quebec, burned on
the 9th.
The National Theater, Washington, was
totally ruined by fire on the night of the
26th. Loss $150,OOO.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
An Aged Woman's Awful Death.

Mrs. Ann Bowling aged Sc, was found
dead in bed in Baltimore on the Odd. She
had attempted to make some tea, when
her clothing took fire. She got into bed,
being unable to call for assistance. and
when found the bed was partially burned
and her body almost burned to crisp.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04

post-office appropriation BILL The naval
bill was referred to the committee on
appropriations. The conference report on
the army appropriation bill was agreed to,
and the fortifcation bill was debated at
considerable length, many of the members
taking occasion to give their views on
Cleveland's silver letter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
Scientists Killed.

A terrible explosion took place on the
26th at the royal school of gunnery, Shoe
buryness, Eng. A number Of artillery Off
GERS and scientists were making expert
ments, and some patent fuse for shells ex-
ploded. Three men were killed outright,
and number fearfully mangled.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
GarniShed With Paris Green

A dispatch from West Wheeling O., of
the 2Sth says great excitement was created
in that place by the poisoning of large
number of persons from eating turnips, in
the cultivation of which Paris green had
been used. Mary Tuttle, an aged lady,
died from the effects, but it is thought the
others will recover.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
Both Renanded,

Dick Short and Miss Dudley were before
a New York court on the 2Sth for arraign-
ment for assault upon Capt. Phelan and
Rosa, respectively. Short pleaded not
guilty, but Mrs. Dudley refused to plead.
Both were remanded, the former under
5000 and the latter in $500 bail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04

exploded, on the 24th killing three men
and seriously injuring several Others.
At Petersburg, Va, on the ODD, Roberta
Clay and Christophine Clay, two sisters
aged Is and Is respectively, were horribly
burned by their clothing taking fire from a
stove. The physician says both will prob
ablV die
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
Schooner Burned

A special from Ocean City, under date of
the oath, says the schooner F. J. Collins,
from Galveston for Boston, with cotton
and iron, was reported on fire and aban-
doned off Ocean City. She was entirely de-
stroyed. The crew landed safely. The
value of the vessel and cargo was $40, 1000;
fully insured
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04

WHEN pitcher in a base ball club
gets So, 500 to S., 900 forfour months
work, it becomes a travesty on legiti-
mate business when we think many an
earnest and capable worker supports
family on nalf that pay for years
work day in and day out, with en-
croachment on the nights, at times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
WATEhTOsvN. Mas

AN English astrologer having pre-
dicted the death in the autumn OF the
foremost American statesman, it is
understood visions of the grim de-
stroyer disturb therest of multitude,
and insomnia is again becoming a
fashionable maladY in Washington.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
Labor Troubles.

A collision took plack at Philadelphia
on the night of the Goth, between 200 po-
lice and a party of turbulent striking
weavers. No one was seriously hurt, but
there wero many sore heads in the crowd
before the meeting adjourned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
TWenty-One.

A dispatch from Cux Haven, North Ger
many, says 1.-THE Swedish steamer Norden
was run into and sunk by the English
steamer Cumberland. Twenty -one persons
aboard the Norden were drowned