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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-26
EASTERN PUNISHMENTS.
How the Authorities of Persia Punish Their
CriminaIs

How the Authorities of Persia Punish Their
Criminals.
The Zil-i-Sultan at Ispahan and the
late Recommendation at Meshed have
been distinguished for the severity of
their punishments. The most COM
mon of the various punishments in
Persia is that of 'the sticks" Per-
slams frequently menace disobedient
slaves with "the sticks.'' The offender
is thrown on his back upon the
ground, his bare feet are passed
through leathern loops attached to
six-feet beam of wood, which is twisted
until the loops are painfully tight
about his ankles, and is held in the
strong grasp OF two men, so that by
no writings nor efforts can he rise or
remove his feet. The sticks are gene
rally light quarter-inch green rods four
or five feet in length, and if sentenced
to Fifty sticks" twenty-five are laid
on each side of him upon the ground.
Two eXecutioners then break stick
after stick by beating them upon the
soles of his feet, with horrible result,
of which a months lameness is likely
to be the painful consequence. Both
these Governors are said to have
adopted the same punishment for the
suppression of highway robbery-they
built the captured robbers into pillars
of masonry. The Koran recommends
the cutting off hand as the punish
ment for theft, and there are men in
Persia who carry about evidence that
this cruel punishment is sometimes
practiced. A Persian Governor is
alleged to have been successful in
enforcing taxation by practice of
filling the wide trousers of recalcitrant
subjects with freezing snow. Crimes
of robbery and violence are more fire.
quent in the south than in the north of
Persia. Some ascribe this to the large
nomad population which, according to
the season, moves from the shores of
the Gulf toward or from Ispahan.
Everywhere in Persia it is the habit OF
wayfarers to gather together for mu-
tual protection. Peasants passing
from town to town with, perhaps.
bag of silver in their pockets. feel
happy if they can join some caravan
which includes armed men, and es-
pecially safe if they are in the caravan
of European. The most common
form of execution is to cut the throats
of criminals, and to leave their bodies
lying in the public square. The bow
string IS occasionally used by skillful
''ferashes," two of whom twist the
rope round the neck of the criminal
and kill him by strangulation with
awful rapiditY. If a European is in
jured, one difficulty attending COM
plant is that the Persian Government
is SO easily reused to indiscriminate
and wholesome vengeance upon its
subjects. There will certainly be some
victims for the knife or the string or
the living death at the hands of the
executioners; the main evidence may
be that the prisoners were taken near
the spot. In Persia there is but the
feeblest and the faintest security for
the administration of justice.-London
Graphic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-26
COUNTY CoURT-JEFFERsoN COUNTY

COUNTY COURT-JEFFERSON COUNTY
In the matter of the descentof the lands of Carl
Burbur, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Charlotte
Burbur representing among other thugS. that
Carl Burbur. late of the City of WatertoWu i'm
said Jefferson county, died at his rcsid, nee in
said city and county, on or about the 9Th elav of
February, 1888 interstate; that he was at ht. me-
OF his deceaSe a resident of said CITY of Water
town in said county; that more than months
nave elapsed since his decease; that no adm n
iStratiOn has been had upon his estate: that he
lett no p rsonal property to be admin st red up
on; that there are no debts of said deceased uiI.
paid; that said deceased died seized ana D s S.
Ell uf that certain lot or parcel of land situated
il the Fourth ward of the City of Watert wn, in
Jefferson county and State of Wisconsin known
aud described as lot Is in block 2, according to
The pat of WatertOWn, aforesaid, on tie west
side OF Rock River as surveyed by J. C. BIZ yton
ana recorded IN the Office of the Register of
d. eds OF said county; that said deceased let no
children or issue surviving him: but left said
petitioner, who is his widow and his sole heir at
law; and that she is entitled to and the sole own
er in fee Of the land above described by descent
rom her said late husband, said Carl Burbur, de-
3ased; and praying this court to hear The. proofs
and determine the descent of the aforesaid land
as by law required;
IT is ORDERED That said petition be heard and
the proofs taken by this court on Tuesday the
18th day of October A. D. 1885, at Ii O'Clock i'm
the forenoon, at the Office of the County Judge,
in the city of Jefferson, in said county: and
that mott &c of the time and place of such hear
ing be given 70 all persons interested by publi-
cation of this order once in each week for three
weeks before the day of such hearing in the
Watertown Republican, a weekly newspaper
printed and published at the City OF Watel town
IL said county.
Dated Jefferson, Wis, August IL 1881
HENRY COLONIUS.
1913 County Judge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-26
Science in New Mexico.

If this great county of ours were
fully ripened in an educational way
more respect would be paid to science.
especially in New Mexico. At Watrous,
in the Territory mentioned, lately a
chronological lecturer examined the
head of man named Fosdic There
were some very bad bumps on Mr.. Eos
dies head, and the lecturer said so.
Did Mr.. Fosdic accept the information
humbly and resolve to reform and bring
those bad bumps down? Not much!
He pulled out his revolver, began blaz-
ing away at the lecturer and broke up
the gathering in minute and a half.
This is what induces belief that not
enough respect is paid to science in
New Mexico. Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-26
COUNTY COURT-JEFFERsON COUNTY.

COUN11 COUhI-JEFF ERSON COUNI4.
IN the matter of the descent of the lands of Au-
gust Born chem. deceased
On reading and filing the petition of Anton F.
Z. Bornschein and Minna Bornschein, repre-
senting among other things, that August Born
Jefferson County, died at his residence in said
city and county, on or about the 27th day of
March, 1877 inteState; that he was at the time of
his deceaSe resident of said city of WATERFOWL
IN said county; that more than three years hax e
passed since his deceaSe; that no admiuistra ton
has been had upon his estate; that he left no
personal property to be administered upon; that
he died seized and posse sed Of that certain
piece or parcel of land situated in the 4th ward
o. the City of WatertOWn, in Jefferson County
and State of Wisconsin,, known ard described as
block fOrty-tWO (42) according to the plat of Wa
tertown aforesaid on the west side of Rock Riv-
er, as surveyed by J. c. Brayton and recorded in
the Office of the Register OF Deeds of said colu-
ty; that said petitioners are the only children
and only heirs at law of said deceased and are
entitled TO and the owners of the aforesaid
premises by descent from their said father
said August Bornschein. deceased; and praying
this court to hear the proofs and determine the
descent of the aforesaid lands as provided by
law.
IT IS ORDERED that said petition be heard and
9Th day of October, A. D. 1885, at fl O'clock in
the forenoon, at the Office of the County Judge
in the city of Jefferson, in said county; and that
notice Of the time and place of such he ring
be given to all persons interested by public ton
of this order once in each week for three wee :
before the day of such hearing. in the Water
town Republican, weekly newspaper printed
and published at the city OF WatertoWn in said
county.
Dated Jefferson. Wis, 13, August 1885.
By the Court.
HENRY COLONIUS.
CDODtV .JudUp
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-26
HOLLAND.
A Country Which Owes Its Existence to the
Industry of Its People.

A Country Which Owes Its Existence to the
Industry of It's People.
Living in a country which owes its
labor of man, it is not surprising to
find that scrupulous economy and
great foresight are the characteristic
virtues of Dutch workmen. Few coun-
tries possess a population that fulfills
with more exactitude the domestic and
social duties. What they have acquired
with trouble they keep with care. He
cares little about politics, and wastes
no time, as his neighbor across the Bel
gian frontier does, in political agita-
tons. His ambition in life is to better
his condition. The questions of the
moment, the topics of the day, have for
him but little interest. He prefers his
Bible to his newspaper, the health of
his family to the tavern, to the reading
room, or political meetings. jealous
to the last degree of that liberty which
he possesses, he wishes for no more and
likes better to enjoy in peace those
immunities which he has. Holland is
not manufacturing country. Scat
tered here and there in different parts
of the kingdom may be found cotton.
flax, silk and wooden mills. The man
ufacture of spirits at Scheidam, and
the cutting and polishing of diamonds
at Amsterdam are both important in
dustries. In spite of his contentment
and economic habits, the Dutch work
man is poorly paid. The nominal sal
airy of a good mechanic, of carpenter,
a joiner, a plumber, or smith, for
example. may be estimated in the
largest towns of Holland at about four
dollars per week. The working-man's
wife adds, perhaps, for washing, eighty
cents to dollar, and the man himself,
by working additional hours, some
times earns thirty to fifty cents more.
1t is possible, therefore, for hard
working family to thus manage to earn
from five to five dollars and sixty cents
per week. The average Dutchman
lives in the most frugal fashion,
Hague Cor. Philadelphia Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-26
j. H. ZeiIn & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
LEGAL Advertisements.
cTATE OF WISCONSIN-County Court fol
~ IeterSnr Cnnntu-In Prnhntn

g. TATE OF WISCONSIN-County Court for
- Jefferson County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a special term
Of the County Court to be held in and for said
County at the court House, in the City CT Jeffer.
son, in said County. on the second Tuesday OF
september, being the Sth day OF September, A.
D. 1885, at II O'Clock in the forenoon, the fol-
lowing matters will be heard and considered, TO-
wit:
The petition Of Price Lewis as executor of the
last will and testament of Thomas c. Jones. de-
ceased for the final settlement of his account in
the administration of SAID estate, a. such ex-
ecutor and for the final settlement of all matters
relating to said estate.
Dated, this 4th day of August, A. D. 1885.
BY order of the Court:
HENRY COLONIUS,
434 County Judge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-26

"A ton of gum arabicis used weekly
as the Government envelope factory at
Hartford, Conn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-26
-NEit ME.1 III Ell.

Jos LiniiGn wishes to inform his friends
that he mas opened a meat market on
Main Street, us5 west OF J. Malloy S
store. wnere he keeps on ha;.d choice
supply Of meats and everything in the
butcher line He S. lis at retail and
wholesale prices, and guarantees to salts
fly al! who trade with him. Farmers
having live stock to sell will find him the
right man to sell to-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-22
A HIGH COMPLIMENT.

Col. A. X. Mcclure, editor of the Phila-
delphia Times, is making tour Of observa-
ton through the South. In recent letter
to his paper he pays the following high
compliment to South Carolina:
But the Palmetto State has made the
grandest progress during the last eight
years, and, omitting the wealth reckoned
for slaves, she is richer to-day than ever
before, and with abundant evidence that
the era of development, of intelligent busi-
wealth, is Just beginning its great work.
1t is naturally the richest State of the whole
Union, without any exception. 1t has the
best soil, with every advantage for its most
profitable cultivation, of any part of the
South; and the people who have been born
upon it, and who have lived in the luxury
of fsuperabundance and again felt the power
ty of helpleSSneSs, are just now mastering
the problem that yankee, compelled to lie
awake at night to invent method to get
his pork and beans or pumpkin pie, would
have mastered in an hour. There is no
other part of the South where so little
labor will produce so much, but with the
richest uplands skirting the Blue Ridge,
and with three-fourths of the State adapted
to corn, South Carolina has ever been a
buyer for bread. She should have five
times her present population and be able
to feed it from her own fields without i'm
pairing her more valuable crops of cotton
and rice, and every pound of her cotton
could be proftably spun and woven on her
own superabundant water powers, than
any other place on the continent. The new
South whispers of these achievements, and
that is why the sister Carolnas are more
hopeful and more prosperous to-day than at
any time since they summoned the angel of
sorrow to shadow the land.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-22

the Sd February 1870, when Charles T. Leslie
was land commissioners of the State, he negoti-
ated with the plaintiff, Lowry, for the purchase
of tract Of $50 acres in York county, Tor the
sum of 81, ,064 cash. On the I'd of March, OF the
same year, he in like manner negotiated with
Lowry for the purchase OF a second tract IN
York county comprising ,353 acres, for when
the price was to be Sl3 533 cash. The several
instruments Of sale were signed and sealed by
Lowry in the presence of two witnesses. but
were not delivered to Leslie by the plaintlft, or
to any one for him, but were retained by him III
his own possession Shortly after Lowry gave
the deeds to Major w. b. Guick then bank
cashier Of Columbia, to hold until the purchase
money had been paid by Leslie. For the osten-
sible purpose of having the encouragement eX-
anime the deeds in order to ascertain the validi-
ty of the title Leslie, through an emissary,, in
duced Gulick to give them up, promising their
return the next day. They were not returned.
When Gulick and the plaintiff demanded them
Leslie pretended to have mislaid them, and
meantime had them surreptitiously recorded in
the registrars office of York county. This fact
was not discovered until long time afterwards.
Leslie retained the deeds, and they passed from
his hands as land commissioner into the possess
sion Of the sinking fund commission, the success
sors of the land commission and the present
defendants.
Judge Cothran justly terms the transaction a
every crooked one. A counter claim was set
up by the defendants, but the Judge holds that
no claim of this kind should be considered set
off to fraud. He observes: "Even an equity
cannot be engrafted upon a fraud, and if at
tempted it must perish upon it's stock"
AS the sinking fund commission has succeeded
to the land commission as the heir of this fraud
ulent transaction, Judge Cothran DEGREES that the
plaintiff recover from the defendant the two
deeds of conveyance specified and that they be
delivered up by the defendant; and in case this
specific property cannot he so delivered up,
then the plaintiff will recover of the defendant
the value thereof-S15 199-as his damages. This
is neat little legacy left the State by the official
thieves of Radical days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-22
HELPING GENERAL GRANT.

In regard to the various proposed schemes
for aid to Gen. Grant in his pecuniary en-
barrassment, although he has an assured
income of $4,000 year, the Washington
correspondent of the Ne,cs and Courier says /:
The decision of the House military COM
mittee to report the original bill to retire
General Grant, which differs from the Sen
ate bill by naming General Grant, puts the
proposed measure for the relief of General
Grant in great jeopardy. President Ar
thur is bound by the precedent he establish
ed in vetoing the Fitz John Porter bill to
veto any bill which not only creates an
Office, but usurps executive authority by
naming the person to fill the office. Ac-
cording to remark made to me by gen.
tleman who has been here during the win
ter, watching Captain Eads' interest during
the discussion of the Nicaraguan treaty,
the passage of bill to retire General Grant
might remove an element now involved in
the consideration of the treaty. "There are
Senators of both parties" said this gentle
man, "who favor the ratification of the
treaty because it will help Grant. 1t would
put million dollars in his pocket. That
is one of the arguments used in getting
friends for the treaty" Eads is of course
opposed to the treaty as it would bring into
existence a formidable rival to his ship rail-
road. The Nicaraguan Canal project, in
which Grant is interested, would of course
be greatly benefited by the treaty. 1t is
probable that Captain Eads' friend pur-
posely exaggerated the influence of the
desire TO help Grant.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-22
A DISTRESSING FIRE.

The south infirmary of the Illinois East
ern Hospital for the insane, located at
Kankakee, was burned at 4.25 o'clock last
Sunday morning. The fire originated in
the furnace room and had obtained strong
headway before it was discovered. The
wood work of the building being of South
ern pine, it burned very rapidly. The
building was occupied by torty-tive patients,
six attendants, and one night Waterman:
Seventeen patients in all are missing and
thirteen bodies have already been recover
ed, burned beyond recognition. All OF the
patients were infirm and incurable. The
bed-ridden ones were rescued first, and
those who were able to help themselves did
not realize their danger in time and they
were the ones who perished. The attend
ants lost all their personal effects and many
narrowly escaped with their lives, one OF
them having to tie bedclothes together to
escape from window to the ground.
There were no facilities for putting out
the fire, the State not having made any APP
preparation for the purpose. The building
was new and cost about $4,000. 1t is a to-
tai loss.
The building destroyed was a two-story
stone and brick structure with no wood work
about it, except the floors and stairWays.
1t was completed last August. Twenty
three of the patients were on the first floor,
and twenty-five on the second. The build
ing was heated by hot air furnaces. The
thermometer outside marked twelve degrees
below zero when Watchman Cobb discov-
cred smoke issuing from the floor immedl-
ately above the furnaces. He at once
awOke the attendants. The smoke was
drawn through the hot air tlues and along
the halls and stairways to all parts of the
building. The fire spread so rapily that all
efforts to save the building, in the absence
of fire alarm to summon help and for want
of facilities to quench the flames, were
found to be in vain.
Attendant Reid began dragging and car.
rying out the patients Many patients, clad
in their night clothes only, rushed from the
bitter cold air back into the building. Reid,
at the risk Of his own life, struggled on till
twenty-one of twenty-three patients on his
floor were rescued, when he became eXhaus-
ted and was carried away. Other attend
ants did all they could to rescue the inmates
from their danger; but nearly all the pa
tients refused to cooperate in the efforts
being made to save them, and were only
rescued by being dragged from the flames
and held from returning.
a marvellous escape was that of an in
mate who fell with the second floor, striking
the burning debris over the furnace, and
bounding through a window to the ground
II The remains of the bodies of twelve pa
tients have been taken from the ruins
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-22
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

"A caucus of Democratic members of the
Legislature, last Friday, nominated II. IS.
Vance for reelection as United States Sen
atOr.
There appears to be no doubt that the
North Carolina Legislature will officially
endorse the Blair Educational bill, with
certain restrictions as safeguards.
An effort is being made in the Legisla-
ture to suppress The carrying of concealed
deadly weapons ky making it unlawful for
merchants to import or put them on sale.
AT the special election last Thursday to
fill the vacancy in Congress caused by the
resignation of Governor Scales, Mr.. Reid
was elected without opposition. He is the
Congressman elect from his district Tor the
regular term.
A bill has beeh introduced in the North
Carolina Senate to increase the number OF
judicial districts from nine to fifteen. AL
SO, a bill to pay all Confederate soldiers OF
that State who have lost a leg or an arm nj
ty dollars annually.
A State convention of county superin-
tendents of public instruction has been call
ed to meet in Raleigh on the 9Th of Febru-
ary. The object Of the meeting is to seek
correction by the Legislature of such defects
in the public school system as common eX-
perience has detected and such amend
mnents of laws as will render the bill more
efficient.
AT Kings Mountain, on the Air-Line
Railroad in Cleveland county, a colored
man named Bill Smith, committed suicide
on Thursday night, by shooting himself in
the head with a pistol. He was prompted
to the deed in a it of jealousy caused by a
rivals attentions to dusky maid Of the
village with whom he was desperately and
fatally in love.
The Charlotte Observer of Sunday says:
"Parties who arrived in this city yesterday
from Mooresville, report that small ripple
of excitement was created in that town
yesterday morning over the arrest of run
away couple. The man was named Baxter
Garrison and the woman who was with him
was his sister in law, he having deserted
his wife to run off with her sister. Garrison
is from Pineville. At the time our inform
ant left Mooresyille, Garrison was still