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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
iLYNCH COURT NOVELTY.
One Hundred Lasbes Inflicted for Steal
ing q Pair Of Boots.

ing a Pair % Boots.
Fort GAINES, Ca, Nov. 2-In Bluff
ton, Saturday evening, a novel execu-
ton of lynch court sentence took
place. A pair of boots had been stolen
from one Of the stores during the day,
and their possession was traced to
John Rogers, a 15-year-old negro.
The merchant Immediately organized
a court by selecting Samuel Gar
rett as judge and DIR. J. B.
Johnson as prosecuting attorney, and
appointing Col w. T. Greene for the
defense and six colored men for jury,
the foreman of which was the step
father of the accused. After the
presentation of the evidence and argu-
,ment by the counsel, the jury retired
and in few minutes returned with a
verdict of guilty, and affixed as a pen
atty that 1OOlashes should be inflicted
on the defendants naked back, to be
laid on by his step-father with a whale
bone whip. The prisoner was led
out and tied so that he could
not squirm under the blows.
Pierce Dozier acted as bailiff,
and counted the blows. The old man
laid on the blows rapidly, drawing
screams of agony from the boy. On
the fftieth lash he exclaimed, 'If you
let me off, fore God l won't do it
again." The lashman was inexorable,
however, and not until the even
hundred had been inflicted was the
work SUSPENDED.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

THE death of Gen. Mcclellan leaves
no survivor among the officers who at
different times commanded the Army
of the Potomac. Mcclellan was first
to serve. His immediate successor in
the field was Burnside, who in turn
gave way to Hooker; he to Meade,
and Meadeto Grant. Meade remained
in nominal control of the Army of the
Potomac until the close of the war,
but during the last year he was under
the immediate supervision and COM
mand ofGfant.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
A Judge in Trouble.

An investigation of the affairs of Judge
Yates, of Peoria, H., has developed the
fact that there is large shortage in his
dealings with his many clients. The Judge
attempted to commit suicide by taking
laudanum, and suspicion that his finan-
cial condition had caused the act, led to an
examination of his books. Judge Yates
had the management of number of large
estates, his clients being mostly widows
Thus far about $4,000 has been unac-
counted for. tits thought he will die from
the effects of the drug. The affair has
created great sensation, as the judge was
considered a model man.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

1T has often been said that certain
parts of our country are well adapted
to growing tea, and on this fact much
money has been foolishly spent on ex-
perimants in tea culture. The real
difficulty is not in getting tea leaves,
but in securing the great amount of
labor required to handle and cure
them properly. In discussing the pro-
duction of both tea and silk, we are
apt to forget that they are in large
part the products oflabor much cheap
er than we now have, or than it is to
be hoped we ever shall have. We can
not compete with countries where labor
costs only eight or ten cents per day,
nor is it desirable that we should.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

THE successful man is generally he
who sticks to the business he knows,
and yet who is bright enough to take
advantage of every new plan for max
ing it more productive, more econom-
ically managed and more remunera-
tive. The manufacturer of the nine
tenth century cannot remain station
airy if he would achieve success, nei-
ther will he find it profitable to change
his business by reason of any slight
encouragement, period ofdullness and
depression, or temporarily excessive
competition. He who has the most
thorough knowledge of his business is
best equipped to wrestle with his COM
etitOrS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Didn't Know Him.
From London SocietY.l

My old friend Warm, joint author
with Dumersan of ''Les Saltimban-
ques," and as nd-hearted man as
ever breathed, told me the following
anecdote of Lafon, the tragedian, whom
certain partial critics had injudiciously
set up as a rival to Talma He was a
clever actor, but egregiously vain Of
his talent, and insufferably consequent
tial in manner. Entering one day the
shop of tailor in the Palais Royal,
accompanied by his son, he requested
to see some ready made cloaks suita-
BILE for the youth, and after considera-
BILE haggling selected ope and ordered
it to be sent home, saying: "Mon bon
This usual way of addressing people,
[ am M Lafon." The shopman bowed
and begged to be favored with his
customers address. "What, mon,
bon!" Indignantly exclaimed the
tragedian, 'syou don't know me!
Come away, my son, come away; this
man will not do for us; he actually
does not know Lafon OF the Coincide
Francaise!"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Minor Mention.

Two men, named Godfrey and Fellows,
while out in fishing boat at East Saginaw,
Mich, on the 7th inst, were upset by a
sudden squall. Godfrey was drowned but
his companion was rescued in an exhausted
condition.
The Egyptian obelisk in Central Park,
New York, was given a coating of paraffine
on the 7th to arrest the work of decay.
Over four thousand coal-miners in the
Hooking Valley are on strike at Straits
vile and Shawnee.
The burning of the four-mill and box.
factory of Thomas U. Thompson, at Will
Transport, Pa, has been followed by his as
signment. His liabilities are over $50, 600
Two men, while taking row on the Nj
agara River, on the 9Th inst, drifted too
near the falls, and before they could be
reached by rescuers were carried over.
Adam Kepenstein was the name Of one; the
other was known as August.
The family Of John Knell, of Baltimore,
were found in their beds on the morning of
the 9Th, unconscious from the effects of es-
Gaping coal gas. One Of the children is
dead.
cyclone visited the southern part of
Illinois on the 9Th inst. doing considerable
damage to property. One man was killed
and two injured at Carmel.
Richard James, j Ohm Davis and Patrick
Plgh were seriously if not fatally burned by
an explosion OF gas at the Sugar Notch
mine near Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 5th.
Orders were received atRoach s shipyard,
at Chester, Pa, on the 9Th, to start up
Immediately. About 800 men will be en-
ployed.
boiler in the pork pa cking house Of w.
M Aiken & Co., at Evansville, Ind, ex-
ploded on the 5th, partially wrecking the
building and injuring twelve men.
Eight inches of snow fell in the vicinity of
DEVILS Lake, OAK, on the 4th inst.
At Newton, N. c., on the 3d. Caleb Seig-
man attempted to drink a quart OF apple
brandy, but the dose was too much for
him, and he died in a few minutes.
In collision between two freight trains
on the ST. Paul road at Whitman, Mimi,
on the I'd inst, Engineer Severance, of
Minneapolis, was killed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Stead Found Guilty.

The jury in the famous Armstrong case,
at London were given the case on the aft
ernoon of the 18th. Their foreman asked
the Judge, before the jury left their seats, to
allow them to distinguish between Mrs. Jar
rett and Mr.. Stead as to their criminal La
bility in case the jury concluded that Mrs.
Jarrett had disobeyed the instructions of
Mr.. Stead, The jury, after being out a
short time, brought in a verdict of guilty
against Stead and Rebecca Jarrett, and &C
quilted Booth and Jacques. The Jury
agreed that Stead and Mrs. Jarrett took
Eliza Armstrong from her home against her
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
EYTCTED CHINESE.
The MOngOlians Driven Out of Tacoma,
Washington Territory.

TACOMA, w. T., Nov. Yesterday
being the time set for the Chinese to
leave, many hundred citizens congre-
gated in the forenoon, marching in an
orderly manner along the streets to
the Chinese houses, ordering occupants
to pack their goods and leave. The
order was complied with. By 5 p. M.
all their effects were packed, loaded on
drays, and the Chinese marched
alongside the wagons, en- route
to Lake View, nine miles south Of
here. Chinese merchants were given
time till morning to pack their goods,
stores being allowed three assistants.
One hundred and ninety-seven Chinese
reached Lake View about z P. M, and
camped in vacant houses. 1t is not
known whether or not they will go to
Portland, but they probably will.
Many of them are walking south on
the railroad track. Citizens sent out,
last night, provisions tolast till morn
ing
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

THE postmaster-general has decided
that only frst-class mail matter
that is, letters, postal cards and
sealed packages-shall have the bene-
fit of the special delivery service.
Clerks who may be employed to deliver
special delivery letters will not be en-
titled to compensation therefore un-
less they are paid out of the private
funds of the postmaster. The words
especial delivery" must be written by
the postmaster on the dispatching en-
velope in which a registered letter or a
package is placed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
AN increasingly large proportion

AN increasingly large proportion OF
our wheat is now exportedin the form
of -four. 1t is found that American
Elillers make a better product than do
the millers of England, and as they sell
more cheaply they are gradually crowd
ing English millers out. One of the
difficulties with English wheat is that
it is usually too moist to make the
best -four, and needs to be mixed with
hard wheats grown in dryer climates.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

THE aged Emperor of Germany has
taken occasion to impressively indi-
cate his religious reliance and belief.
Be ruler emperor or president, de
pending upon the old kingly dogma OF
divine right or upon the favor OF that
voice of the people which is the voice
of God, acknowledgment of a power
in human affairs higher than that of
human hands is duty, the evasion OF
which bears evil fruit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Circus Men Drowned.

Between 2 and o'clock on the morning
of the 9Th, the steamers James w. Golf and
Mountain Girl collided at Split Rock, two
miles from Aurora Ind, sinking the latter
and carrying down seven men and between
thirty and forty horses. The Mountain
Girl was leased by portion of the John
Robinson show travelling as a cheap priced
circus and variety concern. Itexhibited at
Lawrenceburg the previous night, and was
on it's way up to Rising Sun, when the dis
aster occurred. The drowned men, with
one exception, a young man named Dick
Harrell, OF Lawrenceburg, were connected
with the show.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

ACCORDING to the annual report OF
Gen. Drum, adiutant general OF the
United States army, the number of
enlisted men now in the army
who are drawing increased pay
under the act of Congress Of August
4, 1854, is 6,515, with periods of
continuous service ranging from five
to thirty years. Eleven thousand
two hundred and ninety-four men will
become entitled to increased pay under
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

The new police commission OF Bos-
ton does notplcase the saloon-keepers.
1t is said that during it's three months
administration it has revoked more
licenses for disobedience to the law
than have been revoked in any of the
four precedingyears and that the gam
blers and keepers of disreputable
houses find that they cannot protect
themselves through their political affil-
iatiOnS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

In the East. Builders and contract
ors are complaining bitterly about
having to pay such an enormous price
tor nails, and in one or two extreme
instances the work on buildings not
urgent has been temporarily suspend
ed here, In view of the strike coming to
an end. Both sides, however, are still
firm, and an early settlement is not
considered probable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

THE smallpox plague in Canada
continues to- spread. 1t has already
invaded some of the border towns on
the American side. 1t isn't too early
to be making arrangements for an cpl
demic of smallpox. in the United
States. The important point every
Whe "a is the vaccine point.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Six Lives Lost.

large steam dredge belonging to the At
lantic Dredging Company, of Brooklyn,
while being towed from Providence to New
York on the night of the LIST inst, exploded
her boiler when near Race Rock Light, in
Long Island Sound. The dredge immedi-
ately sank. The six men on board were all
either killed by the explosion or drowned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
A MiIlionaire's Suicide.

Cyrus Yandes. whose father, James W.
Yandes, died in st. Paul a few days ago.
was found dead in the cemetery at that
place on the 4th. He had visited his faith
er's grave and with a shot gun blown his
brains out. His father left an estate val
ued at over 81 100000, and it is thought
that grief and the responsibility of settling
up his fathers affairs had unbalanced his
mind. He leaves sister, but no other rel
atiuaS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

fathers will, but could not agree as to
whether Mrs. Jarrett obtained the child by
false pretenses. They also agreed that the
mother did not sell her child, as alleged by
the defense, and that Mr.. Booth and Mr.
Jacques were not parties to the abduction.
The Judge deferred passing sentence upon
the convicted prisoners until after the trial
of the Indictment for indecent assault
against Stead JACQUES and Mourev
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
The St. Louis Dynamiters.

The ST. Louis police have arrested seven
men on the charge OF being connected with
the recent explosions on the street railway
tracks of the city. All the prisoners are
members of the Knights of Labor and all
street-car strikers. After being judiciously
pumped several of the men confessed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Big Strike at Galveston.

Fully !, 800 men, mostly laborers engaged
in unloading and handling cotton along the
wharves at Galveston, Tex, quit work on
the Sd inst. The strike was ordered by the
Knights of Labor. Twelve large foreign
steamers are reported deserted at the docks,
and no cotton can be loaded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Storm on the New England Coast.

The most severe storm known for years
swept the New England coast on the I'd
inst. The storm extended from Halifax to
New York, much damage being done to
shipping. Vessels in the harbors dragged
their anchors and many collisions occurred.
A large number Of fishing boats were blown
ashore and wrecked. No lives are reported
lost
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
McCIelIan's Funeral.

The funeral services over the remains of
the late Gen. Mcclellan took place at the
Madison Square Presby terian Church. New
York, on the I'd inst. There was an i'm
mense crowd oftpeople present but not
touch of military pomp, the ceremonies be-
ing of the most simple character. This was
the wish of the dead general. The body
was taken to Trenton, N. 1, for interment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

RELIABLE news from Burmah an
nounces first, that King Theebaw has
been assassinated, and that he refuses
to consider any pacific propositions
from England. A man who has been
assassinated is perfectly safe IN re-
fnsing to negotiate with anybody.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

Mr.. DEMENT, of Illinois is appointed
surveyor-general of Utah. He Will
come in contact with many demented
Mormons in that territory, who use
the bounty of the government in its
liberal land laws as a basis OF OPPOSE
lion to the civilization of the age.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

WHILE the yield of corn, take the
country through, is enormous, there
are many localities where the season
has been too wet, cold and generally
unfavorable to produce this crop.
Fortunately it can be cheaply bought,
and stock nowhere should be allowed
to suffer lack of liberal feeding the
coming winter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
ROycOttino Cattle Dealers.

The Danish Steamer Constantine, char
tered by the boycotting cattle dealers of
Cork, grounded in that harbor with her
first load for Liverpool. Now it is alleged
that the pilot was bribed by loyalists to
run the vessel aground.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Didn't Know TT Was Loaded.

Mrs. Catharine Trump, postmistress at
the village of Corning Pa, has been ar
rested for opening and reading the private
correspondence of her neighbors. When
questioned she admitted her guilt, but
claimed she did not know it was unlawful.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Death of Holm McCullougb.

John Mccullough the great tragedian,
Gied at the home of his family, in Philadel-
phia, on the 9Th inst. His last appearance
on the stage was at McVicker's Theater
Chicago, in September 1884. He was As
wears Of age
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
The Rtpnblifa't
wATERTOwN. WISCONSIN.

OUR troops have driven the hostile
Anaches into Mexico. Now if the In
dams will give bonds to stay there the
hair crop of Arizona may be regarded
as safe for the season.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Committed by Tramps.

A party of four girls and two boys went
into the woods OF Webster County Ken
lucky, on the 18th, to gather nuts. They
were assaulted by tramps, who nearly
killed the lads and bore the young ladies to
thicket and murdered them all. Citizens
who turned out in search identified and
killed two of the tramps, and are in hopes
of dispatching their accomplices.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Italian Ra.nditti.

italian bandits boarded a railway train
between Naples and Benevento. on the 9Th
INST, shot the guard, and after securing
100 francs from the passengers, escaped
by jumping from the train.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
The Last Link.

The last spike in the Canadian Pacific
Railroad was driven, at Eagle Pass, B. c.,
on the 9TH inst. The ceremonies were of q
very simple nature, only about $50 people
being present.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Monument Blown Up.

The Andre Monument at Tappan, N. Y,
was blown up by dynamite on the night of
the Sd inst. A large quantity Of the explo-
sive WAS used and the entire structure was
shivered to atoms.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Burned to Death.

Miss Katie Tabb, a wellknown young
lady of Louisville KY, was fatally burned
on the night of the 3dinst. She was kneel-
ing before CRATE saying her prayers, when
her clothing caught fire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Mrs. Walkup Acquitted.

The jury in the Walkup poisoning case,
at Emporia, Kas., after being out for near
ly forty eight hours, returned to the court
room on the 9th inst, and rendered YER
dict of not guilty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

the act of May 5, 1872. The number
of deserters from the army during the
past year was 754 less than during the
wear previous.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

Builders Alarmed at the Scarcity and
High Price of Nails.


P1TTsBURG, Pa, Nov. 3.-There is a
nail panic in Pittsburg and through
out the West on account of the nail
ers' strike. Nails are difficult to OBJ
tain at 1926 per keg, and all that
have been sold in this market for the
last six weeks have been manufactured
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Cholera at Palermo.

The United States consul at Palermo, re-
ports 2 900 deaths in that city from chol-
era up to October IL, and states that over
10000 persons have fled from the epidemic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Deeds CT Blood.


bureau Of elections in New York, was rem
and on the 7th inst. killed himself with a
revolver.
At Cleveland, O., on the 9Th, in drunken
frenzy, ohm III. Weber, formerly an officer
in the English army, beat his wife in fear
full manner, breaking two of her ribs. He
then swallowed spoonful of arsenic. He
will die.
In family quarrel in Tittabasse Town
ship, Saginaw County, Mich, on the 9Th
inst, William G. Decker, Is years old, fatal
ly shot his step-father, Homer Stanton
The prisoner claims that he fred in defense
of his mother.
The body of Eva Herman wife of Charles
Herman, butcher of Buffalo, was found
in bed at their rooms on the 18th. Her
throat'was cut from ear to ear, and there
were evidences of a struggle about the room.
The couple were heard quarreling the previ-
GUS Sunday and it is supposed the murder
was committed then, as Mrs. Herman had
not been seen since. The husband had
slept in the room with the body of his wife
ever since the murder.
While j. B. White, a prominent planter,
living near Richmond, Tex, was at supper
on the evening of the I'd inst, he was shot
dead by some unknown party who fired at
him through the window.
Barry Boyne, one of the seven prisoners
accused of the murder of Cinnamon at
Squak W. t., was acquitted on the 3D. inst:
John Bunch, the negro Jockey who killed
James Kiley, another driver, at Homewood
Park, near Pittsburg, last July, was con-
victed of murder in the second degree on the
Sd inst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Smoke.

A fire in the McMicken. University, at Gin
cinnati, on the 7th inst, damaged the
building to the extent of $3O,OOO, and de-
stroyed the valuable library of Prof Eddy
The large hotel at Lawrence Junction.
near Newcastle, Pa, was completely de-
stroyed by fire on the morning of the 9Th
inst. There were twenty-four guests in the
building, and many narrow escapes are re-
ported. The loss will ZACH 100000.
Fire in TIE old Farwell building on Mon
roe Street, Chicago on the morning of the
9th inst, destroyed property to the value
of 100000.
The United States furnished 154 business
failures during the week ending on the 9Th.
Two prisoners lost their lives in fire
which destroyed the police station at Rome,
N. Y, on the night of the 3D. inst. The loss
was small.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
ch;nasa Sett,ement Rurned

A dispatch of the 18th inst. from Tacoma,
Ore. saws the Chinese quarter OF the town
has been burned by mob. Much railroad
property was damaged by the flames.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11
Rebels at AssOuan.

It is reported at Cairo that the author
tiles have warned all passenger steamers
plying on the Upper Nile against stopping
at Assouan, owing to the near approach of
rebel forces. Ras Aloula, the Abyssinian
general, has asked Tor further subsidy of
$4,000 and more munitions, which have
been refused by the government.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

MRS. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON will
celebrate her 10th birthday on No
vember IL.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-11-11

: GEN. O. O. HOWARD will make his
home IN San Francisco.