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The Republican journal., 1885-07-09

The glorious forth was a very quiet day here, and
most of the celebrating was done In the early
Ing hours The sleepers throughout the village
were aroused at about one O'Clock by the booming
of a cannon and the footing of innumerabe horns.
Thirty-ome charges were fired and every body said
the cannon was directly under their window. a
vast amount of work was done in placing old wag-
ons and hay racks on top of buildings, and one of
our traders found his door blockaded by large
yaw boat which had been dragged up from the
wharves. A queer looking emblem had been hoist
cd TO the top Of the &. A. r. liberty pole, and field
glasses had to lie brought into befur4 the article
could he named During the evening quite dis
play of fire works was made from the band stand,
and the young folks finished the day at the skating
rink.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-09

FRANKFORT a picnic dinner and supper on
the Fourth at the summer residence of |. W. Seavey
was very enjoyable occasion. Among the num-
her present were Daniel Dyer and wife and Geo.
Clements wife and family Of Winterport, John f.
Averil of Frankfort, NJ. II. Haley and Capt.
Allard Crockett of Prospect, and others. With the
good company the Fourth passed OF altogether too
soon.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-09


July ,. Sch. =. liazetine. French, Hyannis.
July J. Schs. L. l.. Warren, Colson, Boston,
Richardson, Pattersha, Boston.
The Republican journal., 1885-07-09

TROY. II. A. Harding Is very sick. Mrs. Henry
Gould IS gaining slowly. John Wingate is able to
walk out pleasant days ...Pastures are good so
far and stock is looking well. This viii be a very
hard year for drought, as the farmers have got
rli OF all of their Old hav...A. HoddOn is getting
a good run of trade by driving through the country
win MS Two horse grocery cart. Preston Prem
Mss has sold twenty-three pigs and shoats of his
own raising this spring and summer. There are
some very fine colts in town this season. F. NJ
Prentiss has the finest bred one In town. If not in
the county. 1t is standard under three rules and
Is by the noted trotting horse Harbnger The dam
Is his fast mare Mabel by Fearnaught
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01

THE argument that the majority of
women do not want to vote was neatly
and forcibly turned by one of the
speakers at the recent anniversary
woman suffrage meeting in Boston,
who proved by the census statistics of
Massachusetts, that no more do ma
jority Of men want to vote in that
state. 1t was shown that in 1880
there were about 100000 men in the
commonwealth entitled to become
voters. OF that number only about
$4,000 qualified and registered. Out
of the 100000 registered only 282, 900
voted, and of these it is safe to say
that at least $4,000 were dragged on
to the lists and up to the polls
by the workers of the parties.
In many cases it was necessary to
bride them by the payment of their
poll taxes, and occasionally it was
doubtless true that even more than
this was needed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
THE TEXAS CAPITOL.
Victory for the Syndicate and for Indiana
Bedford Limestone.


Bedford Limestone.
AUSTIN, Tex, June 23.-Tne Ques-
ton of allowing a Chicago syndicate
to substitute Indiana Bedford lime
stone for Texas limestone in building
the exterior walls ofthegreat new state
capitol has been agitating the capitol
board for several months. Some two
months ago the syndicate completed
the foundation and the granite water
table, and received therefor about
10000 acres of land in payment. The
contract for the suDerstructure called
for limestone of q certain uniform
color and quality, but did not stipu-
late where such stone should be quar-
ried. Col. Abner Taylor, of Chicago,
financial agent ofthe syndicate, offered
to begin work on the outer walls if the
board allowed the use of Indiana lime
stone, claiming that he could
find no available limestone of
color and quality in Texas in
sufficient quantities for such a great
building. The board, including Gov.
Ireland, was very stubborn, and re-
fused last week to accede to Col Tay-
lor's request to use Indiana stone,
whereupon Taylor bid them au revoir
and went to Springfield. Yesterday
the board again met, and have now de-
cided by a vote of three to two to &C
cept the syndicate's offer to fulfil it's
contract with Indiana Bedford lime
stone. Gov. Ireland and the state
treasurer voted against the syndicate.
This is a victory for Col. Taylor, who
will return and complete the second
largest building in the United States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01

horror of "the gentlemanly commit
tee," which, he is kind enough to say,
"meets a lecturer in every town he
goes to, insists on driving him about
the town to see this hall or the court
house, or somebody's fine residence;
iolting the victimized lecturer two or
three miles through back streets; and
finally after the lecture, sittingu with
him two or three hours, telling him
uninteresting 'chestnuts' that his own
Jokes had recalled to their minds. !"
Gentlemen who take lecturers to their
houses, and show them the little at
tentions that are usually accorded to
distinguished strangers, are not in the
habit of publishing in the newspapers
their opinions of their guests; SO we
shall never know what the gentle
manly committees" think of Col.
Knox
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
Another Cabinet.

After weeks delay, the announcement
was officially made on the 22d that the
Marquis of Salisbury had finally formed a
cabinet as follows: Prime minister and
secretary for foreign affairs, the MARQUIS of
Salisbury; first lord of the treasury. Sir
Stafford Northcote; chancellor of the ex-
chequer, Sir Michael E. Hicks Beach; lord
high chancellor, Sir Hardinge Clifford; lord
president of the council, Viscount Gran
brook; lord of the privy SEAL the Earl of
Horronby; secretary for the home depart
ment, Sir Richard Assheton Cross: secre-
tary for the colonial departments, Col.
Frederick Stanley; secretary for war, the
Right. Hon. William Henry Smith; secre-
tary of state for India, Lord Randolph
Churchill; first lord of the admiralty, Lord
George Hamilton; president of the local
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
SPOTTED FEVER.
Bea1lsyil1e, Ohio, Alarmed Over a Death
from the Dread Disease.

Bea11syil1e, Ohio, Alarmed Over q Death
from the Dread Disease.
BELLAIRE, o., June 23.-Beallsville,
a little town just on the edge of Monroe
County, and about ten miles from this
city, is greatly excited over the ap-
pearance Of the deadly spotted fever
One death has resulted, the victim be-
ing Miss Rosa Arnold, about Is years
of age. Her sister is lying at the point
of death, and members Of other fami-
lies are quite sick. The authori-
ties are greatly alarmed, and the town
has been thickly covered with disin-
fecGants, while the houses of those i'll
are being closely guarded. Miss Arnold
was buried after dark last night, with
in few hours after death. The
physicians pronounce the disease SIM
liar to that raging at Plymouth, Pa,
and it is supposed to have been
brought to the place by John Arnold,
a river man, who came home few
days ago very i'll. The excitement is
very great, as the disease is expected
to spread
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01

Robert Phillips, colored laboring man of
Indianapolis, Ind, in jealous fit, on the
morning of the Oath, cut his wife's throat
and his own. The former is dead, but the
murderer may recover.
The body of an unknown man was found
by some boys in a well, head downward, at
Stamford, Conn.,, on the 21st. The man s
arms and legs were tied with a rope, and
his head wrapped in a piece of carpet. The
premises where the body was found have
been unoccupied for some time.
Wiley Council, cobbler, shot Wallace
Thompson, at Lincoln, H., on the 22d,
with fatal results. The cause Of the tragedy
was jealousy entertained by Connell against
Thompson. The shooting took place on
the public street.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
A Total of Fifteen.

News was received on the 25th, that the
citizens posse from the Texas and Indian
Territory side of the Red River, in the
neighborhood of Delaware Bend, who have
for several weeks past been chasing the gang
of outlaws who have been numbering and
stealing horses and stock in that section so
long, overlook the gang and captured eight
of them and hanged them to one tree. They
proceeded a few miles further and captured
four others, whom they killed in a similar
manner. The news is also confirmed from
Burlington and Gainesville. About three
weeks ago three horse thieves were lynched
making a total of fifteen dead outlaws to
the credit of this posse. Fully twenty mem
bers OF the gang have been slain since last
spring, and half-dozen good officers and
citizens have lost their lives.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
THE PENN BANK.
End of the Conspiracy Case in a Verdict
of Acquitta1.

End of the Conspiracy Case in a Verdict
of Acquitta1.
PTTsBURG, Pa, June "a. = The
greatest interest was manifested in the
Riddle Richer conspiracy case, it being
generally known that the Jury had
agreed upon verdict. The court
room was filled to it's utmost capacity
this morning, and the corridors lead
ing to the room were jammed. About
half past 9 O'Clock court was opened,
and the jury stated that they had
found a verdict of not guilty, and that
the costs should be paid by the prose
cutors, Directors Cavitt and Car
roll. There was some lively ap-
plause, but it was suppressed
by the court. After the defendants
had been congratulated, ex-President
Riddle, knowing that there was writ
for his arrest on a judgment obtained
by G. E. Stewart & Bros, went into
court and gave bail in $4,000. The
amount of the judgment against him
was $4,000. He was released from
custody and was again the recipient
of congratulations. The attorneys
for the depositors say that the result
of the trial will undoubtedly win for
them the civil suits now pending
against the directors for negligence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01

New YORK has law, recently en-
acted, forbidding thesale of any canned
fruit, vegetables or other articles OF
fruit unless the cans or jars shall be
labeled with the name of the packer
and the quality of the article so
packed. The law is to go into effect
January i, 1886, and was enacted for
the purpose of preventing fraud and
imposition in these popular articles OF
food. The law should also have re-
quired the date when the goods were
put up to be stamped on the cans, as
one of the worst frauds in the business
is the selling of stuff two or three years
old for freshly packed articles. If the
law works we'll in New York, it should
be enacted in other states.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
JUSTICE FOE FISH.
The Marine Bank Financier Sent Up for
Ten Years,

| The marine Bank F1nanCier Sent Up for
| Ten Years.
NEW YORK, June 27.-James d. Fish
came into the courtroom at an early
hour this morning, accompanied by
his counsel, Messrs. Clark and Stan
ley. He was dressed in dark colors,
and his face wore it's usual stolid ex-
preston. Judge Benedict entered the
courtroom shortly after 10 o'clock.
| This was an hour earlier than the
court usually opens, and there were
but few persons present. AS soon as
the Judge seated himself, Assistant
District-Attorney Foster moved for
sentence on "the prisoner, James d.
Fish" Clerk Shields called the name,
and Fish walked firmly to the bar. He
placed a hand on the rail, and lifted
his eyes to the Judge, who wiped his
glasses carefully with silk handker-
chief and said:
JAMES D. FISH: You are charged by the
grand jury with many offenses against the
| laws of the United States. After fair and
| impartial trial, you are found guilty Of the
misrepresentation of the funds of the bank
| of which you were president You were also
| found guilty of making false entries in the
| books of the bank while in that position
4 A1O VI jury NolS Ou NSIO
guilty. The evidence clearly showed that
there could be no doubt as to your guilt
A more shameful or a more lawless abuse
of the powers of a president of a national
bank can scarcely be imagined. 1t is prop
er, therefore, that fit punishment should be
melted out to you, and in order that others
may be deferred from similar offenses it is
necessary that the full penalty of the law
be pronounced on you. A merciful consid-
Grafton for your age forbids a cumultive
| sentence. The sentence of the court is that
| you shall be confined in the prison at Au-
burn for ten years.
Fish did not change color or alter
his expression when he heard the judg-
ment. He showed agitation in no
way. Hewalked from the courtroom
leisurely, and was returned to his
quarters in the Ludlow Street Jail,
whence he will be taken to Auburn in
a day or two. The sentence is not
considered severe. The communication
for good conduct will reduce the term
to six years and six months. Fish is
now IS years old.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
MEXICAN FINANCES.
a New Law That is Causing a Great Stir
of Dissatisfaction.

of Dissatisfaction.
CITY OF MEXICO, June 25.-The new
law decreed on Monday is causing COM
motion in banking circles. The Ma
tional Bank is badly embarrassed, and
it is believed cannot survive the shock.
1t is reported that the National Bank,
the Central Railroad and the National
Railroad will join in protest to the
government. The National Bank
capital is largely held in France, where
it is backed by the Franco-Egyptian
Bank, and to-day rumors have been
current that the French government
might make ep diplomatic protest in
behalf of the bank. A question has
also been raised regarding the attitude
of the United States government,
should American railroads be seriously
embarrassed. The large German mer-
camille houses here have bought up
custom-house certificates at dis
count, and the point has been raised
in German circles that the home gov
eminent is likely to make diplomatic
inquiry why these certificates have
been discredited. 1t is reported that
the government will in a few days pub
lish new scheme for the adjustment
of the English debt, and, It'll expected,
a favored result will follow on the
London market. Theimmediatee effect
of the financial coup o. etat here must
be beneficial.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
Deeds of Blood.

At New York, on the night of the 9th, in
a quarrel caused by jealousy, Mike Murphy
was fatally hurt by Thomas Dugan, a
butcher.
At GAINESVILLE, S. c., on the 9th, Rebec
ca Samuels, IL years DID, was convicted of
numbering an infant whom she was nursing,
by soaking her in pot of I've.
Rev. Sydney III. Russell, a Presbyterian
clergyman at Woodhaven, l.. l., cut his
throat with razor on the 9th. William
Watson a wealthy resident of Aurora, ILL.,,
committed suicide by hanging himself to a
bedpost.
Three hundred blood Indians have left
their reservation in Northern Montana,
and are iourneying south to join the Pie
CANS in war upon the Crows and Gros
Ventures.
Elijah Hinson has been arrested at White
hall, Ark, for a murder committed in
Greene County, ILL.,, two years ago.
John McKeever (colored) was hanged at
Memphis, Tenn, on the 26th, for the muir
der OF William Trainor near that city last
December. At Hopkinsville, KY, Jordan
Taylor was executed for similar crime.
Milo, Jump, porter at the Wilmer
House, Northumberland, Pa, was shot on
the evening of the 25th by John Cox, pro-
prietor of the Palmer House. Jump lived
but few minutes.
Luther K. Bruce, a leading druggist of
st. Louis, Mo-, shot and killed j. G. Lentz,
a prominent merchant and justice Of the
peace, at Douglas. Ia, on the 25th. The
affair grew out OF an attempt to suppress
the liquor traffic, Lentz being strong
temperance man and Bruce an active sup
porter of the whisky cause.
William Hall, aged 16, was found hang
ing from tree near Nicola, Neb., on the
26th. 1t is thought he was murdered by
four escaped cOnVictS.
Samuel L. Bacon, a lawyer, ofNiles, Mich,
attempted suicide by shooting, on the
morning OF the 25th. But slight hopes are
entertained of his recovery. He had been
married only forty-eight hours. The cause
for the attempted suicide is unknown.
Cornelius B. Demorest, OF New Haven
Conn.,. prominent carriage manufacturer,
committed suicide on the oath with a cary
ing knife.
Henry A. Myers, OF Baltimore, convicted
of wife cheating, received twenty lashes on
the oath. This is the first case under the
new wife-beating act.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Damage Caused by Sparks Assessed
Against Railroad Company.

Damage Caused by Sparks Assessed
Against a Railroad Company.
VINCENNEs, Ind, June ga very
important case, legally and financially,
was decided by the supreme court at
Indianapolis, yesterday. In the sum-
mer of 1880, the large starch-works of
J. A. & J. II. Cunningham, in this city,
were burned, entailing q heavy loss.
The institution was situated by the
side of the Evansville & Terre Haute
Railroad, and sparks from a passing
locomotive set the works on fire.
Messrs. Cunningham sued the railroad
company for 100000 damages. The
case was tried in the Knox circuit
court in 1881, and the verdict was
found for the defendant The plaint-
ifs attorneys appealed to the SUI
preme court, and for nearly four
years that legal body has had
the case under consideration. The
case was briefed twice and twice ar
gued orally, so important were the
issues involved, and to-day the su-
preme court reversed the decision of
the lower court and sustained the
plaintiffs. The plaintiffs endeavored
to show that the property was de-
stroyed by fire caused by sparks from
the defendants locomotives, which
were detective, badly constructed and
out of repair, while the defendants en-
deavored to prove the plaintiffs con-
tributOry negligence in allowing com
bustible material to accumulate on
the roofs of their buildings, ETC., thus
needlessly causing the confagration.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
Smoke.

A fire which broke out in Knoedler's art
gallery, New York, on the Oath, caused
$25, 900 damage. Nearly 81 900, 900 worth
Of works of art were in the building at the
time. Several pictures, ranging in value
from $4,000 to $4,000 each, were unin.
jured
The coal-breaker at Lehighton, Pa. owned
by Smith & Co., of New York, was de-
stroyed by an incendiary fire on the night
of the 21st. Loss, $4,000.
The little village of Ontario. in Wayne
County, N. Y, was denuded of it's business
buildings by fire, on the 22d. The losses
will aggregate $4,000.
Mathesins e. Co., art furniture dealers
warerooms on Fifth Avenue, on the morn
ing of the 21st.
Fire on the night of the 22d partially de
stroyed the building of Abraham, French &
Co., Boston. Figures not given.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
A "LittIe Difficulty" in Church.

Toledo, o., eliminated on the 28th in a
general row over the resignation of the pas
tor. A week or more ago an attempt was
made to blow up the house Of the priest
with dynamite, and Immediately after the
resignation, the friends Of the priest in the
controversy assembled outside the church
and proceeded to mob the houses of two
members OF the congregation, whom they
suspected of being implicated in the attempt
to GUST thepriest. Peter Lzelaszkewiez and
Albert Dulkowsky were driven from their
homes, which were wrecked by the mob.
The former was slightly wounded but the
latter and his wife were beaten with clubs
SO that they will both die. An inoffensive
bystander was also killed, and large num-
Der of people hurt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
Minor Mention.

While on their way to church in q row
boat on the Platte River, on the 28th, Rev.
G. E. Laughlin, a Presbyterian minister,
and his sister, were drowned by the upset.
ting of the boat.
William O'Neill, of West INDIANAPOLIS.
Ind, took his three children for boatride
on the 2Sth. The boat was upset, and
while the children were saved, the father,
who could not swim, was drowned.
Eighteen miners were killed by an explo-
sion offire- damp in a colliery near Saar-
bruck, in Rhenish Prussia.
James d. Fish, ex-president of the defunct
Marine Bank of New York, was sentenced,
on the 9th. to ten years Imprisonment in
Auburn penitentiary.
The greater portion Of the mining town of
Iron River, Mich, was destroyed by an in
cendiary fire on the 9th.
There were 1876 failures in this country
for the seven days ending on the 26th
Three workmen were killed, on the Goth,
by the explosion of boiler in the distillery
OF Mattingly & Moore, at Borlestown, KY.
Official reports from the various prov
inces of Spain show that there were 454
new cases of cholera and 209 deaths on the
Goth.
The Illinois Legislature adjourned sine die
on the Goth.
A dispatch from Toronto, Ont, of the
25th, reports that the strike of the builders
laborers is assuming gigantic proportions.
The Bricklayers' Union has determined to
call out all its members who are served by
''scabs." This will make the total OF men
out nearly 5000, and it is thought will end
the strike.
freight train on the Indianapolis, De
catur d Springfield Railroad, at North
Salem, twenty six miles west of Indianap-
oils, on the Oath, knocked an unknown
woman and her two children, aged and
II years, off a twenty-foot trestle, killing
them all.
The boiler of the grist-mill of Mountain &
Son, Mobile, exploded on the oath, tearing
wall of the adjacent building. Five persons
found in the ruins died of their injuries.
The trial of Ferdinand Ward has been
postponed to October 5.
A fearful explosion occurred in a powder
mill at Lucca, Italy, on the Oath. A num-
Der OF people were at work at the time and
very few escaped death or serious injuries
The bodies of twelve of the killed have been
recovered.
The Chicago city council, on the night of
the 22d passed a resolution appropriating
500, 900 to be placed at the disposal of
the health department for the purpose of
improving the sanitary condition of the
city.
A boy by name of Wallace Laget, while
bathing at the point near the canal at
Louisville, KY, on the 22d, was drowned.
A log jam in the East Kennebec River,
near Fairfield, Me-. containing 100000
feet of logs was started by powder blast
on the 22d. 1t went out with crash that
was heard for miles, and the released logs
shot down stream on a sixteen mile current
Charles Krug, of st. Helena, Cal, one Of
the most prominent vineyardists in the
state, failed on the 22d, with liabilities of
$236,O0O and $181. 900 assets.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01

Col. J. ANNOY KNOX, who has been
delivering a lecture advertised as
humorous" in several Northern cities
in aid of the Bartholdi pedestal fund,
announces his intention of withdraw
ing himself from this field of usefulness
The reason the colonel alleges for
abandoning the show business con-
Germs only that limited number of gen
tlemen on whom has developed the
task of entertaining him as he has
passed from town to town with his re-
markable lecture. 1t seems he has a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
Samson on a Tear.

During the performance Of a circus at
Lapeer, Mich, on the oath, Samson, a
large elephant, became Infatuated, and
turned upon the 5000 persons assembled
under the canvas. He tore up the seats,
smashed the furniture and made havoc
generally. Women tainted, children
screamed, boys climbed trees and general
stampede followed. The enraged elephant,
after clearing out the canvas, made a.
break for the woods near by, and mired
himself in an adjacent swamp. After much
difficulty he was extricated, but five bullets
were shot into his hide to tame him. Amid
the panic numbers of limbs were broken
and property lost and damaged. No fatali-
fioG s,ccurra6