Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-09
Minor Mention.

The directors of the Hartwick Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, of Warren County,
N. j., closed up business on the 9Th.
Deadwood, Dak., experienced snow
storm on the 9TH
Oscar Parry, an 11-year-old Philadelphia
boy, suicided on the 9th inst, the result Of
blood and thunder tale for boys.
Mrs. Mary Williams, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
eloped, on the 9th inst, with her husbands
colored coachman.
Maj. Aaron Stafford, last surviving Off
Ger of the war of 1912, died at Waterville
N. Y, on the 9Th, at the age of 90.
Bob Haylor, the Springfield, o., train en-
gineer who braved death to save the lives
Of his passengers, died at that place on the
9th from injuries received.
Single men at Muskegon, Mich., went
out on strike, on the 4th for ten hours
or increased pay.
A tank car containing oil exploded at
Pittsburg, on the 4th fatally burning Brake
man Thomas Ryan, of Cleveland.
Thompson e Trussler, hardware dealers,
Greensburg, Ind. and Thomas & Benham,
New York commission men, suspended on
the 4th inst.
Failures in the United States and Cana
da for the week ending on the 18th were 165.
Thomas III. Brown, q Chicago paper
dealer, was killed at Putney, VT, on the
18th, by falling into a revolving water
wheel.
The Rev. DR.. Stephen H Tying, ST., died
at Irvington, n. Y, on the 18th, at the age
of So.
Kossuth, Marx e Co., wholesale jewellers
in New York City, failed on the 4th inst.
Dispatches of the 4th report serious floods
at Galveston, Tex.
Mrs. David Brown, of Petoskey, died in a
dentists chair, on the I'd, from the effects
OF choral.
Thomas Rigley and his sister, Mrs. Farris,
died at Shenandoah, Pa, on the I'd, from
fungus poisoning.
Lieut.. Gen. j. III. M. Darlington, of the
English army, was accidentally shot in
Scotland while hunting, on the 3D.
Ex-senator Gwinn, OF California, died
at New York on the Sd, at the age of 80.
Count Tolstoi, the Russian statesman
and poet, has been placed in lunatc asy-
lum.
Four masked men entered Chicago q
Alton train near Blue Springs, Mo-. on the
night Of the I'd, and started in to rob the
passengers. After getting a small amount
they became alarmed and after ringing the
bell, jumped off and escaped in the woods.
j. Romers d Co., contra ctors and stock
raisers, with headquarters at Las Vegas,
N. NJ, suspended on the I'd. Their liabil-
titles are given at 100000.
A derrick, used in the construction OF an
6tuuIUIOu W UIe bUdUe penlUenUldfy aU j e1-
ferson, Mo-, fell on the 1st, killing one man,
a convict, and seriously injuring two 9th
ers.
John t. Morgan, Jr., son of Senator
Morgan and Miss Della Stella, were drown
ed at Washington, D. c., on the LIST, while
taking a canal ride.
tornado swept the town Of Laibach,
Austria, on the LIST inst, doing an immense
amount OF damage. During the prevalence
Of the storm many cattle were killed by
lightning.
Ludwig Resttar, a cloth merchant at
Brum, Austria, and j. Jones, cotton
dealer at Perth, closed their doors on the
LIST. The formers liabilities are 100000
and the latter's 100000.
Great excitement was caused in circus
tent in Philadelphia on the 31st by the
escape of one of the elephants. After clear
ing out the place he was finally captured.
One man, John Kimberline, was tossed in
the air and seriously hurt.
Bristol & Macarthur, printers and binders,
St. Paul, have made an assignment for the
benefit of their creditors. Liabilities, $25,-
900; assets, $35, 900.