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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

THE American Manufacturer says
that since the introduction of natural
gas into the iron, steel, glass and other
works of PitGsburg, the consumption
of coal has decreased to such an ex-
tent that local producers find it neces-
sary to seek a market elsewhere,
and cites instances in proof of the
statement. This would seem to dis
prove the statement-credited to the
same paper and floating through the
columns of it's trade contemporaries
that natural gas does not amount to
much as fuel, after all, judged by the
experience of Pittsburg manufacturers
who have used it. If it is driving coal
away from home to find consumers, it
amounts to considerable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
BRUTALITY TO BAD MEX.
Horrible Treatment of Convicts in the
South.


CHARLESTON, S. c., July 8.-About
the middle of June, Gov. Thompson
was informed that the convicts en-
ployed in grading the Savannah Val
ley Railroad in Abbeville County, we're
cruelty treated; that one convict had
died in consequence of brutal whip
pings by the guards; that they were
over-worked and that excessive NOR
tality prevailed among them. The
governor immediately instructed the
superintendent of the penitentiary to
investigate the charges. The official
report, which has just been made,
shows that sixteen deaths have oc-
Cured since January i, out of total
| force of about 12O cOnvicts; that seven
are unable to work; that the convicts
are required to march nearly three
miles to their work with shack
kles on their legs; that on
account of the bad quality of
their food scurvy has made it's ap-
pearance; and that there has been ex-
cessive cruelty in Furnishing the con-
victs. In describing the effects of the
! U6dUIIIS VI ISuIy L OIUoI NY IL. w.
Jackson, who had temporary charge
of the convicts during the absence of
the regular overseer, DR.. D. S. Pope,
penitentiary physician, says: GAS evil
dence Of the severity of the whipping
inflicted, would state that the it's
sues have sloughed leaving an open
sore eighteen inches long by ten inches
wide. punishment must have been
very cruel. [ doubt his complete
recovery. Other convicts were also
cruelty beaten, although the condition
Of those at work is said to be every
fair" Jackson, the inhuman guard,
has fled to Georgia, but efforts are
being made to secure his arrest. There
is great Indignation at these outrages,
and steps will probably be taken at
the next session of the legislature to
discontinue the practice of hiring out
the convicts to railroads and phos-
phate miners.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
Smoke.

The burning of the stave and heading
works of the VinCennes Manufacturing Com
pany at Vincennes, Ind, on the 18th.
caused a loss of 100000, and deprived $50
men of employment.
Pratt & Sons carriage factory, at Elk
hart Ind, was destroyed, with it's contents,
on the l. th, involving a loss of $50 900.
Fifty houses in the commercial quarter OF
the city of Kursk, Russia, were destroyed
by fire on the 11th
A livery stable and number of other
buildings at Belfast, Me-, were destroyed by
fire on the 18th. Two men, Westley
Twombey and John Casey, lost their lives.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, had $4,000 tinware
fire on the 18th.
Fire at Sharpsburg Pa, on the 10th, de-
stroyed the livery stable of Mcnamara &
Roberts, together with number OF other
buildings, causing a loss $25, 1000.
San Francisco had $75, 900 lumber fire
on the night of the 9th.
The large mill connected with Bormore q
Sons shipyard in Jeffersonville, Ind, op-
posite Louisville, KY, burned on the morn
ing OF the 9th. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, with insurance for only q small
amount
| A fire on Main Street. Cleveland, on the
! Sth, caused loss of about 100000.
Young's glue factory and Powel's tan
merry, together covering three acres Of
| ground, In Bermondsey, a London suburb,
in Surrey County, was destroyed by fire on
the Sth. The loss is 100000.
The Belgian Glass Works, Meadville, Pa,
were totally destroyed by fire on the even
ing of the 9th. Loss, $65, 900, insurance
| $3S, 900.
The lower portion of the city of Carson,
| New, was nearly destroyed by fire on the
9Th. Loss estimated at $4,000.
A rocket struck into the loading depart
ment of the Remington Armory at lion,
| n. Y, on the night of the 9th, which de-
stroyed that structure and $4,000 worth
of cartridges. The fire extended to the
main building, damaging the upper rooms,
machinery and sewing machine stock by
fire, smoke and water to the extent OF S25,-
| 900.
The house Of Joseph Harrison, near
| Woodbridge, Va, was burned on the 9th,
and with it an infant child of Mrs. Baily,
Joseph Harrison and two of his children.
Mrs. Baiy was rescued alive, but died soon
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
RESULT OF REPUDTATTON.
Foreign Bondho1ders Will Not Comprt
mise With the State of Virginia.

Foreign Bondholders Will Not COmpro-
mise With the State of Virginia.
RICHMOND, Va, July 7.-Wn. L..
Royal, counsel for the English holders
of Virginia bonds, returned here yes
terday from London. In relation to
his mission, he says that the council
Of foreign bondholders, as we'll as indi-
vidual holders of bonds, are to a man
unalterably opposed to making any
proposition of compromise to the
state. If any adjustment is ever eff
fected, the move toward it will have
to come from thestate. The creditors
have a deep feeling of resentment at
the treatment they havereceived. "It
makes a Virginian hang his head with
shame" said Mr.. Royal, '.to see how
this state is thought of in England. 1t
is enough to kill any measure dead in
London to let the name Of Virginia
appear to be connected with it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
Showed How His Fields Were Won
From the Boston Record.

The grand annual shouldering of
crutches and showing of how fields
were won at Portland reminds the his
torian of an occurrence at similar re-
union at Chicago a few years ago. There
was sort of a competition among
the veterans that year in the matter of
wounds, and Col. Rickaby, a we'll
known Chicago lawyer and semi-poh-
tician, who had really been a brave
soldier, though he lacked the soldier
ly quality Of modesty, distanced all
competitors by appearing at the BAN
quet in suit of clothes with aper-
lures cut through them exactly cor
responding with all the wounds he had
received in the service. AS he had the
good fortune, for a public man, to be
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

RUSSIAN flour is now shipped to New
York and sold in this country. Modern
commerce is wonderful thing, always
becoming more complex in it's rela-
tions; and carrying Goals to Newcastle,
in the language of the old proverb, is
a feature which is of growing import
ance. American cutlery is sold in Bir-
mingham, and American cotton goods
in Manchester, and it is only the
counterpart of this that Russian kero-
sene and flour should sell in New Y ork.
Consumers are governed by whims, as
well as by price, or by reasonable
preference, and then the increasing
cheapness of transportation makes
the place of production of less and less
relative Importance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
NO CHOLERA.
Origin of the Report that Toledo Had
Gases of Sporadic Cholera.

TOLEDO, O., July 1.-THE reports
of two cases of sporadic cholera here
are without foundation and started
thus: About fifty Poles are in the city
prison, undergoing examination on
charges of rioting and murder, and
have been there some ten days July
4 and 5 were intensely hot days. The
Poles are filthy in personal habits,
being of the lowest class, and on Sun
day night it was found that two we're
suffering from severe intestine trouble.
The prison physician is credited with
declaring it sporadic cholera" but he
denies it. AS soon as report spread,
other physicians called in and declared
the disease cholera morbus, with no
symptoms of cholera. One Of the sick
men has entirely recovered, and the
second has symptoms of typhoid
fever. The health of the city is ex-
cellent, and the death rate last month
was far below the average.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

A NEWSPAPER asrecently suspended
in St. Paul which was started six
months ago on capital of $40 in
money and $500 worth of job type.
Many of the best-paying newspapers in
the country were established on a
fimsier basis than that, while other
papers have sunk hundreds of thou
sands of dollars beforereaching pay
ing basis, or never reaching it at all
Whether a newspaper will pay or not
cannot be determined until it is tried
and generally it is a risky experiment
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

shot full of holes and recover, he pre-
sented an exceedingly perforated APP
pearance at the banqueting board.
Here" he remarked in his voluble
way, pointing to one of his grevious
rents, Il was wounded at Pittsburg
Landing; this cut represents a bayonet
thrust at Vicksburg; a piece of shell,
exploded at Port Hudson, cut through
here" etc., etc.
A veteran from the country ven
tured to ask the colonel whether q,
shot had ever struck him In the law
and the rebel fire at Fort Wagner was
not more whitening than the look that
Rickaby gave him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

THE newspapers are generally copy
ing the remark that "Mrs. Hayes,
Mrs. Garfield, and Miss Cleveland
were all school teachers" The same
may be said of several presidents,
any number of senator's, and of more
than half of the supreme judges.
There is something acquired in thelife of
the school teacher which fits men and
women for the highest and best duties
of citizenship. There can be no better
training given to any young man or
woman than in the school-room as
teacher.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
Small Loss, but Plenty of Scare.

The Globe Hotel, in Louisiana, Mo-,
caught fire on the morning of the 18th, from
the explosion of lamp, and burned to the
ground. The building was three stories
high. There were thirty-ive guests asleep
at the time of the fire, all of whom were
awakened. Many of them leaped from the
second and third-story windows to the
ground, clad in their night-clothes. DR..
Lonergan, who jumped from the third
floor, struck on the brick sidewalk and was
killed almost instantly. Other guests, be-
sides losing their trunks, iewelry and all
their clothing, received severe injuries,
breaking their legs and arms in jumping.
Loss, $10,000 insurance, $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
Tax Riots in SDain.

A dispatch from Lerida, Spain, under
date of the 18th, says that serious riot
has occurred there, on account Of the OPP
position of a portion of the populace to
the payment of certain taxes. The COVER
nor, who endeavored to pacify the rioters,
was stoned by them. The mob then be-
came more demonstrative, and threatened
to burn the town by the use of petroleum.
The military were then called out to restore
order, and fired on the rioters, killing three
of them. One soldier was also killed.
Many of the rioters were wounded. It is
reported that similar riots have occurred
at Rens, a town near Tarragona.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

THE extent of the cattle ranges of
the United States is shown in a strik-
ing manner by the report on the SUBJ
ject just issued by the bureau of sta
tistics at Washington. The statistics
show that the area in which the cattle
interest leads all others embraces
1865, 900 square miles, and is about
IL per cent, or a little less than half
Of the United States, and is equal to
Great Britain and Ireland, France,
Germany, Denmark, Holland, Belgium,
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Spain and
Portugal and one-ffth of Russia in
Europe. Over 7, 100000 cattle Craze
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
TRIPLE MURDER.
Two Aged People and a Negro Boy Butch
cred in North Carolina.


cred in North Carolina.
MoNCURE, N. c., July 6.-Edward
Finch, aged rs years, his sister, aged
80, both white, and negro boy about
Is years of age, were murdered near
here Saturday night, between midnight
and daylight. The throats of all were
cut. It was evident that all had been
knocked in the head with an axe. It
is reported that several hundred dol
lars in money we're stolen from
the house of Mr.. Finch. It is
thought probable tha0 the robbers
became murderers to screen them
selves from detection. 1t is also re-
ported this morning that one Of the
murderers has been captured at his
home with his hands yet red with the
blood of the victims. It is said that
he was in the house washing the blood
from his hands. Great excitement
prevails in this entire section among
all classes of people, and earnest eff
forts are being made to discover the
murderers, of whom there are believed
to be several. The scene of the muir
der is only about a mile from that of
the famous Sumter murder eighteen
months ago, and eight miles from Mon
cI1pa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

on the plains occupied by theseranges,
and their value reaches the total OF
S2OO.OOO,O 900. The significant fact is
stated that 21, 100000 acres of this
grazing territory is owned by foreign
svndicates and English noblemen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
HERE are the actual facts of Third

HERE are the actual facts of Third
Precinct policeman's experience yes
terday while taking the census: Ap-
preaching a comfortable-looking house
he rang the bell, and a woman came
to thedoor The usual questions were
asked and answered, and the officer
was about to turn away, when the
woman, who seemed in an uncertain
state of mind, made bold to say, 81
think there may be another by this
time; wait a little while" He sat for
few minutes. Shereturned, exclaim-
ing: eyes. you can add another. It's
a girl. "-BufaIo Courier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

A CITIZEN OF Quebec who has been
looking into the history of Big Bear
asserts that the Cree chiefs proper
name is Edouard Lambert and that
he is cousin of the poet laureate of
Canada. In extenuation it should be
noted that Big Bear has never been
accused or suspected of writing poetry
himself.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

On the re-assembling OF the British Par
lament, on the 9Th inst, Bradlaugh, the
famous Englist atheist, appeared at the bar
of the House of Commons for the purpose
of taking the oath. The motion of Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach that thepermission of
the House be refused was adopted by vote
Of 2e3 to 219
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
LUCKY IKE MURPHY.
The tCo1ored Archer Secured at So, 900
Year by Lucky Baldwin.

Year by Lucky Baldwin.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 1.-THE most
important event to turfmen at Wash
ington Park yesterday, even exceeding
in interest the races Of the day, was
the announcement that Lucky"
Baldwin, the California millionaire,
had by a stroke secured for the next
two years the services Of Isaac Muir
ply, paying 'the colored archer"
a retaining fee Of $1,000 each season.
The fact that negotiations had been
in progress was known to a select few,
but the matter was kept so profound
ly secret that no hint of it leaked out
until the necessary papers had been
signed. Murphy has for two years
been retained by Ed. Corrigan, his fee
this season being $4,000, but Bald
win has been for sometime anxious to
secure him at most any price.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
Drowned in Lake MinnefOnka

The small steam yacht Minnie Cook, with
eight persons on board, was upset during a
storm on Lake Minnetonka, on the after
noon of the 18th. Following are the names
of those on board, all of whom were
drowned: Ex-Mayor Rand, wife and two
sons, j. R. Roykendall and wife, Kate
Roykendall, and George Mcdonald, en-
gineer. The entire party belonged in
Minneapolis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

THE Mining News, of Florence, has
an account of a find OF silver-bearing
quartz near that place, which assays
S6O.5O to the ton in that metal. The
finder is Peter Berg, of Munson, who
has beer a California miner and ought
to have an eye to mineral richness,
and the paper has high hopes of the
nrOnartv
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
A Weak Youth.

Charles L. Dean, aged 10 years, with a
stopping at Templeton, Ind, fell in love
with young girl named Pitman. Arrange
ments were made to elope, but the act was
prevented by friends of the girl. Finding
his plan failure, Dean became respondent.
He called at her house early on the morn
ing of the 10th, called for the young lady,
and when the door was opened by another
member Of the family, shot himself in the
head, dying Immediately.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
Hearts Were Trumps.

At Green River Island, on the Ohio River
near Evansville, Ind, on the 18th, Charles
Harding and James Townsend fought six
rounds with bare knuckles, the stake being
the hand and heart of Miss Sadie Corning,
a rural belle for whose affections they had
long been rivals. Harding proved victor,
and will claim his bride as soon as he can
see out OF his right eye. Townsend was
severely punished.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

SOME of the papers are circulating a
paragraph saying that young lady
who was married at Richmond the
other day, is "a lineal descendant on
both sides of Gen. Washington and
Martha Washington" 1t is surpris-
ing how history can be forgotten in
this country
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
UI'e Republita'l,
WATERFOWL, WISCONSIN.

THE statement is going the round
of the press that only five in one hun
dred of the graduates OF law schools
ever secure living practice. This is
not encouraging to limbs of the law,
surely, and may be too highly colored.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
PICKED WHILE GREEN.
Peculiarly Sudden Death of BoisteroI
TnRhriafA.

BUFFALO, N. Y, July IA most
singular case of sudden death occurred
near Medina, Sunday night. William
Prendegast celebrated the 4th of July
with debauch. Sunday evening he
tapered off with another, and while in
the midst of it turned his family out
of doors. Al they were leaving, he
told them that he intended to kill
himself. After they were gone he
mixed up a large dishful OF water,
-four and Paris green, and with it dec
GRATED his body. He was dancing
about breaking up the furniture, when
he fell to the floor and died almost in
Stantly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
Seven Lives Lost

The Associated Press has reports of the
9th from Georges Banks that the fishing
schooner Mary Jane Lee, of Hancock, Me-,
was run into by an unknown bark and
sunk; also, that the schooner Louis King,
of Lamonie, Capt. Bunker, lost seven men
in the recent gale, and that other vessels
lost dories and deck-fttings. There are no
other particulars
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
Small POx in Iowa.

A sensational report comes from Burling-
ton, Ia, to the effect that the smallpox
epidemic near Crescent is assuming alarm
ing proportions. 1t is said to be impossi
BILE to get conveyances for burying the dead
and they sometimes lie unburied for several
days. The people are panic stricken.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

By a curious sarcasm of fortune,
Gladstone seems to be receiving more
applause now that he has resigned and
doesn't need it, than he was ever able
to command while in Office and de-
pendent upon such demonstrations OF
popular favor for the success of his
undertakings and the security of his
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

A REFORM is making Roadway at
Washington "to allow every fellow to
pay for his own drinks at the bar"
and s'to allow ladies to pay their own
car fare and for tickets to the the
ater," etc. Tt is called Clutch treat
ing" by the Washington reformer. 1t
will doubtless save many aclose-fsted
fellow from going home tight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
Gagged and Robbed.

Two men, claiming to be plumbers, OBJ
tanned admission to the house of Thomas
Smith, in Eldridge Court, Chicago, on the
afternoon Of the Sth, and after binding and
gagging Mrs. Smith, who was alone in the
house, took from her a pocketbook con-
tanning over $1,000. They then quietly
1lyoJ off
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
ROLLING MILLS RESUME.
Twelve Hundred Men Given Employment
at Joliet, Ill.

at Joliet, Ill.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 8.-The rolling
mills at Joliet, Ill, started up yester-
terday after having been shut down
for over three months. During the in
term improvements costing over
100000 have been made. New
automatic rolls have been introduced,
which will do away with a good many
laborers, and are calculated to effect
a saving that will pay for the new i'm
provements within a year. The start
ing of the mills will afford employment
to about i, 200 men. A REIMBURSEMENT
will be had which reduces the wages of
the men about 1215 per cent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
A RACE ARRANGED
For the Double-Scun Championship
the United States.

Boston, Mass, July 7.-Articles were
signed yesterday for double-scull
race between Gaudaur and Hosmer,
and Courtney and Conley, distance
three miles with a turn, for $500 a
side, open for 81 900 side II mutually
agreeable, said race to take place be
tween August IA and "a. If no date
is mutually agreed upon before August
IA, the race is to take place on Charles
River, August 10, between 5 and Z
o'clock P. n, In addition to the stakes,
the race is for the double-scull cham
pionship of the United States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
The Men Were Reinstated.

The West Division Railway Company, of
Chicago, on the 10th reinstated fourteen of
the sixteen men recently discharged, and for
whose reinstatement the recent strike was
inaugurated. The president of the road
said there was no adequate cause for the
dismissal of the men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

ONE or two of the free circulating
libraries in Philadelphia, that of the
Friends in Germantown, has no work
of fiction upon its shelves, yet it gives
out nearly $4,000 volumes a year,
and about $4,000 people come an
nually to read in it's rooms.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
MOrmOns Fined.

At Ogden, Utah, on the 18th, Judge Pow
.ers, from whom the polygamists expected
clemency, imposed the extreme penalty of
the law-six months Imprisonment and
$500 fne-upon two prominent Mormons
convicted of illegal cohabitation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Cholera.

The returns from all the cholera infected
districts of Spain show that on the 18th
there were 1888 new cases reported and
GAS deaths. Medical journals claim that
the general health of Madrid is excellent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

On a recent trial a cedar log twenty
feet long was taken to California
match factory and in exactly thirty
minutes was sawed, split, glued, dipped
IN sulphur, labeled and the matches
boxed ready for shipment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15

PARIsIAN dandies are wearing col
ored shirt fronts with white collars
and cuffs, and some bold spirits APP
near in this array even in the evening,
accompanying it with a white tie.
They have taken to waistcoats of
lowered jean, with grounds of delicate
pink and blue.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
The Strike Over.

Through the efforts Of the city council an
agreement was reached with the striking
street-car men at Chicago, on the night of
the 7th and the men returned to work the
following 6ay