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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29

nights, on q straw bed with little COW
ferlng' and frequently her clothing froze
hard on her. The neighbors took
charge OF her, but she will die. Aposse
VINO went to arrest Garrett found the
doors barred, and Garrett s father and
brother, armed with rifles and revolv-
eFs, assisted III beating off the officers.
I ~ l,l,t, IS hiding, but, if caught, will
be swung up without mercy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
Smoke.

The village of Grundy, county seat of
Buchanan County, Va, was almost totally
wiped out by fire on the morning OF the
25th. The courthouse and county records
were destroyed.
While attempting to extinguish a small
fire in the Olympian skating rink, Pitts
burg, on the morning Of the 25th, George
Scott upset can of benzine and was fatally
burned.
Eighteen buildings at Randolph n. Y.
were destroyed by fire on the night of the
25th.
The Continental Brewing Company, of
Philadelphia, lost $50, OOOby fire in their
brewery on the Goth.
The large boot and shoe factory of
Bridges u Co. at South birmingham, Mass,
was partially destroyed by fire on the oath
The loss on building and stock will amount
to about 100000. The loss is fully COW
cred by insurance.
Fire at Wheaton, Dupage County, H., on
the 22d, did damage to the extent of about
$4,000.
Vicksburg, Miss, was visited on the even
ing OF the 21st by an extensive confagra-
ton. Maurice, Meyer q Co. and Mrs
Bloom, both dry goods; William Brusen
hardware; Warner q Searles, clothing;
Baum & Co., stationers; Robert Ernst,
jeweler; A. Trescat, hardware and wagon
materials; Joseph Podesta, wholesale
liquors; William Chamberlain, Insurance.;
United States Signal Office, Telephone Elk
change, three residences on Mulberry Street,
the Herald office and the Western Union
office were burned out. The loss is $780,
OO0 The fire caught from a gas-iet on a.
swinging bracket.
Fire occurred early on the morning of the
22d in the Pullman Palace Car Company's
shops, used for repairing cars at
Philadelphia. The building and con-
tents, together with a large frame build
ing belonging to the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company were destroyed. Loss, $3.50, 900;
insured.
An entire block of buildings at Sharps-
burg, Pa, was destroyed by fire on the 22d.
Loss, $75, 900. Twenty families are rem
dered homeless.
The entire town Of Perryville, Decatur
County, Tenn. was wiped out by an incen-
diary fire on the night of the 21st.
The Exchange Hotel and Lutheran
Church at Lyons. N. Y, burned on the
morning of the goth. Calvin Porter, of
Seneca Falls, persisted in the flames Loss,
$13,
A fire in the spinning mill OF R. Green
wood & Boltz, near Philadelphia, on the
goth, did damage to the extent of $50, 600.
Wamen & Co.'s tannery, at Collingwood.
Ont, burned on the goth, causing a loss of
$4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29

THE British idea of using money to
conquer foe has taken deep root in
Canada. Many long-headed statesmen
are asking: "Why spend millions of dol
lars and sacrifice many lives when
$4,000 properly used would end the
whole dificulty?" Fifteen years ago
Riel was conquered by $4,000, and
the impression now seems to be that
he has raised his price.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
ANOTHER MASSACRE.
Report that Fort Pitt Has Fallen into the
Hands of the Cree Indians

CLARK's CROSSING, N. W. T., April
PA dispatch just received from
Battleford, says that q messenger has
just returned from Fort Pitt and re-
ports that the fort has fallen into the
hands of the Cree Indians, who have
been besieging it ever since the Frog
Lake massacre. Two policemen are
known to have been killed, and it is
feared the whole garrison has been
massacred. An Indian told the mes
senger that the Crees had gone down
the river, but this is not credited. The
commander at Fort Pitt was Police
Inspector Francis jeffrey Dickens, the
third son of Charles Dickens, the nov
elist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29

IT does seem rather foolhardy, if
not foolish, says the Kansas City
Journal, for missionaries to continue
insisting upon losing themselves in the
wilds of Africa, when there ares many
heathens nearer at home whose con-
version is surely warranted, and which
would not be attended by the loss of a
single missionary in a field that can
be worked for years to come.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
FTENDESH CRUELTY.
Sufferings of a Little Girl III West vi
~inia.


BERKLEY SPRINGS, w. Va, April %
Last winter Frank Garrett adopted
a girl of s years. His treatment of
her was severe, and the tasks imposed
were brutally heavy. Last week the
neighbors had Their suspicious aroused
in dreadful condition. Her back
was one huge bruise, the skin being
broken in many places. Her toes
were dropping off, and great chunks
of flesh fell from her limbs The
child's story is to the effect that
Garrett made her carry coal and wood,
and when her strength failed he beat
her with pieces of board. As an addi-
tional punishment, water was thrown
on her, and she was compelled to sleep
in her wet garments, on bitterly cold
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
NlgHe 8egnbljraQ.
WATERFOWL. WIS-

SHOCKING stories come from Jersey
City regarding the condition OF It's
cemeteries, and one OF these is de-
scribed as presenting CHASTITY spec
tacle," with collins here and therepro-
truding from the ground, and others
barely hidden by the earth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
ENTITLED TO THE BILLS.
Important Decision in the Penn Bank
Case

important Decision in the Penn Bank
PI1TsBURG, Pa, April 22.-Judge
Stowe, in the common pleas court, to-
day, filed an opinion in the case OF
Henry Warner, assignee of the Penn
Bank, against Thomas Hare and 9TH
er directors of the defunct institution
The Court sustains the finding of the
master, who decided that the defend
ant directors were entitled to the bills
receivable taken as collateral for the
$45O,0OO loan obtained by them on
their Individual notes, from outside
banks. The case came up, to-day, on
exceptions to the masters report, on
the ground that the securities of The
bank had been intermingIed, so that
it was impossible to tell whether the
securities were the same which had
been originally given to the directors.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
A Kansas Flood.

A sudden rise in the Minnesota River at
Kingman, Kas., on the DIST, caused great
amount of damage. The river began to rise
in the morning, going up five feet in thirty
The lower portion Of the town
was flooded, and fifteen houses were lifted
from their foundations and carried away.
Many of the occupants were drowned. The
flood is supposed to have been caused by
tarSDOut
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29

Prof. r. B. Anderson, of Wisconsin,
whom President Cleveland has selected as
our Minister to Denmark, is a well known
American scholar, whose translations of
Scandinavian authors have made his name
known to scholars everywhere. He is a
Professor in the University at Madison,
Wis, where he was born in 1916 His
father, Bjorn Anderson, was among the
first large company of emigrants that came
from Norway to this country
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29

THE bill now before the British
House of Lords for the federation Of
the Australian colonies contains one
clause embodying the state-rights
doctrine in it's most pronounced form,
each colony being allowed to withdraw
from the federation at it's own discre-
ton. The colonies are generally in
favor of an indissoluble union.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
RioI Ahead.

Gen. Middleton, making an advance on
the right bank of the Saskatchewan, on the
oath, met the enemy fifteen miles south of
Batoche Crossing. The ambushed rebels
numbered about 200 Indians and half
breeds. Firing was kept up for several
hours and the rebels were finally partially
driven from their position. The regulars
lost many men killed and wounded. The
troops under Middleton were obliged to re
tire, leaving the rebels again in possession
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
A Kentucky affair"

Harry CockrilI, his brother "Budd +" and
party of raftsmen were running rats down
the Kentucky River, on the Odd, when they
were run into by another raft managed by
"Budd" Parker and his brother. The col
lslon gave rise to hard words, which were
followed by the customary pistols. The
two Parkers were killed and four othermen
were mortally wounded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
Volcanic EruDtiOn

Dispatches received at London on the
22d, state that terrible volcanic eruption
has occurred at Passarvean, a province in
the east end of the island of Java. A num-
Der of plantations have been devastated,
and it is feared that fully hundred per-
sons have been killed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29

THERE is nothing new under the sun.
The New York Sun disillusions us on
the subject of roller skating by saying
it is not a distinctive American amuse-
ment, nor was an American the invent
or of the roller skate. A Frenchman
has that honor and the introduction
of the amusement as early in the pres
ent century as 1919.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
Very Mysterious.

London had another big scare on the
23d, and thousands of dollars were spent
in telegraphing details to this country. 1t
appears that there was an unexplained ex-
plosion in or lear the Admiralty office
which did some damage to the building and
injured one man. Theories are thick but
no lucid explanation is offered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
The Way They Do Tt in France

At Rouboix, in the Department of Nord,
France, a few days ago, menagerie took
fire and many wild animals were roasted.
There was great danger at one time of a
stampede of the dangerous beasts, and the
people OF the place, furious at the neglect
OF the police to extinguish the fire, mobbed
the policemen and forced them to eat of the
flesh OF the roasted animals Those who
ate were almost Immediately seized with
symptoms somewhat resembling cholera.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
OnCIe Sam at Panama.

At Panama, on the oath, while a barri-
cade was being erected in the Streets and
other preparations for fight were in prog
ress, the town was suddenly taken posses
sion OF by American marines. This action,
it is thought, will prevent repetition of
the disaster at Colon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
Three Fatal Mine Explosions.

An explosion in tie mines of the Dombrou
Ornau Mining Company at Trappan, Aus
trian Silesia, on the 27th buried forty min
ers. All are believed to have persisted. An
explosion in the mines of Baron Rothschild
at Ostrau, in MOravia, on the same day,
killed fifty-six men. An explosion of gas IN
the coal mines at Leber, Chill, caused
death of thirty-five miners
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
The Situation at Panama.

A dispatch from Panama of the 21st
says the situation there is still regarded as
critical. The arrival of the American steam
er Acapulco places a strong force Of Ameri-
can marines on the Isthmus The peace
commission from Panama was ignored at
Buena Ventura, and their vessel captured
An attempt is being made to stir up feeling
against foreigners, and trouble is feared
from this source
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
AN expeditions now being fitted out

to proceed to Hudson Bay to continue
steamer Neptune last year, and to
bring home in the fall the several par
ties who are now wintering along the
coasts of Hudson Straits and Bay.
The object is to discover, if possible,
whether or not Hudson Bay can be
safely navigated during the summer
months as an outlet tor the products
of the Northwestern Territory.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
Submarine Gables.
from the sprinfgeld Republican

The length of the wire used in the
construction of the submarine cable,
now in operation, is computed to be
ten times the distance from the earth
to the moon. The total length of the
cables now used is $4,000 miles, each
cable containing an average OF forty
strands of wire and making over q
100000 miles.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
Electricity Killed Him

Charles B. Shultz, an electrician while
repairing light apparatus at the corner of
Madison and Clark Streets, Chicago, on the
night of the 21st, lost his balance on the
ladder, and to support himself grasped the
wires attached to the light. The current
was on, and the shock killed him
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
Got Five Years

At Pittsburg, on the 25th Milton Weston,
convicted of completely in the Murravville
gas well riots, was refused new trial and
received a sentence OF five years in the pen
ltentiary. lie will also have to pay the
costs of his prosecution. Weston is worth
a million.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
a Filthy Place

The village of Plymouth, near Wilkes
barre, Pa, is being afflicted with an cpl
demic of typhoid malarial fever. A dis
patch of the 26th says ten funerals were
held on that day OF victims, and many are
i'll. The town is described as being in a
filthy condition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29

Two Frenchmen have invented a
new kind of harp, made entirely of
wood. Instead OF strings, the inven-
tors use strips of American fir. The
sound is produced, as in the ordinary
harp, by the contact of the fingers,
but the player wears leather gloves
covered with resin. The tone of the
instrument is said to be of remarkable
purity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29

only by clinging to branches of trees. In
camps on the bottoms were ten or fifteen
emigrant families, and not half of these
persons have yet been found. North OF
here entire families were drowned others
made miraculous escapes. At Kingman
ten lives ave reported lost.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
NEWS IN BRIEF
Six Lives Lost.

The fire at Vieksburg Miss, on the 22d,
erty, was, 1t appears, the cause OF an
equally appalling loss of life. Six bodies
were recovered from the ruins the following
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29
EleVen Men Buried

News reached Leadville, Col, on the 95th.
that eleven men were buried in two cabins
at Homestead mines, near Red Cliff. by a.
snow-side. The disaster occurred the pre-
vious night. The names Of the victims are
not given.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-06
The Mecca Of a Mother.

1t may be only Barlow knife with
a rusty blade and broken point, or 1t
may be peg top half split down in
the middle. or only half dozen bat
tered spools on knotted string. But
there it lies. whatever it is, slowed
carefully away in the far-oH corner of
the bureau drawer, under yellow pile
of little linen and stockings, patched
and darncd at heel and at knee. But
all the gems of Golconda cannot buy
them; no, nor the gold of all the wide
world size their preciousness. For they
are the holy OF the holies. 1t is not Oft
en- that she goes to that drawer, not
often she looks upon the treasures
there. But once in a while. sometimes,
the time when knock come to the
heart, that comes to mothers hearts
alone, like the famished and thirsty
she goes to the nest of her jewels
Slowly, with soft hands, the little
linens are laid aside, and slowly, with
trembling hands, the knife, the top, or
the string of dingy spools are drawn
forth. All, how gently they are pressed
to the heart and lips! What words
are they saying, what sad. sweet songs
are they singingp Kissed and cried on,
and cried on and kissed. Then ycarn-
ingly, reluctantly, clingingly back they
60 TO their nest in the far-off corner,
and the yelowing little linens are put
back one by one. All alone, jealous
that mortal eyes should see her wor.
ship at the shrine, the drawer is closed,
and she who knclt before it comes to
earth once more. .--PatSburg Chronicle.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-06

you in society TO which your poor OLD
father can hardly aspire. IL Will %
your proud privilege to give suppers 70
the ballet and to assist in booming the
hack and liquor interests OF TINS great
metropolis. !, alas! on account Of de-
iiciencics of early training and educa..
tion, and lack of funds, can not tread
these flowcry paths with you; but the
father is content to live again IN the
son, and to enjoy his triumphs In o
back seat. can scarcely hope" he
continued, his voice trembling slightly,
and big tear running down his cheek,
ito keep you ut home with us any lon
ger. Your new life will be at variance
with our simple ways. You will, no
doubt. feel like going to one OF the
principal hotels. and, perhaps, pay as
much as 500 u week for board. We
can not compete at home with the
crockoryware and silver they will give
you there to eat, nor with the manifold
discomforts of the place; but, my boy,
we can give you good, wholesome food,
plainly served, and q hearty welcome,
at the same price, and, by heavens, we
willm
And they did. And Somerby still
has place at their iiresidc, despite his
altered circumstances. Happy In their
sons success, the old folks never muir
mur, but put up with his late hours
and altered way of life with q self
denying patience that is rare indeed
Puck
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-06

proof OF tender maj anectlon. tho KING
went softly back to his room, took out
two rolls of ducats from drawer, and
returned to the sleeping page, into
whose side pockets he gently slid the
rolls of money. Then betaking him.
self again to bed, the king considcrate-
ly left exhausted nature to restore it.
self
Fritz at last awoke with start, to
find that he must have slept for several
hours; and, when finding his pockets
heavy, he thrust his hands in and pull
cd out the precious rolls of money, he
coniccturcd at once what had happen
cd
Fear made him tremble, for it was a
heinous offence to be caught asleep at
his post; but in spite of the fear and
shame he experienced, hc could not but
rejoice, for now he had ample means to
assist his mother for long time to
come; and he hoped that the king, who,
in the goodness of his heart, had put
the ducats into his pockets, would par
don his grievous fault.
In the morning he seized the very
first opportunity to approach the king,
acknowledge the great dereliction OF
duty of which he had been guilty, and
humbly beg for pardon.
One hurried glance at his monarch
benevolent countenance was enough,
| for there he read not only forgiveness
I but approval; the kind eyes bent upon
him melted him to tenderness, and 1t
was with a faltering voice he now gave
expression to his heartfelt gratitude
and thanks for the muniticent gift his
majesty had bestowed on him.
The king did not attempt to conceal
| the high admiration he felt for the iilial
love which had prompted Fritz to such
noble, self-denying eXertions. He made
few kindly inquiries regarding his
mothers circumstances, assured him OF
his entire sympathy. and promised that
from that day it would be his endeavol
to promote the interests and pave the
way to advancement. of such faithful,
loving son.
And Frederick the Great was as good
as his word. Step by step, as years
rolled on. Fritz rose from one position
| of honor to another, and as brave and
skillful general he served his beloved
king faithfully and well even to old age.
boston Commonwealth.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-06
FREDERICK THE GREAT.

1t is related of an illustrious Russian
general, that when boy he lived for
some time at the court of Frederick the
Great, where the following incident oc-
Cured:
After the death of his father, his
mother had many hard struggle to
support herself. This fact was well
known to her son, whose greatest am
bition at this time was to be able to pro-
vide comforts for her by his own exer-
tions.
To his sorrow, he soon found that it
was quite impossible to save any mon
ey for that purpose out of his small al
lowance. He did not despair, however.
but assiduously set himself to watch his
opportunity.
At length an idea flashed through his
mind. 1t was recognized custom
that one of the pages should sit up all
night, in room adjoining the kings
sleeping apartment, to be ready at any
moment to obey summons, should
the king require his services.
Fritz discovered that to some of the
pages this duty was both burdensome
and disagreeable, and that to provide
substitute they would gladly give q
certain sum Of money. Fritz offered to
take upon himself the night watch for
any one who might be willing to pay
him rather than accept the duty when
their turn came round.
The offer was acceded to by several,
and the money thus earned was regu-
larly sent by Fritz to his mother.
One night, the king could not sleep,
and determined at last to call the page
In attendance to read aloud TO him. He
called; but there was no response. At
length he rose and walked into the an
te-chamber, to look II there really was
NO page on duty.
Here he found page, indeed, sitting
At his post, but sound asleep. Slipping
quietly forward to the table at which
the boy was sitting, the kings eyes fell
upon q letter which Fritz had been
writing to his mother when overpow-
cred by sleep. The king read tho fol-
lowing lines:
MY DEARLY BELOVED yoTHER: This
Is the third night That nave ta9el watch
duty for Q cOinr;.ie. l eau scarcely liO d
out any longer but rejoice greatly that
have agai earned ten tiiaiers for you, which
send In this letter."
With heart deeply touched by this
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-06

The Omaha Herald gives this lucid and
probably true statement Of the nature and
work of certain kind OF cancer, the kind
that cannot be cured:
"Alveloz' will have It's day. II 10. too
much TO hope that 1t will svail as q cure for
cancer, whose "roots," as they are called In
popular parlance, are cells which seem 10 be
produced much a. tubercles are in the lungs.
and, perhaps. despite currently accepted the
cries, trom similar cause, from some changed
or impoverished vital condition in the general
system or in the part in which the cancerous
degeneration has found lodgment. which leads
to constant reproda daction of these cells.
They seem to be invaders OF the tissues-'or-
eign enemies. 90 10 ssy-which nature seems
to repel by removing them by the beautiful
but painful process Of Inflammation and ulcer
ati0n. This 10 exactly what happens in the
lungs with tubercles. They act a foreign
substances in the textuIes. Cough and ex Z.
pectoration are 90 many efforts Of ns ure 70
remove them. Being constantly reproduced,
Inflammation goes on, liberation digs around
the otf nding tubercles. the walls around them
break down into pus. which 10 discharged in
the sputa, the luog 10 destroyed, irritation,
waste and exhaustion ensue, and death 10 the
result Of what, In its essence, 10 an effort Of
nature 70 cure.
We hope this is not the kind Of cancer
that General Grant has.