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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28
''NO CLASSES.
BY ELLA WHEELER-WU,COx.

No classes here? Why, that is idle talk.
Inc village beau sneers at the country boor;
Inc 1mpOrtuning mendicants who walk
Our city streets despise the parish DOOR
Inc daily toiler at some noisy loom
Holds back her garments from the kitchen
maid; -
Meanwhile the latter leans upon her broom
Unconscious of the bow the laundresS made
The grocer's daughter eyes the farmers lass
With naughty glances, while the lawyers wife
Would pay no visits from the trading class
II policy were not her creed in life.
The merchants son mods coldly at the clerk;
The proud possessor of a pedigree
Ignores the youth whose father rose by work
The titleseeking maiden scorns all three
The aristocracy of blood looks down
upon the HOUVeauX riches, and ia diSdain
The lovers of the intellectual frOwn
On both, and worship at the shrine of Brain
mo classes here" the clergyman has said;
We are onef amilp." You see his rage
And horror when his favorite son would wed
Some pure and pretty player on the stage.
1t is the vain and natural human way
VI Wanting our weak selves, our pride, our
worth
Not till the long delayed millennial day
Shall we behold 'No classes" on Gods earth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28
The Hated Name of GessIer.
From the San Francisco Chronicle

From the San Francisco Chronicle
One by one all romantic episodes of
yore are being ruthlessly obliterated
by the modern nationalist school of
historians, and their latest decision
is that no such hero as William Tell
and no such tyrant as Gessler ever ex-
listed. They claim, although their
deeds are recorded in song and legend,
that Tell and Gessler are but mythical
personages; but a recent adventure
shows that it would be unwise to vent
these skeptical ideas among the zeal
Gus believers of the -Four Forest Can
tons. It appears that Baron Won
Gessler, a Russian nobleman of Ger
man extraction, but who never
dreamed that the detested Landvogt
of Schiller's play had a place on his
family tree, hired boat together with
some friends, to cross from Brunen to
the Sutil. During the passage one Of
the party CHANGED to address the
young nobleman by his name. The
boatman started with horror. He
dropped his oar for a moment, and
then said to the astonished company
Il would not have a. Gessler in my
boat for a hundred francs" In spite
of all entreaties and attempted ex-
plantations he turned the head of his
boat, rowed to the land and insisted
that the supposed descendant of Cess
Ter should diSembark.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28

A. W. PHELPS, one of Milwaukee's
prominent citizens, died at his res
idence In that city on the goth from
injuries received in arunaway accident
a few days previous.
PLANS are maturing for a new opera
house at Racine.
The body Of q man was found on
the roadside, about q mile south
OF kenosha, on the 18th, with a, bull
let hole IN the head, and q revolver
clutched In one hand. A coroner's jul
ry was summoned, but failed to iden-
tify the dead man. Appearances in
dictate suicide Deceased was about
2l years of age.
A SHOCKING suicide was committed
IN Racine, at IL o'clock on the night
o the 18th. Miss Kate Altringer, O.
handsome Germangirl 10 years of age,
daughter of Nicholas Altringer, ST.,
one OF the Oldest and wealthiest Ger
man citizens, ended her. life by drown
Ing herself in the cistern
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28
Il MINERS FATE.
Caught by Fall of Rock He Dies in a
Pitiable Manner.


PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Oct. 22.-Andrew
Murphey, who was Tuesday buried by
a mine cave-in, and who was believed
to have been instantly killed, was dis
covered early yesterday morning to.
be still living. Four experienced
miners labored all day in endeavoring
to rescue him. A drill-hole through
the debris let air in to him, and gave
the men a chance to communicate
with him. He was pinioned by timbers
and coal against the face of the head
ing where the cave-in occurred, and
could not move a hand or foot. He
suffered intense pains from his cramped
position and the weight upon him, and
his means were heartrending. The
men who endeavored to dig him out
were IN position SO hazardous that
only with the most extreme precau-
tions and the use of the heaviest tim
bers could the roof bekept from caving
in upon them. The mine was sur
rounded by an anxious crowd, among
whom were priest and the wife and
children Of the buried man. The chill
dren, eight in number, are all under 1
years, and their anguish was heart
rending. Each time the cage came up
the shaft an excited crowd hung over
the mouth to hear the first word of
hope from the unfortunate man. At
11:2O P. NJ. an arm and q leg of Muir
ply had been reached and he was still
alive, when another fall of rock oc-
CURED and killed him and nearly
caught the rescuers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28
VANDERS AWAY.
A Prominent cleveland Woman NIys
teriOusly Missing.

A Prominent cleveland Woman Mys-
teri6usIy Missing:
CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 1872 Everybody
in Cleveland is talking about, the
strange disappearance of Mrs. James
Quayle, wife of prominent attorney,
who left home last Wednesday morn
ing. The lady went, out shopping In
the morning, and upon her return told
the servant she was going out for a
short time. That was the last
seen of her by her relatives.
kilograms have been sent 80
friends in all directions, but none
have seen her. One woman has been
found who declares she saw Mrs.
Quayle on Wednesday forenoon in a
street car. Theson of a gatekeeper at
Lake View Cemetery says he saw a
lady answering the description of Mrs.
Quayle enter the cemetery Wednesday
afternoon. 1t was raining, and she
wore q gossamer. She walked deliber-
ately through the gate, paying no at
tention to anything around her, and
was not seen to come out. A llttlegirl
was found to-day who saw a woman
with light hair come out OF the woods
near the, cemetery, Saturday, and
sit down on large stone near
the roadside. She soon wandered
away. Saturday or the day before, a
strange woman entered the hotel at
Blue Rock Springs, near the east end,
and asked if she was on the West Side.
The man of whom the query was
made thought the woman resembled
the picture of Mrs. Quayle. Mr..
Quayle and the missing woman's
friends are wild with anxiety, and
large searching parties have been
securing the fields surrounding the
cemetery. Great crowds focked to
Lake View, and everybody seems to
have an interest in finding the wan
dora,s
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28
EVIDENCE REFUSED.
The Kansas State Temperance Union Ell
deavors to BrOwbeat an Official.

The Kansas State Temperance Union En-
beavers to BrOwbeat an Official.
LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Oct. 22.-The
Kansas State Temperance Union made
a raid on the Office OF the collector OF
internal revenue here, a few days
since, and attempted to compel Col
lector Acers to furnish them with a
list Of Kansas retail liquor dealers to
whom tax stamps have been issued,
and to furnish certified copies Of the
affidavits made by liquor dealers when
they take out stamps to the effect
that they are Or intend to engage in
the liquor business. 1t is estimated
that there are now about 1000
retail liquor dealers in the state
who have government permits,
but have not complied with
the state prohibition law, and the
State Temperance Union wants the
evidence from this collectors Office, to
be used in prosecuting them. The col
lector appealed to Joseph S. Miller,
commissioner Of internal revenue, who,
In his answer, directs Acers not to
furnish the desired information, and
IN case Of subpoena being issued, to
request the United States district at
torney to state to the court that the
papers in question are intended by the
law to aid in the collection o. internal
revenue, and that they are privileged
from disclosure on the ground of pub
lie policy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28
AGAINST BUsHYHEAD.
Strong Opposition in Indian Territory
Against Chief Bushyhead.


LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. 19.-Intel-
ligence from Indian Territory is to the
effect that the Cherokees are consid-
erably stirred up concerning the mis-
apprehension made in the sale of GER
tain lands to the United States, gov
eminent for 100000. The purchase
money was paid some time ago, and
divided pro rata among the Cherokees
only The lands sold were supposed
to be those conveyed some time ago
for the use of divers Indian tribes, but
it appears that the sale covered
what is known as the Cherokee
strip, embracing a tract of several
million acres. Another subject of dis
sension is the lease of millions OF acres
Of land to cattle syndicates. The
Cherokee strip itself is embraced in
these leases. Chief Bushyhead is re-
ported as having said to Secretary
Lamar that the Cherokees are well
satisfied with the leases and want the
cattle to remain. This statement is
denied by the Cherokees. AS a matter
of fact the cases have been
a source Of trouble from the
outset. A bitter fight is be-
ing made against Chief Bushyhead
and his administration, and it is ex-
pected to break out against him in the
legislature, which meets in November,
with great violence. OF the seventy
four members, senators and repre-
sentatives which comprise the council,
a majority is put down as anti Bushy-
head, and it is expected that his Off
cial acts which in any way affect the
general welfare will be closely investi-
gated. He was chosen principal chief
in 1888 for a four-years' term. His
administration has been of pro-
gressive character.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28
Down East Sharpness.
from the Boston Budget

From the Boston Budget.
An old merchant relates an anecdote
of two old houses on Central Wharf,
Boston, both very eminent in the
mercantile world fifty years ago.
Joseph Ballister & Co. were at 27 and
James Ingersoll at 33 in that wharf.
One morning the second named gentle
man received early information that
gunny bags were in demand at ad-
vanced prices. Knowing that Balls
ter & Co. had large quantity on
hand, he hurried to their counting
room, and finding their clerk, Mr..
Brewer, at his desk, said:
Brewer, have you any gunny bags
on hapd?"
eyes" replied Brewer, eve have a
lot slowed away in the upper lofts"
"Can | see them?" inquired Inger-
soil.
eyes," said Brewer, and the old
merchant, who was a very fat man,
climbed up the narrow stairway,
putting at every step. He found them
a nice lot, so working his way down to
the counting room he inquired:
whats your price for the lot ?"
'HThey are not for SALE" replied
Brewer; "you said you wanted to look
at them, and you have done so. Can
I do anything more for you, Mr.. In
gersoll?"
Those old merchants were shrewd.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28
STATE TAX Levy.
The Secretary of State Completes the T.
uIatiOn-SOme of the Figures.

The Secretary of State Completes the Tab
uIation-Some of the Figures.
MADISON, Wis, Oct. 23.-Secretary
of State Timme to-day completed the
tabulation of the state tax levy for
1886. The total levy for educational
purposes is 73,745.42, divided
as follows: common schools, $44S,
1861; school fund income, $164,
$3.50; free high schools $780,
600; Fifth Normal School, $4,000;
university fund income, SOL, 017.45.
The special charges for inmates In
state institutions aggregate SHAFTS
60, divided as follows: State Insane
Hospital, $41,964.16; Northern In
sane Hospital, $50 ,278.51 Milwaukee
Insane Asylum, $4,000; Industrial
School for Boys, $8,719.26; care, OF
chronic insane, 1O,9S4.64. The de-
tails for Milwaukee County are as fol-
lows: Total for educational pur-
poses, $1O3, 25T.S divided as follows:
Common schools, $65, 143 IS. school
fund income, $21, 964.64; free high
schools, $6,672.6O;y Fifth Normal
School, 81, 334.52: university fund in
come, $814y29O. The total special
charges amount to 81 1854, divided
as follows: Northern hospital, 1924
"a; school for boys, 81 ,1O1. No tax
was levied for the expenses of running
the state government. The one mill
tax and the school fund income tax
will be reapportioned to the several
counties according to the number Of
school children therein between the
10th and 18th of next June.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28

the police station, and only the earn
estness of the prisoners protestations
saved him from being locked up in a
cell. It was found after all that his
story was true, and that he was the
young woman's husband, who had re-
turned from New York unexpectedly
and failed to recognize his spouse in
her new beautifer.. There were, of
course, explanations, regrets and rec
onciliation between husband and wife.
They have gone up to Lennox for a
month, but society will not be through
laughing at the affair for. a year.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28

PAsTEUR has so fully measured the
trength of his attenuated prepara-
tions of inoculative virus against
hydrophobia that he is about to COM
mence their application to human be-
ings. But Pasteur is an honest in
vestigator, and acknowledges that
even with the aid of the most power
full lenses he has not been able to dis
cover a microbe of hydrophobia. He
says that section of the brain of a
person who had died of hydrophobia
did not differ in appearance, micro
scopically, from that of brain af-
fected by q disease that had not in
fringed upon its substance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28
PERSONAL POINTERS.

THE late Mrs Moriarity, who kept
the Yale chophouse, left a $4,000
estate.
KING LUDWIG, of Bavaria, thrashes
the dentist every time he has tooth
pulled.
THE Ichthyophagous Club will hold
its annual dinner at the Buckingham
Hotel, New York, on October 21.
The engagement OF Miss Edith Eos
ter, daughter Of Col. Foster, ex-min-
lister to Spain, to Rev. Mr.. Dallis, of
Detroit, Mich, is announced.
CAPT. ROBERT w. ANDREWS, of Sum-
ter, S. c., who walked last year from
his home to Boston, is now 90, and
yet is preparing for pedestrian tour
to New Orleans.
FRANK S. CHANFRAU, the 16-year- old
son of the dead actor, is studying for
the stage in London, under the direc-
ton of G. w. Tayleure, and is said to
give evidence of much dramatic abili-
ty.
DR.. SARAH l.. WEINTRAUB, who grad
uated at the Woman's College and left
for Syria in May last, is preaching and
accompanying her discourses by heal
ing in the MOslem schools of Damas-
Gus.
The sale of E. P. Roe's books has
reached the aggregate of 100000
copies. OF Mr.. Howells' books the
Graphic thinks it is probably stretch
ing point to say that 100000 copies
have been sold.
ANDREW CARNEGIE has given a house
and lot worth $25, 200 to $4,000 to
the workmen of the Keystone Bridge
Works for use as a public library and
assembly room, and 81, 900 in cash
for the purchase of books.
Miss MAMIE HILL, daughter of the
Confederate Gen. D. Fl. Hill, and niece
of Stonewall Jackson, is utilizing her
artistic ability as a teacher of paint
ing and decorating art in Miss Bragg's
school foryoungladies in Washington,
D. G.
II is said by the New York Sun that
not hold good in this country, owing,
it is intimated, to the faulty separa-
ton between him and his second wife.
His present bride is younger than was
reported.
COL. ID. "a. JENKINS HIS S0uU Ito"
North Carolina to Washington a we'll
authenticated Stuart portrait Of
George Washington, supposed to be
painted from life. It had been hidden
away several years in garnet, where
it was placed to conceal it at the out
break of the war.
JAMES HAMILTON, who is the Irish
Duke and Scotch Earl Abercorn, close
ly connected probably with the Barley
corn family, has just celebrated his
golden wedding at Baronscourt, in the
north of Ireland, in a palace filed with
children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren. He is very rich, very
popular, and is regarded by his neigh
bors as semi-royal.
GEN. E. F. JONES, the Democratic
candidate for acknowledgements Of
New York, was thirty years ago clerk
for his brother, Fred. A Jones, lead
ing retailer of dry goods in Boston.
Fred. Jones was a smart fellow, who
didn't care whether school kept or not.
On one occasion when making purchas-
es in New York, II. B. Clafin & Co. called
him into their counting-room and
questioned him relative to report
that he drove a fast horse in Boston.
eyes," said Fred. 'the story is only
partly correct; instead of one fast
horse drive two" Gail right" said
Clafin, 'sgive him credit for all he
asks" Jones left an estate of $780,
900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-28

Rev. MARX TRAFroN, a prominent
Methodist divine, defends non-church-
goers, who, he says, are deferred from
Sunday services by high pew rents,
ushers and quartet choirs.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-30
flnfica Of Affachmant.

In Circuit Coart Fifth Judicial Circuit Of Flor
ida. Putnam County.
Lorraine l. Wills
vs.. Attachment.
William CCuard
Amount sworn 70 $3.50 Is
The defendant aud all other persons inter-
csted are hereby notified Of the institution of
this suit by attachment, and that in default Of
plea, answer or demurrer 10 the declaration
therein fled on the tirss Monday in September
1885 Judgment may he entered. Witness nv
April 1SS5. Nm. f Forward,
Clerk.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-30
Rare Beefsteak,

HdfpGrS
Mr. Blank is fond of be8fsteak if got
ten up in right style" So one morn
ing he ordered his butcher to send ''some
of his best up for breakfast. Upon It's
arrival Mrs. B. said to the African quesn
who reigned in the kitchen: PATSY,
cook this steak. And now don't spoil it.
Remember Mr.. Blank likes it rare and
hot"
"Yas'm, said Patsy; u gwi fix it like
you say"
''Well, replied Mrs. B., ''be careful,
now don't overlook it, but be certain
to have it rare"
''Yas'm," answered Patsy Il onder-
stans. Is gwi brile it jes' like you done
tell me"
In due time breakfast was announced;
and when the cover was lifted from the
dish of steak the contents we're sight
to see. There was the steak, to be sure,
but, oh, what steak Curled and twisted,
knouted and dried, sole leather was the
only thing to which it could be oompar-
ed, and dry sole-leather at that. Well,
Mr.. B. did not enjoy that steak, of
course.
After breakfast explanations were de-
manded and given, as follows
Mrs. B. "Oh, Patsy, what did l tell
you? Why did you do the steak sof'
Patsy. eli! Mis- Harri't, I done like
you tell me for to do"
Mrs. B. mo, you didn't. Look at
that steak, all overdone, cooked cut Of
shape, ruined Why, a shoemaker could
half-sole shoes with it. told you to
have it rare"
Patsy. "Yas'm, dat's so. p'intedly
he'd you say dem very words, an"
Mrs B. "Well, if you heard me say so
why didn't you obey me? What did
you send in such a mess as all this
for?'
Patsy. eli! Mis- Harrit, what de
marter long dat meat? Amt it done
rar' up all over the fryin' pan befo'
took it off'n de fire? You tell me, Pat
sy,' you say, cook dat steak tell it rar'.
An I done do it de bes' knows how
dat l is-an' angels couldn't do no mo. :"
Mrs. B. saw the point and retired
from the contest
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-30
Renortera anG sin.

News gatherers are forced to come in
to close contact with lifeju all its phases.
One must remember that tney see life
and humanity in all their real wants
and conditions. This contact with sin
and troubles makes men Of this vocation
more than thoughtful and studious. Vice
does not assume to the reporter the azure
hues that it does to the casual observers,
who see through glass darkly, and
which are too often attributed to it. 1t
may seem odd, but IS a fact nevertheless
that few reporters ever heard a clergy
man draw 4 correct, or approximately
correct word picture Of the vice against
which they are warning the youth Of
their congregations,
1t is always a constitutional vice, q
vice with halo, vice, the very descrip-
ton of which in some sermons lends to it
a fascination, vice-clothed in virtue
Now, if one Of these clergymen would
spend year or two in reportorial work,
before studying theology they would
be able to see things unmasked, and
some reporters woulns give them points
about the citadel Of sin which they are
hammering away at. They would find
much that would enlarge their ideas of
sympathy and charity. They would car
~ to their work a sad sense of the re-
sponsibiity Of him who attempts to guide
mems morality Alright. In fact they
would gain the knowledge that ply
sician gains in the dissecting room, q
knowledge that cannot he obtained by
any thesis, because none has yet been
written on the subject. Ia a word, they
would know much less III some things
and much more in others. We are in
clined to think that if one wants to
preach the gospel he would be consider
ably benefited If he would skirmish
around little in the enemy's country
with note book and find out the lay of
the land.-Sav. Times
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-04-30
STATE PRESS.

A teachers institute win be held at
Milton June 8.
The carpenters have commenced work
on the Baptist church at Kissimmee.
The Tampa steamship company has
withdrawn their steamers between Tam
pa and Cedar Key.
Miss Birch, principal of the Florida
Chautauqua Art department, has left for
Europe to purchase art features for the
gallery.
The United States government has Sc
lected military and naval sanitarium
site at Lake de Funiak for the Gulf
troops during the summer.
The location of the SO ,tarium on the
coast near Tampa or Manatee is being
considered by a syndicate of wealthy
Northern physicians.
The contract for carrying semi-week-
ly mail between Orange City and Port
Orange has bee awarded to Mr. II. II.
Neal, commencing July /.
The erection this summer of a brick
hotel containing 200 rooms is among the
probabilities at Kissimmee. The town
already has two fine hotels
Volusia county had $4,000 in her
treasury, and has built within the past
eighteen months new Jail and almost a
new court house, costing over 10000.
A special derrick had to be built to
put the enormous stone door-jams, weigh
ing nearly four tons each, in position
at the Palafox enterace Of the new Gus
tom house at Pensacola.