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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

THERE is practical wisdom in the re-
mark of Grand Chief Arthur, of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
to the effect that the motto of every
labor organization as the solution of
the great problem of capital and labor
should be the words of ST. Paul,
"Come, let Us reason together" Ex-
perience has proved in repeated in
stances that the best way to avert
strikes and adjust labor difficulties is
for employers and employees to discuss
the points at issue in friendly and
candid way. There has really never
been case, we believe, where resort
to such a policy has failed to give sat-
isfaction; and that is more than can
be said of any other of the various
plans which have been tried.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Cotton Items.
From the Selma American. !

From the Selma Americana
In the cotton mills of the United
States in 1870, there were employed
134, 800 people-men, women and
children combined. The amount paid
in wages per head, on an average, was
$288.1 10 for a years labor; or at the
rate of 90 cents per day for 313 days,
the number of working days in the
year. In 1880 there were employed
in the cotton mills 172, 544 people, and
they received in wages for this years
labor $143.65, or $44 As less than in
1870, or about so cents per day
Now, if we allow for a twenty per cent
reduction in wages since 1880, it
would leave the average wages of each
operative "a cents per day; while the
consumption of cotton between the
two periods, 1870 and 1880, has
increased 40 per cent. per head.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Deeds of Blood.

! Harvey, young son of III. d. Hadlock,
of Portland, Me-, killed himself with q re-
volver rather than be sent away to school.
The tragedy occurred at his fathers feet.
| In a family quarrel at Forest City, Ark,
William Custner killed John and Vines
Nichols with a rifle and fled the country.
! George f. Laughen, Jr., on the evening OF
the 23d, shot and killed rival. at New
York. He found him bidding his girl good
| bye.
| Ex-senator Geo. Swope, while engaged in
| a drunken row at Curdsville, KY, was
struck on the head with an axe-handle and
fatally injured by Thos. Linkens. Swope
was once brilliant young fellow, who has
killed his man, served in the Legislature
and is under Indictment for house break
ing.
At Clifford, Mich, John r. Moore, g.
wealthy farmer, while temporarily insane
on the 21st, took the top from 81 big wood
stove and jumped into the fire, head first.
He was Immediately pulled out, but was so
badly burned that it is thought he cannot
recover.
AT Covington, KY, during the night OF
the 21st, Mrs. NJ. r. Gravener wife of a
tobacconist, drowned herself and her g.
months-old child in cistern. Their bodies
were found next morning, the babe clasped
in the mothers arms.
Ed. Alstan, q prominent ranchman, was
found dead near Bozeman, Mont, on the
22d, with his throat cut
For the murder, in July last, of II. A..
Britton, Henry Jackson was hanged at
Minden, La. on the 22d.
Charles A. Cloves, of Springfield Ill.,, on
the 21st, killed his mistress, Blanche Grey
and himself at house on Clark Street.
Chicago.
William Sheehan convicted of the murder
OF his mother, sister, and brother, at Castle
townroche, Ireland, nine years ago, was
hanged at that place on the goth inst.
George Foster, the notorious burglar and
highwayman and leader of the famous Eos
ter gang, whose operations have extended
over Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Michigan, was shot dead by policeman at
Cleveland on the night of the 10Th, An at
tempt was made to arrest him, when he
pulled revolver, but the officer fired first.
In a saloon row at ST. Louis, on the night
of the 18th, William McNeary was fatally
shot by James Mitchell.
Grietana Apiotle, a young Italian, shot
and killed his wife in Mulberry Street, New
York. When brought before magistrate
he claimed Justification on the ground that
she was continually irritating him by sing
ing the praises of former husband.
On the railway platform at Attica, Ind,
John Reinhardt killed Henry Loddi with a
revolver in quarrel over q board bill of
$3.50.
Financial troubles caused the suicide of
Henry j. Bruning, a cigar manufacturer of
Quincy, ILL.,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
The Richmond State, the leading

The Richmond State, the leading
journal of Virginia, declares that civil
service reform-common sense reform,
which means the employment by gov
eminent of the capable and faithful
must triumph at last in spite of all
opposition, and we trust that the day
is not far off when this country will
have a largely non-partisan civil ser
vice, let the administration be the
representative of this or that party.
Such remarks must make the pioneers
in the reform feel that the superstruc-
ture is rising with rapidity on thefoun-
datiOn they laid.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Minor Mention,

Under the conspiracy law of Michigan, a
court at East Saginaw tried and acquitted
T. B. Barry, a member of the Legislature,
of the charge of leading the strike in the
Saginaw Valley last summer.
A collision OF freight trains at Ringtown,
Pa, owing to the blunder of a dispatcher,
caused the death of two men and the fatal
wounding of two others.
The damage to the fruit crop of Florida,
according to the wisest judges, is nearly
$2OOO,OOO.
Twelve deserted houses in Columbia
Gulch, CAL, were carried away by snow
slide which completely covered the build
ings Of the Columbia mine. No one was
hurt.
Joseph Lietner, a well-knOwn and in
fuential man, was driving home, near
Joliet, on the night of the 3d. when he ran
into snowdrift with sufficient force to
throw him from his sleigh and render him
insensible. When he was found this morn
ing he was frozen to death.
A collision occurred on the CatawlSSa
branch of the Philadelphia d Reading Rail-
road, on the 23d. Two freight trains met
on q single track. Two men were killed
and two fatally hurt.
The CarrOllon cOttOn-seed mills in New
Orleans were burned on the 22d. The loss
is estimated at $50, 600.
James Curnow, employed at the Pitts
Durg anu IdhO -AASOlAhO lIAAhO, hOoI 1SL-
peming, Mich, was instantly killed by the
premature explosion of blast on the 22d.
A furnace in course of construction al the
Linden Steel Works, near Pittsburg, caved
in on the afternoon of the 21st. Poland
er named Wisanski was killed and William
Johnson fatally hurt.
At Terre Haute Ind, on the Dist, the
boiler at the distillery of Fairbanks &
Dnneweg exploded. Frank McNellis and
| George Otterman were killed and three
other men seriously injured.
The stores of Cameron & Co., tailors;
Mrs. Stoval, millinery; o. G. Low, books;
Dryden & Mcintosh, pianos, at Winnipeg,
burned on the 21st The loss is $25, 900;
one third insured. During the fire ladder
broke and fireman named Garfield had
his shoulder dislocated. Another fireman
had his spine injured, and will die.
Fire at Vaudeville, Barry County, Mich,
on the 10th inst, destroyed D. T. Finch &
Sons -four mill, water mill and elevator
with $1,000 bushels of wheat and some
-four. Loss, $25, 900; insurance, $13 200.
A fire in ST. Louis, Mo-, on the 10th, de-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
THE following are the terms on which

THE following are the terms on which
a laborer in Germany .(Silesia) is per-
mitted to live: For thirteen hours la
Dor day in summer, and from sum
rise to sunset in winter, be gets lodg-
ing, fuel and the use of a garden patch
together with about $50 a year IN
cash. A German writer on economic
subjects figures that a laborer's fami-
ly, consisting of himself, wife and five
children, under twelve years of age, can
subsist for $1.O9b week, or $57 a
year. These figures are reported by
Consul Dithmar to our state depart
ment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

A dispatch of the 21st from Wheel.
ing, w: Va, says: At 2:45 o'clock
this afternoon an explosion of fire
damp occurred IN the shaft of the New
burg Oriel Coal Company, w. Va.
which shook the buildings in the i'm
mediate vicinity and caused conster-
nation and alarm among the relatives
and friends of the miners EMPLOYED
there. Immediately following the
sound of the explosion a flame of fire
arose far above the mouth of the
shaft and timber and debris of all
kinds were strewn around. Great ex-
element ensued and crowds Of people
hurried to the spot. The shaft in
which the explosion occurred was sunk
about two years ago and has reached
depth of $50 feet. From the base of
the shaft the main heading runs out
about half mile, where the narrow
rooms diverge from either side.
The theory advanced as to the cause
of the explosion is that ire-damp had
accumulated in one of these rooms and
was accidentally ignited by miners
lamp, but nothing positive has vet been
learned. The force of the explosion
blocked the air so close that no one
would venture in the main heading to
ascertain the fate Of the imprisoned
men until an air passage could be es-
tablished This work is being pushed
vigorously. Up to midnight no bodies
have been recovered. 1t is supposed
that thirty seven men are imprisoned.
The prevailing opinion is that all are
dead, although a few express the hope
that some of them may have escaped
the effect of the explosion, and have
been able to reach a place free from
the fatal black damp which always
follows an explosion of this kind. The
following is believed to be a correct
and full list of the men in the mine:
Daniel Miller, eager, married; ]. B.
Miller, aged Is, driver; Mike Clark,
miner, unmarried; Mike Kennedy,
miner, unmarried; VIM. Saymere, min
er; Frank, Saymere, miner, unmarried;
John Conway, miner, unmarried; VIM.
Landsbury, miner, married; Andrew
Vein, miner, married; John Simmons,
miner, married; John Simmons son,
aged II, door-keeper; John Lambert,
miner, married; Clint Seabright, miner,
married; Charles Finley, driver, mar
ried; Richard Bartly and son and SON
in-law; John Buyers and two step-sons
named Guy Pereter and Hanley, mar
ried; two Weaver brothers, miners,
unmarried; Newt Moore, miner,
married; Frank Moore, unmar-
ried; J. Spencer, driver, unmarried;
Andy Scott, miner, unmarried; Jack
Edwards, miner, married; Abner Og-
den, miner, married; Albert Williams,
laborer, married; Geo. higgins, miner,
unmarried; 4. D. Fortney, miner,
married; John Carroll, miner; Jas.
MCGOWAN, miner, unmarried; John
Cornby, miner, unmarried; Morgan
Miller, miner. The'scenes at the shaft
are heart-rending. Fathers, mothers,
wives and children linger in groups with
pallid faces anxiously waiting some
tidings from their loved ones, which
will either bring them hope or end their
suspense. Every effort is being made
to rescue the unfortunate ones, but it
is thought there is no prospect Of
reaching them tonight.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
A Startled Diplomat.
From a Washington Special. I

From Washington Special.
The most startling event that ever
happened to the Chinese legation was
when the first gas bill was left at the
legatior-an event which is startling
to every family in Washington. The
gas bills here are on yellow paper, and
yellow paper is only used in China for
announcing the death of some distin-
guished person. The interpreter not
being handy, the minister after turning
the fateful document over and care
fully examining it, concluded that it
was formal notice that some great
dignitary had been called hence, so he
ordered the whole house shut up, the
whole family in mourning, and ordered
them to weep and lament as hard as
they could. In the midst of the hula
baloo, the interpreter arrived. Tab
leau!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

THE small number of college grad
yates amongthe successful competitors
in the civil service examinations is
properly considered to refute the
criticism which alleges pedantry as a
characteristic of the civil service rules.
The figures are quite as gratifying
when regarded from another point OF
view. The fact that, of the successful
competitors, SO per cent. received only
a. common school education goes to
show, not only the practical character
of the examinations, but the excellent
result of our public school system.
Free instruction which will produce
such a showing as this is certainly eff
fective. 1t is another demonstration
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
THERE is a skating-rink-polo mania

THERE is skating-rink-polo mama
in New England this season, more es-
pecially in Massachusetts, and Con
neeticut. Every town has its team,
and every night there is a contest be-
tween two of them. AS played on
roller skates, polo is very like the old
fashioned game of "shinny"-A very
good game too, as most of us know.
The rink variety has enough tumbles
and cracks on the shins, varied by an
occasional rap in the teeth, to make it
quite exciting.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
DOLEFUL MINSTRELSY.
Haverly's Company at Chicago Dissolve
on Account of Poor Business.

CHICAGO, H., Jan. 2O.-The mem
bers of Haverly's Minstrel Company
were notified, yesterday, that at the
end of two weeks time their engage
ment at the Little Thester on Madi-
son Street will terminate. Will j.
Davis, manager of the theater said,
last evening, that the Hcause of the
closing of the season was due to the
purchase of Mr.. Haverly's interest
In the theater by James Goldthwaite,
who has been officiating as
treasurer of the house. "Mr. Gold
thwaite," said Mr.. Davis, "has not been
satisfied with the results of the season,
and has determined to forego min
strelsy and devote the theaetr to some
other class of entertainment. It is
said that Mr.. Haverly's financial in
terests are in no way affected by this
transfer. Other places of amusement
more important than the minstrel
theater are known to have suffered
severely this season, which has been
on the whole, a decidedly disastrous
one in Chicago
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
DOWNED BY DRINK.
A Romance Full of Sadness From the
Quaker City.

Quaker City.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. pa
story in which the elements of sadness
and romance are strangely blended,
has Just come to light Away back in
1880 Richard Johnson, a well-known
plumber, who for fifty-fve years had
conducted a large establishment on
Green Street, suddenly disappeared.
Large sums Of money were spent IN an
endeavor to locate his whereabouts,
but without avail, and it was finally
concluded that he had been drowned
in the Delaware River and his
body swept out to sea. Upon this
theory, eighteen months after his
disappearance the supposed widow
married John GeilseI, wealthy
butcher. This gentleman died year
or SO ago, leaving all his property TIC
his children. The widow, not being
able to prove the death of her first
husband, was compelled to abandon
all idea of legal proceedings to obtain
possession OF any portion of the prop
erty. A few days ago letter was re-
ceived from Richmond, Va, stating
that her first husband, Johnson,
was in the almshouse in that
city, in dying condition,
and that it was evident that for years
hehad been victim of drink. No de-
tails were given in the communication
to indicate where he had spent the in
tervening years. His wife has gone to
Richmond, and the missing chapters
of the story are anxiously awaited by
a large circle of acquaintance, John
son, in his prosperous days having
been intimate with some of the most
prominent residents of this city.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

ONE reading the New York Herald
would expect to meet q mad dog be-
hind every other wood pile as he
passed through New Jersey town.
1t reminds us of boy who was relat-
ing chow awful thick the rabbits were
up in our woods pasture" And as
proof he said: 81 was jest walkin'
along the other day, and wasn't
thinkin' at all about rabbits, and one
Jumped up"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

stroyed number of small shops and stores,
causing a loss of $4,000.
Thomas Campsie, ST., I'D old resident OF
Adrian, Mich, was found With his wife. on
the 18th, inseusible from coal gas. Mrs.
Campsie died the next morning, and her
husband cannot survive.
A cave.in occurred at the Tunnel Colliery,
Ashland, Pa. on the 18th. The accident
will throw out of employment, temporarily,
300 men. No one was injured, as the men
had not gone to work
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
A Cave-in,

A serious cave in occurred under the bed
of the Shenandoah branch of the PhiIadel-
phia q Reading Railroad, just south of
Shenandoah, Pa, on the 23d. About sixty
feet of the road-bed sank fully two feet
while q coal train was passing over it, and
a short time afterwards the surface drop
ped into the workings below, leaving a hole
upwards of rs feet in diameter. A passen-
ger train, containing nearly 100 persons,
had passed over the place a few minutes
before. Traffic over the road is suspended
in consequence, and the collieries in that
section are thrown idle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Opium Seizure.

The United States revenue cutter VOL
colt has just returned from Alaska, where
the customs authorities seized a cargo of
smuggled opium valued at $4,000. There
was over 5000 pounds of the stuff, which
is the largest haul yet made by the authori-
ties. The seizure was made under the di-
rection of Collector Beecher, of Port Town
send, W. T., who will get $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Swift RetributiOn.

At Schuyler, Neb., on the night of the
18th, Bohemian prisoner named Lapour,
confined in the county Jail, assaulted Sher-
iff Depman with a club, fracturing his skull.
His victim died in an hour. Lapour es-
capped, but was afterwards recaptured.
Next morning he was taken from jail by
mob and hanged.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Killing COwbOys

A party of nine cowboys took possession
of the town of Burlington, Tex, on the
night of the 18TH filled themselves with
whisky and spent the night shooting
through windows and terrorizing the peo-
pie. The sheriff organized posse and
about daylight succeeded in driving them
off, after killing four of their number.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
The Britishers Scared.

graphed the departure of a suspected per-
son for Chester, aud the Prince OF Wales
was induced to ride past that town and
proceed directly to the residence of the
Duke of Westminster. Guards around the
principal buildings of London have been
doubled, for fear Of dynamite outrages, and
the cabinet council was protected by an
extra force of police.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
A Dynamite Outrage.

At Orangeville, Ont, on the 18th, a dyn-
amite cratri6ge placed at the door OF the
residence of Police Magistrate Monroe, ex-
ploded, causing great damage to the build
ing. Fortunately none of the inmates
were injured. This is the second attempt
of the kind made on Mr.. Monroe, who has
been inficting fines for breaches of the
Scott temperance act.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Sad browning Accident.

A sad skating accident resulting in the
drowning of two persons occurred near
Dawson, Pa, on the night of the Goth. A
party OF young folks were enjoying them
selves on the Youghiogheny River when
young lady named Riser fell into an air.
hole. Her escort, James Marshall, rushed
to her rescue. but the ice broke, letting him
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

THE Indianapolis Times says the re-
cent icy spell has demonstrated chow
much better it would have been if the
Council, under whose direction the
sidewalks we're laid at an angle OF
twenty-five, had blown the gas out be-
fore it went to bed"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Killed While Coasting.

While William Barry, James Broderick
and William Carsen were coasting on Web
ster Avenue, Pittsburg, on the night of the
Dist, they collided with heavy wagon.
Barry and Broderick were fatally hurt and
Carsen painfully cut.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
The Walls Fell Upon Them.

While party of boys and negroes were
searching the ruins of the recent fire at Mo-
bile, Ala, on the 10th, a thirty-foot wall
suddenly toppled over, burying six of
them. One boy was killed and several 9TH
ers seriously hurt
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

PRINCE BISMARCK and the private
secretary of the governor of Nebraska
have simultaneously instituted libel
suits against newspapers. 1t IL evil
dent that the great men of the time
are making common cause IN the mat
ter of wreaking vengeance upon the IL
centiOuS press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Casualties at a Fire.

A number of cabinet factories in Belle
vile, near Paris were destroyed by fire on
the afternoon of the 22d. Retreat from the
building was cut off, and many of the en-
ployes escaped by jumping from windows.
All who jumped were more Or less injured
A number of bodies were found in the ruins,
and more are missing. The pecuniary loss
is 100000 francs. Three hundred persons
are thrown out of employment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Under a HaYStaCk.

An enormous haystack in Lemberg,
Bavaria, used by congregation of tramps
as a lodging house, was burned in the
night. Twenty dead bodies were taken
from the ashes, and it is thought others
were entirely consumed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
In Salt Lake City.

Federal officials at Salt Lake arrested N
Y. Jones and F. Treseder, who were held to
answer the charge of attempted bribery.
They offered q deputy marshal 500 per
month to inform them whenever process
was to be issued for the arrest of Mormons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
UnouenchabIe Planes.

American docks, Tompkinsville, Staten ISL
and, which broke out recently and de.
stroyed two storehouses, with loss of
about $15O,OOO, has not yet been extin-
guished. The New York Board of Under
writer's has given the cotton into the care
of the Merritt Coast Wrecking Company.
1t will probably take three weeks of hard
work to extinguish the fire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Burned to Death.

AtBooneville, Mo-, on the morning of the
21st a frame tenement occupied chiefly by
colored people, caught fire. The structure
was SO infammable that it was impossible
to rescue all the inmates, and Anna Reed
and her two children were burned to DEATH
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27

IT is always gratifying to hear OF
farmers taking up new branches OF
agriculture when the conditions are
favorable for their success. Every
new branch of the farming business
put in successful operation diminishes
the competition in the old lines, and
thus helps to make all farmers more
nrOSnerOuS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Qhs Rtpnblifa't
wATERTowN. WISCONSIN

THE artificial egg, it is said, is be-
coming commodity in the markets.
AS Eccles says, "this ees' lard, " While
the ingenuity of man is well worthy OF
commentator, nature ought to be al
lowed TO have chance, one at least.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
Fatal SnOwsIides.

A heavy snowslide at Aspen, Col, on the
afternoon of the 10th, destroyed the shaft
and engine-houses. and killed John Rose,
mine carpenter. Three other men were
buried under ten or fifteen feet of snow. A
few hours later a snowslide at Washington
Mountain buried two wagons with their
drivers
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
LynChed at Last.

Holly Epps, the negro who brutally MUIR
dered Farmer Dobson near Vincennes,
Ind, was lynched by a crowd of masked
men at that place on the morning of the
18th. This was the third attempt to pun
ish the murderer by lynching.