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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

On the night of the 4th inst. a mob of 100
men and boys went to the house of r. B.
swankin, in North Manchester, Ind, who
is accused of shamefuly beating his wife and
abusing his family, and ordered him to
pack up and leave town. When he ap-
peared in response to the order the mob
surrounded him and beat, cuffed and
kicked him numerically, horsewhips being
freely used. He was escorted to the town
limits amid storm of boots and yells, and
before leaving him he was partially stripped
and two muscular citizen gave him terri
BILE thrashing with blacksnake whips, after
which he was told to skip and never return.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Terrible Boiler Explosion.

The dry house Of the Miami Powder Com
pany, near Xenia, o., blew up on the LIST
inst, killing three men and blowing the
building and machinery to atoms. The
shock was distinctly felt all over the
city. There were 2 400 25-pound cakes in
the house when the explosion occurred. 1t
was caused by the explosion of the boiler
used in drying the powder. The unfortu.
nate victims were Henry Franklin, who
leaves wife and four children; Christy Nc
Cam, who leaves a wife and one child. and
Michael Haney, wife and three children,
who are in Ireland. The loss is heavy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
The Aqueduct Death Roll.

Another has been added to the long list
of fatalities in connection with the con-
struction of the new New York aqueduct.
On the evening OF the Sd inst, apparently
through carelessness at shaft No. 16, near
Yonkers, fifty pounds of dynamite were ex-
ploded. John McFadden was instantly
killed and the following were seriously, if
not fatally, wounded: Hugh McBreetry,
John Boyce and Frank Piuneau. Pat
Leary sustained slight injuries.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

CHAUNcY SMITH, in Popular Science
Monthly says: ARTILLERY is monarch
ic, cavalry aristocratic, and Infantry
democratic. Armor and horse brought
the rule of the few over the many;
cannon helped make one man rule
over all; while the musket is the agent
of the popular will and the pioneer OF
universal suffrage"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Attempted Assassin alton.

An ATTEMPT was made at Paris, on the
night of the Let inst, to assassinate DR..
Blowitz the Paris correspondent of the
London Times. AS the Doctor was ascend
ing the staircase of his home shot was
fired at him by some unknown person.
The bullet missed him, struck against the
wall in front of him and fell flattened at his
feet. No clue to the would. be assassin has
vet been discovered
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

factory, at Bay Chester, N. Y, WAS blown
up on the night of the 9Th. Heinrich Helm
man. the Waterman, was in the building at
the time. but no trace of him has been
found. The building was small structure
where dynamite for use on the new aque-
duct was made. It contained 200 pounds
OF dynamite and two tanks of nitric and
sulphuric acid. There is big hole filled
with sticks and pieces Of timber to mark
the spot where the building stood.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

The wall OF a building. at Front and Nor
ris Streets, Philadelphia, which was being
torn down, suddenly FELL on the 4th, bury
ing several laborers. Daniel Quinn, aged
% years, was killed; James Keegan, aged
So, was seriously injured probably fatally,
and Daniel Mcbride, aged 81 years, was
badly bruised ard cut.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Terrible Death of a Recluse.

tirely alone in Pekin, a village near Canton,
O., had an epileptic fit while cooking his
supper on the night of the Cd, and fell help
less upon the hot stove. When he regained
consciousness he rushed into the street in
an agony of terror. Large flakes of flesh
fell from his limbs as he ran, exposing the
naked bones. His cries attracted aid, but
he expired shortly after help arrived.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Crushed by Falling Walls.

A fire in the gas house of the Augusta fac
tory at Augusta, Ca, on the night OF the
9Th, resulted in only ST, 900 loss. A falling
wall buried nine men, instantly killing
Councilman nj. E. Hill, the overseer of the
factory. Master Machinist w. G. Allen
died an hour afterwards, and Jonn Ed
wards will die. Others were more or less
seriously injured
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Shown England.

A dispatch of the LIST from London says:
a snow-storm prevails throughout Great
Britain. In many places the snow has
drifted in great piles on the railroad tracks,
seriously impeding traffic. The sufferings
OF the poor are greatly increased by the
storm. The British steamer Missouri,
Capt. POULAND,, from Boston February Is,
for Liverpool, stranded of Holy Head.
The crew succeeded in landing without loss.
1t is believed the steamer can be foated
after the gale subsides
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

GEORGIA tax collectors have more
than Yankee "cuteness." One coun-
ty, for example, reports all but four
dollars collected out of about So, 200;
while a state tax of nearly $40, 900 In
thesame county yielded these able col
lectors all but sixteen dollars. There
ought to be power to send for those
nerSOnS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

band Of sixty Mexican outlaws The train
consisted OF seven cars, which were all
ditched. The outlaws first robbed, and
then stripped completely naked all OF the
train hands, then tied their hands behind
their backs, in which condition they had to
walk into San Francisco Station. Nobody
however, was hurt. Cars were broken open
and a large amount OF freight was taken by
them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
The Rtpublita't
UATERTowN, WISCONSIN,

AN Indian newspaper at Muscogee,
discussing the many railroads pro-
posed in Indian Territory, says: eff
all the railroads projected are built
the cattle will have no pasture except
theprass between the ties"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Burned in the Wreck.

The freight train on the Ontario & West
ern Railroad which went through a bridge
near Fish Eddy, Delaware County, N. T..
on the night of the I'd inst, carried with it
four men. They were unable to escape
from the wreck, and their bodies were
burned to cinders.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Two MoresS Strikes.

About 5000 Knights of Labor employed
on the Gould roads in the southwest are
on strike because OF the discharge of the
foreman of the shops at Marshall, Tex.
Nearly 1000 workmen in the Studebaker
factories at South Bend, Ind, quit work at
O'Clock on the 9th because Of a refusal TO
advance wages 25 per cent. One OF the
strikers stated that men with families to
maintain labored for 65 to 85 cents per
day
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
The London Socialists.

Burns, Hyndman, Williams and Cham
pion, the Socialist leaders, were again be-
fore the London police court on the Sd,
and after a further hearing were committed
for trial on the charge of melting subjects
of the Queen to riot. The defendants were
permitted to furnish bail for their appear
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Returned Without Him.

A protested exhorter named Mungall
went to Wichita, Kas.. recently and began
a series OF meetings. He was quartered at
the house OF an Indian citizen and slept in
the room with several other members OF
the family. During the night Mungall made
an assault upon young orphan girl in the
room, but before he could execute his pur-
pose he was discovered and taken g.
prisoner. Next day a party of neighbors
took him out for trial and returned with
out him saying he had escaped"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
In a Lighthouse.

The lighthouse on Sanders Point, Esca-
naba, Mich, was burned early on the morn
ing of the 9Th. Mrs. Mary l.. Terry, the
keeper, was burned to death. She was SO
years OF age, and was possessed of some
property, which gave rise to suspicion of
foul play, but defective furnace was the
probable cause of the fire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Found Dead in Bed.

John Pearson, salesman, travelling for
a New York firm, was found dead in bed at
the Lindel HOTEL st. Louis, on the morn
ing OF the Sd. A small bottle partly filled
with morphine pills, was found in his room,
but it is generally believed that his death
resulted from natural causes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Minor Mention.

Rev. W. J. Spears, OF Detroit, 80 years OF
age, well known among horsemen and base
ball players, has married the widow OF G.
r. Mabley, the mother Of thirteen children,
who has $1,0O0,OOO.
The Illinois supreme court has decided in
favor OF the town of West Chicago, in the
suit brought to compel M. w. Ryan to re-
fund moneys retained as compensation or
collecting taxes.
A sister of the late King Of Spain was on
the 9th married to Prince Antonio in the
palace chapel at Madrid.
A train on the Norfolk & Western Rail
road, on the morning of the 9Th, ran over
and killed Robert Haines, who went to
sleep on the track.
At Abilene, Tex, on the 9Th, Francis
Ames attempted the feat of drinking three
and half pints of whisky. He did not
succeed. It killed him.
Goldie M. Norris lost his life by the fall
of a heavy beam at the Atlantic Iron
Works, Sharon, Pa, on the 9Th.
Fred. Engstorm, employed at the Lake
Superior iron mine, Ishpeming, was struck
by a failing rock and thrown from ladder
he was ascending to the bottom of the
shaft. He was instantly killed. He leaves
a large family in poor circumstances.
All the members of the Knights OF Labor
employed on the Gould lines centering in
st. Louis, to the number of 5000 struck
on the 9Th inst.
Rev. j. w. <. Sloane, professor Of theol-
ogy in the Reformed Presbyterian Theo-
logical Seminary, Allegheny City, was found
dead in his bed on the morning Of the 9th
inst. Heart disease is supposed to have
been the cause.
The Chinese who have been driven from
Pacific coast towns are rapidly drifting
east. Advices from Texas, New Mexico
and Arizona report that many of them
have settled in the towns along the rail
roads.
The bar mill OF Hussey. Howe Il Co., at
Pittsburg, was badly damaged on the 4th
inst. by the explosion OF the mud drum of a
boiler. No one was killed, and only one
man was hurt.
Brig Gen. Alfred Terry, tho Indian fighter,
has been nominated by President Cleve-
land to the position made vacant by the
death of Gen. Hancock.
T. W. Nickerson & Co., large importers,
Boston, suspended on the Sd inst, with
liabilities amounting to 100000.
The Missouri supreme court has rendered
a decision that property owners have no
claim against telephone company for
damages arising from digging holes for poles,
provided the company has procured the
proper municipal permisf ion.
Michael McCabe, Patrick Condor and an
unknown man were found frozen to death
in the streets of New York on the morning
of the I'd.
The treaty OF peace between Servia and
Bulgaria has at last been signed. The cere-
mony occurred on the I'd inst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Deeds nf RIoO0

A duel was fought at Chihuahua, Mexico,
on the 9th inst, between Trinidad Alvarez
and Senior Paredez, well known citizens.
Both were killed.
The citizens of Brooklyn, Mo-, have petit
toned Judge Geiger to summon a special
grand jury and dispose Of the charge of wife
murder brought against George e. Graham,
giving a hint that lynching is to be feared.
Sam Johnson, an aged negro, was
lynched at Eatontown, n. j., for murder
GUS assault on a white girl named Herbert.
The wife of Joseph G. Price, OF Chicago,
having been warned by physician that she
might die at any moment from heart dis.
ease, killed herself with a razor.
The governor of Kentucky has ordered
militia to Greenwood, Pulaski County, to
suppress outrages by 200 armed miners,
who threaten to burn the camp of the con-
vict laborers unless they are removed with
in two days.
Larty, q colored porter at the Capital
Hotel, shot and killed his sweetheart, and
then inflicted mortal wound upon him
self.
Everett S. Smith, secretary of the Nash
Vile Typographical Union, committed sui
eide in that city on the night of the 5th.
He left letter in which he ascribed all his
troubles to whisky.
The trial of James T. Holland. at New
York, for the killing of Tom Davis, the con-
fdence man, closed on the 9Th, the Jury
rendering verdict of acquittal.
John harrington, an aged patient in the
insane department of the Allegheny County
Home, Pittsburg, jumped, head first, from
a third story window, on the 9Th inst, and
was killed instantly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Important.

When you visit or leave New York City,
save baggage, expressage and So carriage
hire, and stop at the GRAND UNION HO-
TEL, opposite Grand Central Depot.
Six hundred and thirteen rooms, fitted
up at cost OF one million dollars, 81 and
upwards per day. European plan. Ele-
vator. Restaurant supplied with the best.
Horse cars, stages and elevated railroads
to all depots. Families can live better for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than
at any other first-ciass hotel in the city.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

A freight train on the tfexican Central
Railroad, in charge OF Conductor Narl,
north bound, was ditched and robbed near
Kilometre. north of San Francisco station,
Texas, on the night of the I'd inst, by @
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Smoke.

The American Hotel Boston, was par
TALLY destroyed by fire on the 9Th, being
damaged to the extent Of $65, ZOO. Sew
eral domestics were penned up on the roof
by the flames, but none were injured.
A fire at San Francisco, on the 7th, de-
stroyed the Grand Western Market and a
number OF adjoining buildings. The losses
aggregate $4,000.
Ferdinand Schumacher's extensive oat
meal mills at Akron, O.-the largest in the
country-were entirely destroyed by fire at
an early hour on the morning OF the 9Th
inst, The loss is estimated at 100000
on which there was an insurance to the
amount of $15O,OOO.
Goodbody's tobacco warehouse, at Tulta-
more, Kings County, Ireland, was destroyed
by fire on the 4th inst. Loss, 100000.
At midnight OF the LIST, fire destroyed O.
three-and-a-half story brick structure
known as the Ethan Allen Pistol Shop
at Worcester, Mass, occupied by the L. d.
Thayer Manufacturing Company and w.
+. Bancroft, manufacturer of spinning ma
chinery. The loss on the building is $780,
900. Bancroft's loss is $4,000 and the
Thayer Company's loss is 100000.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad depot at
Winnipeg was destroyed by fire early on
the morning of the 1st inst. Loss $780,
900; insurance $4,000.
Bascom's Block, Nashua, N. H, burned
on the morning OF the LIST inst. Loss $4O,-
600. Three firemen were seriously hurt by
a falling chimney.
Two buildings belonging to the cloth
works OF George W. Blabon & Co., Philadel-
phia, burned on the LIST. Loss $75, 900;
partly insured.
Fire on the 1st at Bodine Bros lumber
yard, West New Brighton, L. l., caused a.
loss OF SIS, 900; insurance $31, 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

CHINTz renaissance has lace designs
resembling Turkish embroidery.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 15-The noni
nation of S. Corning Judd to be postmaster
of Chicago was confirmed, Wednesday
without word being said in opposition,
together with a large number of other
nominations, including those of NJ.
f. Ii. Winston, minister resident
and oonsul-general to Persia; ia
bez Curry minister to Spain; George
V. N. Lothrop, minister TO Russia
j. B. Stallo, minister to Italy; Char.es
DENLY, minister to China; J. q. Chenowith,
first auditor of the treasury; W. B. Webb,
commissioner of the district of Columbia
r. A. Ii lard, assistant attorney general.
Among other contirmstions were these:
Pension Agents-Franz Sigel, at New
York; Don Carlos Buell., at Louisville,
Charles Zollinger, at indianapolis.
United States Attoriieys-s5eorge N. Bax.
ter, for Minnesota; William c. Perry, for
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15
The President Master of the situation.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. i5--It is stated
at the executive mansion that the president
has not received from the senate or any
senate committee or senator formal de
mand or request for an explanation of any
removal Or appointment from or to Office,
and has not stated what action he would
take upon such request or demand The
heads of departments have, however, been
authorized to return the circulars
OF inquiry received by them from
senate committees, with the reply
that they have received no instructions
from the president to forward such
information to the senate 1t is the belief
of many senators that if the president ac,.
companies each nomination made to fill a
vacancy caused by a removal with the
statement that the nomination was made
under the authority vested in the executive
by section 1853 of the revised statutes, the
senate can not expect anything further.
This section empowers the president to
make changes at his discretion for the pub
lie good
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15

D. A. Bradford. wholesale paper dealer
OF Chattanooga. Tenn. writes, that be
was seriously afflicted with a severe cold
that settled on his lungs; had tried many
remedies without benefit Being induced
to try DR., Kings New Discovery for con
sumption, did SO and was entirely cured
by the use of few bottles Since which
time he has used it in his family for all
coughs and colds with best results. This
is the experience of thousands whose lives
have been saved by this wonderful dis
covery. Trial bottles free at Hartz &
Bahnsen, drug store
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15
MET IN A SKATING RINK.
A Cashiers Daughter and a Young
Moldcr Eject an Flopement.

LEBANON, Pa, Jan. 15--Georgo D. Rise
is the cashier of the Lebanon Deposit com
pany's bank He has aa only daughter.
Miss Lillian a. Rise, aged p, pretty
brunette, who moved in good society ana
was much INDUCED hy her father and
mother She has just eioped with Sir.
Bell, youns mo!der whom she met at the
skating rink, and they could not be married
in this state unless they had license Miss
Rise met her father on the street Wednes-
day and had few minutes chat VITA
him. She then proceeded 10 one Of the
back streets, where her lover was in wait
ing with a horse and sleigh. They drove
to Myerstown, eight miles away, and took
the next train for Philadelphia. \ mutual
friend came down on the cars and drove
home ia the sleigh From Phladelpiia
they proceeded across the river into New
Jersey, and were married, no license bc1E
necessary there. Then they proceeded On
to Baltimore and Washington Miss Rise
frequently met Bell at a slating-rink They
had differences however, which resulted in
apparent GOODNESS, but it is believed that
this was only Slhterfuge to throw of sus-
picon
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15

CHICAGO, Jan. 15-Thursday afternoon
at the type-set5ing tournament, Barnes, Of
The New York WRrld, gave another exhi-
hilton of his wonderful ability as a compos-
itor. In half an hour he set 800 ems from
Bryant's "Ihanatopsis," the work being
perfect ard not single error. The wonder
comes in when it is known that he did this
blindfoided The record for the first three
davs IS as follows: Barnes, l6,s43; Nc
Cam 1896; Hudson, l4,527; Monheimer,
14559; sreevy, 14,S10; Levy, 14,277; De
Jared. 4: 81
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15
A CONSPICUOUS instance of advertising

A CONSPICUOUS instance of advertising
on a grand scale is the price recently paid
in Boston for single insertion in one
paper,-S2, 000,-S. r. Niles acting as
agent in the transaction. The good
Judgment of Mr.. Niles in such matters is
recognized not only in Boston, but also in
New York, London and Paris. We un>
derstand that in the instance Of which we
speak the results justified the expendi>
ture.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15
A PRIZE In THE LOTTERY

of life which is usually unappreciated I'M
til it is lost, perhaps never to return, is
health. What a priceless boon it is, and
we ought to cherish it, that life may not
be worthless blank to us. Many of the
diseases that flesh is. heir TO, and which
make life burdensome, such as consump-
ton (scrofula of the lungs), and other
scrofulous and blood diseases, are COM
pletely cured by DR.. r. V. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery after all
other remedies have failed. Dr. Pierce
treatise on consumption mailed for 10
cents in stamps. Address, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, 663 Main
Street, Buffalo, N Y.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15
SIEEPLESSNESS.

Narcotics and sedatives produce unua-
tural stunor, which is soon followed by
i'll effects. Simmons Liver Regulator re
moves the cause Of restlessneSs ny pro,
ducing digestion and quoting The nerves.
Try IT, and you viii know the blessing
of good health and sound sleep
Il had been d great sufferer from dys>
pepsia and loss of sleep. Now l take a
dose OF Simmons Liver Regulator aud
sleep all night.-Mrs Il, Bryant, Girls
woldvilll, Ga
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15
A CARD. q

TO all who are suffering from the errors
and indiseretions OF youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, less of manhood. &C.,
| will send recipe that will cure you,
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send a self addressed envelope
to the Rev. JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D
New York City.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15

SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 1.-THE Dessret
News Wednesday night bitterly assaiied the
governors message, and said: ut was
prepared for outside effect. The members,
out of respect for the office, not the pl'son,
listened with silent patience to the insults,
threats, and insinuations hurled at tSein. y
The News takes up the main points Of the
message, denying seriatim
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15

The greatest foe OF America people IS
consumption; It's victims number many
thousands each year, Physicians and
druggists have at last found remedy
which they fsel justified IN Recommend
ing. This is DR.. Bigelow's Cure, which
cures consumption IN stages that other
remedies are of no benefit. 1t cures
coughs, colds, aud all throat and lung
diseases speedily and safely Price 80
cents and 81, Of druggists
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-15
Leo Surprising and Notifying the Vat.


ROME, Jan. 15.-Cariinal Jacobini has re-
ceived long telegraph dispatch from Bis
marck, in which the latter requests the
cardinal to convey his thanks to the pope
for the letter sent him recently hy his holi-
ness The letter referred to expressed
the pope's appreciation of the honor
conferred upon him iii selecting him as
mediator in the Carolines controversy. and
the belief that such selection was made
through the influence of Prince Bismarck.
The Rassegna says that the amability
shown by the pope in his recent relations
with Prince Bismarck has caused surprise
and modification in Vatican circles