Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-20
JANUARY.

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JANUARY
The Slattery family formed a syndicate at
Shenandoah, Pa, to prosecute claims for prop
erty worth $50, 0O0 600 in England Scotland, and
India st. Louis, Mo-, was reported swarming
with beggars x, 000 people out of employment.
Twenty-three of the younger priests and stu
dents of the Moscow Theological Seminary
logged by the Archbishop of the diocese for ex-
hibiting symptoms of rebellion. Gov CIeve-
land sent his resignation to the New York As
sembly on the 9Th, being succeeded by Lieut..
Gov. Hill. Immense coal deposits, said to be
the richest in the world, discovered in the vicin-
ity of Pekin, China. Gen. Grant, in letter to
Cyrus W. Field, declined to accept the money
raised to exricate him from his financial en-
barrassment President-elect Cleveland was
notified by nearly 100 parents that as many ba-
bies were named after him. and he sent a pho
tograph to each one. Discovery of an emerald
weighing over a pound at Boyaca, Colombia.
Failure of the banking house of John j. Ciscos
Sons, New York; liabilities, s., 500, 000 Funeral
of Hon. Schuyler Colfax at South Bend, Ind.
The mercury at Mount Washington, N H, sank
to so degrees below zero on Jan. %, and hurri-
cane for half day at the rate of 100 miles
an hour. detachment of British troops,
800 strong, fought the hosts of FL Mehdi at the
Wells of Abu Klea, in the deserts of the Sou
dan, and after fierce battle the rebels
driven from the field with heavy loss. London
startled by three explosions of dynamite in the
Parliament House and at the Tower; the lobby
of the British House of Commons blown to
pieces, and the Speakers chair destroyed; sem
ator Bayard introduced resolution III the
United States Senate expressing the indigna-
ton and sorrow of this country at the event
The Liberty Bell taken from Independence
Hall, Philadelphia, under escort of 800 police
men, and started for the New Orleans Exposition.
Texas stockmen estimate their loss on account
of the cold weather viii exceed Il. 000, coo. Rus
STA and Germany conclude treaty providing
for exradlGion OF assassins or abdUctors OF royal
personageS, and persons guilty of illegal manu-
fEc1ure of explosives. Continued excitement in
London the dynamite explosions; numer-
Vi I1T0ItI
posed and system of espionage over persons
OF Irish extraction suggested. The Liberty Bell
accorded heaEty reception 20 New Orleans,
1utes being fred and shipping decorated at
BeauVoiT- Miss, Jefferson Davis met the train
bearing the famous relic, and made short
speech to those in attendance. Solomon Bait
and Elias Grossfeldt, educated Hebrews, re-
nounce Judaism, and unite with the M. e.
Church at Cincinnati. Ex-GoY. Noses of
South Carolina released from prison at
Detroit, and rearrested the charge of swind-
ling Col T w Higginson and other Bostonians.
Amount of gold obtained from United States
mines in 1854 ascertained to have been So, 00O,-
00a Kansas and Missouri Legislatures adopt
resolutions petitioning Congress to open Okla
homa 70 settlement News received Of a hard
Fought battle between Gen. Stewards command
and the Arab rebels, in which five of Ell Mehdi's
elnirs were killed; Stewart was badly wounded
and disabled for the remainder of the campaign.
Mrs. Thankful Tanner, of Cleveland, brings suit
against Mrs. James A. Garfield for S25 900 for in
Juries sustained by being run over by the lat
ter carriage. Ihaddeus Louis Poniatowski a
grandson of King Stanislaus of Poland found
working as a cattle tender near Baltimore. The
Minnesota Senate passes a bill making it a.
felony to attempt to increase or diminish the
market price of cereals. After a deadlock last
ing twenty-five days, the lower house of the
Illinois Legislature organized by the election of
Elijah NJ. Haines as Speaker A party of Okla
homa boomers numbering 156 persons dispersed
by United States troops; four of the leaders
bound over in 81 900 each they threaten to make
another raid on the coveted territory March f.
FEBRUARY.
Mrs. Laura De F. Gordon, of California. adj
mitted to the bar of the United States Supreme
Court at Washington-the second woman &C
corded that privilege. ODonovan Rosa shot in
New York by an English woman calling herself
4seult Dudley: great rejoicing in England over
the news Queen Victoria offered to contribute
from her private purse to any reward the Gov
eminent decided to offer for arrest Of persons
guilty OF dynamite outrages. During a severe
windstorm the Colorado Central train from
Denver to Georgetown was blown from the
track; eighteen passengers or .sss injured
Intense excitement in England caused by re-
celp6 or dispatches from General Wolsely an
nouncing the capture of Khartoum by Ell Mehdi
The Union Pacific Road reports its gross earn
ings for 1884 at S25 791, 000 Reported dissensons
In the Mormon Church, causing it's Gradual dis
mtegration- the young MormoIs trying to break
away from ecclesiastical rule. Authentic re-
ports were received in London that at the time
Of the fall of Khartoum the city was on the verge
OF a famine, and on entering the enemy massa-
cred about ,0C0 people; General Gordon was
among the latter, and his head was cut off and
carried in triumph to the Mehdi, who received
1t with eager satisfaction. Michael Davitt COM
PEELED to leave hotel at Rome because
English guests refused to sit at table
with him. Ex-Congressman D. j. Morrell,
President Cambria Iron Company at Johns
town Pa, sent to iunatic asylum.
The Texas House passed bill forbidding the
carrying of deadly weapons. The labor crisis
IN Trance causes the utmost alarm 300, 900 un-
emp Dyed men in Paris end ], COO 900 more in the
PRO 2inces- National Independent Association
or anized IN London one of its objects being an
auisnce betgeen England and the United
STAT The worst blizzard known in many
years prevailed on the sth and 9Th throus hout
the rss.Ion between the St Iawren Q and the
III .ssour. The charge Of high treason and felony
was BROUGHT against j. e. Cunningham and
Harry Burton, q legged dynamitards in the Bow
Street Police Court, London. Definite informa-
ton received Of the death Of Gen. Gordon and
the indiscrimfnate slaughter of the non-com-
batan:s and Christians at KhartouIn. The Vat
lean REUSED to recognize Michael Davitt, who
desired to pr sent an address justfying the
ca1se Of the Irish Nationa1ists A cotton mill
esta bhsbed at + all River, Mass transferred its
machiaery to Mexico, to manufacture print
goods with native labor. Never before in mari
time history were SO many steamships and sail
ing vessels so long overdue at New York oVer
100 bound for that port not spoken or heard from
that should have arrived weeks previous. Fears
were EXPRESSED that Long Island Sound would
be sealed up by ice. Miss Eva Mackey daugh-
ter Of ohe bonanza king, married in Paris to the
Italian Prince OF Galatro, Ferdinand Julien
Colonna. Secretary Chandler issu order
prohibit ng naval officers from memorializing
Congress-. The House of Representatives, by a
ToSe CT l3o TO lob the necessary two-thirds not
being obtained), defeated bill placing General
Grant GA The retired list Intense cold weather,
with snow drifts, almost suspended rail
road traffic throughout the West: in
the Dubuque section the embargo was the
worst reported in eighteen years. The Gusoue-
hanna River was frozen to the bottom at Iancas-
ter, Pa. The Nebraska Legislature passed a
bill prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors.
Final decision rendered ri Washington grant
ing money-order fees to postnasters as per-
quisites the decision adds millions to cost of
maintaining the mail service. Feb. Is the first
formal ballot for Senator from illinois was
reached by the joint assembly of the LegisIa-
ture John A. Logan received 101 votes, w r.
Morrison 81, with scattering-102 being neces-
sary to q choice-two absentees. Lake Mich
igan, opposite Milwaukee, was frozen from shore
to shore. the ice ranging from nine inches to