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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

IT is rather singular that New York
sticks to her apparent rule of reversing
her previous vote on the presidency.
In 1864 that state went Republican, in
1868 Democratic, in 1872 Republican, in
1876 Democratic, in 1880 Republican, in
1884 Democratic, and the rule is followed
this year by going for the Republican
ticket. There seems to be an opinion
in that state that whatever was done
the last time was wrong.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
CHRISTIANS SILVER JUBILEE.

European Nobility to Attend the Swed-
ish Royal Celebration.
BERLIN, Nov. 13.-Prince Henry of
Prussia, accompanied by distinguished
officers of the army and navy and mem
to-day on the ironclad Kaiser Wilhelm
for Copenhagen. He goes to represent
the Emperor at the twenty fifth cele-
bration of the accession of King Chris
tan to the throne. The Czarewitch ar
rived here to-day on his way to Copen-
hagen to be present at the royal cele-
hratiOn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

II WOULD like little money this
morning, john" said the wife, who was
about to start down town. 81 need a
few chairs for the dining ROOM" "All
right, Maria" said the husband, look
ing up from his paper. "Here's So"
81 have found place on Bargain
Street," she went on, as she put the
money in her purse, where they are
auction" SAT auction? Hold on a
moment, Maria. Here's $40 more".-
CHICAGO Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

Spelling the Sale-Prim spinster-
Well, if you say, Mr.. Featherwing, that
the parrot has been well brought up
and is perfectly strong, think may as
well take him. Parrot (who knows life
and is somewhat aghast at his future
prospects)-I say, boss, amt it about
time took my medicine? And then
he coushed till the tears ran down his
face.-NeU York San.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Cur Off His Head.

GLADEwATER, Tex. Nov. 14.--Last night
George Roden completely decapitated
Nathan Owens, who was trying to kill
him. The trouble grew out of Roden's
alleged intimacy with Owens wife.
Owens entered Roden's bedroom and
was about to cut his throat with razor,
when the latter awoke and rushed out,
but was pursued and finally cornered at
the woodpile. Feeling an ak under his
bare feet, Roden seized it and knocked
Owens down and cut his head off.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
FEAR AN OUTBREAK,
The Byrd-Guy Controversy May Lead to-
Anarchy Among the ChicasaMs

&H0 byTU-Wuy controversy May Lead to
Anarchy Among the Chicasaws.
Advices from the Indian Territory.
obtained from a gentleman who ar
rived at Little Rock on the 18th from
the Chickasaw Nation, report affairs in
that section in very critical condition.
Partisans of Byrd and Guy, contestants
for the gubernatorial office, are
heavily armed and the capital, Tisho-
mingo, is in state of great disorder. A
proposition has been made to submit
the election of governor to committee
Of five leading Indians of the Choctaw,
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek and Semi
mole nations and abide by their decis-
ion. If this is done, the gentleman
said, bloodshed will be averted, other
wise the Chickasaws will drift into
or,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

IT is asserted by a Western paper that
young man can marry on $500 a year;
but he will be deucedly uncomfortable
afterward. Nevertheless more people
have married and been comfortable on
that income, than have discovered mar
rage to be failure on ten times the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
BEFORE THE CHICAGO FIRE.
Naomi FaircIiId Was Married TO Col. Bah
cock in 1871 by the Rev. Burns.

cock in 1871 by the Rev. Burns.
In the Chicago probate court. on the
18th, further inquiry was made into the
claim of Naomi A. Fairchild that she
was the wife of the late Col. Walter S.
Babcock. The Rev. VIM. Henry Burns,
of the Wesleyan Methodist Church at
1011 North Halstead Street, gave an
interesting relation of midnight
marriage at which he officiated
only a few nights before the great
Chicago fire. He claimed that the petit
toner was one of the contracting par
ties, and when handed photograph of
Col. Babcock said it resembled the man
he married. He claims to have made
record of the event in the books of st.
Paul's Church and that he never married
any couple without license. The pc
titioner's attorney is anxious to make
the point that the license and records
were destroyed in the confagration.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
LINED WITH MONEY,
Sixteen Thousand Dollars Found Between
tho Leaves of an Old Book.

the Leaves OF an Old Book.
PARIS, KY, Nov. 13.-Great excite
ment prevails here over the find of a
large amount of money, some say as
high as 5000, in book in Longs sec
ond-hand book-stor by some colored
men who were handling rags fer him.
1t is known that one man had
as high as $3.50, all of which
were old greenback bills issued in 1852.
Some of them were counterfeit, but the
most were good. The Northern, Agri-
cultural, and Bourbon Banks took in a
good lot of it, all of which the cashiers
pronounce good, but Cashier Northcott,
of the Deposit Bank, refused $40 note
which was base counterfeit. Mr.. Long
does not know where the book with the
money came from.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

Now it is reported that Ireland will
next year endeavor to capture the
America cup with new steel cut
ter to be named the Shamrock.
The Jamiesons, of Irish-whisky fame,
who own the feet Trek, are reported to
be building the new challenger from de-
signs by Richardson. Let her come.
We have Shamrock in the New York
Yacht Club fleet that's far from 'green"
as racer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

KING MILAN is now proposing to re-
form the Servian constitution. The
project is very commendable one,
provided it includes the reformation of
the Servian. King. Reforming him
completely off the throne would be
about what Servia needs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Extending the Ashbourne Act.

LONDON, Nov. 15.-In the House OF
Commons this afternoon Mr.. Smith, the
government leader, gave notice that the
government would on Monday next
present bill asking vote of 95,OOO,-
600 for the extension of the Ashbourne
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
A FUR ROBBER IN JAIL,

Arrest of Man Who Was Waiting to Car.
ry OFF His Plumber.
New YORK, Nov. 15.-When the fur
nishing store Of Altman & Co., 532
Broadway, was opened this morning,
$4,000 worth of sealskin caps and gloves
were found packed up, ready to be car
ried away. A man who gave his name
as Philip Steiner was found hid in the
hatchway of the adjoining store and was
arrested
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
WILL ASK A REHEARING.

Report that the Campbell Divorce Case
Will Be Newly Opened.
LONDON, Nov. 16.-The statement is
going the rounds of the clubs that the
Campbell divorce case is coming before
the courts again in the form of an appli
cation for rehearing upon the ground
of newly discovered evidence. 1t is
said that some new and startling dis
closures are imminent which are likely
to reflect new lustre upon aristocratic
morals and to compromise the already
very shady character of a prop of the
monarchy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

THE only editor who is habitually sat
sea" with his work is Capt. E. P. Mich
OILS, of the ship Frank Pendleton, who
issues little four-page newspaper to
his sailors during voyages. This news
paper scheme is frequently ION the top
most wave" of circumstance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

pose it manly, by numbers and force,
to browbeat and make sport of harm
less stranger. The contemplate habit,
when resistance was offered, led to
brutality that would shame savages.
Probably not one of the leading col
leges but has on it's record at least one
hazing that ended fatallv-in palmer
English a case of murder.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
HE HAS TWO MISSIONS.
chamberlain in Washington to We'd ani
to- Favor a New Fishery Treaty.

SaScTIaiH III washington to Wt'H and
to Favor New Fishery Treaty.
OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 13.--It is stated in
well-lnformed circles here that
Joseph Chamberlain is intrusted by
the Imperial government with secret
instructions looking to possible opening
OF negotiations for new fisheries
treaty. Before returning to England,
alter the wedding, it is expected that he
Will take an opportunity to sound lead
ing Republicans as to their views
on the subject in order to lay
them before the imperial government
In person. There is strong probabili-
ty that Mr.. Chamberlain may bring his
bride back to America after short trip
to her new home in England for long
visit to WASHINGTON
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Endemic of SCARLET Fever.

JAMESTOWN, D. T., Nov. 13.-An cpl
demic of scarlet fever is raging here.
The churches. Sunday schools and pub
lie schools have been ordered closed
during the prevalence of the disease.
A number of deaths have already oc-
oI7rrod
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
WENT DOWN IN MID-OCEAN.

Loss of the British Steamer Black Watch
The Crew Missing.
LONDON, Nov. 14.-News reaches here
to-day that the British steamer Black
Watch foundered November II, in lati-
tude So N, longitude 10 E. The fate of
her crew is unknown. The Black
Watch was an iron-clad screw steamer
of 936 tons. She sailed October 20 from
Naples for Odessa, and was probably re-
turning from Odessa when she foun-
dered.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Awarded Heavy Damages.

BosToN, Mass, Nov. 13.-Miss Sarah
E. ROLAND, in her suit against the Bos-
ton & Providence Railroad for damages
for injuries received in the Roslindale
accident, to-day received verdict of
$23 600.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Receivers the VaIuabIes.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 16.-The Green
wood Gold Mining Company to-day re-
covered from the receiver of the Trad
ers' Bank, by order Of the court, box
containing papers and cash of the COM
pany Which had been specially de-
posted for safe-keeping short time be-
fore the bank failed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Crossed the Canadian Line.

MONTREAL, Que, Nov. 15.-Walter
Gibbs, who kept general store on Notre
Dame Street, is absent from the city.
His liabilities amount to about $40, 600.
It ir stated that he left for Boston Satur-
day night and took large quantity Of
merchandise with him with the inten-
ton of defrauding his creditors.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
a Youthful Borg1a.

LA PORTE, Ind, Nov. 13.-Mary Sow
ards, aged IL, has been held to the
grand jury on a charge of poisoning her
father. Two children Of the family
were rendered dangerously i'll at the
same time. 1t was shown by the cor
oner that the girl purchased the arsenic
and administered it to the family.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

A FASHION announcement that is tri-
fe slangy, is to the effect that the usage
of wearing mismatched gloves has
caught on " among the social leaders
in Paris. The men might get even with
their DANES by wearing mismatched
nantalnnns
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

The buffalo is now so scarce in the
West that live specimens are worth
from $500 to $1,000 apiece. The day is
not distant when the boneman will
market the last relic of this much-hunt-
cd animal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
800" CANAL CONTRACT LET.
The Ditch to be Excavated at a Cost of
81,2OO,OOO.

OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 13.-The contract
for the construction of the Sault Ste.
Marie Canal has been awarded to Hugh
and John Ryan, of Toronto and Brook
vile. Associated with them is M. J.
Haney & Co., of Watertown, N. Y. The
amount of the contract is 81. 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Financial Disaster in Durham.

RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 15.-Blackwell's
Bank at Durham which has been in
financial straits for some time, has
closed it's doors. A number of the bust
ness houses OF the town are involved in
the disaster and made assignments to-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
BOTH SIDES WEAKENED,
The New Albany Brakemen's Strike Sc,
tied To-day by Compromise


LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov 16.-The brake
mems strike on the Louisville, New AL
bany & Chicago Railroad was compro-
missed to-day, the company agreeing to
pay through brakemen cents per mile
and local brakemen 2 lilo. The strik-
ers' demand for third brakeman Cd
each train WAS dropped.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

WHAT'S the matter with the old SOL
der with his left arm and leg off? Oh
he's all right.-TerTe Haaae ErpresA
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-01
An Inxenfin- for WindmIIls.

Windmills are a very ancient inven
ton, buo are not Of much practical value
in a country where fuel is cheap, from
the extreme irregularity Of the wind
upon which they depend. 1t is hoped
that a remedy for this defect has been
found by the Due De Feltre ia the trans
formation If the surplus energy Of windy
weather by causing it to drive adynamo,
thus converting it into electricity, with
which he charges batteries Of storage
cells. These in turn can be utilized to
drive the machinery in time Of calm.
Any such plan is, Of course, attended by
a very large waste Of power, but when
the original quantity is so enormous as it
is in a gale Of wind, waste is a matter Of
very little moment. Before the world Is
many generations older more attention
will have to lie given to the question Of
yoking the great forces Of nature to our
machinery and utilizing the enormous
energy of the winds, a and tides.
not 10 mention water power and the d.
rect radiation from the sun. Our store
Of coal will doubtless last for many ,
long day TO come, but we ought not 10
forget that we are a race Of spendthrifts.
living on our capital, and that we mus
not miss any opportunity of economizina
the limited of our estate
London News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-01
Counting the Newsboys.

The newsboy bids fair TO become one
OF the most pampered members of so
ciety. Newspaper publishers are begin
ming to appreciate the value of his inilu-
ence in building up calculations, and are
therefore making much of him. All the
newsboys in New York were recently
given a theatre party by a publisher who
wished to gain their good will, an entire
theatre being necessary to hold the
guests. Not long ago another publisher
gave the boys a picnic in the country,
and the territory surrounding the scene
of their festivities still looks as though it
had been devastated by an invading
army. A Detroit publisher carried his
enterprise 20 far as to bring on a ball
nine of newsboys from Chicago to play a
championship" game with a nine OF
Detroit boys. He provided a special
sleeping car for the Chicago boys, boarded
them at the best hotel, and gave each
newsboy in Detroit a certain number OF
tickets &c the game, to be sold for his
(the boy's) individual benefit. If the
competition among the newspaper pnb-
fishers continues, we may expect to sec
free excursions to Europe provided for
newsboys, and find them selling their
papers from coupes and indulging in
such ether luxuries as may suggest them
selves to the minds Of enterprising mana
gers anxious TO secure their good will.
While the notion on the part of those
who provide these benefits for the boys
are not altogether philanthropic, the pub
lie at large is doubtless quite willing to
see the generosity carried to any extent
believing that the life Of the newsboy is
none too crowded with enjoyment.
Hardship is his daily portion, and an oc-
casional spree Of a rational sort may be
the means of squirting his ambition with
the desire TO reach a plane of life where
enjoyment is more frequent. New York
Commercial Advertiser,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-01
Tn. Delights " Collecting.

What boy is there that can look I'm,
moved upon a birds nest, nor seek TO add
the eggs il may coEtain to that cherished
depository he proudly gloats over and de-
dominates my coll rtionS' What young
girl is there who never felt the impulse
move her TO acquire stores OF dried fern
fronds, wild flowers, seaweeds or shellsi
There is a delight in the mere fact Of col
Letting that NAM will carry on far into
the ripper years, tough then they will
cheat tbemsel-S with the belief that they
are studying, OF doing something that has
wise or profitable aim.-Time.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-01
A Remarkable Theft.

In hls ns+ive hills he was once known
a ''the hoy who stole Don Nicente's
creek" Said Vicente, a pompouc mes.
tho, strutting in the prestige of a semi
official authority, vas the mayoral, or
overseer in chief, of a former convent
hacienda, now a government domain,
used only as a stock farm. By way OF
asserting the prerogatives Of his position
the mayoral m~onopolized not only the
hunting privilege Of the vast estate but
also the use of its drinking water, and, a
few weeks after the death of young Ber-
nails father. seized one Of the widows
cows, las a warning to ~trespassers upon
the reservation of a government water
curse" MARK my words, nelghbors,
If / do not make him stop Dragging about
that government creek. shrieked Master
Bernal, when the bailiff had elbowed his
way through IN indignation meeting Of
the widows friends, and on the very
same evening he marched a posse Of
trusty playmates to the headwaters Of
the monopoly creek.
Up in the dells Of the Sierra, and
nearly ten miles above Don Vicente's
stock farm, qhe boy had private knowl.
edge Of a place where a portion Of the
brook found its way into a cavern or
sink hole, without a visible outlet toward
the next valleys of the watershed: and
by widening the channel Of the affluent
nearly all the water OF the brook was
diverted toward that drain. The small
residue was absorbed in its course through
the sands of the fountainless plain, and
the next morning the mayoral was sur
prised to note the disappearance Of the
sacred stream. An exploring party
failed to elucidate the significance Of the
portent, and it is on record that young
Bernal was s~ubpenaed oil a charge OF
having entered into a conspiracy witt
his uncle, tine druggist Of San Lorenzo
10 affect the evanesence Of a public pas
ture brook by mixing its waters witt
e~vaporative essences9- Lippincott's Mag
..tus
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-01
How the Stage Pays.

Even in the lowest ranks Of stage work
che pay is sufficieutt TO live on comfortably
and allow a margin fos iress and saving.
A chorus singer will carr S15 a week,
where a governess will arm barely "a
and a shop girl SO Or So. On the stage
. girl or young woman has the hope Of
getting Oh making q fortune; and, above
al, she finds herself among people who
are willing to receive her with open arln
II she is pleasant. Here are no restrictions
Of purse or cast. All are brothers and
sisters, and it lies with her and her alone
whether her new family shall respect and
look up to her or pass her down sadly to
those poor silly mes who have missed the
nobility OF their aim and sacrificed all for
. short life Of foolish merriment.. No
wonder that poor girls of the better
classes go on the stage when they see
how much is TO be done there, and then
regard dispassionately the few other
modes of earning a livelihood.-Actress in
Ippincott's Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-01
An Electrical strstagsm.

When the electric telegraph was Srst
introduced into Chill, a stratagem was
resorted TO in order to guard the posts
and wires against damage on the parl of
the Araucauian Indians and maintain the
connection between the strongholds on
the frontier. There were at the time be-
tween forty and fifty captive Indians in
the Gillian camp. Gen. Pinto called
them together, and, pointing To the tele-
graph wires. he said: do you see those
wires?' ''Ges, general ''Nery good.
I want you To remember not to go near
nor touch them; for if you do your hards
will be held and you will be unable TO
get away" The Indians SMILED incredu-
tously.
Then the general made them each in
mccession take hold Of tie wires ut beth
nds of an electric battery in full opera
ron. After which b. exclaimed: Il
command you TO let g. the wirel' Il
mt; my hands are benumbed, said the
Indian. The battery was then stopped
and the man released. Not long after
ward the general restored them TO liberty,
giving them strict IN functions TO keep the
secret. and not to b5Jray it to their coun-
trymen ON any account. This had the
desired effect, for, as might be expected,
the experiment wat related I'm the
strictest confidence" to every man OF the
tribe, and the telegraph has ever since re-
uained Observation-Disclosures Review.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-01
The Society Gossip Business.

First Newspaper Proprietor-Yes, bui-
ness has been pretty dull this summer
Advertising has been awfully poor.
Second ditto-My dear sir, you should
60 into the society gossip business. We
ave hundreds Of dollars every week In
composition, and our receipts are three
fed what hey ever were before
81 don't understand"
Easiest thing in the world. We get
one of our men 10 go through the direc-
tory and pick out a lot Of Each
name is worked into a paragraph. EyaJ
man and every woman who sees his or
her name in the paper sends down an
order for fifty or a hundred papers TO dis
tribute among friends. Weusc the same
matter every day for a week or so. Peo-
pie don't read the stuff, you know; they
only look for their names, and down
comes another order every day that Q
name appears. / tell you, sir, it is a big
thing. Advertising is nothing TO it,
Boston Transcript
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-01
First Railway In south Amerioa.

Though we Of the United States have
little to do with the Argentine Republic
nowadays, the pioneers of the prosperity
of that country were citizens of this. In
1926 William Wheelwright, of Pennsyl-
~snia, was wrecked on the Argentine
ec.st, and made his way to a small
town called Quilmar, hatless, c~oatless,
bottles, and starving. He remained in
the place because he had no means to
pay his passage elsewhere, and forty
years lo.sr constructed the first railway
IN Sor.n America, from Quilmar to
Buenos Ayres. He built the first rail-
way in Chill also, and is founder OF the
Pacific Steam Navigation company,
whose vessels run twice a week from
Liverpool to Panama, through the Strait
Of Magellan. Both Chill and the Ar
gentine Republic have erected monu-
ments to the memory or Mr. Wheel
wright in their public squareS.--Wil.
hm Eleroy Curtis in Harper's Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-01
A Serenade In Dahnmex.

That night, perhaps, as a soother to my
nerves, the king gave us a serenade by
his own private band. / was awakened
about midnight by noise that | can com.
pare to nothing but a thunderstorm iI
scales. They ran from high to low, and
got terribly mixed in the middle. 1t was
not really unpleasant, but, like the CHM
ing of bells, should be heard at a distance
the greater the distance the better. l
sprang to the window to find that this
band consisted Of twenty-five men, each
with a log or piece Of wood, the largest
80 heavy that it took four men to car-v
il. These were set, one end on the grouD
the other supported by a wooden ~trestle,
and beaten on the high end with wooden
hammers, Of all sizes, from the hand
hammer 10 a sledge, each stick Of log
emitting its sound, but no distinguishable
air resulting.-North American Review.