Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-20
MINOR NEWS NOTES,

spite OF the S0Vor0SC MEASURES To sup
press it.
Prince Ferdinand is likely to be de-
prived of his throne In Bulgaria by an
agreement between Germany, Austria
and Russia.
Diphtheria, which has been preva-
lent for several weeks in Berlin, has be-
come epidemic and many parts OF the
city are quarantined.
London cabmen are reaping har-
vest owing to the strikes on the omni-
bus lines.
The boss bakers of London have
yielded to the strikers demand, but
have added half-penny to the price
of bread.
The fiftieth anniversary of the pro-
duction of Verdi's first opera was cele-
brated on the 18th throughout Italy.
King Humbert and Prime Minister
Crispi sent congratulatory dispatches to
the famous composer. Messages of con-
graduation were also sent by all the
principal cities and towns Of Italy.
j. K. Post & Co., lumber dealers of
Oswego, N. Y, made an assignment.
Liabilities 100000.
Willard Powers Fillmore, son of Pres
ident Fillmore, died in Buffalo on the
18th.
The American schooner David w.
Hunt, which was dlsmasted In 1888 OF
Cape Hatteras and became water
logged, has been towed into Madeira,
after long proving very dangerous OBJ
struction to navigation.
The courthouse at Warrenton, Va,
burned on the 18th. Loss, $4,000; in
surance. $4,000.
Blakeslee & Co., picture dealers of
New York, have failed, with liabilities
of $200,0O0
Joseph Schwartz, Kansas City jewel
er, who defrauded Lis creditors, was
arrested in ST. Paul.
There is much dissatisfaction at Sioux
Falls, S. D., at the delay in opening the
Sioux reservation to settlement.
Mrs. Aver was awarded the custody
OF her daughter Margaret, aged Is, after
legal contest in the Chicago courts.
The band of White Caps who are ter
rorizing the residents of Galesburg, ILL.,,
attempted to fire the residence of Atty.
g. A. Lawrence.
Andrew Eek, wealthy farmer, of
Bremfeld, o., while drunk drove his
horse into the town rese1 volr, where 1t
was drowned. Eek died from expos
ure.
The remains of Svenska Torgenson
and his wife were found in the smOuld-
ering embers of their house at st. Peter,
Mimi. Torgenson kept his money IN
his house and there is suspicion OF
murder.
The Catholic University of America
was dedicated at Washington on the
18th.
The Knights of Labor have dropped
the words ''of America" from their
title
Miss Eva Ingersoll. daughter Of Rob-
ert G. Ingersoll. and Watson H. Brown
were married in New York on the 18th.
The corner stone of building for
Democratic headquarters in Brooklyn
was laid on the 18th by ex-President
Cleveland.
The Cleveland Shipbuilding Compa
ny has taken a contract to build two
steel steamers to cost $4O0, 900.
dividend of l per cent. was de-
clared by the Northern Pacific road in
favor of the preferred stockholders.
The Rev. G. A. Ross. OF Lockeford,
CAL, killed his wife and little son and
then committed suicide.
Old Hatch, chief of the Piutes, and
two sons of Old Wash, of the Southern
Ute tribe, were killed in a row over q
blanket.
James Mcdonald shot Duncan Bever-
idge, Mrs. Beveridge and another wom-
an at Matchwood, Mich. st least two
OF them Will die.
Calvin S. Brice, who is at his home in
Lima. O., announced himself as candi-
date for the United States Senate to sue
coed Fl. B. Payne.
DR.. j. 3. Bristow, of Lafayette, Ind,
committed suicide by taking hydrate of
chloral.
The French-Eversall factions have
had another fight at London, KY. Four
persons were killed.
The British ship flying Venus, bound
for Hudson's Bay, went ashore on Pen
rhyn Island and is total loss.
The brewer1es of Kansas City, Mo-.
have been purchased by the English
syndicate. The price paid is 81 100000
Two boys named Williams and one
named Roberts were drowned In the
Monongahela River, near Pittsburg, by
the capsizing of boat.
President Harrison, on the 18th, signed
the proclamation admitting Washington
into the Union.
e Dispatches from Samoa say that the
Germans have gradually withdrawn
their support of Tamasese. The report
of fighting between the followers Of
Mataafa and the followers of Tamasese,
on the Island of Sawaii. is denied.
Gen. Boulanger has issued from the
Isle of Jersey fresh manifesto to the
people OF france. In IL ne declares
that revision has only been postponed
and that the revisionists were never
more certain of ultimate victory. The
National party, he says, viii work with
unremitting diligence.
Lord Salisbury has dispensed with
the guard of detectives that has watched
over his safety Tor the past three years.
MIR. Balfour is still attended by detec-
tives.
A branch of the knights of Labor has
been formed by the rope-workers Of
Belfast.
Sir Charles Dixie has declined the
urgent and unanimous request of the
Fulham Liberal Association that he be-
come a candidate for Parliament for
that district at the next election. He
says that his heavy literary work takes
up his whole time.
Dispatches received at the foreign
Office from Zanzibar confirm the report
of the massacre OF DR.. Peters and his
party by natives near Korkora, East
Africa.
Gerald III. Portal, British agent at
Zanzibar, has received a letter from