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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
Supt. Sheridan on the Bennett Law.

Supt. Sheridan on the Bennett aw-
The last number of The Waterloo
Democrat contains communication
from j. A. Sheridan, superintendent of
schools for Jefferson county, in which
be strongly endorses the Fennett law
and gives clear and cand- j interpre-
tation of its provisions. We have only
space for portions of the communica-
ton. After quoting section 5 of the.
law Supt. Sheridan SAYS:
"Such are the leading features of the
Bennett Law fair analysis Of which
leads to the conclusion that it's sole OBJ
Ject is to contribute to the welfare of
the state through an extension of the
benefits of an education to all children.
The superior value of person of intel
hgence to the state and to the commun-
lty has long since been demonstrated
Also the value OF an education to an
individual IN this age of competition
and enterprise is unquestionable, hence
a parent, or guardian, who denies q
child fair education does him wrong
that Justlfies the infiction of far more
severe penalty than the Bennett Law
provides for The stability of the state.
the welfare of the individual unite In
demanding that the privileges of our
school system shall not be denied to any
cdild, and this law has for it's object
SIMPLY the accomplishments of this pur-
pose: 1t is general in its application
ard is directed against the parent, or
guardian, who is abundant1y able to-
maintain his children and send them
to school but who through Indifference
2 or neglect, fails to do 50. <
Section 5, quoted above, is the portion
Of the law that has aroused the greatest
opposition and has been most yehe-
mently denounced. A fair view of this
section will admit of no other interpre-
tatlon than that it's object is to give
children the power of speaking and
thinking in the English language. A
child may attend any private school
where the branches named above are
taught in the English language; par
ent upon furnishing proof of this avoids
the penalty of the Act. II is a right
that belongs to every child in the state
that he be given an opportunity to gain
such mastery of the English language
as will enable him to use it with facility
IN his business relations. This is a mat
ter that concerns the child more than
1t does the parent and a parent who
would be so unWise as to embarrass his
child by preventing him from learning
to read, write, and express his thoughts
fuently in the language of this country
merits severe censure Parents should
consult the interests of their children
and act accordingly. personally know
of a few instances of adults who see
their own weakness resulting from the
negligence of their parents to give them
instruction in English and who are
making praiseworthy efforts to educate
their children in English that they may
escape the embarrassments their par
ents feel SO keenly. The interests of
all children appeal to their parents to
make like efforts in their hehalfn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
FOR Sal =

The three Lanan farms in the towns
of Milford and Watertown, and about
five miles from the city of Watertown,
one of 80 acres, including 35 acres of
timber, one of 80 acres and one farm of
90 acres. Inquire of JOS Brooks,
Or of JOHN G. CoNway-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
Hlbbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills

These pills are scientifically compound
ed, uniform in action No gripping pain
SO commonly following the use of pills
They are adapted to both adults and
CT fildren with perfect safety. We guar
antee they have no equal in the cure of
SICK HEADACHE Constipation, Dvs-
pepsia, Biliousness. and as an appetizer,
they excel any other preparation. For
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
Eqrm for SQl9or Trdde.


Eighty acres Of good land, Of
which forty acres are under eulti-
vation, good frame house and fine
location, located in Adams county
and within three miles of Friend
ship, Wis, which is the county seat.
Will sell cheap for cash, or long
time at low rate of interest, OR
will trade for any kind Of live stock
or Watertown real estate.
Will give you a bargain.
DR.. YALERIUS & co.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
RAILRoAD DIRECTORY

Train No. y arrives from Milwaukee at 9:17
A NJ.
Trains arrives from Madison at SEQ AM
Accommodation freight to Madison leaves
Watertown at 9:17 N.
Trains Nos. l. 2. 3. 4. 55 and Sc, run daily be-
tween Chicago and Minneapolis.
All other trains run daily except Sunday.
No. and run daily except Sunday between
Chicago and Minneap polls.
W2tertown passenger train leaves for Milwau-
Zee at ZOO NJ and arrives from Milwaukee at
$50 NJ. Sundays excepted.
G. W. WEBS, Agent
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21

Various distinguished writers re-
marking Oh the phenomena Of dream
ing agree IN affirming that the thoughts
Of our sleeping -hours must invariably
bear some defined relation % the
antecedent thoughts and events Of our
livcs-it may be 10 the acts 81 the pre-
viOus dav. OK, on the other hand, %
IDEAS separated from our last waking
moments 10y 81 interval whose years
make up tie best part 0f life's dura-
ton. 10 say that dreams NAV deal
with subjects 0f which We have never
had anv knowledge whatever il r. sug-
pest the indeiensIble proposition that
We can and do remember al the events
and ideas which have occurred and
been present with us during 0uf entire
existence, or. 10 ore word. that memory
m practically omniscient and ufaHibiei
whilst against tie idea just noted we
must place the opp0s mig thought, that
the brains aciion beng largely unc8D-
scI0us iu the common operations ~ re-
ceivue. and certainly IN those Il re-
Q.fierag and preserving impressions. q
3 more logical to conclude THAT dreams
usually represent limoges and concepf-
sons Of material things-tbese material
ideas 0r events bcing often ind stlnci-
~ presented. freq0eHtly altered ard
traDsmogrified IN their reproduction,
and commonly projected WITHIN the
range Of our nighi-thoughts ina fash
ION Which may defy our recognition
and cornparison of them - parts Of the
vsk.ng-iife q former DAYS. There ls
no lack a proof from many SIDES ~
fhe extreme probability tfst these as
suurflonF represent tie whole ~ the
greater part ~ TIE truth about dreams.
- Bndrer II tis0n.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21

The Ex-fbetecIiks's MeatAl y RrH has
Iuasrlainess is.s s'isssiosl tsss,f-

The Ex-Detecsisv's Mental werp nas
tnasrr1.aines iass isi.sstesi tss.sif-
A aispatoh ifom Cloego. daiea 3ely
l9. T. iae Ioleao B.aas. gives sne fol-
lowmg,
vDsa Coughlu is ths onlg one 81 ths
Cronn mufderers apea whom ooHaae-
nlali seems 81 resi hes s.ly. said Dep
uiy Warden Merrill. 81 hepenleauasy
at Jo.iet. he l. freaug Aimssi 10
death. he Is hui shaaos oi his ior-
mer self, and Il new irlsl is not
granted him before long 4aeV wi.l be
funeral OF a h.g sensaton."
Ii.ls statement Nas mace tea reporter
whom tbe deputy Warden conducted
through tAe prison. ii w4s oce4sioltd
bY tnt talurc OF the reporter o. Tcoag-
nlze Couehlm, w1h Nhom he vas wei
acquainted Soaguhus appearance
Mas somewhat changed iy his convict
clothes. The main change, however,
Mas IA his face. HIS checks we're pale
and sunken. The expression was care
worn and melancholy. one could he
Impressed instantly with the thought
nsned hls feallh. and leil hlm little
more than physical wrvck. lie was
indusirlonsiy clssellng d large block 0t
stone in uns II the Nofk-r0oms. l,tnd-
ng over u intently. aud refusing 10
+ look up at the visitors
1T j. al w0rry," continued the
4 deputy warden. "He seeims 10 have
something on ls mind continually.
! tie = industrious and willing. and eVl-
4 IDENTITY ines o. bc cheerful. buf he does
noi bear confinement a. most Of the
! Otler prisoners do. of course, he has
more 10 worry over than . sullivan or
/ Burke lie has Eis wife and chlld.
Who come 10 see hlm a. often ar the
rules Of the prison allow IT, IL may 5e
mere anxiety fOf thelr welfare that Is
I gradually breaking him down, hut 1 ana
inclined 20 question that. Al any rate
there have been few prisoners in wlese
/ appearance there has been such a
change M 30 short q time.
"Aou spoke 81 a pOss bic sensation. +"
"les / have watched Cough Ia pretty
closely, and / have lornel a decided
opinion. / know that he has butt
great hopes on having new trial, and
that II WILL be a terrible slow 90 him /
I he does not get H. J believe he e
I brOOding over the fac; that he and has
1 two companions sre suffering punish
ment for a crime IN which they were
! doubtless implicated, but in which they
were, after all, only subordnates.
"The inroads made on las health
am satisfied are due wholly 90 mental
trouble. There - no other assignable
cause and / am inclined 20 think that
il would not take q great deal 10 induce
/ ham 20 break down and tell al he
KNOWS OF the murder. The decisive
moment ! think vail he whenit is known
/ definitely whether or not a new trIal
. Will be granted"
"Have you had any iDtimation d.
rectly from him that would lead you
10 think be was weakening
"No, can hardly say 30. He Is not
very communicative. lie never has
been since he came here. I base my
opinion IN tins instance as have in tao
case of many another convict, on toe
manifest signs Of an oyerburdened.
careworn mind. Dams got something
10 tell. lie may have strength enough
20 keep II 10 himself, but ] question h.
The decision as l. q new trIal may be a
new epoch IN tie CrOnin murder"
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21
CHURCH VS.. BASEBALL.
The Opinion Of the Travelling Mans
Friend

To the Editor 81 the TELBsRAN HEakln.
hardly know as anyone would call
this kick, still il might be called
kindly one. At least il is KICK for the
good OF the populace.
The churches say great deal about
the lake and other resorts, hut q seems
they must look for the fault prncl-
pally ~ themselves. To illustrate. lct
me give YOU the words OF a travelling
man as ] heard them. A young man
brtught up ia the church leaves his
home and mother 20 travel through the
United states. These are has words on
returning. "WCll, mother, ] vert 90
church twice a DAY for ten weeks aud
no one noticed me, spoke % me or lp-
vltcd me 20 come again, and only four
times was ushcre0 TO a seal" lts Dot
that way al the Sunday ball game or
other public places. its "HOw Go you
10 old fellow How are sou getting
alongy' "Where YOU fromT' when 90
YOU leaveY' "Glad 10 see you" Gone
on. etc"
Where IS the boy away from home
and friends apt - goy
Let u All see that we extend hand
of hearty welcome 20 ali strangers ia
our churches.
A FMLND OF TIE TRAVELLING MAN.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21

Keep coo snf drink 8 ciass ~ soda
water 81 tie W0msns Exchsnge.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21
french HurnOr.

Today I met NJ Bricaise, the humorist
Of Figaro. tried hard TO get at the
bottom of French humor. We exchang-
ed our best stories. i find they have diff
ferent idea Of humor than we Americans
have. All French stories are true. They
never e1aggerate, and the paradox is not
funny TO the Frenchman. 1t exasperates
him.
asked NJ. Bricaise to tell the funniest
things be could think Of
"You Americans" he said, "are al
ways funny to Us. You do such IN
natural things Why, an American re-
Gently came here with steam fire
engine. He was wild to have Paris
adopt il. We said: Why, we never
have any fires. Our buildings are fire
proof"
mo fres?" he said. mo fires in
Paris!''
"No, never"
"No, never:"
"Pshaw," be said, "vou are behind
the times. It's because you have no
steam fire engines. Get the engines and
the fires Will come" He made me
laugh, ha, ha!
"He was like FrenchUal," con-
tinued the hunorist, "who claimed TO
be an inventor. When the academy
asked him what he had invented he
said:
"'I have discovered how to take tho
salt out Of Goldfish. Ia, ha-that is our
best joke"
Then told him lot Of our old stories,
but he never smiled. de would only
shake his head and say:
"C'est impo- ble.'
Then / told hIm my story on Ben But
Ter in the hospital during the war. The
. general" | said, passed by the cots
where lay many sick and wounded men.
Coming to young soldier who seemed
in great pain he said:
lyon seem very sick, my brave boy.
| What is the matter with your
al have gangrene.' moaned the sol
der
"'Gangrene.' said the general; gan
& grene-that is a terrible disease. | never
knew man to have gangrene that it
didn't kill him or leave Inn an idiot. |
have had it myself "
"Cest impossiblei' exclaimed NJ. Bri-
caise. The paradox was too much for
him.-Eli Perkins in Toronto Globe.
Lily white Flour
Is.made from the choicest wheat, care
fully selected.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21

The electro roads nave beer TIE
means of distributing the population -
sus5 ar extent thst it y affecting the
vaises of real estate. Outlying frop-
ertv along the IRE has advanced rl
r4ics. Vhle property in the crowded
center has 6eclned very percsptb'y.
and houses sn ttf vicinity ~ Use
Xladncl Which hsre found ready ten-
arts f0f years are nog empty - C.s.t-
Iaad J.sass
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21

A street car conductor OF q calculat-
ing turn Of mind said the other day
that during four years Of service OF the
South Divlsou-street line. he had been
poked with parasOls and umbrellas
about sevenfy-hve thousand times. It
i a woman's way 70 poke the con5uc-
TOR in the rbs with her psrssol wfen
she wants The car stopped. ThIs partc-
uIar conductor estimated that be had
averaged about forty-fv pokes a day
for every dav OF actual service.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21

The r. =. q J. 2. p. is stiH the short
esf Ire between Grand Rapids and
Trsxfrss Clfg sn9 al northern Micnl-
Ca srunaer resorts and other points
II ssalso the shortesf lne from Tfavfrss
CItV 10 ChIcsgo via Grand Rapids
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21
Chambers & Johnson,

Owners and Proprietors Electrical and Med
ica Sanitarium. permanently located at l23
North lOniast.. Opp. Post-Otice. Grand Rap
ids Mich.
Beware of frauds, we have no agents
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21

Blaine's reply t. Gladstone, IN pam
inlet form. TWENTY-FIVE pages. two cents
Al TIE IELEeRaH-iERAID Office.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21

Makes fnsst pastry, bread OF biscuit.
The hest j. cheapest and most satis-
fsctslrF.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21
MUBDEREE BY BURGLARS.

George bah. Formerly 81 this Ci,y, tb.
Victim
Word hss been received ty l.. D. san
born from BIS brother, Chss. Bal, now
of Grdley, CAL formerly q jeweler on
West Fnlton-st., ~ this CITY, that h.s
brother George vas murdered - borg
lars last Tuesday nigb. Furtaer par
tculars have not yet been received.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-01-23
SINKING e A sIEAMeoAT.
A Collision with Barge Causes the Loss
of the Katie Robbins


VICKsBURG, Miss, Jan. 20.-The
steamboat Katie Robbins. bound for the
Yazoo river, was sunk last night neal
Haynes Bluff, thirty-five miles above
Vicksburg, by collision with a barge in
tow of the steamboat Josie Harkins from
Sunfower river for Vicksburg. Four OF
the Katie Robbins deck crew are missing
and are undoubtedly drowned. The pas
sengers. including three ladies, were
aroused from sleep when the collision oc-
Cured, and were rescued without diff
Guilty, but lost their baggage. The officers
and crews saved their clothing only.
The boats books and papers were lost.
Clerk Phipps saved the money, but had
a narrow escape himself. being awakened
and dragged out by the night watch
man. The vessel and cargo will prob
ably be total loss. The Josie Harkias
was uninjured. but her hsrge WAS cap
sized and 5000 sacks of seed and thirty
bales of cotton were dumped into the
river. The collision resulted from a mis-
understanding of signals. The Katie
Robbins was the best boat of the Yazoo
and Tallahatchie Transportation COM
pany's line. She was valued at S10,0 900.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-01-23
GRAINS OF GOLD.
Keep to thy word with care.

Keep to thy word with care.
Do thy best, and leave the rest.
A timely goodness is double good.
Forgive any one sooner than thyself.
Quarrels are sooner begun than ended.
Many suffer from the fear of suffering.
Corrected error serves for way-mark.
Expect not an exemption from trouble.
Count well the cost of what thou dost.
Passionate tempers are their own tor
ment.
Patterns are more wanted than pre-
cepts.
Familiar thoughts of death abate its
terrors.
DESTINATIONS liberality is its own pay
master.
Our deepest knowledge is ourselves
to know.
Enumerate thy own, but not anoth-
er's faults.
One vice is more expensive than
many virtues.
Every deviation from virtue Is an ap-
proach to vice.
True humility is not apt either to give
or take offence.
Every moment subtracts from what 1t
adds to our lives.
Censure is the tax man pays to the
public for being eminent.
He who has neither friend nor enemy
is without talents, power or energy.
Politeness has been defined as the art
of making a selection of what one thinks.
You have not fulfilled every duty un-
less you have fulfilled that of being
pleasant.
Too earnest desire to excel often sets
a man below his real worth in the esti-
nation of others.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-01-23
A PRISONER SUICIDES.
John Evans Takes His Own Life in the
Western Penitentiary.

John Evans Takes His Own Life in the
Western Penitentiary.
PTTTSBURG, Jan. 20.-John Evans, alias
James Fulton. aged % years, who was
sent from Westmoreland county some
two months ago, sentenced to four years
and six months, suiciled in the Western
penitentiary yesterday. His method of
relieving himself and the community of
the burden of his existence was ingeni-
Gus, but not original. He tore a towel
uf into strips, and, making a moose,
fastened it to the top bar of the cell and
swung off. The rangeman reported to
Warden Wright that he had spoken to
Fulton not ten minutes before he must
have committed the act, and saw no IN
dications of insanity or other unusual
features in the prisoners manner.
Immediately upon the discovery of
the suicide the body was taken down
and every effort made to resuscitate him.
but in vain. The electric battery, which
figured so conspicuously in the difficult
ties of the little doctor" at the peniten-
tiary, was brought into requisition, but
no sign of life could be discoveref. The
deceased has seveial relatives who are
well known business people, and reside
IN the Ninth ward, Allegheny.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-01-23

IN directing you to call for my resignation be
honest in its impulse why ask, does he not
take the course provided by law to call down
a pension granted wrolgfuuy or in eNceSSS
Why not give me the opportunity to defend,
under oath, and by professional testimony,
self il the panoply of power which enciscles a
cabinet minister, arroyantly exciaiming in CT
fect, Il am the state" and Drutally strike
bread and butter from the mouths of nv wife
and little ones?
He would never have held the power he nov
power TO put him where ne is, IL my comrades
and myself in the state OF New York had not
labored to more effect than he did in Missouri
last fall.
Some Hot Shot.
said above IF the action of the secretary
be honest" is il not fact that / WAS marcel
because am a friend of Corporal Tanner and
placed here by him? Very clear evidence
would be necessary to convince me to the con-
traTy.
In bidding goodbye to this Office. as un-
doubtedly shall as soon as the ak can be
swung, shall go thankful that for a brief
season at least have had chance to serve
my suffering needy comrades in this place.
| confess that as | am human, 1 have to
call up all the eQunanimity possess, as con-
template the fact that as go 1 leave behind
me hundreds in this office who did their level
best to keep our political opponents in power.
leave others, who in the contest OF quarter
of a century agl did their best to make my
comrades eligible for pension or grave. For
arght l know | shall leave behind me in the
pension Office the very man who sped the bull
a life of misery and made me eligible to a PEN
sion and TO rerating
Very respectfully yours,
HENRY A. PHILLIPS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-01-23
ANOTHER INSURANCE sWINoLE-
The Head and Tail of the Concern in tn
Land of the nIissinC

Land of the Missing.
MINNEAPoLIs, Jan. 20.-A special to
The Tribune from Sioux Falls, S. D.,
says: State Auditor Taylor's attention
has been called to another insurance
swindle, the magnitude of which is
hardly second to those recently exposed
0y the state auditor, wherein Dexter
Turner appeared as the leading charac-
ter.
Henry Froelich, who was prominent in
'wildcat insurance company at Huron
few years ago. has the past year been
soliciting among the farmers of Beadle,
Sanborn, Lake, Moody and other
counties in the interest of a concern
called the Stockowners' Mutual union.
Froelich purported to be its general
agent, with headquarters at Huron. The
concern seems to have existed only in
name, and Froelich's scheme in connec-
ton with it was to insure live stock on
the mutual plan at nominal premium.
His proposition was very liberal, and his
scheme appeared SO plausible that he Sue
ceeded in taking in the farmers by the
dozen. Things went well with the
"Stockowners' Mutual union" until the
losses began to come in. 1t was then
that continued silence on the part OF
Froelich led to an investigation, which
developed the fact that he was the head
and tail to the insurance company, whose
policies he had distributed among the
grangers.
Froelich is missing, and it is believed
he has sought more comfortable quarters.
From reports already received it is safe
to estimate that his fraudulent business
will amount to several hundred thous-
and dollars
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-01-23
A shoemaker, Desperate Crime.

BUFFALO. N. Y, Jan. 20.-Frani
Feirley, German shoemaker. aged "A
years. living with his daughter, Mrs
Myers, .t widow TG ~ and her 10y lOyearo
Sunday morning. becoming respondent
proposed to his daughter that they enc
all their trouble by poisoning themselves
ah and teirey' Eei having some oSallc % acid II il
drank it, the child being the only one
ignorant of what she was doing. Feirley
is said to be slave to liquor and has a
terrible temper. His chances for recov
parently the most serious. All are
watched closely, and If possible state
ment will be gotten from one of them.
1t is thought the little girl will recover
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-01-23

BRoCKwAYvILLE, Jan. 20.-It is COM
ing to fse an interesting question to those
engaged in numbering as to what is to be
the effect on the business if we have
much such weather as has been domi-
nant almost continually since winter
was first due. Of course the time has
not yet arrived to give way to despair.
for there was no numbering done to
speak Cf last year until the last week in
January. There are hundreds of thou
sands of logs lying In the woods which
cannot be easily gotten to the mills with
out snow and if they are allowed to re-
main their during the summer there is
great danger of fire. 1t will require
four weeks of snow to enable the mills
to get out enough lumber to keep them
running all spring and summer. The
lumbermen are still hopeful of having
enoughsf the beautiful to help them
out.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-01-23
Death of Solicitor General Chapman.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. = OrIow W.
Chapman, solicitor general of the depart
ment of justice, died here vest ,rday of
catarrhal affection of the kidneys, in his
Goth year. Mr.. Chapman was attacked
with the grip two weeks ago. and this,
although not severe, aggravated an old
affection of the kidneys and led to his
death. His condition was not regarded
by his physicians as at all serious until
last Friday evening. He failed rapidly
from that time and died yesterday morn
ing at o'clock. Brief funeral services
will be held here this afternoon, and to-
night his remains will be taken to his
home in Binghamton, N. Y. where his
funeral AND burial will take place prob
ably on Wednesday.