Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-08-24
NEWS PARAGRAPH

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NINE gam bling houses were raided bv
the sheriff at Cleveland in one night on
an attachment suit brought by the big
lumber firm of Grey, jerks q Co. for
600 lost in them by their embez-
zling book-keeper, John c. Campbell.
DURING a quarrel over hand organ
at Chicago, Vinganso Sasso shot and in
stantly killed Luigi Barri. The MUIR
derer was chased by a large crowd OF
the dead mans friends, but held them
at bay with his revolver, ana escaped
before the police heard Of the killing
A CLOUD-BURsT occurred at Freedom,
Pa, doing much damage to property.
| The main street was torn out SIX feet
deep and the foundations of houses
washed away. Fortunately no one was
killed or injured.
FIRE in the furniture house of Shiv-
erick & Co., at Omaha, did an immense
amount Of damage to the stock The
fire started in the basement and quick
ly spread through the elevator shaft to
the three floors above The building
was flooded before the fire was gotten
under control. The loss is estimated at
500, 1000.
TEXAS fever has been discovered
among the cattle in West indianapolis
near the stockyards. A dozen COWS
have already died. The disease is rap
idly spreading. Within few DAYS
shipments of Texas cattle had arrived
from st. Louis.
A FIRE at South Royalston. Mass, de-
stroyed the George Whitney Wooden
| Company's large mill, also his large
chair shop. This cleans out the bust
ness Of the town, throwing about 200
people out of employment. The prop
erty is insured for SIS, 600 to 100000.
AT Hillsboro, Tex, Warren Fisher
| slapped his 13-year-old sister for some
petty misdemeanor, when she picked
up carving knife and fatally stabbed
him. She will not be arrested on &C
count Of her tender age.
THOMAS YOUNG, who murdered his
wife at Greensboro, KY, last March, for
| what he considered indiscreet conduct
with other men, has been setenced to
| ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.
MURDERER Tom SMITH, who was to have
been hanged at Kansas City, Mo-, on
the 18th, has been granted stay of eX-
ecution.
A FIRE in the town of Serdovsk. Rus
STA, government of Saratov, DESTROYED
800 houses, and made $500 persons
homeless.
The engine and shaft house of the
Cambria mine near Negaunee burned
on the 18th. The mine had not been
working this season and the fire is sup
posed to have been caused by tramps.
The hosting plant was ruined and the
loss is about So, 1000.
BELLE GROVE REFINERY, together with
contents and adjoining cabins, situated
half a mile from Jeannetta, La, owned
by DR.. S. S. Gray, burned Loss, $40
coo; insurance, S17, 900.
The President has appointed William
Harrison Bradley, OF Illinois, to be
United States consul at Copenhagen,
vice Ryder, dismissed. Mr.. Bradley is
the present consul at Nice. France, and
Is transferred to Copenhagen because
OF the necessity Tor the immediate pres
ence OF a consular officer at that port.
The change is made in consequence of
MIR. Ryder's confession of official mis-
conduct.
THREE hotels and nearly every bust
ness house in Geneva, o., were com
pletely destroyed by fire. Altogether
twenty-four buildings were burned,
comprising business houses mainly.
partly occupied as dwellings in the up
per stories, and four residences. The
estimated loss is $l75,000 on which is
$4,000 insurance. It was reported dur
ing the excitement that the fire was
started by an lncendiary.
FIVE children, the youngest being
years old and the eldest y, were burned
to death in the absence oftheir parents,
who locked the house, at Griffin, Ga.
AT Newman, H., fire DESTROYED the
grain elevator owned by Rush & Co., of
indianapolis, together with 1000
bushels Of oats and 5000 bushels of
corn. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $1,000.
EDDIE LIE PARIN and Frank Slochter-
meyer, aged about y years, were
drowned at Washington, Mo-, while
swimming.
HE window glass manufacturers of
the Columbus CO., district, nave adopt
ed last years scale with slight changes
In working rules, and will open the fac
tories September l.
HALLETT A. BoRRowE, the duelist of
Coleman-Drayton fame, has arrived at
New York from Europe He Is badly
used up, and travelled under the name
of w. d. Grant. He told the gentle
man who recognized him that he had
fought duel and had been injured.
He has wound in his left leg and
terrible saber thrust in his right groin.
THE H. j. O'Neil Grain Company. of
Winona, has pun chased the twelve ele-
vators along the line of the Winona q
Southwestern road, owned by Strong &
Miller, the grain dealers OF Minneapo-
lis.
FIVE severe shocks of earthquake
were felt on the 18th at Milford Haven, |
Wales, Pembroke. At Knighton and |
Tenby the movement was strong enough
to throw crockery from its shelves The |
shocks extended to the whole of South
Wales,
FIRE at South Charleston, O., on the
10Th, destroyed six stores and six dwell |
ings. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000. |
SUPERVISING ARCHITECT EDBRooKE
estimates that the new government
eight-hour law will increase the cost of |
new public buildings $3,00O.000 a year.
CoLoRED Royal Arch Masons of Mich
igan and Ontario, in session at Hamil-
ton, Ont, elected E. N. Prince, of |
Grand Rapids, Mich, grand high priest. |
PORTLAND, Ind, suffered a $50, 900 fire |
in the business portion Of the city. The |
property was insured.
AN incendiary fire destroyed the |
business portion of Ashville, Pa. Loss,