Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-19
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

FIRE at Yehang, China, September 4,
| destroyed neatly the whole of the large
village with loss of 200 lives.
In compliance with the request of
Emperor William, Queen Regent Chris
tlana has consented to stand as god
mother to the daughter born short
time ago to the imperial house of Ger
many.
THE Ontario government has disposed
OF " ,3OS, 475 worth Of timber limits bv
auction. The limits are in the Nipising,
Algoma, Thunder Bay and Red River
districts, and the timber is mostly pine.
The largest aggregate price paid for any
one tract was 1878, $50, by G. II. Pack,
Of Alpena, Mich.
SECRETARY FOSTER has refused to &C
cept the resignation of Consul Johnson,
of Hamburg. Johnson was ordered 20
leave his post by physician because Of
an attack resembling cholera.
The Hopkins well, drilled at Portland,
Ind, is flowing 700 barrels of oil day.
Hundreds of wells are being drilled
IL The field, and as Jay County also has
a rich gas field, it will make this one of
the richest counties of the state.
RICH deposits of iron ore have been
discovered along the banks of the Des
Moines River, north of Fort Dodge, La.
Several experts declare the ore to be
equal to the best found in the West. If
this proves to be a fact the find will be
developed and an extensive industry re-
suit.
The American delegates to the inter
national monetary conference to be held
In Brussels, November %, have been
requested to assemble at Washington
November TO- for the purpose of con-
hn e
state and secretary Of the treasury.
The delegates will sail from New York
on the 18th prox.
Miss LEoLA YOHN, a young woman of
Champaign County, Ohio, has Just es-
tabllshed her claim to portion of the
large estate of the late DR.. w. A. Yohn,
OF Valparaiso. DR.. YOhn was twice
married, and Miss Yohn was born of
the first union. Her identity was con-
cealed. The Yohn estate is valued at
$4,000.
A MOUNTAIN of carbonate of zinc has
been discovered near Hillsporo, n. NJ,
the ore Of which is worth about $50 per
ton in the market Of st. Louis and Jop-
lin, Mo. For years the ore was thought
to be lead, but recent assays determine
it to be zinc. Indications and veins al
ready developed cover over 500 acres of
ground.
THE most important astronomical phe-
nomenon of the year will be the partial
solar eclipse on the Goth of this month.
The partial eclipse will be visible
throughout the whole of North America,
except the extreme west of Alaska and
that portion of the continent which lies
west OF q line drawn from the northwest
corner OF California to the north shore
OF the Bay of Tehuantepec, in Southern
Mexico.
AT Falcon, Col, Walter Walker was
frozen to death. Three hundred sheep
were also found dead, and their herder
was dead near by. At Relson, an un-
known man was found dead from expo
sure. In the city of Colorado Springs
Charles Beatty, aged SO, granite cutter,
died from the effects of Wednesdays
storm. j. Y. Wolf, a miner, was found
frozen to death.
AT Oklahoma, 0. T., jury brought in
a verdict of guilty of murder in the first
degree against II. A. Redmond, of
Chandler, who murdered his wife six
weeks after their marriage. He goes to
the penitentiary for life.
AT Urhig's Cave, Mo-, William J. Nc
kenzie, % years old, was fatally shot by
Prof. Maurice Adams, a dancing master.
About seventy-tive couples were on the
fioor at the time, and a panic ensued.
Adams had made some remark about a
young lady friend Of McKenzie's.
FRANCIS Z. HEWITT, city weIgher of
Wall Street, New York, was arrested by
Deputy United States Marshal Holmes,
the United States grand jury having in
dlcted him for bribery. 1t is alleged
that he bribed ex-United States Weigh
er Edward w. Sim0nds, on number of
dates, between November, 1883, and
April, 1890, to underWeigh cargoes of
sugar.
THE regents of the Michigan State
University have adopted a suggestion
made by President Angel, that the SAL
aries of professors be raised to prevent
other colleges from constantly robbing
him OF his best assistants. The raise is
from $500 to 5000 annually in each case,
IN accordance with the length of the
term of service.
The Erie lines have advanced the
wages of every telegraph operator, train
dispatcher and every agent acting as
operator in their employ. A minimum
scale OF wages of $40 a month is estab-
lished, and from this amount the usual
advances are made. The increase dates
back to October l.
The ship Hawaiian Isles arrived at
kcIh oIClSCOs 100 OdgS lTOIu swansea.
She had nine cases of scurvy on board,
four of which may prove fatal. The
ship had been given up by the English
underwriters and had been relnsured
at as high as 80 per cent. premium.
The chief of the secret service an
nounces that new counterfeit So silver
certlhcate was put in circulation in Chi
cagO, October II. 1t has the new back.
and is of the series of 1891; check letter
&C." Rosencrann, register; Nebeker,
treasurer. The paper is fair, and is an
imitation of the new distinctive distrib-
uted fiber paper used by the govern
ment,. the fiber being initiated in blue
and pink ink by the use of pen.
JOHN NOLAN, of Safe Center, Ia, has
been held to await the action OF the
grand jury on charge of murder. His
victim was his employer, James B. Hur-
to, a farmer. Nolan claims the team
ran away and Hurto fell out, but Hur-
to's ante-mortem statement was that
Nolan kicked and pounded him.
The grand Jury at Indianapolis indict-
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