Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-12-14
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.


cred in the Louisville Il Nashville freight
office at Cincinnati. Agent McCourt has
been suspended, pending an investigation.
e. K. STEINsEN, eX-Deputy United
States Marshal at Denver, has been in
dicted for raising checks, forgery and APP
propriating opium contiscated by the gov
eminent.
THE steam lighter Lizzie COnl1lin, which
was unloading block plate tin at Elizabeth
port, n. j.. suddenly careened when about
half unlOaded, turned completely over and
sank bottom side up.
Miss ELIZABETH MITCHELL, daughter
Of Gen. John Mitchell and niece OF eX-
p eSldent Hayes, was married to
James II. Heyl, of Nelson 81 Heyl,
lumber dealers, at Columbus, o.
RECEIVER BEALE, of the Maverick
Bank, at Boston, has been granted permits
sion by Judge Nelson, of the United States
circuit court, to sell the securities OF Irving
A. Evans d Co., which were held by the
bank.
lated the limb of little Jesse Mailer, of
Canton, ILL.,, for the purpose of compelling
him to beg from town to town, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced TO four years in
the penitentiary.
MRS. II. NJ. FRISBEE, a leading member
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Coon
Rapids, Ia, and who was prominently
Will GClbpCldIC0
work, committed suicide by cutting
her throat with a razor.
GEORGE SIIOTWELL, cashier at Cincin-.
natl of the Louisville d Nashville Rail
road has been suspended and an expert
is at work on his books. A shortage has
already been discovered. lie played
''bank'' and bet on races.
Two men secured $4,000 from Jacob 3.
CrOwell, of GreencaStle, Pa, by time
worn buncO game.
UNDER the operations of the copper
trust but four of the seven Anaconda
mines, in Montana, are being worked.
SUITS for amounts aggregating $500, 200
are to be brought against Kansas City for
damages to property by last springs floods.
FRANK KERNER, under a twelve-yearS'
sentence for wife murder, committed sui
eide in the Berks County, Pa, Jail by
hanging.
NELSON A. F. EVANS, a director of the
| Spring Garden National Bank at Philadel-
| phia, was convicted of embezzling the
| bank funds.
IT is stated that the old established
| banking firm OF j. d j. Stuart q Co., of
New York, has decided to retire at the
| close of the year.
THE Southwest Silver Convention at Ell
Paso, Tex, adopted q resolution providing
| for the organization OF Pan-Amerlcan
| Metallic Association.
MIR. DE BoUCHERvILLE has agreed to
retain the premirShlp OF Quebec for the
| present, but it is generally believed that
he will retire before long.
| PORTER a. LIBBY, a Juror in the trial of
Actor Curtis at San Francisco, died during
the trial The jury was dischared and a
new one will be summoned.
| JUDGE RUSSELL has sentenced Rounds
man NJ. f. Daily, of New York, to one
years Imprisonment. Daily was con-
victed OF aSsaulting Mrs. Hannah.
| In an editorial the New York Herald
advocates the election of Charles a. Dana.
editor of the New York Sun. to succeed
| Frank HiscOck in the United States Senate.
| JUSTICE HARLAN, of the United States
supreme court, will sail for Europe about
the 20th of this month as one of the arbi-
traitors in the Behring Sea seal fisheries
| dispute.
PosTMAsTER-GENERA WANAMAKER
has sent an order to the American Bank
! n ote Company, of New York, for 3,000,-
| 100000 Columbian hostages lamps, to be de-
livered IN 1898.
A DUEL on horseback occurred near
| NaVaSOta. Tex, between TWO negroes,
Rooert Warfield and Lige Alien. They
fought with bowie knives Both will prob
ably die.
IT Is said that the Southern Pacific Com
pany has obtained control OF the Rio
| Grande Western road, and will in very
short time openly operate II as a part OF its
system.
Miss FLORENCE CURRAN was run over
and badly hurt by train at KirkWood,
Ill She held her umbrella in front of her
as she walked along the track, and did not
see the train.
HERMAN MILLER, Sc years old, was run
over and instantly killed at st. Louis by a
team of mules attached TO a stake wagon.
| The mans head was completely severed
from the body.
JOSEPH RGMER, a wealthy retired mer-
chant of Toledo. O., died suddenly from
| heart failure after having responded To a
| toast on the occasion of the ceIebrat ton OF
his golden wedding.
HARVARD COLLEGE will hereafter re-
fuse application OF students tor leave to
give public theatricalS or musical perform
anceS by organizations composed mainly OF
! SOphOmOreS and freshmen.
HENRY z. WHITE. of Kansas CITY, KaS.
member of the Board OF Trade, has
bought LOCO acres of land near that city, on
| which he proposes to colOnIZe all of the ne
groes OF the town into a self-Supporting vii
lage.
INVESTIGATION shows that the reported
restitution among the inhabitants of Yuras
Bay. n. S., is true. The people depend al
most wholly on their catch OF fish for liv-
ing, and this year the fishing has been a
| total failure.
ROBERT B. KING attempted suicide at
st. Louis by cutting his throat. He h ad
been made defendant in a sensational suit
by his wife, Mrs. Annie f. King, to re-
cover 100000 worth of real estate and val
liable personal property.
THE jury in the Hayner murder case at
Jersey City has returned verdict of muir
Diet in the second degree. The maximum
penalty for this is twenty years imprison-
ment in the state prison. The minimum
penalty is five years
| A ''PROTECTED COMBINATION" of silver
smiths has been effected, the organization
being Incorporated under the laws of New
\ Ork. The combine is 20 be known as
''The Sllver-SmithS' Company" The au-
thorlzed share capital is Sl2,000,000.
TIE Burlington eaSt-bound flyer col
lided with a light engine four miles west
Of South Omaha, and both engines were
badly wrecked. E. r. Booth, OF Troy, N.
Y, was stealing a ride On tile mail car and
! had both legs so badly mangled as to ne
ceSSitate amputatiOn.
FORTY highwaymen and thieves are un-
der arrest at st. Louis. The gang terror
lied the city. SO bold did they become
that carriages containing women were
held up at the point of a revolver in broad
daylight. The women were dragged out
| and their S9alSkin SacnupS form off