Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-10-18
NEWS PARAGRAPHS

Parliament the ministry will be at
tackled for sending the military against
striking miners.
A MOB Of impatient office seekers
crowded around the office of Mayor
Denny, of indianapolis, and threatened
to kick the door open.
LAFAYETTE DICKERsON was assassinated
at Tullahoma, Tenn, while on duty as a
Waterman at a lumber yard There is
no clue to the assassins.
CHARLES KAHLER was arrested at
Forest, Ill, charged with perjury in
swearing that his young bride, Alice
White, was Is years OF age.
WASHINGTON J. STERRCKER, of Elgin,
ILL.,, Respondent from loss Of business,
attempted to cut his throat His wife
interfered and he will recover.
AN itinerant horse trader abducted
Freddie Markham, aged II, from his
home in the outskirts of Topeka, Kan,
and has not since been heard of.
RAIN, which has been falling steadily
for thirtysiX hours, has discouraged the
directors Of the Jerseyville, ILL.,, fair,
and they have declared it closed.
On the solicitation of the Chicago
stockholders, Judge Shiras has ordered
the property OF the Iowa City Packing
bIIu ION lolOu NO1u )tuS SOlu NONGuD6I
u.
In a drunken row at Sacred Heart
Ok, Deputy Marshal Charles Bruno
fired at his brother Abe, killing him.
The bullet struck another man, ending
his lite also.
FIFTY delegates have been appointed
at Lansing, Mich, by Gov. Rich to rep
resent the principal cities of the state at
the real estate congress that COnYeneS
in Chicago October %.
AT midnight the lifeless body of Dan
lei Minor, Of MOnrOeVille, Ind, was
found living across the footboard of his
road cart, where he had been thrown
and kicked to death by runaway
horse.
LILLE THOMPSON, a mulattO girl aged
is, domestic in the family Of Henry
Mari, Of Columbus, Ind, brought suit
against him for iilegitimate parentage,
and the jury brought in a verdict of
guilty.
TIE Australian steamer Miowera is
four days overdue at Vancouver. The
Canadian Pacific officials are alarmed at
the nOn-arrival of the vessel. 1t has
eighty passengers aboard and heavy
cargo.
THE Missouri River threatens to take
away Winthrop, Kas., at the first
treshet and many families have moved
away. Three hundred acres were taken
away above the town during the sum-
mer by caving banks.
THE Mercantile Trust Company of st.
Louis, with capital stock Of 81 900, 600,
has decided to wind up it's affairs and
90 out Of business.
CHARLES Brown, a travelling salesman
for Augustine < Co., ofNormal, ILL.,, was
found dead in his bed at Girard, Ill.
He was 30 years old.
HARRY EVANS and Johnnie Davis,
each Is years old, drank what proved
to be horse medicine from q bottle they
found at Alliance, o., and will die.
THE schooners Corinthian and Albion
collided at Albion, Cal. The captain of
the Albion was drowned. The Corinth-
ian was badly damaged and ran ashore
WILLIAM BARNES, Of Barnes Bros,
pork packers, at st. Louis is dead. He
was prominent member of the Merch-
ants Exchange AMI a leading trader IN
the pork corner.
MYRTLE WICKOFF and James Hall at
tempted to cross the Rock Island track
near Cincinnati, Ia, IN front of a train.
Hall and both horses were killed and
WyckOH sustained severe injuries.
L HOMAS y. EASTMAN, pIcSIu6uG Oh GHo
Eastman Company, large exporter of
cattle and beef, died at his country
home near Tarrytown. He was ~ years
old and rated financially at several
millions.
IEUT.-GEN FARRER died in London
from the effects of the njuries he sus-
tanned while trying.to escape from fire
in the house in which he lodged. Gen
Farrer was formerly member of the
Indian staff corps.
POSTMASTER RoCKHILL, of Fort
Wayne, Ind, has received official notice
from Washington to the effect that the
dismissals Of employees several weeks
ago were made in accordance with the
rules Of the civil service and the charges
made against the released employees
were sufficient grounds for their retire
ment from the government service.
HARRY CURRENs and Frank Dunlap, of
Plymouth, ILL.,, have been indicted for
placing rocks on the Burlington Rail
way tracks.
IN "a collision on the Mississippi Val
ley road at La Place, La, Engineer
Hatfield and Henry Gordon were seri-
ously injured.
DISAPPOINTED IN his suit, James Coo
hee, Of Columbus, Ind, says Chris
Gross bride is not divorced from her
first husband.
JAMES DoLAN and Tim Pierce were
rescued from a burning mine in the
Horseshoe District, Colorado, by man
named TimsOn.
MARSHAL IMAGINATION, of France, is
reported trife better, but his condi-
ton is still serious. Ferdinand de Les
seps is better.
AT least four congressman will be in
Iowa next week to take part in the Re
publican camp&ign-Hull, Hepburn,
Gear and Lacey.
The Commercial Travellers Associa-
ton has decided to establish the pro-
posed Commercial Travellers Home at
Binghampton, n. Y.
AN elderly man, as yet unidentified
umpeo from a Nickel Plate train near
Fort Wayne and will probably die in
the hospital Of that city.
THE Malta has again broken out in
New Orleans. Officer Toole, who had
his throat cut several weeks ago by an
Ttolion named pprric9DO was his morn