Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-08-16
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

THE Mansfield Bank, at Mansfield, ILL.,,
has suspended.
The big battleship Oregon will be
launched at San Francisco III October.
Mrs JENNIE SCHEPAMMER, of Paterson,
\. j., drowned her babe and herself
HENRY HALL. who murdered his
brother, was hanged at Pikeville, KY !
RAINMAKERs in Illinois broke the
drouth and will receive 500 for the job
MORGAN PRIDE, a rich sheep rancher,
was assaulted by unknown men near
San Angelo, Tex.
CHANCES are said to favor Wilson, of
West Virginia, for chairman Of the ways
and means committee.
THE Rock Island demands the right to
make q one-fare rate from Omaha to
overcome inequalities.
THE valuation of Georgia property as
reported by the state assessors shows
falling off of SIP 100000.
By surgical operation at Rochester,
n Y. finger has been substituted for
a nose upon Fred. Darcy.
Mr.. DEyLIN, of the Santa Fe road, has
settled the Kansas miners strike by Of
fering a fractional increase.
The safe of O. B. Wheeler, at Long
Point, H., was blown open and $4,000
taken. There have been no arrests.
MAGGIE MARKLEY, 10 years old, killed
herself at Danville, ILL.,, by taking poi
son.
FARMERS near Valparaiso, Ind, suf-
ferred loss of $4,000 by a prairie
fire.
Miss LENA BURTON, ageC. q, was
drowned at Benton Harbor, Mich,
while bathing.
SENATOR VEST says the Senate will not
pass bill Internationally repeating the
Sherman law.
GEORGE SHIRAs, Pittsburg pioneer, is
dead.
EX-VICE PRESIDENT MORTON and fam
lily have gone to Germany.
JOHN CROUCH, aged y, was drowned
off a log raft at Lyons, La.
SENATOR BRICE, of Ohio, who has
been i'll at Washington, is recovering.
THE National Bank of Fort Scott
Kas., which recently suspended, will
resume business.
LoI FULLER, the dancer, who has
been in France for two years, has re-
turned to New York.
Works of the Terra Haute Car Com
pany were partially burned, causing q
loss of $50, 900; insured.
w. G.. S. KEENE, prominent shoe
manufacturer of Lynn, Mass, commit
ted suicide by drowning.
Mcleod Bros elevator at Marietta,
kas., burned with 10000 bushels of
wheat. The loss is $4,000
THE Hamilton County State Banl. OF
Webster, Ia, has suspended Assets,
S250,0O0; liabilities, Sl32,000.
A GANG of seven counterfeiters was
arrested at Portland, Ore The gang
was making silver dollars.
SEVERAL large manufacturing plants at
New Orleans have closed, throwing
1000 men out of employment.
Mrs. HENRY c. MYER, of Galveston,
Tex, ended her life by poison. Her
husband is prominent attorney.
RICHARD KANIN, of Sandusky, o., is
under arrest on charge of pounding
his daughter to death with club.
PROF. A. B. ORR, of Chicago, has been
elected president of the Southern In
diana Normal College at Mitchell.
THOMAS DREAMER shot and killed his
son Oliver, at London, O., for the al
! legged appropriation of the fathers
money.
FOREST F. FORD, of Bellaire, O., has
been sued by Miss Emma Simpert, Of
! Cleveland, for S25 900 breach of prom
! iSe
TOM RICKETTS, and Robert Miller, res
! idents of Parneu, Mo, were run over
and killed by Chicago q Great West
ern train.
/ Claasen, the Wrecker of the Sixth Ma
tional Bank of New York, of which he
was president.
JAMES ECKELs has been appointed re-
ceiver Of the Vienna Enamel Stamping
Company, Of Porter, Ind. Liabilities,
$50, GOO; assets, $50, GOO.
S. H. BOYD, United States minister to
Siam, has not rendered his resignation,
but it is believed he will soon be re-
lieyed of official cares.
IT is rumored that W. H. Clough
vice-president of the Great Northern
| road, has resigned to accept a position
with the Northern Pacific.
Roy BURKHARDT was arrested at Mex
| leo, Mo-, and taken to Jefferson City
accused of robbing the mails. He is a
son of Postmaster Burkhardt.
BROOKLYN is unable to pay. firemen's
salaries.
The President will shortly go to Buzz
Yards Bay to remain several days.
FREE silver resolutions were adopted
at mass meeting at Spokane, Wash.
RETURNS from the Choctaw election
show a good majority for the Locke
ticket.
OFFICERS of the cruiser Chicago were
dined by Earl Spencer, first lord of the
admiralty.
JOHN BECK, married, so years old
committed suicide while Respondent at
Rossville, III.
RICHARD KATIE, wanted at Eudora,
Kas., for highway robbery, was arrested
in Bolton, Mo.
JOHN H. COPELAND poisoned himself
with laudanum at East ST. Louis because
Of ill-health and died.
A SMALL frame building burned at
Cleveland, and the body Of an unknown
man was found in the ruins.
LITTLE WILLIE FINN, aged 8 years,
who was SO fearfully injured by his in
sane father at st. Louis, is dead.
IN fire at Ada, o., the 4-year-old
| daughter of David De Witt was crem-