Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-09-05
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

ed to succeeded the late John Newell
at the head of the Lake Shore.
Samuel A. Angevine, treasurer of
Centerville county, Mich, and a candidate
for reelection on the Democratic ticket,
was thrown from a road cart and fatally
injured.
subscriptions have been received for
the entire S7,500,OO0 of new bonds and
stocks provided for in the amended plan
of reorganization of the Minneapolis and
st. Louis.
Hammond, who laid plans for the
robbery Of Francis and Joseph Regnier at
Pleasant Hill. Ill, in May, 1893, was ar
rested yesterday at Wagner, [. Z.
Fred GER, a hoteI-keeper at Walnut,
Kas, caused the arrest of r. 3. Foster,
| whom he charged with kidnapping his
daughter, a girl of about Is years.
-Atty.-Gen. Moloney has ruled that
Populists in nearly all Illinois districts
must file petitions in order to get their
candidates upon the official ballot.
The contents of two saloons in South
park at st. Joseph, Mo-, were demolished
it is supposed by people who have been
trying to drive them out of that part of
the city.
The Pittsburg Press club organized a
reception and entertainment committee
for the purpose of looking after visiting
newspaper men during the G. A. Il. en-
Campment.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the
Southern Illinois teachers closed at Eff
fingham to meet next year at Metropolis.
d. 3. Parkinson of Carbonate was elect
ed president.
Nearly all the Sunday schools of the
county joined in q convention yesterday
at Crown Point, Ind.
In an attempt to subdue an insane
woman at indianapolis, Officer Johnson
had q rib broken and Officer Dugan's
face was battered to a jelly.
The international Migration society
of Birmingham, Ala, has arranged for
the transportation of 5000 negroes to
Liberia prior to November 1.
1t is said eX-Secretary Whitney has
been seen by Mayor GilrOy and has con-
sented to accept the Democratic nominal
ton for governor of New York.
Bill Motley, a prominent farmer
residing at Elkhart, Ia, was shot and
killed by a man whose wife Motley is al
legged to have been intimate with.
In a fit of jealousy at Columbus, o.,
George Kalb, Il patent medicine vendor.
shot and killed his wife. The name of
q prominent merchant is involved.
D. f. Thompson was nominated for
Congress by the Democrats of the Ninth
Illinois district and w. A. Smith by the
Republicans of the Fifth Michigan.
The steamer Tom Spurlock, belong
ing to the Little Kanawha Lumber COM
pany, Vanceburg, Ky, was burned to the
waters edge from an exploded lamp.
The Chicago & Evansville express
on the Eastern Illinois road cOllided with
a freight train near Hillsdale. The pas
sengers were shaken up, but none was
injured.
james Waybrew, who was shot at
Pittsburg, Pa, by Il party Of strikers
from the United States Glass cOmpany
! works, lies at the point of death and can
not recover.
George Nary was arrested on the
charge of attempting to burn the city Of
Dixon, III.
The banks of Champaign, Ill, have
agreed to cash the pay roll of Co. d,
Fifth infantry.
-Cardinal Gibbons will visit Rome in
the fall. He expects to remain abroad
several months.
Temperance workers from four states
have concluded their fifth annual reunion
at Warsaw, Ind.
"A state charter has been granted the
Marengo Qnd.) Normal college, with
power to confer degrees.
Private Lee, discharged from the Sal
walton army at Emporia, Kas., was ar
rested for disturbing a meeting.
AT an old settlers reunion at Chan
dlerville. ILL.,, Ed. Oliver fatally wounded
Anna Carlock and then killed himself.
The grand jury returned two indict-
ments against William B. Cashin, clerk
of the circuit court and recorder of Chris
tan county, Ok, for perjury.
"A resolution directed at Americans
against the employment of alien labor
on the industrial exhibit has been passed
by the city council of Toronto, Ont.
Mayor Johnson of Carbonate, H.,
arrested for disturbing the peace Of the
city council in trying to prevent the grant
ing of saloon licenses, was set at liberty.
Suits will be begun by the government
against officials and firms connected with
the issue by Mississippi of special war
rants in the similitude of treasury notes.
james Meyers, cashier of the bank at
Odell, Neb., has been arrested on q
complaint sworn out by the president,
charging him with embezzlement of $4,000
Of the banks funds.
Secretary Lamont has ordered that
advertisement be made for proposals for
the construction of a military post near
Little Rock, Ark. The amount %apprupri-
ated therefor is $194, go.
j. w. Harrison, Quincy, H., pleaded
guilty in the United States court at
Springfield, ILL.,, for contempt of court in
interfering with Wabash trains during
the strike. He was put in Jail in default
of a fine Of go.
-C0nSlQoraDle eAclleu1euI prevails Ut
Chito Bluff, Tenn, over the supposed
murder of William Few, whose body was
found lying on the railroad track near that
| place. Few had before engaged in Il row
with some other men.
William Seaworth, a young farmer
living near Chana, H., made a wager
with his sister that he could eat more
melons than she could. The offer was
taken VI. The boy is dead and the girl,
If is thought cannot recover.
The Illinois state board of health
is arranging for the prosecution of itin-
! Grant vendors of medicine in every coun-
ty of the state.
-Tramps who had been refused free
transportation stoned a Big Four passen-
ger train at Anderson, Ind, breaking
all the windows.
Chris Zimmerman, an Indianapolis
confidence man, while resisting arrest at
the old settlers picnic at Burlington,
Ind, was shot by In officer.
1t is believed James Desper abducted
Annie lane Hay from Springfield, Ill,
and murdered her to prevent prosecution
of Mack Youstler on a criminal charge.
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