Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-02-21
NEWS PARAGRAPHS,

the Navy Department to save the wreck
of the old corvette kearsarge, now ~
ing on Roncador Reef.
THIEMANN, the lion tanner, mangled in
a den of wild beasts at the Midwinter
Fairat San Francisco died OF his wounds.
The funeral services took place IN the
menagerie at the fair.
Miss BERTHA FISH, known as "La Ber
fa, " the serpentine dancer, was given
verdict against Edward E. Rice for
81 800 that she lent him in August, 1890,
TO bolster up the pearl Of Pekin"
company.
GEORGE T.. WELLEs, secretary of the
Duluth Board of Trade, resigned, and
Frank +. Wyman, a newspaper man,
was elected in bis place. Mr.. Wyman
is local representative of the Minneap-
oils Miller
Miss GERTRUDE KELLY, Of Richmond,
Ind, unsuccessfully attempted to kill
herself while respondent over the
death of her lover, Governor Chase, a
killed himself few days ago.
Mrs. ANGELINE c. SITES, of Newark,
O., has filed suit for alimony against
her husband, Thomas H. Sites, a
groceryman. Her petition charges
abuse extending over many years.
Mrs. Sites was q sister of s. s. Cox.
THE ministers of Terre Haute, Ind,
are arranging for a series of revival
meetings to be held in a tabernacle to
be erected specially. d. L. Moody has
been asked to take charge of the
work Sam Jones is also to be invited.
The Rev Lee Munhall, of Philadelphia,
will take part.
THE session of the Methodist Episco-
pal book committee of the Eastern and
Western sections of the United States
at Cincinnati O., has closed. In the
fall of 1895 the state conferences will
vote on the change of time Of holding
the general conference, but it will not
affect the meeting to be held at Cleve-
land, O., in 1896.
THE Mississippi River has cut its way
into Horn Lake, sixteen miles below
Memphis, Tenn, and there is now
four-mile current in what was formerly
the bed Of the river, but which has for
half a century been a swamp. The old
channel of the river joins the present
channel at Norfolk Landing, twenty
miles below where the cutoff occurred.
THE State Board Of Health has sent
orders to Huntington. Ind, to have
thorough inspection made of every
train coming from smallpox infected
places.
JUDGE PADGHAM, of Allegan, Mich,
has notified iurymen and witnesses
from Otsego not to appear at the pres
ent term of court, as smallpox has APP
peared at the latter place.
WITH the words, Mamma, you'll
have to get another little boy; I'm
burned to DEATH" Jimmie Crawford,
whose home was near Martinsyille,
Ind, expired. He had played with
matches.
The rSial of Willard Wood, for the
murder of Simon Safell, was begun at
Beatrice, Neb. Wood discovered Saffell
and four companions IN his melon patch,
August 90 last, and fired upon them,
killing Saffell
4 NUMBER Of men headed by two
prisoners at Middiesborough, Ky, at
tempted to break into the city arsenal
and capture Winchester rifles. They
were discovered by the police, and most
OF them were OyerpOWered and cap
tured. They say they wanted guns for
the striking miners.
ONgARIo's Parliament was opened by
q colorless speech from the throne.
LEWIS HUNTER, a brakeman, was
killed III collision at TeXarkana, Ark
SENATOR AMOS E. BosFoRD, 90 years
old, is at the point of death at Moncton,
n B.
The Council of Schuyler, Neb., is in
vestigating alleged crooked work by of
fcials
The mansion of L. A. Lebaurgeais
burned near Hester, La, with a loss of
100000.
TIE Northwest Pacific Coast Fruit
Growers Association was organized at
Spokane, Wash.
THE father and wife of r. ". Smith,
who absconded from Kalamazoo, Mich,
have became insane.
A HUNTING party chased wolf at Tus-
cola. IL, all day, pack Of twenty dogs
assisting IN the hunt.
EVIDENCE was concluded and argu-
ment commenced in the Oaks murder
case at Lebanon, Ind.
SHEEP-owNERs organized at Bismarck,
y. ID. They declared against the re-
moyal Of the wool tariff.
SALooNKEEPERs at Piqua, O., have
been notified to keep all the doors of
their places closed Sundays
ANNE PIxLEY FULFoRD's will was filed
in Philadelphia Her husband is made
sole legatee in case he survived the
testatrix
THE work of the State Assembly of
the Knights of Labor at Holland, Mich,
was chiefly routine. Officers reports
were read.
SEVERAL men were run down by
train on a bridge at Eufala, Ala John
Davis was killed and William Green was
fatally hurt
THE American Cereal Company has
declared a dividend Of 3 per cent. and
$4,000 was turned over to the surplus
fund.
THE American ship Willie Forbes Har-
wick for New York was wrecked off ST.
Falery. Her crew of tWenty-one were
saved
THE supreme court of Missouri re-
fused to reopen the case of Jacob Braun,
q negro sentenced TO be hanged March 10
for murder.
A PASSENGER train on the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad was blown from
the track at Palmer Springs, at the top
of the divide.
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