Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-12-12
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| has created stir by practically dismiss
ing fifty members of st. Johns NJ. e.
church there for lukewarmness.
August Weisenstine of Ladd, ILL.,, sued
Henry knott for $4,000 damages for the
death of his daughter who was trampled
under foot by Knoff's loose horse.
j. H. Newell, a Philadelphia travel
ing man, was arrested on a charge of
robbing A. J. Sherwood st. Louis travel
ing man, of 500 and gold watch at
Rockford, Ill.
Co. I, Twenty-irst United States in
fantry, stationed at Fort Omaha, has
been mustered out of service. The mem
bers are the last of the Indian soldiers
to be discharged
Marcus Benoit, the first of the thirty
miners tried on the charge Of participating
in the Pratt Mines massacre July 10 last,
was acquitted in the criminal court at
Birmingham, Ala.
st. Louis, Mo-, is interested in a SEN
sational divorce suit now on trial there
in which Mrs Myrah H. Opel seeks
separation from her husband, Louis Opel,
a prominent business man.
The Cherokee council has prohibited
the employment by merchants and traders
of non-citizen clerks, book-keepers and
traders. Druggists, in particular, are
seriously affected by the law.
The statutory revision committee at
Springfield, H., is requested by the III
nOis fish commission to change the law
so as to make the possession of fishing inn
plements prima facie evidence of guilt.
d. X. Caldwell, the Frankfort Qnd.)
business man charged with being part
ner of Buck Hardin, the counterfeiter, has
developed symptoms of insanity. He will
be turned over to the federal authorities at
Indianapolis today.
The Berrien Springs (Mich.) Water
hac tod
with a capital stock of $4,000 to dam the
st. Joseph river at Berrien Springs, con-
struct canals and sell water power for
manufacturing purposes.
William Seeger, boot and shoe drum
mer at indianapolis for Adams & Petit
CELL of Amesbury, Mass, has been ar
rested on charge of stealing shoes from
various local dealers and selling them as
odd samples sent him by his hrm.
Two transports with Turkish troops
left Constantinople for the Black sea.
The French senate has adopted tine
Madagascar credit Of 65,000,000 frames.
An increasing interest in the purchase
of Southern lands for colonization purposes
is reported.
William Huke, charged with robbery,
and Minnie Brown were married in Jail
at Kansas City, Mo.
king Christian Of Sweden is suffer-
ing from cold contracted on his journey
home from st. Petersburg.
Farmers captured a band of cattle
thieves I'm tine Gloss mountains, O. T., and
recovered many stolen cattle.
The Usage Indians have made a par
tial agreement with the government COM
mission to divide their lands.
-Adviles from Nicaragua state that
the treaty between that country and
Great Britain has been ignored by Ze-
lays officials.
The coal miners joint board of arbitra-
ton viii meet In Cleveland t. consider the
cause of the operators complaint in the
Pittsburg field.
Rev Father Ducey has issued another
statement concerning his controversy with
Archbishop Corrigan, charging the latter
with ingratitude.
The state treasurer of Minnesota will
ask the Legislature to so amend laws as tC
permit wider latitude in investment of trust
funds of the state.
The Gar has ordered the governor
of Warsaw not to Interfere with the al
fairs of the Catholic clergy or impose any
orders on them.
C old is beginning to go out again.,
1851, 123 having been withdrawn from
the national treasury IN a day. Treasury
officials offer no explanation.
Rev. A.. lsiBel, pastor of the Second
Baptist church., oolored, of Columbus 1nd.,
sued the oallN EteFdIu LOT 9oooo !or
charging him with undue intimacy with
one of the sisters of his flock.
The house of BIOllie Pearson of Sui
Ivan, Ind.,. alleged to be a woman of
doubtful reputation, was partially
wrecked with dynamite.
John Burns, the English labor leader
has left New York and gone to Denver
to attend the convention of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
Il
Zeitung has been prohibited in Austria
because its political articles do not meet
the approval of the government
Two Hmporia. kas., hotelkeepenS,
prosecuted by the Law and Order League,
have been convicted and one fined $500
and sentenced to ninety days imprlsonr
ment.
The shortage of Jack McCourt, the
convicted. agent of the Louisville 81 Nash
vile Railroad company, has grown to
$50, OOO,. according to the figures of the
experts.
The White River Gnd) IronI and
Steel works., valued at $40, 900, was sold
by Receiver Calcyron for $4,000 to T.
+. Rose of Muncie, and will slant up with
$50 hands,
The mysterious administered man,
whom the defense in the now famous
PinkertOn conspiracy case at Spring Val
ley, ILL.,, alleged led the mob in the court
room, has been arrested.
Jack Howerton of Paris, Ky related
to- prominent Bourbon county families,
married Matilda Taylor coI0red. How
erton became enraged at being guye& in
the railroad station, drew his revolver
and inquired a bystander.
President Angel of the University of
Michigan is serving as lnryman in the
clrcUIt court at Ann ArboT.
The Illinois Central has determined to
operate it's lines into Louisville indepen-
DENT of all other connections.
Mary e. Jones of Pawpaw, Mich,
who protected her property with rifle,
was convicted and fined So and costs.
Secretary Morton of the department
of agriculture has ordered the removal of
the signal service from Detroit TO Lans-
ing.
The hearing of the Debs case at Chi
cago was postponed until Wednesday on
account of the death of District Attorney
Dixon.
Great damage has been caused by the
prairie fires in Northern Indiana. Nearly
1000 tons of hay were destroyed near