Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

IN Il game Oh DdSeDdlI dl hOckIOFU,
H.. the young ladies beat the gentle
men.
Admiral Ammen, who was stricken
with vertigo. is resting easily at his home
at Ammondale, Md.
Several men from Chattanooga are
out $4,000 as a result of investments
i'll sailed mines near Scottsboro, Ala.
Judge Hanford has set August %
as the date for hearing the receivers
answer in the Northern Pacific railway
case.
The Mobile police are looking for
Henry G. Dietrich, who is wanted for
embezzlement and bigan1y, having four
wives living.
Daniel Keller. Nancy Keller, Mar
garet Keller and John Keller have been
arrested at Annapolis, Ind, for the muir
der of Clara Shanks.
Senator Palmer of Illinois had to
work several hours at Sioux City in order
to sufficiently identify himself to have Il
draft for $50 cashed.
"A large number of Italians were
killed in a riot which occurred on the
construction of a railroad between Provi-
dence and Victoria in Argentina.
John w Buchanan of Allegheny,
known as Jack, the Tattooed Man"
attempted to kill his aged mother and
himself with a razor. He was arrested
William and Andrew Thatcher, faith
er and son, the latter Il years of ago,
were arrested at Kansas City, Mo-, for
safe blowing. Thatcher, senior, is an old
offender.
An extra freight train on the ST.
Louis, Chicago q St. Paul railway ran
off a switch near Springfield, ILL.,, and
the enginemen and trainmen were all
seriously hurt.
Officers Of the Great Northern rail
way have decided to split up their agen
freight and passenger departments.
The retirement of Col. Henry L. Alb
bolt of the corps of government engineers
will bring about many changes in the
stations of the officers composing the
force corps.
An unverifed rumor has it that the
Third United States infantry at Fort
Smelling, Mimi, will change places with
the Fourth infantry, now in New Mexico
and Arizona.
"A meeting will be held in Atlanta,
Ga today to consider the question of a
daily double service of express trains
between New Orleans and New York
via Atlanta.
AT the Spiritualistic camp at Ander-
son, Ind, the spirit of the sister of
Henry Seybold, who was found dead
three years ago, appeared and told how
she was murdered.
Burglars at Ammonia. Mo-. blew open
the safe in the post office with dynamite
and set fire to the building, which was
badly damaged before the flames could
be extinguished The robbers got moth
ing. as the postmaster kept the money
and stamps at his home.
"A tuberculosis test on the Minnesota
state farm proved highly successful
An eighth juror was secured in the
trial of Theodore Durrant at San Fran
cisco.
The Independent Atlas distillery at
Peoria increased its capacity from 1850
to 300 bushels.
Striking cigarette girls assaulted their
non-union rivals at New York and filled
the air with combs, false hair and torn
embroidery.
Harry. the S-year-old son of John H
Purdy of Wichita, Kas., disappeared two
days ago and cannot be found. 1t is be-
ieyed he was stolen.
-Rt. Rev NJ f. Burke. bishop of
st. Joseph, No, has left Rome for Peru
gia. Central Italy. and from there he
will go to Switzerland.
making preparations to allot the Yuma
Indian reservation. There are A 800 |
acres of land in the strip.
Fifty steers escaped from the Armour
stockyards at Kansas City, Kas., and ter
rorized the town. Many of the steers ran
Of the S6.O0O,OOO Louisville & Nash
vile bonds recently taken by banking
house of New York it is stated $1,000
900 have been placed in Europe.
France has ordered two counter
parts of the United States cruiser Co |
Iumbia.
The Upper Peninsula Firemen's asso>
citation IS holding its first meeting in Ish>
pemlng Mich. Fourteen companies are
present
The foreign office in London has
heard nothing of project to transfer
Sir Julian Pauncefote from Washington |
to Berlin.
A tramp held up the operator in the
ticket office at Sturgis, Mich. and q pas
senger in the depot, getting $50 for his
enterprise.
The Republicans of Fort Scott Kas.,
have introduced an innovation in county
politics by nominating Miss Stella Strait
for register of deeds.
Fort Gibson, |. T.. gave Mays q ma
jority of u for chief More whisky and
money was used than was ever known
IN any previous election.
Statistics received at the Indian bu-
reau show that 10000 Indians are now
engaged in farming. stock raising and
other civilized pursuits.
Charles Foster, who since the death |
of Charles Gaylor has been considered |
the oldest living American playwright, /
died at New York of Brights disease.
j. Pierpont Morgan has left Wall |
street, the gold question, and half a doz |
ep railroad organizations to his partners i
and is cruising to Bar Harbor in his |
yacht Corsair.
1t is reported that Hamilton Smith, |
the mining expert of the Exploration |
company of London, had concluded negO- |
tiations for the purchase of a controlling |
interest in the Anaconda mine Of Mon |
tana.
Forty members of Battery B. Mis- |
souri, National guard, have volunteered to
CONT butte portions of their cuticle to help |
restore the skin on the arm of Corp, |
Monck, who was injured by premature |
explosion.
Southern Railway and Steamship as
ISOLATION lines have decided not to cut |
rates
The Michigan prison board met at |
Mackinac island and adopted rules for |
the paroling of convicts.
"A child of Mrs. Annie Seeley, which |
was being taken TO q New York free dis