Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-26
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

City treasurer bOlln OF Omaha, NeD.,
though not yet known, will, it is thought,
exceed $4,000.
The President and Joe Jefferson took
a ten-mile carriage drive to East Sand
wich Mass, where Mr.. Jefferson has
Well-stOcked trout stream. They had fair
success.
The British Medical Journal an
nounces that Prof Huxley is less drowsy
and that his strength is improved, but
there is no abatement in the inflammation
of the kidneys.
Karl Won Piloty's great painting,
''The Wise and Foolish Virgins" has
been presented to Ydle art school by
Horace Manice, who is now in Germany.
The picture fills one end of the gallery.
Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati had
narrow escape from death. A wheel came
off the carriage in which he was riding
The horses ran away nearly a quarter of
a mile and brought up against a telephone
pole.
-GIenville, a suburb of Cleveland, is
without fire protection. The board of
councilmen removed the fire chief,
Charles w. Robinson. and put in his
place George Stanley, whereupon all the
fremen, numbering thirtysix, resigned
The alleged defalcation of ex-Presi-
dent Bogran of Honduras is reported to
reach over 100000. Legal proceedings
against him will continue. Senior Bo-
grams friends deny any populations.
They say unimportant clerical errors may
be found in his accounts but nothing
more.
United States Marshal Mead was Civ
en- a verdict of 81 in his suit against the
Tucson (Ariz.) Star for libel.
w. J. Stein, a jeweler at Saltwater,
Mimi, has assigned to Senator Master
man. His liabilities are $4,000
Seventeen horses, two mules and all
the contents of the White Sulphur livery
stables at English, Ind, were destroyed
by fire.
Miss Kate Adams, stenographer in
Gov. MOrrilPs office at Topeka, Kas., has
resigned to become Il member of the
Select Order of Deaconesses of the Epis-
copal church of Philadelphia.
"A committee representing the Ore
gOn Short Line &Utah Northern consoli-
dated ) per cent. bonds has decided not
to accept separate receivership upon the
terms of Judge Merritt's order.
Jonathan Greed, a prominent attor-
ney, was shot at South Bend, Ind, and
wounded in several places by Daniel L.
Mease, proprietor of a cider mill. Bust
ness difficulties led to the trouble.
EX-Congressman Dorsey has been in
dicted by the federal court for classifying
national bank records at the First Ma
tional bank of Ponca, Neb. An indict-
VERNE, daughter of Mrs. Jennie Nc
Keever, was kidnapped from the Convent
of the Sacred Heart in Pottawa ttomie
county, Kas., by her father, J. L. Nc
Keever, travelling man from Chicago.
"A decidedly novel case has been on
trial in the police court at Duluth, it be-
ing an action for damages brought by the
mother of a school boy who was whipped
by the janitor at the request Of the teach
er.
Secretary of State Olney received a
request to give federal protection to Ital-
ian miners at Congress mine, Ariz., but
inquiry reveals that few Italians are en-
ployed there and that nobody wants to
lynch them.
d. A Stewart has let a contract calling
for $4,000 worth of dressed lumber
which is to be used in the construction
of the big amphitheater to be reared for
the orbett-Fitzsimmons fight at Dallas
Tex, next October
Edward Marshall has resigned his
position as secretary of the New York
tenement-house commission and has gone
to South Africa as private secretary to
Cecil Rhodes, the diamond king at a
salary of $4,000 a year.
The iron and steel sheet manufact-
urers signed the Amalgamated associa
ton wage scale, to run to June 30. 1896.
The scale is 4 sliding one, based on the
selling price of sheets, the workers to
get per cent. increase on every 10 per
cent. advance in the price of sheets.
"A committee recently appointed to
investigate the books of the town of
Highland, Denver's largest suburb. has
reported TO the city council that certain
books were burned by eX-City Treasurer
Wygant, now county treasurer, that they
might not be examined by the commit
tee.
Rev. r. Z. Hargroye, venerable bish-
Op of the Methodist Episcopal church
South, will be married in Kansas City to
Mrs. Scarratt, mother-in-law of Bishop
Hendrix, also of the Methodist church.
Secretary of State Olney, at the re-
quest of the Farmers and Mechanics Ma
tional' bank of Waco, Tex, has decided
| that American banks may not become
repositories for funds for Cuban insur-
gents.
Miss Vesta Tilley. the English mu-
sic hall artist, arrived in New York from
Chicago early in the day. and finding that
the Majestic was to sail later. rushed to
the steamship Office and engaged passage
at once.
Forty thousand dollars worth of Sc
curltles purporting to be backed by the
credit of Los Angeles, Cal, that are be-
ing peddled among some of the leading
financial houses of the East, are pro-
nOunced to be forgeries.
Lieut.. Milton T. Davis, now stationed
at Presidio Cal, has brought suit to OBJ
tain divorce from his wife, Blanche
Bates, the actress. Miss Bates deserted
him after living with him but three
months, to return to the stage.
The meeting of the wage committee
of the Amalgamated association and the
sheet manufa cturers at Pittsburg ended
in snarl. The manufacturers refuse
to take the general card rate on iron for
the basis of the sheet mill scale.
The West Virginia Transportation
company of Parkersburg, w. Va,
brought suit for 100000 against the
Standard Oil company and for $4,000
against the Eureka Pipe Line company
for malicious conspiracy to destroy it's
property.
The workmen engaged in the Rico
Aspen and Enterprise mines, in running
their tunnels, broke through on each
other. Instead Of waiting until further
orders, they commenced throwing giant
powder at each other. Several were Sc
riously injured.
"A. t. Dunbar editor of the Phoenix
(AriZ) Gazette, has been found guilty of
criminal libel The plaintiffs were Gov