Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-02-13
LATEST NEWS ITEMS.

j. V. Allen & Sons elevator at Vir-
! gnia, Neb., and 5000 bushels OF gram
were destroyed by fire.
AS a mark of respect to Ward Nc
| Allister New York's 400 may foregO
the annual Patriarch's ball.
in the Illinois Legislature bill has
been introduced to force the Illinois
/ Central railroad to sell 100000 acres Of
! land.
Owing to binding snowstorm the en-
] gineer of a Grand Trunk train ran into
! a stalled express near Weston, 1nJurIng
| many passengers.
Charles M. Armstrong has been APP
pointed receiver of the Bellman Bros.
! printing house at Toledo, O. Liabilities
estimated at $4,000.
The First Baptist church at Mason
| City, Ia, was destroyed by fire. Loss
! $4,000; insurance $1,000.
Caroline Hamilton, the prima donna
! of the Bostonians, has entered suit for
Charles Edward Hamilton.
At Rockford, Ill, yesterday X: s..
Swarthout was accidentally locked in a
refrigerator car Fifteen minutes later
he was rescued nearly asphyXiated.
Eighteen loaded freight cars were
ditched by a broken rail on the Vandalia
near Manson, Ind No one was injured,
I
The case against James Pinkerman,
one of the men first arrested for the
murder of Barrett Scott, was dismissed.
The trial OF Mullihan, Harris, Roy and
Elliott has been set.
Claus Spreckels the sugar king, says
his boys, Rudolph and Gus, are wild and
/ that there is no telling what they may
have done in the way of backing the Ha-
Waiian revOlutioniStS.
All the sugar refneres in Philadel-
phia cut the price of refined sugars one
sixteenth of a cent.
The difficulty between the Southern
! Pacific railroad and it's engineers has
been amicably settled.
"A lot of heirs who want Howell Os-
borne's money have turned up in little
town on Long island.
The Fifth avenue stage line in New
| York city did not pay and has gone INTO
the hands of a receiver.
A resolution to require state institu-
tons to purchase their supplies at home
was offered in the Minnesota Legislature.
Cornelius Trass of Holland, Mich,
! has entered suit against Robert Hunt,
saloonist, for $4,000 damages for selling
liquor to his minor son.
The United States coast defense YES
sci Monterey has arrived at San Fran
cisco from the sound after an eight days
trip to test Washington coal.
The bill to take the Detroit health
board out of Mayor Pingree'S hands failed
to pass the Michigan Senate, owing to
the absence of several of its supporters.
The Central Trade and Labor council,
| Richmond Va, calls on all labor unionists
to leave militia service, as the militia is
used to the injury of the workingmen.
Louis Williams, colored, driven to des-
peration by poverty, committed a murder
Gus assault on his wife at Pittsburg and
then attempted suicide by taking poison.
Hannah Carey, aged Is, and little
sister, aged 6, of Perry county. o., have
been afflicted with leprosy for several
years, but the case has just been discov-
/ cred.
--Dode Rollo, a well-known character
in Leadville, Col, is under arrest. His
wife says he was the leader of the gang
that robbed the Little Johnny mine of
| $4,000 in gold eighteen months ago.
Supplies raised in and near Princeton,
H., for Nebraska sufferers will be sent,
in view of railroads refusing to receive
them for Nebraska points, to needy fami-
lies in larger towns and mining districts.
Escaping gas in a factory. above
which is the hall of the knights of
/ Pythias at Wabash. Ind, so affected 200
! persons who attended the dedication of
the hall that many Of them are confined
to their beds.
Ia, has developed a local Parkhurst in
the Rev. DR.. Greene of the Presbyterian
church. who, appearing as complainant,
succeeded in driving disorderly persons
from the town. The town is divided in
sentiment over the matter.
Fish are being taken from the Des
/ MOines river at BOnaparte, Ia, the aver
age amount being 10000 pounds daily.
| The river being frozen over the fish are
driven to the millrace for air and are
being shoveled out by wagonloads.
Mrs. Maggie Bolton, who formerly
! lived at ElWOOd, was arrested at kOko-
no. Ind, for completely in the murder
of William Fouts at her house last July.
George Hires, George Crull and William
Cox were also arrested for the murder
Western lines have been forced to re-
duce rates on flour and grain from Mime
/ apoliS owing to continuance of cut rates
on traffic alleged to be in transit.
The Rev. John p. Coyle of Denver,
! Col, who succeeded to the pulpit of the
Rev Myron Reed was stricken with
muscular rheumatism of the heart
Thomas +. Bayard Jr., son of the
ambassador to Great Britain, is engaged
to Miss Dorothy Davis. who is well
known in Wilmington (Del) society.
Believing that there is no possibility
of securing revenue legislation Senator
Teller has determined not to press an
amendment for an additional tax on
beer.
The Shays of Harbor Springs, Mich,
! have sold their water plant to the village
for ST., 500 and will use the money in
pushing a railroad into the hardwood
| timber.
While quarreling with his wife, John
Brewer of Battle Greek, Mich, threw
his 3-Weeks-old baby on the floor and
kicked it. There is no hopes of the child s
recovery
Illinois lines having joined in recon-
mending adoption of the official classical
ton by the railroad and warehouse COM
mission, Chicago shippers have with
drawn their complaint.
The jury in the case of Octave Des-
FORCES, the New Orleans Doodle council
man who was charged with endeavoring
to prevent a witness from testifying, re-
turned verdict of guilty.
james Matthew Keene, young Eng
lishman, and his wife Kate were arrested
at the Hotel Marlborough in New York.
Neene is charged with having embezzled
$1,000 from his employers in Liverpool.