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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
Better than Refined Gold

Is bodily comfort. This unspeakable boon
IS denied to many unfOrtunates for whose
ailments HOstetter's Stomach Bitters is
promptly helpful remedy. The dyspeptic,
the rheumatic, the nervous, persons trou-
bled with biliousness or chills and fever,
should lose time in ayailing themselves
OF this comprehensive and genial medicine.
u promotes appetite and NIGHTLY slumDer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.

Mrs. COggins Meets a Horrible Fate Near
New Richmond.
New Richmond Wis, April 24-[Spe-
cial.l Mrs. Coggins, about 70 years old,
mother-in-law of City Marshal O'Brien,
living about ten miles east of here, was
burned to death Wednesday while burn
ing weeds. 1t is supposed that her cloth
ing caught fire. She lived alone and was
not found until this morning
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
Work of Incendiaries.

Platteville, Wis, April 25.-[Special.]
John Dirtzman, living seven miles
northeast of here. in what is known as
bad lands" losc his barn, feed and sew
en- head of stock by fire. 1t was of in
cendiary origin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
O'DONNELL IN COURT.
He was Nervous and Looked
Wretched When Placed on
the Stand

Eau Claire, Wis, April 24.-[Special.]
John O'Donnell was brought into the
municipal court this morning for prelim-
mary examination. which may last all
afternoon. He is nervous and looks
wretched District-Attorney Farr for
the state and w. Ell. Frawley for the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
Halls Catarrh Cure

"A bush of raspberries in full bloom
was discovered three feet under the snow
in Melvin, Alaska, on Christmas day.
An immediate search was made in the
snow for cream and silver spoon, but
without success, and greatly to the dis
appointment of the finder, an English
missionary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
NEW FACES AT WAUPUN.
Three Criminals Sentenced to Prison from
OcOntO.

Oconto, Wis, April 25.-[Special.] i
The spring term of the circuit court
closed Thursday, having cleaned up the
calendar. The most important case
was Burdick VS.. Phillips. The plant
eff brought a suit for alleged SANDER,
but the jury found for the defendant
Arguments for a new trial will be heard
before Judge Hastings, in chambers,
next week. There were only four cases
on the criminal calendar, and all were
convicted, with the result that there will
be three more inmates of the state
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
Drank CarbOIic Acid.

Oshkosh, Wis, April 25.-Charles
Priebe, Jr, a young son of Charles
Priebe, a beer bother residing at 435
Ceape street, drank carbolic acid yester-
day, from the effects of which he died
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
Seen in RhineIander.

Rhinelander, Wis, April 25.-[Spe-
cial.-Edward Rape, who disappeared
from Marinette a month ago, was in
this city April II. He was on his way
to Lac de Flambeau to secure work.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
WANT A CASH PAY DAY.

Strike Among the Employees of the Glen
wood Manufacturing Company.
Glenwood, Wis, April 25.-The en-
ployes of the Glenwood Manufacturing
company, who are now mostly union men,
struck yesterday for regular monthly
pay day and pay in cash. The communi-
ty at large show sympathy for the
strikers, who are mostly poor men with
families.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29

La Crosse, Wis, April 25.-[Special.l !
General Secretary E. L. Leonard of the
Y. NJ c. A has accepted call to the
Frederick, Md. association. He will
geave on Thursday of next week to take
up the work there. His place here is
as vet untitled.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
ANOTHER RECORD BREAKER.
Bu11heads Are Plentiful in Streams
Around Plainfie1d.

West Plainfeld, Wis, April 22-[Spe-
cial.l -Some of the largest catches of
fish known in years is taking place at
the Washburn lake, about six miles
northeast of here. few evenings since
three fishermen caught 800 bullheads in
about two hours. This breaks all pre-
viouS rocOrdS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29

sensation, palp1tatlOn, all
gone" feeling and blues, she at once
takes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, feeling sure of obtaining
immediate relief
Should her symptoms be new to her,
she writes to a woman, Mrs. Pinl5ham,
Lynn, Mass, who promptly explains
her case, and tells her free how to get
we'll
Indeed, so many women are now
appealing to Mrs Pinkham for advice,
that score of lady secretaries are kept
constantly at work answering the great
volume of correspondence which comes
in every day Each letter is answered
carefully and accurately, as Mrs. Pink
ham fully realizes that life may de-
pend upon her reply, and into many
and many home has she shed the
rays of happiness
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
Young Woman Adjudged Insane.

Pennington, Wis, April '24.-[Special.l
Mrs Albertina Haas of this town was
adjudged insane yesterday and taken
to the asylum at Oshkosh for treat
ment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29

California mine operators are elated
over strike recently made in the Raw
hide mine in Tuoumne county, where,
at depth of ninety feet, assays in gold
have been obtained of ST., 900 per ton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
ALLIANCE AT PORTAGE.
Ladies of that City Meet and Form an
ORGANIZATIONS

Organization.
Portage, Wis. April 24.-[Special.l-A
lied in this city. 1t will be undenomina-
tional and nonpartisan. In scope and
purpose it will be similar to that of Mil
waukee Fond du Lac and other Wiscon-
sin cities. 1t will seek to aid and foster
everything looking to the Improvement
of schools and pupils.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
cow FELL UPON HER.
AIarinette Woman Receives Probable
Fatal Injuries While Milking.

Fatal Injuries While Milking.
Marinette, Wis, April 25.-[SpeciaL]-
Mrs. Chris Zeibe of Porterfield, this
county, was severely injured last night
while milking a COW. The woman is
very corpulent, and in trying to push the
COW into a better position for milking
caused the animal to slip and fall upon
her. Mrs. Zeibe broke one leg and is
otherwise injured. She may not re-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
REEDSBURG MAN HELD UP.

Perry Smith Relieved of His Valuab1es
and Forced to- Walk Home,
Baraboo, Wis, April 25.-ISpecial]E
Perry Smith of Reedsburg was held up
by three men yesterday afternoon near
Kilbourn, at the very place where Mr.
Gates was murdered several years ago
They took Smiths money and gold
watch, cut the harness on the horses,
chased them away and escaped
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29

"A redwood plank exhibited at the
Kansas City exposition was sixteen feet
long. seven feet nine inches wide and
five inches thick
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
RIVER ON A RAMPAGE.
Large Bridge Washed Out Across the
TINA Fro,,, Ia Crosse


La Crosse, Wis, April 24.-[Special. /
Root river is on a rampage and is the
highest it has been since 1888. A large
wagon bridge was washed out near
Brownsville, Mimi, last night and sec
ton of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul tracks are undermined. The bot
tom lands through which the stream
lows are all submerged.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

The LII. D. conferred on DR.. S. Weir
Mitchell of Philadelphia by the Univer-
sity of Edinburgh, is the second he has
received, the first coming from Har-
ward; but it was left for the Scotch
university to do him the extraordinary
honor of referring to him as the "chief
ornament to medical science in the new
world" In addition to his great at
tainments as a psychologist, DR.. Mitch
ell has the unique distinction of main
tanning a practice in London as we'll AS
in Philadelphia. He is n of the nu-
merous physicians of celebrity, of whom
Smollett and Oliver Wendell Holmes
were examples, who have excelled in
letters as we'll as in medicine. DR..
Mitchell is well known both as poet and
as novelist, and it is not unlikely that
a run" on one of his books would have
pleased him even more than the Edin-
burgh degree.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
BASE BALL NOTE.

The best strike-out record of the sea-
son has been made by Thornton, the
pitcher farmed out by Chicago to Rock
ford. In a game against Dubuque,
Sept. 2, he struck out fourteen men in
seven innings.
Manager Hanlon has lit upon a prom
Using minor league pitcher whom no
other club seems to have unearthed.
His name indicates that he halls from
Erin.-Baltimore Sun. Must be Nc
Ginty or C'Grady.
President Kerr, of P%ittsburg, is much
distressed because the profits of this
year will have to go for the purchase
of stronger players instead of a new
grand stand,
Manager Hanlon favors the adoption
Of the double umpire system.
A New York exchange says that St.
Louis has but four men who are fast
.enough for league company, and names
Ely, Cooley, Pietz n B%reitenstein.
Captain Tebeau is rather mortified
because the impression has gone out
some way or other that he believes that
there is crookedness, and hat Cleve-
land is being dishonesty worked
against.
o. P. Caylor has started in even this
early to discount Fred Pfeffer's advent
On the New York team and to make the
road rocky for him. Caylor seems to
be never so happy as when roasting
some unfortunate fellow being.-Ex-
change.
Young George Reiman, the Maysville
pitcher, who defeated the Senators in
one game and won two from the Gin
cinnatis, may be given a trial by the
Indianapolis management. Then, if
he is all right, he will be shifted to Gin
cinnati.-EXchange.
st. Louis won but one game from
| New York and Louisville but one from
| Brooklyn. Louisville's victory came in
the very last game Of the series, and
also broke Brooklyn's string of con-
secutive victories, that club being
stopped at IL.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
NEW TRICK OF THIEVES.
Professionals Never Mt a Loss for
Schemes to Eptrap the UnVyary.

professionally Never mt n Loss for
Schemes to Eptrap the Unvvary.
Professional thieves are never at a
loss for a new trick. There are so
many new tricks the professionally
dishonest mans vocation that we are
often led to believe that if he dis
played the same energy in a legiti-
mate business II ewould soon become
ii millionaire.
A few days ago n well dressed
young man rushed eXcitedly into a
fashionable fiat house uptown and,
addressing the first woman he met,
hurriedly exclaimed:
MADAME, your son has just been
run over by a cable car at Broadway
and Fortieth street. and is dying!'
You are mistaken replied the wo-
man he addressed. Il have no sOn it
may be the lady on the floor above"
He ran up stairs and again told the
story.
MY God!' the frightened woman
answered, and she rushed out of the
house and was running breathlessly
down Broadway, when, b v chance,
she me- her son at Forty-siXth street,
discussing politics with some friends.
When she returned home she found
that her pockethook. which she had
left on the mantel. together with sew
aral pieces of iewelry, had been stolen.
New York Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
Christmas e

AS the time has arrived when these
trees are to be found well decorated in
every country house, it may be inter-
csting to note that perhaps the first
appearance of them in England was in
1929, when, according to the account
given by the late Mr.. Charles Greville
In his Memoirs" at Passenger on
Christmas day In that year:
1.-The Princess Lieven got up a little
fete such as Is customary all over Ger
many. Three trees in great pots were
put upon a long table covered with
pink linen; each tree was illuminated
with three circular tiers of colored
wax candles--blue, green and white.
Before each tree was displayed q
quantity Of toys, gloves, pocket-hand-
kerchiefs, work boxes, books and va
riOus articles-presents made to the
cwner of the tree. 1t was very pretty.
Here it vas only for the children; in
Germany the custom extends to per-
sons Of all ages"
l believe it is generally supposed
that the Prince Consort FIRST brought
the custom in," to the detriment Of
our national twelfth cake and Twelfth
Night celebrations; but it would seem
that Christmas trees were before his
time in England.-J. Standish Haly,
In Notes and Queries.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
Carlyle's Old Home,

At length, and except for a few
pounds, the fund for the purchase Of
Carlyle's old home in Chelsea has been
raised, and the house will hereafter be
a museum of Carlyle relics-"a shrine
for visitors, mostly Americans" in the
words of the London Daily News. The
price paid is f2,OS9. The dwelling is
unimposing and even shabby, and Is
likely to prove disappointing to visit
ors from this side of the ocean 1t con-
tains nine small rooms and a mean little
garden in the rear. Perhaps the most
interesting feature of it is the attic room
with a skylight, built by Carlyle to
escape the noise of the Growing cocks
and barking dogs Of the neighborhood.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
Nursery NeedIework.

This is to be done for, and not by,
the denizens of the nursery. 1t con-
sists Of crawling rugs and picture ia
blecioths, either Of which is calculated
to make the tots wild with delight.
The former are made from a square
of dark cloth of flannel, lined to give
it body, after working upon 1t with
red crewels the most fascinating pic
lures from Mother Goose. Any nurs-
cry book will furnish you with the de-
signs, although you can have them
stamped IL you prefer, and the stitch
Is simply outline or cable.
For a table cloth use either a white
damask with scarlet Roman floss, or
If a colored cloth is preferred, any Of
the art serges, but red is the best color
for the embroidery, as it attracts by
it's brightness. Never repeat the same
picture. If Jack Horner sits in one
corner with his famous pie Tommy
Tucker can sing for his white bread
and butter in another and Simple 81.
mon fish for a whale in the third.
1t Is good ''catch up" work for busy
mothers.-New York Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
IRIS A THOUSAND YEARS OLD.

Carving Found ON A Boulder I'm the
Far Northwest.
George and william Starbird have
found on their fathers farm, near the
mouth Of the Skagit river, what is evil
IDENTIFY a relic Of the bygone race, and
shows that the Puget Sound country
must have been inhabited long before
the arrival of the Indians. This Is an
oblong bowlder of bastard marble,
rounded seemingly by the friction Of
ages.
1t was plowed up at a point about
2 IL miles below Fir, and a half a
mile from the river bank Is an old
beach formation, about three miles
from the present beach. The young
men were grading a road when they
came upon the rock in a ditch about
three feet deed. The place had been
entirely overgrown by giant fir trees
$50 to 200 years old, and as it must
have taken a long time to form the
half mile Of land between the spot
and the present river bank, 1t is es-
timated that the bowlder must have
been thrown up fully 100 years ago.
But the most remarkable point about
this relic is that it plainly shows that
the hand of man has worked upon it,
as one side of it has been cut down to
a perfectly smooth, level edge, and
deep, semi-circular grooves have been
cut into it lengthwise. 1t cannot well
have been used by the Indians, for the
oldest Indians on the Skagit have
been shown the relic, and all say they
never saw anything like it.-Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

public was less than five years old. In
the Alexander school he took a course
in classics and mathematics, and in
1858 he became a teacher in the school.
In 1861 he was appointed professor of
languages in the newly-founded Libe-
ria college. After five years service
he received a leave of absence, and oc-
cupied it in a trip to Egypt and Pales-
tine. He also visited the Protestant
college at Beirut as the guest of DR..
Jessup, who is now in this country.
Here he took occasion to improve the
knowledge of Arabic, which he had be-
gun to acquire in Arabia.
On his return to Liberia, DIR. Blyden
continued his work of teaching until
1871, when he resigned, and went on a
trip through Europe. He was then ap-
pointed by the British government as
diplomatic agent to make treaties
with the powerful Mohammedan and
pagan chiefs of the interior tribes of
Africa. After three years of this work
he again took charge of the Alexander
high school, which had meantime been
removed from Monrovia to the interior
twenty-five miles up St. Paul's river.
In 1877 DR.. Blyden was appointed min
lister plenipotentiary to Great Britain,
and served in this capacity for three
years. On his return to Monrovia he
was elected president of Liberia col
lege. He resigned in 1884, and took I'D
Independent educational work among
the Mohammedans at Sierra Leone.
In 1892 he was again appointed Libe-
rian representative at the Court of st.
James, which Office he still holds.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

ment known as the "%impromptu inter
national was arranged. 1t drew the
second-class players only from abroad.
In this tournament P~illsbury gained
only seventh place. A few months la
ter, however, he took first prize in a
smaller tournament containing the
best American players. This year he
was sent to Hastings as the representa-
tive of the Brooklyn Chess club. In
1899 be Joined the old Deschappelles
cluD or Boston. InlS was a rival or
ganization to the Boston Chess club.
which was more than half a
century old. In 1892 Pillsbury
went on a professional tour
to the Franklin Chess club at
Philadelphia and defeated all oppo-
nents, losing but one game. AT the in
vitation of the Boston Press club he
gave an exhibition of blindfolded play
contesting eight games simultaneous
ly, of which he won seven and lost one
This feat ranks him among the masters
nf that hroroh % nheee nl0v pillsburv
came the proprietor of the chess auto
maton of the Eden Musee. P~illsbury
is the only one of the line of Boston
chess-players who ever became a pro-
f~essional. His style is peculiarly. adapt
ed to one-round tournaments, as his
play is of the tactician rather than Of
the strategist, and he is consequently
able to defeat players in one game, to
whom he would eventually lose in a
series.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06

The custom of decorating churches
and houses with evergreens. branches
and flowers is of very early date. The
Jews used them at their feast of tab
ernacles and the heathens in several
of their ceremonies. and they were
adopted by the Christians. Christ
permitted branches to be used as a
token of rejoicing upon his triumph
ant entry into Jerusalem; it was nat
nral, therefore, that at Christmas
time, when his birth was celebrated,
this symbol of rejoicing should be re-
sorted to. Some of the early councils,
however. considering hat the practice
somewhat savored of paganism, en-
deavored to abolish it. and at one
time it was enacted that it was not
lawful to begirt or adorn houses with
laurel or green boughs.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
Wants a TOwnsite.

OMAHA, Speculative heirs Of Pc
ter Cassidy at Princeton Mills have
sued for the site of South Omaha.
The litigation involves nearly $1,000
600. They base their claim on a tech
nicality in the original transfers of
the land years ago, when it was of lit
tie value. The claim involves 23S
acres. Part of this belonged tO the
South Omaha Land company and is
plated into blocks and lots. There
to average the blocks 1,730 lots,
which are worth 1866, DOC. This would
show the claim of the Peter Cassidy
heirs.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
MILE. DE

opera in Paris. She is only a coryphee,
and is, and will always be, an indiffer-
ent d~anseuse. But her beauty and the
fact that she was the first in the French
capital to adopt the Mystic, the Leon
ardo fashion of wearing an overflowing
wealth Of hair. have led her to celeb
rity. She is tall, has a placid chore-
graphic grace, and offered in her pale
blue domino a rare poetic picture at
the opera masked balls last winter, as
she threw bouquets from her loge to her
admirers below.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
The Healer's Mission in Deyenr
Is Finished.

Denver. Col, Special. Francis
Schiatter, the so-called healer, disap-
peared last night, and a warrant for
his arrest has been issued from the
United States court. He had been
summoned to appear before the United
States commissioner to-day as a wit
ness against persons arrested on a
charge of using the malls to defraud
by pretending to sell handkerchiefs
blessed by Schlatter. The accused
claim they could prove Schlatter had
really blessed a bale of handkerchiefs
for them, and in that case he was
liable to indictment. He left a note
simply saying:
my mission in Denver is ended.
Goodbye"
Over 5000 people assembl ! this
morning expecting to receive treat
ment from Schlatter. There is a re-
port that the healer has gone down to
New Mexico, where he will fast for
ny days. At the expiration of this
rme he is expected to appear in Chi
Cago.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-06
Largo Request Left for a New Uni
YersitY In Illinois.

New York, Special.-Charles Burton
Phillips of Chicago, who died in this
city Oct. 25, left a will which was filed
in the su%rrogate's office to-day in holog-
raph. After making the bequest Of
certain property in Cairo, ILL.,, and in
Johnson county, ILL.,, to his daughter
and son respectively, the will directs
that the residue of oil his estate be
applied towards the establishment of
a polytechnic university upon lane
which the testator owned in Johnson
county, Ill.
This school, the will provides, shall
include the community doctrine, or, as
the words of the will put it, the cor
ganizing of the human family into a
vast partnership, and through whose
agency no member would ever want"
The Oneida community of this state.
Thomas e. Bryan of Chicago, and the
senior justices of the supreme court of
Illinois are named as trustees of the
proposed university.