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Yol. XVII. jTl(c public tig* EIG-HT PAQ-HS. ’UBLISHED 3VEEY WEDNESDAY J. 3bL KEYES, PROPRIETOR.. TEEMS: >2,00 per Afitiitnu 9 in Advutice. Rates of Advertising• SPACE TTwkL I M. | 6 M. j 6 M. | 1 Y. * square ... ..T; *1 00, $2 00, $3 00 js6 00 $lO 00 i6o 3 00 1 6 00! 900 12 00 squares ......... 260 5 00i 1C 00! 14 00 18 00 4 column 350 5 50 : 11 00j 16 00 25 00 i colnm” 650 il 00 IS 00 ( 28 00 40 00 “ colJmn 12 001 IS 00 > 28_00| 40 001 70 00 Marriages and Deaths inserted gratis. Professional and Business Cards $5.05 a year. Business notices in local column 10 cents per line •r first insertion, and live cents for subsequent isevtions. , , , ... ~ .. Advertisements not accompanied with directions, dll be inserted till ’orbid, and charged for accord avlv __ 3uoiuce-o (F artla. K. M. WIGGENTON, M 0 Physician and Surgeon, OFFICE in Johnson’s Block, opposite Bank of Watertown. Office Houbs—lo:3o to 2:30 p. m . and 7 c g p, m.; residence near Catholic Church, elow Dr. Solliday s. Daniel hall c. b. skinneb. HALL & SKINNER, A TTORNEYS and Counsellors at Law and ■'olicitors in Chancery. Save complete abstract of the records of II titles and incumbrances on -eat es ite in Jefferson county. Office over Wis onsin National Bank, at the toimer oiuce f Enos k Hall. SAMUEL BAIRD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OSes Over Bank of Watertown. W, C. SPALDING. r>HYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and Ex -> amiuing Surgeon tor Pensions. Office vor Bank of Watertown Baimg, up stairs. dr. c. R. MUZZY, UGineoimiliic Physician. Rooms over Post Office. Office hours ) to 11 A. M.—2 to 3 and 7to 8 P. M. Residence, Clymau street, corner of Ttb treei. Eiigeaie Goeldsaer, DfflSmST, door east of post of- Uje. Water own, Wis, Teeth extracted n a>ai pain Denta work of every style, urgicil mi mechanical, aristically and kill fully performed, and w minted. HAMLIN & FORD, WATERTOWN Lumber Yard. Lumber of every description 5 Lath and ihiugies constantly on hand aid for sale at be Lowest Market Piicc, at the Milwaukee 'epot, IFatertown. Wis. A, GRITZNER. I Barter and Flair Dres ? ser. "Shop under Post Office, Brook s Hock, Watertown, Wis. The best of Hair ?ye used, warranted to bold color for eight veeKs. august wig gen horn, JEWELER, has recently opened a Jew elry Store in Johnson's block, corner Jain and Ist street, where he will keep onstantly on hand a large stock of Watches, Clocks. Jewelry, Silver and Pla ed Ware, &c. Particular attention paid o repairing Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, te. and warranted to give satisfaction STRAW & MURPHY, PAINTERS and Dealers in Wall Paper Window Shades, Paints, Oils, Varnish, lass, Putty, Brushes, &c. One door west •Wisconsin National Bank, W s tertov* nf J. HEY MANN, IMPORTER and dealer in Foreign and Domestic Wines and Liquors, and also nanufacturers ot choice Cigars. The purest California Wines and Bran ies constantly on hand. Watertown, Feb. 8, 1872. BAEBENROTH, Book Seller, Stationer AND BOOK BINDER Main Street, East of Fourth Street, 3i WATERTOWN, WELL DRILLING. ■* WISH TO NOTIFY THE PEOPLE OF I Watertown and vicinity, th at I have re mtly purchased a New Well Drill, and I • prepared to do every kind ot work in /line, both in Rock and Dirt V.'c.ls, and ould be glad of your \ atronage. For jrther information enquire ot E. A. MENDENHALL, Watertown, Wis. Watertown, March 14th, 1876. Rock River Mills. rHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING PUR chased of M. Blanchard his Custom and ’louring Mill, will continue to do a general nilling business. Orders for Flour can be ef *at the store of Henry Pritzlaff or at the bakery of Woodard & S'one, or at the mill, flour delivered n at y part of the ci'y. KOENIG, WOODARD A CO Q/ Mertoum MeitutHtcm. FISCHER & HOHK, MERCHANT TAILORS. Dealers in CLOTHING. CASSIMERES, GENTS FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, CAPS, &C. Custom Tailoring A SPECIALTY. Per feet fit or no sale. Prices re duced. Call and be Suited, t. >1 cca ii 10, PRACTICAL MABBLE WORKER, Of 25 Years Experience. Plain and Ornamental Work Promptly and Ner :ly Executed. We keep none but the best matertial and Will Not Be Undersold. Please give us a call. Watertown, Wis., March 24, 1875 Spring & Summer Styles F.VVKurzweg, 120 Main St. Has just, received at his store, one of the 'Largest and Most Com plete Stock of BOOTS and SHOES in the city, consisting of the latest and most fashionable styles of Ladies’, Gentle men's and Children’s Wear. He deals with, none but the most reliable eastern manu facturers, and has a heavy and choice as sorunent ot Ladies French Kid Button, French Kid Polish. Ladies Box-Toe Shoes, Ladies Box-Toe Slippers, and all other var ieties most in demand, and most substan t:al. He has a splendid stock of Ladies goods from Reynolds Bros., Utica, N. Y., which are not surpas ed He has been careful in the selection of all bis stock, particularly with reference to serviceable qualities and beauty of finish. He invites the public to examine his stock He warrants all goods. Custom Work is done with the greatest nearness and punc tuality, and every care taken to give entire satisfaction. He thanks the public for the liberal patronage he has heretofore received, and solicits all to call and give his goods a thorough examination, as he is confident he can please both as to quality and price. F. W KURZWEG. Watertown, May Ist, 1876. 27 J. W. CANES’ MUSIC HOUSE, STATE AGENCY C BICKERING, HAZELTON, And iEOLIAN PIANOS, Also, BURDETE, CELESTE, PELOUBET and PELTON And TAYLOR & FARLEY ORGANS. for circular or call at 85 West Main street, Watertown, Wis., and exam ine the largest stock of Musical Merchandise in the state. Change of Firm. THE UNDERSIGNED would respectful ly inform the citizens of Watertown that he has purchased the interest of his partner, Mr. Wm. Wilson, in the Meat Mar ket on the west side, and is prepared to supply all with anything in his line ou short notice. The undersigned will adjust all outstanding accounts ot the late firm.— Those having tills against the firm of Wil son & McGeean will please present them for payment, and all indebted to said firm are requested to call and settle: JAMES McGEKAN. Watertown; Oct. 24th, 1876. FOR SALE. A FARM 3h miles west of Watertown on the Milford road, containing 40 acres, a good house, granary stabling, two wells, imber meadow and tillable land. Appl> at the farm. THOMAS GRANGE, Proprietor. WATERTOWN, WIS., WEDNESDAY, NOT. 8, 1876. Legal Notices. Sheriff’s Sale—ln Partition, Circuit Court—Jefferson County. Silas E. Randall, and ~j Martha Randall, his wile, Plaintiffs, j against i Samuel M. Randall, Hulda Randall, | his wife, [ Barber Randall, Harriet Randall, j his wife, | Mercy E.Hutchinson,Samuel Hutch- t inson, her husband, j Kudora Dean, Frank Dean, her bus- | baud, j Luell.t Greeu, John P Green, her | husband, j Frank Green' Helen J. Green, Ida | Green, Alice Green, and Anna | Green, Defendants, J NOTICE is hereby driven that by virtue and in pursuance of a judgment and order of sale rendered in the above entitled action on the IBtb day of September, 1876, by the Circuit Court in and for Jefferson Conuty, I shall offer lor sale and sell to the highest bidder, at the front door of the dwelling house on the premises hereinafter described in the First ward of the city of Watertown in said Jefferson County, on Saturday the 16th day cf December A. D 1876, at leu o’clock in the forenoon of that day, all that certain lot or parcel or land situated in the First ward of the city cf Watertown in the county of Jefferson and Slate of W isconsin, known and described as lot number eight (8) in Block twenty (20) according tc Cole, Baily & Co.’s plat of Watertown aforesaid, as surveyed by Milo Jones, and duly recorded in the office of be Register of Deeds of said county. Dated, October 27ih, 1876 JOSEPH GILES, Sheriff of Jefferson County, VVis. Hall & Skinner, Plaintiffs Attorneys. SHERIFFS SALE. Circuit Court—Jefferson County. George Lewellen. Plaintiff, ] against 1 William Schmidt and J- Augusta Schmidt, bis wife, H. S Johnson and others, Def’dantsj BV Virtue and in pursuance of a judg. meat of foreclosure and sale rendered in the above entitled action by the Circuit Court in and for Jefferson Cos., in the State of Wisconsin on the 27th day of St ptembor, 18 76. I shall expose for sale and sell at public auction o the highest bidder, in the front room of the law office of Hall & Skin ner, in ilie Fourth ward of the city of Wat ertown, in said county, on the 14-tii day of December. 1876, at ten o’clock in the fore noon of that day, all the following describ ed Real Estate, situate in the village of Wa terloo, in the county of Jefferson and State ot Wisconsin, 10-wit: Lots number one (1) and number four (4), in block number one (l(; also lot number one (1) in block num ber eight (8), a* cording to the plai of said village now on record at Jefferson, in said county ot Jefferson (except that portion of shiq lots heretofore deeded by said Wi.iiam Schmidl and wife to F. Rehm.) or such portion of said described premises as will be sufficient to satisfy said judgment in the order therein provided. Dated, October 28th, 1876. JOSEPH GILES, Sheriff’ of Jefferson County. Jefferson County Court—ln Probate. In ihe matter of tfie Proof of the lust will aud Testament of Andrew Donuegan, Deceased. ON Reading and filing an instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Andrew Donuegan, late of tbe city of Watertown, in the county of Jefferson and Slate of Wisconsin, deceased, and also the accompanying petition of Mary Dounegan, represening among other things that the said Andrew Donnegau lately died at his residence in said city of Watertown : thatthe said instrument is the last wilt and testament of said deceased, and that she, the petitioner aforesaid, is the identical Mary Donnegan named and appointed by the aid last will executrix thereof; and praying that a day be appointed for hearing the proofs of said last will and testament strument be heard before the Judge of this Court on Monday, the 20th day of Novem ber, A. D. 1876, at 11 o’clock in the fore noon, at the office of the County Judge, in the Village of Jefferson, in said county, And it is farther ordered, that public nonce thereof be given to the heirs at law of said deceased, and to all other persons in terested, by publishing a copy of this order for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing in the Watertown Republican, a weekly newspaper, printed and published at the city of Watertown in said county. Dated at Jefferson, the 20th day of Oct ober A. D.1876. AARON RANKIN, County Judge. Referee’s Safe. Circuit Court--Jefferson County. John Schroeder, Plaintiff, against j August Knnitz, i. Augusta Kunitz, his wife, and | Adam Engelhardt, Defendants, j BY virtue and in pursuance of a judg ment of foreclosure and sale rendered in the alcove entitled action by the Circuit Court, in and for Jefferson county, in the State of Wisconsin, on the 22d day of Sep tember, 1876, I shall exiose for sale, and sell at public auction to tbe highest bidder at my office in the Second ward of the city of Watertown, in said county, ou tbe 11th day of November, 1876, at tea o’clock in the forenoon of that day, all the following described real estate situated in the Firs'! ward of the city of Watertown, in the county of Jefferson, and state of Wisconsin, to wit: Lot number four (4) i n block number seventy-five (75) as marked upon Cole, Dailey & Co’s recorded plat of the vil lage (now city) of Watertown, aforesaid: also the south half of out lot number three (3) adjoining said lot four (4) on the east side, according to the recorded plat of tbe survey of out lots in said ward, as surveyed by JuDGon Prentice AUGU T TANCK. Referee. Dated September 25, 1870. Close of the Great Exhibition. The programme for the closing ex ercises at the Centennial Exhibition on Friday, November 10, is now being matured. It is expected that the President of the United States will be present and make the formal declara tion that the Exhibition is closed. It has not yet been decided whether the Centennial authorities, with the in vited guests, will proceed in a body to Machinery Hall, there stop the great engine at the appointed hour, and then proceed to the ma n stand, or whether the engine will be stoppeed by a telegraphic signal from the stand during the exercises. An organization is being perfected by which facilities will be afforded to exhibitors, both foreign and American to continue the exhibition of their goods in the Main Building after the close of the Exhibition, that building having been purchased from the Cen tennial Board of Finance for the pur pose of creal ing a permanent exhibition . The Pennsylvania - Museum and School of Industrial Art, to be estab lished in Memorial Hall, will probably be closely patterned after the South Kensington Museum of London. The original subscription for this institution 570,000, of which fully $20,000 have already been expended Many objects of interest have been voluntarily do nated to the Museum, the contributions being most liberal in the Japanese, Ch inese, Spanish, Egyptian and Swed ish departments. Among the mure recent donations are a large number of piaster casts taken from the Alhambra in Spain, and presented by Count Do nadio, and 10l frames of Flicteiie ivory, for educational drawings, pre sented by (he Duke of Richmond and Gordon. The museum proper will not be opened until the 10th of May, 1877, but arrangements are now being made for depositing the objects secured, and opening a school of industrial art early I his winter. Anna Dickenson’s Marriage.— The peculiar misfortune of a woman thus gifted is that she is separated by her genius from general society. This is a penalty which all such persons feel keenly. f l here are a few men who are sufficiently her equals in talent to com mand her respect. r J hen as for love matters it may be asked who is there that would fall in love with such u lioness? Let none envy that degree of talent which must cause perpetual desolation. If Miss Dickinson ever marries, it must be the actuf condescen sion. Women ot talent, when they take a husband, must view him from the “weaker vessel.” Mrs Sin ouniey was in her day a noted poet, but who ever heard of Sigourney? He was merely a carpet-dealer, un known beyond the limits ot the trade. Jenny Lina threw herself away upon an inferior fellow whose name ehe has since been compelled to wear, and Mrs. Stowe has always ranked abive her excellent husband, the professor. And Mrs Siddons. too, that famous tra gedienne. ihere must have been a Mr. Siddons. but though he was a clever player, he was lost in the gran deur of his wife. Nobody ever heard of Siddons except as a small piece of masculinity attached to a wonderful woman. Troy ( N. Y. ) Tim es. It is hard to stand by a principle when that principle isn’t in style. Now there is Mrs. Dr. Mary "Walker. She commenced by putting on a full suit of gentleman's black, But now what do she do? She wears a coat and vest and trowsers, of course—but what a coat and vest and trowsers. Coat trimmed with fur, fastened with smoked-pearl buttons, a broad piece of ribbon pinned between the shoulders, the back buttons sawed off and the skirts themselves dangling with mink tur tails. And her vest: Made of blue velvet, shirred and knife pleated and set all over with rows of ball fringe. And her trowsers: Constructed with feather trimmings down the side, cut bias and made full a tergo , and set off at the bottom with frilled white cuffs. Neither the State nor the Navy De partment has recent information con cerning the United States steamer Franklin, but it is supposed that she will be heard from some time this week. While there is no doubt Tweed, the prisoner on board, will be delivered to New York State authorities immediate ly on his arrival, it is not probable that official correspondence on the subject will be published before a meeting of Congress. When the Spanish Govern ment informed tint of the United States of Tweed’s anest, and its readi ness to surrender hiiq in accordance with the wishes of our government, the American legation was instructed to conduct the arrangements to that end. So well has the Centennial Exhibit ion been managed pecunarily that tWe is now littK donbt but that the surplus will be now less than one and a halt millions. The Beecher Scandal. New York, November 2. —The Congregational Association of. New \ork and Brooklyn has issued to the public a statement of its action in gard to the charges against the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher’s morals, which were brought before the Advisory Council Commission. The- Committee appointed last Winter to co-operate in bringing evidence before that commis sion report that up to this day, after mure than six months’ opportunity to speak, and most urgent and public en treaty that every one would speak who had anything to say against him, no one had seen fit to respond; no one had undertaken to make either before the association, oi before the commis sion, the slightest responsible charge against the moral character of the Rev Lenry Ward Beecher. The report of the committee was adopted, and the following preamble and resolutions were pasaed: Where as, The report of the said commit tee indicates that there is no substantial ground for believing in the guilt of Mr. Beecher; be it therefore Resolved, That we do, therefore, as an as sociation, regard onr brother as worthy of our confidence and love, and express to him our sympathy in the severe trial through which he has passed. Europe. There is a lull in the war between Turkey and Servia w.iich has been in augurated by the signing of a two months’ armistice between the bellig erents. The effect will be a temporary cessation of hostilities, during which efforts will be made by the Great Pow ers, or some of them, to negotiate a permanent peace The news that the armistice had been agreed upon had had the effect, also, to produce a panic in the cloth and yarn trade in Liver pool and Manchester, England. The- Fust says: ‘‘Yesterday was the most exciting day the cotton market has experienced fox years, and the enormous sale has thrown the business altogether out of gear. Yarn prices are reduced all round. There are large offers at about Id advance, but they are mostly declined, so that little business results. The exports of yarns are more active, and show, in most cases, a large advance. Business in cloth is at a stand-still Buyers do not follow the upward movement eager ly, and sellers dare not go on even at the recent fullest quotations without further instruction from their princi pals.’’ The Courier says: “For some days the Turkey-lServian armistice which is now announced, Las been confidently expected, and the Manchester market lor goods and yarns, as our cotton market, has been perceptibly regaining in rone. Only upon one occasion, upon'the eve of the American civil war, have sales reached such a figure as was announced yester day, and at Manchester with the ad vancing prices business was active and transactions large.” The Grain Yield.—Washington D C , Nov. 2. —-The returns of the Agricultural Department for October indicate a reduction in the yield of the wheat crop of nearly one-sixth Every section ot the Union indicates a re duced product, except the Middle Slates which increased about 2 per cent. The New England States lell off 4 per cent, the South Atlantic States 2 per cent, the Gulf States 27 per cent., the Southern inland States 8 per cent, the States north of the Ohio river 14 per cent., the States west of the Mississippi River 27 per cent, the Pacific States nearly 2 per cent. These figures point to a yield of about 245,000.000 bushels. The rye crop of 187 G is reported 4 per cent, less than that of 1875, but in quality it averages somewhat above its predecessor. The oat crop of 1876 shows a falling off of 27 per cent, compared with its predecessor. Every section of the Union is deficient. Buckwheat is fully an average. The barley is 9 per cent, less than the average. Silk Culture in Louisiana.— Mr. Roquet, of New Orleans, has con tributed much to the increased silk production of Sicily. He has in St. Tammany parish an establishment where for several years he has raised large quantities of silk worms of the finest species. He does not make any silk, because he found it more profita ble to ship his worms’ eggs to Messina and soil them; his income is above $3,000 every year from this source. The eggs produced in Louisiana were found to be the best produced any where, and Mr. Roqnet has been com plimented by our own Agricultural Bureau and by the Italian authorities for his success in raising sound and healthy worms, yet few of our citizens ever heard of Mr. Roquet or his enter prise, and scarcely any know how easy it is for one or two lad'cs and their children to ra- without much trouble a crop indoors worth SB,OU‘) a year. Ihe Now Coal Combinations, The New York Journal of Com merce has every reason to believe thai there will be uo new coal combinations arid res its reasons; ‘Tue general scale of prices now in dicates a large advance from the bot tom rates of the great combination sale of August, and it is not thought like*} that they will soon recede to that minimum point for the different grades again. The prices which have been paid at the recent auction sales arc, on the whole, satisfactory. The sales have undoubtedly been conducted nth fairness, and the coal has brought just what it is worth to the consumers and no more, while the companies have been rewarded by the result. Under these circumstances, it would be a great mistake tot the companies to get up another ring to force prices higher No one of those who adhered to the ring agreements formerly made as much money then ns they are making now. 3he prfic3 all fell. it turned cut to those who evaded the compact while nominally hound by it. This want of mutual confidence and fidelity—aside from all other reasons—will of itself serve to prevent the revival of the coal combination. If members will not be fettered by their agreements before, they will not now that they have tasted and realized the advantages of liberty in trade. Tfee Lick-Estate Contest. The natural ben (0 the vast Lick es tate in California, Mr. John H. Lick, has changed bis mind. He said thtt he would not contest his father's trust deed, by which so many beneficiarus had been endowed on the Pacific coatt, but here we see him. thus early alter the millionaire s death, scouring the com t-room borders in San Franc sco, hand to hand with a string of lawyers, with the one aim oi disrupting that same trust. The sight of five or eight millions of dollars was too much lor his mind’s weak eyes, and he has rushed out from his humble work ia old Pennsylvania, filled with a mama to grasp it ail instead the handsome part left him by his deceased ancestor. The grounds upon which John H. Lick will contest the trust deed in question, are, insanity on the part of • bo testator and undue influence on the part of the trustees to the fund. In establishing these claims a long course of litigation will follow, and, if won, the grand schemes of the eccentric old Californian, who now lies buried, will be entirely frustrated and left in their present unfinished state. In defense of the fund the trustees will demand that John H. Lick estab lish his claim to the heirship of the deceased, he being an illegitimate son, since the elder Lick was never mar ried. It is thought that it will be hard for the contestant to prove his re lationship, as the alleged father's con duct has never been regarded suffic iently flagrant in its nature to admit of the supposition advanced try the claim ant, without proof However the matter may turn, it seems certain that an old story is to be repeated. A fight over a deed; years o' litigation; everything bad advanced a.ainst the character of the dead; friendships broken up; hates engen dered, and at last the lawyers on both sides seen marching off in company with the fortune divided between them. On Carrying Deadly Weapons. From a sound article in the Omaha (Neb.) Republican , on the crime of carrying concealed weapons, is called the following extract, touching upon fhe late cruel and tragic murder ia Chicago: “What a kindness to Sullivan, bad .the law said with compelling force. ‘You shall carry no deadly weapons about your person. 7 What a mercy to poor Hanford, sent in a moment out of life, with not a day for reflection, not one moment for repentance. •‘Here, too, is a lesson and a warning for the best of men. No man, howev* er sane his head, however self-cootroll ing his will, however just, humane and manly his heart, no man knows when (as one has said with startling effect) ‘God may take His hand off from him, 7 and when blind and self willed passions of whose existence he never dreamed, may impel him ir-esistably to do the worst in his power against some fellow man. “Better ‘take the chances 7 all through life of receiving personal in jury unjustly than run the risk of going down to the grave with a broth er 7 s blood on your hand. When the Rhode Island militia par aded the other day you might hear tht* officers thunder forth the*r commands: “Guido right; steady, men; don’t push 1 anv one over into Connecticut!”— 1 Y. Com . Adv. No. 2.