Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-02-02
STATE ITEMS.

Orphan Asylum at Oshkosh.
Henry Vincent, of England, lectured in
Racine on Monday last.
Rev. Mr. Allison Fectured on the battle
Of Gettysburgh in Milwaukee last week.
Hon. C. D. Robinson lectured the same
evening. His subject was "Naples and its
surroundings"
The winter thus far has been very favora-
bic for winter wheat in all parts of the State
The GAINESVILLE Gazette saysin the western
part of Rock county is a man who will be
81 years of age in few days, and who is
the father of child about two months old
The Berlin Couraut says the beet sugar
question is stirring up considerable interest
in that section, and that many farmers viii
institute experiments another season.
James K. Harris, prominent citizen of
Evansville, fell dead in a railway car at Mil
ton junction on the goth. He had previ-
ously been in good health.
The Madison Democrat says Madam Ru-
NOR insists that the hand and heart of a
wealthy and handsome lady of that city has
been offered to John Dillon, the comedian.
In the Senate, on Wednesday, Hon. David
Taylor was elected President pro tenn, by
seventeen votes, to FIVE for Sat. Clark, four
for lIr. Lynds one for Mr.. Morgan, and one
for Mr.. Schantz.
From the Dodge Co. Democrat we learn
that the residence of Mr.. E. G. Lewis, in
juneau, was destroyed by fire last week.
Loss, 81, 500 Insured.
The West Bend Democrat reports an acct
dent which befel Mr.. P Hoffman of Jackson.
While engaged in threshing clover seed,
his right arm caught in the machine and
was broken in FIVE places
| More robberies, murders, fights, and dis
graceful occurrences have been reported from
GAINESVILLE during the past year than any
| other point in the State.
J. E. Munger. en- old and respected citi-
zen of Winnebago county, died at his resi-.
| dence in Omro, last week. At one time he
was principal of the High School at Osh-
kosh, and was county Superintendent of
schools for 6 years.
D. W. Maxon, Democratic member of
| Assembly from Washington county, has
introduced bill requiring that the consti-
tuition of the United States ana of Wiscon-
sin shall be taught in our common schools.
The Milwaukee Nea0s urges the removal Of
| the capital from Madison to Milwaukee, and
euumerates at length the extraordinary adj
vautages of that place over Madison as the
seat of government.
| The clerk of a certain school district in
| Calumet county, hired teacher for the
winter term, but after visiting the school
| house for two days in succession without
single pupil appearing he gave up his con-
tract in disgust.
A little three year old boy of this city,
says the GAINESVILLE Gazette, whose sympa-
thies have been awakened by seeing the
birds out in the cold, says when he gets big
he W i'll buy tboo jay shoes and stockings
and lcbin led best bed and slipper CASE
From the Sheboygan Herald, we learn that
a sailor by the name of VIM. Dohmier was
sufocated on the Len Higby He had taken
some Goals in to the hold of the vessel, to
keep some potatoes from freezing and fall
ing asleep was sufocated by the gas. He
was alive when found, but in sensible, and
| lived only few hours.
Mrs. Martha Large was tried and convict
ed at Oshkosh, for cruelty to her step-son,
| a child SIX years old. The evidence showed
that she beat him numerically with a club,
| kept him out of doors, nearly naked, on the
coolest days, and crippled the child by blows
| and ilI-usage. She was sentenced to three
months in the County Jail.
John Lepke, one Of the earliest settlers of
| Manitowoc county, came to his death last
week in singular manner. He was assist.
| ing in slaughtering a hog, when he was
scratched by the struggling animal On one
arm, which soon commenced swelling, ex-
tending rapidly over his whole system. In
| spite of the best medical efforts, in short
| time the man was corpse.
The Baraboo Republic reports that
young man named Mantor, who recently re-
moved from Wyocena, with his mother, to
work for the Baraboo Manufacturing Co.,
was badly injured by circular saw one
day last week. Both his hands were shock
| ingly cut and torn, and one of them so Sc
verely that it is nearly ruined.
A sheep of Mr. D. Boyden, of Ironton,
| near Baraboo, died suddenly, about the day
she was expected to drop her lamb, under
circumstances that seemed to him SO unusual
that he was tempted to open the animal.
| In its womb he found two lambs, perfectly
formed, and a nondescript monster, which he
describes as having the body Of a ground
hog the face OF cat, ana legs Whlch pro-
jected backwards like the hippers of a seal.
1t was twice the size of the lambs, and ex
ceedirgly fat.
The Milwaukee Sentinel gives the particu-
lars of horrible accident which occurred in
that city on Monday of last week. A young
man named Fritz Waterman, in the en-
ploy of Wauwatosa milkman, visited Me-
iner Co.'S distillery, near the Menomonee
crossing, on Spring street, for the purpose Of
procuring swill-feed for the cattle. When
his turn at the tub arrived, he drove up:
and was in the act of stepping out of the
wagon, when the horses started, and caused
him to fall into the vat of seething swiu.
He was Immediately rescued, but was so
tarrihIv cca1de6 ahOnt the head and ShOnl-