Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-02-09
STATE ITEMS.

out stopping, last week.
The St. Croix RepuJEcan reports thirty
inches of snow in the pineries.
Col. Geo. B. Goodwin Of Milwaukee has
received the appointment of Assessor in the
LIST district of this State.
The Executive Committee of the State
Agricultural Society has decided that the
next State Fair shall be held in Milwaukee
Bishop Henri, of Milwaukee, is spoken of
as the probable American card inal to be
appointed by the Pope.
E. Reeve, editor of the Princeton Republic,
announces that he also takes orders for grave
stones manufactured by Ripon firm.
The Richland County Republican reports
that Frank Hubbard, of Sexton vile, was
thrown down by a horse, trampled upon and
injured in a serious manner.
Theodore Tilton, the editor of the New
York independent, viii deliver a lecture be-
fore the Appleton Young Mems Association,
on Thursday evening, February 9th, Sub
ject; 'tThe Art of Using the Mind"
A Evansville chap brought into court on
charge of bastardy, agreed to marry tie
girl, but said there were three other girls
with the same claim upon him.
mont, exploded on the 23d, tearing the
building and scattering things generally.
The workmcn had just gone to breakfast,
80 that no one was injured,
The Oshkosh Northwestern says the enc
hundred and thirty third anniversary of
the birthday of Thomas Pa inc was celebra-
ted by the Oshkosh FREEZER Manner Verein,
or Free Mems Association, on Saturday
evening, January 26th.
The Starch Factory of Messrs 4 & W
SnodgrasS, in the town of Cold Spring, in
this county, was burned to the ground on
last Friday evening. The Factory had been
in operation but few months, and as there
was no insurance on the building the loss
will fall heavily on the proprietors.
Two prominent citizen of Milwaukee died
in that city on the 3lst ult,-Maj ]. W.
Fuchs, formerly of the 26th regiment, and
lately Immi grafton Agent for the state of
Wisconsin, and Barzilla Throop, one of the
pioneers of Milwaukee, and for thirty years
q fur merchant there.
The Oshkosh Journal, of the 18th ultimo,
says that Nj. W F. Bowman, of the Algoma
gun shop, placed target nine inches in cir
conference at a distance of 100 rods, and,
with gun of his own manufacture, put
nine out of ten shots within a radius of three
inches of the center of the target
Gov. Fairchild has received official in for
nation from Washington that claims of Wis
consin for equiping troops for the Union
army, &c, to the amount of S2l9, 742,06,
heretofore suspended or disallowed, have
been audited, and the sum passed to the
credit of the State against the direct tax of
1862, which she has never paid. Last year,
"A dispatch says Eau Claire was devastated
by fire on the night of the 10th of Jan. One
square of buildings was entirely consumed.
1t included one general dry goods sto re,
two groceries, several other stores and Off
ces, one distillery, two large dwelling
houses, and a number Of outbuildings. The
loss is estimated at 100000:
Miss Olive Logan lectured in Milwaukee
on Thursday evening last. Her subject was
'Our Girls" divided into the following
parts:
l. The Fashionable Girl.
2. The Beautiful Girl.
3. The WomanIy Girl.
4. The Yankee Girl.
5. The Western Girl
6. The Strong minded Girl.
From the Whitewater Register we learn
that notwithstanding the duh times, sheriff
Humphrey is doing lively stroke of bus
mess. He is raking in all the Walworth
Co. culprits who have wandered away from
h~me. He lately brought in Bunce, the
Darien robber, and now here he comes with
D. ". G. Barnes, the man who lifted $7OC
worth of R. R. tick cts from the W. U. R.
r. office in DelaVan. This is O. notorious
character, supposed to belong to regular
"gang" Of desperadoes, and we trust he is
now in a fair way to get his deserts
Early Sunday morning, Jan. Goth, Madison
was visited with the most destructive fire
which has occurred there for years, the total
loss amounting to nearly $4,000 The re-
tail fancy and dry goods store of W. j. Sui
Ivan and that part Of his block between
that store and the Baptist Church was con
suned, only the walls standing Sullivan.
who is the heaviest loser, was insured fsy
$l6,40O on stock, $1,000 on the block,
which will fall some So, 900 short of meeting
the loss. The OTHER principal losers are
Pardee d Co., druggists, by removal; Hen
ry Ash, tailor; Mrs. Enloyan, miIliner.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette very justly rebukes
the cold neglect of the Wisconsin Legisla-
ture in regard to the death of Hon. B. F.
Hopkins. Assembling next week after his
death, when the tenderest recollections of
the sad event were still fresh in the minds
of all, it was supposed that somebody would
have such conception of the eternal fit
ness of things as to move in the way Of
showing proper official respect to the men,
DRY and worth of one who had occupied so
prominent place in the thoughts and af-
eulogy has been spoken, not resolution of
respect has yet been offered in either branch