Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-02
STATE ITEMS.

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The stave factory at Sparta is SUI
cess.
There are sneak thieves at large in va,
pun.
j a large amount of buck-w heat has bee
harvested in Dodge county.
Appleton is getting anxious to witne
the seething flames of the fire furnace"
The West Bend Democrat says that man
farmers in their county who own large OF
chards, manufacture cider, an consider it
better paying business. than raising wheat.
Secretary Of State Breese has consider
| able force of extra clerks preparing the cen
| statistics for his annual report.
Ia view of the closeness of the Senate
there is a lively interest in the election o.
| Senator's in the districts where the MAORI
| ties are small
An Appleton editor is SO forgetful tina
he cannot rememb Der the text, and therefore
requests the minister to furnish him with
the "copy."
The Fond du hackers are making efforts
to have glass factory erected in their
city.
The Berlin Courant reports the cranberry
crop there amounts to about 1000 bushels.
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O,0OO bushels.
The Ripon Commonwealth says farmers
Whereabouts complain of an unusal tenden-
deney to decay in fruits and Vegetables.
Trains on the st. Paul B Chicago rail-
way will commence running to Red Wing
Mimi, on Tuesday, the LIST of November.
No wheat shipments as yet have been
made from Eau Claire this fall, which is at
tri5utable to the low price at Chicago, and
the general poor quality of grain harvested
in that section.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette says "Since the
session of the Methodist Conference in this
city, it has been question in the minds CT
many whether wearing croquet slippers IS
trictly Chrislianliko."
The Fond Gu Lac Daily announces a
course of lectures before the Young Mems
Association, to be opened by Mrs. &. Cady
Stanton and Miss Lillian Edgerton, one on
each side of the woman question.
The Young Mems Association Library Of
Milwaukee, contains over 1900 volumes.
Rev. F. R. Half, rector of Trinity (Epis-
copal) church, Oshkosh, has rendered his
resignation. He will take charge Of the
Epicopsl church at Kansas City, Missouri.
The Waupun Leader says that among
the arrivals at the Prison this week is DR..
Duval, the GAINESVILLE wife murderer. lie is
under sentence for life, with the last FIVE
DAYS of April of each year on solitary.
The Republicans of Milwaukee county
have nominated as candidate for Senator
for the 9Th district, Mr.. o. j. Hale, for many
years one Gi tue ptoiAlu eAI ouoii9oo 1AiNA VI
Milwaukee.
We learn from the Sheboygan, Wis, pa
been raised for the completion of the dry
pers that FIVE thousand dollars have recently
dock at that place. The work is now 60
Jag on as fast as men and money can push
it.
The bridge across the Chippewa river at
Eau Claire, was completed last week. The
Eau Claire Free Pres says the bridge proper,
is 100 feet in length, having trestle work at
each end, and is 81 feet above high water
mark
The Sentinel says that an open switch at
Woodland, on the Northern Division Of the
Milwaukee & St.Paul r r, Wednesday, threw
an engine and nine freight cars from the
track, blocking up the road and deranging
the trains.
The special election in Superior City, to
determine whether the people of Douglas
County would issue bonus bonds to the
amount OF 5000, 600, to Stinson Co., of
the State Line Railroad, resulted in the de-
feat of the proposition, by vote Of 81 nays
to 81 yeas.
The Grant County Herald has a curious
story how, at the recent term of court al
Lancaster, man named Juddswas convinc-
ed of stealing horse. A short time after
another shorse- thief named Sprague, came
into court and voluntarily confessed him
self guilty Of the crime Of which Ladd had
been pronounced guilty.
The wife Of Daniel Colopy, living in the
Third Ward Milwaukee, was found dead
in her bed at O'Clock " ednesdsy morning
One Of the children woke up with presen
timent of something wrong, and went tt
her room, and found her dead. ApoplexJ
is the cause of her death. Mr.. Collopy wa
away from home
Richard Williams, of Moudville, was met
near Portage, by three men, who assailet
him wi h clubs, stones, and fists, till the.
supposed he was dead, when they took t
the woods Mr.. ". was fearfully beaten
bis face pounded to complete jelly, on
eye entirely closed and the other nearly sc
b is nose mashed, teeth gone, and near
| one half of his head literally scalped. II
can indentity his assailants.
The Lodi Journal has the following:
A reliable friend has givin us The dimen
sions of yellow W illow tree, from actu9
measurement, growing on the farm of Vim
Baird, near Juda, Green county. IT grey
from twig stuck in the ground twenty-sii
years ago. Five feet above ground it meas
ured eight feet seven inches around. Til
limbs covered a space of sixty feet in diam
ter. Who can out-willow that2
There is much excitement and indigns
ton at Janesville, Wis, in regard to pur
ishment in the public schools. 1t is state
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