Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-08-31
STATE ITEMS.
Oshkosh has FIVE miles ofdock room


The cranberry crop in Adams county has
been badly damaged by the fly.
An Oshkosh man has invented "a parlor
grindstone"
Jackson county has no Democratic paper,
and don't want one.
Ex-Governor J. T. Lewis, ofColum-
bus, has returned from bis European tour.
Sheboygan county has twenty one cheese
factories, using milk from Gil COWS.
sulpher springs have been discovered
near Manitowoc.
Prescott has warehouse capacity for
$500 bushels Of grain.
The Trempeauleau Record has seen an ear
of corn over two feet long.
The population of Milwaukee is 71,464,
and of Fond du Lac 12,771.
reunion Of Tie 32d Wisconsin regi-
ment will take place either at Fond dn Lac
or Oshkosh in October.
A young lady of Madison advertises that
she has good cowhide for the back of a
| young scamp who insulted her in the street
Work on the northern division of the
Portage, Winnebago, and Lake Superior
| railroad, from Doty's Island to Stevens
Point, is about to commence. The compile
ton Of the road from Dotys Island to the
Wolf river is looked for within the year.
General Tredway, of Madison. now in
Washington, is agent for the settlement OF
the State war claims He writes Governor
Fairchild that he has obtained a reversal of
the previous decisions whereby sixty thous-
and dollars in claims heretofore rejected are
all owed
There was serious scrimmage at Madison
| last week between some railroad laborers,
German and Eorwegians, on one side, and
Irish on the other, caused by some difficulty
of the former with contractor, about pay
There are 1922 regular news papers taken
in the village of Plymouth-240 Of which
are political, aud l5l of them are Republi
can in principles.
The Racine Advocate says that the losses
by fire since Jan. l, 1870, in the city of Ra-
cine, are 43,4GO, The amount OF money
expended in new buildings will reach Sl75,-
600, including buildings now under way.
The st. Croix Republican, says that there
is q German in the town Of CyIon in that
county, who has park Of loo acres which
contains between two and three hundred
deer It is surrounded by fence from
fourteen to sixteen feet high, firmly set in
| the ground, the posts so close together that
mans hand can scarcely be thrust between
them.
A company of about thirty farmers most
! " Germans, living near Black Hawk, Sank
county, have organized a company for the
purpose of raising BeetS and manufacturing
sugar. A share of stock in the company
costs $3.50. and each man owning one share
must plant four acres Of beets. About l60
acres are growing now, from which about
! 600 tons of beets will be gathered before
frost comes The factory just built By the
company, at Black Hawk, en- Honey Creek,
will cost, when filed with machinery. al
ready ordered, $4,000
Fl. R. Hobart, formerly of GAINESVILLE, aud
| S. S. Schof, formerly Of the kenoSha T'els-
graph, are the editors Of the new two cent
paper, the Eoeaing NG!l, just started in
Chicago.
A young lady in Oshkosh was lately pre-
scented with IN elegant card case from one
of her admirers. a few days afterward,
| while showing it to a lady friend she re-
marked that 'she wished he had given her
big one. This little one won't hold half a
deck.
! The Journal says the walls of the new no.
| tel at Madison are up to the top of the first
story, except on the Main street side, where
work has been delayed waiting for stone
| cutting, iron girders. &C., but that side is
now going up fast, and will soon be level
with the rest.
The Democrats of the Fourth Congress
sionaI district have renominated Hon.
Charles Eldredge for Congress. This is
Eldredge's fifth term.
The traffic in evergreen trees in Door
county has become very extensive One
| firm at Sturgeon Bay has shipped FIVE mil
lion trees southwark within The past year.
| At the Janesville fair on the I'D Of Sep
| tember three premiums to the value of $40
/ will be given to the first, second and third
| best looking baby on exhibition.
The new Fond du Lac Daily learns that
Mr. John Hagars, ofChilton, was discovered
Sunday morning hanging to 8 tree BY &
| strap Evidence scattered about showed he
committed suicide. The body was yet
warm when discovered, but life was extinct.
| The cause for the action is unknown.
| The Milwaukee SeHtteet gives an account
Of the narrow escape from drowning of Rev.
| G. D. PIllsbury, editor of the Northeastern
| AdUqnce, who was out in La Belle Lake at
! Oconomowoc The boat capsized, but Mr .
| Pillsbury and Mr.. Williams managed to
| keep hold of the boat until rescued by two
| daughters Of Judge Small who put out to
| their assistance and took them in tow.
| Kinna swan ashore.
| Only small number Of candidates for
naval cade tship appeared at the late exami-
| nation in Milwaukee, and it has therefore
| been decided to hold another examination
| soon, of which due notice will be given.
| The Evansville Gazette says that city has
| a boot-bIack who airs himself in the eve