Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-28
STATE ITEMS.


Beloit, Wisconsin
William Wheeler, of Beloit, has passed
the examination and oeen enrolled as ca
Diet at West Point.
The Adams County Press tells of a bee
tree recently found in the town of Spring
vile, which contained $50 pounds of honey.
The Oshkosh Northeastern says pre- para
lions for the winter campaign in the woods
show that the Az cunt of numbering done
next winter will be no greater than last.
The Wausau Central says that four Indi-
ans, influenced by liquor, made an attack
on Mr.. Boucheau and two other men,
cutting Mr.. B. severely across the throat
and face.
The Republican Conv ention Of the 9Th
District of this State, which met at Oshkosh
on the 18th inst. renominated Hon. Phile-
tus Sawyer for Congress, he receiving eUery
Uote on he first ballot.
Ole Bull has promised to take part in the
concert at Milwaukee in aid Of the Prus-
sian sick and wounded soldiers.
J. Case, the Racine manufacturer, has
given S., 900 to the Jefferson liberal insti-
tute, provided like amount is given by
others.
A large force of men are engaged upon
tie harbor improvement at Manitowoc.
Nine cribs are to be sunk tn is fall.
The editor of the Waupaca Republican has
been shown some fine peanuts which were
grown in tn e garden of Mr.. Belden, in that
place.
The woollen mills owned by 10. Villas &
Co., situated about four miles from MaDito-
voc, were burned during the night of the
l4th inst. Loss $50, 000 insurance $1,000
Cranberries have been sold in the streets
at Black River Falls az low as one dollar per
bushel but the pickers generally ask from
one dollar fifty to two dollars. The crop
between 5000 and 1000 bushels.
The bus, of ex- Governor Dodge, of Wis
consin, is now receiving the finishing
touches at the hands Ct the artist, E. P.
Knowles. 1t will be placed in tie Capitol
at Madison the coming winter.
The La Crosse Leader tells a story of a
foolish German girl of that city who became
fascinated with fellow-countryman VIII ON
she met at the recent Turner Festival in
Milwaukee, and MARI ed ON two days &C
quaintance. The bridegroom left her on
the appearance of her father in Milwaukee,
and the girl weeps and the father curses.
In the town of Hixton, Jackson county,
on the 9Th inst, the hop house of Peter R.
Hoffman took fire from the stove, and was
CONSUMED, together with the hops from eight
and half acres. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, and the building and the hops
therein were insured for $l,725.
On the 9th inst. the house of S. B. Peters,
in the to wn Of Garden Valley, jackson
county, was struck by lightning. The en-
tire family were severely shocked, and two
ling, the electricity passed into the hen
house and pig-p pen, killing four hens and
two pigs.
The Whitewater Register reports that the
fall term of the Normal School opens most
prosperously, there being about sixty new
scholars, and full one half of the old ones in
attendance in the Normal department., and
the other rooms, show q proportional in
crease. There is every reason to believe
that this year the school will be even more
successful than it was last.
Governor Fairchild has appointed the fol-
| lowing delegates to the southern commercial
October 4 L P. Hull, Milwaukee; o. B
| Thomas, Prairie du CHEN B. J. Stevens
| Madison; E. H. Galloway, Fond du Lac
D. NJ. Kelley, Green Bay; Charles Seymour
! La Crosse.
A woman named Jane Caldy, houskeepcl
for Mr.. James Lillburn, near Emerald Grove
| was taken from Mr.. David Joness house, or
the nightsof the 18th inst, by party of 6
dozen men, stripped of her clothing, and
! tarred and fea altered.
Emma Brown, of the Chief, admonishe6
| Mr.. Pillsbury, after his late escape from
| drowning, that "Ministers ought to learn t.
swim, Or else fish only for men - to which
the Elder replies that he ''has no disposition
to interfere with aooman's rights"
The Appleton Crescent reports that ex
Governor Seymour spent a few days there
recenty...... Times says that the sale;
of wooden goods from the Appleton Wooden
Factory already amount to as much this fal
as; they did last, while the season is only
about half through.
The Kenosha Union is jubilant over a
mineral we'll just discovered. The water is
said to strongly impregnated with sulphur
Already mammoth hotel is planned which
is to be built at Troy's Corners inIthe vicinity
of the well. The b3lding will be l,GOO
feet by Co., six stories high ''capable of &C
commodating all the ;nvalids that may come
to this pool of Sulphur and be healed'
The Green Bay Adcocate says: Our De-
pere friends are having little excitement
over the finding of a dead body. The facts,
as we heresthem,ss are briefly as follows
Frank McShane was drowned last week in
the lock. His body was taken to the ceme-
terry and left till morning before being in
TERED. Next morning the coffin was in
TERED, but the grave-digger reported that it
was too light, for coffin containing body
This led to the digging up Of the coffin,
when it was found that the body had been
removed. This created considerable excite
ment, and officers were put on the search