Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-05-04
STATE ITEMS.

II was lying in its crib.
The summer term OF BeIoit College will
commence On Wednesday next.
o. @. Rowland, an old Madison printer,
va, recently killed by Indians in Utah.
Til, first through shipment Of wheat
| 5000 bushels) by water from Portage to
Buffalo, was made on the ed
Jackson Kenper, tie venerable Episcopal
Bishop of Wisconsin, is seriously i'll at kis
| residence at Nashotah.
Teams crossed Lake Winneoago on the
| ice only ten days before navigation opened
Edwin Forrest, the eminent Tragedian,
opens a season of four nights in Milwaukee,
commencing "Wednesday Eve, May 4th.
The Beaver Dam Citizen presents the
name of Hon, Charles Burchard as can
did for Congress from the 4th district.
The store Of Charles Sauer, in Onalaska
| La Crosse county, was robbed of its stock
OF dry goods one night last week.
! State SchooIeSuperintendent Craig has so
| far recosered his health as to resume the
| duties Of his Office.
The board of trustees Of the new Insane
| Asylum wiz visit Portage on the 18th of
May, FIR the purpose of considering the
matter of locating the new Asylum.
| A sturgeon, weighing So lbs, was eaugh
in the Eek river at Montello, last week
The Watertown House, opposite the @
and n. ". R. R. depot in Fond da Lac
was burned on Wednesday night. Loss
| So 600.
The first fair of the Northern Wisconsin
Agricultural Society will be held at Oshkosh
if she will furnish grounds and hx the
same, or pay $4,000.
The Wausau Pilot says: IA man by the
name OF Seward Lord, reported as being
from Big Prairie, was drowned on Sunday
last while dropping lumber from the mill of
J. c. Clarke"
The child of m English emigrant family
vas smothered to death on the cars between
Chicago and Kenosha, on the 23d nit.
In the United Ststes Court, at Milwau-
kee, Monday. Geo. R. Peck, of GAINESVILLE,
Peter B. Nissan, of Madison, and Chas H.
Lee, of Racine, were appointed commits
sioners of said court and masters in chan
Gerry.
c. L. Stuyyesant, deputy post master at
last week By Deputy o. S. Marshal Thomas,
upon charge of purloining letters. Mr..
StuyVesant was examined before Commits
sioner Bloodgood, and held to bail in The
sum ofone thousand dollars.
The Prairie du CHEN Press tells of q
young boy of seventeen, named Andre
Heron, who started to cross the river to
deGregor, last Monday, in a canoe, since
which time nothing has been heard of him
and it IS feared he is drowned.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin says it is un-
derstood that Alex. Mitchell declines to be
candidate for the Presidency of the North
western read for another year.
The Richland County Republican says
that son three years cid, of Rev. ]. Marks,
of Marshall, got choked with bean on
Saturday evening, the 9th, and died in FIVE
minutes after the occurrence.
We learn from the Whitewater Rooster
| that Isaac Aversion, son of Hans Aversion,
of that place, who recently left his home for
the tar west, was accidentally killed in Col
orado. No particulars have besn received
Of his death, but it is supposed be vas Killed
! in & saw mill.
| The grand total Of tue income returns for
| the present year, in the first district, is
| ll3,2746l, falling OFF of almost Sl5, 900
as compared with the returns Of last year.
| The Waukesha PZaindealer reports that
Sunday morning, Dr. s. Smith, of Eagle,
| attempted to commit suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor. His wife had been sick
with consumption for a long tine- and died
| at o clock on Sunday morning. The Doc
tor seemed good deal excited at her death,
and attempted to take his OWN life about
seven O'Clock, but was interrupted in time
to save him for the time being.
A cash capital of $500, 900 has been sub
scrlbed at Fond du Lac for the establishment
of a. beet sugar manufaetory. The ma
chinery of the Germania Sugar Compa
of CaatSworth, H., has heen purchased.
Over 400 acres of land will soon he plonghed
fer tie purpose of raising sugar beets The
seed viii be procured FROM Germany.
The Columbus Republican relates fear
ful runaway accident in that place last
week. team belonging to 8 German be-
came frightened, and coming in contact with
another team attached to light wagon,
completely demolished it and ranning over
the occupants. oEe of whom, Mr.. Topp, was
seriously injured about the region of the
0eafL, anu udc three Oh MS ElD9 DFOkSn.
The Chippewa Valley Netcs says two mea
were drowned in the river on Tuesday OF
last week. They were experienced log driv-
ers, who made the fool-hardy attempt to
float down the Chippewa on log, and found
8 watery grave in consequence Of their dar
ing. l. has rumors that three Or four other
men were drowned in the river above, and
adds Ii AZ such accidents are VI usually nu-
merous this spring
The Portage Register reports the sudden
death OF John Russell, resident OF Mound
vile, who fell suddenly on the sidewalk
there and died of paralysis few days ago
us vas q soldier in the late war.~ 1t also
reports that Louis Plat, an employee of the