Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-13
STATE ITEMS.

Rain may help it some, but the crop must
be light.
Homesteads, at the rae of thirty & day,
are reported as being taken at est. Croix
Iond-offce, mostly in Burnett and Polk
counties.
Sam Johnson, living on Tamarack Creek,
in Trempealeau, was thrown from mower
on the 9Th and had his arms, legs and
breast cut and mangIed in a horrible man
ner.
Clarno is the name of new post-ofice
Just established in the town of Clarno, four
miles southwest Of the village CT Monroe,
at Bowers Mills Mr. Bower is the post
| master.
\ tornado at Green Bay on the after
noon Of the seth, blew down chimncys.
smoke stacks, trees, signs, etc, while the
tide in the river rose two and half feet,
flooding gardens on the lowands of East
River.
They had great time with combusti-
b,es, explosives, speeches tic, in Portage,
| on the receipt of the news of the final pas
| sage of=the Fox and Wisconsin rivers i'm
proeement bill by both houses of Congress,
and that the President had signed it.
The Shawano Journal of the Both says
eve hear good reports of the gram crop
throughout the county, particularly from
the southern part. At Belle Plain, the past
week, piece of corn belonging to NJ r.
Lyman Dodge had silked OUT
The GAINESVILLE Gazette is run by a compa-
ny. There are l65 shares (par value prob
ably 81 o.. Of these shares u IL are held
by Gen. Bintlif; 81 IL by R. L. Colvin,
and by Anna NJ Colvin. The first named
is President of the company; tue second is
Treasurer; the lady is Secretary.
The tornado of the 3oth ult., inflicted
considerable damage upon timber in Green
county. In one locality in the town of
Sylvester, twenty trees were blown out of
the ground roots and all In the south
part of Monroe, several trees, ana one or
two horses were demolished by the wind
which preceded the rain.
The Boscobel journal says two employees
of Robinson's circus were seriously shot 1t
Potosi on Wednesday last by Rocky Noun
tain desperate named Brent. Both men are
in very dangerous condition, and it is
said there is no chance for the recovery of
one. Brent made his escape, but the sheriff
hoped to capture him.
The Injunction Of H. II. Smith. of Two
Rivers, to restrain Manitowoc county from
issuing the Milwaukee, Manitowoc and
Green Bay Railroad bonds, came up before
Judge Mclean, OF the Manitowoc circuit, on
Tuesday, the 28th ult After hearing argu-
ments in favor of continuing the injunction
in force, by Winfield Smith, ESQ, OF Mil
Wa lkee, aud F ". Cotzhauzen against, the
court dissolved the Injunction.
A fourteen ear-old son of Mr. Frost, of
Ellington, Outagamie county, was drow ned
in Wolf River on the 28th nit. He had
started from home in search of berries, and
not returning when he was expected, search
was made for him, viii ch resulted sn find
ing his basket on the bank of the river, and
his hat partially filled with Shells in the
edge Of the water. HIS body was not found
until the 30th, some three miles below
where his hat was discovered. He was sub
ject to fits, and probably was drowned while
under the influence of one.
The Gazette says the census of the First
Ward is between 5000, indicating popu
lation of about 1000 in GAINESVILLE.
The Madison Journal records a visit from
Mr.. Kim Wing, Chinese merchant of San
Francisco, who Is travelling through the
northwest to make arrangements for the es
adjustment Of tea stores.
We learn from the Eau Clairie Free Press
that the spikes, which have delayed work
on the West Wisconsin railroad, have
reached Augusta, and work has been re-
sumed. Material enough has been accumu-
lated TO complete the road to Eau Claire.
The Prison City Leader says that the worl,
on the Prison shop is progressing finely
/ The foundations are now all laid and parr
Of the front wall carried up nearly to the
TOP of the first story windows. The laying
Of the foundations of the front wall has
| proved difficult as the rock has been quarried
ont Of quite depth, and it was necessary
to excarate for the foundations some four
teen feet through earth that had been
moved rendering curbing necessary. TIL;
being now completed more visible progress
will be made, and without doubt the work
will be completed and the shops in opera
ton before winter sets in.
Another disastrous fire occurred at Keno
sha on the 4th. About one o'clock smoke
and flames issued out Of the barn of P. W
Voltz, of the American House, and it was
soon burned to the ground. The barn was
fall of horses from the country that came in
to celebrate the Fourth of July. The horses
were all got out except three, whose car
casses now lay zsmouldering in the ruins
Some were terribly burned about the head,
and viii die. The ice house and sheds were
destroyed, together with hay and oats.
Damage, $4,000; insurance, $500. The
+l,,., -, H. \ ~.
Schultz damages, $1,000, insurance, $500;
The next house was that of Thomas Sulli-
van, which was quickly consumed; dam
ages, $1,000; insurance, $500. The next