Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-08-24
STATE ITEMS.

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The population of Wisconsin in 1866 wa
| $685. 87.
The Berlin Cograst says that potatoes az,
suffering terribly from the bugs, ana fear
are entertained that the late crop will be
| total failure in that section.
The Durand Times reports that Peter an(
Orilla Manore have thirteen children al
living ; the eldest one is 26 and the young
est one year old in March next.
The Beaver Dam Citizen says Mr.. A. Yes
| per, of Rolling Prairie, has obtained yerdc
from hotel keeper at Horizon, amounting
to z172-damages and costs, for damages
| received from runaway, caused by a coupe
of yelping dogs which ran out from the ho-
tel, and frightened the horse
The barn of Mr. H. B. Sherwood, at Bur
nett, was struck by lightning on the 5th
inst, and burned A German at work on
the farm, and who had sought shelter from
the storm in the barn, was killed by the
shock. The barn was 100 by As feet and
three stories high, and was a.model one.
E. Wixom, of Fulton, tels the Janesville
Gazette of hog raised by him and fattened
on barley, which weighs, at twelve and
one-half months old, 40 pounds.
The Grant County Herald says the village
OF Bloomington was visited by most ter
rible hail storm on Friday afternoon of last
week. The commandment lasted only few
minutes, but was very effective. The win
dows suffered terribly, and the vines in the
gardens were pretty generally destroyed .s 20
Some bad boys at Oshkosh put a hornets
nest unde r the cushion CT a sofa in a church
pulpit on Sunday week, and, when the min
lister sat down after reading the hymn, he
got right up without being told. He said
he did not feel like preaching that morn
ing, and the congregation went home in
hurry.
The Germans of Madison held mass
meeting on Friday evening. The subscrip-
ton to the fund for the wounded and or
phans of the Prussian army were liberal.
The Berlin Comant estimates that the
yield of apples within radius of eight
miles from Berlin in 1869 was not less than
40, 600 bushels
The Door County Advocate says that o.
Hendershott and Tom Toppngs killed
large lynx last Wednesday evening about
three miles northeast of the village. 1t was
a largs sized animal.
The Oshkosh Northeastern says that
marriage took place in this city few weeks
since which was brought about by corre-
spondence originating from an advertise
ment in the Chicago Tribune. "O5ject,
fun or matrimony."
Receip pts of wheat at Milwaukee for the
week ending August 18th were $50, 7O3
bushels, against l23, 1875 in the correspond
ing period last year.
The revenue cutter, Andrew Johnson,
laid up at Milwaukee for the past FIVE years,
is being fitted up and will be on active duty
in few days under command of Captain
David Evans, formerly of Berlin.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette on the 18th eel
ebrated its twenty fifth birthday.
The La Crosse Republican says that the
grading is progressing very rapidly on the
North Pacific Railroad, there being nearly
thirty miles of road bed ready for the ties
Track laying will begin early next week,
and will be pushed forward as fast as the
iron is received. Gov. Smith, of Vel mont
the President of the road, and party are ex-
pected to witness the laying Of the first rail.
About 3, 00e men are at work on the grade
few miles from Junction, and as many
more would find ready employment, as it is
the intention of the contractors to push it
through to Red River by or before the lss
of next June.
1t is asserted by the Republican that the
Columbus Cheese Factory is making as good
cheese as any establishment in the west.
The population of the village OF Omro is
1856, ond that of the town 400, making
the total population $3.50. Omro during
the past four or five years has grown with
surprising rapidity.
A national bank is to be started at Me-
nasha The Oshkosh Times say that the
exchange business al Menasha is greater
than at any other place OF equal population
in Northern Wisconsin.
The oldest living member of the Masonic
fraternity in this country, if not in the
world, is David Styles of Prescott in this
State. He is in his lO5th year, and was
made Mason on the 2lst day of May, 1873,
over 73 years ago.
The Tomah Journal records the death ola
child of Jacob Martin, living near Jackson
vile, in that county, occasioned by the bite
Of q rattlesnake.
The Mineral Point Tribune tells ola fam
lily, six in number, in the town of Mitfiin'
whose united ages amount to 38l years
The eldest is 70, and the youngest Sc; aV-
eraging 633 years. These persons are broth
ers and sisters, and all natives OF Wales
In the same family is a cousin aged e.
years, and boarder aged So.
The Waukesha Plaindeater says that but
one member of the Democratic party in that
village has united with the Congregational
or Methodist church since 1854.
Oshkosh had six alarms Of fire within
twenty-four hours one day last week.
The Green Bay Advocate says that the
Green Bay iron furnace got up stream,
Thursday, for the first time, for the purpose
of testing the machinery. Results were
satisfactory. It will be but a short time