Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-04
State News.

The Indian payment at Keshena
passed off quietly.
An active season is expected in the
st Croix pineries this winter.
Senator Howe lectured at Sun
Prairie on the evening of the 10th =
subject, Faith
The Berlin Journal claims that Der
lin, for quantity and quality of berries
is the cranberry city of the United
States
0. S. Kelsy, deputy warden at the
state prison. has resigned, and B. Fl.
Belts is his successor.
The Hudson Star says an unusual
amount of winter wheat has been sown
10 that section this fall.
r. H. Richie, Of Armenia, Juneau
county shot bear weighing $50 pounds
on Monday Of last week.
/ George johnson, a deserter from
Company l, 9Th q. S. infantry, has
been arrested in La Crosse.
VIM. Lathers, of Shopicre, has an
apple tree, in his orchard, which has
produced two crops of apples the pres
ent season.
Henry Davis, of Waukesha, raised
some white dent corn this season, w..icf
yielded 100 bushels to the acre.
A little girl and 10y from OsceoIa,
were lately arraigned before Judge
conk'in, in Fond du Lac, charged with
cutting off cows tail.
The La Crosse Leader states that a
field of Scotch oats grown by DR..
Palmer, in that county, yielded one
| hundred aud twelve bushels to the acre
Hon Ezra Wheeler, formerly Of Der.
lin, recently died at Pdebloj Colorado,
where he was register of the land Office
He was formerly member of Congress
from this State.
The Marinette Eagle says that saw
mills have about finished the seasons
work, and the boys will soon be ia the
woods after logs. There have been
16,O01 ,974 feet of logs scaled at the
boom this year.
The New London Times says two
thousand ties on the grade of the Green
Bay and Lake Pepin Railway we're re-
Gently burned near Shoe. The paper
says it is thought they were fired by
incendiaries for the purpose of making
the contractors buy some rejected ties,
They have young man in West
Bend who says that any good looking
young lady can get him by applying
soon, provided she can support him ia
the style to which he has been accus
tomed-three meals day, a plug of
tobacco per week, and clean shirt for
Sunday.
The Racine journal says the horse
'NWeston" which fell from platform and
broke his back while being loaded for
the cars Monday, was purchased for
So ,0G6 few weeks since of Mr., Case by
Stephen Bull, who valued him at $780,
600, and he was regarded by many as
the most promising horse in America
The Bayfield, Press notes the ship
Iuent of ten boxos choice apples raised
there, and gives other evidence OF. the
fruit growing capacity of the shore of
Lake Superior, and that particular vien-
ity. The hay crop,is immense, and
Their is chance for dairying:
The body of Mr.. F. Bemis, who was
drowned in in Lake Mendoza, off from
the yacht Lady ofhe Lake on the night
of the 18th, was found off the shore
opposite the "Castle" on Friday last
The body was some what swollen, aud
it was brought to the surface by the
gases generated is decomposition.
A terrible con1agration has been
raging for many days past.in the woods
Of Door and Kewaunee counties. At
one time it was feared that the towns
of Two Rivers and Kewaunee would be
destroyed by the devouring element
The people turned out en- masse and
finally succeeded in getting the flames
under control.
The Republican says Mr.. Joseph
Harris, residing near Hazel Green, re-
Gently lost twelve handsome bleoded
cattle. He pastured his hogs in corn
field, and afterwards fed. the stalks to
the cattle. It is though that the deaths
were occasioned by inflammation in the
stomach and intestines from eating SO
much green fodder; perhaps aggrava-
ted by the saliva from the mouths of
the hogs, which Is now considered
poisonous to other animals
a party of stevedores. consisting of
James Merchie, John Davidson, Arch
bald Dickcy, and William Steel, at
tempted to go ashore in q sailing skiff
from the bark Pomeroy, anchored in