Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-02
State News,

Work on the railroad at Peshtigo is,
now n full blast.
The Chronicle says most wonderful
spiritual medium lives il. Dodgeviile.
Some fields IF winter wheat in Pierce
county will yield thirty-fve bushels to
the acre; oats seventy bushels.
Cranberry growers say that the pros
pect for large crop was never more
fattering at this season of the year. j.
The City Council of Racine has pro-
hlbited its members from accepting com
pllmentary tickets to any place of
amusement
The Indians in the vicinity of Bad
River get their living by raising pota-
toes, and have fought the bugs SO sue
cessfully this season that their prospect
for large winter supply is favorable.
The examination of the Monroe coun-
terfeiters was concluded Saturday
morning Aliens, Worth, Robinson,
Vaughn and Oswald were discharged.
Latta, Watson and Shermon were held
for trial
Elias Cameron, an. employee ID the
Wooden ware Factory at Peshtigo,
turned out on the 18th instant twenty
barrels of clothes pins in eleven hours.
Each barrel contains 500 pins, making
10000 pins in eleven hours.
A movement is in progress looking
to the establishment of new diocese of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, en-
bracing Ninhebago, Fond du Lac,
Brown and Outagamie counties, and the
northwestern part of Wisconsin.
The Columbus people are rejoicing
in the prospect of two new railroads,
one of which is the Northern Wiscon-
sin, and the other to begin at Milwau-
kee, will run through Columbus to
Lodi to connect with that branch ofthe
Northwestern at that point.
The Wisconsin encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic has
adopted memorial to Congress, re-
ouesting a modification of the home
stead laws, 80 as to allow soldiers to ac-
auire homesteads without actual resi-
dence, and for the increase of all pen
sions.
The Milwaukee Sentinel says the re-
cent heavy depression in wheat has
proved too much of a load for few
firms in that city to carry, and the re-
suit is that they have had to succumb
under the pressure. There have been,
however, no bad failures as yet, and
the hope is for better times.
The WaupuH Leader says: Myron
W. Pinkerton, of the town of Waupun,
graduate of Ripon College, and of
the Chicago Theological eminary, was
ordained at Ripon last Friday, as aCon-
gregational minister. Ia about a
month Mr.. Pinkerton expects to 60 as
missionary to the southwestern coast of
| Africa.
A man named Schafsr was caught
in Prescott on Friday night, in the act
of setting fire to Dudley's brick block.
He had false keys to nearly every store
in town, and confessed to having set the
fire, some weeks since, which destroyed
Mr.. Craig's block, in which the Pres
colt Journal Office was located. He
also confessed to several robberies.
It is announced that Mr.. ALT. E.
Haven, who has had charge of the La
Crosse Democrat since Pomeroy's re
moval to New York, and who has con.
Quoted it with much ability and made
warm friends among Wisconsin editors
! by his courtesy, has retired, and is
succeeded by Geo. W. Peck, lately
I on the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The wife of John R. McClintock, OF
Manchester, who is now sixty four years
of age, stepped on vial when girl
only sixteen years old, and piece Of
glass penetrated her foot. About a
week ago piece of glass one fourth of
an inch long, one sixth Of an inch wide,
and one-sixteenth OF an inch thick was
taken out Of he top Of her foot. 1t has
caused considerable pain at times for
the past forty eight years.
One of the female compositors in the
Berlin Courant Office has earned
enough money by setting type to build
a house, and she is now having it erect
ed in the Third ward of that city. 1t
will cost $500. Besides this, the young
lady has been the principal support of
a mo ther and sister. She makes on an
average probably IS or S6 per week, at
20 cents per thousand. Her name is
Eliza Rice She walks three quarters
Of mile to aud from her work and to
| dinner.
The Grant County Herald says that
a rumor is ahoat tkat Joseph Button,
who formerly resided for many years in
Grant county, is in Missouri, under
sentence.to be hung. Tie story is that
Button and son have been engaged at
horse stealing. and not long since he
| shot a Sheriff who was SO close upou