Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-02-15
State News.


up of Frenchmen. "
The new post Office building at Mad
ison Is now occupied.
A Methodist preacher of La Crosse
says that that city has 147 saloons and
only II churches r.
There are ten colleges and uuiversi-
ties in the state. + a2 lpa1e
Upin Shawano, they had run Of
mosq uitoes during the late thaw. r
Grant county produces annually over
400, coo pounds of wool
Ii a mine of chalk, of excellent quail
ity, has been discovered in bod geville,
Iowa county. ~
Three deer hunters at Alma, Buffalo
county, shot forty deer during the sea
son just over. a..-ua7t ytf So -
| Oshkosh is putting on CITY airs-a
rat pit has recently been opened. 3.
Two wild cats were killed BY Dir.
| Hubbard of Excelsior, Sank Co, last
/ week, the largest weighing 80 lbs.
Our present winter is said to greatly
resemble those experienced by the ear
ly settlers Of this section of country.
Madison wants to reduce the salary
of their City Treasurer to 81 200 per
annum. gda - a9 uf q. baa
ii. r. Brigham has been appointed
appraiser of merchandise at .Milwau-
/ kee. Salary $4,000. - i#f
Senator Howe's Washington resi-
dence is at l ,7O8 I street, and Senator
Carpenter lives atWillard's hotel.
The regents of the normal school
have advertised for proposals for site
ln the sixth district.
| A bill las been introduced in the
Legislature to authorize the building OF
SIS, 900 court house in Fond du Lac.
A letter remains unclaimed at the
Berlin post Office, addressed to the
"The most honest wheat buyer" at
that pace.
/ La Crosse lumbermen have nearly
all built ice houses upon Black river
the present season, and filed them for
the use of their rattsmen next summer.
The prominent citizens of Madison
are agitating for the establishment OF
ponds near the city for the culture of
brook trout.
/ A three story brick block in White
water was burned on the 7th The
losers are T. II. Kyle, A. Gait & Co.,
Anderson & Halvin, Henry Troutman
6 Bros, and Mrs. Stowe. Loss
$4,000.
: The Northwestern railroad has un
dertaken the construction of an air
line road at Baraboo through the rocks
near DEVILS lake. The work will take
several months for completion.
The Governor has re-appointed A
4 !
NJ. Thomson, of Milwaukee, and L. B
Treat, Of GAINESVILLE, trustees of the in
stitute for the Blind at Janesville fol
the term of three years. .-a--e
The Common Council, of milwaukee,
has been fixing up a batch of bills IL
send to the Legislature for passage
One of them has reference to the es
Establishment of waterworks, and anoth
er divides the city into nine assessment
: districts, instead of five. Gus ellHH
The Madison Democrat says that The
remains of Mrs. M errill and her foul
children, who were recently burned a
the ~meutable fire in Kenosha, have
been brought to that city for burial
Mrs. Merrill was sister of Prof
: Brand, of that city, who by this calam
ity is left without any blood relations
so far as he is aware of. a--7 ~ zaa r.
i The La Crosse Leader says: awe
q were shown block of ice, Thursday
| that was taken from one Of the sloughs
near French Island, that surpassed any
moss agate We ever saw. The ice
itself was the pure crystal, but presen
ted much the appearance of crystal
lied aquarium, filled with every varie-
ty of fish, moss, leaves, etc., that could
be collected in this vicinity: We
counted FIVE distinct species of small
| fish that had CONCEALED in various
shapes, AID six kinds Of moss and
grasses, all looking fresh and bright"
The Clark County Republican says
that few days ago some of the men in
David Smiths logging camp on Pop
plar river perceiving two large, fine
bucks engaged in terrific combat. The
affair was witnessed with interest by
the workmen, who suddenly discovered
that the horns of the two Edeer had be
/ come locked together in such a man
ner that they were bound tight to each
other. Alex Polander found it an
easy matter to approach them with an
ak, and they were soon converted into
vension 5-- a
One day last week, at Fish Creek,
SIX miles from Basgor, awell TODD far
mer named Mr.. Wicker, was shot and