Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-11-01
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The Green Bay furnace has made
,625 tons Of iron in 32S working days
4 movement is on foot to lay tee-
graph cable across lake Michi gan
from Milwaukee to Grand Haven.
The Green Bay A lcocate reports that
fifteen mills were destroyed by the late
fires in that vicinity
Two hundred children were confirm
ed in St Raphae'.s Church, (CatIclic) |
at Madison, few days ago.
Mrs. Thalia A,lsn has sued the Ber-
lin journal for libel, placin. her daln-
ages at $1,000. ID
The losses Of the Dodge Co. Mutual
Insurance Co., from the fires in north
ern Wisconsin, have been quite heavy
The Waukesha Freeman learns that
tire persons in one family in the town
of Pewaukee have been attacked with
the smallpox. go
The annual convention ofthe young
will be held at Whitewater on the lst,
mems Christian association Of Wisconsin
End aud Sd of November. srafr =
The secretary of war has sent loo
wagon. 100sets harness, 900 army
coats and | geo army pants to Govern
or Fairchild at Madison for the relief
the sufferers at Peshtigo. $50
The fires in Calumet, Sheboygar,
Fond du lac, Wood, Marathon, Port
age, Oconto, Door, Kewaunee and
Manitowoc counties have been extin-
guished. 2i5a
Mr. Sanborn, a carpenter OF MIR.
Drake, La Crosse had stolen from his
pen a large, fat hog, on Friday night
The thieves killed the hog and took
out the intestines before removing it
from the pen.
Gen. T. S. Allen, of the Oshkosh
Northeastern, lately received from a
lady in Lansing burg, New York, a
check on the Security Bank, New York
for $500, as her gift to the sufferers in
the Peshtigo disaster.
A man and woman named Barrett
were dressed in tar and feathers by the
indignant citizens of Viroqua, as pun
ishment for living in ali unlawful mas
ner. Thirteen arrests were made, but
nothing could be proved against fhe
prisoners.
The Appleton Post says that Mrs.
Maggie Van Colt, the revivalist, is
now conducting series of religious
meetings at the Methodist Episcopal
Church in that city. These meetings
are being largely attended, and quite a
number Of converts have already been
made. 1 9atgcla go
The Ne'cs says the stevedores en-
gagged along the docks struck for high
er wages W dnesday, demanding an
advance of five cents per hour. The
rise was refused. and the laborers be-
came quite turbulent in spots, necesi-
tating the services OF policemen to
keep them in order
The Prescott Herahl says on Friday,
the 18th inst, a young man (colored)
by the name of Valentine, and young
lady (white) by the name of Kelly,
all of Big River, not being content
with single blessedness, clipped.
The election in sheboygan on Mon
day for the purpose of deciding whether
Sheboyean would aid the Lake Shore
Railroad Company to the amount of
$4,000, passed off quietly. There
was little or no opposition to voting
the aid rasz#r rHsaf ~ -at s,.-.
The Green Bay Gazette in response
{, an appeal made by Senator sHowe to
the War Department, one hundred
army over coats and pants, and one
hundred wagons and harness a; order
ed to be sent to that point for the
benefit of the sufferers. The clothing.
has already arrived. 49,. -
Activity in logging preparations
since the disaster seems to have in.
creased rather than diminished. The
Peshtigo Company are intending to cut
fully $4,000, 00Q feet during the logg-
ing season, and possibly more. The n
Ludington Company, of Marinqtte,
will put in 30,000,0O0 feet, and other
firms in proportion.
The marriage of Mr. Frank Dill
ligham to Miss Kate Page, daugh-
ter of Hon. Herman l.. Page, all
of Milwaukee, which took place at Ply
mouth Church. Rev. j. L. Dudley per-
forming the ceremony, is the social event
of the season in Milwaukee, and
passed offwith great ec1at, last evening.
The groom was a brother-in-law to Sen
ator Matt. Carpenter, who arrived
home from Washington to attend the
edding, and is son of Governor Dill
lingham, of Vermont, who with his wife
were present eE ~
During the terrible storm of fire that
destroyed Peshtigo, VIM. Sheppard,
formerly of Racine with his servant