Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-13
State N awS.

VlHe, Oh b-1G lJiU OI Jan Udfy.
From Ripon this fall 1850 barrels
Of apples have been shipped
Two miles of gas pipe have alread y
been laid at Sheboygan
La Crosse individual, name not men
toned, raised a purse Thanksgiving
Day, and sent q nice turkey to every
poor family that he coul / he,r Of Tha t
was true religion.
The State Female College Will be in
augurated on the Goth.
Lumber has advanced one dollar pei
thousand in the St. Croix trade
The Taxes in Madison this year are
higher than ever before, being tlife
over three per cent.
Milwaukee needs society for the
encouragement of manufacture.
Mrs. Van Colt, the reyivalist, is con-
verting the Beaver Damists.
The burned sash factory of Schkfer
4 Rupp, Of Fond du Lac, VII be re-
built in the spring, in all probability.
A Ri pom bachelor is in the Fond du
Lac jail for stealing wonan's shirts
He is said to be shiftless chap. The
woman is also shiffless.
The Fond du Lac Commonwealth
says about twice the amount of ice will
be stored in that city, the preset sea
son, than at any time before.
The Depcle Neacs says an endless
stream of help is pouring into the lum-
bering districts, and the demand by nc
means decreasing. Good help COM
mands the best of wages.
Urban Willetts, Frenchman, re-
siding on the Fort Howard Mill tary
Reservation, was found dead in his
shanty, on Tuesday morning.
A brilliant Meteor was observed al
Madison, early Wednesday evening.
Sixty buildings have been put up al
Peshtigo since the fire. Mr.. Cavoit
has rebuilt his mill, putting in a port
able engine, about four miles south Of
Peshtigo.
A woman preacher, till lately un-
known to fame, has lately been adding
greatly to her laurels in Fond du Lac
of late, Many think she is an ADLER
speaker than Mrs. Van Colt.
At one of Rosco's famous performan-
ces in Madison, the other night, the
Democrat says the main prize, a watch
which cost So in that city, fell to
Miss ellie Hall, a young girl about
twelve years of age, whose family are
in meager circumstances.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette says: "One
Of our oldest residents left bis happy
home few nights since for an ev ming
of social pleasure, and on his return
found that his wife, child and fGrni-
ture had eloped together during his
absence. There y bangs a tale"
The Lodi Journal reports that las,
week forged order was passed on
James McCloud to the amount of $50
by boy sixteen years of age, who
claimed that his name was Erikson
He was arrested and committed to Jail
The Wood County Reporter says
"Robert Blow last week had eighteen
sheep killed by voluable dog. Twelve
were killed outrigh and six were
slaughtered to save their lives"
Jas. Nc Ferlin, proprietor of the
Dodge county Distract office at Juneau
and deputy county treasurer. died on
Sunday last, after several days illness.
of the typhoid fever, having a few days
previously lost little son by the same
disease
The Jackson County Banner says
Fits, hog cholera, or some other pork
disease, is prevailing among the hog
family in this region. We have heard
of several hogs dying in the country
within the past few days in singular
manner. They appear to be attacked
with fits or spasms, and generally die
within a few hours.
Col Geo. W. Feathers tonhaugh, an
old resident of W sconsin, and a mar
of considerable literary ability, proposes
to publish a weekly paper in Mil
waukee, entitled the "OEa Settler" In
a letter in the Sentinel, Col L. says
"its only design is to recall our early
history and to perpetuate the names of
those who have wrought the prodigious
change observable between the Terrific
ry of 1884, and the magnificent State
which to day We inhabit.
The Milwaukee Sentinel says j:
during Sunday afternoon two infant
children Of Mr.. Leibh, resident on
State street, in the absence of their pa
rents, heated poker to form rings by
Furnishing it in circle. They sue
ceeded in amusing themselves in this
way for some time, when one Of them
made u thruct OF tho ntbor with the