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

The La Crosse Democrat has de- |
dared war upon the Dells Improvement
project.
One hundred and ninsteen deaths
occurred in Milwaukee daring Jan
uary.
The Madison Democrat has been
made the official paper of Dane county.
The old first regiment holds re-
union at Milwaukee on the 22d of Feb
ruary.
The citizens of La Crosse propose to
annex the village of North La Crosse.
A hen killed at Belmont, few days
ago, was found TO have SIS in gold in
her gizzard.
A boy of seventeen and a girl of
sixteen eloped successfully from Miffiin
Iowa county, the other day.
No town in the state of more than
five. hundred inhabitants. has been so
free from lectures this winter as Osh
kosh.
There is family in Oshkosh who
claim to be descended from an English
earl, who was at one time lord lieuten-
ant of Ireland.
B. S. Patty, the protector and pro
prietor of the Patty House, Fond du
Lac, died on Saturday at 10 p. nj. of
congestion of the lungs, after an illness
of three days.
The GAINESVILLE Gaaette says that
Knowles, our sculptor, is still at work
on his "Truth." A good thing to work
The state Horticultural society meets
at Madison, on the It'll, Sth and 9th, of
February.
The annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Academy of Arts and Sciences will
be held in Madison on the 14th inst.
La Crosse is out Of debt except
portion of the $4,000 voted to aid the
Southern Minnesota railroad several
years ago
The amount of internal revenue col
lected in the first Wisconsin district
during January was s1o2,eS4.
The new railroad bridge across the
Mississippi, at Hudson, will be 404
feet long, with a draw of 176 feet, and
a span of 22S feet
There is sleighing at least in the
pineries, and the loggers are pushing in
the logs as fast as possible, to make Up
for the loss of the early winter.
1t will take two weeks to finish the
cut through the rock On the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad between
Madison and Lodi. When this is done
the grading will Re completed.
President Grant has pardoned An
drew Scott, recently convicted of cut
ting timber from governments lands in
Wisconsin,. aud sentenced to pay fine
OF $500, or stand committed until paid.
The pardon is unconditional.
The Halliday House at kenosh, was
totally destroyed by fire on the morn
ing of the 31st ultimo. Several per-
sons. including Mrs. Merrill and her
four children were burned to death
Adam Elhardt, the murderer of Ma,
thias Becker, who was convicted in
Milwaukee of manslaughter in the sec
ond degree, received sentence yester
day of seven years in the State Prison
in Waunun.
Peter Olson, a Norwegian, who resi-
ded in the town of Wiota, Lafayette
County, committed suicide on January
1t, by hanging himself to tree. It
seems that he had become monoman-
lac on the subject of hydrophobia, be-
ieving that he would go mad from
slight scratch received from little dog
:en years ago.
We learn ufrom the Oconomowce
Times that serious fire occurred at
hat place on Tuesday morning Jan.
'1st, destroying the Pumpe Block,
he entire sto, of Lee & Watson, and |
he Post Office building with all its
The Summit Bank building
vas seriously damaged. The entire
oss is about SIS, 600, with an insurance
# nearly $4,000.
At the close of the recent severe
now storm, the overland mail carrier
rom Darien to GAINESVILLE found that
he roads were impossible by wagon or
leigh, and made preparations to accom-
hsh his trip on horseback. A pair of
which had been store d
way for years in the Post Office were
rought forth for his use, and, on open
ng them, the Postmaster discovered
Ho letters, addressed to parties in
)arien, which had lain in the bag ever
ince 1862.
The Wat erloo journal says: "a
linister of the gospel, who is capable
supporting. feeding. clothing and