Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-19
State News,

1hey hau SFahu rag tag -and-DoO-
tail celebration at Mineral Point ON the
Fourth.
The Daily says new potatoes are J
selling at two cents apiece IN Fond du
Lac So
The name of the OakfoId Center
post-ofice will be changed to Oak
Center.
The shingle-mill of Me,srs. Myer &
Van Every, in Oshkosh, was burned
on Friday night. Loss IS ,oO0-insur.
ance $4,000.
Nelson Sholtis, of North Prairie,
sheared s35 pounds of wool this season,
from bis flock of fifty yearling sheep. !
A Fond du Lac boy, son of Chas. ]. |
l.. Meyer, took the $500 prize a. lie
high College, Bethlehem, Pa.
The frs. car load of new rye re-
ceived in Milwaukee sold on Change
at IS cents.
Three hundred Norwegian immi-
grants arrived in Milwaukee from
Grand Haven on Sunday.
Joseph Langwortby, one of the oldest
residents of Mansion, was gored to
death by an enraged bull one day last
week.
Nathan ?. Blair, charged with steal
ing $1,000 from w. S. Candee, was
sentenced in Milwaukee to three years
IN the State Prison. He pleaded guilty.
The Southern Wisconsin Fair will be
held at GAINESVILLE the 18th, 18th, 14th
ami 18th days September next. Hon.
Matt. H. Carpenter is to deliver the
annual address
| The Madison Schuetzen Club has
purchased of Mr.. l.. S. Smith, of St.
Louis, 26 acres of "Semmers Woods"
extending from the Cottage Grove
road, near Phlo DunniDg's old place,
to Lake Monona, the price paid being
$4,000.
Suspicious are entertained that
Mrs. Dennis, who died suddenly in the
town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac county,
few days since, was poisoned by her
husband. The affair is being investi-
gated.
The principal attraction at Ahnepee
on the Fourth was a foot race between
Senator Walker and Major Mccormick,
aged respectfully IS and "a years The
Major was the winner.
La Crosse is ready to bond s25 900
towards enacting Normal School build
ings in that place. There were only
10 votes cast against bonding the city
for that amount
On Saturday nigh, horse belonging
to Mr. 4. b. Sabin, Of Sparta, was
stolen from his premises. The next
day it was found in the possession of
an Indian, at Randall Mills.
The village of Warren, Grant coun.
ty, is at present a radical no license
town in its management. The village,
however, feeling the oppressiveness of
the heated term, haye petitioned the
Board to grant them beer for the sum-
mer months.
The Waukesha Freeman announces
that Rev. I. j. Keith, pastor Of the
Baptist Church at that place, has con-
cluded to 20 to Hindostan as a mission
airy. His destination is in the province
of Assam, aorth of Calcutta.
The gospel was preached at Green
Bay, 203 years ago. The first
newspaper established in Wisconsin
was published at Green Bay in 1881,
aud was called the Green Bay MteHi-
gcncer.
The Weyauwega Times says that
farmers are Respondent in regard to
the prospect fo- spring wheat. 1t is
sadly affected with rust, which will
make the crop almost a total failure.
judge Miller, while at Oshkosh,
passed severe sentence on the Oshkosh
county Jail, saying that he considered
1t not on y insecure, but also inhuman
and cruel to eonfne men in tho damp
basement which has heretofore been
used.
Work on the Wisconsin River I'M
provement will commence almost i'm
mediately. The SUPPLEMENTARY of the
work has been placed in the hands of
Col Huston, who will be assisted by NJ. |
j. Nader, of Milwaukee.
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