Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-10-18
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interest in the DelIs property
The Princeton Republic says the
Fox River at that poiut has dried up;
even the black smokers refuse to at
tempt to navigate it.
The Sheboygsn Times reports that
companies G aud K Of the Fourth Wis
consin regiment will hold their reunion
in Plymouth on the 10Th.
a new railroad is projected from the
Dodge county iron mines to the city of
9heboygan. So says the HsraId of that
place.
The proprictors Of the JanesviEe
Times have commenced the publication
of q daily paper It is to be continued
through the campaign.
A foreman in La Crosse was married,
the other day, and the poor fellow tell
the position so badly that he dated the
Leader of the 10Th, suesday. He
won't have his day till Sue dies.
According to a report of The Board
of Supervisors of JanesvilIe, of the
| $50, 900, 600 valuation of Rock county.
11,028,335 is farming land and
S14, 728, 665 personal property.
DR.. Kellog, an old gentleman living
four miles west of Beloit, was gored to
death by bull on Tuesday, in attempts
ing % drive tie animal out of com
field.
The Oshkosh Northeastern says:
"On Tuesday the 10th, when the wind
was blowing ferceiy. flakes ofsnow were
seen to fall fora few minutes, making
the air white and giving the external
world wiOtry appearance"
The case of the state against DR.. Bel,
den, Of Stoughton, Dane county, for
the murder Of Thomas Olesen, at that
place last Spring, was concluded on Sat
urday last, in Circuit Court, by disa-
@reement on the part ofthe iury-eleven
being for conviction and one foracQujttal.
Mrs Murphy, crazy woman, was
arrested while roaming about the hail
| ia Vaughn's block, Racine She said
she had come from Kenosha to convert
heather. She was in a pitiabIe con-
dition, having fallen from wagon and
broken her hand, besides being other
wise seriously injured
The public schools in Milwaukee
have all, or nearly all, done molly in
| the collection of food and clothing Tor the
sufferers by the. great fires. Teachers
and pupils have exerted themselves in
earnest, and are still at worl, the con-
tri utions from this source have been
very considerable.
3 meeting was held in Beaver Dam
recently to ascertain whether some of
the many railroads now being projected
or built in this state could not pc per-
suaded to diverge in that direction, aud
afford direct communication with Chi
cago. in the belief that Lowell, Beaver
Dam, Fox Lake, Malicsan aud ada
cent towns would aforr! it ample paying
business. a committee was appointed
for this purpose.
The editors of the northern part of
the State have organized press asso-
citation called the Northern Wisconsin
Press Association, having for its object
tie joint and especial care and advoca-
cy Of interests connected with the
growth and development Of that portion
of Wisconsin. President, J A. Wat
rous, of the Fond du Lac Common
,ceohh Secretary, George Hyer, Osh-
kosh Times.
The Whitewater Register thinks d.
vorces are easily obtained in Wisconsin.
One was recently obtained by a wife III
an adjoining county, on the ground of
unfaithfulness the main specification
being that the defendant did put his
arm around onother woman as they
were riding together, The offending
parties aver that the stray arm was
merley and innocently tucking in the
robes, as it was getting cold Neverthe-
less, divorce was granted with an ali
mony of S200 year.
The Wood County Exporter says the
crop Of cranberries is unusually good
and Of the finest quality. Heavy loads
are coming III daily from The marhes,
which are shipped as fast as received.
/ TICKETS from perm anG vicinity are
carrying away an abundance. Itwould
seem that Wood county ought to have
the benefits accruing from the Granber-
ry crops, but as the marshes are to
great extent as they have been hereto
fore, free to all and owned by no one in
particular, the rule first come, first
served, is the motto probably adopted.
The Green Bay ARgocate notes the
death, at Omro, of Maj. James Shaler,
U. S. A, at the advanced age ofcighty-
three years. He was gallant soldier
of the war Of 1912. and was twice
wounded at Lundy's Lane, where he
| Inst a hand and had two horses shot