Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-28
State News

well.
The senior class at the Madison Uni
versity has passed a most satisfactory
exanli nation.
Twenty thousand acres of tobacco
are under cultivation around Stout h.
ton.
N. W. Wheeler, of Ripon, has
pressed and shipped, the past season,
$50 tons of hay.
Six platform cars and two more car.
goes of iron have arrived at Mantle.
voc for the Appleton and New Lisbon
Railway.
The Madison boat club has received
its new paper shell beat and named il
the Kegonsa. It's cost was 1926.
A force of engineers commenced the
survey of the Sheboygan and Fond du
Lac railroad westward from Ford du
Lac: the otnep day.
On Friday last, a daughter, aged II
years, of Ludwig Cordi3s, drank tea
cupful of I've, and died on the following
Saturday.
The La Crosse Leader claims that
500 emigrants passed through that city
last week. Most of them were seek No
homes in Minnesota.
The Madison Democrat says that a
formidable array of new guns and other
warlike material has been received at
the capital.
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports that
a meeting of the Old Settlers Club of
Milwaukee sskss, place at the Court
House on the 4th of July, at 8 A. NJ.
The first annual meeting of the Win
nebago District Convention Of Presby-
terrain and Congregational Churches,
met at Shcboygan last Tuesday even
ing.
Alexander Kerr has been elected
Professor of Greek, and Miss Carson,
of Beloit, Presceptress of the female de
partment of the Wisconsin University,
by the Regents.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette says that
there seems to be no decrease in the
numbers Of "locust' visitors. Their mu-
sic is becoming monotonous to human
ears.
A sample of stone from a quarry
near Omro has has been analysed by
Prof. Foy, of Appleton University, who
declares it to be the best kind of &C.
ment, or water lime.
The Board of Regents of the State
Normal University of the Sixth Con,
gressional district will make tour in
latter part Of July, for the purpose of
locating the State Normal institute.
The Norwegians of Madison have pre-
sented Col. S. W. Botkin, of that city,
with a handsome gold headed cane,
for saving E. o. Eng from drowning
in FAKE Mendoza, on the 31st of May
last.
The Republican says: "The Chief
of Police of La Crosse gives notice that
himself and force are to let, this city
having become so quiet and orderly
that patrolmen have nothing to do but
look about them IN amazement.
The Milwaukee Sentinel says beau
tiful pavilion has beer, fitted up on the
grounds ofthe Asylum, where the public
may be furnished with ice cream, soda
water, lemonade, cigars, candies, etc.
It is in the hands of two of the disabled
soldiers.
Mrs. Emile Zimmerman was tried
and convicted Dartford, Green Lake
county, on Friday evening, of poison
ing her husband in March last, and
was sentenced to the State Prison for
life. The evidence against her was
circumstatial, but very strong.
Thieving operations are carried on to
considerable extent in the vicinity of
Buffalo county. About a dozen COWS,
yoke of cattle, large quantity of
grain, and in fact, everything that
hands can be laid to, have been spirited
away in short time. Hemp and Wig
lance committee are talked Of.
A young man giving his name as
Fred. Frank, and his residence as Osh-
kosh, committed suicide in Racine last
week by taking poison. He said before
his death that his wife had ceased to
love him that his life had consequent
ly become burden, and he had deter
mined to kill himself.
The Episcopal Diocesan Convention
of Wisconsin closed its annual session
Wednesday, A new canon, was adopt
ed providing for Board of Missions,
with the Bishop as Chairman, and maxi
ing it the duty of clergymen 10 take up
a collection on each Sunday in Febru-
airy, May, August and November.
Tho I q Crosse T,p0(7eY saws GNop,