Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-06
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| Ole Bull has returned to MADISON IN
good health.
Gen. Ruger has gone torelieye Gen.
Pitcher at West Point.
4 woman of Jaresville was eds
! gracefully drunk" in GAINESVILLE, on
Tuesday.
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
road will visit Baraboo on the 18th of
September.
A boy in Madison has been poisoned
from eating the seeds of the stramonium
of jimsor weed
Twelve hundred men are extending
the Northwestern railroad from Green
Bay to Menominee.
An enthusiastic reorganization of The
Appleton Young Mems Association was
effected on Monday evening. Women
lecturers paid the bestin that city last
season,
Fires in the timber in various direc
tons about Marinette completely satu-
tated the air with smoke on Saturday,
Sunday and Monday last.
The Appleton Crescent says tobacco
has "squelched the kissing business"
in that place, nearly all the gay young
Appletoners using the weed.
A thirteen year old daughter Of Mr..
Martin, of Bayview, Milwaukee, at
tempted to kindle a fire by using kero-
sene on Wednesday morning. She
burned to death instantly,
On Sunday night, 20th inst, some
fend in human shape fired the grain
stacks of Adam Dreen. in Cassville
All the grain, together with a threshing
machine belonging to Peter Bausch,
was consumed.
The Lamb 4 Watt single mill, at
West Suamico, cut. on the 28th ult.,
with one Omro shingle machine (l6
block aud spalter, taoo hundred and
sinteen thousand shingles IN eleven and
half hours.
The Oconomowoc Times says:
"Cbarles Meyer has shown US an Ital-
ian plum of his growing, which weighs
over three ounces and measures nearly
seven inches in circumference"
The Sparta Herald says "Tbe new
artesian well for the use Of the Mineral
Spring Association, is progressing rap
idly, the workmen having sunk the
shaft over two hundred aud forty feet,
and every indication favorable for flow
ing we'll within Tie distance of three
hundred feet, is anticipated"
\ The Brandon Times says the pig
cons have made thei. appearance again
in large numbers, and the sportsmen
bagging them by the dozens. They are
feeding on the acorns and wheat stubble
The Dodgeville Chronicle has an &C
count of the death Of Mrs. John Win
gard. Of Arena, who, while drinking
a cup Of milk, was stung on the end of
Ger tongue by hornet. Her tongue
swelled up, choking her to death in an
hour.
The Darlington Republican says:
"1Ir. Hill, of this village, caught an
eel weighing four and half pounds,
in the mill-dam, an Wednesday. As
this is the first eel VIC have seen west Of
the great lakes, we consider it an item
worthy of note"
i On Saturday last Samuel King,
young man about Is years of age, son
of Mr.. Edward King, of Waukesha,
shot himself while hunting pigeons. In
getting over fenca he hit the ham
mer Of tho lock of his gun and the con-
tents were discharged through his
lungs. He ran few rods and fell
dead.
The Waushara Argus contains an in
teresting account of the remarkable phe-
nomena of s!one-throwing, now going
on near Pine Lake, in the town of
Springwater, Waushara county. First,
a young lady was picking berries, when
shower of stones came flying about
her head. Ia day or two, a stone
weighing several pounds came rolling
along Mr.. Willis's kitchen floor. This
was succeeded by others that came in
at the door, windows, dc. After
while they fell from above upon the
floor, then heavy cook-stove moved
half way round. 1t was fastened down
with huge nails, but moved as easily as
before. People throng the premises,
and great wonder is evinced by all at
this remarkable phenomena.
The Kenosha Telegraph says about
three weeks ago man named Kimball
arrived at the Forest House in Salem
with a young English woman whom he
claimed as his wife His wife remained
at the hotel and he left. The next
mo: ming the woman went from the ho-