Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-03-15
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Monroe has a shirt factory.

Capt. D Mcbride an old lake car
tain, died in Milwaukee last week.
La Crosse is to have new $751;
900 Government Building.
Morrison is the name of new vii.
lage which is springing up on the line
of the Madison and Portage railroad.
A new iron bridge has just been
completed at Fond du Lac by 2. Kiag
& Co., of Cleveland.
E, P. Knowles, the GAINESVILLE sculp-
tor, has nearly completed his ideal
bust representing Truth
The Indians in Marathon county
are troubling the white settlers.
A beet sugar compay in Sank coun
ty will, this year, plant 500 acres of
beets.
A new literary quarterly called the
Westeru Printer is sosn t be started at
Milwaukee.
Tht Baraboo Air Line railroad has
been absorbed by the Chicago and
Northwestern.
| the FISH trade Of Green Bay is very
lively at present. One firm in that
city has already shipped seventy-fve
tons this season, aud has fifty tons on
hand.
The city Of La Crosse has appropria-
ted $500 for the mining Of the newly
discovered coal-6elds near that city.
At Racine college, a billiard table
and smoking room has been provided
for the use of the students.
Lieutenant Governor Pound, it is
said, has strong rival for a renomin-
alton next fall, the principal opposit-
ion grow out of his position on the
Dells Improvement.
The Richiand County Republican
says, notwithstanding the great lack of
snow for numbering purposes this win
ter, some mills have received as many
or more logs than common.
Miss Georgia Benedict, icon verified"
at Fond du Lac about six weeks ago,
has been licensed as Methodist preach
er. She has heretofore been an employee
in the Office of the Fond du Lac Com,
n,onreolh.
A society has been organized in
Trempealeau devoted to quadrelle par
ties, and known as the "Y. NJ. p. @
Association" the English of which is,
the Young Mems Pugilistic Qua
drille Association. An outside man
IS 10 be employed to handle the funds.
The Sheboygan Herald says the
ship yards there present more lively
appearance this spring than they have
for long time There are no less
| than FIVE vessels on the stocks in cour: q
of construction, three being extensively
repaired.
The Sixth Annual Convention of
the Welsh Musical Union of Wiscon-
sin was held in Cambria on Tuesday:
Wednesday and Thursday of Last week
a large number of singers were present
from all the Welsh settlements of the
state.
A certain saloon-keeper of Racine
has adopted new way, in that city at
least, of collecting his whisky-bills
He lets the boys run bill, and if they
don't come down Immediately, he
hangs their names out In the show.
window, with the amount due opposite
each name.
Work has been suspended on the
Wis consin Central railway in coAse-
quence of high water at the bayou, op
posite ellis landing. where very ex
tensive grade has been going on for
some time. A large amount OF piling
had to be done but high water has put
a stop to all work in that vicinity. The
route from Menasha to Stevens Point
is wholly under coatract, and every.
thing is being pushed with much earn
estness.
The Eau Claire Free Press regrets
to learn that So many loggers are
breaking up camp and coming out of
the woods at this time-at least
month earlier than usual This is
owing to a heavy rain and continuous
thawlng weather, which has swept OH
most of the snow The first mon. h of
the logging season was very unfavora-
BILE, aud, however favorable March may
be, less than two-thirds the usual sup
ply of logs can be got in this year.
It is proposed by the friends of the
late Bishop Kemper t o erect an endur-
ing memorial Of that prelate by endow-
ing and placing on a permanent basis,
Kemper Hail, situated in KeDcsha.
Wis This is an establ ishment for the
education of girls as teachers, with
especial reference to providing gratuit-
Gus education to the daughters of Epis-