Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-30
State N aws.

of fright last Friday. Hunting for her
little boy, whom she had missed, she
saw him sitting on the staging around
the fans at the top of windmill,
whittier he had climbed The shock
was so great that she fell backward
and instantly expired.
A man named Ceilings committed
suicide in the town of Green Lake, the
other day, by shooting himself through
the head He had built a fire and so
arranged that he should fall into it
when shot and be consumed, and when
found the body was nearly burned up.
lie left a note saying that he would
not let the Doctors have his body to
cut up.
At Sheboygan Falls a semi-monthly
in the Norwegian tongue, to be calle d
Fra Ian og Hav-The Land and Sea
will appear on the first of November,
and after the first of January next a
German semi monthly will be issued
from the same office, under title of Das
Weltall-the former to be edited by
Mr.. A Hansen, the latter by Mr.. Oh.
Frohberg.
Beloit has Conservatory of Music.
Harriet Mum, of Avon Center, a
deranged woman, is missing, and her
friends are anxious to learn of her pres
ent whereabouts.
Fred Runsch, wood sawyer OF La
Crosse, has just fallen heir to fortune
in Germany, the annual interest upon
which is trife over S15, 900.
Extensive knitting works are to be
erected in Milwaukee, by Messrs
Mack d; Co. The building will be
120 feet square. The site has been
purchased.
Ground for the passenger depot OF
the Northwestern Union Railroad at
Milwaukee has been purchased.
It is estimated that 100000 feet
of pine lumber was blown down and
destroyed by tornado up the Chippewa
River last week. Some 40 yoke of
oxen were killed.
G. N. Paine & Co.'s lumber yard
wagon shops and tenement houses,
in Oshkosh, we're destroyed by fire
on Goth inst. The loss is estimated at
$4,000. There was an insurance of
about S25 900 on the property.
Ripon is soon to be lighte! with
gas.
The Oshkosh Northeastern says
1.-The cranberry fever RACES like the
hop fever of old. Cranberres and land
appear to be the all absorbing topics. y
The La Crosse Republican learns
from a gentleman ust returned from
Clark county, that fire is raging in
the pinery. On Saturday it was re-
ported that the fires were burning the
roll ways on Wedge Greek, and it is
feared considerable quantity of logs
will be consumed. A fire wasreported
on Cunningham Greek, where large
amount of logs and standing pine was
destroyed For four days the smoke has
been so dense as to Obscure the heavens
and turn day into night.
j. F. Wheeler, one of the early set.
tiers Of Rock county and soldier of the
war of 1872 died at his home in the
town of La Prairie, on the 18th inst.
at the age of 90. The pall-bearers al
his funeral were chosen from among
the eldest men in the county, the
aggregate years of the six gentlemen
who oficiated in that capacity being
422.
Whisky explains why Mrs. ellis Of
Oshkosh, was found dead in her bed.
Sophia Erke is missing from Nil
waukee, and is supposed to have hang
ed herself
Weyauwega claims the champion trap
per of the State.
A little son of Abner Gile, of La
Crosse, was shot in the brain and al
most instantly killed by another boy
named Elmer Jackson, while handling
a pistol supposed was unfoaaed.
The total valuation of property il
Oshkosh is S6,707 ,666, being an in
crease over 1871 of $718, 405.
Plankington & Armour, of Milwau
kee have a slaug htering establishment
at Kansas City. Missouri, where on
hundred fifty cattle are daily manu-
featured into beef.
Appleton will soon have two ne,
hotels.
Wisconsin takes the lead At th
great Agricultural Exposition held a
St. Louis this month the whole O
North America was represented, an,
it is with feeling of pride that we refe
to the fact that Wisconsin took the sec
ond premium on sheep, the first havin,
been taken by direct importation from
Eng land. This leaves the exhibitor
John Mathers, of Darlington, La Fay
cite Go. Wis, the first in America.
/ DEATH OF D'AUBIGNE.-A cabl
dispatch from Geneva, Switzerland
| states that Rev, JEAN Henri Merl