Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-03-06
State News.

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Rev. Mr. Shoemaker, young Bap-
fist minister of great promise, died at
Neenah recently of spotted fever.
Oconomowoc expects throng of
summer guests the coming season, not
withstanding its outlandish name.
DR.. Van Berg, La Crosse dentist,
was nearly killed last Saturday by the
explosion of a vulcanizer
The damages done by the explosion
of the boiler at Best 4 Co.'S brewery,
Milwaukee, is now aseertained to be
$4,000.
The ceiling of the Senate chamber
at Madison, is in SO dangerous a state
that its fall is hourly looked for.
A new banking house is bein. open
ed at Depere, with Mr., NJ r. Hunt as
manager and cashier.
VIM. Fields, of Depere, had his leg
injured some two years ago, and ampu
tated because of the same accidend
last week.
The Gazette says resident of James
vile, seventy four years Of age, has
fifty -four grand children, and twenty
six great grand children
Seven boys hailing from Chicago
were arrested in Geneva, Walworth
county, on Sunday last, charged with
he crime of burglary.
The Eau Claire LAUNDERING Cmpany
organized a "mill-N arming" last week
upon which over four hundred persons
were attendant.
Maj Gen. Edward de Neveu, Com
mander in chief of the French forces
in Algiers, who died recently, was a
bother of G. de Neveu, ESQ, of the
town of Empire Fond du Lac county.
The Monroe Odd Fellows will cele-
in grand manner the anniversary of
the introduction of the order into the
United States, on the Goth of April
/ Henry Roden, of Appleton, while
crossing above the dam there in ca
noe, on the Goth, was overturned by
ice aud drowned.
The Fond du Lac Commonwealth
avs winter wheat seldom has better
chance to keep life through the months
of December, Jan uary and February.
The Oneidas, one of the six nations
located by treaty at Green Bay, have
so dwindled in numbers that but $500
is required to pay the annuities assign.
ed them.
A citizen of Clinton, whose name is
suppressed for obvious reasons divorced
| by the Circuit Court short time ago
married the same week, and tie day
after his new wife presented him with
with son and heir.
The chief engineer of the Sheboy-
gan and Fond du Lac railroad is said
to have announced that it is the inten-
ton of the company to push the road
through to Neillsville, Clark county.
this year.
The Methodist Church in Wausau,
which has just been completed, will be
dedicated on the 10th of March. The
Rev. George G. Haddock. of Fond du
Lac, will preach the dedicatory ser
mon.
Quite an industrious and thriving
village is springing up at Fall Greek
Station, on the West Wisconsin Rail
road, almost midway between Eau
Claire and Augusta.
The farmers of Washington, Green
county, last week seLt, through the
chairman of the relief committee of
Monroe, to the sufferers around Green
Bay, about six wagon loads of SEED
wheat. corn aud oats.
According to the Herald the pros
pect now lie that the Spring of 1872
will be one Of the liveliest ever known
in the history of Sheboygan. New
docks, warehouses, elevators, depots,
factories, business blocks, and residen-
ces will spring up with the springing
vegetation.
James Wadsworth, an employe of
the Empire chair factory, Milwaukee,
had three fingers Of his left hand Ia
ken off on the 9th, while running a
platform planer. He lost the other
finger, while running the same ma
chine at the East, a few years ago.
On Friday morning last, French
man by the name of Bonhomme. re-
Gently from Canada, was killed at
Gautisr's camp, Big Suamicc, by a
falling tree The tree in falling threw
down two or three others and knocked
down four men. All the rest escaped
injury.
The Stevens Point Journal says :
Pine i. only secondary among the tim
Der resources of that portion of Wiscon-
sin. The magnificent forests of maple,
butternut, ash, etc, must eventually
prove of incalculabls worth to all those
having the foresight and stamps neces-
sary to secure hard woodlands.
On Friday morning of last week.
Mr.. Martin v Lyons, living some
three miles from Columbus on the
Madison road, awoke about three
o'clock, to find that, while asleep,
two false teeth attached to a silver
plate had become loose and was fast in
his throat. They were finally extract
ed bat he died from injuries to his
throat.
The Belgian Consul at Green Bay
has been notified that the sum of S.
900 has been received by NJ. Maurice
Delfosse, Belgian Minister at Washing
ton, as contribution by the Belgian
Government and the citizents of Brus-
sells, for the relief of the Belgian suf-
fsrers by the Peshtigo fire.
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