Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-02-21
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for January amounted to S35,720, 81.
Arrangements are in progress at
! Marinette to establish national bank
there.
The editor of the Adoertizey says
since he has livad in Black Earth,
thirteen years, there has been but one
little dwelling burned.
Austin Waite, of Waukesha killed a
cow last week, that he purchased of
William ?. Calkins, which weighed
| ,455 pounds.
A son of Mr.. Chas. Fellows of
Ahnepee, had his collar-bone tract
ured last Saturday, while PLAYING
"snap the whip" with a number Of
other lads
Another disastrous fire occurred at
Monroe on Saturday morning. The
old American House, owned by R. B.
Allenswortb, was totally consumed
Insured with contents for 81 800
The Racine Journal says g For the
first time within the memory of the
oldest inhabitant, Lake Michigan is
frozen over as far as the eye can reach
the ice being from four to eight inches
thich ness.
The La Crosse Leader says: There
is lady in the third ward who is doing
all she can to increase the population
of La Crosse. On the 3lst day of |
January she gave birth to one child
and on the 3D. day of February to an
other; both are alive and well
The fish business of Green Bay con-
tinues good, but there is a perceptibe
falling off in the receipts from the fish
cries The shipments of fresh fish
from Fort Howard average one and
half car loads daily.
A little child of ATr. and Mrs Leibv
of the town of Dale, Outagamie Co. !
was found dead in its mothers arms
one morning last week, when that lady
awoke, The babe was we'll to all APP
appearance at the hour of retiring, the
night befare
There were three Wisconsin Cover
ernors at the Legislative party, on Fri
day evening, Gov Dewey, Gov Fair
child and Gov. Washburn. It is also |
an interesting item to know that the
first Governor and the last Governor
OF the state were present, each being
attended by his daughter, young ladies
OF about the same age.
Col. J. A. Watrous, of Fond du Lac
President of the Northern Wisconsin
Editorial Association, has issued a call
for an editorial convention to meet at
the National Hotel, Menasha, on Feb.
28th, for the consideration of matters
of interest to Northern Wisconsin.
Mrs Helen D'Este, daughter of
Samuel Basey, of Racine, who left
that city some two years since, with
little to aid but courage, ambition and
undiscovered talent, is already reaping
rich harvest of fame as an actress.
The Southern press laud her highly.
While Mr. B. T. Bowling, residing
near GAINESVILLE, was entering his barn |
during prevalence Of the strong wind |
which visited that locality on Tues lay, |
the heavy door of the barn was blown |
violently against him, knocking him
down, fracturing his skull and other
wise so severely injuring him that he
has since died.
We learn from the Green Bay AdUo-
cate that the drouth still prevails in
that region. In Door and Kewaunee
counties farmers are hauling water for
their stock, as the wells have given out |
and the small streams are dry. In |
Calumet county the same trouble is ex-
perlenced, and the water is hauled from
Lake Winnebago for considerable dis
tances.
The Democrat says Messrs. G. c. |
and &. G. Smith, founders and bridge |
builders of La Crosse, have just been
awarded the immense contract By the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
for putting in the Duluth Docks at
Duluth. This is one of the largest
jobs ever undertaken by ] western firm
and shows the responsibility and mag
nitude of resocrces possessed by this |
firm This work will take 20 600 piles
and over L, 600. 00G feet Of timber; be.
sides an immense amount Of iron and |
stone. The entire work cannot posi-. |
bly, be completed in less than two years.
The Democrat says that the ladies of
La Crosse have adopted new dodge
in vaccination. They have the sleeve
of the dress arranged so it can be open-
ed at about the place where persons are
usually vaccinated, and the sanguinary
work can be done without showing to
the doctor the beautifully rounded arm.
The sleeves are trimmed with pufs, etc,
so that the opening does not show. The
doctors are almost ripe for strike on
this account.
The Columbus Republican relates
the following GA man, his wife and
their child, seated in 'pung,' and
drawn by pony, arrived in Columbia
Tuesday, from ST. Paul. The man
had bought quarter section of land
near St. Paul, and had laid out some
81, 800 in Improvements, when his tt
tie proved defective and he was turned
out of home, in the dead of winter,
with only the pony and rude sled.
They started for the East. and here
the man sold his rig for $40, barely
enough to convey himself and family
to their friends"
The Superior City Times says:
Rev. Father Chebul, who started on
foot three weeks ago, from Bayfield,,
for the purpose of visiting the Indians
of Lac Courte Orielle, Great Bend,
at ChippewaFalls, Wabano sc. safely re-