Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-31
State n aws.
Theodore Tilton is to deliver the
next public lecture in Appleton.

to 5000 tons.
According to the Vernon County
Censor The small pox prevails to an
alarming extent at Towerville.
John Comstock, of GAINESVILLE. had
his skull fractured by the kick ola
horse few days since.
Fox river bridge, Green Bay, is to
be forthwith improved
An interesting Old Settlers Party
was held at the La Belle House. Geo
nomowoc, on Tuesday evening.
Two hundred tables are needed by
the sufferers at Peshtigo. 1t is stated
that there is not table in the Sugar
Bush, and no lumber to make any.
Mr.. August Fricke, a farmer living
pear Boscobel, raised last year from
four acres of land 161 bushels ofwheat
an average of over 40 bushels per acre
NIenomonee river will produce about
$50, 000,0 feet of saw logs this sea-
son, of which one third vill be taken
out of the burnt district
Mrs. Matt. H. Carpenter is set
down by Jenkins as the most intellect
ual of all the Senatorial wives in Wash
ington.
Mr.. Chuttsrton, of Oregon Dane
county, was knocked out of his sleigh
near the Croswell farm, about five miles
from Madison. on the Oak Hill road,
last week, and robbed of his wallet
containing about six dollars.
A man named G. Friskey, employed
in a pail factory at Menasha, fell upon
a circular saw on Wednesday, cutting
one leg off below the knee He blea
to DEATH.
A farmer, living near Whitewater,
dug we'll fifty feet down, on Tuesday
of last week, and failed to find water.
The same night the we'll overhowad,
and now there is brook running from
it,
The West Bend Democrat has the
following: "The farmers say winter
wheat looks first rate. and they ara all
praying that the maple sugar season
may be short next spring. Many of
our farmers conlem plate going into the
hop growing business in the spring"
There is agitating the subject of re-
uniting the counties of Racine and Ke
nosha thus restoring the ancient bound
daries that existed previous to March
1850. Already several public meet
ings have been held and the interest
in the project is visibly increasing.
The German Evangelical Association
of Appleton have perfected their pre-
llminary arrangement for the erection
ola church edifice at an early day. A
very beautiful site has been donated to
the Association by Mr.: Arson Ballard
1t is said that the log crop of the
winter of 1912 will be the biggest
ever produced in Wisconsin. The
Green Bay, RESPONSIBILITIES and Chip
pewa pineries are fairly swarming with
the axe-men and loggers.
At Mineral Point, on Monday last,
stranger called at the!bank, and request
ed to see note held against him. Re-
ceiving the slip, he remarked that he
could not read without his spectacles.
and walked toward the door, when it
was discovered that he was energeti-
cally chewing up the note. The frag-
ments we're forced from his mouth by
a vigorous choking.
A boy aged eight years, son of FL.
Koeler, of Spring Grove, Dane county
was scalded to death, Wednesday. The
mother had just completed her
washing, and having set a boiler full
of hot suds on the floor, preparatory to
scrubbing the same, went into an ssad-
joining room for few momentes, and
returned to find her boy submerged in
the boiler. He was extricated, bat
died on the following morning.
The store and dwelling of Vim. B.
Norris, at BeIleville, Dane county, were
entered by burglars last Wednesday
evening They also went into the hotel
of S. NJ. Field, broke open desk,
took about twenty dollars, forced open
the room of Josiah Schunan, and took
three dollars,In money ana his watch
valued at twenty dollars.
A Fond du Lac lady prevailed on
her husband to leave his loaded revol-
yer on the bedroom table, as he was
going away to stay all night, as she
might be frightened by burglars. and
need it for her defense. On his re-
turn in the morning, she informed him
that it would not have been bit of
use to her, as she "haden't match in
the house to fire it off with.
The Madison Journal of the 23d says
We were honored to-day with call from
Hon. Henry S. Baird, Of Green Bay,