Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-11-13
State News.

The Superior Times reports that ice
nearly half an inch thick covered the
upper town slough one or more morn
ings last week.
A firm at Ashland have caught and
shipped over 5000 half barrels of fish
this season.
A game hunt with ten men on side
at Black River Falls resulted in kill
ing | $40 on one sid and 947 on the
other of squirrels and variety of small
game.
The brewers of Milwaukee are ex-
pending nearly quarter OF million
dollars in the enlargement of their build
ings, etc Best & Co. alone expend
Sl50,0G0.
The Polk County Press says Henry
Surrel killed a duck, on Saturday,
which he sold to W. G. Guild for twenty
cents J. E. Newton bought the afore
said duck for the same piice, and his
wife, on dressing it, found asilver ring,
which he valued at 81 so
Up to Il O'Clock. Tuesday there
was not Greeley vote cast at Menom-
once, Dunn county. At that time two
votes were cast for the Sage. The
ballot stood when counted, $50 for
Grant and 2 for Greeley.
A dispatch from GAINESVILLE says An
thony Dieter a brakeman from Mime
sofa Junction, fell from freight train
near there Wed nesday morning, and
fourteen cars passed over him. His left
arm was broken in two places and COM
pletely severed from his body; his left
hip was broken in two places, and his
leg in four places. He lived but few
| hours
The Milwaukee, Sentinel reports
The hotels there as we'll patronized as
usual
Over 80, 900 barrels Of apples have
been received at that port during the
past season,
A prominent merchant of Milwaukee,
by mistake, put check for $500 in the
ballot-box, in the Second Ward, on
| Tuesday 1t was recovered when the
votes were counted, but Greeley lost
one vote.
Two Beloit ladies', sisters, have re-
! Gently come in possession of S28, 1000
each by the death of relative.
W. H. Pease, of Fulton, is manufac-
turing cigars by means of an ingenious
machine invented by himself.
Rev Michael Wisbaner has presided
over a church in Racine county FOR the
past 20 years.
Mrs. George Colby has received $3.50
damage from the city of Beaver Dam
/ from fall on a sidewalk.
| John Weasel, of Stevens Point,
recently ran nineteen miles in one hour
and fifty two minutes on bet of one
hundred dollars that he could go over
the distance quicker than any double
| team In town. The team was eight
minutes behind Weasel at the conclus-
ion of the race.
Marsh and forest fires are soaring
the inhabitants of Shawano county.
An incompetent police officer of La
! Crosse shot an innocent citizen, the
other night, installing him for rowdy
he was pursuing. The wound will
! probably not prove fatal.
The Racine Journal says at is
reported that piece of piano proba-
| bly, from the foundered Lac La Belle,
was washed upon the beach, near the
College, few days since"
VIM. Nicholson, of Charlestova. has
two year old colt that weighs l ,140
pounds.
Some miscreant recently shot eight
calves belonging to J. n. Sherman. of
Burnett
The Neenah Gazette says that the
manufactures of that place exceed 310,-
900 day in value and are increasing.
Pretty good for place of 5000 inhabi.
tants.
The Appleton Post says lumbermen
are beginning to make preparations for
the winter campaign in the woods.
Thesstack of the blast furnace at Ap-
pleton has gone into blast, the first cast
being taken from it, on Friday week.
1t casts every six hours, and in twelve
hours took Twenty-Five charges. The
Crescent says it works charmingly.
There are now over 230 students in
attendance at Lawrence University Ap-
pleton.
Carey, the Berlin cranberry man, re-
Gently shipped two carloads of berries
to California which sold for $22 Der
barrel
The Milwaukee Wisconsin reports
that, on Thursday, fisherman drew up
a stove pipe hat and some clothing from
the river. A man was missed during
the State Fair week, and there is con-
siderable reason for believing that he
met with foul play.
Adams County has not decided on its
permanent county seat. Itset Novemb-
er Sd as the day on which the question
was to be decided by popular vote.
The Sd happened to come on Sunday
No election, of course, was held, and
now new appointment is waited for.
James K. Hunt, of Ripon, set trap.
gun to shoot deer, near New London,
which went off and lodged charge of
buckshot in his abdomen. He died
two days afterwards.
Rev. J. E. Pond, for many years the
pastor of the Congregational Church at
Platteville, has removed to Bangor,
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