Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-06-04
State News.

A three-year-old bull calf at Lafayette
weighs 5000 pounds.
Seventy-fve muskets are used at
the Plattville Normal School for drill
exercise.
Jennie Ribble, young girl living
near Fond du Lac, was killed by the
falling of swing one day last week
John Heath, of Fond du Lac, has
had 121 law suits within the last FIVE
years, and is still on the sue
A child of Mr.. Irish, of Plainville,
was poisoned by eating the leaves of
the pie plant, last week.
A bald eagle, seven feet from tip to
tip, was killed at New London last
week.
A fraud claiming to be ELLA
Wheeler the poetress," has been vie
timizing people at Winneconne.
Mrs. Watson, formerly of Appleton,
has been murdered by the Indians in
Oregon.
The Columbus Democrat reports
that the farmers of the township of
Columbus are about to organize mutu-
al fire insurance company.
Rock river pickerel at Beloit, make
good meal occasionally by Selling a
gosling on the banks, and making away
with it.
A young lady student of startling
genius, who attends Ripon College,
lately declined the Latin pronoun, Hic,
in the following manner: chic, haec,
hoe, hug-us, hug-us. hug US"
The Juneau County Democrat states
that Mr.. Birdsey found two.cows in the
road near Loss Lake with their horns
locked. All efforts to separate them
failed until one of the horns was saw
ed off
Last week a writing match came
off in Oshkosh between Robert Sawyer
the Court reporter, and r. z. Daniels,
of Oshkosh. The match lasted ten
hours, and at the conclusion of the
contest Mr.. Sawyer had written 1860
words and the other gentleman Is,
400.
The Beaver Dam Citizen says
number of saloon keepers in that city
opened their saloons and sold liquor on
Sunday, the 18th, although they OBJ
served the Mayors proclamation the
week before. Three of them were
arrested and their trial is postponed for
few days.
The Milwaukee News says German
woman on the West Side beats em all.
The four babies (three boys and one
girO and the mother are as we'll as Gin
fact better than) could be expected.
The disconsolate father wants to sell
out.
The body of an infant was found in
box In the West Bend graveyard on
Wednesday. It was wrapped in a
piece of old quilt, and covered with a
slighc layer of dirt. The box was
marked "Pomerania, Prussia" appar-
emily an attempt to convey the Impress
ion that 1t was deposited by emigrants.
The Norwegians of Madison and
vicinity have inaugurated movement
tor the erection of monument in
honor of Left Erikson, the Norwegian
dlscoverer, who visited America and
explored It's shores in the year 1000,
nearly five centuries before Columbus
made his memorable voyage. The
monument will be erected either in
the Capitol Park or in the University
grounds. tits to cost $40, 900.
The Rlpon Commonwealth says the
wheat crop IN that vicinity is seriously
threatened with disaster, or at least
great injury from some unknown cause.
The ends of the blades at first have an
appearance OF rust, and subsequently
the stalk down near the root is cut off
and readily pulls out of the outside
covering 1t is believed to be the
work of an insect, yet careful inyesti-
cation fails to find it.
The Madison Journal says We
are glad to learn that the suspended
Sophomores of the State University
who have been going on with their stud
les and endeavoring to keep up with
their class--having united in signing
paper acknowledging their fault and
promising to abide by the rules of the
institution, and requesting to be receiv-
ed back to their class, have been by
the faculty readmitted to the privileges
of the institution. "All's we'll that
ends vel" " and it is to be hop ed this
affair will promote the welfare and
good order of the University, and in
crease of zeal of its students in the pur-
suit of learning.
The Whitewater Register says :
Yesterday morning the section men
while making their usual trip over the
road discovered the BODY of Young