Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-02
State News.

commenced stocking the Fox River
with fish. On Thursday last 10000
shad and 1000 cells were placed ia the
river at Appleton. The commissioner,
think that the fish will gradually work
upstream, and at last take up their
habitation in Lake Winnebago and it's
tributaries.
The Green Bay Gazette says the bust
ness of Green Bay and Lake Pipin
Railroad increased during the last
month to four times as much as in the
month Of January.
The Waukesha Pzasndeazear learns
that Mr.. John Druse has lately dsoov-
cred mineral spring at Muskego
Centre. the water of which is curing
all the ills that flesh is heir to. Several
ladies in the last stages of consumption
have been cured, if reports are true.
The Racine Journal states that the
steam road carriage manufactured in
that city is completed, and operates in
satisfactory manner.
Geo. G. Clark, profession al horse
thief, has been arrested in Madison.
Minister Washburne son has CON-
menced the study of law at Madison.
Miss Anna Dickson is teaching
school at Elk Grove. while William
Henry Harrison is engaged in the same
honorable calling in an adjoining dis
trict, and Andrew Jackson plods along
on farm. near by.
A trout fifteen inches in length was
lately caught near Shawano.
The widow Of General Cassius Fair
child was married at Milwaukee to
James 6. Flanders, a Milwaukee law
yer. 1t will be remembered that on
his death-bed General Fairchild was
married to Miss Haney and died few
hours after.
Or Wednesday night, of last week.
burglars went through the Merchants
Hotel and Wisconsin House, at Men
omonie, Dunn County, tapping money
boxes, and stealing whatever valuables
they could find. Three of them were
arrested at Wilson, and Friday night
two more were captured at Hudson.
c. W. Phillips Esq, of Delevan,
recently sold his beautiful and noted
horse Edwin Booth, in California, for
$500. Edwin has trotted mile in
2:22.
Major Williams. residing near Bara-
boo, sold on the 4th ult., nineteen
head of short-horned cattle for 1855,
averaging 1870.
Milwaukee boasts of population of
$4,000.
The graduates of Union College,
N. Y, residing in Wisconsin, have
had meeting, at which a permanent
was formed, to be COM
posed of all the graduates of Union
College residing in the State of
Wisconsin, by the name of "The
Union College Alumni Association of
Wisconsin" The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Levi Hubbell; Vice-Presi-
dent, John T. Wentworth; Secretary,
E. P. Smith; Treasurer, E P. Allis
The cranberry crop bids fair to be
unusually good this year. Mr.. Sackett
brought the editor of The Berlin Jour
nal handful Of vines that he pulled
up in looking over his marsh, and they
were just completely covered with
blossoms. He said that was only a
fair sample of the rest, and he thinks
there never was better show for tn at
fruit than there is this year.
The apportionment ofschool money
from the State amounts to lo1,O56.l2.
to be divided among 431 ,OS6 children,
at the rate AZ cents each.
A Milwaukee boat club has adopted
uniform consisting of a handkerchief
around the head and one suspender.
The State University had forty seven
graduates at the late Commencement
A Hemlock Extract Company, with
a capital of $40 600 h s beea orssn zed
IN Waupaca county, with the factory
located at Clintonville.
The Appleton Crescent states that
Mr.. Stovekln's Touring mill was totally
destroyed by fire on Wednesday even
ing last. Loss 5000, insurance about
1000.
The Ripon Free Press states that the
new enterprise, consisting of canned
goods and pickle factory, is fairly start
ed and the buildings for the factory
now being erected. Messrs. j. j.
Smith and son, G. E. Hammond ard
Wm.IJ. Corner are to be the manufac-
turers under the name of the Ripon
Packing Go.