Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-16
State News,

The Winnebago Indians don't want
to be transferred to Dakotah.
The late tornado blew down thirteen
wind mills near Waupup.
A circular saw at Black River Falls
cuts 1910 feet of lumber in nine min
utes.
Professor Chamberlain will fill the
new chair of natural sciences at Beloit
College.
A man was buried fifty feet under
ground at Merton, by the cavipg in Of
we'll he was digging.
The corner stone Of St. James Epis-
copal Church was laid in Green Bay
on Tuesday
The Universalist church at Briggs
vile. Marquette Co., was destroyed by
the tornado, July 4th.
The First Congregational church at
Beloit, on Saturday, received a new
bell weighing two thousand pounds.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has agreed to complete track
from Duluth to superior within eight
months.
Hundreds Of tons of fish are slaugh-
tered every year at Depere because no
way is provided for the passage of fish
from Green bay up Fox River.
At last accounts the bodies of nine
victims of the Green Lake disasters
had been recovered The bodies las,
recovered were Of Mr.. Bloxham, wife
and child.
Up to July l, only $4,000 pounds
of wool had been received in the Fond
du Lac market, against receipts Of
$50, 900 pounds at the same date last
year.
Another kind Of bug il reported
from Montello. 1t resembles the light
ning-bug somewhat, is long and slim
looks as much like fly as bug, and
travels most numerously. 1t devours
an acre of clover, cleans out potato
field, or strips tree of leaves with
equal relish.
A man 81 years old, a resident o.
Washington county, who has been TO-
tally blind for seven years, was sud
dem y taken with severe pain in the
head and terminated in fit, and when
he came to, be found that his sigh
had been recovered. This, eoccurrec
about four weeks ago, and at presen
he can see quite we'll.
Tie Depere Ne,os says the ca
works at that village are now unde,
the best discipline they have beer
since they went into operation. Two
box cars are being daily turned out
besides giving necessary attention te
several second class and baggage cars.
On Thursday evening, the Sd, lady
named Mrs. j. H. Clason, was acct
dentally shot in Beaver Dam, from
revolver in the hands of some person
on the opposite side ofthe street. She
was eating supper at the time, anc
hearing the report of frecrackers, she
went to the door, when the revolve
fired, the ball lodging in her breast
The wound, although painful, viii
not prove serious.
Mrs. LIE Grange, of Troy, Walwortl
county. last Saturday tied her arm.
and threw herself into cistern con
tanning about two feet and half O
water, and when found was dead. TIL,
deceased has been sick for over year
which probably deranged her mind
She was the wife of one of the oldest
settlers Of Walworth county, of a very
respectable family, and leaves hus.
band and three children to mourn hel
loss.
The Fond du Lac Air Line Railroa,
is completed from Fond du Lac to Yves
Bend, and the tracklayers on tina
end have pushed on two miles towar,
Milwaukee. Thirteen miles remain
unfinished. This distance is through
a rough section of country, wher
many cuts have been filed with eartl
washed down by the heavy rains. S,
that it is doubtful if the road will b
completed before September.
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