Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-03-05

w tAoI dIC OttClcy.
The Secretary of State has granted
a patent for new company, to be call
ed the Wisconsin Midland Railroad.
A beaver was captured last week
pear Lake Scanawung, which weighed
four hundred pounds.
There is not room enough in the in
sane Asylum at Madison, and the jalls
are full of crazy people.
1t is reported that a family of five
persons froze to death near Reedsburg,
while helpless with the small, pox.
Ice in the river at Winneconne is rs
inches thick, and in Lake Poygun it is
AZ inches thick.
Green Lake Is said to abound in
genuine white fish.
Fond dn Lac has one of the five drug
factories existing in the United States.
English capitalists desire to purchase
an interest in the Mining Company of
Wausau.
Some eight or ten old English min
ers are in Marathon county exploring.
There are seventy smallpox patients
in the little town of Richland Centre.
Last Sunday two-year old child of
Mr.. Gousta, of Racine, was fatally in
jured by falling out of bed.
1t is estimated that Wisconsin will
be the greatest mineral producing state
in the west when all the mines are de-
veloped 1t contains iron, lead, zinc
and copper in abundance.
The La Crosse Republican reports
that they were shown a ripe straw
berry few days ago grown this year
in Judge Lords office.
The manufacturing houses of Farms
worth Bros, Knapp & Co.. of Fond du
Lac, the principal firm in that town,
has made an assignment. Liabilities,
$4,000.
The biggest tree of the season. is
claimed to have been cut by man in
Kewaunee County. It made twelve
feet log, FIVE fourteen-feet logs, and
scaled 5, 234 feet.
The Menominee Indians have elect
ed new chief of Ah-co ne mie. nov
serving term of three years in the
State Prison. The new chief is q
strong temperance man
A train ran off the track of the s. &
F. R. r.. near Ripon last week, and
was precipitated into the river Forum
ately, all the the passengers escaped
with slight injuries.
Tobacco buyers visited Rock county
last week, ard ofered eight to eleven
cents psr pound for crops right through.
The offers, as general thing, were de-
clined Sellers ask shilling to fifteen
cents for their crops all around, al
though soma of them will sell at ten
cents, if they get an opportunity.
The Monroe Sentinel says L. Fapen,
of Jefferson sownship. has a live pos
sum in his possession, whic, he captur-
ed near his residence about two weeks
ago. This animal is rarely met with
so tar north as Wisconsin, and is there
fore quite curiosity.
Another great lead lode has been
discovered near Fair Play. 1t lies just
north of the Sinsinawa Mound, in the
vicinity of the Williams lead Opera
tions have not been carried further
than to test the crevice, which has al
ready reveals 10000 pounds of solid
block ore. About 200 900 have been
raised. The mineral lies in chunks of
such size that it has to be blasted to be
handled.
The Duland Times reports: "Mr.
John Adsett, of Wasbeck, met with
quite a heavy loss last week. Mrs.
Adse;t being about to leave home on
visit, thought it would be good plan
to hide the family pocket-book,' and
accordingly put i; away very carefully
in the stove. 1t laid there in safety
ESQ it is supposedly until she returned
and built p fire in..the stove, without
thinking of the money. When she
did think of it the money was gone
not enough left to swear BY There
was about 81, 500 in greenbacks and
enough notes and securities to swell the
amount to over 50 900.
The Racine Journal says: About
four weeks ago a man named Peterson,
Dane, living in the Fourth Ward had
q dog die, as he supposed, in fit.
While the dog was sick he attempted
to do something for his relief; and
then it was that he became inoculated
with the deadly venom that has since
killed him. Last Friday. he complain
ed of feeling unwell, and grew rapidly
worse until Saturday night, when DR..
ueacham was called in. He at once
saw that the patient was laboring under
that most terriblelof all dissase~'hy droph-
obia. Everything was done to allevi-
ate the srtferings of the unfortunate
man, To hope for cure was impossible.
He grew gradually wesker and weaker
until Sunday afternoon, when death
came as a blessed release from his terri
bic agony.
LONDON, March 3 The discovery
of immense frauds on the Bank of
England causes the greatest excitement
in financial circles. 1t is impossible to