Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-12
State News.

Twelve hundred people auopteo seh-
perance resolutions at Racine.
The Germans of Racine celebrated
the birthday of Tom Paine.
100000 clothes pins were manufac-
tured in Two Rivers last year.
A young lady in Oshkosh wears
natural chignon five feet in length.
IT,: State Horticultural Society has
S54o,57 in its treasury, and no depts,
The Norwegian Methodists of White
wafer, are about to erect church build
ing.
The finding Of the dead body of an
ihfant in snow bar K crea e some ex-
element at Oshkosh.
The log crop, although falling far
behind that of last year, it is thought
will average the product of former
years
j. G. Mcdonald was curiously injur-
81 near Waukesha. He was chopping
in the woods, and mad a twing four
Inches long forced into his ear.
A Milwaukee Servant girl thrust her
frozen hands IN to basin of hot water
last week which rendered an omputatlon
necessary.
The Kilbourne Mirror states that
$3.50 bales of hops, crop of 1872 have
been shipped from the depot by the
principal dealers.
10 Bayfield,, the other night, the
belle Of the evening made the
journey from her residen ce to the ball
room on snow shoes.
At Brotdhead, Green county, Lucy
Ann Fowler and four of her children
aged between four and fourteen yerrs,
| died between the Cd and 18th days of
January last
| r. B. Burton, Superintendent Of the
Soldiers Orphan Home at Madison,
was arrested ana fined $40 few days
since, for whipping one of the pupils, a
boy fourteen years old.
Messrs Bishop & Austin, of Beloit,
recently imported drove OF Shetland
and Iceland pennies, twenty-five arriv-
| ing last week. These are to be kept
| for breeding purposes. and are valued
at $4,000
at the Annual meeting of the North
western Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany at Milwaukee, Willard Merrill, Of
GAINESVILLE, was elected Secretary, John
Fl. Van Dyke, President, and most of
! the old officers re elected.
A youLg lady at Appleton lately
gave her order to her milliner for a
bonnet, with the following direction !:
You are to make it plain, but at the
same time smart, as [ sit in conspicu-
Gus place in church"
Reporters from Clark and Jackson
counties state that the small pox is
making frightful ravages in the lumber
camps of that region. Upwards of a
hundred cases are reported in the vic
Unity of Staffordvllle.
It is at last settled that Superior CITY
will be the eastern terminus of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Gov. Wash
burne, 10 a conference with the officers
Of that Road, secured this decision
| which is a most favorable one to Wis
c0nsln
An old lady at Kenosha tried to sbeat
down" the postmaster on the price OF
letter stamps, in which she failed, but
she took her revenge by saying that she
"kaowed as how those stamp people
would make lots of money by selling
four of them little sticky. pieces OF
paper for a dime"
The Darlington Republican says Geo.
Stephenson of Fayette, sold a hog a
few DAYS since that weighed SIC pounds
The animal was about two years old,
and was not fattened for the purpose Of
making a test. Mr. Stephenson thinks
he could have added two hundred
pounds to its weight had hs fed it for
that purpose.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette states that
three roughs broke into James Mad
den's boot and shoe store Monday night
of last week. and about the time they
were taking armsfull of valuable articles
they were confronted by Thomas Cairns
who sleeps in the adjoining store, hav
ing been awakened by the noise. With
out any hesitation Mr. Cairns collared
one OF them named Ingalls,, and order
ed him to give up the goods, Who re-
piled by aiming blow at Cairns with a
handful of boots. Tho trio scattered
in different directi cas-. One of the
the number, Dunn, WAS captured ard
revealed bis accompices. They we've
all captured and lodged in Jail.
| The Madison cores ponden! of the
La Crosse Leader has the following ::
A good joke is told on Hon. ". w.
| Field which is too good to be lost.
When the officers met to choose a
Superintendent of tho Insane Asylum
at Oshkosh. Mr.. Field sent a written
request for the selection of a Homeo-
pathist for that place. That paper was
preserved and laid before the trustees
of the Madison Asylum yesterday. when
Mr. F. appeared in person and warmly
.dv,catad the selection of his friend.
DR.. Armstrong, an Allopathic Physici
an of Boscobel. He was badly stagger-
ed and somewhat taken back when he
was handed his written recommend
sent to Oshkosh. He could hardly ex-
plain why homeopathic at Oshkosh
was more necessary than one at Madison.
The same joke occurred with E. W.
Keyes. Neither of them expected the
papers they signed and sent to Oshkosh