Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-08-20
State News.

and mas0ns at ManltOWoc.
Prairie Chickens are reported scarce
in various portions of the state.
The rye crop in Fond du Lac coun.
| ty this year is much smaller than dur
ing any year since 1865.
A large party of Eastern capitalists
are looking over the pine lands on the
Chippewa tributaries.
A survey, with the view of running
narrow-gauge railroad from Platte.
vile to Madison, has been comm nced
The old military grave yard at Fort
Winnebago has been fenced by the
Government.
The Spiritualists hold State con-
vention at Omro, beginning Oct 10.
Governor Washburn reviewe! the
First Regiment Wisconsin State Militia
at Milwaukee on Friday.
The fall term of Lawrence Univer.
sity will open September 18th. The
prospects are good for large attend
ance.
The Baptist and Congrega tional
Societies at hartford united in ad-
roinistering the ordinance of baptism,
Sunday, August 10th.
Columbus is to have fifteen humid
red pound church bell cast, from can
non captured by the German army
during the Franco German war.
A Beloit editor takes it upon him
self to say that "cows, elephants or
rhinoceroses may run gracefully, but
woman never"
The Hudson Times thinks the cram
berry crop will be light yield. In
many localities the buds were blasted
by unafvorable weather in the early part
Of the season.
This season 125,OO0,OOO feet of
logs have been RATED out of the Wolf
river boom, and 100000 feet more
will run before the freeze-up.
Kate Scott, an old Indian squaw,
living in the town Of Grant, Clark
County, on the farm Of her decease d
white husband, has killed eight bears
this summer
The Walworih County Independent
reports that series of religious meet.
ings at East Troy, held by Miss Bene-
dict, resulted in 80 hopeful CONVEX
sions.
On the 5th Of September the French
people of Fond du Lac will hold pic
mic at Taylor's Grove, to celebrate the
occasion of the Germans leaving
France.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette SAYS the
ladies Of that city held another temp
erance meeting, at the Baptist church.
on Wednesday afternoon. They are
accomplishing great deal of good.
Miss Matilda Fletcher Is delivering
her new lecture on 1.-The Duties of
Farmers Wives and Daughters" in
various places. and is coming to Wis
consin this fall
The Alma Enprcss tells how a Mrs.
Myers, of Eagle Mills, when she went
to get some shavings was startled by
a curious Kissing in the box, and in
vestigation by Ler husband resulted
in the discovery of good sized rattle
snake.
One night recently, Winneconne
was the scene of quite an affray in the
shape of the rescue of prisoner from
the village marshal by mob. Two
of the ring-leaders were arrested aad
bound over to appear at the Circuit
Court.
Sylvester Smith and brother. of
Galesville, La Crosse County, while
climbing bluff the other day, came
across an interwined mass of rattle
snakes, thirty.6ve of which they killed
before they could separate themselves,
but about seventy-fve escaped to their
holes.
This is from the. Trempealeau
Record: "For some time past Polan-
der, whose name we cannot spell, liv-
ing over the pass. had a cow whose
milk was drying up fast AS no calf
was running with her, and none of the
neighbors MIXED her, the case was
very mysterious. One day this week
a daughter of R. Adams accidentally
discovered large rattlesnake, with
nine rattles, hanging to the cows teats.
When the snake was beaten off and
killed the COW beloved over it as if it
were her calf"
A very bad type of diptheria has
made It's appearance at North Bend,
Jackson county, and within the last
ten days German by the name of
Bloom has buried four chilren between
the ages of seven and nineteen years.
1t has also made its appearance in the
family of John Schi!ling, son in-law to
Mr.. Bloom, and already one girl of