Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-26
tate News.

ami raid the fine imposed on her hus-
band tor whipping her.
Rev. II ". Spalding, of Madison,
Episcopal, has accepted a So, 1000 call
from Pittsburgh, Pa
The shipping tonnage of Lake Superb
or is to be increased twenty-five per
cenr.
$. Foelyatre, of Columbus. paid his
debts like gentleman, and then hung
himself ike tool.
Bridget WEIGH jumped into the lake
at Port Washington ana drowned her
SELF.
TIE Scandinavians have organized a
literary society at New Lisbon.
| The New Polish church in Berlin
was dedicated on We lnesday last
Over 400 men are employed in the
Northwestern car shop at Fond du Lac.
Cheese factooies aud chair factories
are all the rage just now,
TIE La Crosse lookup is said 10 be
tie worst hole inhabited by human
belngs to be found in Wisconsin.
The Treasurer of the town of Wal
worth, Mr.. II Ayers, was robbed re
Gently of between two aud three hum
dred dollars of the town money.
A little daughter of T. Orsaut of
Caledonia, Was roasted alive. Her
clothing caught fire from a smoke
house
Ferdinand Fereh was run over by a
wagon and killed at Princeton. He
was drunk
Marquette county claims to have
raised buckgheat enough last year to
cover It's surface with a gridle cake
half an inch thick
Geo Is. Mute. who swiadled Conrad
BondIer, Of Madison, out Of S3,04l,
has been arrested in uffalo, and taken
back to Madison for trial.
Three Bel0t huntsmen travelled Is
miles after wolves, aud finally killed
one little black aud white purtunae
peddler.
The Racine Jo"rHol reports that
there is movement on foot ameng the
wealthy men Of that city to build an
opera house during the coming summer.
A newly arrived German emigrant
was knocked down aud robbed at Green
Bay.
Two laborers are missing from Mari
nette They are thought to have been
frozen TO death in the woods.
Michael Dohn a convict. escaped
from the State Prison at Waupun, a
few days since, by clinbing over the
wall. lie was captured the next day
in the town If Mansfield, Fond du Lac
county
The Stevens Point Ptaery records
The death OF the wife and two children
of A. II Baker, Of Knowlton. The
deaths wee cansed by small pox, and
all occurred within two weeks.
The Fort Howard Herald says Ed.
Lawler is entitled to the belt. His
team hauled 80 900 shingles at one
load, nine miles (from Monroe's mills,
Seaniico, to this city,. Mr.. L. claims
that one of the team can trot mile in
3 20
The Wausau Wisconsin says wolves
have been quite thick and ravenous in
this State this winter Around some
of the numbering camps near Peshtigo,
they have been so thick at times that
il was dangerous to be away from camp
in the night time
The Whitew4Ier Register is Inform
ed that large welt was killed in Rich
fAond few days since after hunt of
two days and sixty miles. The wolf
had one of hi. hind legs broken at the
outset by rife shot. but Jagged to
keep out of the way until finally head
ed of and killed by Joe Graves, one of
The hn nters.
The Wausau H,sconsjn says /: owe
understand that overtures have been
made to the Marathon Mining Company
of this city, by company of English
capitalists, for the purchase of an nalf
interest in fhe stock Of the Company
The English parties propose to furnish
all the needful required to commence
active operations in the coming Spring
The new railroad bridge across the
Mississippi at La Crosse is to be 900
feet across the east main channel, with
1000 feet Of piling across the inter-
vening island The draw for steam
boats will be $50 feet, and second
span of 200 feet. The cost of the
bridge . oper i estima ed at $500, 600.
It is tn be i d7nble bridge for wagons
and cars ten feet above high water.
u The GAINESVILLE g rzete If Feb. 18Th
says Several fock> Of pigeons have
been visible to-day flying narthward.
Virgil Pope. who has lived IN Rock
county since 1855, says this is the first
time pigeons have appeared at this
early date during his residence here.
add the pigeons TO the growing prairie
chickens. noticed yesterday, and we
have fair indications cf an unusually
early spring.
The Racine J0uyma{ has the follow
ing "The Citizens League" an or
ganization whose object seems to be
prosecute the liquor dealers in this CITY
who have not complied with the Graham
bill, had another test case last Mon
day. This time they selected Mr..
Workman. a druggist of this city.
After one trial. in which the jury disa
greed, and two adjournments, tn
case came to trial before Justice
James and attracted a large crowd.