Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-01

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wanted by Hiram Sawyer of Burnett.
; A hook aad ladder company has been
organized at Balaboo, as some nrot. ct,on
against fire.
The epizootic has delayed work in
the Northwestern Wisconsin pineries
until now.
The 81 GOO school house In Johns
town, Rock county, was burned last
Sunday, from Goals in the ashes.
The Beaver Dam Citizen notes the
death of Miss Mary Kinping, young
girl OF 10, from an abortion. Stephen
Starr was her seducer.
Fort Howard whisky caused an in
ebriated traveller to throw his watch
into the CRATE and place half smoi ed
cigar under his pillow, on retiring.
A son of Mr.. Palmer, living on
Rush River, in Pierce county killed
three bears in one day, a short time
since.
Gov. Washburne has appointed Gen
Montgomery, of Sparta one of the
Trustees of the Soldiers Orphans
Home, in place of Kershaw, resigned.
The Platteville Fitness says R J.
Huntington, near Platteville, has sold
80 Poland China hog. which averaged
500 pounds each.
The WauSesha Freeman reports the
burning of the house of Mr.. Knight, in
the town OF Genesee, taking fire from
hot Hat iron taken to bed to warm the
sheets.
Most of the horses in the Black River
plnerles are recovering from the disease,
and commenced work. Tie snow ID
the woods is from six to eight inches
in depth.
Insanity must be epidemic in Apple
ton, as the Crescent mentions four cases
d Ohm Wilkin, recently from Canada,
Mrs. George Herrick, Captain KIeiss.
and sagrant, name unknown.
A Ripon saloonist was fined $50
and costs for selling liquor to drunk
| en- mar. in violation to the Graham
law. He was defended by Gen. Bragg
E. L. Kunals aud j. j. Foote.
The Mauston Star notes that hops
have steadily advanced in price and are
now selling in that market from forty
to forty five cents per pound. In Oc-
tober they were worth, and were dull
of sale at, fifteen cents.
The Baraboo Republic rejoices in
the assurance by Northwestern railroad
officers that their machine shops, with
extensive buildings, and employing
many hands will be located there, and
opened within year.
Charles Wanzer, having been to
Duluth on business for the railroad
company, gave specimen of his talent
as walki,t, on his return trip, making
the entire distance from Superior to
Ashland-80 miles-in 19 hours.
A record of Mr.. D. D. French of Mil
waukee shows the December cold snap
the severest since 1864, when, January
lst the mercury stood Sc degrees below
zero. The nearest approach to that
was 26, Feb. 10. 1868, next %, Feb.
4, 1866.
Burglars entered the iewelry estab-
lishment of johnson Il Lorenzs, Mil.
waukee, on the night of December 23d,
and robbed it of jewelry, silverware,
watches, etc., worth between $500 aud
81 900 The burglars gained entrance
to the building by removing pane OF
glass from the front door.
The last rail was laid last week con.
Meeting the Green Bay & Lake Pepin
BY. with the West Wisconsin Ry. at
Merriam $50 miles West of Green Bay.
The Green Bay & Lake Pepin Rail
way Company have constructed ITO
miles of road since May |. which is a
greater distance than has ever been
built within the same time by any rail
road company in this State
The sc raham bill' has brought one
Pierce county saloon keeper to tine
In Prescott, dealer named Shinn sold
liquor to two Or three men who were
intoxicated. Shinn was arrested under
the provisions of the liquor bill, tried
by jury and found guilty Judge
Humphrey very properly fined him
800. with free lodgings in the county
jail for ten days.
The Columbus Republican reports a
dastardly attempt of brute named |
Wesley Stewards to hang his wife in a
we'll which she was helping him to dig
By drawing up the dir, but tainted,
when he tied the rope round her neck
and pushed her into the well and left
her hanging. She managed to get her
feet on a ladder in the we'll and escap-
ed beyond her husbands reach.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin states that
Christmas afternoon butcher named
Boya, in fit of insanity attempted to
commit suicide by cutting his throat
He had been laboring under the delu-
sion that he was being attacked by
some one, first jumped from bis bed
room window, and then. as that did
no harm, went in and cut his throat.
He was taken to the station House, and
DR.. Hasten sewed up the wound, and
thinks the man will recover. The
wind pipe was cut thro 'gh, and the in
jury is such that the man will never be
again able to speak.
The West Bend Republican reports
terrible accident on the goth on the
line of the n. W. L. R. H., about four
miles south of that village on the job
of Messrs. Fish & Webb contractors
Men had been excavating forsome dis
lance under bank, leaving the frozen
earth overhead unsupported a load of
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