Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-24
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S6,0S6 as premiums IN the live stock
department This is divided as follows !:
Horses, S2,174 cattle, $4,000 sheep
1925; swine, $3.50; poultry. sll5.
The first premiums reach the respect
able sum Of SG57, and flowers and or
uamented plants. 1858.
Miss Abbie Fairbanks committed sui
eide in Beaver Dam bv cutting her
throat with razor. The cause Of
this action is not known. She had no
rel4tiyes there, butsswas stopping at the
house ofMr Sturievant. Her parents
reside at Woodstock, Vt, to which
place her remains will be sent.
An important movement for South
western Wisconsin is on foot in Du-
buque, whereby it is proposed that
pontoou wagon bridge be built across
the Mississippi similar in construction
to the bridge now in successful opera
ton between Prairie du Chen and Nc
Gregor.
The Directory Of Milwaukee for
1874, now in process Of publication,
shows 81, 900 names indicating, on the
basis of $50 population for each 100
names, as population is usually esti-
mated from city directories, that the
city now contains los, 900 people.
We learn by dispatches from
Belot of the death there on the
10Th, at the age of II years, of Rev
Dexter Clary, for many years Wis
consin State Agent of the American
Home Missionary Society. the first
settled pastor of the first Congregations
al Church of Beloit, and secretary and
an active member Of the Board OF
Trustees Of BeIoit College.
Palmer, theT aeronaut, who has es-
tablisbed his headquarters in Delevan,
will soon commence the construction
Of a magnificent aerial ship. "Above
the Clouds" is "a SPLENDID balloon, but
the new one is to be far ahead of it in
capacity andl power. It will be $50
feet In circumference and 90 feet high.
At GAINESVILLE, Wednesday evening,
Miss Lavinia Goodell was admitted by
Judge Conger to practice law in
the courts of the state This is the
first instance in which a female has
been recognized in Wisconsin as eligi-
bic to the profession Of law. Miss
Goodell is a daughter Of Rev. Vim.
Goodell, the champion Of abolitioni SIN
and temperance. She possesses pleas
ing and modest address, and sufficient
intellectual vigor to rank among the
foremost of her profession.
The Madison Yacht Club had the
first regatta sof the season on Lake
Monona, Friday. There were four
boats in the first class aud five class and
five in the second. The Eclipse, Capt.
Cabanne, took the lead at the start,
maintained it until after she rounded
the second stake boat, when the Jesse,
ny cp1ohuOu e@iilhS, PaoooN uel VIII
ming the first prize by four minutes.
The second prize was won by the Lady
of the Lake, Capt Mcdonald.
In La Crosse, GU Thursday, Mrs.
Hughes was drawing bucket of water
from the well on her premises, when
the bucket broke and she fell to the
bottom Of the we'll, distance Of forty
five feet. While falling Mrs. Hughes
he'd the presence of mind to grasp the
rope, which, in all probability, saved
her life She was rescued uninjured
AS yet, says The Dunn County Neaos,
the West Wisconsin Railroad Company
is having its own way in Dunn County,
utterly Ignoring the. law of last winter
requiring a reduction in its rates of
transportation, and every day and
hour placing itself anew in the cate
CORY of those who unlawfully appro-
pirate to their own use which belongs
to others, or who in any other manner
violate the law of the land.