Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02
La Crosse County.

PROMINENT C1G1ZenS OF La crosse re-
Gently went on ten days blackberry
ing excursion William E. Clark, one
of the La Crosse baseball club, dislo-
Gated his arm at the right shoulder, by
a severe fall, while running IN return
game of baseball with the North La
Crosse Club, the Fifth Ward, re-
Gently. Young Clark is in the
Western Union Telegraph Company's
service, and he will lose the use of his
right arm for month or so.-Some Of
the returned Winnebagoes, who do not
wish to remain on their new western
reservation to which they were recently
removed by Capt. Hunt, have appeared
again in the county. 1.-THE U. S. steamer
Montana, Capt. Davis, has been at
work upon raisiug he wreck of the
steamer Alice, which sank this spring
at the foot of State street, La Crosse.
The city has furnished several men to
assist in the work.
Monroe County.
AT Sparta they have Sunday races,
open air tea parties, and arrest men for
working on Sunday.-The house of
Mr.. F. Jones, of Ridgeville, was burned
to the ground recently.
Rock County.
EVANSVILLE is to have watch fac
tory. August Garlove, Rock
county farmer, recently lost several
fingers in q threshing machine. DIR.
J. P. Bates, former citizen of James
vile, has returned to that city after an
extended tour, and will give descrip-
tive lecture.
Sheboygan County.
The hotels of Sheboygan are crowd
ed with strangers.-Mr Platte, the new
school superintendent of Sheboygan, is
recognizing the schools Of that city
on new plan.-Weddings are becom-
ing epidemic at Plymouth. Recently,
Mr.. A. Swart. of that place, surprised
his numerous friends by taking to him.
self wife, Miss Emma Ford, daughter
of Mr.. Elisha Ford, and Miss Lizzie
Dow, daughter of J. W. Dow, of the
First National Bank, was married to
- TiIlotson, of Marseilles, ILL.,
A barn belonging to Mr.. W. A. Briggs,
of Sheboygan, was burned to the
grouud, recently. It was unfortunately
discovered too late to remove COW and
some fowls, and they were all burned.
It was supposed to be the work of an
incendiary. There was no insurance.
Sank County.
A SAUK county correspondent says {:
"We have had no rain here for weeks.
Everything is dry. Wells and springs.
that have ever been good and given
plenty of water are drying up. Devils
Lake is lower than ever known.
Business very dull all over this section.
This branch Of the Northwestern road
is not doing half the business it was
year ago, to all appearances. An in
stitute is being held here in the large
assembly room of the public school
building under the supervision of Profs.
Barnes and johnson. About 100 teach
ers are in e.-Thousands of
acres of wheat have been destroyed by
drouth and chinchbug in the Baraboo
Valley, this season. Wheat, a very
light crop. Corn is now looking first
rate"
Trempealeau County.
OWING to disagreement of some of
the people of Arcadia in regard to the
location of the Office in that village, the
Galesville Journal has been taken to
Whitehall, where it will be published.
The Parker House at Galesville,
which was burned Saturday night, was
valued at $4,000 It is said to have
been the work of an incendiary.
Walworth County.
GENEVA takes 155 copies Of the daily
papers.-There are about $50 persons
encamped at the various parks around
Geneva Lake.-Rev. J. D. Pulls, of
Geneva, has accepted a call to Benton
Harbor, Mich.-A. J. Wood, Of Pent-
water, Mich, has been appointed prin-
cipal of the Geneva schools. - Mr..
Sturges has been offered 81, 600 an acre
for twenty-five acres OF lake shore
woodland at Geneva.