Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-19
State News,

kaSOta stone.
A brute named Humphrey Humpbry
of Racine, was recently fined only SIS
~ for kicking his mother, aged 80
years, out of doors, and compelling her
to sleep in the cellar.
A fellow at Oak Grove undertook
to break up nest Of humble bees in
his strawstack with fire and water.
He succeeded admirably, but his straw
hay, stable, and granary are gone too
The Freeman says movement is
now on foot, with strong probabilities
of success, for the dredging Of Fox
river above the dam, so as to make
good boating ground at Waukesha.
The Grant county grangers have de-
cided to organize an insurance COM
pany. AT their last meeting they
raised SIS, 900 of the $40, 900 necessary
and they feel sure of the whole amount.
Hon. John Lawler has succeeded in
getting patent on his railway pom
toon bridge. This will be one of the
most important improvements ever
gotten out in the West.
An exchange says: The Oshkosh
papers publish list of new buildings
started on the burnt district, which
reads something like this: Beer Hall
store, saloon, beer hall, grocery and sa.
loon. beer hall, store, beer hall, saloon
1t is to be hoped that they will not
neglect to put up now and then beer
hall or saloon"
Mr.. A. Moore, who lives about four
miles south of Milton, Rock County,
had his leg badly brok en-, last Tuesday,
BY kick from high-spirited horse,
which he was driving. Not knowing
that his leg was broken, he jumped
out of the vehicle to attend to his team
but the jump was too much for him
he fell on the broken limb with such
force that both ends of the broken
bone protracted through the flesh,
making an ugly wound. Mr.. NJ. show
ed true grit in this misfortune he lay
upon the ground waiting for assistance
put a bandage on the wound to stop
the flow of blood, and remained quiet
until his horses had reached home and
members Of his family took the hint
and back track to fad the driver.
Two BOYS sMorHERED IN AN
ELEvAToR.-A terrible and fatal &C.
cident occurred at Neenah yesterday
afternoon at the wheat elevator of
Hewitt & Co. As is well-kaown the
wheat in these large elevators is drawn
through mammoth hoppers in large
grain wagons below, which convey the
grain from the elevators to the mill.
On yesterday when the teamster pull
ed the slide to allow the wheat to run
down into his wagon, suddenly the
wheat ceased TO flow when the wagon
was only partially filled. He ran a
long pole up the spout and again start
ed the wheat to running, but evident
ly there was something which prevent
ed the wheat from running with its
usual freedom. However he finally
got his wagon filled and drove to the
mill, where he emptied and returned
to the elevator. Ga pulling the slide
the wheat this time utterly refused to
run down the spout, when he thrust
his band up and was Mortified to grasp
the cold, bare foot of human being
This was his first intimation of the
cause of the s:oppage of the wheat in
the spout. Hastily giving the alarm,
assistance came and the bottom of the
hopper was torn away and down came
two dead bodies mingled with the
wheat as it rolled upon the floor. The
bodies were lifeless, apparently having
been dead an hour or more. The
victims Of the sad and terrible accident
were two boys about Il years of age,
one the con Of Mike O'Brien, Alder
man of the Third Ward, and the other
a son of Mr.. Williamson, engineer of
the switch engine at that place.
1t appears that the boys had climbed
into the loft Of the elevator for the
purpose Of catching the doves that
were flying about up there, and in all
probability were trampiDg over the
wheat when the teamster pulled the
valve and were resistlessly drawn into
the rushing vortex Of wheat.
When drawn from the hopper the
bodies were found literally crammed
With wheat, ears, nose, stomach, lungs.
and every avenue of the body were per-
fectly solid with wheat, the poor boys
having swallowed and inhaled the grain
in their terrible struggle with death,
while sinking deeper and deeper into
the seethlng pillows of wheat and dust.
The famous trotting mare ''Lulu,'
whose performance at Rochester,
where she tTotted the third heat in
the fabulous time of 2:16a, and has at
tracted so much attention, was raised
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