Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-05
State News.

barrel mills, located in that place.
A farmer in Fore st came to Fond du
Lac and put note in the hands Of
lawyer with Instructions to collect. 1t
was for sl25. He got judgment for
500. When the frrmer came to settle
the lawyer who had made two visits to
Forrest. attending the suit charged
him sl20, the judgment and $40.
The steamer Mtnnewauken is now
completed in her. equipments, and ia
making trips around the lake, aftea-
Moons and even nss. These moonlight
nights, the ride is most delightful, and
i extensively INDUCED in by the guests
of the Cliff House.
Christian Maerm an and wife, an
old couple living 6 miles north of
Manitowoc, came to very sudden
death Tuesday night The old gen.
tlemen was taken with heart disease
aud died while his wife was calling
assistance. On her discovering his
death she tainted, and died in less than
FIVE minutes after her husband.
Some $50 of the Winnebago In
dians removed from Jackson County,
at SO much expense, to their eserva-
ton in Nebraska, last fall and winter,
have returned, and express determi-
nation to remain permanently. They
assert that of the 700 removed, $50
are now dead, from exposure and hard
fare.
The United States Marshal on Sat.
urday sold Fond du Lac County proper
ty on an execution in the case of o.
colt VS.. the County of Fond du Lac.
The amount of judgment and costs are
S57, 900. The amount realized was
$3.50 This case has been before the
State and United States Courts for
FIVE years, and was brought on bonds
issued by the county to the Sheboygan
& Fond du Lac Railroad.
The New London Times tells of an
old man named Philip Rector, who,
for year past, has led a hermit's life
on the Wolf river, several miles from
the nearest white settler, and who was
found in lis wretched howell by per-
son who CHANGED to pass by, nearly
| dead from from starvation and expo
sure. he was was taken to farmer
house and properly cared for, but
died.
The mination of E 7. Delaney
the lawyer charged with attempting
to furnish prisoners in the County Jail
at Fond du Lac with saw to cut their
| way out of prison, commenced last
Saturday before Judge Conklin, Court
Commissioner, and closed yesterday
The Hon John G. Trusdell assisted b.
District Attorney Brusted in the pro-
secuton. Gen. e. s. Bragg and H.
Z Rose defended. The interest mani
tested in the examination was very
great, the courtroom being filled all
the time. The examination was very
thorough and at its close Delaney W as
discharged.
At FOND du Lac a singular acct
dent occurred ON Fifth street, in the
First Ward, lately. An old gentle
man, 76 years old, had been digging a
we'll. 1t was. fourteen feet deep. In
the bottom was small hole for the
water to rest in, so as not to hinder
the digging. When the old gentle
man commenced carrying stone to the
we'll to stone it up with by a misstep
he fell headlong into the well. The
stone he had in his hand fell into the
receptacle for water and his head
we'd ged in with it. The strangest
part of it all is the old gentleman was
in no way injured. How he escaped
death, falling so far, and in such a
manner, is the wonder of all who have
witnessed the scene of the fall.