Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-15
The Lost Fishermen.

'4 up TO the hour OF 3 yesterday atte
noon ii the weather was perhaps IL
most spring like Of any we have ),
had Ladies', by the score, were u :
calling; children in gleeful mood spsa
ed in the warm sun !; and men greet
each other with the most appreciati,
references to the weather. ~ It WAS,
glorious day and everybody seemed
be happy. But the storm-king VT
approaching, and nearer and near
still the northeast winds were rus hin,
until about 3 o'clock the clear skh.
were suddenly overcast, the, lake bs
gan its angry roar, and the winds rusl
ed through the streets with almos
terrifying force. The fishermen ha.
not arrived, and anxious friends wete
running in every direction to gatkea
some intelligence concerning them
Hundreds of eyes psered out on th,-
waters, and several boats were discovel-
ed bravely struggling in TIE storm
When the Holdcrness Brothers arriveG
they told of the difficulty one Of thss
fishing parties had in managing ther
boat, and the sudden Disappearance Il
From the land it was seen that tw4
boats had capsized, and powerful glass
es were Immediately set to a score u
eyes. At one time several men wert
seen elm iny to the boats. Dispatch
es were sent to Racine for the tug, but
the answer came: Cannot make your
harbor.'' Again Captain Frantz ana
J. B. Kupfer sent word :,o"Come any
way, and make Chicago, or any other
port" but thu reply, +" Cannot go out
the sea is to heavy chilled every
heart and blishted every hope. We
can say nothing Of the poor fishermen
themselves Their suffering must be
Imagined. Their names are: on Henry
Borkenhagens's boat-G as Radaer,
Fred Borkcnhagen,, August = & emp,
Charles Shrunk on the boat owned bs
John Arnd John IArnd Joseph Arndt
Chris Hansen, and Chris 2Jensen-
Fred Borkenhagen leaves "a wife and
eight children August Kemp,a wife
and six children A 20 Bladder, a wife
and five children John Arnd a wife
and one child, and Charles Shrauk, a
wife. ' .1+' ,,* ... 3'r, '7''-' ..,.. i. y
ANoIDlNGA MIDDLEMAN.- "A lodge
Of our grange friends in Clayton county,
Iowa, had need of "a barrel Of GOOD
whisky for domestic and medicinal
purposes, and were rightfuily deter
mined to avoid the monopoly prices Of
middlemen in purchasiug So com
mit1ee was delegated to Dubuque and
purchase it of one Of our wholesale
houses, which they did on reasonable
terms, and took it home on the cars
On the day of its arrival the members
of the grange repaired with their stone
jugs to the house Of the head granger
where the barrel was stored, and the
liq uor was distributed among them.
each paying for his share atthe whole
sale rate at which. it was purchased.
This was we'll enough as far, as it went,
; but the next dal a Collector of Inter
nal Revenue, who had been scenting
the hayor Of the good spifits from afar,
pounced upon the head granger for
retailing whisky without license, and
threatened to place him under arrest
unless he complied, with the require
ments of.the internal Revenue law IN
this regard, aud he was com PEELED to
pay s35 or $50 to get rid ofLthel gentle
1 man and his unpleasant exposition Of
what Uncle Sam provides. .-DAbaque
T Herald. .=..a5,s s.5s9..... FsIz Il .lr.i5
ID Chicago is becoming, interested over
"A railroad OF one Eail track only This
rail IS prismoidal, or say triangular,
resting on one ct the bases Of the trl-
angle, with an apex perpendicular, on
which the car with one Iine of wheels
in the center, rests. The car appears
to be held steady byaawheels or rollers
depending from it aad fitting to the
two angular sorfacaso of the triangular
rail in center. The Chicago papers
talk as though this road would super
sede ali other street RAILROADS. Should
it do so, we do not see but it may
equally supersede other railroads. 1t
has advantages in greater cheapness OF
construction, greater possible speed,
less danger Of flying the tack, and
much greater facility of sweeping
arouad curves. 3a 10 M .-la as ra
80 Commissioner HuotH informs US that
he found about sixty land-holaing La-
dians in Reedburgh and Portage City,
the other day, where they had songre-
gated, holding their titles, for safety.
He informed the n that they must stay
right there, and do2their begging and
stealing off the Inhabitants of that vlcl-
nifty, for if they left, they would be
seized and shipped immediately. -
Probably they can be, counted on as