Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-26
State News.

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tosi, was married, on the 18th inst
to lass of 76, former resident of,
Dubuque.
A painter named Anton Salthammer
fell from a three story building in La
Crosse, but fortunately caught rope
and thus saved his life.
A sharper attempted to swindle the
First National Bank of Sheboygau out
of s2,7O0,but failed, The sharper es-
capped.
The City Council of La Crisse have
decided. by vote Of ten to four, that
their saloons must be closed promptly
at midnight
The Sovereigus of Industry Of Bur-
nett, Dodge county. recently passed
resolutions favoring the strict enforce
ment of the Potter railway law.
Lancaster is terribly agitated over
the liquor question. The license and
antl-lcense people are very antagonis-
tic, and it would not be strange to see
an outbreak any day. The village
Board, heretofore very derelict of duty,
has at last awakened to the Importance
Of the question and commenced pro-
ceedings against ofesders.
Ex-Gov G. G. Washburn has re-
turned to Madison from his European
visit. He has recently, seen Minister
Rublee, of Switzerland and Consul Fair
child, at Liverpool, and reports them
in good condition. He also saw Prof.
Sterling in Liverpool, who is enjoying
his travels very much.
The blackberry season in Oconto
county this year proves to be success
Scores of men, women and children
may be seen daily with pals, baskets,
and anything they can get hold of,
going to the fields. The Indians are
dealing heavily in fruit. Owing to the
great confagations of 1871, the crop
has since been failure until this year.
Hon. Morgan l. Martin, of Green
Bay, has received $lO,974 from the
Wisconsin State Treasury, under bill
that was passed last winter by the Leg
islature, for an old claim for work
done On the Fox and Wisconsin river
improvement. It's alleged that he
received large sum from the Improve
ment Company, before the United
States bought the property of the COM
pany, for this claim.
1t comes to US on the most credible
authority tina. the we'll known firm of
q. d. Mihills Il Co., of Fond du Lac,
has suspended, with liabilities between
two and three hundred thousand dollars.
The assets are unknown, but inFond du
Lac the feeling exists that the liabili~
ties will relize little or nothing. The
excitement there is very high over the
failure.
The numbering interests at Oconto
are depressed as much by local causes
as from the general dullness of the
times. With one or two exceptions
all the mills On the river are suffering
from lack Of logs, caused by their
being unable to get them down on &C.
count of low water. Some of them
have been obliged to suspend opera
tons entirely, for weeks at a time,
while others saw about half their time.
Gold in paying quantities has been
discovered On the north branch of the
Oconto river, which, in purity and
richness, has been pronounced by old
California miners not be surpassed by
any gold ever discovered On the Pacific
cost. The editor of the Green Bay
Advocate has examined specimens
which are fully equal to any he has
ever seen from California OR Colorado.
The gold is in its native state, embed
ded in hard quartz.
Two Depere men-P. S. 10y and
Joseph Allen-have invented an augel
for boring square hole. It is an
auger enclosed in chisels, the small
screw part of the anger projecting be-
low the chisels. The philosophy O.
a its work will be seen. While the
, anger turns the chisels do not, and the
screwthread that draws the anger dowr
pulls the chiseIs after it, cutting {
square hole. The apparatus. if sue
! cessful, will be very useful in tenon.
ing.
The BEECHER-TILTON CASE IN
CoURT.-NEw YORK, August I'll
The Brooklyn evening papers to-day