Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-12-23
s late News.


Berlin. They had been killed in Por-
tage county.
Capt. A. G.. Parkinson, Secre tary of
the Beard of Charities an d Reform,
and one of the editors of the Madison
Democrat, was married at Columbus
on Thursday evening.
Grant County. with a population of
10000 and a $4,000 Jail, has not
criminal under the Sheriff's charge.
The Jail is empty and every room is to
let.
Glen Haven, Grant county, which
was visited with a destructive conhag-
rasion in July lass, has been rebuilt,
and now presents much better APP
pearance than it did before the fire.
Du ng d u1ken affrar at Eagle
Beewe'y, Lace. e, Mo.day sveu ny,
Heo J S.1 b :, nc f,om Bos'wick
VaI'e", stabbed &c maa pawed Mey-
or, i'aictipg a Sc -.ors I'D probably ia
fal would.
1t has been discovered at Milwau-
kee thst Ellers, the deeaultiog Treas
urer Of that couniy, I'D not leave mon
ey enough in ,he public fuuds 20 pay
the interest on The coun.v's bonds,
and payment of it has therefore been
Stopped. The amount "short is
said 20 he So $50.
Tim Barkas, counte rfe;ter, was ar
res ed at Baraboo by . U. s. detective,
on Tuesday, end taken to Madison.
A large amount of spurion, five dollar
bills ard fly cepi p;ece' were found
on his person.
The Eau Glare Free Press says:
"The work of perfec.ing our commu
nications with Lake Superior is said to
be in rapid progress. The rivers are
being bridged, the swamps causewayed,
and travel will be as easy by another
season as along any other hundred
miles in the State"
The Mayor Of Lacrosse has pet:ioni-
ed Congress 30 give Wisconsin and
Minneso jurisdiction over Barren and
Taylor's island, neural grounds, "
ing opposite that city. The inh. BIZ
tants are THE, es, cut-:nroats aud black
legs, who have committed untold
crimes aud depreaat ,us.
The regular annual meeting of the
Wolf River Transportation Company
was held at Oshkosh on Thursday.
The following officers were elected for
the coming year: President and Su-
perinrendent, John Lynch Secretary
and Treasurer, Thos. DAILY; Directors,
j. Lynch, Tom Wall, G. c. Paige, II.
S. Dixon, Thos. DAILY.
The blu, sting CT kerosene lamp,
says the Whitewater Register, started
fire which came nigh destroy lag the
fine 'eS'deuee Of George Estes Y, Esq,
last Sa,"rd1y eve, ag. 1t occurred
just as he Jeoo'e xers etrcl,ng Jm
the tempe. anc5 meeting, W, Gu proved
to oe mosl Tor, unae GREENS .nce
for Mr.. l.. c. Sinh, who was on nis
Way hone, saw tie light, Id Ip2ning
into the toose, M oagad 10 smother
the flames.
L he GAINESVILLE Gazette says: "Mrs
Lydia A. Childs, whose death occurred
at Darien, on the 18th inst, was
among the pioneers of WISCONSIN
| The farmers of this section who hauled
| their produce to Milwaukee and other
| lake towns, before the time of railroads,
will remember Childs' tavern" some
fifteen miles east Of here, where they
found an obliging host and hostess,
with &C ommodat ons for MAJ and beast.
Mr.. 9. came to the West in 1887, and
died In 1913, at sc years Of age. She
was buried by the side of her husband
in Richmond, Walworth county"
To settle the imbroglio between the
North Wisconsin, and Madison and
Portage, and Wisconsin Farm Mort
gage Association, Gov. Taylor will is
sue certificates to the North Wiscon-
sin Company for forty miles of road,
and to the Madison and Portage Com
pany for twenty niles. Gov. Fair
child having previously certified to
twenty miles for the latter company,
this company will be compelled to Sc
| lect their lands from unoccupied land
within six miles of their road. but they
have priority right over the North
Wisconsin, arG should be allowed the
limit of nine miles, basing their claim
on previous act of Congress.
On Monday last, says The Green
Bay Gazette, several parties of fisher
men went out from he shore in the vi
cinity Of Little Sturgeon for the pur-
pose of setting their nets. On Tues
day morning, upon attempting to re-
turn. they found that the ice has bro
| ken loose from the shore and that they
were drifting out. The wind had
| chiffo5 south nnd noc 1ripinr