Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-21
State News.

Lo"'lo'o o1o olo"uiuS luIO AauIa10.
Door county fruit prospects are unus-
ually good.
The Episcopal congregation at Wau-
paca have got into wrangle.
Spring Prairie Walworth county.
boasts of better harvest than for 3
number of years.
Schuyler Colfax has accepted an in
vitation to speak at the Waupaca Couu-
ty Fair September 4.
Mr.H. A. Taylor, editor of the Hud-
son Star and Times, has just arrived
home from trip from Europe.
Eau Claire is to be greatly improved
by the erection of numerous dwelling
and business houses.
Sheboygan county has shipped the
present seasons up to August 6 2,518,-
693 pounds or 48, 1854 boxes OF cheese
The town Of St. Croix Falls at the
head of navigation on the St. Cro1x riv-
er, in Polk county is over IS years
old. 1t has never had resident min
lister or church building. It has no
practicing attorney and for years it has
no resident doctor.
James Shaw, of Eau Claire will have
on exhibition at the Minneapolis fair his
son,J oseph, IL years old weighing 14O
pounds five feet eight inches high.
joseph has on each hand six fingers
and on each foot six toes
The motion to set aside the verdict
of mauslaughter il the fourth degree
in the case Of the State VS.. Russell
Wheeler of Milwaukee charged with
the murder of Theodore B. Hendsrer,
has not yet been argued and no day
has been set for the hearing by Judge
Mallory in the Municipal Court.
james Davanney, Frank Dodge, and
John Bittel, convicted of assault With
attempt to rob, were on Friday, at
Fond da Lac sentenced to three years
each in the State Prison. The two
latter also pleaded guilty to larcency
and were sentenced to one year adai-
tional. Frank Thomas, convicted Of
larcency, was sentenced for two years.
They are all young men from Ripen
and vicinity, and Of highly respected
parents.
The Oshkosh residences of Hugh
Stevenson, John Baker and A Leach
were entered by burglars the other
night, the thieves in every instance
gaining access by cutting the stats of
the window-b blinds. They carried off
some fancy articles from the Steven
son house, some money from Bakers
but in Leach's they were frightened off
before they had committed any depre-
dations.
In the absence Of the family, bur-
glars entered the house of J. G. Rus
sell, of Ripon, Friday, and carried off
$500 In money and gold watch.
The thieves are thought to. be follow
ers of a circus.
The other night as Otto Jagerson
was rowing on the river at Neenah, he
saw an object floating which attracted
his attention, and, upon going to it,
found it to be his own pet 2 year,old
boy. who had wandered to the bank and
fallen in. The grief of the parents
over such sudden shock may be i'm
agined.
The Milwaukee News says: GA
pet dog belonging to a young lady in
the First Ward, was sunstruck the
other day, after fatiguing journey
with the carriage. Her sympathies
were quickly excited aud she sought
to doctor the dog. A tent was built
over him and ice put around his head:
Her pet was in a fair way way to be-
come rabid when the governor came
home, and despite all entreaties order
ed the purp to be drowned"
The wheat harvest in the vicinity of
Oshkosh is nearly completed; the
yield will be light, hardly up to the
average for series of years; in quail.
ty, not No. l. The corn crop prom
ises an abundant harvest; potatoes,
average; weather fine and very favor
able for complete and early maturity
of crops. Oshkosh lumber business
firm, and sales to western prairie yards
preparatory for fall hade, brisk.
Reports from the Wisconsin Top
region show that the crop is assailed
with all the evils which beset the hop,
including blight, lice and rust. No
crop is anticipated, and no good grade
of hops can be produced from the Wis
consin crop so far as present appear
ances indicate.
The Portage Advance says: "The
dredge is now at work on the Wiscon-
sin river, just below the lock, taking
out an old dam composed of stone aud
timber. that was put in about twenty
FIVE wears AGO. The timber comes