Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
TIE NORTHWEST.
ILLINOIS.

1LLlNOlS.
FRANCIS E. CLARK, the republican
nominee, was elected Judge of Lake
county by 400 ajority.
DECORATION day will be observed at
Aurora by the grand army division and
citizens generally.
GREAT floods Of water have fallen in
the vicinity of Champagne, greatly re-
tarding seeding.
CoLLINsvILLE is badly demoralized af-
ter its awful cyclone experience. The
loss suffered is a heavy one.
AT the recent election at Cairo, 500
more votes than usual were polled, nnd
the announcement Of this fact created
excitement.
AT Elgin the new council voted to
close all the liquor saloons at 10 o'clock
p. M. through the year. During the
past year they closed for six months in
the year at II o'clock. An ordinance
was passed prohibiting the keeping or
using any billiard, pool or pigeon-hole
table, ball-alley or shooting-gallery in IL
quor saloons. The price of liquor IL
censes was raised from $3.50 to $500.
The vote stood a tie and Mayor Lord
gave the casting vote.
A BLOOMINGTON special says the peo-
pie of Harp township, Dewitt county,
recently held a meeting at Thorp school
house, to take steps to rid the township
of the Barton family of thieves, one of
whom, daughter named Lizzie, assist
ed In stealing s. team last week and was
or cd Of
prevailed and threats of violence were
made. Finally committee was ap-
pointed to notify them to leave in one
week.
A LINCOLN special of April IA says
the council chamber was crowded to-
night with both men and women to wit
ness the vote on license. The council,
by a vote of five to three, voted down
license. Aids. Davis, Hudson, Hum
nell. Hungerford and Reed voting
against, and Aids. Biwer, Pegram and
Webb voting for. Two Of the church
bells are ringing in honor Of the prohi-
bition victory, while the "boys" are hay
ing a gay old time all over town, appar-
emily in the belief that it will be their
last opportunity for some time.
AN Urbora special says Thomas D.
Mckee, banker. of Home r, this coun-
ty, was indicted short time ago for
fraudulently obtaining money, and his
brother, Andrew Mckee, was indicted
for forgery, and on Saturday Andrew
was placed on trial, but the evidence
was not sufficient to convict him, and
the jury brought in verdict of aequit-
tai without leaving their seats. States
Atty. Mathews then entered a nolle in
the Indictment against Thomas D. Nc
kee in the other case.
MINNESOTA.
A LARGE hotel wit h one hundred and
fifty rooms is to be built at Lake Mime
tonka this summer
A MAIL route has been established in
Carver county from Norwood via Young
America to Helvetia
The grist and sawmill of Booth &
Burfield, of Norwood, Carver county,
has been destroyed py fire.
THE Missouri river has again COM
menced to eat into the banks at Sioux
City.
RUsHFoRD voted in favor of license
by twenty majority.
The attempt to stop Sunday shaving
in Faribault met with the usual failure
THE opera hall in Red Wing has been
sold to David Russell, of Ohio. Oh a
mortgage foreclosure.
The Democrat predicts that Mr.. Oar
rel's bank building at Chatfeld will be
the finest structure of the kind in south
ern Minnesota.
Mr.. L. G. MCKINNEY, formerly asso-
ciated with G. T. Jones, in the publica-
ton of the Cannon Falls Beacon, has
established journal at Hokah, Mimi,
called the Herald
WINNEBAGo City Press: Work will
be resumed on our North and South
railroad in few days, and be pushed
rapidly to completion. The cars will
run here sure by August LIST.
IT is probable that the failure of S.
M. Newton, of Chippewa Falls, may
occasion some loss to several Minnesota
parties It is understood that those
who have no security will receive moth
ing from the bankrupt estate.
AhANhA1O IttOtoW. w T. are uOL 01tlT0-
ly done, as we had hoped, with the ter
rible disease-diphtheria Three Of
the children of Widow Dodge, of West
Mankato, were sick last week, aged 9,
IL and IA years, two boys and one girl
The youngest died on Saturday. an
other on Sunday, and the third is ex-
pected to recover
The three state normal schools Of
Minnesota will graduate about one
hundred teachers at the annual COM
mencement exercises during the first
week of May. Superintendent Doty,
of the Chicago public schools, has &C
copied the invitation to deliver the an
nual address before the graduating
class of the normal school in Winona.
IOWA
The Leadville fever in Iowa is on the
Wane.
CEDAR Rapids hos ahapdo nod ifs