Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-27
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

will be opened September I'd with a
grand ball. Committees for about every
town in the state have been appointed.
JUST as we go to press we learn that
frankie, youngest son of Chas. Fay,
was killed by falling from the staging
of the Methodist Church.-Appletom Post.
The new railroad bridge across the
Chippewa river will be built this season.
The bridge will be one of iron material,
with five spans 100 feet each, and iron
spans 80 or 80 feet each.
FRANK FERRIS, station agent of the
M. l.. S. Il w. road at New London has
been discovered to be defaulter to the
amount of $3.50. He skipped away after
borrowing money from friends.
A MAN in Ohio, who, during the war,
stole $40 from Samuel Fl. Stone, of
GAINESVILLE, practically repented few
days ago and sent Stone $25 saying his
conscience had been troubled even after
committing the theft.
The ten-year-old daughter of Mr.. A.
&. Van Hovenberg, of Eau Claire, while
playing in the yard Sunday, fell violent
ly to the ground, her weight resting on
her left arm, resulting in breaking the
limb between the elbow and wrist.
The wind On Saturday night took eff
a considerable portion of the roof of the
Wisconsin river bridge. The part re-
moved was from the lower side, and was
thrown over the roadway and badly
smashed up. It has been repaired, and
is now ready for another gust.
FROM Monroe comes the news that
burglars last night blew open a safe in
the Office of lumber firm there, and
secured $75 cash. The fellows made
good their escape, and no trace has yet
been discovered of them. The work is
said to have been done in q manner
which indicated it to have been by pro-
fessionals who understood their business
well.-Janesville Gazste.
ON Thursday afternoon, while Mrs.
John Beth was engaged around the
kitchen stove, her dress caught fire and
blazed up. She, with great presence Of
mind, rushed out and stepped into a
large tub of water, extinguishing her
burning apparel. She was rather badly
burned about the back, but we under
stand she is rapidly recovering from her
accident.-Green Bay Gazette.
Mr.. JOHN BRAID, of Mt. Pleasant, in
forms us that he has some strawb berries of
the Prouty variety that are growing a
second crop. This variety is new and
promises to be valuable addition to the
list of this delicious fruit. Mr.. Braid
says that many berries of this second
crop will ripen, if frost keeps off, as they
are already of good size, but he don't
aatter himself that second crops of any
thing in this latitude could be counted
on for steady thing.-Racine Journal.
Mr.. E. A. PATTIsoN, of this place, lost
valuable horse on Thursday afternoon,
about as follows: The handsome team of
which the horse formed a part was
standing hitched on the fair grounds,
but getting loose ran away, and getting
into the grove Of young timber on the
ground, we're stopped so suddenly as to
break the back of the unlucky horse
which fingered until Friday morning,
when it died of its injuries.-Lodi News.
TIMOTHY LITTLEFIELD, substantial
farmer of the town of Lima, near She
boygan Falls, while milking q COW,
about six weeks ago, was struck across
one or his eyes by the switching of her
tail. He paid but little attention to it
at the time, and now is in fair way to
entirely lose the sight of the injured
member. He went to Milwaukee, on
Tuesday last, to consult an oculist, who
gave him but little encouragement that
his eye could be saved.
LATE yesterday afternoon boy named
Baumgarten, who works for Mr..
Schwartz, on a farm about mile north
of the city, was badly hurt by an ugly
cow who tossed him at her will, and bat
tered him up considerably, and wound
up by goring him in the LETT side. The
cows horn passed between the shoulder
blade and the ribs, inficting serious
wound, but yet one from which he will
doubtless speedily recover. He received
some Internal injuries also but none of
them are deemed to be very Serious
Jassesv5lle Gazette, 10.
COLUMBUS Democrat: The crops, es
pecially wheat, do not pan out as we'll
as expected, and this unpleasant news
comes from all quarters. We were in
formed by Smith and Haasel, who have
been threshing this week in the neigh
borhood Of Mr.. Fairbanks, that the
number Of bushels of wheat to the
acre ranges all the way between five and
twelve bushels, averaging perhaps eight
bushels per acre. Barley and oats are
doing better, the former ranging from
thirty to thirty-fve, and the latter from
fifty to sixty per acre.
DENNIS SLATTERY, at work in 8 La
Crosse saw-lnill, Monday, showed great
presence of mind. He was engaged in
putting belt on pulley, when his left
hand was caught between the betting
and the wheel and was terribly mashed.
It is stated by witnesses Of the accident
that he would have been killed or at
least suffered much more serious injury,
had he not, as soon as his hand was
caught, taken his knife from his pocket
with the other hand, and opening it with
his teeth, cut the belt in two. The in
jured man was attended by a physician.
The hand was badly mashed, but it was
not found necessary to amputate it.
Mr.. JEPsoN, who was brought here
from New York on requisition, and
upon trial adjudged innocent of any
roY>orto tbot of tho tirpo Of h