Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-23
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own life is still alive, with a ball in his
lett lung above his heart and one
through his bowels.
HE Presbytery of Des MONIES, April
10th, adopted resolutions denouncing
the theater, card-playing and promis.
cuous dancing, and recommending
churches to guard against them by an
exercise of discipline.
EX-GOVERNOR Merrill has offered to
furnish the iron and rolling stock for
the extension of the Abel and Western
NarroW-Gauge road to Panora, and
work will begin at once.
JOHN E. HOUSE, who departed from
Newton very suddenly on account OF
forged note and two wives, about three
months ago, has been found at last near
Henry Clay Deans "Rebel Cove" on
the extreme southern border of the
state, and now rests in jail in Newton.
IN the district court of Hardin coun-
", ~. Is. Morse, ex-cOunty auditor, was
convicted under one of the indictments
Tor embezzlemen and sentenced to six
months In the county jail and to pay
me or SlOO. There are six other in
IL
Tense.
WISCONSIN.
JANEsVILLE'S new gas company will
charge $3.50 per thousand.
FARMERS have finished wheat-sowine
IN the southern tier Of counties.
The factories at Depele work up
about $125, 900 worth of wood annually.
A JOINT stock company has been Or
gained at Wausau TO erect a saw-mill.
DODGE county farmers are to plant a
largely increased acreage in corn this
spring.
ENEMIES of the sparrow at Madison
have been busy scattering poison for the
little creatures to pick up.
LA CROSSE and Winona rifle teams
are to shoot challenge match; scores
to be sent by telegraph.
ALL the mills at La Crosse will be
run to their capacity, the bulk of the
cut being intended for rafting down the
river.
The body recently washed ashore at
Fond du Lac is supposed to be Joseph
Off the steamer Porter last fall.
A Rock county dispatch says the
winter wheat crop, of which there is a
much larger acreage than for many
years past, has come through the win
ter and late freezes and thaws in verv
fine condition. The same may be said
Of rye, Of which there is large acreage
in this county. The acreage of spring
wheat in this county will be larger
than usual. The area scwn to
barely will show q falling
off, as compared with last year, and
that of oats and corn an increase. Far
mers are seeding down more land than
ever before, and will 60 into dairying
and stock raising.
GEN. RUGER, I. S. A, a Wisconsin
man of brilliant military record, until
recently stationed at Atlanta, Ca,
passed through the city yesterday with
part of his command, enroute to from
tier posts in Dakota. Besides the sleep
ers, occupied by the general, his staff,
and the officers of the regiment, there
were ten cars for the privates number
ing 600. The force has been assigned
to the duty of protecting the new set
Elements from invasion by the Indians
Other detachments are TO follow in Or
der that the frontier may be fully guard
ed. A long freight train followed in the
wake of the special train with the arms,
accoutrements and supplies for the COM
mand. The stay here of the boys in
blue was a brief one. the train having
been side-tracked just long enough to
admit of the attachment of a neWlyfed
iron horse ilaoaalkee Sentinel, April 16.
E. ALLEN SMITH, who was arrested at
Otsego a. few days ago and taken to
Ohio, committed suicide in the Xenia
jail.
The Athletic association of the uni
versity of Michigan has been duly IL
corporated. Its charter runs for thirty
years.
WILL CARLETON, formerly known as
the Michigan poet, has returned to his
Hillsdale county home to rest after
winter lecture tour.
ADoLPH SPENCER, of st. Charles, Sagi.
nav county, who has been missing for
several days, has been found. He was
in the river.
Miss STEWART, of Grand Rapids, does
not pretend to be a professional walker,
but she proposes to walk fifty miles in
twelve hours, for ducats, at that city.
FIVE young men from east Pittsburgh,
Pa, have come to Michigan to settle.
They came "overland" in wagons, with
seven horses, a yoke of oxen, and traps
enough to begin life on new land in
Osceola county.
Mating Miigets.
New York Special, 18th, to Chicago Times.
Another Tom-Thumb wedding is to
come off here in few days. It has
been arranged that "the midgets" are to
be married. Lucie Zarate the prospec-
tive bride is Is years old, and weighs a