Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-21
County News.
LAKE MILLS.

The holy rite af baptism was admnis' err
ed on Saturday last by Rev. G. S. Maatin
to the folio wing in Book Lake: John
Dawes, Flora and Jennie Healy, Jennie
Whitmore, Elma Fuller and Nora Manning
The ceremonies were witnessed by a large
number of people.
Fishermen are having frst-rate success
in the lake, we have seer several pickere
weighing from eight to ten pounds which
have been caught during the past week
Mr.. James Payne, who moved from Az.
ITALIAN to Oregon four years ago, is having
hard luck with his blooded stock that be
shipped in 1875. A new disease has made
its appearance among his sheep and carries
them off at rapid rate. A valuable mare
and colt were attacked with the same dis
ease many of which have died.
|! is with extreme sorrow that we an
nounce the continued severe illness of two
of our most respected citizens, Dr. Dubois,
| who is in most precar;ous condition from
heart disease fand John Chesmore who is
suffering untold misery from Rheumatism
On Wednesday morning the family of
James Lu3htkee, living two miles south
east of Aztaan, were thrown into sorrow
by the burning Of their two year old daugh-
ter 1t app ears Mrs. Luchtkee, having some
business at her neighbours, locked her two
children, aged two and four years. in
| room. Returning from her errands she
concluded to help her husband who was
| working in the field, and did not return to
4he house until eleven o'clock. Imagine
| her horror and despair when upon opening
| the dour she found her youngest child burnt
| to crisp, and the elder one so alarmed that
| it could not speak, The draft caused by
| the opening of the door set some curtains
! on fire, and heart broken mother had all she
could do to rescue her other child and sub
due the flames. 1t is presumed that the child
must have been playing with the fire in the
stove which caught her clothing, ard burn
ed Der to death. The funeral services were
held on Thursday, at the Baptist Church
| of Aztalan, the Lutheran minister, of Fort
Atkinson, officiating. Spike.
PALMYRA.
| A serious accident on Tuesday morning,
Mrs. Harris wife of Abiam Harris of our
| village, was thrown from a wagon and had
both arms broken near the wrists. 1t ap-
| pears that Mrs. Harris had started to rice
out with some friends and was seated in
chair in the hind part of a spring wagon,
which in passing over some uneven surface
caused her to be thrown to the ground and
the injury done. The wagon wheel at the
same time passed over one of her limbs.
Young William Williamson about nine
teen years Of age started with his team for
Dakota Territory on Wednesday last. He
intends to purchase land and make it his
home mi nit
nue. to manifest itself among some of our
youth.
Mrs. Hill mother o. Mrs c. F. Eastman,
is now the Oldest person living in our town
She is nearly 81 years of age.
We learn that there are dogs enough list
ed In one of the school districts in town to
defray the expenses OF the summer school.
A little boy some three years of age, son
OF David Williams of Sullivan, was drown
ed In water tank, on Friday last. The
particulars we have not learned Enter
prise.
JEFFERSON.
| Sheriff Brown has been doing some fne
| work around the Jail which entities him to
the thanks of all. He has fitted up the
grounds around the Jail till it looks like
| the grounds around the mansion of some
| wealthy gentleman who has retired from
| business and has resolved to spend his
money for his comfort and pleasure. The
| sheriff has set out one hundred and twenty
trees, about 35 of them being evergreens.
All the bare spots on the premises have
either been seeded or sodded, and the ground
close to Jail has been raised about two feet
and sodded over, thus giving "a nice slope
| from the building. Mounds have been made
and plants and flower seeds put therein.
But his attention has not been given to
| making clean the outside alone The in.
side has been painted and whitewashed and
the pipes to the cesspool relaid and SOL
dered, and now the interior of the Jail
smells as sweet and looks as clean as pri-
vate residence. We have no doubt the
Sheriff will get, what he deserves, a COM
p.iment from the state board of charities for
the clean and orderly condition in which
the Jail is kept.
The School Board has resolved to report
to the Common Council at its next meeting
proposition recommending the purchase
of the Liberal Institute building for school
| purposes, the price to be Sc, 900 for the
| building and grounds and $l25 for school
| furniture. 1t is very cheap and we hope
| there will be no delay in finishing the trans
action.
johnson exhibited his ,rotting stock on
| the tair ground race course last Saturday
Foxy V. is pretty trotter .and won every
| heat.
MARR1ED.-In Jefferson, May 10, by
| Christopher Grimm, Esq, Mr.. Henry Puer.
| ner and Miss Della Kieson.
Wednesday evening, May IA, at Jefferson
Wisconsin, by Rev. J. M. Jerger DR.. Geo
l.. Smith and Miss Ella Conan, all of Jeffer-
son.-Banner
WatcrtOWn Market.
Corrected Weekly by VIM. Buchheit
Commission Merchant, Third Street,
WATERFOWL.
WEDNESDAY, May 9th. 1879.
Winter Wheat............,. $1,000