Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-30
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HON T. M A IIERS.
The Central Fair will be held
his City on Sept 1ethto 23d, and
double discount all previous ex
itions by the G. w. e. & NJ. A.
d don't you forget it.
-Barnum has the largest horse in the
Id; his weight is $500 pounds.
During the year ending Dec. 31st,
50, 3S,S3S immigrants arrived in Mil
ukee, and of that number 16, 681 made
sconsin their future home.
Mrs Ann Ward, formerly a resident
Shields, Dodge County, died at the
lence of her daughter, Mrs. E. O'Con-
1t Fort Winnebago, on the I'D inst.
Monday morning wild freight train
ng north on the Chicago &Northwest-
Railway was thrown from the track
a broken rail when about two miles
m here. Four flats and one box car were
ore or less wrecked The engine passed
II safely, and no one was injured on
train. The accident delayed the
rly morning train going south some
hours.
Hon P. L. Spooner, Jr., state COM
ssioner of insurance, has issued, with
endorsement of the attorney general,
important decision. He holds that
icies of insurance issued by unlicensed
ents, or agents of companies not Ii
lsed to do bushes, in this state, are 0b-
uteZy cold, and in case of loss by fire
not collectable.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
mpany has let the contract for the con-
uction Of the Council Bluffs extension
its road from Marion, Ia, west, and as
the intention to construct the extern
The present season, Milwaukee will
n be in more direct communication
th Council Bluffs and the great high
" across the continent, than even Chi
20 now is.
The census shows that the value of
Il and personal estate in Wisconsin is
later than that of California by $780,
1000; it is five times as wealthy as the
tie of Texas, four times as rich as Kan
three times as rich as Minnesota, and
zee as rich as Virginia; aEd the aver
wealth of each person, supposing the
alth to be distributed equally to every
n, woman and child, is S765, 80, while
t of Kansas is $518.36, Michigan
'741, Iowa 60193, Texas $194.30.
Colonel Fred Hecker, a prominent
man politician and an eloquent ora
died at his home near Summerfeld,
Thursday, March oath. He was one
he leaders of the Ger man revolution
T. was exiled, came to this country
had been an able and influential
.tical adviser and exponent of adj
iced thought among his countrymen
many years. 1t will be remembered
tColonel Hecker delivered an eloquent
sech in the German language at Tur-
Hall for Hayes & Wheeler during
compaign of 1876.
d. O. Bradbury, who has had charge
the work of clearing the track of the
licago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
this section the present winter, informs
that after the late storm it took one
ndred and fifty shovelers one day to
ovel through the first snow-drift west OF
Junction on the Madison Division,
itch was about half mile in length.
lis gives some idea of the magnitude OF
labor the railroad companies have
d to perform this winter in keeping
II lines OPEN
letter received by Commissioner
IA Ford, dated Glasgow, Scotland
bruary 14th, 1881, the writer speaks
the winter in that country in terms,
.tshow Wisconsin to be no exception
The severe weather rule this year. The
ter says
We have had the most severe winter
that has been experienced since
ia winter almost Canadian in its
irity. 1t came in its wrath upon us
he middle of December, and is still
IL possession of the fields and howls
lefance through every crack and
ce Of door and window.