Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-26
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES,

the p1nerles.
RIVER FALLS has saloon for every
$50 inhabitants.
MENoM1NEE made $t92, 200 worth of
improvements last year.
BELoIT college has received 500, 900
bequest from the east.
REPORTS from all parts of the state are
that dlphtheria is very prevalent
RACINE is the 139th city in size in the
United States. Population, 16,O31.
ST. CROIx FALLS water-power attract
ing considerable attention among CAPT.
talists
THE annual session of the State Hor-
tlcultural society will commence at Mad
ison January 31st
THE station name of Lakeland, on the
North Wisconsin railway, has been
changed to Comstock.
THE next meeting of the Northwestern
Medical association will be held at
Stevens Point, August I'd
JANEsvILLEs cotton factory made over
5000, 900 yards of cloth the past year,
and paid a handsome dividend.
HE yearly production of tobacco in
Rock. Dane, Jefferson and Green coun-
ties amounts to about -, 100000.
MICHAEL WEIGH, former resident
OF Depere, was caught in Dakota
" blizzard" recently, and frozen to
death.
THE revenue collections in the district
composed of Racine and Kenosha coun-
ties amounted to about 500, 900 the past
year.
The track on the Neillsville railroad
is laid to Wedges Greek, and now only
six miles intervene between Neillsville
and the iron horse
HE Wisconsin Central Railway COM
pany has emigration agents in Norway,
Sweden and Canada, to secure settlers
for northern Wisconsin.
HE remains of George Wood. tie
colored porter of the burned Beckwith
house, Oshkosh, were found in the ruins
of that building Tuesday.
SHERIFF BREMNER, of Racine county,
captured on Saturday, the 18th inst,
one John WhynhOf, an escaped prisoner
from Waverly, Bremen county, Iowa.
Whynhotf had shot man ia Waverly.
AT Ogema, on the 18th, August Be-
not, well-known resident of Depere,
while loading logs in Holmes camp.
had his right leg and foot SO jammed by
failing log that amputation was neces-
sary.
HE tannery owned by Pfister, Vogel
Il Co., Milwaukee, at Two Rivers, was
burned to the ground Saturday night.
Loss $40, 200; insurance not known.
The fire is supposed to have been incen-
diary.
MRS. MOSHER, an insane woman of
Friendship, near Fond du Lac, wandered
away from her home on Sunday night,
and was found on a country road with
her uose, face, fingers and feet badly
frozen.
p. S. DAVIDSON, of La Crosse, has at
tached five packets and nine barges of
the keOkuk Northern Line Packet COM
pany, now in winter quarters at La
Crosse, for money claimed to be due on
stock,
Hon. JULIUS. p ATWOOD, formerly a
resident Of Madison, and well known
| throughout the state in connection with
various Offices of trust and responsible
its, died in Denver, Col, recently, aged
! IS years.
ANOTHER forger was arrested in La
Crosse, Tuesday--one Thomas l.. Nc
GInTis, the amount for which the forgery
was committed being $40, and the sigma
tu1ne forged that of Jacob Kahn, gro
Gee of La Crosse
Mr.. DAVID HEBRON, of Erin Prairie,
while crossing Bone lake. recently, was
STACKED by two large wolves and badly
Snjured. He was Unarmed, but succeed
ed in driving thern off, AID made his way
80 the nearest house.
/ A YOUNG man named Franklin was ST.
/ rested at Appleton, Friday, on charge
of norse-stealing. The offense was com
mitted in Jo Daviess county, Ill, and
! the culprit had just finished a teaa of
imprisonment FOR similar cranae com
mltted LII Ontagamieeounty.
In a fight aat the Fish Bros. wagon
works, Racine, Wednesday, young man
named Ahrens was struck over the head
with file, and quite seriously injured.
He will lose the sight of one eye and
there is q probability that if inAamma-
ton sets iny nothing can save his life.
The name Of the assa1lting psrty is not
known.
PETER j.. LARSON, proprietor of 81 La
Crosse boarding heuse, was arrested at
that place on Tuesday, charged with
committing "a series of small and sta1pid
but very successful forgeries, some half
dozen In aslmber, and aggregating sew
eral hundred dollars. He will plead
guilty.
A COMPANY of Eau Claire has effected
an organization to be known as the Eau
Claire Water Power company, with a
capital of 5000, so be divided into $50
shares, for the purpose OF utilizing the
various wafer power privileges within or
without the state, but more particularly
IN Eau CLAIRE county, and doing gen
eeral manufacturing, transportation and
daercantile business.
A "sHovKR of the queer named
William Milard, was arrested at La
crosse, on Friday nj ght. He had
tty-elght bogus silver dollars in his
possession. and bad already succeeded In