Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16

new railroad bridge to span the Fox
River at Oshkosh
Jesse Stone returned yesterday from
a successful business trip to the Michigan
mining region, and reports mercantile
matters in promising and healthy con-
dition in that section.
If the proposed apportionmeut bill
passes the legislature the Jefferson Coun-
ty Senate District will be the 18th, and
and the Dodge County District the 18th.
The Chicago Times says that Dial
rymple cultivated $4,000 acres of wheat
the past season and cleared $3.50, 900 cash
This is not bad business.
A. J. Csrlin has been confined to
his home in the Third ward during the
past three weeks with severe attack of
neura' gia.
Jack Warburton, the rousing tenn
perance advocate, who has achieved con-
siderable fame of late for the vigorous
manner he handles the question of total
abstinence, will arrive in our city next
week and commence course of lectures
upon his favorite topic. This means such
an awakening in temperance circles IS
has not been often seen here.
The observance of the 14th, of Feb
ruary as the anniversary of st. Valen-
tine, which for some years languished
considerably, has of late been reviving
and this season will be general in all
classes of society The increased interest
IN the custom of sending valentines is
due in part to the improvement of all
kinds of business, but largely, also, to
the very extensive use of Christmas,
New Years, and Easter cards, and the
introduction of similar cards for the pur-
pose of valentines This had made the
custom fashionable among persons who
had long relinquished valentines of the
ordinary patterns, and has directed fresh
attention TO the old usage.
The holidays of 1881 fall on the
following days OF the week: WasIn e
toms birthday, Tuesday: Decoration
Day, Monday, Thanksgiving, Thursday:
Christmas, Sunday. Church holidays
are as follows: Ash Wedncs iay. ~
3; Mid-Lent, March 20; Palm Sunday,
April 10; Good Friday. April Is; East
er Sunday, April II; Ascension Day,
May Is; Advent Sunday, November y
An exchange says a force of two
hundred men are at work on the Madison
line of the Northwestern road between
Milwaukee and Jefferson. Fifty-six pile
bridges and three iron bridges On the first
fifty miles of the road are in course o.
be situated one over the Kinnickinnick
river one over the Fox river, and the
third over highway in Waukesha. All
the bridges will be completed by spring.
Last wednesday evening this section
was visited by one of the severest and
most remarkable sleet or ice storms ever
known here. Everything exposed to the
storm became incased in Intoxicating OF
ice the trees and shlubbery especially
having heavy burden to carry. A
snowfall of an inch or more fol owed the
sIeet storm and all day Thursday nature
presented grandly weired appearance
in her habilimants of ice and snow.
: William Bushman of the Seventh
ward, i'll the employ o. the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, while
assisting i'll unloading railroad iron at
the Junction shops last Friday forenoon,
was seriously injured by one Of the rails
falling upon him, causing Il compound
fracture OF his left leg. At first it WAS
thought that the amputation of the limb
would become necessary to save his life,
but hopes are now entertained that the
loss os the limb will not be necessary
The sufferer is doing we'll.
Hon. E. G. McFetridge, of Beaver
Dam, has introduced bill into the As
sembly to divide the Third judicial cir
cult and create the Thirteenth circuit.
The Third is Judge d. j. Pulling's circuit
and is composed of the counties of Win
nebago, Green Lake, Washington, Dodge
and Ozaukee. He is overburdened with
business and is also in poor health. 1t is
his desire that this bill pass, which will
leave Dodge and Green Lake in his, or
the Third circuit, and place the other
counties mentioned in the new, or Thir.
teenth circuit.
Hon. P. L. Spooner, Jr., State COM
missioner of insurance. has issued, with
the endorsement of the attorney general
an Important decision. He holds that
policies of insurance issued by unlicens-
ed agents, or agents of companies not
licensed to do business in this State, are
absolutely void, and in case of loss by
fire are not cellectable. Persons, there
fore, saving little in the premium by
insuring in companies which evade the
State tax, and are not licensed to do
business in Wisconsin. procure worth
ess p Icy, on which they can coll, ct
nothing if their property burns up. The
decision is based on case decided in the
supreme court.
Personal.
Charles Yates, of Sharon, was on q
short visit to town last week on business.
Rev. Ell. Thompson, of St. Paul's
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