Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-23
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Mrs Van Colt, the revivalist, will
lold meetings at Oshkosh in April.

Mrs Van Colt, the revivalst, will
lold meetings at Oshkosh in April.
Winter still holds us in it's firm en-
race. Thermometer 5 degrees below
zero Monday morning.
Mrs Emil Schandein, of Milwaukee,
and well known to many of our citizens
has taken her departure for Europe for
six months visit.
There does not appear to be any gen.
eral sentiment in the legislature in favor
of a reduction of rates of interest.
Heavy freshets may be expected the
coming spring as an uncommon amount
snow has fallen during the winter.
"A effort will be made to get General
Grant to visit Wisconsin on the occasion
of the Northern fair.
The postoffices along the Galena and
Southern Wisconsin have been without
mail for nearly two weeks, and the snow
blockade hasn't been raised yet.
During the last ten years the in
creased consumption of malt liquors in
the United States has been over 100 per
cent.
Our State Library now contains co.
734 volumes, documents and pamphlets.
The additions to the Library during the
past year have been ], 1884 volumes.
Most of the families in the city of
Oconomowoc and vicinity have been or
are now afflicted with the measles. Many
of the schools in that section have been
closed on thisaccount.
The Lake Mills Temple of Honor
celebrates its fourth anniversary by an
open meeting at the Congregational
Church in that village, to-day.
The three brightest planets now visi-
bic in the western sky are Venus, Jupi-
ter and Saturn. These are all in nearly
direct line from the setting sun to near
he meridian, Venus being the most west
IN, then jupiter and Saturn.
Venus is remarkably brilliant now,
and about the first of April will be visi-
BILE to the naked eye even when the sun
shines.
Hon. I'll. Colonius is out in some of
the county papers announcing himself a
candidate for the Office of county Judge
at the coming spring election.
Official returns from the census bu-
reau place the population of Wisconsin
at 1875, $50, divide as follows: Males,
$50, 106; females, 635, 374; native, &c.
O63; foreign, 405,714; white, ], 309, 622;
colored, $3.50.
The proposed Third Judicial circuit
will be composed of Dodge, Green Lake,
Washington and Ozaukee counties. Ex-
Attorney General Sloan and Fl. w. Ian
der, of Beaver Dam, Judge Lewis, of
Juneau and j. B. Hayes. of Horizon are
said to be aspirants for the Judgeship.
The Sunday Telegraph says: If the
members of the Legislature at Madison,
instead OF seeking new ways to extract
an additional tax from railroads, tele-
raphs and other enterprises, would at
-<e.npt to curtail extravagant expenditures
and make less taxation necessary, they
would do their duty to the tax burdened
public more fully and acceptable.
Prof A. O. Wright, secretary of
State board of charities and reform, shows
the number Of places selling liquor in
Wisconsin to be 1856 licensed, and 1874
not licensed. Dodge County figures thus
Population, 45,809; saloons licensed, SO:
amount received therefor, $1,735, of
which 81 ,2e5 is credited as being turned
over to the poor fund. The Milwaukee
Republican, in giving the statement,
says:
''Thus there is place licensed to sell
liquor for every 314 men, women and
children in the state, besides 134 without
licenses. These places take in, on an es-
timated average, $1,000 year each, or
total of 81, 642 900 in Wisconsin--over a
million dollars more than the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway earned in
Wisconsin during 1880"
Edward Prime, a well-known citizen
Of jamestown, Grant County, who is now
his 73d year, claims to be the best
araSFeon shot of his age in the country, and
viii shoot with any man at pigeons for
money. He has gun which was made
fifty years ago In London. He shot three
matches recently, in which he killed
every bird he shot at in all three matches,
at twenty-one yards rise and eighty yards
boundary.
The celebrated forgery case of Car
.skadden VS.. Cone on trial before the pre-
sent term of the Jefferson county circuit
court. was given to the jury Monday
evening and a verdict of acquittal was
rendered, thus closing one of the most
notorious cases ever tried IN this circuit.
George w. Bird was the principal coun-
sci for the plaintiff and Harlow Pease for
the defendant.