Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-05-10
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

n AAhGE opera House Is TO DE DIl1ib- at
Appleton by W. s. Warner
Mrs. CHAUNcEY PARSONS died at Del
AVIAN on the LIST inst, of paralysis. Her
husband died just a week previous of
the same disease.
JOHN MEYERS, of Milwaukee, s1licided
at Westfield on the Both ult. by hanging.
He had been badly cheated by trading
city property for a farm In Adams County.
The Rolling Stone dam, on the head
waters Of the Pickerel, went out the lat
ter part of last week, being unable to
sustain the heavy pressure upon it in
consequence of high water.
A FLORENCE dispatch of the 1st inst
says: An Englishman, name unknown,
without friends in this country, while at
tempting to cross the Menominee River.
yesterday, fell In and was carried over
the falls and drowned.
The Delavan corporation election. on
the I'd inst, was an exciting one. the
! question OF license or no license being
the issue. The no-hcense ticket was
elected by an average Of about fifty ma
Jority. A large vote was polled.
THE residence of Job Hartley. a
wealthy farmer, living three miles south
Of Columbus, burned on the LIST inst.
The house was large one and we'll fur
nished, and the loss, which is supposed
to be total, will be heavy.
SHEPPARD, manager of the Augusta
lottery, has ordered the money refunded
to all ticket-holdess not represented in
the drawing that occurred recently,
great number of whom comprised Eau
Claire people. The bank is acting ac-
cordingly.
A FIRE at Florence on the LIST inst.
destroyed four buildings, causing loss
of $500 The following are the losses:
Travis & Webb, hardware and furniture
merchants, $15, 900; William Scott, hotel,
So, 500; Dan. Hall, dwelling, 81 900; Ell.
D. Fisher, dwelling, $500. Total insur-
ance, So, 800.
Mrs. M. SAFER drowned herself and
2-year-old daughter early on the 29th
ult. morning, during a fit of despon-
dency, to which she was subject. The
bodies of both were recovered by Capt.
Pilon and crew, of the United States Life
Saving Station, after a long search in
both rivers.
CARL KUMINsKI, a section master on
the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and West
ern Railway, was accidentally run over
and killed at Manitowoc on the LIST inst.
Kuminski was walking on the track, and
an outbound train attracting his atten-
ton, he did not hear the train backing
down upon him until he was knocked
down. An engine and three cars passed
over him.
THE body of E. S. Bakus' eldest son
was found floating in the canal at Por-
tage, on the 29th ult. He left for school
the day previous, and not returning
home at the usual hour, it was mistrust-
ed that. he had fallen In the water, he
having to follow the bank Of the canal
nearly mile on his way. The water
was lowered and his corpse was found
near the city bridge.
LODI VALLEY News: Some two or
three weeks ago Mr.. Edgar Richmond
!; brought to this Office couple of eggs
which, when laid, were attached at the
) side, but had been accidentally broken
} apart, They were Of ordinary size, and
at the spot where attached there was no
shell beyond the ordinary film on the
inner side of all egg shells. It is the
only instance of the kind that has ever
come under our observation, and was a
master piece in the art of egg laying.
AT Madison, on the evening of the Cd
inst, Andrew J. Shue, young German
from Ohio. broke into the livery stable
of Heiliger & Grady, stealing therefrom
buffalo robe and harness. Next morn
ing he disposed of the goods at second
hand store, and after dinner was arrested.
There were found in his possession sew
eral laprobes, which were not claimed by
any one. In his clothes was found
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has been reaping good harvest III the
country and small towns.
Gov. RUsK has succeeded IN perfecting
! arrangements by which the state of Wis
consin secures the balance due on ac-
count of the deficiency of swamp and
overlooked lands. The amount of the
deficiency is about Sc, 900 acres, which
are located in the La Crosse and Me-
nasha land districts. The governor
made an arran cement with the commits
sioner of the general land Office, under
which he is permitted to select the de-
fciency lands In any land district in the
state. This will enable him to select
36, 900 acres of good land instead of &c.
600 acres of almost worthless land
The Wisconsin Merino Sheep Breed
ers Association met on the Goth inst. with
a good attendance of breeders. The
shearing continued all day, and at 5
o'clock the record showed ten sheep
sheared, the average weight of feeces
being eighteen pounds, the hghtest
weighing eleven and half pounds, and
the heaviest twenty-five, having grown
In one year on sheep weighing 116
pounds, four years old, and owned by A.
+. Gould. The feeces were nearly all
grown inside of year. The sires of
those sheared are All Right, Surprise,
Dom Pedro, Woodwrinkly and Wiscon-
sin. Weight of carcases ranged from
81 to 116. A valuable sheep belongings
to Mr.. Cook died in the shearers hands
of heart disease.
ROBERT WyLrE was felled by falling
tree near Fulton, recently. The blow
knocked him senseless, broke three ribs
on his right side and dislocated his hip.
How he managed to extrioate himself, or
how long he remained there, he does not
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