Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-26
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

atoms on the Chippewa.
NJ. S. RowLEY, clothier and gents
furnisher, at Madison, has failed.
CADET E. B. BIRD, of Wisconsin, has
been dismissed from the Naval Academy
for hazing.
GEO. TAGGART, engineer in the match
factory at Evansville, was drawn into
the machinery on the 18th and shocking
ly mangled. His recovery is considered
doubtful
GEO. 81. DANIELS and Dwight Chand-
Ter, Eau Claire County farmers, planted
twenty acres of Hubbard squashes this
season with the intention of harvesting
the product in Boston. The recent
frost ruined three fourths of their crop
besides twenty acres of corn.
AT the Grand Army reunion at Bara-
boo recently, one of the features was a
roasted OK, which with the dressing,
weighed 1900 pounds. It took sixty
one loaves of bread, two bushels Of
onions, one barrel of apples, two boxes
raisins, spices, ETC., to make the stuff
ing"
J. A. GILMAN, was offered S1,500
for his horse Lepanto at La Crosse,
the other day, but declined to sell.
| Lepanto is one of the finest horses In
the state and no such money as the
above sum can make his owner part with
him. An offer OF $4,000 for Lepanto's
| brother has been made.
THE two men, Jas. Roberts and Jas.
| Pehter, who were arrested In Chippewa
| County a short time ago for burglariz-
ing the postofice station at Eau Claire,
pleaded guilty before the judge of the
county court on the 18th inst. and were
sentenced to four years at hard labor in
the state prison at Waupun.
THE managers of the La Crosse County
fair, have, by an effort, secured for ex-
| hibition during the fair the two largest
steers in the world, one weighing 5000
and the other $500 pounds. These bo-
vine wonders were raised in Marshall
| County, Iowa, and are now on their way
to Boston, where after being exhibited,
it is expected they will go to Europe.
WHILE Sheriff Babcock was driving
into Delaware from Elkhorn, on the
18th ipst., with his wife and little
| daughter, a wheel came off and the
horse became frightened. The Bah
cocks were thrown out and painfully
hurt. The little girl had one of her
wrists dislocated and her collar. bone
broken. The sheriff was thrown against
tree with great violence and danger
ousIy hurt. At last accounts he was
| lying In q critical condition.
A FINE herd of Sufolks, belonging to
s.. Fl. and J. E. Joiner, Of Emerald
Grove, Rock County, took numer-
| - oko11 Eo1~
| herd took the sweepstakes prize over all
breeds at the Wisconsin state fair last
year, and has taken 125 premiums lin
four years. The SOW Sally got the blue
ribbon for the best breeding SOW, two
years and over, on the grounds "a like
honor to that won by her at the Mime
sofa state fair last year.
On the night of the 10Th, wild
freight on the Chicago, ST. Paul, Mil
waukee and Omaha Railroad ran over
and instantly killed an unknown man
near Ashland and mangled him in fer
rible manner. He was about 80 years
% age, with dark brown hair, and had
! 4 suit of overalls. Nothing was
found n his pockets to identify him.
/ There is some suspicion of foul play,
but it is generally supposed that he was
a tramp, and that on hisway out of town
he laid down on the track in an intoxi-
Gated condition. -r -sE
M. FL. McCoRD, late of the firm of
McCord & Wright, Merrill, who, it will
be remembered, sold his interest in the
business last April to H. W. Wright,
has just fled bill In equity to compel
the assignee of Mr.. Wright to pay the
McCord & Wright debts out of the Nc
Cord & Wright property before any of
the 81. W. Wright debts are paid. 1t
seems to be conceded that there is not
property enough to pay both the Nc
Cord & Wright and II. w. Wright
debts. Hence it is thought there Will
be bitter fight over the disposition of
the property asked for by McCord.
OK the Goth of June VIM. Thurlow,
an Englishman residing near Baraboo,
was murdered. Suspicion fell upon a
young man named J. 81. Knapp who're
sided in the neighborhood and who was
arrested. Upon his person was found
80 .caliber revolver corresponding to
the two bullets taken at the inquest
from the body of the deceased. Other