Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-08-29
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

A BLACK bear is killing hogs in Clark
County.
AsTMAN's wagon shop at Brillion was
burned on the 18th inst. Incendiary.
Loss 81, 500.
AT Waukesha On the goth, the farm
house of Mr.. Brandt was burned, en-
failing loss of So, 900.
CHARLES TEssMAN, blacksmith, was
"held up and relieved of S75 by foot
pads near Oconomowoc one night last
week.
The date for the annual concIave of
Grand Commandery of Knights Templar
has been changed from September 4th
to October 9th.
AN eight-year-old boy named Will
Crossen was drowned In Third Lake,
| Madison, on the 10Th inst. He fell from
the railroad bridge.
JOHN B. EHRING had his Jaw bone
broken on the 10Th inst, at Alma, by
| the bursting of an emery wheel with
which he was sharpening a saw.
The youngest son of George Butts,
prominent farmer of Milton, fell into
Rock River at Indian Ford on the night
Of the 18th inst. and was drowned.
A LITTLE son of Frank Palika, of Ra-
cine, while carrying a pail of water on
| the 18th inst, stumbled and fell in such
a manner as to receive injuries from
which he may die.
On the 10Th inst. liver Peterson Fen
mite attempted to cross First Lake, Ke-
gonsa. When about halfway across a
gale came up, capsizing the boat. Fen
mite was drowned. He was q married
man.
OK the 10Th inst. q farmer, whose
name is not given, was badly injured by
a reaper accident at German Valley SET
Element, ear Fall Greek. The same
evening his youngest child fell into
a well and was drowned.
JACOB CHASER, while under the in
huence of log wood and fusil oil, on the
10th inst, lay down to take nap on the
railroad track near Waukesha. The
evening train ran over him, mangl1ng
him III horrible manner.
FIRE at Edgerton on the goth de-
stroyed the restaurant building of James
Craft, the feed store of Mr.. Duffy, q
blacksmith shop and cigar mandatory
and number of odt.houses. The losses
will aggregate about $4,000.
JUDGE F. S. BARTELLs has laid out
town at Ellis Junction, where the Me-
nominee line branches from Milwaukee
and Northern, called Crivity. A So, 800
hotel is being erected and the place
promises to make thriving town,
4 BALLooN1sT named Lester made an
ascent at La Crosse on the 18th inst.
The wind was strong, and the drag rope
caught on a chimney, which it demol-
lshed. The shock threw the balloonist
out, and he fell distance of forty feet,
receiving serious if not fatal injuries.
PROF. HALL, of Davenport, Ia, and
MIR. Durby, of Wyalusing, Wis, opened
an old mound at Prairie du Chen, and
were rewarded in finding a copper axe.
nine inches long and four inches wide; a
round copper chiseI, nine inches long; a
sword shaped arrowhead, three by six
teen inches; two obsidian arroWheads,
four by nine inches; two pieces of cop
per jointed together to form a half oval
and filed with some mineral substance,
being one inch and three quarters wide
and seven-eighths of an inch thick. Some
time ago the same mound was explored
and nearly peck of beads found.
CAPT. ANTHONY BEFFE1, the wrecker,
says that recently, between Racine and
Crosse Point, he discovered the wreck
of the Sea Bird. He says he stood on
her walking beam. The Sea Bird be-
| longed to the Goodrich line and was
| burned off Waukegan on the morning of
April 9, 1858. She had between seven
| ty-fve and one hundred persons on
board, of whom only three were rescued.
| Two of these were Albert @. Chamber
lain, of Sheboygan Falls, and Edward
Henneberry, one of the crew. They
were picked up by the schooner Carme-
Tia. The other was J. M. Leonard, of
Manitowoc, who foated to shore near
Evanston, I'll.
In quarrying limestone from his ledge
near Hortonyille, few days since, John
Murray made valuable discovery.
Along the brow of the ledge there ex-
tended for several rods In the rock a
crevice which, though over a foot In
width at the east end, gradually narrow
ed as the laborers followed its course
westward until it dwindled to a point.
At point about midway the crevice was
covered by some nicely fitting stone
slabs, perfectly squared, and upon their
removal four finely formed copper spear
heads were brought to view They are
about four inches in length, three of
them being bevelled upon one side and
fitted with a socket for holding the
wooden shaft, while the fourth is a long
and narrow piece of copper tapering to
fine point, short distance from which
extends wicked-looking barb-the
weapon bearing striking resemblance
to one barbed weapon.