Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-12-05
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@. FORSYTH marketed three hogs at
Oconomowoc recently which weighed
1900 pounds.
DIR. LooPE recently shipped about
ton of honey from his apiary in Eureka,
Winnebago County.
THoRP has newspaper-the Courier.
Shafer Bros. & Wagaer are the proprie-
| tors.
A YOUNG man named Frank Cahill was
seriously wounded by the accidental dis
charge of a revolver at WauResha.
JUDGE GIBBS, of Whitewater, has
shipped 100 thoroughbred Spanish
merino sheepto his son Frank in Kansas.
GEO. BEACH, resident of Campbell's
settlement, near Marshfeld, committed
suicide by shooting. He had been re-
jected by a young lady.
The Knoll murder trial, at Fond du
Lac, closed on the 18th with verdict of
manslaughter In the second degree.
The prisoners counsel moved for q new
trial.
JAMES PORTER and Delbert Palmer,
of Dane County, ran steam thresher
this season and in 55 days threshed 90"
420 bushels of grain-wheat, barley and
oats.
The Merrill & Houston Iron Works Of
Beloit, made an assignment on the 26th,
to r. J. Burdge. The prospects for
settlement are excellent, the assets being
largely IN excess of the liabilities.
The Webster Bros, of Danville,
Dodge County, bought "Emma 3D."
calved January Il, 1880, at the Chicago
fat stock show. They paid $175 for the
animal.
WHILE target shoot with revolver
near Eau Claire, boy named Cameron
son of Dugald Cameron-received a
bullet IN his head. The missile de-
stroyed one of his eyes. The wound is
dangerous one.
a. STEVENS, of Stockbridge, secured
1000 pounds of honey from so swarms.
Four thousand pounds of this amount
was extracted, the rest was sold in the
comb. He has housed 122 colonies for
the winter.
81. G. MOORE, of Fond du Lac, has a
2-year-old colt that Is a relative of the
horse Frank, that recently trotted
mile in 2:083. The grands1re of each
was Daniel Lambert, the well-known
eastern stallion.
JAS. F. PErRIE, of Somers, Kenosha
County, had FIVE acres of sorghum that
escaped the frost The tract yielded
him 500 gallons of superior syrup. For
others he manufactured only 275 gal.
Ions
T. P. HoIr, of Columbus, invested
81, 29O in six head of cattle at the Chi
cago fat stock show. The highest price
he paid was $3.50 for bull, year and
half old. A three year-Old heifer cost
him $235.
A MAN by the name of Kelly, who
claimed to be deserter from the Sol
diers' Home at Milwaukee, was arrested
at Ashland on the 265h, as a vagrant.
When the janitor went to give him his
breakfast he found him dead in his bed.
He was about 70 years OF age.
SIXTEEN car loads of stock left Jefer-
son in one day recently. In chronicling
the fact the Union pertinently says:
s'With such 8 demand for cattle will
Jefferson County farmers slaughter their
calves next spling as usual? That is
question to consider.
VIM. SQUIRE, of Emerald Grove, Rock
County, purchased four swarms of bees
a year ago last spring, and is now put
ting into winter quarters sixty swarms.
He has sold over 5000 worth of honey,
and has yet on hand several hundred
| pounds.
AN Edgerton farmer undertook to
cheat in the weight of his hogs by stop
ping them just out OF town and giving
them heavy feed. The Reporter men
toned the circumstance but gave no
names. The matter would have stop
ped Just where it was, but the indignant
granger stopped his paper and now the
editor threatens to publish his name.
Mr.. J. w, RENsNK, who died at Alto
recently, came from Holland in 1916,
making the journey from Milwaukee to
Alto via Waupun, by OK team. He
bought half section of land, built him
home and lived right there until his
death, never visiting Waupun, Brandon
or other neighboring towns. His wife,
who died two years ago, visited Waupun
but once during her residence In Alto,
and then two years after their arrival.