Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-25
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.

The LYONS Cheese Association sold
their cheese for s cents on the track.
GEo. HAWTHORN, of Emerald Grove,
shipped three Poland China pigs to a
gentleman in Tampeco, ILL.,, recently.
DR.. VIM HORNE, of GAINESVILLE, is
about to purchase fifty head Of Durham
and Devon cattle for shipment to Texas.
The factory In Medina, Outagamie
County, Is now receiving $500 pounds
of milk daily, and turning out eleven
English cheddar cheese. During the
month of June 325 cheese were made,
using 100, 900 pounds of milk.
SEvERsoN GUNsTURM, while under
the influence of liquor, endeavored to
board q freight train on the Omaha
Road. near Eau Claire. His body was
cut In twain and one hand cut off.
OVER $500 bushels of strawberries,
or IL, 900 cases have been shipped from
Racine this season. Contrary to what
was expected early IN the season, the
crop will not exceed that OF last year.
INFORMATION is wanted of one George
Miller, g German, who went to Kansas
from Wisconsin eleven years ago, and
soon after disappeared. There is money
and property of considerable value
awaiting his discovery or his heirs. Ad-
dress G. 4. Cotton, Paola, Kansas.
AT Warren, St. Croix County, T. S.
Johnson has stalled several fine horses
from Illinois. One CT the animals is
three quarters Norman, and weighs l, 500
pounds. Benjamin Day and James
Murphy, of the same place, have also
made several valuable additions to their
dairy stock.
THE Section 80 Iron Mining Company
has FLED articles of association, the cap
ital stock being $500, 600, divided into 90,
900 shares. The object is to conduct
general mining business in Wisconsin,
but more especially in the county OF
Ashland. S. s. Vaughan, Thomas a.
Bardon and @. L. Bowen are the incor-
pcrators.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, OF Wis onsin, is making arrange
ments for a temperance gathering, at
the MonoDa Lake Assembly Grounds, to
commence August 9th, at the close of
the Sunday school assembly, and con-
tinue three days. Good speakers are Sc
cured and an interesting programme is
being prepared.
FRANK RICHARDSON, aged Is, attempted
to board moving train at Racine, on
the 18th inst, when his foot caught In
the car step and he was dragged along
the track for 2 considerable distance.
He sustained serious bruises about his
limbs and body and also a bad scalp
wound. His injuries, though serious,
orn 7,c+ aorcignrnC TaDUar011S
CHARLES DAILY, one of Freeman &
Sons boilermakers, was seriously IN
iured at Racine, on the 10Th inst He
was standing IN front of his helper, who
was welding 4 large sledge-hammer,
which few from the handle, striking
him N the face. Daly's jaw was
crushed III fearful manner and nearly
every tooth il his head knocked out.
s COLLISION between passenger train
No. ? on the Chicago, St. Paul, Mime
ap0lis aud Omaha Railway occurred at
Menomonie Oh the 10th inst, resulting
IN the wreck Of both engines and the
derailment of the mail and baggage cars
of the passenger train. The engineers
and fremen OF both trains jumped for
their lives, and barely escaped. Not a
single individual was injured, though
the trains speed was twenty-five miles
an hour when the freight was encoun-
tered. Several travellers on board the
passenger train state that the escape Of
all was miraculous.
AMONG the recent acquisitions to the
cabinets IN the rooms OF the State His
torical Society at Madison is quaint
old mirror of large size that was buried
by its owner, Isaac Brooks, on the 4th
Of July, 1779, at Fairfield, Conn, in
order that it might escape destruction at
the hands Of Generals Benedict Arnold
and Tyron, IN their raid along the coast
Of Long Island Sound. It was owned
and presented to the society by William
II. Patterson, Mrs. Brooks grandson,
Of Evansville, Rock County. After
Fairfield had been burned, the glass
was exhumed and saved.