Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-06
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FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES


THOMAS BRoPHY, aged %, was killed
IN Black River lumber camp on the 18th.
MADISON will have street railway.
Articles of incorporation have been filed.
JOHN IL. WEST was horribly crushed
by falling lumber, near Marshfeld, on
the 26th.
TIM WARD, blacksmith, became lost
in the woods near Pltsville, and froze
to death.
MAPLE ISLAND, in the lower Nemah-
bin lake, has been sold to a Milwaukee
party for $1,000.
l.. FL. MEAD has resigned the position
of district attorney of Sawyer County,
after an experience of a few weeks.
MALLoY Bros, dealers In general
merchandise at Watertown, have failed.
Assets quite heavy; Liabilities unknown.
ARMSTRONG & Co.'s elevator at Cot
tage Groae, Dane County, burned on the
18th. It contained $500 bushels of
wheat. Loss, $4,000,
JULIA NORTH, aged six years, was
burned to death by the capsizing of a
lantern at her home at North Geneva,
on the 9th.
bly, burned at Racine, on the 10Th. Her
clothing caught fire from lamp while
she was at work In the cellar of her
house.
8. W. BRIGGS, of Chetek, made an as
signment, on the 26th, for the benefit
of his creditors. The liabilities are esti-
mated at Sc, 1000; assets so, 900 Ill stock
and accounts.
JOHN PARSONS dwelling near Amigo,
was destroyed by fire on the 23d. One
of his children-a mere babe-Was
burned to death. Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons
were absent at the time.
THOMAS KENNEDY, of Cottage Grove,
Dane County, was killed by being
thrown out of his sleigh against the
beam of bridge over which his run
away team was dashing. His neck was
broken.
DIR. CHAs. CowLEs, of Baraboo, has
been indicted by the grand jury for re-
ceiving fees from candidates for pen
sions while acting as examining surgeon.
He has given bail in the sum of 81, 600
to appear IN June.
CAPT. O. P. SAUNDERS, of Albion,
Dane County, has raised few plants of
Sumatra tobacco the past season. He
reports that the plants grow very tall
and spindling; the leaves were far apart
on the stalk, and not over four inches In
width and resembled to a degree, the
Cuba plant. The seed did not ripen nor
did he care to have it do so.
r. L. PORTER, of Mukwonago, is an
extensive poultry raiser. He attributes
his success to the following methods:
CT attend to my fowls myself, keep
fresh water If pens constantly, and once
or twice week use the Douglass mix
! ture in the water as tonic. l vary the
diet often; for instance, for week feed
ground rye and bran, scalded and mixed
with mashed potatoes; a little Cayenne
| pepper mixed in once week Is adVls-
able. At noon l feed barley and oats,
or wheat and oats. At night feed corn.
| In very cold weather roast the corn,
charring it as much as possible, and
feed it warm, not hot. The profits of
the business so far have guaranteed all
the outlay, and am satisfied with the
experiment.
The GAINESVILLE Recorder very peril
nently says: "That the day of profit in
raising tobacco in this state has at last
arrived, can hardly be doubted, but still
the business is really in it's infancy and
those who embark in it and pursue it
wisely are sure to do well. In fact there
is hardly any other field of agricultural
labor that promises such abundant re-
wards. However, novice can barely
afford to invest in it at random. It is
business that requires constant study,
constant care, and the constant improve
ment of methods. Every year the grow
er should learn valuable lesson, every
year he should be better Judge of all
the effects of times, soils, manures and
handling. No farming needs more and
better brains than are required to pro-
cure and market choice crop of to-
bacco."
THE Augusta Eagle, in commenting
on the success of G. f. Converse, of
Eau Claire County, in raising onions,
criticises farmers generally for their lack
of foresight and originality. It says,
and rightly, too, that there is hardly any
crop but what will pay better than
wheat, if rightly timed and managed.
The Eagle says: "We remember how
fortunes were made in hops in years
past, until everybody went into the same
thing and spoiled it. We know of a
farmer who sowed little patch of flax,
one season, for his own use, to feed to
his calves and horses. He liked it as
feed so well that the next year he raised
a great deal more-so much that he had
quite quantity to sell, which at that
time brought him So bushel. From
this he took the hint and for several
years he cleared 81, 900 to 81, 200 from
small patch of flax. We knew of an
other case where a very good thing was
made for many years in succession, from