Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-02
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

JACOB FLoRBY, an old resident of Be-
lott, died on the 25th ult., aged 81
years.
A BULLOCK Weighing 2.37O pounds
was recently shipped from Shullsburg
by John Matthews.
THE residence of Henry Flora, at Bos-
cobel, was burned on the oath ult.
Loss $500; no insurance.
RUNNING ice in the river at Baraboo
carried away. the upper dam and the
bridge near the knitting mills.
FIRE at Racine destroyed the drying
houses of the j. [. Case Threshing Ma
chine company. The loss was So, 600.
FISHER and Murphy, the two men
shot by Tom Sweeney at Ashland, few
days ago, are still alive, but very low.
They will probably both recover.
SAMUEL MURRIsH, of Mazomanie, re-
Gently purchased a fine yearling FLY,
by Swigert, of T. J. Hollis, Of Beloit,
for $3.50. Mr.. Murrish was once owner
of Edwin B.. which he sold to J. I.
Case.
AT Baraboo, the jury in the case of
the state against Christian Dussell and
Elizabeth Obrecht, charged with the
murder of w. NJ. Obrecht, returned a
verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the
second degree rs to Dussell and &C.
quilted Mrs. Obrecht.
EDGAR CORNELL, a resident Of Oak
field, was found dead in q ditch, con-
tanning only three inches of water. It
is supposed he was taken with an epilep-
tic tit, to which he was subject, and fell
face downward into the water, and
drowned. Deceased was 81 years of
age.
AT the recent sale of thoroughbred
cattle by s. A. Hatch on the old Ezra
Abram farm, at Mount Hope, Grant
County, 2-year-old bull sold for $175,
a yearling bull for SIT, and calf for
$40. Ten COWS we're sold at prices rang
ing from $50 to 1925, and three yearling
calves for $40, $40 and $68, respectively.
JOHN MCC1AY, of Emerald Grove,
Rock County, has sold three stations
Arts of Nebraska, for 800. Also one
Boy" for 81. 300. He has also just pur-
chased at Cedar Rapids, Ia, one 2
year old stallion and a 3-year-old
uAJI WOlSAb L, (UOs
s. Fl. SEAMANs, of Milwaukee, secre-
tary of the Millers' National Associa-
ton, reports to the Department of Agri-
culture that the Wisconsin wheat crop
of 1883 was better than that for six
years previous, with an average of 571
pounds to the bushel. Of the 100000
00O bushels grown, he thinks 4, 430, 900
bushels to be yet on hand.
GEO. WARREN & Sons, of the Laurel
Hill stock farm, near Fox Lake, have
added two more imported English
horses to their stud-one English shire
horse, age 4 years, weight 1890, and a
Cleveland Bay, rising 3 years, weight
1850. They were bought of Geo. E.
Brown & Co., of Aurora, ILL.,, at cost
of $1,000. Among their Shor t-horns
are sixteen of last years calves, from
to IL months old, that average 800
pounds.
JOHN ZUIID, of JohnstoRn, Rock
County, has one of the finest herds of
| Short horns In this country. At the
head of the herd stands the bull Dick
Taylor, magnificent specimen of his
kind. He is from the Phyllis family, and
weighs 1900 pounds. Two of his calves
| A0fO JhOO OCCA OOANA w SSNADA Ia AVAO-A
mond, WaIworth County, for 800 each.
Mr.. q. has just purchased yearling
bull, Neponset, for $3.50. Clydesdales
are also being bred at his farm.
GEO. E. ALBEE recently left Baraboo
for Lake Benton, Mimi, with six fine
horses, namely: "Ragnar," a three
quarter blood Percheron stallion, pur-
chased of N. W. Morley; ODDLY"
half blood Percheron mare, bred by n.
W. Durham, sired by imported "Suc-
cess" and sold by Mr.. Durham to the
late FL. Fl. Potter; ''Daisy," a half
blood Percheron mare, sired by imported
''Esau." The two above named were
purchased of J. NJ. True, of Baraboo.
''Roxie, a half blood Percheron mare,
sired by imported Triumph, purchased
of,N. W. Morley; ''Kate, fine ''Ham-
bletonian'' mare, purchased of A. j.
Carow, of Baraboo; and JEFF" COW
pony, bred on Lieut.. Albee's rancho in
Texas.