Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-07
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

The GAINESVILLE jail has forty prison
ers.
JAMES JOHNSON, of Eau Claire Coun-
ty, has not been heard of since Jan.
10Th.
HIRAM CHAMBERLIN, of Rock Falls,
broke his wrist by being thrown from q
load of wood.
IT is now said there will be shortage
of 40 per cent. in the log crop along the
Wisconsin River, owing to the continuous
snow blockade.
MRS. FRED DoBKEE, of Waterloo, was
hooked by q vicious COW few days ago.
The animal made a wound about six
inches long in the woman's abdomen.
GEORGE and Frank Adams, two
minors, make daily about 100 pounds of
creamery butter at Minnesota Junction,
Dodge County, and ship all to Milwau-
kee at 81 cents q pound.
LEWIS FUssETT, a loader in Fl. d.
Davis camp, near Fifeld, while loading
logs was struck by one which rolled over.
His left shoulder was broken and his
neck and spine badly injured.
A TEAM started suddenly at Thomp-
sons postofice, Waukesha County, and
wheel of the wagon passed over James
Hickey's foot, injuring it severely. The
vehicle was loaded with railroad ties.
EAU CLAIRE Free Press: Last night
while two children of Mr.. and Mrs.
McNee, of the Eighth Ward, aged four
and six years respectively, were playing
In room by themselves, by some means
the stove was tipped over, and the eldest
was badly burned on her face and hands.
PLINY NoRCRoss, for many years a
prominent lawyer of GAINESVILLE, an ex-
member Of the legislature and repub-
lican campaign speaker of considerable
note, has decided to leave GAINESVILLE to
settle in Brooklyn, n. Y, where he will
be president OF o company engaged In
the manufacture of enCoustic tile. He
has sold his law library, and will begin
at once to close out his law business.
THE Fox River Iron Company have
filed schedule, stating their assets at
5000 and listed liabilities 100000.
In addition they have contingent
liabilities amounting to $4,000 or $40,-
900, these latter liabilities being made
up of paper of Rogers & Co., OF Chi
cago, Endorsed by the Fox River Iron
SO-IPhAJ1 dA(l W1I1S14g O4AOC UIIO ld1Iu1C
of Rogers & Co., has been coming back
upon them as fast as it matured.
ADAM BoDDEN, farmer living near
Theresa, was almost instantly killed on
the evening of the Goth, while jumping
from the Wisconsin Central train near
Lomira. Mr.. Bodden boarded the
train at Theresa to go to Lomira and
when the train got near his destination.
he jumped off. AS he struck the ground
he fell, his head striking a tie lying be-
side the track. His skull was badly
crushed, and he lived less than half an
hour. He was brother of Sheriff
Bodden, of Washington County.
HERMAN KNOLL will be tried for the
murder of John Roda at the March term
of the circuit court at Fond du Lac.
The case was brought from Outagamie
County. The defendant was tried and
convicted at Appleton last year. Hewas
granted new trial on the ground that
improper evidence had been admitted
against him. Shortly after the murder
Roda's body was found hidden in the
woods, and as far as the circumstantial
evidence adduced determined the facts
in the case, it appeared that he had been
CudO OAO OONAy
had been taken in wheel-barrow, hur-
ried to the woods and secreted.
AT about half-past o'clock on the
evening of the Goth, fire was discovered
in the attic of Firms store building at
Merrill, occupied by Graef & Jacquet as.
a general store and residence. Every
effort was made to subdue the flames,
but they spread rapidly to the adjoining
building and soon consumed Fehlan's
hardware store and harness shop,
Reigleman's saloon and S. Heineman's
general store. The buildings were all
partially covered by insurance except
Osborne's, which was occupied by King |
as drug store, Scarf as iewelry store
and Osborne as residence, and by the
central telephone Office. The loss as
near as can be ascertained is $50, 900; in
surance about $4,000.
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