Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-20
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

!. DAVID STINN, Russian, was drowned
in Rock River, near Beloit, on the 9th.
GEN. LUCTUs FAIRCHTEDo has reached
his Madison home, alter foreign trip.
| CARL SCHURz will deliver the Fourth
of July Grafton at Schut1en Park, Eau
! Claire.
| GEORGE w. STREET, of Wisconsin, is
one of the graduates at West Point, and
ranked as No. 2 in his class.
| PROF. HERITAGE, of the State Univer-
sity, has been granted years vacation,
which he will spend n Germany.
| w. T. FURLoNG, crooked grain COM
mission dealer, vlctimized Beloit lDno-
cents to the extent of about $500.
! A 10 YEAR OLD son of Mr.. Early fell
from log in Half Moon Lake, at Eau
Claire, on the 9th, and was drowned.
FRANK KRIS grocery and saloon, at
Fond du Lac, was damaged by fire on
the 18th inst Two of Kitz's young sons
narrowly escaped suffocation.
HENRY STILL was shot and killed at
Marshtield, on the night of the 18th
inst, by Barney Polar. They had been
drinking.
The First Regiment Wisconsin State
Militia will encamp in Rosenkrans'
grove on La Belle Lake, OconOmOwoc,
in August.
THE Milwaukee, Lake Shore and
Western Station at Hortonville was de
stroyed by fire on the night of the 18th,
Loss estimated at s., 900.
REV. HAYHURsT, pastor of the Baptist
Church at La Crosse, has been forced
tp Nv M cnointry olo
one of his parishioners.
F. A. USHER, register of the United
States land office at La Crosse, has ten
dered his resignation and Henry Esper-
son has been appointed to succeed him.
A FIRE in the vicinity Of Rhinelander
recently destroyed 900 cords of wood
and two logging camps. Another blaze
near Amigo consumed about 400 cords
of wood.
JAMES STINACK, a Bohemian, was
drowned in the river at Prairie du CHEN
on the 18th inst He was bathing, in
company with two other young men, all
cramps and went down.
VALENTINE SCHMIDT, of New Berlin,
Waukesha County, who shot and at
tempted 10 kill his wife two years ago,
has been sentenced by Judge Sloan to
seven year Imprisonment at hard labor
in the state prison at Waupun, two days
| of each year to be passed in solitary con-
| finement.
JAMES BLAKE, an old and well-known
citizen of Ashland, attempted suicide
on bis farm on Silver Greek, recently.
| He fired two shots into his body, one
glanced off harmlessly from a rib; but
the second lodged in the region of the
stomach. The unfortunate man lies in
& precarious condition. Dependency
over the death of his wife prompted the
act.
PASSENGER train No. 6, from st. Paul,
wild engine a short distance east of Eau
| Claire, on the S-h inst, demolishing
the pilot and headlight of the engine of
the former, and doing some damage to
the latter. The accident happened while
coming around curve, and the en-
! gineer discovered the situation just in
| time to prevent a terrible accident.
| ED. SHREEyEs, a well known resident
of Evansville, and the owner of hotel
in that place, hanged himself III
Jonathan Palmerter's barn in Albion,
on the night of the 18th. His body was
discovered the following day. 1t seems
that Shreeves and several of his com
panions INDUCED in a spree at Evans
vile, when he suddenly became imbued
with the crazy idea that he was pursued
by United States officer. In his fright
he fed for the town and took his own
| life.
A La CROSSE dispatch says: 'W. K.
Souter, ex-mall-route agent, was arrested
by the authorities of the postoffice de-
partment. He was discharged under a
cloud about the first of the year. Feb
ruary 9Th he rode from Red Wing to La
! Crosse in a mail car, and secured a num-
Der of valuable letters. These he rifed
in his barn, hiding all except the valu-
able contents. After vacating the prem
Uses another man went in and found the
hidden letters. He reported to Post
master Bryant, who took steps which led
to the arrest"
Gov. RUsK has issued commissions
as follows: William r. Hoyt, munich
pal judge of Chippewa County, vice
Coleman, deceased; L. 81. Mead, county
Judge of Washburn county, vice Stafford,
who refused to qualify; E. J. Bending,
captain of the Beloit city guard; VIM.
7. Bots, first lieutenant, and G. A.
Smith, second lieutenant; Geo. Fl. Lud-
ington, captain of the Sherman Guards;
Charles F. Class, captain of the James,
vile Guards, and Joseph B. Doe,
first lieutenant; ". S. Wheeler, cap tain
of the Oshkosh Guard; Henderson,
captain of the Oshkosh Rifles. The fol-
lowing officers of the third regiment
we're commissioned: M. T. Moore,
colonel; B. F. Parker, lieutenant colonel;
[. J. George, major; Chas. E. Rogers,
surgeon; Robert J. Mcbride, Judge adj
vccate; Louis Tillman, adjutant.