Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-02-14
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

inette, has made an assignment. His
assets are said to equal his liabilities.
The Warield House, at Monroe,
formerly the Gleissner) was sold on the
3D. inst to B. S. Sutherland for So, 500.
On the night of the 4th inst. John
Hampson was picked up on the road to
the town of Mt. Pleasant, with his
hands and other portions OF his body SC
badly frozen that his recovery is impos-
sible.
Ross YOUNG, of the town Of Norwood,
in Langlade County, WIS fatally injured
on the 9th inst, while engaged in telling
a tree IN lumber camp near Amigo.
He was found some hours after the acct
dent is supposed to have happened in an
unconscious condition with his skull
fractured
A JANEsvILLE dispatch of the 6th
inst. says: James Furlong, who lived
| on q small farm two miles from Harvard
Junction, was found frozen to death in
his cellar this morning. He lived alone,
and it is supposed he was taken sick,
and the fire being ont, he went down
into the cellar to keep warm, as he was
wrapped up in blanket"
A DEAD body, apparently that OF a
man 40 years old, dressed as lumber
man or farmer, was found in q closed
smoking-car which was raised on the 18th
inst. from the river where it was thrown
| by the accident near Ableman's Station
on the % inst. The remains are sup
! posed to be those of Ed. Harper, Of
Saltwater, MINI.
JOHN CAvANAUGH, aged Is years, Os-
car Sherry, IA, and Fred Bassott, IA
| years old, were arrested at Fond du Lac,
on the 9Th inst, for stealing a sample
case full of cigars, belonging to COM
merci8l traveller from Chicago, from the
! sidewalk in front of the American House.
i The trio was held in 5000 bail each,
which the latter two furnished, while
Cavanaugh took quarters IN the jail.
AT 6 o'clock on the morning of the 9Th
inst. the residence Of W. A. Wilson,
agent OF the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railroad, at Sparta, caught fire
from a pan of ashes left in the woodshed
and burned to the ground. Being nearly
a mile from the city the fremen did not
arrive In time to be of any assistance.
| Most Of the furniture was saved. Insur-
ance 5000 which about covers the loss.
cats, ETC., are being killed in Door
! County this winter. A farmer In Clay
Banks captured six foxes in January,
and another man in Brassels brought
| down three wildcats IN one day with his
rifle. The deep snow and cold weather
make it hard matter for the latter ami
mails to obtain anything to eat in their
usual haunts in the swamps, and being
almost famished they are exceeding bold
and often find their way into barns and
/ hen-hOuses IN quest of fowl.
The grand lodge /. O. O. T., elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: w. @. S. Barron, grand patri-
arch; Charles Kendall, grand high
priest; Joseph Schroeder, senior warden;
S. B. Kenyon, junior warden; L. b.
Hills, grand secretary; Fl. Huxly, grand
| treasurer; A. Willard, trustee for three
years. Appointments were made as fol-
lows: William Humphrey, marshal; n.
Port, outside sentinel; j. @. 81. Van
Ripper, inside sentinel. Madison was
selected as the next place of meeting In
February, 1884.
AT lis o'clock on Sunday, the 4th
inst, the Park Avenue Methodist Church,
KenOsha, was discovered to be on fire
and before the fire department reached
| the scene of confagratiOn the flames
were beyond control The organ and
church furniture were saved, but the
church building was entirely consumed
Loss estimated at SIS, 900 TO IS, 900. Tie
| building was insured to the amount OF
! 3d. 500 in the Insurance Company Of
! North America. Sunday school had
been dismissed few minutes previous
to the discovery of the fire.
Gov. RUsK has filled the vacancies in
the board of university regents caused
by expiration of terms, by making the
following appointments: First District,
J. 6. McMynn, of Racine; Second Dis
trict, Henry D. Hit, of Oakheld; Sixth
District, Gen. A. G. Parkinson, of Col
umbus; Seventh District, Mai Chas Fl.
Williams, of Baraboo; state at large, E..
W. Keyes. Messrs. McMynn and Reyes
were reappointed. Messrs. L. B. Sale,
Win. E. Carter and James nj. Bingham
could not be reappointed, as the reap
portionment legislated them into other
districts.
A NUMBER of Ashland County people
are in Madison for the purpose of having
a bill passed by the Legislature creating
new county out of thirty eight town
ships of Ashland and Chippewa Coun-
ties. The scheme is strongly urged by
a number OF Ashland and Chippewa
County people who have signed petit
ton in its favor, and it has received the
approval Of the county board of Chippe-
wa County. IF created as proposed, the
county will contain about 1000 inhab-
itants. Assemblyman Taylor will intro
duce bill proposing to call the new
county Sawyer County, in honor Of Sen
ator Sawyer. Lieut.. Gov. Fifeld will
not favor the establishment of q new
county unless aportion of Lincoln Coun-
ty is cut off and added to Ashland Coup-
tY to make up for the deficiency.
Plantation On Philosophy.