Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-23

-1lnnlc, st. Croix. County, burned to
getheF with It's stook-of 400 bushelsso
wheat
DAlFR County raises-t the most tobacco
least year 7,7271 acres were planted il
the county, but the acreage this yeal
will be from 1000 to 1900 less.
ANDREW L. HANs0rT9 of Marinette- e
years OF age, lost an arm by conrae
with gearing IN the planning mill Of
Louis Young & 90, ia FrenchTowp.
M ORGAN BUsHNELny of Belo1t, son OF
the late j. j. Bushnell, was the success,
tul'oan6ldate In the Fir ST Coneressioaa,
District for the West Point cadetshir.,
Mrs. j. NJ. BINGHAM, wife Of the az.
lieutenant governor, Is at the Madison
insane asyl um for treatment. Mrs. BE
reason has been wa7ering for number
Of years. .I4
Fond DU LAG Reporter: James J:
Cranberry, of the express office force.
while out shooting the other day, shOt7a
large owl measUring@2 feet six inches
from Zip to tip, with a 80 calibre rifle. at
a distance of 223 feet. The trophy VIII
be stuffed.
BETWEEN ! and 2so'olock on the morn
ing. OF the 18th, the house of G. Oehier,
near his Hour mill n the town Of Shelby
ten miles from La Crosse, was DESTROYED
bJF' IRE with the. contents; no insurance,
NE. Oehler says ah8 was awakened b7a
loud explosion and on opening the room
door was instantly enveloped in flames.
He had hardly time to get his children
out III their night clothes.
ALLEN KENNEDN, son of D. A. Ken
nedy, superintendent of the Superior
Lumber Company, Ashland, accidentally
killed himself on the 18th inst, while
out duck hunting On Fish Greek Slough.
Lie drew his gun out of @ boat, when
the hammer caught, discharging the
piece and sending a full load of shot
Through the back of his head. He Died
almost instantly. He was about Is
years of age.
JOSEPH DOHsAs, of Sun Prairie, has
been arrested by Miss Veith, of the
town of Waterloo, for attempting to
drown her because she refused to marry
him. A man living near the stream in
which the attempt was made heard the
young lady cry and rescued her. Dohras
says the young lady deliberately jumped
the alleged rescuer arrived.
L. A. DAUBEY and Hugh Richards, of
Jackson, Mich, have got the contract
for building the western Wisconsin di-
vision Of the Northern Pacific road, from
Superior to Ashland. Work will be
commenced immediately. The contract
calls fog the completion of the division,
which Is sixty miles in length, inside of
two years. They are to build the road
complete, ready to run trains, and the
contract price IS n excess Of $500, 900.
A. j. WEBSTER, Alexander Syme,
John Glover and the Johnston Brothers
have bought all the Griggs G. Foster and
the Riggs lands IN the northeast quarter
of st. Croix County, embracing some
35, 900 acres, and valued at about $780,
600, and will soon incorporate with
capital stock CT IN the neighborhood of
$500, 900. It is their purpose to erect a
mill, spoke and hub factory and stave
mill under one head, and operate so as
to utilize the timber to the greatest pos
sible advantage.
On the 18th inst, in the town of
Angelo, near Sparta, shocking suicide
occurred. Chas. Crandall called on a
young lady to whom he bad been for
some time paying attentions. She was
out walking with another man. Gran
dali was intensely jealous and at once
set out to borrow a gun to commit sui
eide. He was refused at one place and
went to another and got loaded shot
gun, and when the girl returned he told
her his design, and though she tried to
do 10 do
he could not be turned from his purpose.
The gun was discharged resulting in in
slant death.
ANOTHER effort is being made to pur-
chase from the city OF Fond du Lac the
stock of the Air Line Railroad. The
city was once offered cents on the dol
lar for the $65, 900 stock held by it, but
refused. The parties DESTROYS of obtain
ing the stock are now willing to give
5000 for the lot, which would be a
trife over four and half cents on the
dollar. The stock held by the city is the
common stock given for the
bonds of several towns when the road
was first projected. Afterward preferred
stock was issued, and still later bonds
were Issued SO that the road was made to
cost Con paper 100000 per mile. Then
the unpaid interest on the bonds is all
charged against the common stock,
making such burden upon it that it is
worthless in the market. Nearly all of
this, except that in possession Of he
city of Fond du Lac, is owned by one
man in New York, who is also large
owner of stock in the Chicago and North
Western Railway Company. The two
roads, the Air Line and the old line, or
North Western proper, has never been
consolidated, but two sets of books are
kept for them. It is supposed that as
soon as this stock gets into the hands of
the right parties it viii Immediately ap-
preciate in value to 100 cents on the dol
lar. g
friendships Tie.
From the Brooklyn EagleI
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