Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-21
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.

FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.
The secretary of the interior has dis
barred L. G. Martin, of Waukesha, from
practice before the department.
THE city of Eau Claire having at
tached property of the Poole Logging
Company for taxes the company has
paid 81 900 under protest.
WAUKEsHA has had prize fight
James Bowen and Frank Steel were the
contestants and $50 was the prize.
Steele won the fight and took the money.
Both men were arrested and fined.
On Willow River, Peter Colligan and
a partner cut tree which was 80 feet
high and measured feet on the stump.
1t was cut into five sections and yielded
6,702 feet according TO the Doyle scale.
THE wearying litigation over the
Evansville Seminary Park property is
ended. The supreme court has decided
that the seminary is the lawful owner of
the property.
PETER FBEDERICKsON waylald Patrick
Whealen, respectable citizen of Mon
ches, OF the night of the 9th inst.
Whealen was "too much for Peter and
the latter received fatal injuries.
GEN. CURnEY's house and barn, their
contents, as Bell Center, were destroyed
by fire on the 18th inst. Loss So, 900,
including magnificent sword valued at
81 900, presented to Curley by citizens
of st. Louis.
EVANSVILLE Gazette: Orrin d. Vim
cent, of Milton, to-day, called upon the
county clerk, with eight fox scalps,
which he captured in that town, and re-
ceived SIC state bounty. The scalps
were taken from one old fox and seven
whelps.
HENRY COFFIN was accidentally killed
at Durand on the 10th. He was pitch
ing hay IN lean-to, when the roof fell
and one OF the rafters killed him. The
root was heavily laden with snow, and 1t
Is supposed that the crowding in of the
hay caused the building to spread and
let the roof down. When found, rafter
lay across his neck and his face was i'm
bedded N the hay.
OK the 9th inst, young Norwegian
living In the town of Burns, came into
Bangor, bringing a shotgun with him.
He hid the gun In q brush pile on the
outskirts of the town. On returning he
drew the gun from the brush, muzzle
towards him, when the hammer caught
and it was discharged, the charge enter
ing his breast below the heart. He was
living when taken home, but it was
not thought possible he would recover.
SHERIFF LEFFINGwELn and ex-Sheriff
Conklin went to Stevens Point from Por-
tage, on the 18th inst, and brought back
John Culbern, Eva Brandt and Title
Gaidey, the young trio Of sinners, who
ran away from Portage two weeks ago.
They had rented a house at Stevens
Point, bought some furniture and were
living fast lives. Culbern says he will
marry the Brandt girl, but her parents
object or the ground that she is too
young, being only IA years of age. The
other girl IS II. William Blockber, a
brakeman on the Central road, who was
also one of the party, was arrested, and
the whole party Is behind the bars in the
county jail.
A 9ECUhIAR accident occurred at
Cadott on the 18th inst. Miss Mary
Warren, OF Cadott, and Loren Phillips,
of Chippewa Falls, were crossing the
railroad track III a cutter, when the run
ner coming In contact with the rail, the
vehicle was overturned, throwing the
young people out The horse, badly
frightened, ran down the track mile,
passed over two narrow culverts and,
arriving at bridge twenty feet above q
creek, ran half way across it and went
over the side into the creek below. The
animal was instantly killed. The cutter
was but little injured and the young peo-
pie not at all.
MARVIN NJ. FENNER, the murderer OF
John Hesler, in jail at Grand Rapids, is
a man Of prepossessing appearance, with
nothing In his makeup to Indicate the
villain. He is about % years of age,
has light hair, grey eyes, and is about 5
feet 10 inches in height. He made a
feeble attempt to break jail last week,
since when a guard has been over him.
Mysterious tracks in the snow near
Briggs Camp have been discovered and
fears are entertained that an accomplice
of Fenner has removed the body of the
murdered man. Parties are still search
ing diligently for the body on the pros
pect of obtaining the reward.