Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-18
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.

In Poysippi, J. f. Eastman's little
blind boy came near dying from eating
poison which had been put on bread and
placed in a ragbag to kill mice.
DURING the heavy storm on the night
OF the 9Th inst, field of ice struck the
pier at F0scoro, situated six miles north
OF Ahnapee, and took out about 600 feet
OF it taking with it about rs cords of
wood, all of which was lost.
AT Waukesha, on the 9Th inst, two
drunken roughs, Dan CONTAIN and Tom
Powers had quarrel Powers knocked
CONTAIN down, whereupon the latter
plunged a knife into Powers chest, in
flicting dangerous wound.
MARINETTE has the largest roller
skating rink in the state. The floor is
40xlO2 feet, surro dnded by raised plat
form, three feet in width, for spectators,
a stage for the band 10x20 feet, two
dressing rooms and an Office.
A FARMHOUSE in the town of Ahnapee,
the property of Joseph Hartel, was de
stroyed by fire on the 9Th inst. Mrs.
Hartel narrowly escaped being burned
to death in attempting to save some of
the furniture. Loss, $500; no iusur-
ance.
The engine house at Chippewa Falls
and several adjoining buildings were de-
stroyed, on the 9th inst, by fire that
is supposed to have had an incendiary
origin. The records of the city, from
it's organization, were in chest III the
the council chamber. and were destroyed.
EDWARD TIEPNER has acquired cheap
notoriety at Amigo by having himself
elected county judge, Notwithstanding
the fact that the term of the present
judge does not expire for several years.
Iiepner had his name printed on the
tickets, and owing to the blindness with
which Judicial tickets are usually voted,
the imposition was not discovered.
In consequence of certain remarks
made by DIR. Mink, of Racine, respect
| by Mrs. Charles Erbardt, that lady
called at the doctors place of business
to see him about it, when he violently
assaulted her, tearing her earrings out
of her ears, cutting her head, and 9TH
erwise maltreating her, finally rendering
her lnsensible. Mink is under arrest.
| CLINTON BABBITT, secretary of the
State Agricultural Society, has issued
nearly 1000 copies of the transactions
of the Wisconsin State Agricultural So
ciety for tue year 1881-1882. The vol
ume embraces 499 pages of matter and
contains Uer6atiB1 report of the state
agricultural convention, which was held
in Madison during the month of Febru-
airy, 1882. 1t is the twentieth annual
report that the society has printed.
THE bill authorizing the st. Cloud,
Grantsburg and Ashland Railroad Co. to
build, construct and maintain q bridge
! for railway purposes across st. Croix
River in the. county of Burnett is all
right. 1t was reported among those
non concurred in by the senate and
signed by the governor through one Of
the numerous blunders of Chief Clerk
Carr, of the assembly. It was enrolled
twice, however, and signed by the gov
ernor an equal number of times.
NOTWITHSTANDING the presence in
Waupun of no fewer than four deputy
! United States marshals, watching and
waiting their opportunity to serve a man.
damus on the city officials in the interest
of the bond-holders, the newly elected
aldermen stole march on the authori-
ties and organized last night, unmolest-
ed by any writs, the new city govern
ment, by the election of the following
officers: Clerk, Henry BriebRr; attor-
ney, Charles I'll. Gardner; health officer,
DR.. A. G. Moulding; marshal, Charles
E. Zautner; official paper, the Gazette.
The aldermen then resigned, and left the
governing of the city for the coming
year in the hands of the following board
of street commissioners. First Ward
Charles W. Schultz; Second, 0. T.
Schroeder; Third, Hezekiah Finn;
Fourth, Frederick Kusel; Fifth, Fred
erick Hartwag; Sixth, l.. Nagel; Seventh,
Lewis III. Cordes.