Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-12-05
Minor Mention


i. S. Martin, ex-manager of the Boston
Ideal Opera Company has gone insane at
Cleveland, Ohio.
In the Milwaukee municipal court on the Sd
inst, after SIX unsuccessful attempts. one
Rosina Georg was convicted of selling liquor
without license.
Wayne County, Ia, horses are afflicted with
the CHAMBERS to an alarming extent.
A young man named Sather was killed in a
planning null at La Crosse, Wis, on the Sd
inst,
Four persons out of six, while crossing a
creek IN Virginia on the Sd inst, were drowned
by the upsetting of a boat.
Harry Bous, aged 16, and an unknown
tramp, slept in a furnace room at Reading,
Pa, on the night of the 30th, and were suffo-
Gated by sulphurous gas.
Michael Flood was precipitated to the bot
tom Of mining shaft at Scranton, Pa, by the
overtuning of q bucket on the LIST inst. and
instantly killed. Two companions held on the
hosting rope until rescued.
The body of Frank l.. Eisen, who disap-
peared from his home in Milwaukee more than
month ago, was found on the I'd inst, float
ing IN the lake opposite the North Western
Railway depot at that place.
dispatch from Indianapolis, Ind, on the
3Oth says the small towns IN that vicinity are
suffering from the depredations of the jolly
burglar.
A company of liliputian actors arrived in
New York on the 10Th. Tho taIest is forty
inches high. They will make tour of this
country.
Charles Niekleson. well known sporting
man, was found dead in his bed at Jackson,
Mich. on the morning of the 30tb. Paralysis.
Willie cunning on the Chesapeake, on the
30th, James Houston, a Baltimore fireman had
the top of k1s head blown off by q companion
who csyelessly fired at a passing flock of ducks.
Prof. Tice. the we'll known weather prophet
died suddenly of .OrJiE on he 20fb
Franklin, an old resident of GAINESVILLE, died
at BelOlt on the evening of the goth.
John Dalton Locke, New York millionaire,
is dead.
An unknown man supposed to be James M.
Haley. whose place of residence is also mys-
terry, dropped dead at Chicago on the 28th.
Lieut.. Darlington, of Greedy expedition no.
toriety, was thrown from his horse and severe
~ injured at Washington on the 28th.
A sailor on the schooner Waukesha fell from
the cross-trees at Chicago on the 28th and was
fatally injured.
Walter Dodge fooled with gun and killed
his two little sisters at their home near Kear-
ney, Neb., on the 18th. The victims were 9and
II years of age, respectively.
The KittanniDg, Pa, rolling mills have shut
down for an indefinite period.
Ayoung man named Frank Cahill was seri-
ously wounded by the accidental discharge Of a
revolver at Waukesha, Wis, On the 9th
Geo. Smith, one Of the Pinkerton special
policeman at Iron Mountain, Mich, was killed
on the 9th by the accidental discharge of his
revolver. s.|-
By collision on the Grand Trunk Railroad,
near Chicago. On the 9th. brakeman named
Locke, was killed and several other persons in
jured. Conductor Slocum's leg was broken.
The striking New York cigar box makers re-
turned to work on the 28th.
John Dent. of Marshfeld, Wis, was mortal
ly wounded by the accidental discharge of a
gun in the hands Of his son while hunting on
the 26th. st...4. ....t.
The bark Del Gratia encountered terrible
gales on the Atlantic and was abandoned by
her crew. Two seamen were drowned and
three disabled. .r ~
Four hundred miners employed IN the mines
of Gamble q FISHER, near Pittsburg, struck on
the 9th against reduction of quarter of a
cent per bushel in the mining rate.