Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
STATE NEWS.

is dead, aged 60.
FIRE, on the 9Th inst. swept away st.
Patrick's Church, at Eau Claire, causing
loss of $4,000.
DURING torchlight procession in
Wausau, the store of @. Anthem was
robbed of $35 in cash and $4,000 in
bond stock.
WILLIAM JAMES, blacksmith at OF
tawa, Waukesha County, had several
ribs broken by kick from horse a
few days since.
VIM. Ell. LAMB, editor and proprietor
of the Eau Claire Sentinel, died sud-
denly and unexpectedly on the 9th inst.
OF neuralgia of the heart.
FRED. ADLER, of Bloomer, has failed
for $4,000, with assets said to reach
$4,000. Slow collections and damage
by the recent flood caused the assign
ment.
W. W. RowLEy, of Eau Gale, Pepin
County, started for st. Paul with load
of honey few days ago. On the road
he was taken sick suddenly with neu-
ralgia and grew rapidly worse until
death came to his relief.
On the 7th inst, Ole Peterson, of the
Town of Lodi, was sent to states prison
for two years by Judge Braley, of Mad
ison, for attempt to commit manslaugh-
ter upon Ole Erickson, of Dane, by
shooting him with revolver.
The bell of the school in Michicott is
an old one taken from one of the first
locomotives used in the state of New
York. It was brought West by Daniel
Smith and for years served as a
time-bell at the old Sandy Bay sawmil
The recent storm in Polk County
felied nearly 35,OO0,OO0 feet of timber
for John E. Glover, at point east of
Clear Lake. This windfall changed
the owners plan of putting in Is, OOO,
600 feet on the Chippewa to make use
of his teams.
A TwELvE-YEAR- OLD daughter of
Walter Balm, of Randolph, was severely
gored by bull several days ago. One
of her legs from ankle to knee was cut
to the bone, her collar-bone broken and
chest severely confused. It is thought
she will recover.
DURING the speeding of the Buffalo
County Fair the grand stand crashed
and injured number of spectators.
Mrs. A. F. Allen, wife of one of the
judges, suffered fracture of an ankle,
and Mrs. Noggle was carried off the
field in an insensible condition.
FRED. GoLMER was buried by the cav
ing of cistern at Baraboo. The scat
fold upon which he was working fell in
such manner as to permit him to breathe
through the debris. It was 20 minutes
before Golmer's head could be released
and 30 minutes more before he was res
cued. He was unconscious for some
time after.
A FIRE at Oshkosh on the night of
the 7th inst. destroyed the warehouse
and storerooms of the Oshkosh Pack
ing Company. The loss on buildings
is estimated at 5000, and on stock from
81, 800 to $4,000, on which there is an
insurance of 1900 The cause of the
fire is unknown, some attributing it to
sparks from a passing locomotive and
others to an incendiary.
The reunion of veterans at Portage
was enjoyable and successful. On the
9th inst. there were nearly 400 on the
register in camp. The veterans, with
the local militia, Kilbourn Broom Brig
ade, and bands, paraded the principal
streets, making good display. Gov.
Rusk, Secretary Timme, and Nils P
Haugen arrived and made addresses in
the afternoon. The streets were
thronged until late hour the night
previous by veterans accompanied by
bands, who serenaded several citizens.
The Powder River Cattle Company
of Wyoming has concluded to establish
a shipping depot at Superior. It has
secured large tract of land in West
Superior on deep water for transfer
yards and shipping point, and also
tract of 600 acres on the line of the
Omaha Railroad about six miles south
of Superior, for feeding or grazing pur-
poses. On the latter tract it has al
ready commenced the erection of an
immense cattle shed 100 feet wide by
800 feet long; also large barn, a
clearinghouse and dwelling.
Mr.. TRoGNER, a man 81 years of age,
is lying at the hotel in Monticello with
hole in his skull and long cash on
the side of his head, caused by the fall
OF sharp ak that he had raised against
a neighbor who was crossing his farm.
Nineteen years ago Trogner and his
wife were attacked one night by a man
in search of money and almost cut to
pieces with an ak. The murderer fed,
leaving his victims dead in bed as he
supposed; but contrary to all expecta-
tons they recovered. The ak this time
entered one of the old wounds made in
1866.
A COMPANY of Chicago capitalists
have just concluded the purchase of 12O
acres of mineral land on the Shullsburg
Branch, in the Town of Shullsburg,
Wis, on which is located the we'll
known Baldwin and Dunn mines, and
will put large force of men to work at
once to develop the ground. The land
is known to contain heavy deposits of
lead-ore, drybone, and blackjack, the
two latter being the minerals from
which zinc is extracted, and until re-
cant1v raoarded os veIualeSs IT, is no.