Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-17
STATE NEWS.

IHE trustees OF Carroll College, Wau-
kesha, at q meeting on the 18th, de-
cided to rebuild the institution.
AN unknown man, aged about %
years, was drowned in a small pond in
stone quarry near Milwaukee, onthe
18th. 1t IS supposed the drowning
was accidental, as he was seen to 90
into the water as if for the purpose of
bathing.
The Wisconsin Masonic Grand
Lodge closed it's annual session at Mil
waukee on the 18th. The following
Grand master, Oliver Libbey, Green
Bay; deputy grand master, Eugene S.
Elliott, Milwaukee; grand senior war
den, Alex. Moran, Onalaska; grand
junior warden, Byron j Rumrill, Hart
land; grand treasurer, n. M. Little
John, Whitewater; grand secretary,
John w. Latin, Milwaukee, grand
trustee, VIM. G. Swain, Milwaukee.
HENRY LIE Roy, a farmer from Hart
land, was beaten out of $25 by
couple OF confidence men at MilWau-
kee on the 18th.
Mrs. WHEELER, a. widow, of La
Crosse, was instantly killed by being
thrown from a buggy while out riding
in company with A. B. Holden, Of
Sparta, on the 10th. Mrs. Holden
was also dangerously injured. The
accident was the result of runaway.
The amount thus far received from
license in Milwaukee is in the neighbor-
hood of 100000.
A MAN claiming to be a night tele-
graph operator engaged board at a.
Milwaukee boarding house on the 9th,
and was shown to a. room. A short
time later he left the house and when
Christian Smith, who occupied the
next room, came home at night he
found his trunk broken open and
$3.50 gone.
GEORGE DELONG, a. farmer living g.
few miles from Cumberland, murdered
a. Norwegian named SWenson on the
night of the 9Th. Delong hacked his
victim to pieces with an axe. Both
had been drinking.
A FRIGHTFUL and fatal accident &C.
Cured, on the afternoon of the 10th,
at the Eau Claire brickyards, to one
of the foremen named w. FL. Matthias.
While engaged in pit the bank caved
in, the heavy chunks of clay falling on
him with such force as to completely
crush him. His features were hardly
recognizable. Deceased came from
Missouri. The remains we're cared for
by the Knights of Labor.
THE neighborhood of Beloit is over
run with tramps, and petty thievings
are numerous. The house Of Thomas
Buchanan, was entered afew days ago
and money and jewelry of consider
able value stolen. The people are be-
coming greatly exercised over the
prevalence of the pests, and are de-
manding Of the authorities some re-
lief
WALTER f. FERRIS, one of the old
est brakemen on the Rock Island Dl-
vision of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST..
Paul Railroad, fell into a cattle-guard
while uncoupling cars near GAINESVILLE
on the night of the 9Th, and was in
stantly killed. Deceased was % years
of age, unmarried, and resided at Chi
cago.
CHARLES BORCHERT, convicted at
Milwaukee, for the murder of voorhees,
Cozine, was sentenced on the 9Th inst,
to Waupun for five years. The jury
the second degree.
THE Milwaukee Dime Museum was
damaged by fire on the 9th inst, to
the extent of about So, 800.
A CONFIRMED inebriate named George
Kolieien, suffering from the effects OF
excessive dissipation, hanged himself
in a barn in Milwaukee, on the 9Th.
GEO. w. MARSHALL, of Racine, has
curiosity in the shape Of afour-legged
chicken. Three of the limbs are per-
fectly formed, but the fourth ends in a
single toe. The chicken is welcomed
and active and gets around as do
others of its kind.
THE oldest man in the Chippewa Val
ley is Jacob Truax, of Eau Claire, now
in his seth year.
A 5-YEAR-OLD son of Herman Mat
zenheim, of Milwaukee, was run over
and killed by a heavy wagon, on the
9Th.
THE State Board ofNormal Regents
at a meeting in Milwaukee on the 9TH
selected Prof. J. J. Mapel, present
principal of the Milwaukee high school,
as president of the new normal school
at Milwaukee.
CHARLES FRE1BERG, house mover,
was instantly killed and his body
shockingly mangled at Milwaukee on
the 9TH. He was at work under a
house which had just been moved and
was being placed in position, when the
supports gave way, dropping one
corner of the structure on the un-
fortunate man.