Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-12
STATE NEWS.

Ine corner OF River and Main Streets,
Eau Claire, known as the Eastern
Mems Home, with all it's contents,
was destroyed by fire on the 8th. The
house was owned and occupied by
Mrs. Charles Smith, and was valued
at $4,000. The guests and boarders
lost all their effects and the total loss
will be upwards of SIS, 900, covered by
risks of So, 500.
HANS FL. JOHNSON, aged % years,
committed suicide at Racine on the
9th by shooting.
DURING a severe storm on the 9Th
lightning struck the house of GotIieb
Wolf, in the town of Honey Creek,
Sank County, killing Mrs. Wolf in
stantly, while her babe, who was play
ing on the bed close beside her, was
uninjured. Mrs. Wolf leaves eleven
young children.
THE body of William HOLLOW, g.
farmer, located about a mile north of
lakewood, station on the ST. Paul
Road near the southern limits of Mil
Waukee County, was found near the
track on the morning of the 9Th in a
horribly mangled condition. He was
last seen alive at about o'clock on
Friday evening. The deceased leaves
a wife and eight children in comfort
able circumstances.
A MAN giving the name of Thomas
Hensdorf was captured while in the
act of burgling the residence of Mrs.
Clara Mann, on Ninth Street, Milwau-
kee, on the night of the 9th inst. He
was discovered by a servant girl.
The Omaha Railroad is making
preparations for the erection of an
elevator at Superior, with capacity
OF 100000 bushels.
ARTICLES of association were filed
with the secretary of state on the 9Th
inst. of the Lake Superior Southwest
ern Railway Company, which designs
building a line from Superior City to
St. Croix Falls. through Douglass,
Burnett. Polk and St. Croix Counties
to ST. Croix Falls; thence southeast to
Menomonie, Dunn County. Total dis
tance, 16O miles. Capital stock, ST.
100000
ABOUT o'clock on the morning of
the 9Th, as Baggageman Eldredge was
passing the Taylor House, at Clinton
Junction, he was confronted by two
burglars who pointed their revolvers
at him and forced him to throw up his
hands. After "sizing up" his pile,
which amounted to about SIS, they
returned it with the remark that they
did not want his money. They then
marched him along the railroad track
quite distance and bade him return
very slowly, thus giving them a chance
to escape. The safe at the Taylor
II 4 L
bored through.
A FIRE at Marinette on the night Of
the 18th, which originated in Chas.
Delaporte's clothing store, destroyed
the Stephenson block and the post
Office building. Several adjoining
buildings were badly burned. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. Origin of
fire unknown. Following are the SUI
ferers: II. Freidstein, dry-goods and
notions; Mrs. Moll, dressmaking
rooms; S. w. Harvey, lumber Office;
Chas. Delaporte, clothing store; A
Whitman, drug store; Frank B. John
son, jewelry store; Eastman & Brown,
law Office. The Eagle editorial rooms
and several law offices were Quilted.
THE annual report of Gov. Sharpe,
of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home, for
theyear ending June 80, 1885, shows
that the institution cared for 2,347
disabled soldiers and veterans during
that time. The net expenditures ag
gregated S201,186.35.
THE Beloit Fire Protection Company
is q new Beloit institution, with C. E.
Wheeler, G. W. Caryl and G. B. Salmon
incorporators. The company are
manufacturing chemical fire extinguish-
ers known as the Eclipse.
A NEW company has been formed to
operate the Rock River Paper Mills, at
Beloit. The incorporators are R. M.
Doyon, of Madison; T. II. Starkweath-
er and G. M. Blackman, of Beloit. j.
M. Cobb, of the old Rock River Paper
Company, is the superintendent.
FRANK BUssEY, aged Is, was drowned
in the lake at Milwaukee on the 4th.
He fell from the breakwater.
OVER 5000 pounds of putrid fish
were confscated and kerosened by the
health officers at Milwaukee on the
4th. The stuff was all offered for sale
by a single dealer.
EARLY on the morning of the 9Th
inst. William Meyer was found in q
semi-umcOnscious condition near the
Oak Greek line. in Milwaukee. He had
a serious bullet wound in his side,
which he said was given him by a man
who stopped him in the road. The
| fact that his vest showed the marks
of burnt powder leads to the suspi-
cion OF attempted suicide.
OLE JOHNSON, while at work in
Paul's mill, at La Crosse, on the Sd,
was struck in the stomach by a piece
of wood from a bolt edger and fatally
injured.