Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-30
STATE NE WIS.

members.
THE cash boxes of three of the Mil
waukee Cream City Street cars were
broken open during the night OF the
26th and small sum of money Sc
cured.
A FARMERS institute will be held at
Platteville, January 21, % and 70.
The programme will include papers
from the leading farmers, horticulture
lists, and dairymen throughout Wis
consin, Illinois and Iowa.
WILLIE SCHULTzE, aged Ia, was in
stantly killed near Little Sturgeon,
Door County, while hunting rabbits In
company with John Weber. Their
dogs having engaged in fight, the boy
undertook to club them with his gun.
The third blow discharged the weapon
into Schultze's groin.
ASHLAND wants furniture factory.
THE Rev. A. c. Barry, the oldest
Universalist minister of the state, is
at present engaged in Good Templar
work. Years ago he was the editor of
"The Old Oaken Bucket" temper
ance organ published by the present
government printer.
THE war records now being trans
cribed at Madison, contain many in
teresting items An entry was found
showing that John Cahill, who was
mustered in as member of Company
G OF the Second Wisconsin Regiment,
in Grant County, was wounded eight
cen times during the battle of Gaines
vile. He is said to be "shot all to
pieces" as the old soldiers express it..
His exact whereabouts are not known
at the adjutant generals office, but he
is supposed to live somewhere in
Iowa. He is said to receive pension
OF $75 per month.
ABOUT 2 o'clock on the morning of
the 23d fire broke out at Barron in a
building occupied by B. D. Harrison,
druggist, and was soon beyond con-
troll. The adjoining store of Carpen-
ter & Coleman took fire and was en-
i tirely consumed, as was also q build
ing belonging to David Bowels, and oc-
cupie,t as a. dwelling by P. M. Parker.
Total loss about $4,000.
A CoRoNER's jury determined that
John KLEIN, killed at Hoff & Donahue'
ice-house, Milwaukee, met his death
through his own carelessness.
THE extensive brewery property Of
the Jos. Schlitz Company, Milwaukee,
was threatened by fire on the 25th,
but the efforts of the fremen confined
the flames to the company's frame
warehouse, on the south side of Ga
lena, between Second and Third
Streets. This building was partially
destroyed, and the immense stock OF
barley therein was damaged. Theloss
is variously estimated at from $780,
900 to 100000, and is fully covered
by insurance. During the progress OF
the fire, Charles Dressed and D. j.
| O'Connell, firemen, fell from a ladder
and were seriously injured.
A SAD case of infanticide occurred at
Milwaukee on the 23d. Mrs. Thomas
Vending, having become insane
through religious enthusiasm, smoth-
cred her 9-months old baby by holding
thelittle one to her breast and covering
it's head for two hours or more.
IRVING JOHNSON, q 14-year-old boy,
had both of his legs broken, on the
21st inst, on the farm of his uncle
north of Racine. wood-pilefell upon
him.
WUGUICH GOEMZLIsKI lost the biggest
part of his left hand at Milwaukee on
the 21st, while playing with what is
supposed to have been a dynamite
cartridge which he picked up on the
street.
GROVER, the desperate arrested at
Fall Creek, Eau Claire County, last
June for a murder in Wood County
o., has been convicted and sentenced
to be hanged on the 9th of next April
THE Minneapolis chemist found nc
poison IN the stomach of Charles
Schwahn, whose peculiar death and
burial at Eau Claire had aroused grave
suspicious Of foul play.
A BURGLAR entered the house Of
William Graham, a laborer, living
near Clinton, on the night of the Dist
and at the point of therevolver forced
Graham to give up $4,000 or $4,000
in money which was in the house
Henry Lawson was suspected of the
deed, and was arrested by the authors
ties early next morning. The prisoner
is a resident of Clinton, but former
member of the Cincinnati base bal
club. He was arrested by J. M Bald
win, city marshal, and turned over tic
an Illinois sheriff. A search was made
of his fathers premises and it was
found that considerable portion o.
the money had been placed in the
stove, and nothing but the ashes re-
manned; $1,427.5O of the amount
being in gold was recovered. This was
found where he had secreted it in the
barn. He had always borne a good
reputation.
PICKPoCKETs have been doing 8
thriving business in Milwaukee during
tue past few weeks.
THE central committee of the ma
tional s@ngerfest, to be held in Mil
YANKEE next July, report that SO tal
seventy six societies have signified their
intention of taking part in the festi
val.
A SHOCKING tragedy took place in
the town of Freedom, on the afternoon
OF the 10th, the particulars OF which
In the excited state of the neighbor
hood, it has been difficult to obtain
The facts, as far as gathered, are as