Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23
STATE NEWS.

LIE h1lIWduk06 Of6du6fy COulp bLly
has suspended, with unsecured liabili-
ties amounting to about $500. The
collapse is attributed to the fact that
the company paid too high a price for
milk and cream, while the market for
cheese and butter has been very much
depressed.
The semi-centennial anniversary of
the first election in Milwaukee was
celebrated in that city on the 10th by
a procession to one Of the parks,
where appropriate exercises were held.
Miss ELLA BRAY, daughter of the
Rev. w. l.. Bray, of Kenosha, will sail
from New York on the Sd of October
for Turkey, in Asia, where she will en-
gage In the missionary service. She
is agraduate OF Holyoke Seminary.
T. CARRIER, of Boscobel, received
S., 900 from the company on whose
railway he was injured while return
ing from New Orleans.
A DIFFERENCE of opinion among
members of ST. Hedwig's Polish Catho-
lie Church, Milwaukee, eliminated on
the goth in riot at the house Faith
er Rodowics, the pastor. About 100
enraged parishioners entered the house
and made things warm. When the
police arrived the place was totally
wrecked. A number Of arrests were
made.
WILLIAM RIETHO1UELLER, of Pitts
burg, was drowned in Center Lake,
Waukesha County, on the night of the
18th by the upsetting of a boat.
DENNIS CRONIN, a laborer, aged 80
years, met an accidental death at
Madison earl y on the morning of the
18TH, by drinking hydrochloric acid
for whisky. Death ensued in about
three-quarters Of an hour after par
taking Of the draught. A post-mor-
tenn examination revealed the pres
ence Of large quantity of the acid in
the stomach of the deceased. The
walls of the stomach were badly cor
roded.
AT GAINESVILLE, early on the morning
OF the 18th masked men entered the
residence Of the Rev. John Roche, pas
tor Of st. Mary's Church. Mr.
Roche heard them in the room
and asked who was there. The men
showed two revolvers in his face and
took a gold watch and between 81
and $50 in money and made their es-
cape. The watch ives presented to
Father Roche by the Young Ladies'
Sodality of st. Mary's Church. Miss
Roche keeps house for her brother and
was badly frightened. There is no
clue to the robbers.
BRANsTAD & LUND, furniture dealers,
Eau Claire, made an assignment on
the 18th. Assets valuable. J. V.
Farwell, Of Chicago, and the Eau
Claire National Bank are among the
heaviest creditors.
THE boarding house Of Mrs. Dunlap,
La Crosse, burned on the 18th. Loss,
81, 500. The lumber mills of Melon
aid and Sawyer & Austin were in dan
ger for a time.
HENRY HENKIN, of Racine, aged 81
years, is an expert climber. He re-
Gently mounted the cross on ST. Joseph
Church, in that city, distance OF 100
feet.
The frame dwelling of Valentine
Imig, three miles south of Waukesha,
was entirely consumed by fire on the
partially covered by insurance,
LUCIUs KENNEDY, of the town of
GAINESVILLE, is having manufactured a
mink-skin robe, which is supposed to
be the only one of the kind in the
United States. 1t will be worth sever
81 hundred dollars.
ISLAND WILD, near Racine, has been
sold by the owner, Stephen Bull, for a
consideration Of $4,000. The pur-
chasers are Chicago parties, who will
make the island a private resort.
More than $4,000 has been expend-
ed on the property by it's various
owners.
MRS. WALKER, aged 10, of Mt. Pleas
ant, Racine County, got "rattled" dur
ing a recent storm, on account of being
left alone, and startedfor a neighbours
house. She lost her way and wandered
about all night, exposed to the raging
storm. Next morning she was found
lying in a ditch almost dead. She will
not recover. Mrs. Walkers son was
detained in Racine by thestorm.
The Fountain House, at Waukesha,
has been closed for the season. Mr..
Lee, the proprietor, will assume the
management Of thenew Everett House,
at Jacksonville, Fla, the largest hotel
in Florida, which is now under process
Of construction. He is also interested
in two other Southern hotels. The
Fountain House has had a very sue
cessful season. The Chicago guests
numbered 765; Milwaukee, 2O5; St.
Louis, 213; New Orleans, 118; New
York City, 92 Cincinnati, II; Louis
vile, go, and nearly every state in the
Union was represented. Mr.. Lee as
serts that although his guests were
moderate in their demands, 36Obeeves
and 10000 chickens were slaughtered
to feed them; $500 gallons of milk,
1000 gallons of cream and 1000
pounds Of butter were consumed, while
5000 were expended for fruit.
Mrs. JAMES CASEY was held up in
broad daylight in the Sixth Ward,
Milwaukee, on the 10th, and robbed
OF a gold watch.
The low license party in Milwaukee