Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-15
STATE ITEMS.

out duCk-hunting. He stood resting
his right arm on the muzzle of his gun,
which was cooked. The weapon was
discharged accidentally, shattering his
arm fearfully and necessitating am
putation at the shoulder.
THREE tenement dwellings on Cen
trail Street, Eau Claire, occupied bv
laboring men were destroyed by fire
on the 18th, involving totul OF So
600. The buildings belonged to a non
resident and the amount of insurance
isnot obtainable.
AS the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul Railway train was pulling away
from the depot at Sparta on the even
of the 9th, an unknown miscreant
fired 38-calibre bullet at w. H. III.
Cash, the well-known railroad con-
tractor The murderOus attempt
caused considerable excitement.
Col. S. G. MOWER, one of the pro-
prietors of the Milwaukee Sunday
Telegraph, and ma or of the Fourth
Battalion w. n. g., committed suicide
at the Kirby House, Milwaukee, by
shooting, on the afternoon ofthe 10th.
He was unconscious when found. No
cause is assigned for the act. He was
widely known throughout the state as
journalist and military man. He
was about 42 years ofage and served
during the war in a Wisconsin regi-
ment.
STEPHEN SAXBY, an old and re-
spected farmer residing in the town of
Porter, Rock County, committed sui
eide on the 9th, by cutting his throat
with pocket-knife. He had been de-
spondent several days. His wife was
away from home. When shereturned
she went out to the barn and found
him lying badly mutilated. He lived
an hour, but died before medical as
sistance came.
DELL Moon, the notorious outlaw
who has been confined in the county
iail at Eau Claire for fifteen months
waiting for trial at the circuit court to
answer to the charge of assault on
his nephew, with intent to kill, was
discharged on the 10th, the jury rem
dering a verdict of not guilty. Moons
name is familiar in criminal circles all
through the Northwest, and he is con-
sidered daring desperate.
ALBERT keep, a 3-year-old child,
whose parents live near the yladuct at
the foot Of Grand Avenue, in the town
of WauwatOsa, was accidentally killed
on the 10th inst. To an clubhouse in
the yard was attached q clothes-line
hung with clothes The strong wind
! against the clothes caused such O.
weight on the line that the house
toppled over. The child happened to
/ be near at the time. and was crushed
under it. When taken out, it was
dead.
| Y. III. ATCHERsON, of Plainville, was
| found dead in bed on the 7th inst.
! Heart disease.
! THE following new post-offices have
| been established In Wisconsin-Bun-
CERT, Outagamie County; Glenwood, st.
Croix County; Hempel, ST. Croix Coun-
ty; Morris, Chippewa County; Oak
Ringe, Pierce County; Randall, Burnett
County; Spokeville, Clark County;
Strum, Trempealeau County.
AN incendiary fire on the night o
the 8th, destroyed three old frame
warehouses near the Chicago & North
Western freight depot, at Beloit, owned
respectively by A. Bennett, n. B. Dox-
stad and the Rock River Paper Com
pany, and occupied by several parties,
causing a total loss Of $1,000; fully
insured. Much valuableproper was
saved by the fire pump at the Eclipse
Wind Engine Works.
AT Mineral Point, on the evening OF
| the 8th, Mrs. Solomon Osborn, vile OF
Prof Osborn attempted suicide by
! drowning. For about a year she has
not been in her right mind, but it was
only lately that she has threatened
her life. She was rescued just after
! jumping into Spenseley's creek about
a mile from town.
Ex-CoMPIROLLER WHITE, charged
with enlightenment while in office, had
a preliminary hearing at Milwaukee
on the 9th He was remanded for
trial and his bail fixed at $4,000
THE report of the death Of John
Dietrich, superintendent of the Racine
County poor-house, was premature,
The old gentleman has been very Ill,
but may recover.
OGDEN II. FETHERs' elegant residence,
in the Third Ward, GAINESVILLE, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th inst. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, 50, 500. The con-
tents were mostly saved.
THE extensive sash. door and blind
factory of O. C. Steenburg, secretary
of the Northwestern Sash Manufactur-
ing Association at Fond du Lac, was
destroyed by fire on the 9th inst. The
blaze originated by the smoke-stack
burning out. The factory was full OF
manufactured stock and burned like
finder. The loss is over $35, 900 with
but $4,000 insurance. The factory
will be rebuilt.
In the town of Richfeld, near Marsh
field, Mrs. Zelm, q German woman,
aged go, attempted suicide by cutting
her throat with a razor. She is IN
sane. Her recovery is considered
doubtful.
A FR1GHTFUL accident occurred at
Whitewater, on the afternoon, o
the 9th, to a 5-year-old son of
Thomas O'Neal. While standing be-
side the railroad track when the east
bound express was passing, his head
came in contact with one of the cars,
and a large portion of the scalp was