Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-16
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West Side Street Railway Com
pany, on Wells Street, Milwaukee, col
lapsed on the 18th, wrecking the
building and damaging number of
cars. The loss to the company will
reach $4,000. The collapse was
caused by the weight of snow on the
roof.
The Common Council of La Crosse
has given the Chicago & North Western
Railway Company the use of Pine
Street and The right to stop trains on
Badger Street.
ON the goth inst, the people of
Door County are, to decide whether
they will give the Wisconsin Railway
& Navigation Company $4,000 to
build a railroad to Sturgeon Bay.
JOHN BREsToN, who sustained severe
injuries by the explosion of the boiler
in j. A. Taft's sawmill at Superior, is
dead. An investigation relieves all
parties from blame.
THE Daisy and Empire mills, at Mil
waukee, will not berebuilt, but Messrs.
Allis d Co. and Seamans & Co. will
erect mills on the South Side. The
Commerce Street location is unsuited
to the export trade, the disadvantage
being that grain must be hauled to the
mills and the -four to hedocks. These
objections will be overcome by using
the South Side location.
MAX LAUER, the Milwaukee bridge
tender whose leg was broken instantly
by a steamer colliding with the Sixth
Street bridge, on which he was en-
ployed, has brought suit against the
city to recover damages to the amount
of SIS 900. The Judiciary committee re-
fused to allow his claim.
THE annual exhibition of the South.
western Wisconsin Poultry Associa-
tion will be held at Dodgeville from
December 26 to January i.
THE creditors of S. B. French, the
banker at Menomonie, have agreed to
buy his assets for $4,000 and release
him from further obligations to them.
A MILWAUKEE syndicate has pur.
chased the Superior mine in Ashland
County, from Capt. N. d Moore. The
consideration is not mentioned. The
purchasers will shortly begin the work
of mining ore.
CYRUS WHITCoMB, general manager
of the Wisconsin Leather Company
died at Milwaukee on the 10th inst.
THE Wisconsin state board of phar
macy will hold meeting for examina
ton of candidates at Opera House
Hall, Milwaukee, on January 20, at 6
O'Clock A. M.
THE death of Mrs Newberry in
Paris, makes available Walter T. New.
berry's bequest of $2,5OO,OOO for a
public library in Chicago. A portion
of the Newberrv estate consists Of
property in Wisconsin, including a
valuable tract of sixty acres in Mil.
waukee County.
AN unfortunate accident occurred
on the 10th, at the saw mill of John
A. Taft, located seven miles east oil
Superior on the Northern Pacific Rail
road. The mill was running as usual,
when the boiler exploded with great
force, instantly killing the fremen and
injuring several others. The following
are the killed and wounded: Jerry
Murkee, Minneapolis, killed; John
Breaton, fatally injured; William
Burgess, Superior, ankle broken; Mr..
Barlow, Superior, arm broken. No
cause is assigned for the accident. The
mill and outfit were new, and had been
running but few days.
MILWAUKEE will collect trife over
So, 100000 in taxes the coming year.
A FIRE at the Northwestern Chemi-
cal Works, at Wauwatosa, on the 9TH,
destroyed the main building, a. two
story structure, 6Ox12O feet. The
blaze originated in q corner of the
building on the ground floor, some dis
lance from the furnaces, and the cause
is unknown. The loss will foot UP
nearly $4,000, and is covered by in
surance.
JUDGE HAMILTON of the circuit
court, Milwaukee, on the 9Th, instruct.
ed the jury in the case OF Michael Her
rens against Henry Roethe, that it was
not slanderous utterance for one
man to call another dynamiter, so a
verdict of 6 cents was rendered. Her
rens wanted $4,000.
MAxFIELD, one of the burglars who
escaped from the La Crosse jail just
before court, and was recaptured At
Minneapolis on the night of the 4th.
was placed in his old cell. While be-
ing taken from the cars to jail, a crowd
of men and boys followed. William
Harlow, one of the crowd, ran in
front of a street car and was knocked
down and run over. His right leg was
so badly injured that it had to be am
putated close to the body. He will
probably die.