Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-26


~ undermined by a recent storm.
The damage is estimated at between
81, 900 and $4,000
AN unlocked switch at Scranton. on
the Green Bay, Winona & st. Peter
Railroad. derailed q passenger train
on the goth inst. James Anderson, a
section boss, was the only person in
jured. His leg was broken.
THE Wisconsin Woman Suffrage As
ISOLATION will hold it's annual conven-
tion in Whitewater, Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday, September % and
30, and October 1, at Bowers Hall.
The convention will open Tuesday
evening. Susan B. Anthony. Mrs.
Emma Bascom, Clara B. Colby, T. NJ.
Nye, the Rev. Olympia Brown, Mrs.
Evelyn Mason, Prof. Fay and others
will address the convention.
HARRISON & GREEN have been
awarded the contract for building the
Wisconsin Central line between Chicago
and Schlelsingerville, distance Of 116
miles. The work will be commenced
at once, and pushed to completion
with all possible speed.
| WHILE a party Of four men were tax
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on the 21st, their boat was run into
by the propeller Wisconsin and
smashed to pieces. One Of the occu-
pants OF the boat, ayoungman named
Lyman, was drowned.
A RECEPTION and full-dress ball In
honor OF the vice-president OF the
United States, who is spendinga short
season at Waukesha, was given at the
Fountain Spring House on the goth.
1t was a brilliant social event.
THE close OF the convention Of Ger,
man newspaper men, at Milwaukee,
was signalized on the 21st by a ban
quet rendered by the German business
men Of the city. Over 200 representa-
tive men were present.
JOSEPH PEARCE, q wealthy farmer
OF Dodgeville, was gored by vicious
bull, on the Goth, and died from his
injuries the following day.
INFORMATION reached Milwaukee on
the Goth of the death at San Antonio,
Tex, OF Peter Crowley, a former we'll
known citizen Of the former city. He
had been in the South several months.
THE time OF holding the Wisconsin
conference of the M. E. Church has
been changed from October l to Octo-
Der 8.
Work on the new elevator at
Washburn will be begun Immediately,
the contract having been given to
j. Z. Moulton & Son, Of Chicago. The
price is $225,OOO.
THE Fourth Battalion encanpment
at Whiteish Bay, near Milwaukee,
was broken on the 10th. Gov Rusk
reviewed the battalion in the after
noon.
GEORGE JACOsKI, a. brakeman on the
Milwaukee & St. Paul Road, was run
over by freight train at North Mil
waukee on the 18th, and fatally in
jured. He was "a years old.
G. w. CLARK, who was recently ar
rested at La Crosse on a charge Of
embezzlement, has disappeared.
SECRETARY BABBTTT, OF the State
Agricultural Society. has issued the
programme for the coming exhibition,
to be held in this city September Z, s,
8, 10 and IL. Among the special feat
ures Of the fair will be game OF la
crosse, played by forty Indians OF the
Red Cliff and Bad River tribes.
THE corner stone of Beloit's new
Catholic church was laid on the 18th
with imposing ceremonies. The struct-
ure will cost about $4,000.
AUGUST STEINBERG, So years old, an
old resident of Racine, ended his life on
the night of the 10Th by taking poison.
He was addicted to drinking and had
just served term in Jail.
Mrs. GEORGE WENTWORTH, 40 years
old, committed suicide at Racine on
the 10th inst. by cutting her throat
and then jumping into a cistern filed
with water. 1t is supposed she COM
mitted the deed while suffering from
melancholy brought on by reverses in
| fortune.
The City Street Railway Company,
Of La Crosse, has purchased the
property and franchises Of the La
Crosse Street Railway Company. The
Republican and Leader is informed
that the consideration agreed upon is
S65, 900. The original offer by the
City Company was 100000, but the
La Crosse Company wanted SIS, 1000.
The new railway bridge across the
Mississippi at Prairie du Chen is T.
600 feet long, has two draws Of 4OS
feet each, and cost 100000.
| 1HE OOdU UOuy OI MISS nGSlIld hSbIlII,
q respectfully connected young lady Of
Milwaukee, was found partially buried
in the sand on the beach near the
lighthouse at North Point, on the
morning of the 10th. Theyoung wom-
an committed suicide by drowning, it
is believed, during a period of despond-
ency caused by illness.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in Milwaukee
for lighting the city with electricity.
A company has been formed which
proposes to invest 100000 in the
business, and only the consent OF the
common council is necessary.
AN investigation by Insurance Com
missioner. Spooner has developed the
fact that large number Of fire insur-
ance companies are doing business in
the state without conforming to the
state laws governing the business.
THE members of the Chinese Lega-
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