Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-19
STATE NEWS.

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
Ihat the consideration agreed upon is
S6o,OOO. The original offer by the
City Company was 100000, but the
La crosse Company wanted $4,000.
Inc new railway bridge across the
Mississippi at Prairie du Chen is Z
OOO feet long, has two draws of 4O8
teet each, and cost $2OO,OOO
THE dead body of Miss Regina Kahn,
respectably-connected young lady of
Milwaukee, was found partially buried
In the sand Oh the beach near the
lighthouse at North Point, on the
morning Of the 18th. Theyoung wom-
an committed suicide by drowning, it
IS believed, during a period of despond-
ency caused by illness.
A MOVEMENT is on footin 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 a large number of fire insur-
ance companies are doing business in
the state without conforming to the
state laws governing the business.
The new systom of frost signals by
the weather department of the gov
eminent for the benefit of cranberry
growers in this state was inaugurated
on the 18th.
THE Fourth Battalion, w. n. G.,
went into camp at Whitefsh Bay near
Milgaukee, on the 18th.
THE corner store of the new armory
Of the Milwaukee Light Horse Squad
ron, on Broadway, adjoining the re-
| Gently erected central police station,
was laid with the expressive ceremo-
MES Of the Masonic order by the Off
GERS Of the Wisconsin Grand Lodge, on
the 18th inst.
UNDER the new state license law,
there will be special election at Mil
waukee during September to determine
the price of liquor licenses in that
city for the coming three years. The
requisite number of signatures to the
necessary petition has been obtained,
but the date for the election has not
yet been fixed. The present price Of
| the right to sell Intoxicating beverages
in that city is 5000.
Gov. RUsK and party have reached
home from their tri ito the Grant fun
eral. On their home Journey the gov
ernor was presented with a beautiful
silver water service by the members
of his staff and jewelled Grand Army
Commanders badge by the soldier
members Of the party.
The new State Normal School To-
Gated at Milwaukee, will open Septem-
| Der IA.
FLORENCE SULLIVAN, a stevedore,
while engaged in unloading coal from
the schooner ]. /. Case, at Milwaukee,
on the 18th inst, was struck on the
head by a heavy coal bucket and al
most instantly killed. He was at
work in the hold of the vessel, when
the rope broke. The bucket fell a dis
lance of about forty feet. His neck
was broken.
AT the annual meeting of the Ocono-
mowoc Yacht Club the following Off
GERS we're elected for the ensuing year:
Commodore, Fred. w. Peck; vice-com-
modOre, G. P. Sutton; secretary and
treasurer, E. D. r. Thompson; execu-
tive and regatta committee, G. B.
Houghton, II. F. Billings and C. I.
Peck. The date of the regular annual
regatta is Saturday, goth.
The third biennial session of the
grand council of the American Legion
ofHonor of Wisconsin convened at Mil
waukee on the 18th inst. A two days
session was held. The following Off
GERS were elected and installed: Grand
commander, William A Fricke; grand
vice commander, George Decker; grand
orator, G. W. Graves; past grand COM
mander, Col. L. J. Rusk; grand secre-
tary, John A. Diederichsen; grand
treasurer, Henry G. Forth; grand chap
lain, M. G. Bloch; grand guide, Charles
Lau; grand warden, Elizabeth Runkel
grand sentry, Henry Steel; grand trus-
tees, III. G. Runkel, 81. II. Dodd, George
Bach.
Col. KREz, Milwaukee's newly ap-
pointed collector of customs, took the
oath of office on the 18th inst.
THE third annual meeting of the
Wisconsin State Poultry Association
will be held at New Richmond Septem-
Der 1. f. w. Epley, the corresponding
secretary, invites every fancier in the
state to be present.
THE managers of the La Crosse
County Agricultural Fair announce a
number of special premiums. Six,
amounting to about $50, are offered
by Mons Anderson, to boys and girls
under Is years of age. Four premi-
ums of 81 each, for bread and biscuits
made by girls under Is years, are Of
fered by William Listman DIR. Frank
Powell offers gold medals for the hand
soonest, healthiest and most promis-
ing boy baby and girl baby.
| Two HUNDRED men employed on
the water works at Chippewa Falls,
struck on the 10th for an increase