Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-15
STATE NEWS.

foul air in a shaft of the Hornswoggle
diggings.
The Dunnville House, the first hotel
built in Dunn County, has been torn
down. 1t was erected in 1855 by the
late Amos Colborn.
A BARN belonging to Boston q Jones,
in the town of Union, six miles west of
Eau Claire, was fired by tramps on the
11th The building contained guam
tity of hay, grain and farming nipple
ments. Loss, 81 800; insurance 5000.
The tramps were captured and taken
to Eau Claire.
The body of Joseph Hartmann, a
brewer, was found in the woods near
Wauwatosa on the12th. He had evil
IDENTIFY committed suicide. He had
been missing for several days.
MILWAUKEE is troubled with a gang
of tramp burglars, who make their
headquarters in one of the city ceme-
teries.
FRED. DRESSER, a German 26 years
of age, living at Seneca, eight miles
west of Centralia, committed suicide
on the night of the 10th by shooting
himself through the head with g. rifle.
Dresser had been respondent for some
time.
A BOY named Fred. Johnson was
drowned at Boardman while swimming
in a pond.
CAPT. L. B. RAYMOND, who for up
wards OF three years past has been
United States pension examiner for q
district comprising eighteen counties
in Wisconsin and Michigan peninsula,
sent in his resignation of the office and
assumed charge of his newspaper, the
Hampton Ia.) Recorder. The cap
tain was d Beloit boy, who went to
the college till enlisting in the Sixth
Wisconsin Regiment, and afterwards
went to the field a second time in an
Iowa regiment.
Col. EZRA MILLER, an old resident of
Rock County, died at his homein Nah
wah, n. j., on the 9th inst. In 1853
deceased was elected state senator
from Rock County, and was also mem
Der of the Legislature of 1854, when
he was appointed postmaster by Pres
ident Buchanan, in which capacity he
served until 1861. He was the inven-
tor of Miller's platform car-coupler,
which has been adopted by all the
leading railroads, and from which he
amassed a fortune.
A RACINE mason, named Henry
Block, fell two stories, and was badly
hurt.
AT a meeting Of the State Teachers
Association at Racine, on the 9Th
inst, President Burton delivered the
annual address which gave review of
the progress of educational interest
since the last meeting. He was fol-
lowed by Robert Graham, state su-
perintendent, who gave an address on
Educational Progress. VIM. I. Mar
shall spoke on the "New West" Dur
ing an afternoon visit to the rapids,
Prof. Salisbury conducted an exercise
in field geology.
A YOUNG man named George Haber-
er, q carpenter residing on the corner
of Vliet and Ninth Streets, Milwaukee,
was arrested on the 9Th, charged with
attempting to blow mp the house of a
Mrs. Ruesch, with whom he was on
bad terms
The Plankinton prize Of 81 900, for
the best composition, to be sung at
the national sangerfest at Milwaukee
next year, was awarded on the 9Th
inst, to Karl Joseph Brambach, Of
Bonn, Germany. The composition is
an oratorio, bearing the title "Col-
umbus."
JOHN EGGER, aged SO years, COM
mitted suicide at his home in Milwau-
kee on the 9Th inst The unfortunate
man had been partially paralyzed for
several years.
|. EDDIE GLEIsNER, q Western Union
messenger boy, was seriously injured
at the Grand Avenue bridge, Milwau-
kee, on the 7th by being caught be-
tween the railing of the bridge and
that on the pier.
SPARTA and vicinity was visited on
the 9Th by q destructive storm Of
wind and rain. Roofs, fences, trees,
and junk of all descriptions, filed the
air for a few moments. The brick
residence Of DR.. Garrett was wrecked,
and the frame dwelling of the Hon. A.
E. Brakeman also suffered severely
Roofs were blown from the city hall,
from the Heller block, and from the
building occupied by S. Holmes, as a
grocery store, and Potter Palmer as a.
meat market. The steeple of the
Baptist Church was blown down doing
considerable damage to the building
and the Catholic Church was COM
pletely Quilted, as the result of fall
ing belfry. Half a dozen barns were
ruined and many residences suffered
seriously in roofs and chimneys.
SECRETARY Nixon, of the New Or
leans Exposition, has written Com
missioner Holton that the Wisconsin
premiums will be paid at an early
day.
julius BELTz, who was severely
burned by the destruction of Van Et-
ta's stock barn, at Catfish, Rock
County, on the morning of the 9th,
died Of his injuries the following day.
Deceased was IA years of age and had
been employed on the farm for three
weeks, coming from Indiana. Rudolph
Zeikel, who was also severely burned,
is said to be dying.
THOMAS E. NASH, of Centralia, has
been appointed chief clerk of the post
office department, to succeed G. M.