Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29
STATE NEWS.

lasG nVe years.
w. A; KEYEs, of Grand Rapids, has
received back pension moneys amount
ing to 81, 800.
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way Company is enlargingits passenger
depot at GAINESVILLE.
THE $1,000 bonds recently autbor.
lied by the city Of Edgerton have been
negotiated with the state treasurer
from the school fund, at a rate OF in
terest of * * per cent.
LEONARD WOLF was found dead in
his shanty near Hewitt, about fonr
miles west of Marshfeld, with a half
empty whisky bottle beside his bed.
He lived alone, his wife having deserted
him, and he had evidently been dead
day or two when found. Acoroner's
inquest was held and the Jury found
that death resulted from EXCESSIVE
drinking.
ONE man was killed and six others
badly hurt and two engines wrecked
by a collision in the st. Paul yards at
Milwaukee, on the Oath.
JOHN STABB, a Milwaukee livervman.
mourns the loss of g. 5000 horse.
which he let to two young men to
drive to Cedarburg. Themen so cruel
ly beat the animal, and Cverexerted it,
that 1T died on reaching Cedarburg.
Staab sayshe will prosecute the young
men unless a settlement is made.
The Eau Claire Free Press reports
that the residence Of Robt. H. Allison
was damaged by fire to the extent of
ST, 500.
AN investigation Of the books and
accounts of Lars L. Gunderson, the
defaultlng Cumberland postmaster, in
creases the amount of the defalcation
from 81, ZOO to $500, and his bail
has been increased by Judge Bum
from $4,000 to $4,000. The proba-
bilities are that the required bonds
cannot be obtained and that Gunder-
son will have to lie in jail until the
September term of court.
On the morning of the 23d, as the
stone-train was being switched on the
st. Paul road at Waukesha, a brake
man named Ellsworth Dickson had
his foot caught between a rail and the
board-crossing near the depot, and
was literally cut to pieces.
THE Eau Claire Chilled Pillow Compa-
ny made an assignment on the 23d.
The bond Of the assignee was fixed at
S1O6, 900. The Chippewa Valley Bank,
Bank OF Eau Claire, and the National
Bank, all Of Eau Claire, are the
principal claimants. The amount of
assets and liabilities is not yet made
public. The Immediate cause of the
assignment was the entry OF a S17y-
900 Judgment on July 21.
PETER MILLER, a German. aged SO
years, hanged himself at Marinette on
the 22d. Cause, poor health andmen-
tai alteration.
A11UND HovEY was horribly mangled
by an outgoing train at the Union De-
pot, Eau Claire, on the 21st inst. He
died almost instantly.
JAMES NUGENT was missed on the
Goth inst, from his home in the Town
OF Oconomowoc. On the following
day his body was found in Ashippun
Lake.
MORRIS KEENAN, fell into the hold OF
O. vessel which was engaged in unload
ing, at Milwaukee, on the 22d, and
sustained internal injuries which will
probably prove fatal.
HIRAM BULLARD was gored to death
on the 22d by vicious bull on his
farm near Evansville. He was aged
about So.
GEORGE FREDERICKs, of the Beloit
hardware firm OF Fredericks & Beach,
was seriously wounded while showing
revolvers to a customer. It seems
that Officer Keegan went into the
store for the purpose Of examining
some revolvers, and in the course Of
his inspection thoughtlessly laid his
own weapon on the counter in close
proximity to a number being dis
played by Mr.. Fredericks, and that the
latter gentleman accidentally picked
up the officers weapon and snapped
it off, as he had done with the others,
when the cartridge exploded and the
ball entered his left wrist near the
thumb and lodged near the little finger
Of that hand.
THE recent census gives Milwaukee
of 159, 1000, gain OF 49,.
900 in five years.
Mrs. BURROUGHS, of Boston, visiting
her sister, Mrs. j. l.. Wheat, at Ra-
cine, was UnfOWn upon q D1Ie or DrlCK
by a runaway and badly injured. One
of her arms was broken.
THE house Of Henry Weinstock, in
the town of Washington, eleven miles
from Eau Claire, was struck by light
ming during a storm on the 10Th inst.
Mrs. Weinstock was thrown to the
floor and partially stripped OF cloth
ing. Her injuries were quite severe.
On the morning OF the 21st, trench
1iggers and pipelayers in the employ
Of the Pittsburg Water and Gas Con-
struction Company, at Eau Claire,
threw down their picks and shovels
and struck for higher wages. There
we're four crews at work, numbering
over $50 men, who demanded S1.75
per day, which is an advance of so
cents per day over the wages they have
been receiving. They declare they will
not resume labor short Of 81. SO per
lay. The strikers made no demon
'tration, but appointed a committee
% confer with the superintendent of
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